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Show Claim Motto Is Welsh. "Ich dien," the motto which belong! to the Prince of Wales, is usually translated "I serve," and tradition has it that it was taken by the blaclc prince from the royal helmet of tha blind king of Bohemian who was killed on the field of Crecy. It is a notable fact, however, that the late Dr. William Wil-liam Ihne, professor of English literature litera-ture at Heidelberg, rejected this theory. He held that the motto was of Welsh origin and took its rise at the time when Edward I presented his new-born eldest son tn tho Woiok chieftains at Carnarban castle as their future sovereign. He held the child up in his arms and exclaimed in. Welsh, "Eich dyn," meaning "This i3 your man." The explanation is accepted ac-cepted by many antiquarians. |