rams passant or"] and the arms of Harman ["Sable, a chevron between six rams counter-passant two and two argent, armed and unguled or"] are other instances in which rams occur. A sheep occurs in the arms of Sheepshanks ["Azure, a chevron erminois between in chief three roses and in base a sheep passant argent. Crest: on a mount vert, a sheep passant argent"].
Fig. 395.—Ram statant. |
Fig. 396.—Ram rampant. |
Fig. 397.—Sheep passant. |
Fig. 398.—Paschal lamb. |
Fig. 399.—Fleece. |
Fig. 400.—Ram's head caboshed. |
Fig. 401.—Goat passant. |
Fig. 402.—Goat rampant. |
Fig. 403.—Goat salient. |
The lamb, which is by no means an unusual charge in Welsh coats of arms, is most usually found in the form of a "paschal lamb" (Fig. 398), or some variation evidently founded thereupon.
The fleece—of course originally of great repute as the badge of