Mr. Punch.
Arms / quarterly / i in a field of drollery of his own, unique in satire and fertility, an artistic leech of renown / ij a knight-veteran of the pencil, or heraldic tenniel proper cartonee, historic in achievement and masterly in technique, most ably seconded sambornois / iij two hemispheres proper representing all the world and his wife purpure in mirth, reguardant hilarious a charivari of the town, under a dexterous editorial baton urgent burnandy, going strong / iiij in a gallery of the press an alert dog-tobee fleur-de-lucee reguardant watchful and wary a party-coloured parliament-house embattled nightly in session. Crest / leaning on a staff of permanence all jules, gorged weekly in conclave and rompy in debate, a hunch-backed polichinelle proper of embonpoint rosy and humpy to the full. Supporters / two publishers of geniality arrayed gaudy in their splendour / dexter, a thorough-bassed sportsman agnulee garbed chasy to the nines, adept in counterpoint / sinister, a connoisseur bras-de-buree in heraldry, ardent in golf, conversant with stymies, cleeks, and brassies with an occasional bunker for difference. +Motto / 'Sentio eadem!'—''E 'ave my sympafy!'+
Additional Motto / 'Si monumentum quaeris circumspice.'
Transcriber's Notes
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
The original is in a pseudo black-letter font. Some of the original text is in a red color and has been retained in this edition.