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Dumfries is a Royal Burgh of King William the Lion, dating from about 1186. | Dumfries is a Royal Burgh of King William the Lion, dating from about 1186. | ||
The arms are taken in almost complete detail from a Burgh seal, of which a fourteenth century impression is known and of which the matrix was discovered in 1910. St. Michael is the patron saint of the Burgh and the scene on the shield recalls the Archangel's triumph over the great red dragon (Revelation I2 :3-4). | The arms are taken in almost complete detail from a Burgh seal, of which a fourteenth century impression is known and of which the matrix was discovered in 1910. St. Michael is the patron saint of the Burgh and the scene on the shield recalls the Archangel's triumph over the great red dragon (Revelation I2:3-4). | ||
The Scots motto is the old mustering cry of the Burgh and means "To the Lower Burn". | The Scots motto is the old mustering cry of the Burgh and means "To the Lower Burn". | ||