E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Red Cross (The).
The badge of the royal banner of England till those of St. Patrick and St. Andrew were added.
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“The fall of Rouen (1419) was the fall of the whole province … and the red cross of England waved on all the towers of Normandy.”—Howitt: History of England, vol. i. p. 545.
