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A curious shield of the revolt seems to bear a sort of official use of owls ( also the emblem of Minerva ) in representing the Chouannerie.

It bore the arms of France, right,, supported by two owls, with a double motto, IN SAPIENTIA ROBUR at the top, SIC REFLORESCENT at the bottom.

It is to be found on some publications emanating from the " Royalist agencies in England ", notably on the frontispiece of l ’ Almanach Royaliste pour l ' année 1795, troisième du règne de Louis XVII, à Nantes ( Londres ) et se trouve dans toutes les villes de la Bretagne, de la Normandie, du Poitou, du Maine, du Perche, de l ' Anjou, etc., et bientôt dans toute la France or, in English, " The Royalist Almanac for the year 1795, third year of the reign of Louis XVII, at Nantes ( ie London ) and found in all the towns of Britanny, Normandy, Poitou, Maine, Perche, Anjou, and soon throughout the whole of France ".