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suns? — “Do I see three,” 3 HENRY VI., ii. 1. 25. “This circumstance is mentioned both by Hall and Holinshed: ‘—at which tyme the son (as some write) appeared to the earle of March like three sunnes, and sodainely joyned altogither in one, upon whiche sight hee tooke such courage, that he fiercely setting on his enemyes put them to flight; and for this cause menne ymagined that he gave the sun in his full bryghtnesse for his badge or cognisance.’ These are the words of Holinshed” (MALONE) .

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