“It worked for Lester Pearson, the Canadian Prime Minister who replaced the imperial ensign with the maple leaf flag in 1965.”

“Count Vegetius, who wrote under Valentinian the second, speaks of the dragon or serpent as being the ensign of a Roman cohort or battalion in his time.”

“The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.”