F.E.R.T.The letters of the Sardinian motto. Either Fortitudo Ejus Rhodum Tenuit, in allusion to the succour rendered to Rhodes by the house of Savoy, 1310; Or, Fædere et Religione Tenemur, on the gold doubloon of Victor Amadeus I.; Or, Fortitudo Ejus Rempublicam Tenet. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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