a town in the circle of the Upper Rhine in Germany, situated on the river Lohn, twenty miles north of Mentz, and subject to the house of Nassau-Orange. E. Long. 7° 40'. N. Lat. 50° 28'.

**Dieu et mon droit**, i.e. God and my right, the motto of the royal arms of England, first assumed by king Richard I. to intimate that he did not hold his empire in vassalage of any mortal.

It was afterwards taken up by Edward III. and was continued without interruption to the time of the late king William, who used the motto *Je main tenay*, though the former was still retained upon the great seal. After him queen Anne used the motto *Semper eadem*, which had been before used by queen Elizabeth; but ever since queen Anne, *Dieu et mon droit* continues to be the royal motto.