F.E.R.T.

The letters of the Sardinian motto.

Either Fortituʹdo Ejus Rhodum Tenʹuit, in allusion to the succour rendered to Rhodes by the house of Savoy, 1310;

Or, Fœdĕre et Religiõne Tenēmur, on the gold doubloon of Victor Amadeus I.;

Or, Fortituʹdo Ejus Rempublicam Tenet.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Ezzelin (3 syl.)

F.E.R.T

Fabian Soldiers

Fabian Tactics or Policy—i.e. delay

Fabila’s sad Fate