Researcher Unearths a Trove of New Shakespeare Documents Archival papers show the Bard was interested in improving his social status
Dingfelder writes that the Shakespeare crest includes a falcon holding a spear mounted on a yellow shield with a diagonal black stripe across it. In that stripe is another spear, with a tip that look looks almost like a pen nib. The motto underneath reads, “Non sanz droict” or "Not without right."