The arms of the University shall be on a field vert， the Macquarie lighthouse tower， masoned proper， in chief the star Sirius， or. Motto: And gladly teche.
Of studie took he moost cure and moost heede.
Noght o word spak he moore than was neede，
And that was seyd in forme and reverence，
And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence；
Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche，
And gladly wolde he lerne
and gladly teche.
(from the general Prologue to The Canterbury Tales， Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1400)
