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[Unregistered]

Fleur de lis (its a french lilly)

[Unregistered]

It was the fleur-de-lis, burned onto her skin. it was a mark of her past crimes and helped warn others that might be seduced by her.

[Unregistered]

It is the fleur-de-lis which is given to those who commit murder.

[dredstone]

Wasn't it a Fleur d'lis? Like the symbol for Quebec?

[daniel]

The fleur de lis is the symbol of Québec, but back then it was a punishment for crimes and a symbol meant to warn people. Obviously it was a bad thing to have a fleur de lis branded on your arm.

[Unregistered]

The fleur de li. Symbol of the French Royalty.

[Unregistered]

The point of the fleur de lis burned into Milady's skin was neither that it was a lily, nor that it was just a random symbol, but had actual purpose. This punishment was not served solely to those who have murdered, but to all who had committed any kind of treason; thus the reasoning behind it since the fleur de lis was the symbol for the king of France, or the royalty, etc...also, each Musketeer wore a tunic in blue with a gold fleur de lis, which was Dumas' point...to create foreshadowing as to her death after having loved a musketeer at one point, and to create a certain irony that the very branding which punished her for her crime was eventually related to her undoing.

[Liz]

What was the flower that was pinned or burned on the lady's dress for being an adulterer?