Nemo me impune lacessit

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Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin for 'No one provokes me with impunity') is the national motto of Scotland. The motto was used by the royal Stuart dynasty of Scotland from at least the reign of James VI, when it appeared on the reverse side of merk coins minted in 1578 and 1580. It is the adopted motto of the Order of the Thistle and of three Scottish regiments of the British Army. The motto also appears, in conjunction with the collar of the Order of the Thistle, in later versions of the royal arms of the Kingdom of Scotland and subsequently in the Scottish version of the royal arms of the United Kingdom. It has been loosely rendered into Scots as Wha daur meddle wi' me?, (Scots pronunciation: [ʍɑː dɔːɾ ˈmɛdɫ̩ wɪ miː]) and into Gaelic as Cha togar m' fhearg gun dìoladh (pronounced [xa ˈt̪ʰokəɾ ˈmɛɾak kuɲ ˈtʲiəl̪ˠəɣ] ).

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