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deuyded into three bookes,

entituled, the Concordes of Armorie,
the Armorie of Honor, and of Coates
and Creaſtes, collected and gathe⸗
red by John Boſſewell

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To the right honorable and his

Anguler good lorde, Sir William (ecil
Baron of Burghleigh , Knight of the mofte
noble order of the Garter, Lorde highe Treaforer of Englande,

maſter of the courtes of wardes and Livertes,Chauncellour
of the Giniuerfitic of Cambꝛidge, and ane of the
Queenes Maieſties pꝛiuie Counſaile,
John Boſſewel wiſheth long
healthe with encreaſe
of honoz.

aht honorable , and my ſinguler good
Bi Lorde, I haue marueled vpon 160 8
oflate , that amonge the numbers of
A | Lookes in their ſeueral kyndes not one
a) ly by their auctors diligently deuiſed,
but ſurely by the printers of thefe dais,
25 for the moſt part procured, and to the ire
— c(cceding great charges, faythfullye c

exalye publiſbedil finde fo fewe, that] coulde almoſte haue
[aide none, to haue written in sur natine tongue, of the ſcience
and [kall of Armory. Truely in my oppinion,a very fruitefull
necefJary, and honorable argument, but might I deeme, in were
it vaſpneſſe, as I ullye in his Teſculaus, in the compariſon be-
tweene the Romains & Grecians which might excede other or
be more auncient in knowledge,fayth of fuch,as of thé lay neg-
lecte, Honos alit artes omneſq; incendunt' ad ſtudia gloria,
Surely not vnlike, but as in al other things, ſo in ſcience, what
auayleth ſeruice, where ſoueraigntie is neglected, hat actinis
tie where men lie downe to ſleepe, with ſloth: what loue what
frendſbip, where no man buildes on fayth or credyt, ſo take
honor from la we, re wardle from Phificke,admiration from Ma
thematicallshumilitie and xeale,from heauenly ſcience, and
who ſets his fonne to ſchoole for themeno doubt Tully [aide ful
wifely 5 keepe backe re warde, and learning ade w. Yet fomme
there are, that feede not altogether of this humor, and they rake
together the fewe ſparcles of knowledge hyd, and almofte dead
in the ajles of obliuion , and cyther them ſelfes builde a Her

ibe thereof

the Epifile.
therof,or gene occasion to others, [uch one was of late [pecially
in this kind of Herehaultry, a very fruteful and worthy writer
n aſter Gerard Leigh, and ſuche do I offer my felf at this preſẽt
meaning to adde ſome what ſarther, or geene occafion to others,
not drawe n by hope of re ward, which rather would haue kept
me back but honor of the ſcience, loue of my coũtrey, and eſpe-
cially my bounden and duitifull eſtimacion of your honorable
fauor: wherunto as I do with renerence offer and dedicate thys
finple thing | fcarce worthe the reading in reſpict of the hande-
ling,yct for the [ubftace,not to be altogether neglected ){o I moft
humbly beſcech your honor to accept the ſame, and bee Patron
thereof: wherly you ſpal not onely faye, and rere vp this decli-
ning knowledge,to your great renowme, but bind me for ener,by.
al maner of duitiies, and [pecially to pray for your honora-
ble eftate, long to continue in fauor with God,
credyt with youre foweraigne , honour
wyth your countric , fidelitys
wyth your Peeres, and
loue towardes Ar-
morye.

*

(Ilenus cenfure of the auc-

thor,in his high court of
Perehaultrr.

Court ther ſtãds twixt heauẽ ¢ exth, al goꝛgeous to behoĩd
ol royal ſtate, in ſecond ſpheare. a hugie building olde,
Poꝛptcoltzed e bard with bolts, ok gold reſplendant bright,
of gliſtering gẽmes, tyꝛough Pallas power, bedazeling sche
5 no mã map com in except he haue 5 perfit fart, (mas light
of Herehauts art, and climbed hath, Paraſſus ſacred hill.
within this ſtately court, like number roomes are kounde,
like number flags, like number armes, as realmes vpon y ground.
About 5 walls moze wõderoug woꝛk, then framd bp moꝛtal hao,
eche Herehauts liuelp counterfet,in ſeemelp fort doth ſtand.
within theſe ſeuerd romes, thzough wals, ibiilt of Chziſtal cleare
Eche thing that longs to Herehauts art, doeh perfectly appeare.
There leger bookes, of auncient geſtes, ꝓpwꝛit by Palla hand,
there campinges, moznings muſterings, there pedegrees do ſtand.
There cũbats ſierce, there ſũmõs bold, there triũphs palling rane
of crowning kings, of dubbing knights, the oꝛders ther they haue.
Both ſingle coates, and martialed of eche renowmed Wight,
with viſitacions, which allott es to ech deſert his right.
Reuerſed coates (not hidden there) bewzay diflopall deedeg,
Capariſons ther fired hang, and bardings ſtrong of ſteedes.
with armoꝛs fully furmiſhed, and gauntlets vnredemd,
ſuche vncouth ſights, eche office holdeg, as cannot be eſtemde.
At vpper ende of al this court, as ſeuerd from the reſt.
with daunting Peron ſtandes a houſe, as kamous as the beſt.
where poꝛtraied are p Englich armes, frõ which depẽdeth bꝛaue.
a golden garter in the whiche, a golden George they haue.
Unto this place aſſembled was, eche Wight within this hall,
and did admire a golden booke, whiche Fell amongſt them all.
Blown vp bp blaſt of flying kame, which tdoke her tromp in hand,
of vburnicht golde, whereto the plyde, her lips as the dyd ſtand
in Brutus reũlme, yhereon when they a litle ipace had pꝛide,
abaſhed at the hidden fail, which in that woorke they ſpide
Thep ſtãpt, they ſtarde, they fret, they kumde, e al in one they ioĩd
vpon the aucthoz to complaine, becauſe he had purloind
Their ſecreſies:when ſodainly from higheſt regall thꝛone
Was dꝛawne a trauerſe ritche, wher with they whuſted euerp one.
Within this, karre moze ſtately court, are rich acheuemẽts bꝛaus
and none but Gods, oꝛ fellow mates to gods asthere map haue
there armes:there both A/cides ſpoiles ⁊ Iaſon fleeſe remapnde,
With Gorgon: hedd and Ferſeus pꝛapſe, ⁊ Whoefo earſt had gaynd
A noble name eternizd was kor there did ſplendant ſhine
the auncient g , whiche earſt Minen dame diume
a iy Ta

To mner Temples martpatl gaue, to Whole redoubted grace,

in honoꝛ 1.0, in prowes Mars, in wyt her ſelfe geues place

No god ne wight, of Wozthp kame, but hath purtraied there,

the keld, the ſhield, tie coat, p creſt, which he of right ſhould beare.

Their ſhiuered ſhakts, and bꝛoken bow⸗bereg Lan ſubdued in field,

and Mars that find with ve once, his Dreadful geulp ſhield.

bath chargde with furs, a note Whereby to knowe a lechers life,

Thieſtes there a difference hath which lay with brothers wife.

Gche vice detected there, by blazons arte, at point deutle,

and all the walles with imagery, were grauen ſtozie wiſe.

The liege of Thebes, the fallof 779, in beaten mathe golde,

dan Vslcane hath fet out at large, kuli geazon to beholde.

Eche thing that hapt vntill this dap, did plainip there appeare,

Thenthrontzing of Lone and eake Saturnus moꝛntul cheare

that was exude, z how the gods bewailde that dilmoale dap,

When Mars and Ven wounded were, by Diomede in frape.

And Phebus Wapling Ti cron, and pomp of triumphs pꝛoude,

foz daunt of Giaunts ſterne, which fail of mightie Jou had vo wdr.

All this engrauen was, in precious ſtones of pꝛoudeſt price,

Ech thing tet out in colours due to thinke a quaint deuice.

In midſt Whereof, Cilems lits, iiſtalve in graueſt lot.

In ſtateip chaire of a arhiſt which vertues fower ſuppoꝛt.

Vicegerent god, in Palace place which moude with tumult rare,

the caule ok ſturre in Engliſh houſe bad Gerard H declare.

O god ( ꝙ he) in humbleſt wiſe right now blown vp by Fame,

vehold a booke which bꝛeedes thele bꝛotles, pervſe J pray v fame.

He takes the booke,e as about he caft his glauncing eye.

peholding winged T by chaunce he doth eſpie

A wight in now white gown, z crownd WW bꝛaunch ok laurel tree,

that Alen Sutton had to name, come Sutton come layth hee

Which wert not in thy coũtrey known, as thou deſeruedſt of late,

whole ſnowbzight lk, by ſnow pꝛocurde:the Fare to haſt thy fate

yet mauger Dearie thou here ſhalt llue eternized foꝛ ape,

do teade this wooꝛke that ſecmes fo ſtrange, this noueltie diſplay.

And as he reades, they all admire, but moſte admtreth he,

here Ferond fapes, he hittes my grace, loe here he ſteales from me.

Then <iciate lpkèth beſv ve vagne, but laſte he Both dekace,

bis worke, foꝛ why, loe here fapetl) he, he takes krom me my grace.

Then Upton blames hun foz ihe luke, then T gins to ſpeake,

and euerie one in fine on hun, Both thus his anger Wzeake.

When Mai-fi: cries whuſte: and fad cine thus dothe ſape,

tuch hold pour peace, content pour ſelues af Wel the cafe pou way.

iuſt caule haue pou to pꝛayſe the man, chat aydes pour art ſo wel,

in blazon, and in natures kill, whe doth fo muche excell.

Ey ſvhom pou line, moze cauſe haue J, and Pallas to complayne,

hie feave leak lee, ſome other impe, hath koſtred in his ers
2

Oz that ſome other Maia hath bꝛought forth ſome other fonne,

Surpafling Pallas and my ſelfe, and then we are vndoone.

Which hath conſpirde in ſpightok vs, and flowing Grece to krame,

In Brytayne ſople a Helicon from whence this Aucthor CAMNe.
which ſayde:he flies to ſkies, heresfto take aduice,

The court bꝛake vp, thep claude their eares, parted With a trice.

The names of the aucthors aſwell Latines as

@ Nicolas Rofcarrocke,

others, aut of the whiche theſe wor kes are chiefelye
collected and amplified,

¶ Latine aucth ozs.

Alciatus Emblem, f
Ariſtoteles de animalibus

Aulus Gellius Noc. Attic,

Bartho. de propr i rerum
Bartholus de infigniis
Boccatins

Carion

Cælius antia, leckionum,
Cicero

Diefcorides

Diodorus Siculus,
Eraſimus.

Epius de Ro. geſtis.
Franciſcus Patritius.
Gaguinus ſuper Franc. geſ.
Herodot.

Horatius.

Iſidorus Etymolog,
Iuſtinus

Leonicus de vas ia hiſtor.
Lu can.

Mantuan, Buco,
Nauclerus

Ouidius,

Plinius natural. hiſt.
Pollidorus Angl. hiſt.
Plutarch. vit is.

Quintus Curtius.

R auifius tex. Natu. hiſ.
Sebaſt. MNunſter us.
Theophraſtus de plantis.
Vegeſcus de re militari.

¶ Frenche aucthoꝛs.

Froſſard.

Iehan le Feron.

Gabriell Simeon Paradin,
q Englifhe writers,
G. Chauter. D. Milſon
Jo. Gower. Gerard Leigh.
S. Tho. Eliot. Uychard Grafton.
Jo. Lidgate. Jo. Maplet.

And out of diners other auncient wziters, whole nas

mes are not certainly knowne.

Faceſſat Calumm ia.

4 The Concordes

of 4 rmorie, with the d oferip tion

7 55 the foure Cardinail vertues i
other pꝛeceptes and rules, neteſlarie
to be known of all thoſe, which
would accopt them ſelues

to come of gentle
blood.

KE Ekoꝛe J wil begynne to
We blaze oꝛ deſcriue anpe parte of
9 Armes, o2 the termes therun⸗
A Alo appertapnynge, it ſhalbee
Ss 25K Aſowed, what thele wooꝛdes,
We Arma, oz Inſignia(being latyne
7 yy iwordes)dotignify. Arma, (as Ame,
, Alidoꝛe ſaxeth) gener aliter omm in Infy, gui.
erum it Iſtrumenta ſunt. Gt nd
. uma, be not taken onelp for
the tastcintlentos of al maner oftraftes, but alſo foꝛ har⸗
neys and weapon, alſo Standerdes and Banners, ſome
tyme Battles. In all whiche thinges the Heraultes, eſpe⸗ Herault.
cially befoze others, haue the ſecrette intelligence, and vn⸗ oa
derſkandyng thereol:as alſo of ſeuerall languages, motte
meete for theire calling, in ſuche hyghe leruice. Infignia,
ate ſignes, æ tokẽs of honoꝛ, which cõmonly of Heraultes
be called Armes, oꝛ Badges of gentlemen. They bee alle Eble
called Symbola hersica i. ſignes, pꝛices, oꝛ markes apper- Symbols He
tainyng to nobleneſſe: and whereby euerx eſtate,oꝛ man voica.
of great aucthoꝛitie is knowẽ:the noble, from the ignoble.
the gentle from the vngentle:and the free man, from the
bond . And theſe Armes oꝛ Enſignes (as diuerſe auc⸗
thours do affirme)do occupy 9. ſundꝛy feldes, or the which die
7.0f them be termed colours, ⁊ to eee enſue. ficldes.
A.. Pettalies

_ The Concordes

| Golde, go oe
Mettalles. . ; Olluer. 5 terme them 3 Argent,

Ked, K. Gulet.
Blue. NAxure.
Blacke. Sable,
Colours. 7. Greene. terme Vere.
Violet. Purpure.
Oꝛenge Tawney ¢ \ Tenne &
Murrep. Sanguine,

9 Planettes, and Starres, which are compared
oꝛ lykened Onto the ſayde Detalles and Colours,

and are bled in Blazon.
The Sunne Golde,
The Moone. Siluer.
i Mars Gules,
Jupiter Azure.
Planettes. Saturne is com⸗ Sable,
Venus pared to Verte.
Nercurie Purpures
d Dragons head, Tenne,
Starres. 20 rap taile. Sanguine
Precious flo- 9 P2etious tones, of dyuers colours and vertues
nes. 9. N which the Herehautes do ble in Blazon, koꝛ t in the

name of the 9. colours in Armes, and are thus likes
ned. videlicet,

The Topace. 1 Golde, 1.

he Pearle. 27 Siluer, 2

The Kubyxe. 3 Gules, 3.

precious he Saphire. 4 (Azure. 4.
Hones 9, (The Diamonde. 50 to Sable. 5.
The Emeraude. 6 Verte. 6.

The Amatiſte. 7 Purpure, 7.

The Jacinthe. 8 Tenne. 8.

9.

The Sardonix. 9 Fanguine.

of Armorie. 2

ye natures , operations, and vertues of the ſayde
1 Planettes, Starres, and prectous Stones, map parte
lye be {een and red in the booke of late made by Matter
Gerarde Legh, entptuled, The Accidence of Armorye.
Pet J wiſhe the reader hercof, diligently to note and vn⸗
derſtand, what is wꝛitten of the ſaide g. pꝛecious Stones,
by Lhidore, in his 16. boke Ethimologiarum. Cap. 7. 8. 9. io. 13, Lidore
which 3 haue dꝛawne out of the fame Authoz, as he wet tt a
them in Latine , foꝛ that no perſon which would couet to
haue the name of a gentleman, ought to be altogether ig⸗
nozant in the fame tongue.

De prædictis 9. gemmis.

Opazʒion, ex virenti genere eft omnig, colore reſplendens, in 3. 8
ee primum in Arabiæ inſula, in 45 Troplodite pradones Theta

Same et tempeftate feſſi, cum herbarum radices effaderent, erue-

runt. Quæ inſula poftea quæſita, nebulis cooperta, tandem a na-

uigantibus inuenta eft. Sed ob hoc locus & gemma nomen ex

cauſa accepit. Nam Topaxin Trogloditarum lingua, ſign ificati-

onem habet quærendi. Eft autem ampliſſimæ gemmarum: eadem

ſola nobilis limam ſentit. Plinie ſaieth, that this Gomme is ot

graſſie colour, although that in Germanie, it is lounde

like to Golde: and other where, of that bygnes and quan⸗

titie, that Philadelphus is ſaide to haue framed thereof and

made an Image in length of foure Cubites.

Argarita prima candidarum gemmarum, quam inde Mar-
e aiunt vocatam, ꝙ in conculis marinis hoc genus
lapidum inueniatur. Ineſt enim in carne Cochleæ calculus natus,
ſicut in carne Oſtreæ præcioſiſſima Margarita reperiri dicatur:
vel ficut in cerebro pifcis lapillus. Cignitur autem de celeſti
rore, quem certo anni tempore concule hauriunt. Ex quibus Mar-
garitis quædam V niones vocatin, aptum nomen habentes,g tan- 7% pearl
tum vnus, nunquam duo vel plures Simul reperiantur. Melzores Vas
autem candida Margarita, quùm que flaueſcunt. Illas enim aut r
e 4. . duuen

the Concordes

ſuuentus, aut matut ini roris conceptio reddit candidas: has ſe-
nectus, vel veſpertinus acy gignit ohſcuras. Pcarles, were the
onely meate, where with the Jewes liued long, hauinge
nothing cls to eate, when the Citie of Ierufalem was bes
ſieged by Thru as witneſleth Ioſephus.

Mnium ardentium gemmarum principatum Carbunculus

habet. Carbunculus autem dlictus q fit ignitus vt carbo,
cuius fulgo nec notte vincitur. Lucet enim in tenebris adeo vt
flammas ad oculos vibret. Genera eius duodecim, fed preſt antio-
res qui videntur fulgere, & velut ignem effundere, Carbuncu-
lus autem Grece Anthrax dicitur. The Carbuncle, fo ware
reth with the eye ſight, that it ſheweth manpfolde rellex⸗
fons, It is tounde in Lidia,

The Carbun⸗
cle, or Rubye.

The Saphhyre. ＋ He Saphire, is a Gemme ſkpe toloured oꝛ Blewe, like to
the Skye in the moſt fatre wether. Amongeſt all the
kyndes of Gemmes,tt is one of the nobleſt and moſt royall,
and therefore mete to be woꝛne onelp vpon Rynges and
Pꝛinces kyngers. Nothing in the woꝛlde voth moze ree
create oꝛ delight the eyes then the Smaradge, Saphire doe.
It is meruelous eſtectuous agaynſte all venyme. Mher⸗
foꝛe, yt thou put a Spider ints a Boxe, it beyng ſhutt, x vpõ
the mouth therof thou layeſt the true Saphire, and do kepe
the Spider within the fame but a very ſhoꝛt tyme, the Sp i⸗
der beyng vanquiſhed and ouercome by the vertue theres
ot, dveth ſodenly. Lidore ſgieth, ꝙ Saphirus cæruleus eft cum
pur pura, habens pulueres aureos ſparſos: optimus apud Me-
dos, nuſquam tamen perlucidus. It is alfa rekned by Iidore,
to be one ok the kyndes of the Zmathiſtes. Albertus Mag-
nus fapeth, that he pꝛoued it twiſe, that with the onely
touchyng of this pꝛecious Stone, the partie ſo diſeaſed,
bath bene ridde of the greuous foze the Carboncle. The
Saphire fo2 his ſoueraignetie, is called of the Lapidaric, the
Gemme of Gemmes. In olde tyme it was conſecrated onelp

to Apollo. ö
Adamus

of armory. Fo.z.

AP Indicus, lapis paruus & indecerus, ferrugineum ha~ The Dismid.
bens colorem & ſplendorem Cryftalli. Nunquam autem vl-

tre magnitudinem nuclei avellane vepertus . Hic nulli cedit

materie: nec ferro quidem nec igni,nec vnquam incaleſcit: vnde

et nomen Greca interpretatione, indomita vis accepit Sed dum ſit

inuictus ferri, ignisq, centemptor, Hircino rumpitur ſangu ine,

recenti & calido maceratur, ſicq; multis ictibus ferri perſringi-

tur. Cuius fragmentis, ſculptores, pro gemmis infigniendis per-

forandisq; vtuntur. Hic autem diſſidet cum Magnete lapide, in-

tantum vt iuxta pofitus ferrum, non patiatur abſtrabi Magneti.

aut fi admotus Magnes comprehenderit, rap iat atq; auferat : fer-

tur quoq; in Electriſimilitudiue venena deprehendere, metus va

nos depellere, maleficis reſiſtere artibus. Diaſcorides ſayth, that

it is called the Stone of reconciliacion and loue:foꝛ(ſayth

he) That woman that hath withdꝛawne her loue from

her huſbande, by this, is bꝛought to loue him anewe: yea

it goeth further: foꝛ it is ſaide to giue proofe, whether he

be chaſte oꝛ no. oz if the be fap they, the thall whileſt the

is in ſleape embꝛace her huſbande, thꝛough the woꝛkyng

of this Stone, pk not, ſhe ſhall five, and go backe fro him.

Sir Thomas Eliot in his Dictionarie, ſaith, that Adamas is

the Diomonde, and that Nagnes the love Stone, that hath

vertue to dꝛawe Fron vnto hym, is of ſome vnpꝛoperlye

called the Adamant.

O Nnium gemmarum virentium Smaragdus principatum ha~ The Smara gs
bet. Cui veteres tertiam poſt Margaritas & V niones tribu- de, or Eme-

wnt dignitatem. Smaragdus a nimia viriditate dicitur. Omne raude.

enim ſatis viride Smaragdum dicitur. Nullis enim gemmis vel

berbis maior quam huic auſteritas eff, Nam berbas virentes

frondesd, exuperat, inficiens circa fe viriditate repercuſſum a-

rem. Sculpentibns quoq; gemmas nulla gratior oculorum refec-

rio eſt. Cuius corpus fi extentum fuerit ſicut ſpeculum, ita ima-

gines reddit. Quippe Nero Cefar gladiatorum puenas in Sima

ragdo ſpectabat. The Smæradge paſſeth both the leafe and

boughe ofanpe tree oꝛ plante, his colour is fo kreſhe and

Greene, and in this popncte triumpheth 2 5 neyther ys

the Concordes.

the Sunne by his ſunne Beames any lett 02 hynderance

ta this his ſhewe. There is no greater relection to the

eyes, thareſhe fight ol this excellent Gemme. ye 99
Nter purpureas gemmas printipatum Amathiflus Indicus te-
net. Amathiſtus purpureus eft: pernuxto violaceo colore: &
guaſi roſæ nitor, & leniter quaſdlam ſlammulas fundens. The
Amathific his farce oꝛ vertue auavleth agaynſt dꝛonken⸗
noſſe, it keepeth a man wakyng, and dꝛpueth awape ill
thoughtes, and ſharpeneth the vnderſtanding alſo.
Tacynthus ex nomanis {ui ſlore vocatux. Hic in Ethiopia in
uenitur : ceruleum colorem habens t optimus qui nec rarus
eft; nec dc ſitate obtufis,fed ex vtroq; tem peramento lucens pur-
puraq; refulgens: hic autem non rutilat æqualiter, fed cum facie
cali mutatur. Sereno enim perſpicuus eſt ata; eratus:nubilo co-
ram oculis euaneſcit atq; marceſcit. In os miſſuus frigidus eſi: in
ſculpturis durißimus, nec tamen inuictus. Nam Adamante
{cvibitur c fignatur. The Jacinth is taken to be medecin⸗
able, and to giue vigor oꝛ ſtrength to the Lyms to encreaſe
the Spnewes, and to pꝛouoke guiet æ found fleape.

the. Amatiſte 1

she Jacynthe.

she Sardonix SArdon ix appellata ꝙ habeat in fe per mixtum candorem in [r=
militudinem vnguis human. Græci enim vnguem On yeem
dicunt. Hanc Iudlia vel. Arabia gignit. The gardon ix faieth
Ifidore alfa is thꝛee coloured, black about the botom, white
in the middelt, and redd at the toppe. Nec ſola in ſignando
nihil cere avellit. The Lapidarie ſapeth, it is bꝛedd e boꝛne
ok the Sardyc, Which is the father to him, G Onyx. Sardo-
ny ex dluum nominum ſocietate vocata eſt. Eſt en im ex Onycis
canclore & Sado. In woꝛkyng it maketh a man lololpe, €
ſhamekaſte in his doinges. 5 .

Ok the o. diuerſe coulours, planettes, and precious ſto⸗
nes beloꝛe rehearced, which be aMigned fo2 the fielde

ol Cote armoure. There be moſte vſually vſed in the
blazon of dure Englich enügnes, but s. videlicet.

— ‘

aut PREY? Bs n eee ETP

of armory. Fo.4.

1 Cules.

Oꝛ, und Azure. C fer Coz

Argent. for mettalles, ; Sable, ; lours.
a Verte.

Purpure, may bee added to make the S. coloure, but it is
rare in vſe with vs. Ok the 9. precious ſtones afozefatoe,
thele are krequented, and moſt ennobliſh blazon.

The Topaze. Saphire. 2
Pearle. Diamonde. S Pf.
Kubpe. 5 Emeraude. 7,

And for Purpure, the matiſte obteineth of ones, his
plate alfo to make the ſeuenth. Te

Thele Planettes like wiſe maye copare with the others
fo2 theire ryghte, in the oꝛdꝛe of Blazon.videlicet.

the Sunne. 2 Saturne.
the Poone. 2 Uenus. i bff.
Pars. Mercurie.

Jupiter. § 5

Degrees of Rulers,

J Sentleman. Efqupze. Unyght. Baron. Lorde
Carle. Marques. Dube, and Peywte 9 |

¶ To theifedegrecs aloꝛeſapde, no man can woethely Cardinal!
atteine, but by the lower Cardinall vertues, whiche are, Vertues.
Prudence, Iuſtice, Fortitude, and Temperance, Foz the know⸗
ledge whereok, and what they bee, lett euery gentleman
diligently reade ouer, the thꝛee bookes ol Tally hys oftt-
ces: and in elpecially the frſte booke, wherein bee motte
excellently ( as the father of all eloquence)deſcribeth the
favde fower vertues, and the bꝛaunches that ſpꝛyng oute
of the fame, Potwithſtandyng J ſhal bꝛiekely declare the
definition and efficacie thereot, as the gentle reader mape
paͤrkelp bee fatiMled at the nürſt ũght᷑e.
hh A.iiij The

Prudence.

Prewer b, 27.

the Concordes

The firfke therefore of
the ſapde foure bertues
called ꝰrudence, Tully des
fineth to bee, verum expe-
— tendarum fugiendarumque

ſcientia, that is to ſape, the

c knowledge of thynges,
5 N whiche ought to bee deſi⸗

yea red and folotved:and alfo

OD of them, whiche ought to
ua bee fled from, oz eſchelu⸗

: ed: and it is called of the

5 Grekes, Sophia. Alſo it is

4 named of Ariſtotle, the

4 mother ok bertues, of o⸗
K \\ ther Philoſophers it is
D called the tapteine oꝛ ma

iAlrreellle of vertues of ſome
the hulbopfe, foꝛ fo muche as by her diligence he doth ine
ueſtigate and pꝛepare places apte and conuenient, where
other vertues thal execute their powers oꝛ offices. Taber:
koꝛe as Salomon faveth , Sicut in aquis reſplendent vultus
priſpicientium Jic corda hominum manifefia ſunt prudentibus.
Like as in water bee ſhewed the viſages of them that be⸗
holde it, fo vnto men that bee pꝛudent, the ſecretes of mes

hartes be openly diſcouered. Thys bertue then is fo com⸗
modious to man, that it is as it were the poꝛche ok the no⸗

ble palace of mans reaſon, whereby all other vertues ſhall
entre and haue theire beynge. Prudence allo (as ſapth Bon
the philolopher) fo moche excelleth other vertues, as the
fighte excelleth the other ſenſes, for the eyes beare lighte
fo all the bodpe.nepther is there anpe bertue without wil⸗

Apath, Eraſ. dome. Nam ſuomodo iuſtus reddet cuig, [uum niſi prudentia
64. J. apo. . commonfiret cui deheatur? Thus ye map fee the foꝛce of Pru-

dence, in qua iueſtindagatio atiſus inuent io veri, eiuſch virty-
bts hoc munus of Propriuim. Vt enim quifque maximè per ay
Fi. 7

of armory. Fo.s.

guid in re quaque verifsimum ſit, quique & acutifsime & celer-
rime poteſt videre & explicare rationem, is prudentiſo mus & [az
pientiſiimus vite haberi ſolet. Prudence, is a bertuc, that is oc
cupied euermoꝛe in ſearching oute the truthe. Wherefore,
O pe gentlemen) whiche bee deſirous to beare the noble
enſignes of poure aunceffours, ſtudie with toothe t nayle
to bee pꝛudente:and when pe thincke pe haue attayned the
ſame, let it bee iopned with 1 /tice, fo2 of them two (as
Tullp ſapeth, Iuſtice is of moze power, ad fidem faciendam.

Becauſe it,. without Prudence, haith ſutfitient aucthoꝛitie,

Prudence without Iuſtice is nothinge woꝛthe to get credit.
Foz the ſubtiller, and the craftier a man is, fo mo che the
moxe is he hated, and ſuſpected, whan the opinion of bps
honeſtie is pulled away. UAherkoꝛe Iuſtice ioyned with vn⸗
derſtanding, hall haue aſmoche power as it liſte, to pur⸗
thaſe credit: Iaſtice withoute Prudence ſhalbee of moche

pobber, Prudence without /uſtice, halbee nothing woꝛthe.
Thus it appeareth, that
the moſte excellente and
incomparable vertue, cal⸗
led Iuſtice, is ſo neceſſarpe
and expedient, foꝛ the go⸗
uernoure of a publicke
Weale , that without it,
none other berfue mape
bee commendable , ne
witt oꝛ any maner of dot
tryne profitable. Tully
ſapeth. At the begynning
whan the multitude of
people were oppꝛeſſed hy
the that abounded in pot
ſeſſions and ſubſtãce, foꝛ
: refuge they Medd to ſome
24 ; one, which erceited in ver
tue and ſtrengtge: who whan hee had defended the pooꝛe
men

N
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RO

N
N

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8

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Cice. Office
lib. 1.

Iuſtice.

the Concordes

Ofic lib. men krom inturie, by miniſtring equitie, retapned toge⸗

From whence ther, and gouerned the greater perſons with the lefle, in

the name of ü ęſquall and indiſterent oꝛdꝛe of Lawe. Wiherefore they

Ong firft pro called that man a Hug, which is aſmuche to fap as a Ruler.

ceded, And as Ariſtotle ſapeth, Iuſtice is not onelye à poꝛtion og

ſpice of vertue, but it is entierly the fame vertue. And ther

b of onely faveth Tulluj, oni viri nominantur, men bee called

Iuſtice. good men: as who ſayeth, without Lu/ice, all other quali⸗
fies and vertues, can not make a good man.

Tuſtice what 1 uſtice is a ber tue, gathered by loge ſpace, geuing euer v

opis, one hys owne, mindyng in all things, the common profite

of our Countre, whereunto man is moſte bounde, oweth

hys kull obedience. The auncient Ciuilians ſape, Inſtice is

à will perpetuall and conſtante, which geeueth to euerpe

man hys ryghte. In that it is named conſtante, it impos

teth Foꝛtitude: In diſcerning what is right oꝛ wꝛonge,

Pꝛudenceis required. And to pꝛopoꝛcion the ſentence oz

iudgement in an equalitie, belongeth to Temperance. All

theſe together conglutinate and effectually executed, mae

Offic. lib. i. keth a perkecte definition of zuſtite. And Tully ditferethe

not mache from the fame definition of Juſtice, where hee

ſaiethe, it is alwayes occupied, epther in pꝛeſeruinge the

kelowſhip of men, geeuing vnto euery bodie that which is

The excellen⸗ hys ow ne, oꝛ keping a favthfulnes in contractes. Me ſaieth

cy of Juſtice. alſo, that the foundacion of perpetual pꝛayſe and renome,

is Juſtice, without the which nothing map bee tommen⸗

dable:whiche ſentence is berefied by daily experience. Foꝛ

be a man neuer fe gentle, bounteous, valiante, oꝛ liberal,

bee hee neuer fo wiſe, kamiliar, oꝛ courtaiſe, yt hee bee once

ſene to exerciſe Iniuſtice, oꝛ to do wꝛong it is then well

noted, and often remembꝛed:pea, all vertues (where Juſtt

te kaileth)lacke theire commendation. J harde of late, as J

traueled by the waye, a gentelman pꝛayſed koꝛ lundꝛy ber

tues which were in hym, as that he was gentle and meke,

pleaſaunt and faire in woꝛdes, wile, wel learned, modeſte,

and ſobꝛe: but J harde no remembꝛance made of 1 5 Ju⸗

* ice,

of armory. Fo.6.

ſtice. Foꝛ immediately one pꝛeſent in the tompany repoꝛ⸗
ted hym to be an vlurer, a perſon deceiptkull, couetous, an
oppꝛeſloꝛ of the pooꝛe, and no keper ol holpitalitye, pet has
ninge fower o2 fine fermes in hys handes and moꝛe, y hee
was a decayer of houſes of huſbãderie, a rerer of rẽtes/⁊ a
truel taker of fynes. Theſe vices did deface all hys other
bertues: fo2 as Tullpe faith, it is the parte of /u/tice to offre 0. 50.2.
men no violence, to ble them fobzelp and ſkilfullp with
whom we be conuerſante, not to be tempted with money,
but to ſtudy by all meanes to profite eucrp man. Iuſtice de⸗
ſpileth, and noughte regardeth thole thinges, whereunto
moſt men enkendeled with gredynes be haled. It is iuſte Iutitia, e
alſo in euery matter ol berganyng, biyng, ſelling, hyꝛing, iniuſtitiæ pri
oꝛ lettyng:true in euery couenante, bergapne oꝛ pꝛomiſe, watz,
playne and ſimple in all dealynge: And that fimplicttye is
pꝛopꝛely uſtice. And where any man ola couetous oꝛ ma
licious mynde, will digreſſe purpofelp from that fimplict-
tie, taking aduantage of a ſentence oꝛ woꝛde, which might
bee ambiguous oꝛ doubtefull , oꝛ in ſome thyng eyther lu⸗
perfiuous oꝛ lackynge in the bergayne oꝛ pꝛomile, where
he certainelp knoweth the truth to bee otherwiſe, thys in
mp opinion is damnable kraude, beyng as playne againſt
iuſtice, as it were enfogced by violence: for Juſtice will
helpe all men, and wittingly offende none. She is of all Oc. lib. z
bertues the adie and Queene:keping the ſounde and ex⸗
pꝛeſle foꝛme of the lawe:hating t abhoꝛring all ſtealinge,
auoutrie, popſonyng, kalſheade, diſceyt, bꝛiberye, gyltes,
rewardes, couetouſnes,kalſe witnes, oppꝛeſſion, murder,
extoꝛcion, and periurie. The whiche bices and crymes, by
no meanes mape bee iopned to the perkecke vertue named
Juſtice, which is the cheefe of all bertucs more wondꝛetul
than the bꝛight ſtarre Heherus € Lucifer, And here at this
tyme J leaue to ſpeke anpe moze of that moſt peat and
a necellarie bertue calle Iuſtice,
i} , The

the Concordes

Fortitude, The mot propre vertue
belonging to a man, is
Fortitude, called Yanly-
neſſe, whiche is well deũ⸗
ned of the Stoikes, tober
they ſape, it is a vertue,
Propugnantem pro æquitate,
that fighteth in defence
ok eguitie. Mhereloꝛe no
man fapethe Tully , that
bath obtayned the gloꝛye
of Panlynes, euer got
pꝛapſe by wylie traines €
craftynes, foꝛ nothinge
mape bee honeſt that is
bopde of Juſtice. A va⸗
liante man (ſapeth Ariſ⸗
totle) ſuſteaneth, x dothe
that, whiche belongeth to koꝛtitude, foꝛ caufe of honeſtie.
And a little befoze hee ſapeth: a man that is baliaunte, aſ⸗
well fuftreth , as dothe that, which agreeth with bps twos
ſhip, and as reaſon commaundeth: So no violence oꝛ ſtur⸗
die mynde, lackyng reaſon and honeſtie, is anpe parte of
1 foztitude. Wherefore hee map bee called a valiaunt man,
Wha may be that doth follerate o2 ſuffre that, whiche is needekull, and
called a va- in ſuch wife as is nedeful, and for that which is needekul,
liaunt man. and allo whan it is nedefull.And hee that lacketh anye of
thys, maye bee called hardie, but not baliant. It is the pꝛo⸗
pꝛetie of manhode, to fighte foꝛ the common lafetie of bps

contre, and not foꝛ bys owne pꝛiuate pꝛofite. And who⸗
ſoeuer is foꝛ warde to put hymſelfe in danger, rather for *
hys obone gredynes, to optepne ſpople, than fo2 the fatee
garde of hys obne perſon, what hee then dothe, mape ras
ther beare the name of lebode and foliſh hardpnes, than of
Manlypnes. Foꝛ(as Tally fapeth)to entre into battaile, and
to fight vnaduiſedly, immane quiddm & beluarum ſimile 2
ig

8 Officer. she

Ariſtotle.

/ armor. Fo.

is a thynge wilde and a maner of beaſtes: but thou ſhalt
fighte valiantly, whan tyme requireth and alſo necollitie.
And alway death is to bee preferred befoze feruttude , oz
any diſhoneſtie.TAherfoꝛe, who wold bee accõpted manly
men and ſtoute harted, thoſe ſame ſhulde haue the pꝛayſe
to bee good and plapne men, louers of truth, and nothing
at alt deceiptet᷑ull:foꝛ bee a man neuer fo myghty, haute,
and ok vnconquerable coꝛage, pet what hee doth without
diſcrecion oꝛ foꝛecaſte, detaceth al hys manhode and Toute
nes. A manly coꝛage and a greate, contemneth outwarde
thinges , deſireth nothing but that is honeſt, and will not
vnſemely pelde to none, neyther man, noꝛ affection,no2
change ol fortune but ſetteth lighte by thoſe thynges
whiche do ſeme pꝛecious and goꝛgeous to the greater nõ⸗
bee, and alſo deſpiſeth the ſame, with a ſtedfaſt and groun⸗
ded iudgemente. And likewiſe it is a ſigne ofa myghtye
coꝛage, and great ſtedtaſtnes fo to beare thoſe thynges,
qua videntur acerba, quorum multa & varia in hominum vita oO
fortunaque verſantur, ds nothing hee ſwarue from the o2d2¢
ot nature, noꝛ the woꝛthynes of a wyſe man.

Finally to bee ſhoꝛte, that Panlynes is woꝛthle to bee
pꝛayſed, which wooꝛketh by the ſtrength ofthe mpnde , ¢
not of the bodie: and pet not to kaynte in coꝛage, but to be
conſtante, not fearing the roughe ſtoꝛmes of any aduertiz
tie, neyther the ſharpe bꝛontes ol the warres, 02 the cruel
tie of bitter death.

And like as an excellent Phiſicion, cureth moſt dange⸗
rous diſeaſes, and deadely woundes: ſo doth a man that is
valiant, aduaunce hymſelke as inuincible, in thinges that
do ſeeme moſt terrible, not vnaduiſedly, and as it were in

Offic. i.

à beaſtelp rage, but ofa gentle courage, and with pꝛeme⸗

ditacion, either by victoꝛie, oꝛ by death wynning honoꝛ ¢
perpetual memoꝛie, the iuſte rewarde of theire bertue. Foꝛ
as Curtius ſapeth: Effugit mortem, quiſquis contempſer it, timi-

dißßimum quenque confequitur, Wihofoeuer contempneth 75

death, eſcapeth death, and death ouertaketh ſuch, as 5 flye
rom

Q. Curtius.

.

the (oncordes.

Vir. from death. A man is called in Latyne / i, whereol ſaieth
Tully, vertue is named. And the moſt pꝛopꝛe vertue belon⸗
gyng to a man, is Fortitude, whereof bee twoo excellent
pꝛopꝛeties, that is to ſape, the contempte of deathe, and of
grete. Therkoꝛe he playnly declareth afterward, that bes
rpe foꝛtitude is, little to eſteme all humayne thinges, not
to regard death, and to thinke all labours and paynes tol⸗
lerable.

Temperance, Nowe remapneth fo
ſpeake of the fourth bers

tue called Temperance,
whyche is a firme € mo⸗
Nderat gouernance of res
Nſon agapnſte ſenſualitie

N and other vicious 1 75

ae tions ok the mpnde,Tully
aie 9 tdttmendeth Temperante

& ſapth that it is ornatus

8 A vite » an oznament of

17 mans lpfe , omnisque ſæ-

N. 740% datio perturbationum ani-

, and all mittigacion

or paſſions of the mynde.

Arif Ethi, Ariſpolle defineth this ber

Wtue, to bee a mediocritie
in the pleaſures of 5 bos
die, ſpetially in taſte and touchpng. Therekoꝛe he that is
temperate flyeth voluptuous pleaſures, and with the ab⸗
fence of them is not diſcontented, and from the pꝛelence
Plotinus of them he willingly abſteyneth.
1 Plotinus the Philoſopher fapeth 5 that the pꝛopertie and
office of Temperance, is to couct nothing, which may be res
pented, alſo not to excede the boundes of Pediocritie, and
to keepe deſire vnder the poke of reaſon. !
He that pꝛactiſeth this vertue is called a temperat man,

and he that doth the contrary thereto, is named .
rate:

of armorie. Fo. &.

rate: betivette whome and a perfor incontinent, Ariſtotle
maketh this diuerſitie, that he ts intemperate, whiche by
hys oton election is ledde, ſluppoſing the pleaſure that ys
pꝛeſent, ſhoulde alwap be folotwed): But the perſon incon⸗
tinent luppoſeth not ſo, and pet be notwythſtandynge,
doth folob it. ga, SOF pring sci 97
The temperate man delyteth in nothynge contrarpe to
reaſon, and will do nothing koꝛ bodelp pleaſure, whyche.
{yall ſtande agaynſt reaſon. Temperance, as a ſadde and
diſerete matrone and reuerent gouerneſſe, awapteth dili⸗
gentlv, that in no wife incontinencie oꝛ cocupifence haue
any pꝛeheminence in the ſoule of man. Thereloꝛe as ine
temperance (being a vice moſte vnpure, ſtynkynge and
filthie) is ofall eſtates and degrees, and in all ages, to
be eſchued, auoyded, and abbogred: So Temperance, at all
tymes and in all thynges, is to be folowed, embꝛaced, and
loued, whych will caule vs to do nothyng fo2 bodely plea⸗
ſure, that ſhalbe hurtkull oꝛ contrarp to the health. It will
rule all our appetites, and coꝛrupt defires, cauũinge vs ta
deſpꝛe the thinges which we ought to deſyꝛe, and as we
ought to deſtre, and when we ought to deſpꝛe. Temperance. ||,
(as Patricius ſapth)helpeth much, and ſo much ſhyneth in Patricius.ti.s
all our dopnges, t earum rerum moderatrix atq; auriga eſſe de Tul. re.
videatur. Hec eft quæ tam diuturna laude extulit ſententiam Pub.
illam Solonis, quæ præcipit. Ne quid nimis.

Thus J haue bꝛietely ſpoken of the ſaide loure Cardi⸗
nall vertues, Prudence, Iuftice, Fortitude, and Temperance,
(which as the fame Patricius affirmeth in his 5 Wooke cde
Inſtitutione reipub. ) ave as foure ſiſters, Mutuis nexibus
colligatæ. They are neuer ſeperated: One of them with⸗
out another cannot be perferte : fed manta omnino & incho-
ata eſſe videtur. Nam Fortitudo fine Prudentia temeritas eff.
Prudentia fine Iuſtitia calliditas eft, & mala quadam malitia.
Temperantia fine Fortitudine ignauia eft. Iuſtitia autem fine
Temperantia crudelitas ef. Vnde illud Enny poetæ, Summum
ius ſumma iniuria eft. Theretoze thele foure vertues do a⸗

gree

*
*

Be

the (oncordes.

gree together, as it were in a lwete fonge, and confonant
armonve and are pꝛincipally and eſpecially to bee dely⸗
ted, and inwardely embꝛaced of all noble gentlemen,
fittce that without them, they can not bee woꝛthie to haue
the tytic,o2 name of getelmen, neither can they woꝛthely
beare the enſignes, 02 armes of theire auncient pꝛogeni⸗
tours, without they ſpecially bee endowed and adoꝛned
with theſe foꝛeſavde vertues called Cardinales: whiche
are fo named, fo2 that they bee cheefe oꝛ pꝛincipall of all
other vertues:foꝛ out of them as out of a founteine, all o⸗
ther vertues haue theire ſpꝛinging, llowing, e pꝛoceding.

05 @ Of Cheualrye, the vertuous preceptes.

AIrſte, gyue due reverence and leruice vnto almighty
god, with all fapthfulnes. Maue pitie on the pooꝛe.
Bee iuſte in all thy pꝛomiſes. Bee gracious and fauou⸗
rable to them whiche are captiue. Repe clennes of thy
bodye and perſon. Repe moderate dyete. Bee not ſlouth⸗
full in the warres, but ſtronge and valiaunt, with defire
to àuenge thy pꝛinces quarrell, geuing alwapes thankes
to god fo2 the victoꝛie. Bee wiſe in leading the battatle , €
pꝛudent in thy fighting. Enowe the oꝛder of the fielde, k
bee perkecte therein. Studie well alfo to rule and gouer⸗
ne the charge committed vnto the. Auoyde not krom the
fielde, ne do thou anye thyng to ſhame thy cote armoure.
Boſte not of thy manhoode. Bee courteous, lowly, and
gentle, and alſo without rebaudꝛie in thy language. aue
audacitie, but not exceſſiuely to do ſuch actes, as are not
to bee ieoperded. Dꝛeade inkamie and repꝛoche. Bee va⸗
liaunte, fo ſhall no terrible aduentures reſolue the into
waplinges oꝛ deſperations. Mlynne honoꝛ by deathe loꝛ
thy countrep,the iuſte rewarde of thy vertue. Ule reaſon

and honeſtie, and bee not violente oꝛ ſturdie mynded.

¶ Preceptes of gentlenes.
B Ee not ouer Loꝛdely in thy countenaunce. Bee trea⸗
table in language, wyſe in anſwer geuinge, perfect in
8 . gouernance,

of armory. Fo. g.

gouernante, and alſo cherefull to perkaurme thy fapthe
and pꝛomiſe. Feare God, and obep his Lawes. Deane
to offende thy Soueraigne. Uſe fewe othes in al thy come
munication. xnowe thine owne byꝛth, and beare not thy
felfe aboue thine eſtate. She we thy countenance gentle,
fo ſhalt thou be beloued:koꝛ hautie countenance pꝛocureth
hatred. ; 8

@ Vices whiche are repugnant to Generofitic, and nos
to be frequented , and vfed of any, whiche
would haue the name of aGentles
man, Videlicet,

Sluggiſchnelle, boatinge,cowardnelic, lwearinge,les
cherie, and dꝛonkenneſſe. Alſo to reuoke thine owne chaz
lenge. To flea thy pꝛiſoner. To fice from thy Soue⸗
raignes banner in the fielde, and to tell thy Soueraigne
kalſe tales. To be vengeable, and not to be entreated, ꝛc.

Heauenly Preceptes. Videlicet.

To doo right. To haue pleaſure in louing kindenelle.
To be lololy. And to walke with God. Mich. cap. 6.

¶ Preceptes Heroicall,

Aboue, and before all thinges wozthip God. Honour Precepses,
thy kinge. Obey the lawes. Be mercikull. Deſire ho⸗
nour and gloꝛpe for vertue. Be not highe minded Kes
kraine from fowle language. Perfourme what ſo euer
thou pꝛomiſeſt. CEnſue the vertues of thy good auncetoꝛs

@ Graces woorthy.
To be meeke in countenance. To haue manly harte

in deedes, and therein longe continuance, ot to weene
ö 45 i. obne

the (Incordes.

owe witte moꝛe excellent then others. Pot fo ſcoꝛne, oz
(cote at others deuiſes. That woꝛſhip is in mercie, pitie,
and humilitie. To be lyons in the ſtelde, and lambes in

doctins. chamber. Eagles at aſlaultes , and mapdens in bole.
Fores in counſaile, and ſtill in their games. To foloive
peace, and loue, where is hate.

¶ Ciſtes heauenly.

To knowe thy ſelle. To abſtaine from touetiſe. Ma⸗
uinge no wꝛonge, to care Coz Chole that are wꝛonged. To
beepe cloſe ſecrete counfaile. To doo nothinge contrary
to the Lawe. To take in good woꝛth, aduerſtie after pꝛol⸗
peritie. Kegarde heauenlp thinges, fo2 this our Couns
trie abideth but a while. Continue in eee Doo no⸗
thing in anger.

¶ Preceptes inſliciarie.

Remember , that Cod dothe looke alwaie bpon thee.
Studie to be learned. Neteiue no bꝛibes. Let thy maners
agree with thy callinge. Feare to doo euill. Auoide idle⸗
neſſe. Doo that is iuſte. Be no lyer. Pyxe not thy poz
wer with thy will. Be diſcrete without ſpotte of bice, con⸗
ul. Gell. kante, and vncoꝛrupte. Be not llattered by any meanes
Nor. Atti. Be not intreated againſte the obſtinate. Auante the truth
1a. . cap. a. thꝛough the power of Juſtice.

¶ Reioiſings in Armes.

A Gentleman to be made knighte in the fielde at bats
taile. Foꝛ his manhoode to recetue a great rewarde at his
Pꝛinces handes. To doo valiantly in Chiualrie before his
Soueraigne. To be an Emballadour foꝛ his wiſedome.
To ſhewe pꝛowes, and to doo knightly before Alpantes,
in the honour ol n Pence. ꝗ pooze Gentleman to be

married

of armorie. Po. 10.

married to one ot highe parentage. To haue thankes fo2
good ſeruices done to his Soueraigne. To keepe his
Cote armour vnſh amed in triall thereof. To keepe all
pointes of knighthoode, as Geſta I roianorum, doo declare.

¶ Lawe of Armes, whereof it is grounded.

It is to be knowen, that almightie God is the oꝛiginall
authour ot honouringe Nobilitie, who, euen in the hea⸗
nens bathe made a diſcrepance of his heauenly Spirites,
giuinge them ſeuerall names, as Enſignes of honour.
And theſe heauenly Spirites, when they are ſent of God,
are called, Angeli, Angels: whiche in the Orceke tongue
ſigniſteth, ſent. Propterea, quod de cœlis ad annuntiandum hos
minibus mittuntur. And in the Latine tongue, they be in⸗
terpꝛeted, Nunti, Peſſengers, Ab eo quid Domini volunta-
tem populis nuntiant. Angelorum autem vocabulum, officy no
men eſl, non naturæ: ſemper enim Spiritus ſunt: fed cum mittun-
tur, vocantur Angeli. And howe many oꝛders be of them,
the holy Scriptures doo witneſſe. Id cf, Angeli, Archan-
geli, Throni, Domiinationes, Principatus, Poteſtates, virtutes, Che-
rubin, c Seraphin. And whereloꝛe they be thus called, and
diſtinct, as tt were into ſundꝛie oꝛders, and dignities, it
maie be fully readde in the ſeuenth Book of U/idore, which
he entituleth, Ethimologiarum, cap. 5, Whiche foꝛ bꝛeuitie 3
omitte here, foꝛ that it dothe not appertaine to the matter,
whereol in this place J doo entreate. But this is to be
noted (as J finde in aunciente wꝛiters) that the Lawe of
Armes was by the aunctent Heraultes grounded bpon
thefe oꝛders ok Angelles in heauen, encroboned with the
pꝛetious ſtones, ot᷑ colours, and vertues diuerſe, as in the
firſte parte of this Book hathe bene declared, with the coz
lours compared vnto them. Foz as the Angels, pꝛecious
ſtones, colours, and planettes atoꝛeſaide are diſtincte in
dignitie, vertue, power, pꝛeheminence, and working : So
here in earthe men are alſo diſtincte, in degrees, offices,
By gouernance,

Angeli,

the Concordes

gouernante, and power, everp one ferutig their heade in
their vocation, and callinge.

¶ Sixe ſundrie differences in. Armes for brethren,

Note, that if there be

Ii] Files with Lambeauxes. any moe then fire bre

5 Creffante fie, the deuiſe, 02

© alignment offurther
olletofs.popntes. ditterence, onelp aps

* 5 e pertaineth top kings

9 8 A artelet. at Armes, eſpecially
Differences, ® When they viſite their
O cQAnaAnulet, ſeuerall Pꝛouintes: g

5 not to the father of p

ale A Flowꝛe de Luce, childzen,to gine them

what differẽce he liſt,

as ſome without authoꝛitie doo alledge.

Cuery ditference oughte to be placed in the moſte eui⸗
dente parte of the Cote armour: /idelicer , in that place,
where the fame mate ſooneſt be ſeene, oꝛ perceiued.

Seuen fignes, or tokens whiche are figured in Armes
round, and are blaxed properly swith feneral terme,

D . Is ol golde, and is called a Bean ſante,

(4) 2, Is of ſiluer, and is called a Plate,’

| 8 3. Is of Sable, gis termed a Pellet, oꝛ an Ogreſſe.
, 4.38 of Azure, and is termed an Harte,

S 5. Is ok Gules , and is called 3

@) 6, Is of Uerte, and is called a Pomeis,

Is of Purpꝛe, and is ta be termed a ounde.
( 7. Is of Purpꝛe, Thele

| of Armorie. ae
Thele moſt vſually are fonnd boꝛne in Cotes Armours.

| Proper termes for diuerſe tokens borne in Armes.

The tokens whiche of many are called Nillers pikes,
ſome terme them Shettles, which is the chieleſt inſtrument
ol the weauer: And the Frenche Heraultes terme them
fuſilles, videlicet, Spindles:foꝛ ſuſus, oz fuſum, in Latin is a ry filles.
Spyndle, and fo J take them to be termed moſt pꝛoperly. anche.
Manche maltale, is taken in Aries, to be a ſleue, vnſha⸗ hn,
ped, and vnſowed. P heons, be commonly called, bꝛoade ars
rowe heades, oꝛ darte heades.

Au hen the heade ok any beaſte, oꝛ byꝛde, is, as it were
toꝛne ot, terme the fame to beraffed, 02 eraſed: and it᷑ it be,
as it were, cut of plaine, call it then, Coped,
1 is but when halfe af any beaſte is ſeene in the
e.

A Creffante in armes, is tommòõly called the halfe moone. cxeſſante.
But it is the moone in her pꝛyme.oꝛ els as wee call it the
newe moone. Inerelf

An Increſſante, is the moone from the pꝛyme, till after the e Hen.
firſte quarter, and pet lacketh of the full.

A Decreſſante, is the moone from the lat quarter. Decreſſante.

A Pile in armes, is à thvng that maketh all koundacions pile.
bpon vnſure grounde, to bee very firme and ſure. Lerghe.

And here lerne a Rule. There are kower wooꝛdes, Y oordes iz
whereok pou mape not name any of them twiſe in the bla⸗ Blazon so be
z on of one cote armoure, and thele bee they. noted,

ok, Theſe map not be reherced moꝛe then
Nore I on, „once, in deſcriuing ok anye one cote ar
and, / moure. Yk they bee, it is ol the Heraul
with \ tes accopfeda great faute. And pk one
might foꝛbeare, to name none of them it were better, as
I haue rede in dyuerſe Aucthours.
Delcriue, Armes, may Ce
Diſplape, genfignes, ok honoz, wozſhip⸗ t gẽtree. 2/30
Oz blaze, Sand Tokens,
%5 it. By

the Concordes

@ Sundrie wayes to blage Armes.
is p mettall and coloures, The vleof thele three in

By planettes, and terres, I blazon of armes, are as atte
cient as from the firſte be⸗
gynning ok armes bearing.
Three fuperlatiues, or degrees in Armes.
Botte rvche, is whan the kelde is Or, and the thing
that occupieth the ſtelde, Sable.
Motte faire , is whan the fielde is Agent, and that
whiche occupieth the fielde is Sable.
Botte glitteringe, is whan the fielde is Or, & that
iubiche is conteyned in the ſame, is Verte.
e Poynttes in eſcacheons.
@ Dertre poyncte, Siniſtre poyndte, Wale popntte,
Chiefe poynct, Dextre bale poyncte, Siniſtre bale poynct,
The honour popncte, Feſſe popnae, and the nombzill.
Theſe popnites map bee learned by experience, pk pe dt
ligentlp note the ſondꝛie particions bled in eſcocheons.
¶ Particions in E fe cotheons. s
Partie per pale, Partie quarterly, Partie per feſſe,
Partie per bende dertre, Partie per bende ſiniſtre, Pars
tie per Cheuron, Partye per Saltier, Partie per Pyle in
popncte, and partie per Gyꝛon.
Experiente ſhall teache pou theſe partitions, takynge
hede to the examples thereot, lett loꝛth in the ſeconde boke
ol Armoꝛpe next folowing.
@ Honorable Ordinaries
croſſe. The firtte,efpectally is the Croffe. The tontente thereof
is the fifte parte of the fieldc, excepte it bee charged, then it
muſt contepne the thirde parte.
Cheiſe. The ſetonde, is a Cheife, and tonteyneth the third parte
„ okthe fielde. The cheife mave bee diminyſhed, and then it
Fillet. mut bee termed othertuife, as a Fillet, the whiche contey⸗
neth the kower parte of the cheefe,and ſtandeth no where,
but onely vpon the Cheike popncte. The cheike afozefapde
mape not bee emeaded oꝛ halfed.

Pele. The thirde honoꝛable Oꝛdinarie, is a pale, and pres
1

y pꝛecious ones.

of armory. Fo. r.

neth the third parte of the tielde, and maye not bee enlar⸗

ged, though it bee charged. But it mave be diminiſhed, as

krõ a Paile, to a Pallet, which is p halte of the Baile, x map Pallet.

not be charged with any thing quick oꝛ dead, neyther may

it bee parted, but it may be diminiſhed, e the it is called an / ry dvce
Endorce, Which is the fourth parte of the Pallet, and is not 5
bicd but when a Pale ts betwene twoo of them.

The fowerth or the nyne honoꝛable Oꝛdinaries afozes /.
laid, is a Bende, which conteineth in bꝛedihe the fiftbe par⸗
te ot the fielde, and when it is deuided, it is called in ſon⸗ Bendel
die wile, as a Bendelet, whiche at the moſt conteyneth but
the ſirt parte of the field. A Gartiere, conteyneth halfe the
bende akoꝛeſayde, and mape not bee charged, but with flou
res oꝛ leaues. Coffe, is the fourth parte of the bende, ¢ © 06.
halle of the Gartier, and is called at ſomtime a Cotys, ſom-⸗ e.
tyme a Batune, às by pꝛactiſe may rather be learned, when 5% e,
it is to bee called the one. and when the other. A Ribande,
contepneth in bꝛedth the eighte parte ol the bende, and is
alſo called a Fiſure, and then it parteth the fielde into Fifjure.
wo colours, & is of it ſelte mettall,⁊ ſo bevng it is a ſecret.

The fith honoꝛable Oꝛdinarie, is a Fe//e,contepntng in Feffe:
bꝛedth the thirde parte of the ſielde, and map not be dimi⸗
niſhed. The Fee bath ben taken of olde, fo2 a girdle of bes
noꝛ, whiche ſtandeth with good reaſon. Foꝛ in the cote are
moure, it is in the nipddeſt betwene tive equall partes.

The ſixt, is whẽ in p field is an Eſcocheon. The fame mutt Efcochecn,
tõtepne p; Ait) part of the fielde , may not be diminithed.

The ſeuenth is a Chenvon , tobiche muſte containe the / eon,
firſte parte of the ſielde. A Chenernel tontaineth halle the Cheyernelf,
Cheuron, and there mate be no moe, but thꝛee in one fielde,
except partition. A Copleclofe muſte containe the fourth Copleclofe.
part of the cheuron, and is not hoꝛne but bp paves, except
there be a cheuron betivene twos of them.

The. s. honoꝛable opdinarie.ts a Salterye, hich muſte salrerye,
tõtaine p firſte parte of the elde, extepte it be charged lo 8
anp thing, the it ſhal cõtaine p third parte of the Eſcocheen.

B. li. The

Gaxtier.

; T he Concordes

The ninth honoꝛable oꝛdinarie, is a Barve, and contats

F. ure. neth the firſte parte ofthe flelde. A Clofferis the halle ol

Cloſſet. the Barre, and tenne of them mate be boꝛne in one fielde,

Barrulet. and are very good Armozie. A Barrulet is the fourth part

Bares Ce- ok the Barre aloꝛeſaide. And Bamuleties (extepte they be

ne wes. parted with a Barre, oꝛ Feſſe) muſte ſtande alwaies by

couples, and then they muſt be called Barres gemewes.

Touchinge the honoꝛable oꝛdinaries generall, the re⸗

batinge of Armes foz diuerſe vngentle deedes vngentle⸗

manly donne, the lundꝛie kurres and doublinges, the di⸗

~ uerfe melles, and other woꝛthy partitions vſed in Armes,

tc pe ſhall haue examples ſufficiente in 21, G. Leighe his
Booke, entituled, / be Accidence of Amore. ö

© Of the five Greeke letters Myſticall.

The firſt of the ſaide Greeke letters is r. Yp/lon.twhich
betokeneth mannes like, and is called Pychagoras Sameus
letter. Foꝛ he firſte kourmed the fame, Ad exemplum vite
1 humana, And the ſaide letter hathe thꝛee pointes, tiwoo az
aer. l. hone, and one beneath, ſignikyinge ſundꝛie ages. That
i whiche is vnder, ſheweth the firſte age, whiche age ts vn⸗
certaine, whether it will giue and apply it ſelfe to bertue,
oꝛ bice. And the two aboue, beginne from the pouth: the
righte parte whereok is harde, but pet tending to a bleſled
life, And the likte moze caffe but leadinge to deſtruction.
Ol the whiche letter Peyſeus thus ſaithe:

Et tibi qua Sameos deduxit litera ramos:
Surgentem dextro monſtrauit limite callem.
The whiche verſes J haue thus metrized in Engliſhe.
The bꝛanches of the letter firſt in Sameæ kounde,
of mans life doth ſhowe the high way e ground.

Theta. The fecond letter is called Theta, o. whiche fignifieth
deathe. Foꝛ Judges in olde time did note, 02 ſet the fame
letter on their names, oꝛ, as we nowe call it heades, who
Capitaines. were condemned to die. Like wiſe did ee 17 5
; Aetes,

Pithagoras
Jameus letter

of avmorie. Fo. iz.

Bꝛiekes, wherein were contayned the names of theire
Souldier s. By whiche note oꝛ marke, they, and the Ber Hercultet,
raultes, when they did looke on their laid Bꝛiekes, could
tertainely knowe, and make true repoꝛte buts their So⸗
ueraigne, howe many were llaine in the battaile. And
therekoreit is called There, 2 morte: that is ſo fate, of death.
Foꝛ it hathe in the middeſt thereof a darte (as is before fi⸗
gured) in token ok deathe. And it is thus witten ol the
ſame letter:
O multum ante alias infelix litera Theta. 1.
O muche before others, (ate,
Thau vnhappy letter, / heta.
Perfeus of the fame thus ſaithe:
Et potis eft nigrum vitio præfigere Theta, te
To lwzife ettſoones power did not lacke,
Foz his offence,? heta, all in blacke.
The third letter is Tau, a figure of the Croſſe of Chꝛiſt, Tau.

- andin Hebꝛewe it is interpreted, a ſigne, oꝛ marke. DF
the whiche it was ſpoken to the Angell whiche Z echiel
ſawe in ſpirite. Goe thy wate thꝛough the Citie of Jeru⸗
ſalem, and ſet a marke vpon the koꝛeheades of them that
mourne, x are ſoꝛie foꝛ al the abhominations that be done

therein. By which marke, oꝛ token, they were pꝛeſerued,
and not touched in the middeſt of them which were llaine
and deſtroped koꝛ their Idolatre, in the wꝛathekul diſplea⸗
ſure ot the Loꝛde. And this letter alſo, Apud vereres, was
vſed of the Heraultes ¥ Capitaines, and ſigned on their
names, who remained aliue after the battaile. So that the
letter , was vſed as the marke ol deathe, oꝛ of them that
were iudged to die, and 1, ot life, oꝛ of them that were by
the Judges quitte from deathe. This letter 7, as well the
Greekes, as the Latines, vnto our time, haue pictured,
and fet foꝛthe, as the true marke, oꝛ ſigne of the Croſſe of |
Chꝛiſte. Hoc igitur verum, ac proprium [ub Chriffi eccleſia C. Pæradinus
touſcriptorum, ac militantium,Symbolum, fi gnumus eft. Synbolis

The other tives of the Myſtical letters, beinge the firſt Heroic.
ö and

E ech. g.

the Concorde

and latte of the Greek Alphabet, onely Chꝛiſte dolhe cha⸗

N lenge to him ſelfe: fo2 he is the beginninge, and the ene
oAlpha. dinge, where he laithe, E go ſum Alpha, &. Q. Principium, &.
„Omega. finis, qui eſt, & qui erat, & qui venturus eft omnipotens, Ns
Apoc. i. cap. letter goeth before Alpha, koz it is the ürſte of all letters.
And fois the ſonne of God: [ple enim fe principium ludæit
interrogæntibus eſſe reſpondet. And therekoze S, John in his

Tobn.22cap. Apocalyps motte pꝛoperly putteth the fame letters, the
tds. lig. ca. Sonne of God to be Alpha, and Omega, the firite, and the
laſte. Primus, quiæ ante eum nißil eff, Nouiſimus, quia nouiſe

ſimum iuclicium ipſe ſuſcipiet.

q Sentences concerning generofitie ;cal-
lected out of ſundrye Aucthors, and firſte cer-
tayne verſes, made by. G. Chaucer, teaching
what is gentlenes, oꝛ who is woꝛthy
to bee called gentle.

@ The firfte ſtocke father of gentlenes,

What man defireth gentle forto bee

Mutt folowe hys trace, and all hys wittes dres
Vertue to loue, and vices for to flee:

For vnto vertue belongeth dignitie,

And not the reuers ſafely daire I deme,

All weare he mytre, crowne, or diademe.

Thys firſte ſtocke was ful of righteouſnes.
True of his worde, ſobre, piteous, and free,
Cleane of his ghoſte, and loued buſines
Againſte the vice of flouthe in honeſtie:

- And but his heire loue vertue as did he,
He is not gentle though he riche ſeme,
All weare he mytre, crowne, or diademe.

of armory. . Fo. 14.

Vices maye well bee heyre to olde ryches,
But there may no man, as men maye well ſee
Bequethe his heire his vertues nobles
That is appropried vnto no degree

But to the firſte father in maieſtie

That maketh his heires them that is Queme
All weare he mitre, crowne, or diademe,

Non cenſius, nec clarum nomen auorum, 5
Sed probitas magnos in geniumq; facit. 5 Ouidl. t. de
Ponte.
Scogan in his worke which hee writte vnto
the Loꝛdes and gentelmen of the kynges boule.

Take hede (he faieth) how men of poore degree
Through vertue haue bene fett in great honor,
And euer haue lyued in great profperitie
Through cherifhing of vertuous labor.
Thyncketh alſo, how many a gouernoure
Called to eſtate hath be ſett full lowe,

Through miſuſing of righte and of erroure

And therfore I co unſaile you vertue to knowe,

Virtus omnia in fe habet, omnia adſunt bona, Plaut. in. .
Quem panes eff virtus. f Amphi.

¶ Pobilitie fs from God. .
Omne hominum genus in terris Ille homines etiam tervig Boe nes lib. z.
Simile ſurgit abort: Dedit & Sideva cælo. de cio. philo.
Vnus enim rerum pater eft Hic clauſit membris animes
Vnus cuncta miniſtrat. Celſæ fede petitos.

Ille dedit Phæbo radios Mortales igitur cunctos

Dedit &. cornua Luna. Edit nobile germene

Quid

Birthe of all

EO OE»

* haucer.

Greateſt gen-
tleman, who.

the (oncordes.

Quid gen” & proanos firepitissNullus degener extat
Si primordia veflra Ni vitys peiora fouenss
Auctoremq; deum ſpectes Proprium deſerat ortum.

A Il the lpnage of men that bene in earthe bene ſembla⸗

ble of byꝛthe: fo2 certes one aloue is the father of thine
ges:and there is one alone that miniſtreth all thynges: he
gaue to the Sunne his beames, he gaue to the Moone her hoz
nes, he gaue to men the earth, and the ſterres vnto the fire
mament, he incloſed the ſoule of man with membꝛes ol the
bodye, whiche foule came from the hyghe feate of hea⸗
uen, Than pſſue all moztal men of noble ſeode oꝛ begins
nyng.i. from God. Why bable pe then, oꝛ boſte pour ſelfe
of pour elders birth: Foꝛ, yt pe beholde God, pour begyn⸗
nynge t maker, than is there no liuyng creature of mane
kynde vngentle, but vf he noꝛuſhe his coꝛage oꝛ ſenſes vn⸗
to vices, and fo declpne from bys pꝛopꝛe birth. Theſe doe
Boetius (write, and much moꝛe touchyng the name of gent⸗
lenes, and what it is, to whome the renowne and clerenes
thereof is to be referred, and what pꝛapſing come to gente
lemen by the defertes of their aunceſtoꝛs ec: Mhiche J
woulde wiſhe all gentlemen to reade, as they are written
in his third boke, De confolationc philoſophiæ. But no we pet
heare wohat P. G. Chaucer, oure noble poete of thys Keal-
me doth wꝛite touching gentlenes of birthe, in bps taile ol
the wile of Bathe. Theſe are bys wooꝛdes.

But for ye ſpeake of ſuche gentleneſſe
As is defcended out of olde richeſſe
T hat therefore fhullen ye be gentlemen,
Suche arrogance is not worthe an hen.
Lo, who that is moſte vertuous alwaye
Preuie and aperte, and moſte entendeth aye
To do the gentle dedes, that hee can. ah
. 5

of armory. Fou,

Take hym for the greateft gentelman,
(tleneſſe)
Chriſte wolde we claymed of hym oure gen-
Not of our elders, for theire great richeſſes
For though they giue vs all theire heritage
For which we claymen to be of hye parage,
Vet may they not bequeth, for nothing

Heritage.

V crtuons ly

: ; 11 ing ma) not
To none of vs, theire vertuous liuyng, be bequethed,
That made them gentlemen ] called bee
And badde vs folowe them in ſuch degree. Daunte the
Well can the wife Poete of Florence Prete,

That hyghte Daunte, ſpeke in thys ſentence
Lo, in ſuche maner Ryme, is Dauntes tale,
Full ſele vpriſeth by hys braunches ſmale
Proueſſe of man, for God of hys goodnes
Will that wee claime of hym our gentelnes:
For of our elders may we nothing claime
But téporal things, that men may hurt & maime.
Eke euery wighte wote thys aſwell as I.
Yf gentlenes were planted naturally,
Vnto a certayne linage downe the lyne
Preuie & aperte, than woulde they neuer fine
To donne of gentlenes the faire office,
They might donne no vilanye ne vice.
Take fier & beare it into the darkeſt houſe, Fire.
Betwixt thys & the Mounte Caucaſus
And let men ſhutte the dores, & go then
Yet will the fire as fayre lye & brenne
As twenty thouſand men myght it beholde
His office naturall aye will it holde
Vpon perill of my lyfe, till that it dye,

rowes,

Here

T he er r

Gentié net Here maye ye ſee well how that gentree
annexed is Is not annexed to poſſeſſion
plegim. Sithen folke doe not their operacion

Alwayes as doth the fyre, lo in his kynde

For God it wote, men may full often fynde

A Lordes ſonne donne fhame and vilanye.
8 5 And he that will haue prayſe of hys gentree

OVS 36020.
For that hee was borne ofa gentle houfe,
And had his elders noble and vertuous,
And will hymſelfe donne no gentell dedes

Ne folowe hys gentell auncetrie that deade is,
He is not gentle be he Duke or Erle
Fye villanes, ſynfull dedes maketh a cherle:
For gentlenes is but the renomye
Ofthyne aunceters, for theire hyghe bountie
Which is a ſtrong thing to thy perſon
Thy gentlenes cometh from God alone
Than commeth our verie gentlenes of grace
It was nothing bequeth vs with our place.

M. G. Chaucer, lamenteth in bys ſetond Booke ( which

hee entituleth the teſtament ol loue) that I hetes childꝛen

cn. f̃oꝛ pouertie in no lynage bee reckened, and Caines childꝛẽ
Tapher. foꝛ richeſſe bee maked J4yhetes heires. Alas (ſapeth he) thys
Noes childré, is a wondertull change betwene theſe two Noes childꝛen,
ſithen that of Japhcres olſpꝛyng tomen knyghtes, and of

Serwage. Cayne deſtended the lyne of feruage to bps brothers chil⸗
dꝛen. Lo howe gentlenes, and ſeruage as Coulens , both

deſcended out of two bꝛethern ok one bodie. Tuherekoꝛe J

ſape ſoothenes, that gentienes in kynred maken not getle

Ipnage in ſuctellion, without deſerte ok a mans obon ſelte.

xynrede. DE what kinred bene the gentles in oure dayts, J trowe
therefore pf anpe good bee in gentlenes, it is onelye that

8 it

Srntlenes.

of Armorie. Fo.16.

it ſeemeth a maner of neceffitie to be put into Gentle⸗
men, that they ſhoulde not barpe from the vertue of their
Auncetours And therfore that he will be accompted gen⸗ Gele,
tle, he muſt dawneten his fleſhe from vices that cauſe vn⸗
gentlenelle, and leaue alſo reignes of wicked luſtes, and
dꝛawe to him vbertue, that in al places gentleneſſe Gentle⸗Vertue.
men maketh. Then gentlenes of thine Auncetours, that Luncetous,
foꝛaine is to thee, maketh thee not gentle, but vngentle, ¢ Centlencs.
repꝛoued, it thou continueſt not there gentleneſſe. And
therkoꝛe a wile man once fatde: Better it is thy kinred to ~,,, 2
be bp thee genteled, then thou to glozy of thy kinnes gen⸗
tleneſſe, and haſte no deſert thereof thy ſelfe. Hc Chan-
COV US

A Pꝛince that couetethe perpetual memoꝛie, muſt note 2627"
fiue thinges, which he muſt haue in his life: that is to fates.
to be pure in his conuerſation, vpꝛight in iuſtice, aduente⸗
rous in feates ot Armes, excellente in knowledge, and
welbeloued in his Pꝛouinces.

¶ Of fiue kindes of Nobilitie, whereof the laſte
was added by Ariftotle.

ents
lenes,

The moſte noble and wife philofopher Plato, and they Kyndes pny
that kolowed him, (of whom Ariſtotle feemeth not to be the bilitie,
leaſt) did (ef foꝛthe vnto vs, foure kindes of Mobilitie.

The lirſte is of them, whiche of longe continuance are
ſpꝛonge, and boꝛne of Noble, and righteous Auncetours.

The ſecond is of them, whole Parentes were Princes,

82 men of greate power, and authoꝛitie.

The thirde is of them, whole Pꝛogenitours did floꝛiſh,
and excell in Chiualrie, and pꝛoweſle, pꝛo welle conſi⸗
ſkinge of valiante courage, and artiall policie, woꝛthy
5 gloꝛpe and pꝛaiſe, either in theire owne countrpe, oꝛ a⸗

zꝛoade.

The kourthe kynde of Podilitie, ts {aide fo be that,
whiche of all others is moſte excellente: as when anve

man

the Concordes

man dothe erceede , 02 farre pale others in honeſtie,
gentlenelle, oꝛ nobleneſſe of harte: and dothe trauaile by

the puillance of bis owne renoume. And he truelp is

Noble who to be called Roble, whom, not other mennes, but his

owne vertue hathe aduanced vnto gloꝛie.

To theſe foure kindes, Ariſtotle addeth the fifth, that is
Learning, to ſaie, ot them which did floꝛiſhe in highe learninge, and
NI knowledge of thinges wonderkull: and ſuche by righte
ought to be called Noble men, becauſe they doo not on⸗

ly ennobliſh their owne Houſes, tobereof they deſcended,
but alſo make honoꝛable the Cities, and Coutrics where⸗
in they were boꝛne, as foꝛ example. Iubæ the ſonne of Ine
be kinge of Numidia, beinge à childe, and alſo a captiue,
Iulij Cafaris triumphum Africannm fecutus eff, And als
though he thus had loffe bis kingedome,and libertic,and
Was ſpopled of all his honour, and gloꝛie, pet he thought
d e not btterlp to loſe all his eſtimation. Mheretoꝛe he care
ids Ss neſtly applied him ſelke to the ſtudie of good learnynge,
i * wherein he fo muche profited, that in ke be peares he at⸗
tained to ſuch knowledge, as thereby he was accoumpted

amongeſt the moſte learned Miters ofall Greece. So

that what fo euer foꝛtune had abated or his Nobilitie, the

fame did the learning of good artes moze abundantly rez

toꝛe, to the greate augmentation ot his honour. Sem⸗

Hanniball, blably, Hannibal of Carthage, in his greate miſerie, aduer⸗
ſttie, and olde age, learned the Greeke tongue, and bes

came fo eloquent, that he moſte wiſelp did bothe wꝛite the

actes, and deedes of certaine Emperours, and alſo noble

Bookes of Partiall policie: whereby he deſerued righte

bighe commendation , and aduantemente to his koꝛmer

Nobilitie, whiche tonſiſted not in the ancient Linage, oꝛ

dignitie of his Auncetours, but in the greate learninge,
wiſedome, and vertue, which in him was very Nobilitie:

and that obilitie bꝛought him to dignitie. V irtute decet,

non ſangu ine nits,
Nam

Tuba.

of Honour. Fo. 17.

Nam genus, & proauos, & qua non fecimus ipſi,
V ix ea noſtra voco.

The wooꝛdes of that pꝛince of Oꝛataurs, Cicero, in his
fecond Booke of Offices, which he wꝛitte vnto his ſonne
Cicero, doth admoniſh vs, not onelp to conſider the name,
oꝛ fame of our parentes, oꝛ Auncetours, but that we muſt
diligently take herde, that we commit nothinge, whereby
we maie be thought vnwooꝛthy to beare the Enſignes ol
our Pꝛogenitours. Theſe are his wooꝛdes vnto his
ſonne. Ikanp from the beginninge ok his pouthe, bathe

the title of honoꝛable name, either receiued of his Father
which to thee mp Cicero Ithinke to haue happened) oꝛ by
any chaunce, oꝛ foꝛtune, on him all men caſte their eyes
and of him there is feachinge what he doothe, and howe
he liueth. And ſo, as thoughe he ſhoulde leade his life in
moſte open lighte, neither wooꝛde noꝛ deed ok his can be
vnknowne. Thus it is pꝛoued, that Noble men muſte
haue eſpecial regarde, that they mate be thought wooꝛthy
to beare that, whiche they receiued of theire Grandſiers.
Foz their faultes, oꝛ vices, are of all men, euen of the ba⸗
ſeſt ſoꝛte, bothe noted, and repoꝛted: and koꝛ theire hono⸗
rable doinges and deſeruinges, are like wile of them com⸗
mended x pꝛaiſed. Wherefore it is expediente foꝛ all thoſe
ok the obilitie, and ſuche as deſire to beare the names of
Gentlemen, eſpecially aboue all others, to be cirtumſpecte
3 ne liuinge and manners, and to walke as in the day
Ughte.
Nobilitas ſola eſt, atque vnicæ virtus.

Finis Libri primi.

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| 7 6 The Armorie of Honour.

C hat ee were, who in olde ti time 470 lere 5
tokens sor fignes of Armes.

pany Odilitic, ag 1 Boetius sac his

N . ex Aena Parent um. Itis Definitions of
allo a dignitie of Byꝛthe and It Nobilitic,
nage. Aristotle ſaithe in his fourth
yi Vooke Polit icorum, that is 5 Virtus,
se Bas ¢> dinite antique, The whiche de⸗
sitios — into be the true knowledg of very Pobi⸗
litie, which diuerſe ¢ lundꝛie perſons haue, and doo petat?
taine vnto by the name and good fame of their parentes,
other by chaunce oꝛ koꝛtune, ſome foꝛ theire ſtudies, ſome
by feates of armes, ſome fo2 their great poſſeſſiõsoꝛ long Nobilitie fer
continuance of theire bloude, and aunciente houſe in one Voiue.
name and lynage, and alſo many foꝛ their vertues onelip,
which aboue al other dught euer to haue pebeminencein
pꝛaiſe cammendation. And thertoꝛe to p hind oꝛ lynage
of thoſe men, were armes firſt giuẽ ds to them which ers
celled al others in vertue, pꝛowes, r goodnes of kind: and Efe be
{uch were called noble perſons oꝛ gentle: ⁊ they did beare Ne per-
in their ſhields e on their helmetẽ, oꝛ other armoꝛ, certain fons :
ſignes oꝛ tokens to be knowne bP Vt aht im videre licet a.
pu Poet as. fs
Pallas that mightte Goonette of Wattaile r wiſedome,
foꝛ becaufe thee woulde ſeeme more terribie in battatle, Nobiliam
did “reat ae = esa a > es monſtrous, ame dene inſignia.
i C. il ines

the armor ie

tines yeade af G Gor gor.

Bacchus the ſonne ol Jupiter, by Semeles Daughter of
Cadmus, (Who wente a greate parte of the woꝛld, deſtroy⸗
inge Tyꝛantes, and Monſters, and conquered the Coun⸗
trie of India) did beare vpon his Helmet, the hoꝛnes of an
Dre, whiche was bis Creaſte, as it is nowe termed of the
Peraultes.

Hans ns. Mars g Hercules 8a that theire ſtrengthe, power, ¢ force
ſhoulde be well Knotwne, did beare on theire Armour the
ſkinnes of Lyons, in Latin called, Leonum exuuiæ.

Jupiter allo, the ſonne of Saturnus, who foꝛ his poles, æ
wiſedome, after his death, was of all the Greekes hondu⸗
red as a God, x called Father, ⁊ kinge of Gods, did beare
foz bis Enũgne a Swanne his heade with the necke. All
whiche Enũgnes, and tokens by them deliuered to theire
ſucceſſours, Nobilitatis, & quod ab heroibus nati ent, ſpeci-
men dabant.

Porus, the king of the Indians, when he oꝛdered his bat⸗
taile againſt pᷣ greate Alexander, did beare in his ſtanderd
the Image of Hercules, foz an encouragement of his ſoul⸗
diers to fight well, ¢ foꝛ a note of repꝛoute, and inkamie to
them that ſhoulde flye from the fame: and loſſe of life to
them, that lelt it in the ſielde. Suche veneration, and Kez
Q. Curt. li. 8 ligion the Indians tonteiued of Hercules, that ſommetime
bad bene their enimie Thus by whom tokens of Armes
in old time were boꝛne, may partly be perceiued. But pet
the goodly oꝛder, r trade in bearing, x oꝛdering of them,
was not then ſuche, as it is nowe. Foꝛ ot theſe befoze re⸗
cited, I finde no mention made of mettall, colour, we 3

02 any oe rule in what kourme thep did beare them.

Creaſte.

Swanne bis
deade,

Hercules his
Image,

6 Of the fourme of seutcheons.

To fette fooꝛthe here the kourme of Scutcheons it nee⸗
deth not. Foꝛ of ſundꝛie faſhions thereof, x in eſpecially
niene. may plainely be ſeene in the booke entituled, The

Accidence

of Honour. Fo. 19.

Actidence ot Armoꝛie. And therekoꝛe firſte J will de⸗
clare in howe ſundꝛie wiſe Elcocheon, Shieldes, tc. are
termed in the Latine tongue, they be fo neceflaric to bee
knowne of all Gentiemen.

Albiſia, Shieldes, oꝛ Tergates.

Clypens a ſhield, Tergate, oꝛ buckler foꝛ a footman. E.
dittus eff clypeus, ab co quod clepet i. celet corpus 5 periculiſque
fubducat,

Scutum is alfo a Tergate, oꝛ ſhield, in eſpeciallp for an
hoꝛſeman. Lrdore ſaithe, that it is called Scutum, Ed quid a
fe excutiat telorum ictum. Scutum autem equitum ef: Clypens
ped. itum.

Auncile, Shielde without coꝛners, ſuche an one in the
time of Numa, ſetonde kinge of Rome, was ſeene fall out
of the ſkie: and was kepte bp the Pꝛieſtes of Nan, called
Salij. Vide Vitas Plutarchi.

Pelta, is a Tergate, oꝛ Buckler like an halke oone, ot
the whiche, the booke of the kinges maketh mention, that
Salomon cauſed to be made, Ducenta Scuta de auro puro: G.
trecentas Peltas ex auro probæto.

Cetra, is alight Tergate, thereof the Poete makethe
mention: Leuam Cetra tegit.

arma, is allo a Tergate wohiche footemen did ble.

Nert onto this, it is expedient foꝛ gentlemen to knowe
the Latin for Standerdes, Banners, Auncientes, cc.

Signifer,ts he that heareth ſtanderd, oꝛ Banner in p field.

Signa infeſtu, Standerdes, oꝛ Banners aduaunced in
battaile, in marchinge againſte enimies.

Signa,be alſo Standerdes in warre, oꝛ Auncientes.

MVexillum, is likewiſe a Banner.

J reade, that Romulus, firſte kinge of the Romaines, v⸗
fed Faſciculos fæni, that is to ſaie, a grippe, oꝛ knitche oł hay
bounde together at the ende or a longe ſtatfe, and fo the
fame was boꝛne in the fielde, in the ſteade ofa Standerd.

The pꝛincipall tokens, oꝛ ſignes whiche were bled of
old time in the Standerdes, oꝛ Ancientes of Emperours.
and Binges, were three. C. it. The

Iſiclor. Lib.
Etbimo.

Romulus bis
Standerde,

Dragon.

Pila,

the armorte

The firſte, and chicfe was the Eagle, whiche hath to
diuers Emperours appeared, as a ſigne o2 token of viao⸗
rie, that ſhoulde koꝛtune to them in theire warres. The
which the E mperours of Nome doo pet aduaunce in their
Standerdes. And who fo euer beareth the fame, is called
Asquile fer, id eſt, the Standerd bearer of the Romaines.

The leconde pꝛincipal token, which both the Orectans,
and Romaines bled in their Standers, was the Dꝛagon.

The third, and pꝛincipall token that the E mperours of
Rone vſed, was that whiche in Latine is called 7/4, a
round Ball, oꝛ Globe, as a figure to declare the Nations
that were ſubiecte vnto them in the whole woꝛlde.

Nowe ſhall enſue accoꝛdinge to my entended purpoſe,
diuerſe, and manp Cote armours, which J haue collected,
and gathered out of ſundzie Authours, as well Latines,
as Frenche, and Engliſhe.

Wherefore, fir and aboue al others, the Armes of our
moſte dꝛeade ſoueraigne Ladie, Qucene Elizabeth, that
nowe is our chiefe Gouernour vnder Chꝛiſte, ought ot al
eſtates to be knowne, and knowne to be reuerenced, and
honoured, as thereby we maie wooꝛthily confelle, and ac⸗
knowledg p Soueraigntie, Kopaltic, Pꝛeheminence, and
Dignitie of her, and her Auncetours magnificence , in v⸗
nitinge, and knittinge together the whole Jurifoicion,
Right, and Title of the moſt noble Kealmes of England.
and Fraunte into one and fo vnited, are quarterly boꝛne
in one fielde.

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the armorte

Firſt on the right quarter is ſeene p armes of France,
the fielde whereot is Azure, thꝛee Floures de Luce, d D2.
And in the fecande Englande, the field wherok is Guics,
three Lyons Paſſant, Gardant, d Oz. The thirde as the
ſecond, and the fourth as the firſte. All within her Garter
of heauenly hewe, adoꝛned with the golden Poeme: Hon
foit qui maly ſenſe, enſigned with the Emperiall Crowne
of her Noble Maieſtie.

Thus, who readinge, x marking the order of the blazon
of the laid mode noble Armes, and ſeinge the fame afterz
warde in any Churche, Caſtle, oꝛ other place, but by ¢ by
he will know the fame. and remember the reuerence ther⸗
unto due: and not that onely, but wil bꝛeake out, and fap,
God ſaue the Queene ,God ſaue her Grace. Vhiche wooꝛdes
fo fatde, and hearde of others, bꝛingeth all the hearers in
remembꝛance of their obedience , and duetie to her, being
dur moſt lawful Pꝛince, and Gsuernour. And thele Ar⸗
mes are of all men, liuinge vnder her, x her Lawes, and
within all her Domintons, ta be extolled, and fet vp in the
higheſt place of our Churches, houſes, t manſtons, aboue
all other eſtates E degrees, who fo cuer they be. And this
example of dur Soueraignes Armes, J firſt put foꝛthe, as
pꝛincipally aboue all others to be knowne, loꝛ the caules
akoꝛeſaide.

CO Signes borne in Armes.

There be divers, ⁊ ſundꝛie fignes boꝛne in Armes, as
of heaſtes, the Lyon, pager, Panther, Parde, Leaparde,
Uhpnoceron, Cliphante, Grpphen, Cameleon, Cameleo⸗
parde, Linx, Beuer, Beare, Molfe, Grephounde, Bound,
Foxe, Ape, Satpꝛe, Hiſtrir, Cupdꝛos, Leontophon, Guz
ſtion, c. Theſe pꝛoperly be called beaſtes, and no other.
Foz (as Jſidore ſaithe) Beſtiarum vocabulum propriè conuenit
Leonibus, pardlis, ysvibus, Lup 18, & V ulpibus, or cæteris, quæ
vel ore, vel vnguibus feniunt: except is Serpentibus. Beſtiæ autem
dictæ, 4 vi que ſæuiunt.

Allo cuerp other beaſt, the theſe cſpecially before named,
Ought not to be tearmed in Armes, Beaſtes, but by tycire
pꝛoper

of Honour. Fo. 21.

pꝛoper names, as 4 Bull, a Butte, in Latin called 74
dulus,an Vozſe, Mule, Ale, Kamme, Goate, Hart, Bynd,
Bucke, Wore, Hare, Conpe, ⁊c. Theſe in Latin are called
Pecora, aut Pecudes, Jumenta, & Quadrupedia, Armenta e-
quorum, &. boum ſunt, qudd his in armis vtimur, And howe
they differ in, oꝛ touching their names, maie eaſily be vn⸗
derſtande by L/idore, Who fo will reade him, Libro 11. Cap. i.
Etymo. titul. De Pecoribus, & Inmentis.

There are ſeene alſo in Armes, the ſignes ok Serpen⸗
tes, as the Dꝛagon, Coluber, Baſiliſke, of ſomme called
the Cockatrice, Salamander, Amphibene, Stellion, Pꝛe⸗
ſter, Ceraſte, Hyder, Aſpe, Adder, Snake, Jacule, the
Chelpder, c. Que quatuor pedibus nituntur, ſicut Stellioness
c. non Ser pentes, fed Reptilia nom inantur. f

Of Filſhes, theſe are eſpeciallpy boꝛne, the Delphine, F Wes.
Luce, TMhale, Bocas, Pearche, Noche, Glade, Mullet,
Ampon, Pelanure, Balene, Mugill, Crabbe, tc. And ok
Shell fiſhe, the Eſcalop is chietely boꝛne in Armes.

Ok Fowles, oꝛ Byꝛdes theſe are pꝛincipallp boꝛne: the
Eagle, Goſſehauke, Falvcon, Marlet, Swanne, Crane,
Stoꝛke, in Latin called Ciconia, Curlewe, Oſtriche, Phe⸗
nix, Pellicane, Peacock, Herneſewe, in Latin called 47
dia. The Rauen, Crowe, pve, Backe, otherwiſe called
Meſpertilion, oꝛ Repmouſe. The Pightingale, Turtle,
Kaladze, Owle, Rite, Swalowe, Onacracle, Partyn,
Mpꝛedꝛomble, Lare, Pheſante, Partriche, ac. Theſe bir⸗
des, many moe are boꝛne in Armes. Pea the Bee, But⸗
terklie, Orathopper, ¢ Maſpe are boꝛne of diuers: as allo
p Scarabic, witch is a ſiy hauing hoꝛnes like to an harte. ers,

Ok trees are boꝛne in Armes, the Palme, Oliue, Oke,
the Lawꝛell oꝛ Bap tree, Scne, in Katin called Collutea,

Ceder, Cypꝛes, Beech, Nlalnut, Pulberp. Sicamoꝛ, Fig
tre, Jupe, tc. And pet theſe trees are not fo ofte boꝛne, as
their bꝛaunches, ſruite, € leaues be: as by examples here⸗
after Hall folowe.
OF Floures, Hearbee, x their Lcaues, an infinite num Floyyes,
ber are boꝛnc:as p Uoſe doble ¢ fingle, Alleluya, arigold
the

Fowles.

Fruttes,

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the Lily, ö Safron floure, Celido, Amomũ, Mercbe, in Latin
called Apin, Artemeſias Agnus caſtho, p herbe called Diptas
„eos Diptanus in latin, in engliſh Diptance,o2 Detanee:
Milkoile p great, Lupoine, p floure de Luce, Cinquefoile,
Quaterkoile, Trikoile, Daiſp, Jatinth, Senup, Miolet, xc.

Of fruitꝭ eſpecially are boꝛne the Pomgranade, in latin
called i granati, the Oꝛeng, Peare, Apple, the berp of
the tree called Morus, e the leafe alſo is boꝛne in armes, ⁊c.

Ok dead Ching? are boꝛne an infinite nüber in armes, as
Crownes, Coꝛonetè, Maces, Pillers, piles, globes, Cheu⸗
rons, Bars, Bendes, Helmets, Gauntlets, [woꝛdes, dag⸗
gers oꝛ pugiõs, Launces, Fauchons, Sithes, Billes, croſ⸗
ſes, Bokes, Letters, Beaſantes, Plates, Toꝛteauxes, Pel
lets, Saltries, Chequers, Caſtles,Toures, Rockes, hips
Galthꝛopes, Scocheons, Foꝛmales, Pollets pierced and
Whole, Sufllues, Harpes, Bels, Lampes, plomets, Nopes
oꝛ kunes, Bowes, Arowes, Dartes, water Bowges, Lo⸗
ſenges, Paſcles, Buckles, Fuſils, Frets, Billets, wheles
Daes,Cuppes, Ewers, Combes, Saltes, Phiols, Garba
ges, Pheons, Ballances, Paunches, Gozges, Bugles,
Trompets, Lures, Bernacles, Varrowes, Nowels, trew
els, in latin called Trullæ, Annulets, Ankers, oꝛtculeſſes
Beies, Boltes, tc. And here is to be noted, that al thinges
bearinge life, of what nature fo euer they be ok, excepte
Crownes Imperial, are to be preferred foꝛ their eſtimati⸗
on, and dignitie in ſignes of Armes, before al thoſe which
haue no lite. As of beaſtes, the Lyon is to be commended
€ pꝛełerred before all others, who fo euer beareth him, foꝛ
that he is king of all beaſtes: but whether tobe he is boꝛne
pafant, gardant, oꝛ regardant, rampant, ſaliant, ſeiante,
couchant, oꝛ doꝛmant, be moſte woꝛthieſt, oꝛ auncient in
Armes, 3 refer that to the Heraultes: pet not altogether,
foꝛ I dare boldly affirme the bearing of him one wap to be
moſt of honoꝛ ⁊ ſouerainty: as when he is paſſant, gar⸗
dant. And nowe the reſte J commit to their iudgemente,

who are mine elders, Ok Byꝛdes oꝛ Fowles, the Egle,
Pellicane,

of Honour. Fo 22

Pellitane, Phenix, and Swanne haue chiele dignitie.
Ok Serpentes, the Baſtliſke and Dꝛagon.

Ok Filſhes, the Delphine, Luce, and Clade,

Ok Trees, the Palme, and Oliue. Ok ſome the Lawꝛel is

pꝛeferred.

Of Floures,the Roſe, L ilpe, oꝛ Floure de Luce,

Ok Deade thinges, Crownes, and Beaſantes.

Ok Fruites, the Pomgranade beareth the pꝛeheminence.
Thus haue ſhewed onto pou of diuers ⁊ ſundrye ſi⸗

gnes boꝛne in armes, ¢ the right opinion of pb woꝛthines

therof. So that now is to be ſhewed the blazon of al thoſe

ſignes in armes, with many other mo, not befoꝛe remem

bꝛed. NAherunto J would wih al ¢ ſinguler eſtates, who

would haue the name of gentlemen, endeuour thé ſelues

Nan ib, pedibuſq; (vt aiunt) to the knowledg of theſe which

enſue. And becaule the Croſſe is p moſt triumphant ſigne

and woꝛthieſt, the fame hall firſte haue place.

Binge Arthur, that mightie
conquerour, ¢ woꝛthy, had ſo
greate affection & loue to this
ſigne, that he lefte his Armes Kinge Ar-
whiche he bare bekoꝛe, where⸗ hure his
in was figured z. dꝛagons, an Armes.
other of 3. Crownes, ¢ alum:
pted, oz tooke to his armes, as
proper to his deſire, a Croſſe
Siluer, in a field vert: æ on the
firſt quarter therof, was figu⸗
red an Image of oure Ladve,
with her ſonne in her armes.
And beavinge that ſigne, he did many marueiles in Ar⸗
mes, as in his Bookes of Aites, and valiant Conqueſtes
are remembzed.

Thus in olde time it mape be perteiued, what Joꝛin⸗
tes thoughte ol the Croſle. So hathe it beene thoughte
good

the armorte

good to the wiledome of God, that Chꝛiſte ſhoulde tubs

Eraf.in Luc, delwe the vniuerſall woꝛlde thꝛoughe the Hoꝛncs of the
24. c. Croſſe. i

Many of the Jewes, whiche crucified that innocente

Lambe and our Sauioure Jeſus Chꝛiſte on the Croſſe,

Idem in when he was deliuered vnto them, wilſhing his bloude to

Matth.27.c, light vpon them, æ their childꝛen, to p deſtruction of them

ſelues, and their ſucceſlours, did alter wardes woꝛſhip the

Croſle, which befoꝛe cried in the multitude, Up with him,

D, \figne of the Croſſe was lente

5 ftrom God to that blelled man

Mercurie, AS V incentius in Spe
Beati Mer culo hiſtorialiʒ ot the maruelous
cury inſignia deathe of Julian the A. poſtata,

Libro. I. ſaithe, that an Angell
bꝛoughte onto the ſaide e-
curie, all armoure necefarpe
koꝛ him, with a Shielde of A⸗
sure, and thereon figured a
Croſſe flowꝛie, betwene foure

ken, that this Shield, with the ſigne ofthe Crolle therein,
was ſente from Heauen: fo J reade in the Chꝛonicle of
Gawpne, whiche he wꝛiteth Super Francorum geſtis, that in
the time of the Frenche Binge Charles, the ſeuenth of

that name, the Sunne ſhininge, and the Elemente beinge

faire

Vofles, Golde. As it is twrit-

S

of Honour. Fo. z.

kayꝛe and cleare, there appeared, and was ſeene bothe ol
the Engliſhe men, and Frenche, a white Croſte in the
cleare firmamente. Mhiche heauenly fiqne fo ſeene on
bothe dations, they of the Frenche, whiche as then mo⸗

ned Kebellion againſte theire Pꝛince, did take as an ad⸗

moniſhemente from Beauen , of theire duetie and obedi⸗

ente due vnto him. Suche veneration by them was gi⸗

uen vnto the ſigne of the Crofic, fearinge the perſecu⸗

tion, and pouniſhemente that woulde fall vpon then,

foꝛ ſuche theire Rebellion, as thep had then alreadie com⸗
mitted.

Thus it maie be ſeene, that the Keligion whiche they Religion con.
concetued at the ſighte of the ſigne of the Croffe, didde lo ceived of the
alter theire mindes, and mollifie theire hartes, that they / ne of the
did returne from theire wicked pꝛactiſes of Kebellion, (7/6.
vnto theire obedience, with crauinge pardon.

ds this ſigne of the Croffe was then ſene of the French
in the Elemente, whiche was (as J collecte) in the time of
the noble and puillant Pꝛince, kinge Edwarde the third.

So the ſaide Gaguine reciteth in his Chꝛonicles, that the

Armes which the Frenche kinges nowe beare, were ſent

from Meauen to Clodouens then kinge of Fraunce, when / -o/,
he was bapti ſed, became a Chꝛiſtian. id /f, 3. Lilia aurea ge 102.
quibus ſubeſt cæli ſereni color, quem Axurum Franci dicunt. Te Armes
That is to fate; thee Lilies Golde, in the coloure of the /e French
fapꝛe, and cleare Frmamente, whiche in Frenche is cal⸗ ge.

led Azure. >

And of the fafde miraculous Enũgnes Gaguine boꝛi⸗
eth thefe twoo verſes, as enſue.

Hac ſunt Francorum celebranda infignia Reguin,
Qu demiſſa Polo,fuftinct alma fides.

It were too longe to lite, oꝛ place here all the berſes,
whiche Jodocus Badius Aſcenſius doth rehearſe in the ende
of the ſaide Gaguine his Chꝛonicle, De Infignibus Francia.
WAherefore, omitting the greateſt parte therok, take thele
fete folowinge.

At no-

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At nobis cælica dona,
Et pia Francorum placeant infignia Regum.
Aurea cæleſti primum ſuſfulta colore
Lilia, Cæſareis olim iam credita cerwis. ,
Auri flamma dehiuc, veterum victoria Regum.
Theſe pet remaine to the French hinges fo2 their En⸗

Buſfones.3. ſignes: where befo2e ( lodoueus time, they did beare thꝛee

Luriflams
ma.

Todes, as witneſleth the ſaide Gaguine in the fürſt booke
ok his Chꝛonicles. Fol. . page.

And of their Auriflambe p fame Gaguine wꝛiteth thus.
Tyaclitum quoque eft pannum ſericeum rubrum, inſt ar ſigni mi-
litaris quadrat ii, miro fulgore ſplendentem diuinitus eſſe exceptu.
Quo in expeditionibè contra fidei chriftiang hoſtes pro ſigno Franz
ct Reges vterentur, buicq; vexillo nomen Aurifiamma hactenus
permafiffe. Denig, a Dioniſianis cænobitis afferuata effe Sed ab
utentibus figno aduerſus Chriſticolas Regsbus illud euanuiſſe.
Thus ok their Armes and Auritlambe, howe they had the
ſame, appeareth. Pet here is to be noted that when they
aduanced their Auriſlambe, which was their ſtanderd, in
battaile againſt the Chꝛiſtians, it vaniſhed awaie (las Gaz
guine declareth) and they had the fame no moze againe.

FJoꝛ what commeth, oꝛ is lente from Heauen (as they al⸗

lege the ſame was) muſte be godly, rightuoully, and ver⸗
tuauſlp boꝛne, bled, and oꝛdered. Pet notwithſtanding
When that was gone, they did newe make an other (as he
repoꝛteth) Non di, imili forma: Not vnlike onto the firk,
nord Was halotued by theire Biſhoppes, and kepte, In
ter facra. 143.
Thus thir owne Chꝛonicler dothe declare, howe theire
Aurillambe did vaniſhe awaie, Almightie God being dil⸗
pleated with them, when they aduanced the fame againſt
their Chꝛiſtian neighbours, and were gladde fo counter⸗
feite an other. Cuen ſo likewiſe kor theire vntruthe, inti⸗
delitie, and treacherie, he bathe taken krom them theire
Armes, ( whiche alſo they fate were ſente them from Hea⸗
uen) and bathe iuſtely, as a rightuous Judge, giuen there

of Honour. Fo 24.

to dur kinges of this Nealme of Englande, fo cnobliſhe
them withall, and as theire owe righte, and Enheri⸗
taunce, whiche moſte puiffantlp , and valiauntely they

haue boꝛne, and doo beare, he therefore be pꝛailed, Qui oft |

Rex Regum, &. Dominus dlomisantium.

Nowe fo refourne to the
' figne of the Croſſe, from the
whiche J haue lo muche dt-
greſſed. The Armes whiche
ok olde Heraultes are called
Saincte George his Armes,
are thus to be blazed , Lat inè,
— Portat vnum Scutum de Argenz

| to cum quadam Cruce plana de
Rubio. Anglice: He beareth a
Dhielde Argente , thereon a
plaine Croffe Gules.

Littie of London hathe the like fielde and Croſſe, ſauing
that on the dexter parte thereof is ſeene a Daggare, co⸗
lour of the Croſſe.

Semblablye the Cittye 50
Vorke hathe the ſame fielde,

and coloure, but the Croſle is
charged with ſtue Lyons Pal
fante, Gardante d D2,a8 here
Aappeareth.

This

and Croſſe, bothe in mettall, 8

Crux Fancti
COr gi.

The Enſigne of the noble

Inſignia C1
uitatis Lon

he Ci-
ieitatis Ebo~
Aci.

J. Sandes.

Croſſe 240

Hue.

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This noble Baron beareth
Arget, a Croſſe ragueled Sa⸗
ble. J find it blazed in French
thus: Le Syre Sandes, port 4% Ara
eent, vnc croix recopee Sable,
Tybis Croſſe is two trees, the

boughes beinge cutte of.

Ok other Croffes there be
boꝛne a greate number, bothe
charged, and not charged: and
of ſome of them J will make
deſcription. Cdiberefoze nexte
to the plaine Croſſe befoze {pe
ken ok, take theſe enſuinge fo2 example.

A Croſſe Molyne, is called p
Croſſe of a Pyll:toʒ it is made
Op ſimilitude of a cerfaine ine

diredtelp in his courte, that be
decline not ouer much on the
right part, noꝛ on the left part,
but miniſtringe to euerp parte
that, that is equall, ¢ withoute
kraude. And this Croſle might
tonuentently be alligned, € giuen to Judges, Juſtices, ¢
to ſuche others, Who haue iurildiction of the Lawe , as a
ſigne, oꝛ token foꝛ them to beare in their Armes. That is
fo ſaie, as the foꝛeſaid inſtrument is there placed, to dire
the Myll ſtone equallp, and without guile, fo all Judges
are bounden, and tied in tonſtience, to giue equall to ez
tery man, that whiche is his righte. And it is to be ſaide,
that the poſleſſour of theſe Armes beareth Azure, a Croſſe
Molvned D2.

It is

*

of Honour. Fo. 25.

It is to bee knolone, alſo, that the ſayde croſle, (as mas

ny other fignes in armes) mape bee ſhadowed. That is to
ſape. That of whatſoeuer colour the fielde is ot, the vmbꝛe
oꝛ ſhadowe of the token oꝛ ſigne boꝛne in the fielde, ts tra⸗
ced of a contrarie coloꝛ, and the bodye of the thinge cha⸗
dobbed, is of the coloꝛ with the fielde. And this croſſe fo
vmbꝛzated, is thus to bee blazed. A. beareth D2, a troſſe
Molopne Umbꝛe.

Pet here is to bee noted, that yk anye ſuche cote armoure
be honoꝛed with a chefe, the thing fo boꝛne in cheefe ſhall
not bee vmbꝛated, but abyde perfect in metall and coloure
as it was before, leſte ſuche a cote ſhould loſe all together
bps dignitie oꝛ woꝛthpnes. Wherefore Blazoꝛs of are
mes muſt bewaire of theſe enügnes which are boꝛne vm⸗
bꝛated, and not to thincke of them, as of coloures tranſmu

eed: Foz as J fpnde written in
„ iinauncient aucthoz, there ha⸗
ue bene certaine nobles, and

8 gentlemen in thys realme, the

Croffe vm lt

c hiefe.

Nae whiche did bere diuerſe tha:
*

dowes in theire armes, as of

me son. M. beareth Sable, a Xpon
rampant, Umbꝛe. a

And it is to bee conſidered, that ſuche gentlemen, as did
beare theire armes ſhadowed, had theire pꝛogenitours,
bearinge the ſame not ſhadowed, but whole and perkecte.
And becauſe theire poſſeſſions and patrimonpes deſcen⸗
ded to other men, then the neuewes oꝛ kynſmen ok ſuche
gentlemen, lyuynge in good hope, and truſtinge to haue
the poſletlions and patrimonies ſo deſcended to other men
agapne, did in the means lohile ee progenitors

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armes vmbꝛated, leauing all other differences. Foꝛ when

ut anye tyme ſuche theire inheritance, to them reuerted,

then myght they beare that Lyon, oz other beaſte, in ſuche

koꝛme, fielde and coloure, as theire pꝛogenitoꝛs did firſte

beare the ſame. And note, it is moze woꝛſhip and moche

better koꝛ them, to beare theire armes ſo vmbꝛated oꝛ ſha⸗

dowed, then wholy to leaue th enfignes of theire pꝛogeni⸗

tours. But pet in my iudgement, they myghte alwapes

(with conuenient differences) haue boꝛne the fame whole,

and not vmbꝛate:and ineſpecially they muſt be ſo oꝛdered

at theire funerals, notwithſtanding the bearinge of them

otherbiſe in theire lpfe tyme. And herein the iudgemente

Kinges at ànd ſentence of the kynges at armes, muſte chefelp take

Armes. plate, and haue vigoꝛ and foꝛce:foꝛ the diſtribucion of this

difference befoze ſpoken of, onelpy belongeth and appertei

nech vnto them.
— Pet there remapnethe one
croſſe to bee deſcriued, which J
did fe on a graue Tone in the

Moꝛth ende of the Pynſtre of
Porke , the name of the bearer
J haue foꝛgotten, but the fielde
of his cote armoure was Gules,
on a Croſſe Sarcele D’or , ſiue
mollettes of the firſte, perſed.
But thys Croſſe, and others, 4
kynd fo offer not well figured,

that it maketh me doubteful of
the certapne names thereok.
Mherkoꝛe, it is verp needefull foꝛ all papntoꝛs, cutters,
grauers, glaſiers, and embꝛodurers diligently to ſee, and
weightelp to confider the cofe Armoꝛs, whiche are put to
them ta bee paynted, cutte, graued, englaſſed, oꝛ emboꝛ⸗
dured, that they committe no oſtente therein, contrary to
the foꝛme and oꝛdꝛe pꝛeſcribed to them by th officers at ar
mes, who haue by mot auncient latve the coꝛrection, pea
and

PFF

of Honour. Fo. 26.

and the direction therof, lohan they can iuſtely tynde anx

faulte in thynges appertepnyng to Armoꝛie.

And thus J will paſſe ouer Croſſes, there bene fo ma⸗
npok them, and thole of diuerſe other formes, degrees €
charges, then befozeare blazed: as Croſſes, enuecked,
entrapled, fozked, paled, and trunked Croſſes, Po⸗
tonce, Maſcule, Belſãte, vairee, vndee, nebulee, coꝛdee, bo⸗

tonye, Batune, foꝛmpe, vrdee, pomelle, furſhe, nowpe,

Croſſe taue, checkep, waue, rette, humette, and ũtche.

There are alſo to bee founde and ſeene in armes Croſles

noble partited , ſemped, quartered of the fielde wherein

thep ſtande, contrecomponed, perſed, graded, e vopded gc.

Theſe mape the better bee theotwlp perceaued, pf the rea⸗

der hereof will diligently note, and beare alwape, what is

ſayde of them by maſter Leighe, in hys Accedence ol Are
moꝛpe, wohere he largely entreateth of ſondꝛie and diuerſe
ſoꝛtes of Crofes,bozne in ſondʒie wile, as mape appeate,

kol. 29.35. l. ct 3

D. I. of

Se N the Armorie
er e ee Of Armes quartered. ainsi aah 4

.

1. Beareth quarterly Gules, and Oz, one Mollet d ar⸗

gent, on the firſte quarter. Theſe appertaine to the right

L. Heer honourable, the Cazle of Oxefoꝛde, by the name of the iL.
i Ueer.

2. Beareth quarterly Golde, and Gules, an Eſcar⸗

boncle, Pomette, Fleurettie, Sable, Bꝛochant fur le tout.

( This ts the firte Cote, boꝛne, and marſhalled in the Cote

Armour of the right honourable, Sir Wenrve Sidney,

knight of the moſte honourable Oꝛder of the Garter, and

Loꝛde

of Honour. Fb. 27.

Loꝛde Pꝛeſidente of the Aueenes maietties honourable
Councel in Males.
3. Beareth D2, and Gules, a Bende varte argent, t
Azure by the name ol Sackeuile, Baron Of Buckehurſte. Sacksile.
4. Beareth Oz, and Gules quarterly, on a Bende
Sable, 3, Eſcaloppes d argent, by the name of Euers. Exers,
Armes allo which are quartered as afozelaide, for their
| diuerfitte; mate in ſome reſpecte ſeeme to be twoo Cotes,
boꝛne quarteriy: where, Secundum ver dare they are but
dne. — in 3 TD i
x I ibe beareth quarterly, Bebe,
land Argent engrapled, Wil⸗
lettie. Here needeth no furs
ther Blazon, to fate; that the
Willettes be conterchaged, oꝛ
tranſmuted of the fielde, oꝛ às
ok the one quarter, oꝛ p other,
nce there is deſcried Bilettie
ouer all. Touchinge that the
quarters in the diuiſton of the
Eſcocheon, be engrayled, that
kerme ts fo frequented , bez
; 1) cogaufe two colozs, oꝛ any mets
tal, 02 23 — 12 ——.— inferred one into the other,
that no partition, but onelp the Purllue, maie be ſeene be⸗
klwene them.

>

e armorie

He beareth Argent, and Sa⸗
ble quarterlp, Raſie. Theſe bs
called quartered Armes, raſ⸗
ſed, foꝛ p̊ twoo colours be raſ⸗
ted, as thoughe the one wers
Nrente from the other. And as
thefe are boꝛne raſſed, fo likes
wife are boꝛne in Armes quar
ters, boꝛders, c. Enueckec⸗
kie, oꝛ dentillie. Mhereot pe
mape finde examples in the
Accidence ol Armoꝛie.

The moſte auncient bearing
of twoo Colours, oꝛ ettal,
and Colour, quarterlp in one
Cote Armour, is to beare the
ſame platne, and neither en⸗
gralee, raſie, enueckie, oꝛ den
tillie. As foꝛ example: The
I. Sape beareth quarterlpe,
Dz, and Gules.

And theſe ſuffiſe foꝛ Armes
quartered, which are alwales
to be taken fo2 ſingle Cotes.
pet of greate antiquitie, as ta
che Heraultes are beſte knowne,

O,. Armes parted per Pale,

Armes parted the long wap, oꝛ on length, being of tive
colozs in one Eſcocheon, equallp parted from the middeſt
ol d higheſt part therof vnto the lo weſt point, are in Blazõ
termed Partie per Pale . And of the olde Heraultes,
Latine, Partita plane ſecundum longum. Callicè, Partee dw

Linge, And thereof ſhalbs thetwed 7. ſundzie pens
110

of Honour. Fo.28.

mate bfed in Armes Baled: bidelicet.

Firſte, when anp Gentle⸗
man beareth twos colours, e⸗
auallp parted plaine waie, ye

hall blaze his Armes thus. a,
seareth Argent, and Sable
parted per Pale.
B. beareth Argent ¢ Sa⸗

lle, parted per Pale, engrale.
C. beareth Dz and Gules

parted per Pale, raſee.
D. beareth Argent and A⸗
3 per Pale, enuec⸗

E. beareth Sable and Or, ported per Pale, dentee.

F. beareth Argent and Uerte, parted per Pale, nebu⸗
le. It is called Pebule , for that twoo colours are put tor
gether by the maner of Cloudes.

G. beareth Oꝛ and Gules, parted per Pale, vndee.
It is termed Andee, becauſe two coloꝛs are carted one in⸗
to an other. by the maner of water troubled with p wind.

A Cote Armour. parted per
Bale Dente ,02 otheriuile, is
often found charged with one
token o2 twaine. But of ans
tiquitie one ts moſte receiued,
as one of the Hungerfoꝛdes
bathe, who besreth Gules, ¢
Uerte, parted per Paile Den⸗
tille, a Cheuron, Oꝛ. This
Cote is of dignitie muche the

moꝛe, becauſe, beũdes p Cher

ron, the fielde is occupied with
no other ſigne.
C of

Hunger firde
© his Cote.

- Thearmorie
¶ ar Armes ae 5 F W.
Euene as sere befoze)pemay r ty 8 or Pp: Armes parte :
an the length of the Eſcocheon: So mate pe vnderſtand,
that there be partitions alſo made ouerthivarte the E ſco⸗
cheon, euen in the middetl of the ſame, equall, of twoo cos
lours from the righte ſide, to the lefte: and is termed in
Blazon , Partie per Feffe. Gallicè, Partie tranſuerſee. As in
example: H. beareth Argent ¢ Azure, Partie per Feſſe.
And ſo deſcriuinge the colours of any Eltachcon, ye map

ſate, as befoze, oł the Armes parted per Pale.

Partie per feſſe engrale, Note alfo that

Partie per felle raſie, thefe particios
Partie per feſſe enueckpe, ¶ per feſſe, are
videlice, & Partie per feſſe dentie ¶ to be ſeene ol⸗

Partie per feſſe nebule, ten charged
pattie per feſſe vndee ec. with one tokẽ
of armes, oꝛ with two, as the diligent ſearcher ssa fynde,
pt hee take hede therunto, in thys booke. wow
Wobwe

Co 2 2
4 r

ye 2

A
2 Wwe tae

Howe thele particions mape bee in ſondꝛye wyle char⸗
ged, take theſe fetve folowing foꝛ examples.

1. beareth , x Sable, parted per feſſe, vnde ij. Lyõs
Dꝛagõs, trãſmuted of p ſield. A terme theſe lyõs tranſmu⸗
ted becauſe p L pd firk placed in § ſielde, is Sable, in Oꝛ/ t
the other is Oz in Sable. Thys mape be taken for" ij.cote
armoures, without bꝛeathe of any Kule in Armoꝛpe. And
is called of olde heraultes lentallpe:whiche wherefore it is
ſo called, pe may reade in M. G. Lepghe hys Accidence of
Armoꝛpe, where he treateth of ſondꝛye particions melles.

2 beareth Gules, & Sables arp per Felle a

22

Lentally.

SHarticiens,

7 *
: LIE fine
thꝛee lyens napſſant argente, crowned.

2 x

3 Pet 3 kynde an other partician v as thys example tea⸗

cheth, vlelicet. S.bear eth Sables, Gules embatyled per
Feile three Fer de molyns d. Argen. 7

4. The lapde particions alto mape bee charged conue⸗
mently with twos tokens, and the fame of tloo natures €
Ryndes, as thus it maye bee deuiſed N. beareth. Sable,
and Argente parted per Felle nebule, tloo Faucons bo⸗
lante, and a Grephounde curſante, contrechanged of
the fielde. Pere the Fancons are argente volante in Sas
dlezand the Grephounde is Sable curſante in Argente , ¢
thps is good armoꝛpe. Theſe examples map ſuffiſe foꝛ ar⸗
mes parted per Felle, although there be fenedinerfe other
particions.as partpe par Cheuron, par Pile, par Bẽde ee,
whiche are both auncient, and ryght commendablp boꝛne

ol diuerſe in ſondꝛie maners, foꝛmes, c oꝛdꝛes. Therefoꝛe
here J ceafle to twaite anye further of them, vntill g hall

ſpeake generally of ſignes boꝛne in armes.

@ Of « cheife in Armes,

Woche beareth a Cheife in hys Armes it is pla

ted in the hyghelt place of the E ſtocheon, as a thing
honoꝛable to be boꝛ ne the ficloc beneth is twiſe fo moche
as the chetfe, x moſt commonly is ſeene of an other colour.
Therloꝛe certaynelp they do greatly erre, which call ſuch
Armes parted, althoughe thep bee of two toloures:foꝛ in
parted armes it᷑ is required that the toloures bee equall, €
lo it is notin anye Armes that is honoꝛed with a Cheife,
or à cheiſetaine. And ot᷑ the ſame how in londꝛy wile thep
are boꝛne in Armes, take thele tewe enſuyng fo2 ean

ö

of honour. Fo. zo,

— Z.. Iab.
1 The 107d S. John beareth Argente, on achetfe Gu ⸗

les, two mollets d Oꝛ perſed verte.

2. Uerrey, à Cheife, d Dz, Thps is boꝛne by p name of Tiree
Tytcheburne, ol Titcheburne. Mote that thys chiefe is
not charged with anpe thynge, and therefore is of greate
antiquitie. And of the ficlde of thys cote J wil ſpeake heres
alter, where it ſhalbe entreated of ſondꝛye furres.

3. Barrie vndee, ok vi. dargent, and Sable on a chiele
gules, a Lyon paſlant gardãt d Oꝛ. Here the chiele is char
ged noblye which a quicke beaſte of honoꝛ.·

4. Ermpne, on a chiele dẽted, Gules, thee Croſles es | |

C. ij. ne, d Oz,

Tharlande,

he armorye

ued, Oꝛ. The tricke of this cote J toks,as J found it payn⸗
ted on a Table, in a pariſhe churche of Nottingham, x as
it is there mencioned, is boꝛne by the name of Thurlande.

Ermpne, a chefe dented, ermpnes. Ok theſe thyngs boꝛ⸗
ne in thys tote, it ſhalbe ſpoken hereakter.

Ermpne, on a chefe indented, Gules, thꝛe crownes Im
periall,d Oz. Here I neded not to haue ſpokẽ of the metal
of the crownes, foꝛ all ſuche are of golde. The note of thys
cote armour J toke in the pariſhe churche of Tyckehill in
Hozkeſhire.
There mape be alſo bozne in
cheike, diuerſe tokẽs of armes,
and pet the chefe not altered
in colour from the field, as the
cotes befoze blazed are, as foz
example.

D. beareth Oz, thꝛee water
bowges Sable in chefe, Here

in the cheletaine, whiche is bes
rp auncpent Armoꝛie.

¶ Of Armes Palee.

A I haue ſayde befoꝛe, no Armes ought to bee called —

parted, but pf they bee made of two colours, once pars
fed and no moꝛe. Armes paled, (whereof nowe is to bee
ſhewed, are not, noꝛ ought to bee called partite Armes, al⸗
though they bee diuided in two coloures. Foꝛ the coloures
in armes palee, are diuerſelp parted of two coloures to the
nombꝛe of 6.paples:and ſuch Armes, be called Armes pats
led, foꝛ they bee made after the maner of payles, pet in ſon
dꝛye luple,as plaine, vndee, daunſete ⁊ᷣc.wherot᷑ take fhele
felve foꝛ examples. 4

1

of honour. 0.51.

1. A. Beareth palee, of 6. pieces, Oꝛ, and Sable,

2. C. Beareth Palee danſetee of fower Sable ¢ Are
gente, oꝛ thus, hys fielde is of Naples dauncie Sable, and
Argente. Theſe Paples bee called danſetee, becauſe they
bee crooked and ſharpe, and fo put together one into an o⸗
cher. And note, that theſe cotes Armoures bee termed Pa⸗
led, becauſe therein are kounde fo many Pales of one coe
loure, as is of the other.

3 In diuerſe armes of gentlemen be founde, one, oꝛ two
Paples of one toloure, and what coloure is founde moze,
Is the ſtelde, and of one Payle, take thys foꝛ e

. ae

the armorye.

©, Beareth Argentea Pale, bendee d Oz and Sable,
And of him that beareth too Pales, it muſt be (aid thus.

4 Beareth Gules. ij. ales d Argent. Theſe pales mape
bee boꝛne vndated, which is as mache to fave, as watered
with a floode, and alſo engraled, dented, vatre ec. Mhols
marketd well theſe two lak ſheildes, ſhall playnely pers
ceaue, that both the dertre parte, and ſiniſtre of the eſco⸗
cheon, abyde perlecte of one metall oꝛ coloure, and fo ſhall
hee not fynde of armes Palee, foꝛ what coloure thereof
is founde of the right parte of the ſheilde, the contrarxe is
kounde on the lefte.

Armes Barrie, f
As armes Palee are boꝛne,

Armes, it is thus to bee ſapde.
Me beareth barrie ot vi.peces
d Argent and Azure.
William the coquerour , what
tyme hee entred thys KRealme,
hee did beare thys Coate Ar⸗
moure, but after bps conqueſt,
he tooke fo hym other Armes,
videlicet tuo Leopards of gold
in a field Oules. Fo2 as J rea⸗
de, Benry the ſeconde was the firſte kynge that dyd beare
theee Lpons. 3 : a
Allo, it is to be knowne, that armes map in diuerſe wife
be Barred, and the firſte maner is playne and ſtreyghte,
as is next before exemplened. Pet in the blazon of them, ve
ſhall not ſave, hee bearxeth plapne armes barred, Wut pl
they bee otherwiſe baꝛne, pe than muſt nedes declare the
Hazon of them, how they differ krõ playne armes barrie,
foꝛ ſome are boꝛne Barrie vndee, barrye berrpe, oꝛ enuet

Bed, barrpe dauncpe, oꝛ Bendpe ec. Others alio be 11 05
* ith a

William Con n
quer ony.

of honour. ay aie

with a Lyon rampaunte, a grephounde, oꝛ other Weatke,
And ſome bee barred otherwiſle, as hereafter partelp teats
A ſhewed bp ſondzye oat aaah Facade 7

1. D. Weareth barrie dndee, of 4. ſable and D2.
3. CE. Beareth Ermpne iy, barre ways berrpe d Oz
and Guples.
3. J. Beareth Sable, tlboo barres Daunſetpe, d Are
gente: And ol acote Armoure barrp bendee.
Reade in . Gerarde Leighe hys Accidence, wher he ens
treateth ot cotes commixt wich two of the honoꝛable Oꝛ⸗

dinaries, 4.
4 Beas

the armorye.

4. Beareth barree oe pects, argente, and berte, an
Male of Marlettes, Sable
And note that thefe cates barries, are moſte connnonlp
boꝛne of 6,and 8.picces , but neuer aboue, as Upton wit⸗
neſſeth: et when pou fe anye armes, hauing mo pieces,
blaze ate on thys wife. . bene Sys
ee beareth on r. barru

8 tes, Argent, and Oules 5 a
a zion e oat te
pst ae ngued, and <ccolle d Or, brife
| ee 75 212 10 Croix de meſine en l eſpaule.
| Peer Toe Frenche Weraultes bla⸗
1 2 ze thys cote, Face de dix pieces,
> , 0 and whether there be two Bar
sre, res, theee oꝛ mo, they terme

them all, Facce.

Moꝛeouer our Barre is bee
rpe often placed in Armes, ev
uen from the middeſt of the
Dexter parte, to the Siniſter
ofthe Eſcocheon, fo that the
ficlde muſte containe twiſe fo
muche aboue the Barre, and
as muche beneath, as p Barre
is of it ſelfe. And therefoꝛe it
conteineth but the fift parte of
the fielde. As in example:.
beareth Argente, a Barre
Gules. N

Here note, that a Barre maie be boꝛne with twoo Bar⸗
rulettes, one aboue, and the other beneath the Barre.
And Barre, as 3 faide befoꝛe, containeth but the firſt part
of the fielde: and the Barrulet is a Diminutiue .

nd

of Honour. Fo. zz.

and is but the fourth parte of the Barre. And tgeſe Bare
rulettes are otten founde Floꝛie,oꝛ Fiozed, foꝛ that thep
be made alter the maner or Faure de duces, iſluinge out
of them as diuerſe otherwiſe, whereof take thele nexte fo2
examples.

Tue firffe rebeateth Vert, a Barre and tines Warrulet⸗
fes, D2.
The ſeconde beareth Argent, a Barre, with tle Ware
rulettes Floꝛitie, Sable.
The thirde d Gules, a Barre betwene two Cloſ⸗
ſettes, d O:. The Cloſſet is the halte ofthe Barre. And
F. t, theſe

the Armorie

thefe tivo halfes thus deuided, haue b force of tive Barres
in the fielde, koꝛ moe, by the name of Barres, it mate hot
containe,and keepe equall diutfions. :

The fourth beareth Argent, thee Barres Gemetves,

Sahle.

i He beareth Gules two ware
res D 02,0uer all a Cheuron,
Sable. Gallice fic: Portoit de
Gueulles a deux faces Dor, ath
Chenron de Sable furle tout. J
place this Cote here in the end
thus charged , that the gentle
Reader mape moze plainelpe
vnderſtande the ſame to be e⸗
q ually deuided into flue pare
tes, accozdinge to the Rule ac
fozeſaide.

Co Bendes.

There is oktentimes found
in Armes, one Bende, and the
fame is boꝛne of diuerſe noble
Gentlemen, bothe charged, €
otherwiſe. And thei are called
Bendes, becauſe they beginne
aboue an highe, at the Dexter
angle of the Shielde, and del⸗
cende to the Siniſter parte of
the ſame, and muſte containe

ok the fielde, as befoze is ſhe⸗

wed in the Concoꝛdes of Ara
moꝛie.

And ok him that beareth fois à Bende, ve thal fap thus.

Z. Scroupe. Videlicet: Che A. Scroupe of Bolton beareth a .

2

of Honour. Fo. 34.

D2, in a fielde, Azure. J here firſte blaze the Bende, for.
the honour of the mettall that he is ol, and vet the fielde is
of the colour of the moſte faire and cleare Firmament.
Theſe Bendes mate be boꝛne with Bendelettes of di⸗
uerſe fourmes, ſome plaine, ſome faire, ſome with Coti⸗
zes bothe plaine, oꝛ daunce, ⁊c. Asin example.

Firſte beareth Argent, a Wend Mauie Sable, theſe aps

pertaine to the right wozchipfull Sir N. Wallop of Wal- yr alloy,
lop in the Countie of South i.

The ſeconde beareth Uert, a Bende Niurie Dargent,
The third beareth Dz,a Bend „ “on
o Ye e

the Armorte

The fourth beareth Azure, on a Wende Argent, cotized
with twoo Cotizes d Oz à Lpon Sable, armed and lan⸗
gue d Gules.

Moꝛeouer, there be founde in Armes, tertaine other
Bendes, to ſome ſtraunge, from theſe e as theſe
twoo whiche entue.

Firſte bearefhe Fufilles , whiche are fo termed , for

that they be made like Spindles. As in example: Siden⸗

i ham beareth Argent, a Bend Fuſllie Sable, oz fiue u⸗
Jiden bam. ſilles in Bende Sable.

The other beareth Sable, a Bende Bꝛettelle de Oꝛ.

Fuſilles in Bendes, are commonlp boꝛne of Gentle⸗

men in Burgondie, and as they be bozne in Bende, fo

maaie they be boꝛne in Felle, c. 4 0

Hondur. Po. 35.

¶ Foure Cotes of ſundrie denifes, >

1. Beareth Sable, a Bende Argent, with twoo double
Cotizes, Potences, and Conterpotences of thꝛee peces

2. Beareth Bendie ok fire pieces d Oꝛ, and Uert, on a
Felle Argent, thꝛee Floures de Luce Azure.
3. Beareth Sable, ſixe Battunes d Argent.
4. Beareth Azure, a Croſſe Sarcele d Oꝛ, with a Ba⸗
tune, componie d Argent, and Gules.
¶ Differences

the armorie
¶ Differences betwene Fuſilles, Loxenges

and e

Babes 1. Weareth Gules, ’ bone Falles in Felle crm;
pp the nameof Denham.
2. Beareth Sable, thzee Lozenges Argent. f
3. Beareth Oꝛ, and Ermpnes Lozengie. N
4. Beareth Sable, 7. Malcles D argent voided, z.; & 1.

of Honour. F0.36.

@ Cheuron:.

1. Beareth Ermpnes, a Cheuron D argent.

2. Beaerth Sable, a Cheuron betwene thzee Huchet⸗
tes Dargent, le de Vert.

3 Beareth Ermpyne, twoo Cheurons Azure, charged
with five Eſtoiles of eight poyntes D oꝛ.

4. Beareth Theuronie of fire D argent, and Sable.

The armorie

He beareth d Oz, a Cheuron
Uerſie d Azure, in Chieke, an
Cagle difplaped with twoo
heades ok the ſeconde, mem⸗

Armozie.

@ Gf Armes enbordured, or wrth bordurs.

Boꝛd ures, many and diuerſe are fo be ſene in Armes,
luhereot, thole whiche be plaine, are motte vſually boꝛne,
and wigs ſame, and others diuers, take theſe enſuing, fog
example.

1. Beareth Fulilie, Wendie, D' oꝛ and Gules, a boꝛ⸗
der Azure.

2, Beareth Argent, one Lpon ſaliant d Azure, armed,
langued, and crowned Gules, a Boꝛder dentelle Sable.
s this Boꝛder is dented, fo it mate be boꝛne, engraled,
enuecked, goboned, vaire, xc.

3. Beareth Gules, one Croſſe Patie Doꝛ, betweene
foure Beaſantes, with a Boꝛder D argent, ſemie tretolie
propre.

4. Wendie of fire, Azure and Argent, on a Scocheon
Sable, an Hartes heade cabazed D'o2, with a Plate in
G 4, Chieke.

the armorye.

Chieke. Here the Cutter was negligent, in omittinge a
Boꝛdure d Ermpne, contrarie to his inſtructions.
hele Boꝛdurs allo are boꝛne, charged with diuerſe a
tied figites 02 tokens , as pe mate percetue by thele ens
uinge.

1, Beareth Uerte, fiue Fermaulxz in Crofle D'oꝛ, a
Boꝛder d Argent, charged with eight Ogrelles: 02 after
the Frenche blazon, Ogreſſee de huit pieces.

2. Beareth Argent, fiue Toꝛteuxes in Saltier, abozs
der de Gules, Fermaille D oꝛ, de 8. pieces.

3. Beareth Oz, one Croſſe botonye e be⸗

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twene kower hurtes, with a Boꝛdure Sable, femie billetti
Argent.

4. Beareth d Argent, one Saltier engrayled Sable, be⸗
twene folver pomeis, on a boꝛdure Azure, viij. Eſcocheõs
es charged with as manye Crofles , croſlettie fitche

u es. *

Hee beareth Sable, a Lyon rampant d Argent, with a
boꝛdure gobonie de vnc & l autre.

Manp other Boꝛdures are to be ſeene, charged with inſt⸗
nite tokens, both quicke and deade. And theſe Furres,
Rrouine, Ermines, and Verrey, doe moſt noblp ſett forth
thele Boꝛdures, to the great beauteſiyng of the fame. And
of Armes boꝛne with Boꝛdures, thele kewe alozeſaid may
ſutfiſe foꝛ examples.

Of quarters & cantons.

Chere bee boꝛne in Armes ſondꝛye Quarters oꝛ Carts
kons both charged and not charged, whiche are ol moſte
auncient bearing, and therefoze woꝛthye to bee noted.

G. ij. 1. Beareth

1. Beareth Geronnie of vi. pieces D2 and Sable, on a
quarter Gules, one mollet d Argent. J tooke the tricke of
thys cote as J founde it in a glaſſe wyndowe, within the
Pariſhe churche of Lileburne in Leyteſter hire, but by
what name itis boꝛne, I there could not get knowledge.

2. Beareth Cable ſempe floꝛpe d Argent, and a quarter
d Oꝛ. 5
3. Beareth d D2, tivo barres Sable, a quarter ſiniſtre
d Ermyne.

4. beares Gules, t woo pales de vaire, on a quarter &
niſtre d Oꝛ, one fermaulx lozengie Gules.
Beareth

of honour. Fo. 39.

Apꝛrell beareth d Oꝛ, ij. Cheurõs gules, a quarter de mel
me. The mult bee here blazed two Cheurons, althoughe
the quarter abateth one halle of the Cheuron mountant,
that is, the ouermoſte Cheuron , and thys is a true Kule,
whan pe ſhall fee anye token abated, by the dignitie of the
Canton:toꝛ the token oꝛ ſigne, although it ſhould ſeme a⸗
bated. net if alndeth perlen in blason.

F. 7

1. The leide is of the perle, a plapne Crolle Diamonde,
Canton d ermyne. For difference one mollet Topazie,
ſignifiyng the third bꝛother of that houlſe from whence in
bloode hee is linealip deſcended. Thys enſigne e
neth

ddolen pied,

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Leuertan.

Bafjete

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neth to . Laurence Bolenthcd , a gentleman endowesd
with diuerſe noble vertues and ercellet qualities, verp ere
perte alſo in blason deuiſes heroyques, and a feruent louer
of all them, whiche embꝛace the ſtudie thereof, wherekoꝛe
woꝛthye he is of ſuch rememberance, and commendacion
moꝛe ample.
2. Beareth Argente, one Cheuron Guiles, on à Can⸗
fot? Sable a cinquefoyle d Ermyne perſed. Thys Cote 3
5 ſeene boꝛne alſo without a Canton, by the name of
pas,

3. Weareth Gules tive eſteyles of eyghte popnctesd D25
a canton Ermine, by the name of Leuerton.

4. Beareth d Oꝛ, ix. uſcles vert, vopded two the,
thꝛe, one, on à Canton finiftre, Sable. one Creflante
with a Pollet d Argent perſed.

bps fielde of the Tope, thꝛee pyles in poyncte Rebie a
Canton d Hermine. f

He beareth Mars 3 8. Beaſantes,, Solis, 2.2.3.1. 8 Canton
d Hermpne.

@ Of Armes Checkey,

Oꝛeouer duerfe ſignes ¢ tokens in armes are loun⸗
de to bee tompounded of ſondꝛye metalles and colou⸗
res, as alſo Checkep, and thereof whole fieldes are nobly
boꝛne:all which, theſe keboe examples folowing ſhal plap⸗
nelp teache pou,
: I, Bearetch

.
eG 2 VV

— .

1. Beareth Argent, a demy Lion berfe, in cheike d D2, e
and Sable cantrecomponed. Thys cheile is ſo termed, be⸗ „ fes
caufe it abideth of one metall and one coloure: and but kb
tivo Tractes onelpe, theretoꝛe in no wile mape bee called
Checkey, although it appeare like thereunto,

2. Weareth Oꝛ, a Felle Checkey d Argent and Sable,
betwene thꝛee eſcocheons d Ermpnes. This Felle as it is
here of thee Tractes, is right Checkey. And an hole ſielde,
map be Checkep. ſens nombre.

3. Veareth Checkey d Ermine and Gules, on a Feſſle
Sablo.;3. Ancreſtants d Argent. The Frenche bie Increſſautei,

ae :

Checkeys o

ébeife,

Faren.

Cheffe Borde

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dlaze thys, tent Croiffans tourneq. whee

4. Beareth Checkey d Argent and dert, in Chelle Oa
les, one L von naiſſant d Oꝛ. Blaze thys by the Planettes
thus. The field is checkpe, Lune, and Venere, d Lpon natle
fant Solis a chetfe artis. This might bee the cote of ſome
aduenturous knyghte and a louer, koꝛ h ere hee bath the
Sunne and Moone, that gad and goddeſſe D, and Venus,
fo2 patrons in bys enfigne.

Bys fielde is Checkep, Saphier, and Topaze. And note, as
there is whole ficloes Checkey of mettall and coloure, fa
are to bee ſeene, Bendes, Barres, Boꝛdures, Cheurons,
Saltiers, xc. Checquey. Alſo the two furres Ermpne, and
Ermpnes with anpe coloure, doe ennoblyſhe all Coates

Checked.
8 x Ci. Beareth Sable, a qua⸗
drate Checkpe d Argent and
Gules. Thys is taken foz a
poe, Chelle bozde,o2 a Table made
loꝛ the plape of the Cheffe.

This game was firſt inuen⸗
ted by Athalus, as Maſter. G.
Chaucer repoꝛteth in bps dꝛes
me, ſaping.

@ At the Cheſſe with me fhe gan to playe
With her falſe draughtes full diuerſe
She ſtale on me, and toke my feirſe

And whan Iſawe my feirſe awaye

Alas I couthe no longer playe

But ſayde, Farewell ſwete Ywis

And farewell all that euer there is

There with fortune ſayde, Checke here

of Honour. Fo. 41.

And Mate in the midde pointe ofthe Chekere
With a Paune errante, alas,

Full craftier to plaie fhee was,

Then Athalus that made the game

Firſte of the Cheſſe: fo was his name,

The plaie at the Chelle, of all games moffe pꝛoueth Chef

mannes witte. And Sir Thomas Eliot in his Booke, % / 64
entituled che Gouernaur, ſaithe, That the Chelle, ok ail / im.
games, wherein is no bodily exerciſe, is moſte to be com:
mended: fo2 therein is right ſubtile engyne. whereby the
witte is made moꝛe ſharpe, and remembꝛance quickened.
And it is the moze commendable, and alſo tommodious,
ik the plapers haue readde the Poꝛalization of the Chefie,
t when they playe, doo thinke vpon it. Mhich bookes be
in Engliſh: but they be very ſcarte, betauſe lewe men doo
ſeeke in plapes foꝛ vertue oꝛ wiſedeme. In the olde time,
it was the playe o oble men: and therefore the Table
thereof is not vnwoꝛthp to be boꝛne in armes. Er fic dein-
Henijs Scaccatis ad preſens ſatis dictum eff,

Beloꝛe in this booke J haue partely touched ſignes, oꝛ
fokens boꝛne in armes by diners Pobles,¢ other Gentle⸗
temen, which J could not omit, by reaſon of the vſinge of
ſo many examples. Therkoꝛe nowe hereafter thal folowe
generally the blazon of beaſtes, foules, fiſhes, and other
thinges quicke e deade, boꝛne in Cote armour, and of the
pe ſhal ſee a great number of examples:as of fundate diui⸗
ſions of Cote armours, charged with any of the honoura⸗
ble Oꝛdinaries, eſpecial o2 general, of Quadꝛates Koval,
and other thinges Armoziall, not vnwoꝛthy to be redde,
and boꝛne in memoꝛie.

There are ſene ⁊ found oftentimes in p armes of diuers 77 es y
excellent ¢ noble perſons, Trades, imple, oꝛ plaine, ⁊ the ces.
lame ocher while engrailed on both partes, and enuecked,
ſometime dauble traced; ¢ floꝛied, a is then called a doubie
Treaſure, oꝛ Treſtſure. As in , :
‘ ‘ 9. i. He

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en Pebeareth Doꝛ a Kpon
Be . ara 3 ay 75 4
ee rampant, within a double trel

A

| ls the Scottiſhe hinge.

Aide the ſaid armes others
wife deſtriued in Latin, with⸗
out mention made ok anpe
tracte, oꝛ Treſſour Conterllo⸗
rie: (as in an C piſtle whiche a
certaine knight named Darius
Tibertus , Mꝛzote to a Pꝛelate
called Julius Cafar Cantelinuss
male appeare in thefe wooꝛdes.) Twos Natales Regios non
ignoramus ex vtroque Parente. Mater enim ex Bancisrum pros
fapid,Regia eſt, cum qua aſſinitatem contrabere Avagonius Fer-
_ dinandus non ef} dedignatus. Cartellinorum vero familiam à Re=
ge 1h Albionis Infule (quam Scotiam vocant ) procedere, tum
anuales edocent, tum commune etiam infigne declarat. Ruler
nem pe in auro erectus Leo patenti ore, caucla ad caput reſlexa, cos
loris Cyanci. The Treſſure here omitted in the Katine
blazon, I pet finde an other diuerũtie of a parte of the Lp⸗
Difference in ons from that Whiche is tome of the Scottiſhe. Foꝛ the
che taile uf a CTaude, oꝛ Taile of this Pꝛelate his Lpon, is coloris Cyanei,
Lyon, ot à bꝛight blewe colour. This I thoughte good not to o⸗
mitte, toꝛ the rareneſe of the diuerſtie. Allo becauſe this
Lyon here deſcriued, is a beaſte of moſte honour, and alſo
is called kinge ef beaſtes. Leo autem Grecò, Latiuè Rex inters

fretatur ted quod fit Princeps omninm beſtiartim.
Lyon, I meane ſom what to treat of him, ¢ his excellentie far
pallinge other beaſtes. J reade, that at his voice all other
bsaſtes dꝛeade, and ſtinte ſodainelv. And in his Regalitie
he maketh a circle about them with his tayle, ſo that al the
beaſtes ſtande in greate feare to paſſe out over the line of
his circle. And thus they Lande aſtonied, and afraid, as it
were, abidinge the Helle, and commaundemente “i their
N kpnge.

F i & GIy. f .

1 7 5 ws ſure cusnterfiozie „Gules.
2 = en This is the Cote armoure of
| 7. oS

„

Seetti/h Ring
Bis Armes.

of Honour. Fo.42.

kinge. Plinie faith, that the Lponis in moe gentlenelte
and Mobilitie, when his necke and choulders be healed
with heare and mayne. This his Nobilitie, ef dee 55
eſpied when he rampeth. And the L pons that be ſhoꝛt
with criſpe heare oꝛ mayne, Im belles ſunt: as Iſidoe fait). 55 „ Lib.
And ſuche Lyons fighte not.

Hoe J will declare howe many, and ſundꝛie wayes
they are boꝛne in armes, as Pallante, Nampant, Saliant,
Seiante, Couchante, Dazmante, tc. And allo oti 1958 Diuerſſtie of
kourmes and kachions, as Sardante,Negardante Dos hen
an Doꝛs. i. Backe to backe, oꝛ endozſed , Combattante,
Dimidiated, Parted, Couped, Diſmembꝛed, Gulned, Bi⸗
capited, Bicoꝛpoꝛated, Tritoꝛpoꝛated, Umbꝛated, oꝛ Sha⸗
Bowed. Their taples forked , nowed, reügnante, reuer⸗
berante, deſcendante, percuſſed, and contercoloured. In
all theſe fourmes, oz likenelles they are deſcriued, and
pictured: as alſo other wiſe enſtgned oꝛ marked, then 75 2
is remembꝛed. Mherekoze J will pꝛeſentlpy wꝛite moꝛe,
bothe of his bearinge diuerlly, and ok his lundzie nature
am —.—.—

Do;

1. Beareth Sable, a L pon rampante d Argent, crow⸗ Scevene.
ned, by the name of Segraue.
2. Beareth Gert, a Upon Saltante d Sz. The d tte es Lyon Saliant
tence, betwene theſe Lpons, the one Nastpante, and the
D. 9. piper

Uidor, Lib. 12

p. Z.

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other Saliante, is plainelp in the ſaide Eſcotheons figue
red, accoꝛdinge to . G. Leigh his deſcription, in the Ac⸗
idence of Armoꝛie.

The Lpon when he purlueth man, oꝛ beaſte, bſeth to
leape, and fo he dothe not when he voideth, oꝛ fleeth. It a
man ſhoote at him, the Lyon chaſteth him, and thꝛoweth
him dolone, but neither woundeth him, ne hurteth him.

Lſidore faithe q that there ts one kinde of Lyon, whiche
bathe rag ged heare and mapne. And ſuche a Lpon is
tharpe,ana fierce of harte. Animos eorum frons & candain-
dicat . Virtus eorum in pectore, fimitas in capite. Thus it ap⸗
peareth, that theire courage, bertue, and ſtedkaſtneſſe is
znowne by their heades, bꝛeaſtes, and taples.

The ſielde is Gules, a Lp⸗
on Rampante, his Queue foꝛz⸗
ked, d Crmyne. This is bez
ne (as J late ſawe it in aha⸗
nour, called Chamber houſe
in Werk) bp the name of
Stokes. Here the von his

tayle is loꝛked. Foꝛ by p taile
his boldenelle, and harte fe
knowne as the hoꝛſe is kno⸗
wen by the eaves. ez when
the Lyon is wꝛothe, firſt he
beateth the eꝛrthe with hys

tapic, and at bare as the wzathe -encreateth he lmi⸗
teth/ and beateth his owne hach

V Honbur. Fb. 43.

R. Beareth O, a Upon Set- Lyon Seiante
ante Sable, within an Dele
d Ogrelles. Mere he is figus
red ſittinge. In perill the Lp⸗
on is moſte gentle and noble.
Soꝛ when he is purſued with
ſhoundes, and with hunters,
he then defireth not to lurks,
noꝛ hideth him (elf, but ſitteth
in the ſieldes, where he mave
be ſeene, and araieth him lelle
to defence.

I. Beareth Sable, a Lpon
Couchante, ¢ thꝛee Lpams in
Cava chefe dargẽt. Solinus ſaith, that
b L pon dꝛeadeth, whe he ſeeth
oꝛ heareth a whelpe beatẽ: and
by noneother meanes, Wates
oz dealinges, he is chaſtized,
coꝛrected, oꝛ made fo couche,
Circa hominem Leonum natura
eft benigna, vt niſi læſi, nequeant
iraſci.l fidor, Ety. Li. n. C æpite 2.
de Befias,

Bo Concha.

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. ®.Beareth Uertte.aLpow
A Doꝛmant, betwene fire whe⸗
les d D2, 3, 2. and i. 2
* Ifidore faithe, that the Lpons

kles axe as though he were a⸗
Wake, when he ſleapeth. Cum
dormierint, vigilant oculi. They
dꝛeade noyſe, and ruſſhing of
wheles, but fire muche moꝛe.
Rotarum timẽt ſirepitus, fed ignes
magis , Nodicè dormiuut. Hac
alle,

Lyon Ran-
pant vulned,

N. Weareth Gules, a Lpon
Rampant,o Dz, bulned with
a darte d Argent. This Lyon
is wounded, and when he is
ſo, be takethe woonderkullp
heede, and knoweth him that
firſte ſmote him, and reyſethe
on the ſmiter, though he be in
neuer fo greate a multitude,
Vulneratus, percuſſorem obferuat
acutiſſimè , & in quantalibet
Appetit multitudine. Iſidorus.

of Honour. Po. 4.

O. Wegreth Azure a pon Lyon Paſſam
Pallante, d Argente. This 6
pon is in the plaine field, ac⸗

tcoꝛdinge to the higheneſſe of

of his ſlkomake: Which is feb,

that ik he happen to come ints

ſanp Moode, o2 Couerte, he

ronneth out ot the ſame with

fwifte courſe, accoumptinge

it vile ſhame, to lurke, oꝛ hive

him elfte.

2. Beareth Ermine, a Ly ;

on Paſſante, Gules, armed, æ Lyon Paffans
langued d Azure. This Lon
is nowe goinge fo ſhowe him
ſelle in his Regalitie, keeping
as it were, a moderate pate in
vieweing of his vaſlalles that
be vnder his obeiſance. And
in this his kinde, he ſholveth ica
as it were, bis mertie towar⸗
des them, in ſufferinge them
to liue vnder his gouernment Fry,
quietly. dore faith that their car. Lib. 11
nature is alſo benigne, oꝛ gentle towardes mankinde. cap. ꝛ.
Vt niſi læſisnequeant iraſci. Their mertie is known by maz
ny and ofte examples. Proſtratis enim parcunt. C Aptinos
ebuios repatriare permittunt. Thep neuer ſlea a man, but in 1
greate hunger · The faite Cote armoure is boꝛne by the Drewe.
name of Dꝛewe.

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Q. Beareth Sable, a Lyon
Mallante „ Gardante, bes
tene thꝛee keies d Oz. This
TL pon here noted, is as it were
conſideringe his efate,beinge
kfourmed in his kindsneſſe.
Poꝛhe isa right kinde beat,
and knoweth, and loueth hym
that dothe him good. The Ly⸗
on (wherotk Appian the Gram
marian dothe ſpeake) is alſa
ſtraunge foz his kindeneſſe, ¢
almoſt incredible. A ſeruant that had ronne awaye from
his Mailer, and hidde him {elfe loꝛ keare in a Caue with⸗

in a greate Moode, tooke a thoꝛne out of a Kpons foote,
whiche then came to him foꝛ luccoure, as he lape there.
Nowe, when he had donne, the Lyon to requite his good
turne, hꝛoughte ſuche meate to the Caue, as he coulde kill
in the woode. The twbiche meate the ſeruaunte roſtinge
in the Sunne, beinge in the moſte hote Countrie ot all A⸗
rica, did cate from time to time.

At lengthe pet beinge wearie of uche a lotheſome life,
he lefte the Caue, and tame abꝛoade, by meanes whereot
he woas taken againe. And beinge a ſlaue to his Matfer,
who had polucr of like and deathe quer him) he was cons
demned to be caſte to the wilde beaſtes at Rome, there to
be deuoured ol a Lyon.

The poore cattife ſtoode pitietullv in the fight of thane
ſandes, euer lookinge when be ſhoulde be deuoured. It
happened at the ſame time, when this kelowe was thus
adiudged to die, that te fame Lyon was taken, whofe
foote he healed in the waode. Widen the Lyon was put
to him he came firfte very terribly to wardes this felowe,
and immediately knowinge what he was, ſroode ſtil, and
at lengthe kabned gentip vpon him. The kelowe, at firtt
deing amazed, began to take harte vnto him acterwardes,

a3 Balle

Palast,
Cradlante,

Plinius Ji. 8.
5 C4p,i2.

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as halfe knowing him liketutfe,and thus they began both 5
to take acquaintaunce the one of the ather, and plaide to⸗ T)akefulnes
gether a good {pace without all danger. Wivereupon the of 4 Hen.
people beinge amazed, muche woondered at the ſtraunge⸗
neſſe of this thinge. And ſtandinge thus aſtonyed, they
ſente to knowe of the ſlaue, what this matter ſhoulde Vidd Aul
meane. Tinto whom this pooꝛe wꝛetche opened the whole 85 LN is 4
thinge altogether , euen as it happened. When the peo⸗ 555 216 5
ple hearde this, they not onely reioyced much at the fight Cc , ee
thereof, but allo they made earneſt requeſte to his maiſter Seu
for his life. His maiſter marueilinge as muche as any
of them at ſuche an vnwoonted kindeneſle: gaue him, not
onely his life, but alſo his kreedome.

And nowe, to the ende he might haue ſomewhat where⸗
upon to liue, the people gaue him a Fee loʒ terme of his
ipfe. The kelowe by and by gotte him a Lpne , anda
Coller, and carried the Lpon vp and done the Cittie, in
ſuche forte, as Hunteſmen carry a Greyhound, oꝛ a Spaz i
niell, the people ſtill woondringe, and ſavinge euer as he Leo hoſßes bos
came bp: Behold a man that hathe cured a Lyon: behold a inis: homo
Lyon that hathe ſaued a man. medicus Leos

Mereby the thankefulneffe of the Lyon is to be noted, 11.
and the example to be marked of all ſuche, as woulde ac⸗
coumpte them ſelues, either moze naturall, oꝛ kinde, then
the Lyon. And let vs not doo that, whiche bꝛute beaſtes
haue not ſeemed to doo, but learne to be kinde one to an o⸗
ther, and thankekull. N

DF the pꝛoperties, oꝛ nature of the Lyon, J neede write
no moze, but J will pou to reade Ariſtotle, Plinie, Iida,
Solinus, and Bartho. De proprietatibus rerum. And there you
ſhall finde a large fielde of them.

And who fo deſireth to knowe the difference betwene
pons Gardante , and Regardante, xc. then let him pers
uſe M. G. Leighe his Accidence ol Armoꝛie, and there he
ſhalbe reſolued in the moſt ol them. Pet hereafter ſhalbe
deſcriued the ſundꝛie bearinge of diuerſe Lpons in ye

J. i. ral

Pagines.
Cubiię,

Vide Plin. li.
7. Cap. 2.

Iſidor. Ety. li.

II. Cap. 3.

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a be oa a other tokens of Armes.
„ wwhe ſielde is Sable, twoo
Cranes Addoꝛſcz proper. In

Chiete, a Creſſante d Er⸗
I mypne.

DATreade, that there be cers
taine people betweene Indie,
and Cathape, called Pigmei, of
| ature but one Cubite longey.

bwhiche contapneth one foote
and an halke. And Pin faith,
that they bee armed in pꝛon,
¢ fight with Cranes e do ride
on goate buckes, and haue arrowes, and dartes, to ſhoote
and caſte at Cranes, that purſue them. In the ſpꝛinge
time they gather an Bolte, and comme to the Sea, and
deſtrope bothe theire egges, and byꝛdes, with all theire
mighte, and ſtrength. They make many ſuche vopages,
whiche ik they lelte vndone, Cranes would ſo much there
encreaſe, and be fa manp, that the Pigmei coulde not with⸗
ſtande them. And ſomme trite, that they arraye them fo

with feathers, as thoughe they hadde wynges. And ol
their battaile with Cranes, and of their ſtature, J finde it
thus written: Pigmes homuntiones [unt Paruuli i in India, vni-
us tantum cubiti Natura, vel etiam breuiores, qui cum gruibus

anibus afsidue certant, ab ei, vincuntur [apifsime, idore(be-
caute of their ſmal ſtature) calleth them, Nani, Diwarfes,

And the Grecians call them Pigmeos : E> quòd ſint ſtaturæ
cubitales. But who ſo euer will reade a pꝛoper Embleme
of them, fee . Alciate Lib.i. Emblem. ꝛc.

Ok the nature of the Crane, pee mate reade hereafter,
in this Baoke, where ſpeciallp J entreate thereof.
he

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The ſield of Cupid, that God
ok loue, is Sable, a Pomegra⸗

Mae ade proper. Alciate thus dec
ſcribeth Loue, and hys En⸗
ſigne, in theſe woozdes: Amor
et iucundus labor in laſciuo ot io,
aus Signum off Punicum mal-
lum in Clypeonigro, The inter⸗
pꝛetation hereof, the Authour
nexte befoze mentioned) lea⸗
uethe to euer one, after bys
tudgemente, oꝛ to iudge of the
ſaide deſcription of Loue, oꝛ
his Enſigne, as they pleaſe . But it pee will haue Loue,
oꝛ Cupide excellently ſette fooꝛthe, euen in his colours, as
he is fapned of the Poetes, then reade the fatde Alciate his
Emblemes 5 Lib. i. Commemtar. X VII. in ſtatuam Amorisy
and . G. Chaucer, eſpecially his booke entituled, The
Romante of the Roſe.

The ſield is Gules, a Merz
maid, oꝛ Syren proper, playing
ona Harpe, d D2. The ꝙer⸗
maide is a ſea beaſt, woonder⸗
fully ſhapen. V/edore faith, Li. n.
ca.. Where he treateth De Porz
tentis,, that there be three Sy-
renes, ſomedeale Maidens, and
ſomedeale foules, with wing?
€ clees. One ol them ſingeth
with voice, an other w ſhani⸗
ble, and the third with Harpe.

7 Thei pleaſe ſhipmen ſo great⸗
ly with their ſonge, that they dꝛawe them to peril, and to
ſhipwꝛacke. The cauſe why they haue winges € clees,
Quia Amor & volat, & vulnerat. Sccundum verttatem autem
meretrices fuerut, quæ tranſeuntes, quoniꝭ ad ægeſtatè deduce-
J. ij. hant,

Cupid his
Enſigne.

SOyenes, or
Mermaidens

Sphinx.

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bant. his ite [unt inferve naufragia, In fluGibus commoraffe
dicuntur, quia fluctus V enerem creauerunt,

Phiſiologus ſpeaketh ol Syrena, ¢ faith, it is a beaſte of the
ſea, in ſhape wonderfull, as a maide from the Pauell vp⸗
Ward, and a fi} from p nauel downewarde. This beaſte
is glad, x merp in tempeſt/ e heaup ¢ fad in faire weather.
Shee cauleth ſhipmen to ſleape with the ſweteneſſe of her
ſonge and when the perteiueth them to be on lleape, ſhee
entreth the ſhippe, and fo vſeth one ol them, whom ſhee
beſt liketh, as here is not to be ſpoken, oꝛ beleued.

S. beareth Sable, a Sphinx,
d argent, crined, ¢peneddo2,.
Diodo,Sicul. faith, that this was
amonter which did pꝛopound
a certaine Pꝛobleme to them 5
patted by her to pritp of Thebes:
¢ by her they were out of hand
deſtroped, onles they could ex⸗
pound p fame Poꝛobleme, whi⸗
che at latte, Oedipus filius Regis
T hebanorn (patting by p moun⸗
taine, where the ſaide monſter
was) did expound. And there⸗
koꝛe (as the ſaid Diodore repozteth) Semet ex monte præcipeta-
uit: Shee caſte her ſelke headlonge do lone the hill, where
ſhee did alwaies abide to Top p pallage to thoſe that went
fo the laid Citie . The which Pꝛobleme J haue take foꝛth,
as it metrized by John Lydgate, in his wooꝛke whiche he
wꝛote of p deſtruction of Thebes that City: In hac verba.

T here is a beaſte marucilous to fee,

The which in footh,at his natiuitie

Is of his might, ſo tender, and fo greene, .
That he may him felfe not fuftaine

Vpon his fecte,though he had it {worne,
But if that he be of his Mother borne,

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of Honour. Fo.47,

And afterwarde,by proceſſe of age,

On foure feete he maketh his paſſage.

And then vpon three, if I fhallnot faine,
And alderlaſte, he goeth vpright on twaine:
Diuerfe of porte,and wonderfull of cheeres,
Till by length of many fundrie yeeres
Naturally,he goeth againe on three,

And ſithen on foure, it maie none other be.
And finally, this is the trothe plaine,

He recouereth kindely againe

To the matter, which that he came fro.

Loe here my Probleme is all idoo.

Muſe thereupon without warre or ſtrife,

It to declare, or els leeſe thy life.

Thilke beaſte (ꝙ Oedipus) thou fpake of hereto- Ocdipus ex-

Is euery man into this world ibore, (fore, boundeth the
Which may not goe his limmes be ſo ſofte, a ae 2 ar
Butas his Mother beareth him alofte Beas

In herarmes,when he dothe crie, or weepe.

And after that he ginneth for to creepe

On foure feete in his tender youthe

By experience, as it is ofte couthe

Aforne reckened, his handes both twoo.

And by proceſſe, thou maiſt conſider alſo,

With his twoo feete, for all thy fell tene,

He hathe a ſtaffe, him ſelfe to ſuſtene.

And then he goeth fhortely vpon three,

And alderlafte,as it muſte needes be.
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Voiding his ſtaffe, he walketh vpon twaine,
Till it ſo be, through age he attaine

That luſte of youth waſted be and ſpente.
Then in his hande he taketh a potente,

And on three feete thus he goeth againe,

I dare affirme, thou maiſt it not withſaine.
And ſoone after, through his vnweeledy might,
by influence of natures right,

And by experience, as euery man maye knowe,
Like a childe, on foure he creepeth lowe.

And for that he maie here no while ſoiourne,
To earth againe, he muſt in haſte returne,
Whiche he came fro, he maie it not remeue,
For in this world, no man maie eſchewe

This very ſothe, ſhortely and no doubte,
When the wheele of kinde commeth aboute,
And naturally hathe his courſe ironne,

By circuit, as dothe the fheere ſunne.

That man, & childe, of high, and lowe eſtate,
It gayneth not, to make more debate.

His time is iſette, that he muſt fyne,

When Atropos, of malice dothe vntwyne

His liues threede, by Clotho firſt compouned,
Lo here thy probleme, fully is expouned.

The defcripti This Monfter had alfo by defcription,
on of Sphinx Body, and feete of a fierce Lyon,
by Io, Lydeat And like a maide, in ſoth was heade and face,
Fell of his looke, and cruell to menace.
The

of Honour. Fo 48,

The deſcription of this Donker is moze aptly declared
in atin bp Alciate, Embl, 4.6.

Although this be a Monſter horrible, pet Auguſtus Cæ-
far, at the firſte entrie into his Empire, bled the fame fo2
his ſingular, oꝛ moſt fecret Enfigne: as ve mate reade in p
booke entituled, Heroica M. Claudi Paradini. Fol. 21.

The ficlde is Uerte, twoo Apes called
Apes Circopetikes combattante, circopetici,
with taples reflexed, Golde.
Vadoreè ſaith, that there ben fiue
kindes ol Apes. Df the which
the Sphing before mentioned
is one. And thele here next de⸗
ſcribed, are others, and are cal⸗
led Circoyetici, which area kind
of Apes hauinge taples.

The third kinde of Simies,
92 Apes, are called Cenocephali,
whiche are in all pꝛopoꝛtions
of the bodye, like to the tommon ſoꝛte ol Apes: but in the
face moſte like vnto an hounde. nde & nuucupati. ‘

The Apes, called Satyr,are pleaſante in face, and of a Ae Satyres
merpe countenaunte, and offen mouinge, and plapinge,

And thele be the fourth kinde of Apes.

The fifte kinde of Apes are called Callitvices, Theſe in Ape Calli
the kate haue a longe bearde, and a bꝛoade taple. Apes are „„
wiſe, oꝛ ſtzilfull of the Elementes. They are merpe, and
retoice at the newe of the Poone, but at the full , and wa⸗
ning, they are triſte, and ſadde. Their ponge ones, whom
they loue beſte, they carrie befoze them, and are fo impa⸗ Ferns [ios
tiently in loue with them that with muche embꝛacinge, im patienter
they doo often ſtylle, and kill the ſame, as Plinie ſaithe. diligit Simis

HS¢

Ape Cenophe

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Ge: 2
2 N ö i, 4
N WN
tt Lip 744

The field is Sable, two Heröſewes d Argẽt. And to this
Creſt vpõ p helme on a wꝛeath d oz, æ Azure, a Satyꝛ pꝛo⸗
per, manteled Gules, dobled d argent. Thele Satyꝛes( as
Iſidore ſaith)ben ſomſwhat like men, hauing croked noſes,
t hoꝛnes inp foꝛeheade t feet like onto goates feete. Such
an one ſawe S. Anthonie in the wildernes. Qui interrogatus
4 Dei ſeruo, refpondiffe, fertur, dicens: Mortalis ego ſum vnus ex
accolis Neremi, quos vario deluſo errore, gëtilitas Faunos, Saty-
rofq, colit This Satyꝛe is alfo called Faunus, alias Pan, Deus
Reiſticorzum, et Paſtorum a Potis fingitur. be

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hee deliteth to bee in woodes. and on hyghe hylles. ee Leonic. liber
was woꝛſhipped as a God of the huſbandmen, and herde ca. ag. de var.
kopers in Arcadie, whiche countrey is full of hylles, and Hifi.
aboundante of flockes of fhepe. Leonicus ſayeth, that Fauni,
bee the fame, whiche are called Satyri,and Hluani, and are
monſtres in Ethiope, ot the ſhape ol man, vet hauing hoꝛ⸗
nes, berdes, and feete like to goates, beyng alſo very ſwikt
and lecherous. Ok thys, and manpe others, that haue the i
ſhape of men and of beaſtes, pe mape reade in Plynic, Soli⸗
nus, paſchaſius, Iſidore, ec, pet of fame of them moze hereał⸗
ter ſhalbe ſpoken in theire places. f |
R. Beareth Azure, a Dsno— Minotauc.

taure , d Argente, on a bend⸗
let ſiniſtre fable, theſe lettres
F. P. Q. Rd Oꝛ. This is alſo an
hoꝛrible monſtre, haupng par
i feof the ſhape of man ¢ parte
oka Bull: wheredk hee is cal⸗
led Ninotaurus: whiche mon⸗
ſtre, how hee was conteaued

and begotten, and of the Laby

rynthe, oꝛ of th obſcure and in⸗

extritable bupldinge, wWhiche
Minos kynge of Crete, cauſed
Dedalus, that cunnyng woꝛkeman to make, wherein the
ſayde onſtre was hydde, ve mape at kull reade and vn⸗
derſtande of them, in Ouide. lib. 2. 4 Arte amandli. I dem lib.
8. Netamor. , irgil.lib,6.AEneid, Thys pidure of the NMino⸗
taure, the Ramaynes of olde tyme, did beare in theire aun⸗

cientes of warre: as nave appeare by p tower lettres tral⸗

uerſed on the bende moſte manikeſte: Senatus Populus Que

Romanus declaringe herebp, that the ſame Ninotaure, Was

the noble token oꝛ enũgne of the Senate k people of Ko⸗

me: as is affirmed hy Cicero, ⁊ many other learned vozi⸗

ters And what is ſignilied by the bearing thereok, loke Ai-
clate, lib. i. Embl. 8. g

N. i. The

Ceutaure,

Hyen.

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The centaure is an other mofire , and taketh hys name
(ag Iſidore ſapeth) for that hee is of a mixte kynde, the one
halle of man, the other halke like an hoꝛſſe. Theſe were
ſuppoſed to bee hoꝛllemen of the countrie of The alia,
which pꝛicked vp and doiwn ok hoꝛſſes, and therefoꝛe ſome
ot them ſemed that Hoꝛſle and man were one bodye: Inde
Centauros ſictos afferuerunt,
B. Weareth Argente, an
Hien laliant Sable, and one
Eſcaloppe ſiniſtre d Azure.
Thhys is a truell beaſte, in

quatitie like onto the wolfe:
t bets called Hyena of Hyando,
foz p hee repſeth to bps pape
With open mouth and voyce,
and in bys necke is heare, as
in the necke ofan hoꝛſſe, and
vpon al the length of bps rid⸗
ge alſo. Bee commeth to hou

fes by nyghte, and feyneih ſpeache of mankpnde, and cals

lech ſome man by hys name, and then he hath hym with⸗

out the doꝛes, he deuoureth hym: Likeboyſe, doth he pours

des, as gladly as men, by ſuche bps fepned ſpeache. It is

a What Plinye, Ariſtotle, Solinus, tt. witte of thys
eaſte.

C. Weareth Azure, a Barre
engraled d D2, betwene two
Tyeres paſſante d Argent.

The There is abeaſte won⸗
dꝛekull in ſtrength, and moſte
ſwikte in flighte, as it were an
arrowe. Noz the Perfians call
an arrowe Tigris. Pee is diſtin
gued with diuerſe ſpeckes: and
of hym the floede Tigris take
the name: gis rapidiſs imus fe

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Honour. Fo. 36

om ium fluuiorum. Thys flode is in Armenye, and the Tyere
is bꝛedde there alſo. It is ſaide, that Bacchus pied theſe bea⸗
ſtes in hys chariot, toꝛ theire meruelous ſwictenes in cone
ueyng ok the ſame.

D. Beareth D2, a Panther, Panther,
regardant, pꝛopꝛe in Felle,
betwene thꝛee Dolkes verte.

The Panther, is frende to all
Beaſtes, ſaue the Dragon , for
hym hee hateth fuil fore. This
beaſte bath on his ſkinne litle
rounde ſpottes, ſome blacke,
and ſome white:and all lower
koted beaſtes haue likynge to
beholde his colours: And ther⸗
foze, where hee is, thither will
they reloꝛte, becauſe ot᷑ p ſwete ſauour that commeth from
hym, which the Dꝛagon onely can not abyde. And though
the Panthere bee ryghte cruell beaſte, pet hee ps not bite
kynde, to them that helpe o2 ſuctourre bpm: as Plinye pute
teth an example of one, that delyuered and helped bp a
Panther bys whelpes, that were fallen into a ditche, & the
Panther lad hym out of the wildernes with glad ſemblãce,
and lawned on hym, and as it ſemed in a mater thancked
hym ryght hartely. ;

The Parde,nerte to the Panther, (as Jũdoꝛe ſayeth is Pede.
the moſte ſwikte Beaſte, cm preceps ad ſanguinem. Saltu enim
ad mortem ruit. Dee hath diuerſe raunde ſpeckes in bys thin
ne as the Panther. And varieth not from hym in colour,
but onelp that the Panther, (as Plinie witneſleth)is moze
fuil of white ſpeckes.

The Leoparde alla is a Weatke moſt cruell, and is gen⸗ Leopard.
dꝛed in ſpoule bꝛeache of a Narde, and a Lyoneſſe, & ter⸗ 8
tiam originem efficit, vt dicit Iſidarus. Plinyè, in hys natu⸗
rall hyſtozie, faveth:that the Lyon gendꝛeth with the Par
f K. ij. de, oz

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de, oꝛ the Warde with the L poneſle, & ex vtroque coitu dege-
neres partus credits & OF ſuche gendzing commeth vnkinde
pardes, as of an hoꝛſle, and of a the Alle, oꝛ of mare, and a
male Alle, is gendꝛed a Mule The Leoparde hath diuerſe
coloures, as the Parde hath:and purſueth bys pꝛape ſter⸗
telynge and leaping and not runnyng. But yk hee a |
not hys pape in the thirdeleape 502 in the folverth: thes
hee ſtinteth koꝛ indignacion, and goeth backewarde, as
though be were ouercome, and is lpke to a Lyon in bodie,
taple, and fete: but in the ſhape of the heade hee is like to
the Parde. Hee is muche lefle in bodye then the Lyon, and
thereloze hee dꝛeadeth the Lyon. N f
G. Beareth Sable, an U⸗
nicoꝛne trippynge d Argent,
in chpeke a mapdens heade,
crowned verte.

Thys Weaſte ofthe Orekes
is called Monoceron: id elk V ni
cornis foꝛ that hee bath in the
myddle of hys koꝛeheade an
Borne of flower kote longe: r
that hoꝛne is ſo ſharpe, and ſo
ſtrong, that he thꝛoweth do w⸗
ne oꝛ thirleth all that he rep⸗
˖ 32 ſeth on He fighteth ofte with
th Elephante, and woundeth hym in the wombe, and fo
thꝛoweth hym downe to the grounde. Aiſo bys ſtrength is
ſuch, that hee is not taken h ith anpe power oꝛ myghte of
hunters,fed ſicut aſſcrunt qui naturas animalium ſcripſerunt,
A Mayde is let there as hee hall come , who openeth her
lappe, and the / nicorne leauing all hys fiercenes , lapeth
thereon hys heade, and then kalleth on ſlepe, and lo is takẽ
92. llapne with dartes of hunters, aſthoughe nature had
geuen hym no armoure, to defende hym withall.

H. Beareth Sable and Gules, parted with a Cheuron
betwene three heddes Rhixocerontez coped .

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This Beeaſte of the Grekes is called Rhynoceron, for that Rhynoceron,

hee hath an hoꝛne in hys noſethzille: and ditfereth but in

that one parte from the / nica ne. Hoꝛnes ber geeuen to Hornes.

beaſtes by nature, to defende them with, in ſteade of ar⸗
moure and weapon, and bene therloꝛe (ett in the ouermoſt
parte of the heade, that they mape altvapes hee readye, to
withſtande theire enemies, and to defende the wrongs of:
fered vnto them: But to theſe two heaſtes next before del⸗
criued, nature hath otherwiſe placed theire hoꝛnes, might,
and power, as in the middeſt of their koꝛeheade, and nole⸗

phante d Argente, poꝛtant a
turret d Oz. Thys Weatte
paſſeth all other fower foted
Beaſtes in quantitie of bodie.
Porus kynge ok the Indians,
lying in cape 5 on the further
Gide of the Ryuer of Hidaſpie,
had 85. Elephantes of huge bo⸗
die and ſtrength, to let the pal⸗
fage of the greate Alexander,
. with hys armpe , as in the hy⸗
ſtoꝛie of Q. Curtius is declared. Theſe Beaſtes therefore,
whan thep bee tamed are beſt in chiualrie, foꝛ they with⸗
out all feare ouerthꝛowe men of armes, bee they neuer fo
trongelp ranged in battaple pet they flee a mouſe, ⁊ dꝛea⸗
de the leaſte grunte or a ſwyne. Alſo when the Eleyhantes
ok the ſayde kyng Perus, were by the ſouldious of the great
Alexãder, with a certaine kinde of weapons called Copide,
foze wounded, and put in great feare, then weare they
moze hurtetull to theire owne gouernoures, caſtvng them
dolone to the earth, and fearing them in pieces, then terri⸗
ble oꝛ fearefull to theire enemies, runnyng out of the bat⸗
faple like ſhepe. But their vnwonted crie, bꝛingeth a great
a | ferrour,

J. Beareth Azure, an Ele- Elephante,

Q. Curt. lid.

Copidæ. e

Elephante his
witte & puiſ

faunce,

Tronckese

Proboſtides.

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terroure to their enemies, and efpeciallp to hoꝛile, that nas
turallp doe feare them. plinye ſapeth, that among beaſtes,
the Elephante is motte of vertue:ſo that pneth among men
is fo great redynes founde, they learne fo well, and are ſo
eaſie to bee taughte. In fo moche, that they bee taughte ta
knotve the kynge, and to woꝛſhippe hym, vea, to doe Onto
hym reuerẽce, with bowing of their knees. The Elephante
which kyng Porus ( bekoꝛe named) did ride bpd, was taught
to bende towarde the Earthe, as it were ſubmitting hym⸗
ſelfe:whiche when other of the Elephantes ſawe, they lis
kebwiſe bowed downe theire bodies. Thys Elephante alfa,
ſeynge the bodie of bys ruler and kyng vpon the grotide,
readie fo bee ſpopled, and bys harneſte and veſture aboute
to bee pulled ok, Hee than began to dekende bys matter,
runnyng vp his ſpoylers, and wente about, to lpfite hym
agayne vpon hys backe. Foꝛ ( as the ſapde Q. Curtius ves
poꝛteth in bys hyſtoꝛye, whiche hee wꝛitte of the actes of
the great Alexander). The Elephantes af kynge Porus in the
conflict betwirte hum and the fante great Alexander, were
ſene wich theire longe Tronckes, ( whiche they call Probo⸗
fides) to take men in theire armoure from the grounde, €
to deliuer them vp to theire gouernours: and whome they
coulde not holde, thoſe they trampled to death with theire
fete. Theſe beaſtes are llowe, r not apte ſodeinly to moue,
Aiunt Plutoni ſacrum hoc animal eſſe.

Upon theſe beaſtes the Perfians and Medes vſed to fighte
in towers of tree, and out thereof thꝛewe and caſte dartes,
as it were out of towers oꝛ caſtles. And as it is redde of p
Elephante, hee is moze eaſic to bee tamed, and moze obedict
to man, than any other wilde beaſte.

The Elephant his nofe is longe and greate, and harde as
an hoꝛne:and hee vleth bys noſe, in ſteade of an hande, ta⸗
kyng thereby meate and dꝛincke, and putteth it in bys
mouth :e of angui ſumilis, valle munitus eburneo,

The Elephante whan hee ſitteth bendeth hys feete, x maye
Not bende all folver at once, toꝛ heupnes and e ol

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bys bodye: but bendeth the hynder legges right as a man.
He lyeth neuer dolune to ſleape, hy realon of the hugenes
ol bys bodpestuberfoze when hee is wearie, he leaneth to
à tree, and fo: reſteth hom ſome what. Hee lpueth three
hundꝛeth peare as Iſidore ſapeth. Allo it is witte of them,
that pf they tee a man comming agapnite them in the wil⸗
dernes, yt hee bee oute ol hys wape, foꝛ that they woulde
not affrape hym they will dꝛawe themſelkes ſome what
oute of the waye, and fo palling ſoftely by little and lyttle
before hym, theyl(as it were) teache hym the wave. And pt
the Dragon (betwene whom and hym is perpetuall wꝛath
and ſtryle) come agaynſt the man, then they dekende hpi,
and fighte with the Dragon. Thys they doe efpeciallp whan
they haue ponge foles ,\fo2 they decade the man ſeeketh
theire koles: And therefore they firfke deliuer them ok the
man, that they maye the moꝛe furelp kepe and fede theire
ponge ones. Aynd folam Africam & Indiam Elephanti prius
naſcebantur : nunc ſola eos India gignit.
yy

He beareth verte, a Griffõ ſergreãt ſiluer, winged d Dr Can.
i. Weareth Argente a kelle, betwene thꝛee Gꝛyphons iD
heades raſſed fable. Thys coate appertaineth to Bals of 4 18
Eenedoñ in Deuonchire. 5
The Oriffon is a beaſte with wynges, and is loboer fo⸗
B. iii. ted

Cameleon,

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ted, and alſo like vnto the Lyon in all partes ol the bodie,
and to the Egle onely in the heade and wynges. Mee is
ſtrong enempe to the hoꝛlle, and is of ſuche might as he is
able to take vpp an hoꝛſſe and a man armed vpon hym.
Hys Clees oꝛ talentes are fo great and large, that of them
bee made Cuppes, to fet vppon boꝛdes 02 tables oł kynges
and pꝛynces. Hoc genus ferarum in Hiperboreis montibus naſcis
tur: In theſe mountepnes, is plentye of Golde t pꝛecidous
ſtones, as Saragduc, Iaſpis t C hriſtal, which the Gryfkons
kepe, and luffer them not ts be taken from thence, as dpe
uerſe wꝛiters aſtirme the ſame. And ok an other maner bea
ryng thys beaſte, take here an other example.

The ficlde is d Oꝛ / a Gryffon ſergreant Sable, on a
mountavne verte, Here hee is diſplayde in bys pꝛopꝛietie
and dominion,

ä— O. beareth Argente, a Cae
meleon, pꝛopꝛe, betwene flue
Pheons Sable. ij. ij. and one.

Thys is a lyttle beaſte, and
hathe not one coloure of bys
bodpe, but changeth ful ſoons
and often into dyuerſe tolou
res, excepte redde and whyte,
bys face is, as it were a beaſte
compouned of a ſwyne and of
an Ape, beyng like to p Ewte
in the bodpe. Hys ſydes bee
euen longe to the nether parte ol hys wombe, as it were a
liſhe:and hys ridge bones bouche vpward, hys tayle is full
longe, ſmal at th ende, hys feete bene ſhoꝛte, x hath clees,
like to p clees of a Birde, x all his body is roughe ¢ ſharpe,
as the bodie of a Gardan. ys moſt might and ſtrengthe
vs agaynſte the kunde ol Goſſehalbkes: koꝛ hee dꝛaweth
onto them, and they flee vnto hym, and fo hee faketh them
wilfully to other beaſtes to be deudured. But lobat beaſte
loeuer it bee, de is accompted among cleane beattes. 5 8

5 ee

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Me liueth by the ayꝛe: Semper ant, C aperto ore, quo ſols
viust, & nutritur, attrahens, & reſßirans. Ocules habet ſemper
serpori concolores, cos nunquam claudit, nec pupillam mouet,

B. beareth Dz 5a Cameleo⸗ Camelespard _
parde, Sable, Ataculé dargent.
This beaſte is fo named, foꝛ
that he is poudered with white
ſpottes, as the Parde, haning
an heade like to the Cameli,
the necke of an hoꝛſe, ¢fecte
like a Bugle: Hunc Acthiopia
gignit. This beaſte (as Plinie
ſaithe) is moꝛe woꝛth in ſight,
then in fierteneſle, and is fo
mylde, and ſofte, as a ſheepe.
He was (udged cleane to meate by Moy/es Lalue, but not ae
to ſacriſice, foꝛ he is cloue footed like a Bugle, and chew⸗ Deuters. 14.
eth his cudde, as a Camell, and therefoze it was lawful to
kate thereof.

Q. beareth d Argent, a Linx
pꝛoper, regardant. This beaſt
is like the Mole, and hath the
face of a Lyon, the bodye ſpot⸗
ted like a Panther, and is ok
the greateneſſe of a Doe. His

Urine (as it is ſaide) turnethe
into a Pꝛetious ſtone, that is
called Ligurius. And this beatk
dothe perceiue the ſame, and
naturally hathe enuie, that it
Mould turne to the ble of man
kinde:and therfoꝛe he hideth it with ſande oꝛ earth, when
he hathe piſted, whiche cauſeth it to be ſooner harde, and to
turne into a ſtone. Linces (dict Plinius) extra fetum vnum
non adm ittere fecuxdum,

Linx.

A. i. K. bea⸗

Fiber.

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K. beareth Uerte, a Fiber,
Argent. This beaſte, Animal
oft amphibion, hetauſe he tan
liue bothe on the lande, and in
the water, and maketh houſes
02 dennes, arraied with won⸗
derfull crafte, in the bꝛinckes
/ of Kiuers, and waters, as Pli-
nie ſaithe. He is alſo named
Caſtir, a caftrands, oz he gels
deth him ſelfe, when he percei⸗
ueth that he is purſued of the
hunter, and bitinge of his ſtones, which are marueiloully
good in medicines, layeth them in the ſighte of the hun⸗
ter, knowinge by nature, that he is hunted foꝛ the fame,
and fo he eſcapeth deathe. The whiche Cicero in Scauriuna
atfirmeth: ſayinge, that be ranſometh him with that parte
of his body for the whiche he is moſte purſued. Iunenall
allo ſaithe, that he geldeth him ſelfe, fo2 the defire he hath
to eſcape. This beaſt in ſhape is wonderkull, foꝛ his taple
onelp is fiſhe, and all the other deale of his body hathe the
fourme of a litle hounde. is hynder keete be as it were
keete of an hounde, wherewith eſpecially he goeth on the
lande: and his twoo foꝛekeete bene as it were the keete ol
a Gooſe, and therewith be chiefelp ſwimmeth in the wa⸗
ter. In runninge he is very lowe, Ob ventrem tumidumy,
& ad terram pendentem, Wü ſtzinne is full pꝛetious, and
opezly white.
D. bea⸗

of Honour. Fo. 54.

Me beareth d Argente, fine
Fuſilles in Feile Gules, in
Chiefe thꝛee Beares heades,
Sable. The Weare (as Iſdore
ſaithe) is a beaſte right ſtrong
in the armes, and lopnes. Vine
de interdum erecti inſiſtunt. The
Weare fighteth with Martes,
wilde Boꝛes, and with houn⸗
des, thꝛowing them downe to
the grounde, and byting them
very ſoare. Me is enimie to $
Bull, and therekoꝛe goeth vp⸗
righte againſt him, and off holdeth his hoꝛnes with mar⸗
ueilous ſtrength in his foꝛefete, and fo ouercommeth him.
He is an vnpatiente beaſte in his fighte, and wil be auen⸗
ged on all thoſe, that hurte him. Vyſus fertur dictus, quod o-
re ſuo former fetus quaſi Onſus. Nam aiunt, eos informes gene-
rare partus, & carnem quandam naſci, quam mater lambendo
in membra componit. Vnde eff illud: Sic format lingua fætum
quum protulit vr[4. Sed hoc immaturit as pa tus facit.

The field is Azure, a wolfe
Saliante, d Argent, langued
Gules. Ariſtotle ſaith, that the
Wolfe openethe his mouthe
moſte wyde, and that he hathe
moſte Trench in his mouth.
And Phifvologus ſaithe, that the
vertue, ¢ ſcrength of ß Wolle
is in the bꝛealt, the clawes / p
mouth, and leaſte in the hyn⸗
der parts. By kind he deſireth
to cafe fife. Some ſaie, they
are called Lupo, quali Leoposy
becaule they haue much ſkrength 1 kecte as p re 15
8 U B a 8

Boe we ls.

Beare.

Wolfe.

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that what fo euer he treadeth on, it liueth not. And ik it
happeneth in any wilc, that in treadinge vpon ſtones, he
maketh anp noyſe with his keete, then he foꝛthewith cha⸗
ſtileth that Coote with harde bytinge. His eyes ſhine by
nighte as Kanternes. Rapax autem beftia eft, cruoris appe⸗
tens. De quo ruſtici aiunt, V ocem hominem perderes ſi eum prior
Lupus viderit. Vnde & ſubitò tacenti dicitur: Lupus eſt in fa-
bula. Certe ſi fe præuiſum ſenſerit, deponit feritatis audaciam.
Famem din portant, & poſt longa ieiunia multum deuorant.
Phiſiolagus witethe, that the Molfe cannot bende his

necke backe warde in no moneth of the peare, but in Maye
onely, when it thundꝛeth. Selinus ſaithe, that in his taple
he beareth a locke of heare, whiche exciteth loue: and dothe
it abbaie with his teethe, when he dꝛeadeth to be taken.

Wolfe Ethi- —Jſidore faith, that in Aethiopia bene Molftes with heary

ape. mapnes in their necke, and on their bodte fo ſpotted With
variable colours, that they lacke no manner of colour.

W olfeludic, Ariſtotle ſaithe, that in Indie is a Wolfe righte cruell,
that hathe the face , oꝛ tountenaunte ofa man, feete like
vnto the Lyon, and tayle as a Scoꝛpion. His voice much
ſoundeth as it were a mannes voice. He is as ſwilte as
an Harte, and alſo full hardie, and fierce.

— Ha beareth Gules, a Cheu⸗
ron engrailed, betwene thace
houndes Seiante, d Argente.
An Hounde, as ſome iudge, is
thoughte to take his name of
lowde barkinge, oꝛ openinge:
ED quid infonet: Vnde ꝙ canere.
Nihil autem ſagacius canibus,

Lſidore faith, that he bath moze
witte , then any other beaſte.
Foz they knowe theire olone
names, loue theire maiſters,
defend their maiſters houſes, put them ſelues wilkully in
perill of deathe foꝛ their maiſters: takinge alſo peapes for

them,

Howndeg ate,

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chem, pea, forfake not their matters, euen when they be
deade: as by the dogge, oꝛ hounde of the Romaine Faluius
appeared, whicke is woonderkull. This Fuluius trauei⸗
ling by the way, was llaine with llaues, that laie in waite
koꝛ him. His hounde ( fo2 fo I thinke beſte to terme him)
ſeeinge his maiſter deade, laie by him two dates, Mher⸗
upon, when the man was mifinge, and ſearche made foꝛ
him, they founde him deade, with his hounde lyinge by
him. Some marueilinge to ſee the hounde lye there by
his dead maiſter, ſtroke him, and would haue dꝛiuen him
fromm the deade coꝛps, and coulde not. Other fome ſeing
ſuche kindeneſle in the hounde, and pityinge him, that be
ſhoulde lye there without meate, twoo, oꝛ thee dapes be⸗
koꝛe, caſte him a piece of fleaſhe: which the hoͤunde taking
bp, did carrie the lame, puttinge it to his maiſters mouth,
and woulde eate no whitte thereot him lelfe, thoughe hee
had foꝛboꝛne meate fo longe befoꝛe. And at laſte, when
this deade bodye ſhould be caſte into the Riuer (accoꝛding
to the manner of the Romaines) the hounde leapte in ats
ter, and holdinge vp his maiſter ſo longe as he coulde, did
chofe rather to die with him, then to liue without hym.
Foz certainelp houndes loue the companie of men moſte
entierely, and mate not be without men (as L/dore ſaithe.)
The Hounde is a beaſte full ingenious, and bath mind
of diffuſe, and longe waies: fo that ik they looſe their mai⸗
ſters, they goe by furre {pace of Lands, and Countries to
theire maiſters houſes againe. Ik an hound bp euil bꝛin⸗
gynge vp, be made to be cruell, pet ſuche his cruelnelle az
bateth to a meeke man. Foꝛ Plinie ſaithe, that amonge
beaſtes, that dwell with vs, houndes, and hoꝛſes be moſte
gratious, and louinge. The laid Cote appertaineth to P.

Hundegate in Pozkechire.
The

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Greyhounde, 1. The fielbe is Saturne, thꝛee Greyhoundes curſante,

Mallyuery.

ok the Moone, with colours Kubie, ſkudded, and tereted
Solis.

This is the aunciente Cote armour of the allyuerey
of Moderſom in Poꝛkeſhire.
2. The field is parted per Pale Pebule, Carboncle, and
Diamonde, twoo Grephoundes Saliante Wegardante
of the Perle. The Grephounde is righte cruell, x fierce
in purſuinge, and takinge ok wilde beaſtes, and is full
milde, and gentle to men, and to tame beaſtes. His Pobts
litie, and gentleneſſe is knowne by the length of his face,
and ſnowte, as allo by the bꝛeadthe of his cheaſte, ¢ ſmal⸗
neſle of the wombe, and ſlanke. He is beſte to be liked,
when he hathe longe eares and plyante, longe legges and
fall, fo2 thev be needefull to cauſe him ko be the moze
ſwifte in courfe and runninge. His tayle is moze longe
and crooked, then the tayles of other houndes: and bathe
leſſe ſleſhe, and ſhoꝛter heare, and moze thinne ¢ fmothe.
oz tf he be too roughe, oꝛ hearye, he ſhoulde then be too
hote in his game. And ik he be ſleſſhie, he then wil runne
the wooꝛſe.

The

of Honour. Fo 56,

The field is parted per fee
embattyled, Topaze, i Eme⸗
raude, two Lptiſkes Pallant
conterchaunged ok the flelde.
Lytiſkes are called (as Plinie ryciske.
ſaithe) dagges > gendered of
wolfes, and of ſuch gendering
commeth cruell dogges, thus
called. Alſo Dogges gender
with Tygers, of which engen
dꝛzinge is brought fooꝛth dog⸗
ges ſo egre, and ſtronge, Vt
complexu Leones proſternant.

Such dogges were pꝛeſented to the great Alexander by
the king ol the Sophites in India, who, to ſhewe their foꝛte
€ pꝛopertie, put foure of them vnto a greate Lpon, which
ſtraite waies caughte him kaſte. And when the keeper of
the dogges woulde haue taken one of them by the legge
to plucke him from the Lpon, be woulde not loofe his
holde, no not when his legge was cutte of with a ſwoꝛde:
but ſticked neuerthelelle vnto his game, and fo was cutte
aſunder in peece meale, till ſuche time as he died: hauinge
pet bis teethe ſtill faſtened in the Lyons fleſhe. Suche a
feruentnes nature had wꝛought in thoſe beaſtes.

The field is of the Saphire, Yuſion,
on a chiete Pearle, a Puſton, Catte.
oꝛ Catte, Gardant, Ermines.
This beaſte is called a Muſi⸗
on, koꝛ that he is enimie to
Myſe, and Kattes. And he is
called a Catte of the Greekes,
becauſe he is fipe, and wittie:
-€fo2 that he ſeeth fo ſharpely,
that he ouercommeth darknes
ok the nighte⸗ by the chyninge
lyghte ol his eyne. In ſhape of

body

Carte.

Bonaze.

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body he is like vnto a Leoparde, and bathe a great mouth.
He dothe delighte that he eniopeth his libertie; and in his
pouthe he ts ſwifte, plyante, and merye. He maketh a rus
full nopſe, and a gaſtefull, when one pꝛofereth to fighte
with an other. He is a cruell beaſte, when he is wilde, and
falleth on his owne feete from motte highe places: and
bneth is hurte therewith. Wiben he hathe a fayꝛe ſtzinne,
(he is, as it were, pꝛowde thereof) and then he goeth faſte
aboute to be ſeene. This beaſte in Latin is called Felis,
Prifcis Alanis, & Burgundiombns, necnon Sueuis(teſte Nethos
dio) mos fuit fignis militaribus pręferre Felem animal carcerit
impætiientiſoimum. Quo Symbolo, ar bitrij ac libertatis appeten=
f tiam ſuam inſimulabant.

The fielde is V eneris, a pps
gage of the Sunne. This is
an hoꝛned beaſte, like a Goate
bucke, but pet greater, ¢ leſſe
then the Harte. e is a wilde
beaſte, clouefooted, ¢ of great
ſwikteneſſe. Be is a cleane
beaſte to meate, and abideth in
GUoodes, and Deſertes.

— The ficlde is of ß Diamond
a2 Bonaze Perle, Unguled fos
pase. Bouaſius is a Bcaſte in
kourme like a Bull, but bꝛoa⸗
der, and ſhoꝛter: and hathe a
mapne like an hoꝛſe done to
the ſhoulders, but the heare is
ſokter, and commeth dobone to
his eies. The heare of his bor
dye is like a bꝛight ſoꝛrel, his
mapne is Darker coloꝛed. The
lleſhe

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flethe of hym is plealaunte in

muche hunted.

The fielde is ertury, an
Equicerue, ot᷑ the Poone.
Equiceruus 518 a beaſte in the
Oꝛient hauynge hoꝛnes, and
à lõg maine to the ſhoulders,
ta berde vndꝛe hys chynne:t
fete rounde like an hoꝛſle, ¢
is as greate as an harte.

The fielde is of the Topaze,
a Tarãdꝛe tripping, Nubve,
vnguled Diamonde. Taranz
dus, is a beaſte in bodye like
a great Dre, hauing an head
like to an harte, and hoꝛnes
full of bꝛanches. Di ſome hee
is taken to bee a rapne deare.

A Butlfe in Latyne is called
Tarandulus., Which is a beaſte
like an Oxe alſo, but he hath
a bearde like a Goate.

eatynge, and therekoze hee is

Equicerue,

Tarandre,

Buffe.

C. Weareth Gules, a Bull palſante, d: Oꝛ. Bulles of Bull,

Inde bene pealowe, verie twifte and cruell, and can turne
about their neckes, whiche wape they twill, in wondꝛckull
maner They bee rugged or heare, and allo ſo harde in the
backe as flynte: fo that the ſhotte of dartes can not hurte
them, and therefore are not ouertome: But when anpone
ok them is typed vnder a ſigge tree, hee leeſeth all hys fier:

ſenes, and hecometh foverniy ſohte and nylde. 5
The Bull ſauage is allaapes lierſe han bee is taken,
M. i. and

Bugle,

Carell,

Cammell.

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a therefore deftroveth hymſelle x dieth for indignation.
2 D. Wearethe Argente, a
Bugle, Sable. The Bugle is
called in Latyne Bubalus, foʒ
that hee is fo like to an Oxe, c
is a beaſte of great ſtrengthe,
fierſe, and tan not well be ta⸗
med: but with an Aron rynge
put thorough bps nolethꝛille,
by the which ryng he is ladde
about, and therewith compel⸗
led to take gladly the voke v⸗
pon him. Bis coloure is black
oꝛ reade, and hauing hoꝛnes, yet he is but thinne heared:¢
his fleſhe is good, not onely to meat, but alſo to medecine.
— E. Beareth Azure, a Carel,
pꝛopꝛe. This Beaſte in ügure
is like a Roo, haupnge ſhozte
hoꝛnes, alſo log teeth r whyt,
about nyne pnches of length,
ſtãding out ok hys mouth like
à Boꝛe. Dt thps beaſte com⸗
meth ,t.
J. Weareth verte, a Canre
mell pallante.d Dz, The Caz
mell is full ſwifte, as Plinye
ſapeth:and is therfoze good in
battaple, allo in warre, and ta

beare charge r cariage. Ariſtotle ſapeth, the Camel moueth

firſt the right kote as p Lyon doth,cum pes ſiniſter non tranſit

dextrum, ſed ſubſequitur. He is Cloue footed, ¢ hath onely a

bonche on his back, ⁊ ſome haue twayne. Camelus proprium
inter cæteras quadrupedes habet in dorſo, quod tuber appellant:fed
ita vt Bactrianæ ab Arabiſs diſferat. Alveris enim biua,alteris
Jingula tubera habentur. Dee liveth moze than so,peares, c
equis odie naturali adierſatur. His fleſhe is wõdzekul ſwete,
and ſa is the mylke. C ameli feminæ. Nonnulli ſuperioris Aſia

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incole camelos,vel ad tia millia pofsident,

G. Beareth Sable, a Ord- Dramede.

the kynde of Camelles, but
leſſe in ſtature, pet moche
fwifter in courſe e rennynge:
and bath therefore that name
Dromeda, fox ſwifte rennyng.
koꝛ he goeth an hundꝛeth mis
les € moꝛe of one dape. They
be fo ſwilte by reaſon of their
longe pace and large, foʒ they
haue moſte large pace, and is not ouercharged with moche
fleſhe oꝛ fatues, vet hee is righte able of membꝛes, hauing
legges longe and ſmall, and full of ſynewes:and is there⸗
koꝛe lyghte to moue, and ſtronge to continue courfe and
runnynge, and eateth not moche: but is ſuffiſed with litle
meate, louyng well the Date tree, ¢ the ſtones of the frute
thereok:t is contente with the. after anker long iournepes.
He beareth Gules, an hoꝛſle
co Cheer pallante, betwen tive Lances Hof: 7.
d Oz. The liuelynes of the
| Borkke is moche and greate.
They be iopkull in the nieldes,
and ſmell battaples, and with
the nopie of Trompettes are
comfo2fed thereunto, ⁊ ſuche
nopfe alſo exciteth the fo run⸗
ne and fo ſighte. They bee ſo⸗
rie whan they are ouercome,
and glad whan they haue the
victoꝛie. Some allo perceaue €
knowe theire enemies in battaple, fo farkurthe that they
arepſe, and ſett on them, with hitpng. and finpting. Dome
MP. ii. Enowe

Bucephalus.

Affe ſauage.

Pfall,104.

Coste,

thearmorie .

kno be theire owne Loꝛdes, and foꝛgetteth myldenes, pf
they be hurte and ouercome. And other ſome luffereth no
man to ryde on bys backe, but onely hys owne Loꝛde:as
mape bee redde of Bucephalus the Bootle of the great kyng
Alexandꝛe, who woulde not ſuffre any other man to come
on bys backe, but the kyng himſelke, and when hee did but
pꝛoffre to gett vp vpon hym, the Hoꝛſſe then would knele
downe vppon hys knees to receaue him:ſo that hee ſemed
to haue fence t vnderſtande whame hee caried. It is alſo
wꝛitten that Hoꝛſles ſhede teares, and as it were weepe,
whan theire maſters bee ſlayne oꝛ deade. Solius equi eff pros
pter hominem lachrimari & doloris affect tum fentire, Solent etiam
ex equorum mæſtitia vel alacritate euentum futurum diminica—
turi colligere. Plinye ſapeth, that the Scithian hoꝛſle ſigh⸗
teth for bys Loꝛd and maſter, and knoweth the bogie that
will fighte with hym by bys nepng. 5

Theire chefe office is to trauell, and fo beare men in chi⸗

ualrie. Hys moꝛtall enempe is the Beare, and contrarie
wyſe, the Grephounde is bps krende.
The fieldets parted per paile, Rhe and Emeraude, an
Affe ſauage paſſante of the Perle, vnguled Diamonde, This
beaſte of the Grekes is called Onager, Whiche bp interpꝛe⸗
tacion is a wilde Aſſe, and is a free beaſte, large ot bodpe,
not famed. Bee haunteth in mountapnes and waddes €
by the lyghtenes ol his bodpe, in rennyng, he ouercometh
both the Lyon and the wolfe. Bee maye well awaye with
thziſle, and ſuffereth it long. It is wꝛitten in the Plalmes.
Potabunt onagri iniſiti ſua. Thys Beaſte is wile and wittie,
and feruently loueth hys kemale, hee hateth qreately the
company of men, and loueth well deſerte places.

The lielde is parted per Felle, Iupiter and Saturnez d god⸗
fe faliant of the moone. The Coate ts a beaſte, Iſciuum &.
petulcum, & feruens femper ad coitum, cuits oculi ad libidinem
in tranſuerſum aſiciunt. Vnde & nomen traxit. Nam hircis ſunt
ocnlorum anguli ſecundum Suctoninm ¢ cuius natura aded cali-
difsima eft vt Adamantem lapidem quem nec ignis nec feri do-

5 5 mn aye

of Honour. Po. 5.

mare valet materia, ſolus huius cruor diſſoluat. The goate hath e
vnder the chinne a berde called. mmitum. The ble of goa mtu.
tes ¢ ſhepe is nedeful to mankynde:koꝛ they fede p hõgrye

with mylke and with lleſhe, ¢ clothe the naked with fell ⁊

with woll e amende the lande with thetre brine ¢ donge.

Allo nothing is in the goates bodie, but it is good and pꝛo⸗

fitable, either to the ble of meate, and clothing, either els

to the nedekull vſe of medicine.

. Beareth verte, on a cheife dẽted Argente, an Hare py 274,
pꝛopꝛe. The Hare excelleth in lightnes of membꝛes ¢ lim⸗
mes therfore is verie ſwifte in courſe k running, to kepe
him from houndes ¢ other beaſtes that purſue hym. Bynde
geueth vnto hym moche heare vnder hys kete, that therby
bys lleſhe is not hurte in renning. Hys hynder legges be
longer than the farther, whiche is nedetull, to rere the bo⸗
die whan he ſleeth ⁊ that cauſeth hym to be harder to take
whan hee runneth againſt the hilt, than whan be runneth
dolvne warde to the valey. The Hare (ſapeth. Ariſtotle) is
wittie and fearefull.as hartes and con ves are. retro vrinam
mittunt, aner ſu coeunta vt Leones, Lyncesy Leporum etiam fami-

8 na ſcpè numero marem prior f=
peruenit. Leporum genus quoclda
videtur habcre bina iecora,

The ſielde is Sable, an hartes

heade cabazed d Oꝛ , attyred
berte, betwene two flaſques

d Argente billetie of thefirtte,

tfo the creaſte on a toꝛce d oꝛ

¢ Gules an Marte regardante ate.
d Argente, iczante a bzaanche
IJ of Didamie pꝛopꝛe, ⁊ bulned
with a darte verte.

Martes bene enempes to fers
pentes, when they fele them
ſelkes greued with N

they

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they goe to the ferpentes oenes,and dzatve them out wih

the breathe of theire noſthꝛilles:and ouercome the malice

ol theire venyme, fo as they recouer theire ſickenes with

keadyng of them. Nlirantur autem ſibilum fiftularum : erectit

auribus acute audliunt: ſubmiſsis nibil. Plinye ſapethe, that

the harte is a moſt pleaſing beaſte, and renneth wilkullp,

ſo that whan hee is ouerſet with houndes, hee than fleeth

to man, as foꝛ helpe. Ariſtotle ſapethe, that bee caſteth hys

bhonꝛnes euerp pere, in the moneth of Apꝛile, quæ cum amis

Cornu cerui ſerit occultat. It is witten that hys lyfte hoꝛne was neuer
ſiniſtrum non kounde: occulit enim id tanguam quod am medicamento predi-
inuenitur. tum. Serpentes vopde and fler th odoure oꝛ ſmell of the
bzxenpnge ok an hartes hoꝛne. And although the harte is

armed with hoꝛnes, the Hynde fhereok , inops mutilaq́; eſi.

They dꝛeade moll the bopce ol a Foxe, and of an hounde.

Gabriel Sy- The Parte taught firſt the vertue of the herbe Dictamum
neon Symboz Foz when they are wounded with arowes oꝛ dartes, they
lis heroycis. ſeke and kynde out the fava herbe, and eate thereok: wher⸗
by theire woundes are healed, and caſte the arowes with

the arowe heades out ol theire bodies. Thys herbe grow⸗

eth plenteoully in Candie, oꝛ in the Ille of crete. The Har

te is a wiſe deare, koꝛ when hee is fatte, quod valde temporis

fructuum fit, he departeth into ſtraunge places farre of, as

knoboing that by reafon of bys coꝛpulencie and fatnes, he

may the rather be taken and killed. He fleeth into ryuers

and waters, Propter æſtum atque anhelitum. Caro eorum libidis

nis tempore vitiatur & fetet, perinde quaſi hircors, Hyeme itag,

extenuantur, debilitanturq;. V eve autem vigent maximè ad cur-

fom. He liveth aboue an hundꝛeth peares as is to be rede

of the hartes that liued in lexandre the great bys tyme,

that were taken an hundꝛeth peares after bys deathe, the

Whiche in bys lpfe tyme, hee had enſigned with cheines ol

golde about theire neckes. And of the lyke ok the Harte,

Ariſtotle thus ſapeth. Vita effe perquam ‘longa hoc animal fer-

tur sed nibil certi ex bys qua narranturi, e geſtat io,

aut incrementum hinuuli ita euenit, uaſi vita eſſet prelonga.

of Honour. F060.

J. Weareth Dz, on abende, cotized with two cotizes,
Sable, thze Frets d Argente. The Furet is a little beaſte, Fimets.
as it were a Weill, fui ſubtil and raucnous, Ariſtotle ſapeth
that he hateth hoꝛſſe and mules, and greueth them moche.
But hee fighteth agaynſte ſerpentes, and fo that purpole
armeth hym with Kue, as doth the weſill, whan he pꝛepa⸗
reth hymlelke to fighte with the Waſiliſke.
The fielde is berte, thꝛe Rooes oꝛ Capꝛes ſauage, in paile
betwene two flatques d Argente The Capꝛe, oꝛ Roo is li⸗
ke vnto an hynde calffe, but changeth not the teth, as the
other doth: and hath right fayꝛe and pleafaunt epne, ¢ alla
ſharpe:and is called in Latyne Capra ¶ylueſtris, becauſe the
is moſt conuerſante in woddes and deferte places. Ariſtotle
ſayeth, that theſe Capꝛes, oꝛ Roes(as we Eugliſhmen call
them) helpe them ſelkes wiſely whan they bee wounded, ¢
ſeke the herbe, Pulegium ceruinum, and eate therot to dzaawe Dicamum
th arowes oute of theire bodies, yk they bee ſtricken there⸗ ele e, vi-
with. They are moſt ſwikte of mouyng and runnynge⸗ € req cinfinods
fo moche moe is theire fleſhe ſweter, and tender. They pofsidet.
dekende them ſelles in woddes and lavides , from hunters
and there houndes, not with theire keete, hoꝛnes ¢ teeth.
but onelp by lwiktnes of flight, f
B. ys fielde is d Ermine, en two Flaunches Gules,
two Coates ſauage d Argent.
: @oates are called in Latpne capri, and Capra » 4 carpens Conte ſauage
dis virgultis. And manpe men ſape, they are fo called, cres 8
pita crurum vnde cas creas vocitatas : qua ſunt capræ agreſtes.
And ſome ſape, they haue that name, for that they clym⸗
be on harde cragges, and fo hyghe, that vneth they mape
be ſeene with mans eyes. The wilde Goate is verie ſwifte
in runnyng, moſt lyght in leapyng, mot ſharpe in ſighte,
moſt ſwete in faite, moſt tender and wholeſome to meate,
and moſt buſye to gather hys owne meate. Foꝛ the Coate
knobeth the diuerũtie of herbes, ol trees, of twigges, of
bꝛaunches, and of ſpꝛays, whiche they eate of, e fede them⸗
ſelles, by ſight, taſte, and ſmell. Hac itaque animalia vt dix is
D

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mus in petris altifsimis commarantur : vt ſi quando ferarum vel
hominum aduerſi atem perſenſerint, de altifsimis ſaxorum cacus
minibus ſeſe præcipitantes in ſuis fe cornibus illæſas ſuſcipiunt.

The lielde is of the Toyaʒe a Balilifke diſplaped, Emes
raude, triſted, Saphire. And for the Creaſte vppon the hel⸗
me an Hixicion paſlante, of the Diamonde, charged with
Grapes propre, ſett on a toꝛte, Pearle, and Emeraude,

mante⸗

of Honour. Fo.61,

manteled Kubie,doudled earle. The ſigne diſplaide in
the fatde Cote armour, is of ſomme called a Cocatrice, but Cockatri
of the Greekes he is called Bafilifcus, And the Latines cal ce
him Regulus, foꝛ that he is kinge ol Serpentes, and Soue⸗
raigne ouer them all: Adeo vt eum videntes, fugiant. For
with his bꝛeathe, and ſmell he killeth them. Vea, man him
ſelfe, Si a/piciat,interimit, And at his ſighte, no byꝛde that
fleeth efcapeth vnhurte. But although they be a farre of,
pet are they deuoured with bis burninge bꝛeathe. Not⸗
withſtandinge, he is ouercome of the Meaſil, Qua quoties presi,
dimicatura cum eo eſt, Rutam comedlit: odor etenim eius herbæ in- N
feſtus ferpentibus eft. The Baſilil ke, when he ſeeth the wea⸗
ſil fo armed, fleeth: whom ſhee koloweth, and killeth. Ni-
‘hil enim parens ille rerum ſine remedio conſtituit. This Ser-
pente ts but balfe a foote of lengthe , and enterlined „„
with white ſpottes. L/dore ſaithe, that Sibilus idem eſt, qui Sibiluse
& Regulus, Fibilo enim occidit, antequam mordeat, vel exu-
At. 7
And as the Baſiliſke aboue deſcried, with his Diademe
called in Latin, Cviſtia, is almoſte the leaſte amonge other
Serpentes, fo is the little Hiricion with his ſharpe pykes,
almoſte the leaſte of all other beaſtes. And ol vs Engliſh
men he is termed an Irchin, oꝛ Vrcheon. Latine , Hericius, Irchin, or
d beate fo called foꝛ the roughneſſe, and ſharpeneſle of Vycheon.
his pꝛickes, whiche nature bathe geuen him in ſteade of a
heare. And (uch his pykes healeth, oꝛ couereth his thitine,
as the heare dothe the other beaſtes: and bene his wea⸗
pon, and armoure, wherewith he pꝛicketh, and greeuethe
them, that take, oꝛ touche him. Nam ſlatim vt aliquid pre-
ſenſerit, primum fe ſubrigit: atque in globum conuei ſus, in [ua
ſe arma yecollit. Me is à beaſte of witte, and good puruei⸗
ance : for he clymeth vpon a Uine, oꝛ an Apple tree, and
biteth of their bꝛaunches, and twigges: and when they be
falien downe, he waloweth on them, and fo they ſticke on
his pꝛickes: and he beareth them into a hollowe tree, oꝛ
ſomme other hole, and keepeth them foꝛ meate fo2 hym
‘ N. i. felfe,

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felfe,and his ponge ones.
Herinaccusʒſaithe Bari holomeus in his Booke De propr ie

He iudcess. tarihus rerum, is the ſame, that Hericivs , but he is atedum⸗

‘PF hiteVr-
cheon,

Dragon.

pted moꝛe then he, and is like the Uzcheon in all pꝛoper⸗
ties, ſauing that when he is lufficiently laden with apples
on his backe, he wil beare one alwaie in his mouthe, And
it alter he is fo charged, there happen anp to fall from his
uckes, then koꝛ indignation he thꝛoweth from his backe
all the other deale, and effloones returneth to the tree to
charge him againe of newe. The Uꝛcheon is Wittp, and
wile in the knowledge of comminge of windes, Noꝛthe,
and Southe: foꝛ he changeth his Denne, oꝛ hole (as Ari-
frotle ſaithe) when he is ware that ſuche windes comme.

There was one ſometime in Conantinople , that had
an Uꝛcheon, who knewe, and warned others thereby,
that wyndes ſhould come, and on what parte: and there⸗
by gotte greate eſtimation amonge his neighboures, and
Was accoumpted as one that could tel ot thinges to come.

There is alſo an other Uꝛcheon, that hath a white hel,
and white pꝛickes, as Bartleme we ſaithe : Sane ſus exemple,
& ſedulitate animal nas admonet, hand quaquam fatis effe,
fi agros ampliores poſsideamus, niſi diligentia, & parſimonia v-
Jamur.

i. beareth Golde, a Dꝛagon Gerte. I/edore ſaithe, that
the Dꝛagon is the greateſt of all Serpentes, oꝛ of all lp⸗
uinge thinges vpon the earthe. Eff autem criſtatuss ore par
10, C ardtis fiſtulis, per quas trabit ſpirituns et linguam exerat,
His greateſt ſtrengthe is not in bys teethe, but in bys
kaple Et verbere potius, quam Vi FU nocet.

He hathe not fo muche venime, as other Serpentes. Be⸗
twene him, and the Clephante ts perpetuall enimitie, for
the Dꝛagon deſtrous of his bloud, foꝛ the temperate told⸗
nelle thereok, to aſſwage his extreme heate, ſpaunethe, oꝛ
wꝛappeth lo his tavle aboute the Elephantes legges, that
he cannot eſcape the deathe. But the Dꝛagon byteth it ful
ſoare: fo2 while he is thus enwꝛapped with the Were

taple,

of Honour. Fo. Gz.

tale, he falleth vpon him with his huge body, and fo they 1
are bothe ſlaine. Gignitur autem in Hiſpania, & in India, in
ipſo incendio iugis eſtus. Difsidet Aquila cum Dracone; veſci-
tur enim Aquila anguibus.

515
det cum A=
quilas

M. beareth Argent, a Sala⸗
mander proper. The Sala⸗
mander hathe that name, for
4 that he is ſtronge and mightie
againſt hurninge: fo2 he burs
neth not in fire, hut abateth, ¢
ſwageth the burning thereof.
And amonge all venemous
beaſtes, he is the mightieſte ol
popſon, and venyme. Cætera es
nim fingulos ſeriunt, hæc plurimos
payiter interemit. oz if he crepe
vpon a tree, he infecteth all the apples, oꝛ other kruite, that
groweth theron, with his popfon: and killeth them which
eate thereof. TANhiche apples alſo, it thev happen to fall
into any pitte of water, the ſlrengthe of the poyſon killeth
them that dꝛinke thereok. 114 contra incendia repugnans,
ignes ſola animalium extinguit. Foz he liueth in the middeſt
of the flames of fire, without grieke, oꝛ waſtinge, and not
onely becauſe he is not burned therein, but that he q uen⸗
cheth the fire. And Plinie ſaithe, that of all beaſtes, oncip
the Salamander liueth in fire, and quencheth it. Likes
wile . Ariſtotle ſaithe, that there be many beaſtes, Que igne paradinut
non abfumantur, Salamandya claro documento eft : qua vt ai- Symbolis he⸗
uutyiencm inambulans per eum, extinguit. a
This Salamander did the Frenche kinge Fraunces
tauſe to be grauen on the one parte of his coyne, addinge
this inſcription in the Italian tongue: Nudvifco il bono, &
Pengo il reo. Id eft, Aler meliore, ac deterius perimo. And the
token of the Salamander, he cauſed alſo to be pictured in
many his Palaices, and places, verp pꝛetiouſly, with this
Diſtiche in the Latin tongue:
H. Gf Vifus

5 alamandr⸗

roi cis,

+ 9 0
An 2g

Dlinias,

Jacule.

Stellion.

Ceraſte.

Aßpe.

Pf lin. 58.

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Vrſus atrox, Aquilæq; leues, & tortilis Anguis,
Cofferunt flammæ iam Salamandra tua,

= hus the nature of the Salamander is deferibed, whi⸗
che maniteſtip appearet) 5 Tanto frigore praditam,vt ignem,
velut elacies extinguat.

N. beareth Azure, a Jacule d Argent. This Serpente
lloeth as a Darte, and leapeth into trees, and what beaſte
fo euer he meeteth with, he thꝛoweth him felfe thereupon.
and ſleaeth it: Iaculus Scipens volans : vnde & Laculs ditti
ſunt. De quo Lucanus: Iaculique volucres.

The fielde is Argente, a Stellion proper. Stellis is a
beaſte like a Lpſarde, hauinge on his backe, ſpottes like
ſtarres. And thoughe he be a kapꝛe beaſte, pet is he right
venemous, as Plinie fatthe: Hic autem Scorpionibus adleo con-
trariustraditur, vt viſo eo, pauorem his aſferat, & toi porem. Ju-
ter ſtellionem, & arantum bellum eft. Deuor antur enim aranci a
Stellione,

O. beareth Sable, a Ceraſte nowep d Argent. This
is an hoꝛned Serpente, as Iidore ſaithe, and hathe hoꝛnes
in either ſide ok bis heade, crooked and wzinkeled,
as the hoꝛnes of a Ramme. This Serpente lleaethe all
beaftes, that paſſe vnwarelp by the pathes, where he lyeth
with pꝛiuie bytinge. And therekoꝛe we reade , Fiat Dan
ſicut Coluber in via, Ceraſtes in ſemita.

The fielde is Gules, an Aſpe obturant her eares d Oꝛ.
Apis vocata, quod mor ſi venena immittat, & aſpergat. The
Alpe, when thee is charmed by the Enchaunter, fo come
out ot her denne by Charmes, oꝛ Coniurations: ſhee not
willinge to come foꝛthe, lapeth her owne eare cloſe to the
grounde, the other ſhee ſtoppeth, and couereth faſte with
her tayle: and ſo ſhee heareth not the voice of the Char⸗
mer, neither tommeth out to him, noꝛ is obediente to his
ſayinge. And we reade in the Plalmes: Furor illis ſecun-
dum ſunilitudinem Serpentis:ficut Afpidis ſurdæ, & obturantis
aures ſuas. Quaæ non exaudliet vocem Incantantium: & vencfics

Incantantis ſapienter.
P. bea⸗

of Honour. Fo 52

P. beareth Sold, a Woath, Sable, betwene two barres
Gemewes Azure. Boas is a Snake in Italie, great of bo⸗ Bons.
dye, and foloweth Greges armentorum, & bubalos:and guile⸗
fully ſetteth him ſelke to the vdders of them, and lo luc⸗
Binge ſleaeth them. Tuhereok alſo he taketh his name.

Q. beareth Argente, on a Pale Clerte, a Scitale, pꝛo⸗ 9 ,.

er. ye
J This Serpente is fo called, becaufe he ſhinethe with
ſuche diuerſitie of ſpeckles vpon his backe, that all that
looke thereon, haue wonder, and likinge to ſee him. E:

uia reptando pigrior eſt quos afjequi non valet, niraculo fui
Fare Capit,

Whe fielde is Sable, an Amphibene, heade to heade re⸗ gy phybene
flexed, d Argent. f
This is a prodigious Serpente, and is called Lmphy-
bena, fo2 that he bathe twoo heades „Vt initio, fic & cauda
caput:currens ex vtroque capite tractis corporis circulato. This
alone of all Serpentes putteth him ſelke to the colde, and
goeth befoze all other. He hath a double heade, as though
one mouth were too litle to caſte his venyvme. CMius oculi
lucent veluti lucerne.
Somme Serpentes haue many heades, ſome doubled,
85 oy nerte before deſcribed, ſomme trebled, ec. as L/idore
atthe.

N. beareth Geronnte, of fire pieces, D2, and Azure, à , 5
Dipſez Uerte, charged on the firſte quarter. Dipfas genus Be
Aſpidus, quæ Latine Situla dicitur: quia quem momor derity/itt
perit. This is the leaſte of all Serpentes , and is fo little,
that vneth he is ſeene when men treade on him: and his
ben yvme fleacth ere it be felte: and he that dyethe by that
venyme, fealeth no ſoare. And fo Lxcane wꝛiteth.

Signiferum iuuenem Tureni ſanguinis album
Torta caput retro Dipſas calcata remordet,
Vix dolor aut ſenſus dentis fuit.
The fielde is Golde, an Hyder proper. This Serpent
bathe many heades, ⁊ ſuch an one was ſeene in a 0
ca

Juc anus,

II ydre.

Hydrot.

Ser hente.

Serpentes
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called Lerna.in the Pꝛouinte of Archadia. Hac Latind ex-
cedra dicitur: becaute that if one heade be cutte of, thꝛee o⸗
ther gro we out of the place thereof, Sed hoc fabuloſum eft,
Foz it is perkecly to be readde, that Hydr2 was a place cas
ſkinge forthe waters, whiche waſted. and deftroped a Cit⸗
tie nighe therunto. And in this Hydra,tf one heade of the

treame were ſtopped, by and by many other ſtreames did

bꝛeake forthe. Which when Hercules perteiued, he burned
the place, and ſo ſtopped the courſes of the water. And
therefore it is (aide, that Hercules did kill Hydra the Ser⸗
pente with fiue heades. Nam Hydra ab aqua didta eft.
Hydros aquatilus Serpens 2 quo icti obturgeſcunt, cuius qui-
dem morbum Boam dicunt:eo quod fimo bouis remedietur.
The fielde is of the Sa⸗
phpꝛe, a Serpente toꝛqued,
Topace. i
This Serpente J haue de⸗
ſcried , as wzingled into a
} Lugeathe, Mhiche he bfeth ſo
to doo in the winter ſeaſon,
by reaſon of his natural cold⸗
neſſe. And in the ſommer,
oꝛ heate, he looſeth him ſelfe,
and then his bitte, oꝛ ſtinge is
deadely. Nam quando ſunt
frigidi, nullum tangunt. And

theire venyme, oꝛ poyſon hurteth moꝛe in the daye time,

then in the nighte. ent enim noctis Algore & mevito:quia
Higidi {unt nocturno rore. The Serpent is a beaſte of great
quantitie. Foꝛ as Mazeffenes wꝛiteth, there be fo huge Ser
pentes in Indie, that they lwalow, and deuoure al whole,
bothe Hartes, and Bulles. In Italie, in the time of Claus
dius Cæſar, Wasa Serpent ſlaine, and in his wombe was
founde a whole childe. Alexander the Greate, in his Epi⸗
ſtle, which he wꝛote to Ariſtotle his maiſter, De Situ India,
repoꝛteth, that he ſawe there criſted Serpentes, ſomme

hauinge

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hauinge twoo heades, ſomme three. Columnarum groſoi-
tudine aliquando proceriores, oribus ſquaimiſque [uis humum
atterentes. Quorum pettora cum trifulcis linguis fauces exer-
tabant, ſcintillantibus veneno oculis , quorum balitus quoque
erat peſtifen. Iſidore ſaithe, that there be many kindes of
Serpentes, as, Admodicg, Elepbantię, Chamedracbontes,
Sc.

The Serpente, koꝛ that he deteiued our lirſte mother
Cue, was curſed of God, aboue all cattell, and aboue eue⸗
ry beaſte of the ficide. And therefore bpon his belly ſhall Cene,3.
he gor, and duſte Hall he eate all the dapes of his like.
In naturalibus bonis, quę nobis et irrationabilibus videmus eſſe 7 bidem.
communia, viuacitate quadam fenfus & ev pens excellit, Vnde
coo legitur. Serpens autem erat ſapientior omnibus pecoribus ters
re. The Serpentes heade beinge ſtriken ok, pet ik it el⸗
cape With the lengthe of twoo fingers it neuertheleſſe
liueth. Vnde & totum corpus obycit pro capite ferientibus,
No beaſte moueth the tongue fo quickelp,as the Serpent
dothe, ſo that thereby be leemethe to haue fivoe , oz thꝛee
kongues, when it is but one.

Serpentes autem din viuere dicuntur: adeo vt depofita ve-
tere tunica , feneGutem deponere atque in iuuentutem yeclire
per hibeantur. It is ſaide, that a Serpente dare not fouche
à naked man. Plurimis vero corum aduerſatur ſaliua homi-
nis.

There is alittle Serpente, whiche of ſomme is called serpens Sa=
& Sacer, Whiche greate Serpentes, and mightie, flee, and /. 5
auoide. He is but one cubite longe, Species hirſuta. Quic-
quid momorderit, continudò circiter putreſcit. .

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. S. beareth Sable, twoo
Delphines d Argent, addoꝛſez
5 hariant, betwene fire Croſſes

Delphine,

voice, oꝛ foꝛ p he wil harken, x
delight to hearethe tune of the
Simphoni:and therioze he is cal
led a Symphone,becaule he hath
great liking in harmonie. No
fiſh in p fea is moze ſwift then
the Delphin. oz oftentimes
they are {cite to leape ouer ſhips: whole leaping ſo, play⸗
Uidorus. i ing in the ſea, betokeneth that ſome tempeſt is at hand. Hi
. proprie Simonides nominantur. Eft & Delphinum genus in Nils
64. s. Etyino, dorſo ſerrato, qui Crocedylos tenera ventrium fecates interimunt.
The Delphine is moſt meke, louing, ¢ gentle, not only
towards his olon kind, but alſo towardes men, k child2e.
ns Then as Arion that excellent uſition t plater of p Lute
3 ſhoulde haue bene dꝛowned foꝛ his money, whiche he had
gotten by his art, ot the ſhipmen which ſhould haue caried
him into his countrey: The Dolphins, which a litle beloꝛe
he was caſt into p ſea, had heard him ſo ſwetely play vpon
his Lute, receiued him, ¢ one of them taking him vpõ his
Herodot. Ii. i. backe, bꝛought him fafe vnto the ſhoare. Leonicus de var.
Hiſtor. Hiſtor. Li. i. ca. 8. dothe repoꝛte, that he ſawe a Delphine
quickly to come af the accuſtomed call of a childe, and to
take him on his backe, and oftentimes fo to carrie him

„ „ thꝛoughe the fea, Collati in ſe beneficy memor.
Alcistliba. This noble fiſh knoweth by p ſmell, it a man dꝛowned
Emble. n. in the lea, did cafe of his kind. And ik the deade man hath
eaten thereof, he then eateth him anone. But ik he did

not eate, he mightily defendeth, and kepeth his body from
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deuouring ok other fiſhe: and ſhewinge it, he bꝛingeth the :
cozpie to ſome clitte o2 dꝛie lade with all bps power. Their Anifide aniz
loue allo tolwardes theire owne kynde manikeſtly appea⸗ wl. cap. ad.
reth, in that one of them beyng taken at Cara, à great mul

titude of other Delyhynes came together vnto the hauen, x

taried there vnto the ſiſherman whiche did take the Delphy

ne let him looſe againe, whome they all receaued topfullp,

and ſo returned with hym into the Sea. Daruos item Del-

phinos magnus aliquis ſem per comitatur cuſtodiæ canſa.

The ſielde is verte, a whale napante Argente, pellette Y hale,

Sable. Thys fiſhe is called a whale foꝛ bys hugenes oꝛ
greatnes of bodie: which is, as it were a mountaine oꝛ hill.
Suche was the whale that ſwalo wed Jonas the Pꝛophete,
hys wombe oꝛ belly was ſo greate, that it might bee cal⸗
led hell: Foꝛ the Pꝛophete ſapeth. Clamaui de wibulatione
mea ad Dominum: & exandinit me de ventre inferi. a

U. Beareth Golde, a Balene hariante, Azure. The Baz Balene,
lene is à fiſhe greate and huge, moche like to the whale. €
is fo called, becauſe of hys outcaſting and ſhedinge of wa⸗
ter, for they thꝛowe water hyer than other great fithes of
the Sea. Such a like fiſhe oꝛ rather a monſtre callod Bale-
na, ꝗppeared alwell in the fight of the Tyrians as the Mace⸗
dons, at the ſiege of Y ye, whiche livnge vpon bps backe az
boue the water, came towardes the mole oꝛ pere whiche f
Alexander the great had cauſed to bee made agaynſte the Q. Curtius.
citie of Tyre: and beatyng the water, he lifted bp hymſelke . 4.
at the head of the ole, and immediately diued vnder the
water agayne, ſome tyme appearyng aboue, and lomety⸗
me vnderneath, and when he came nere the walles of the
citie vaniſhed out of ſighte.

The fielde is o the Sꝛagons heade, a Belue, Lune, Thys Belue.
is a great fiſhe in the Sea, and is called Belua. He caſteth
out water at hys iowes, with vapoure of good ſmell, and
other fiſhe when they kele the lame, purſue hym whotelp,
and delityng after the ſmell, they enter and come in at his
iowes: whom he deuoureth, ⁊ ſo fedeth hymſelke with the.

O. i. The

Hippotame.

Crocodile,

Exuydros,

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The ficloeis ofthe Dꝛagds
taple, an Hippotame, Sol.
The water Hoꝛſſe of the Sea,
is called an Hyppotame, Foz
that hee is like an Hoꝛſſe in
backe, mapne, and neapnge:
roflrorc[upinato a primis dextiz
bus: canda tortuofa:vngulis bi-
nis. He abideth in the waters
on the dape, and eateth coꝛne
by nyghte: & hunc Nilus giz
gait,

TA. Ips ſielde is Mercuriea Crocodyle d Ermyne.

The Crocodile is fo called, becauſe he is of the coloure of
Sakron. Bee lpueth partely on water, partely on lande, x
is in kaſhion like a Dꝛagon, but he bath ſmall eyes, verie
long teeth like to a ſawe, and lacketh a toque, and moueth
onelp th ouermoſt iawe, x not the nether, and hath greate
naples and ſtronge on bys fete:there bath ben ſeene of the
twenty fote longe, and the ſkynne of bps backe is vnpene
trable. Hee deuoureth not onelye men, but alſo beaſtes.
Hunc piſces quidam ſerratam habentes criflam tenera ventrium
defecantes interimunt.

Enydyos, lyttle beaſfe fo named, foꝛ that he frequenteth
the waters, is cnemve to the Crocodile, Whome pf hee finde
liepyng he firſt tombleth and waloweth hym felfe in dirte
and myer, and fo entreth theaugh bys mouth into hys bez
lpe , and fretynge oꝛ perünge all bps in warde partes, hee

5 Crocodilum commeti forth on lvue oute of hys bowels leautnge hym
augeri quane dead. He liueth longe, and groweth bigger and bigger, as

dliu viuat.

Thagion, or

Pacre,

longe as he lpueth. :
The ſtelde ts verte, on a ſcocheon golde, a Phagis nayan

ke, gules.
Thys fithe the Gretians call ſagrum, becaule he hath fo
haͤrde teth, that he cateth oyſters in the Sea. And 1
yews

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he is allo called Dentyix, fo the multitude and greatenet
of bys teeth, and as it were a fithe ſtrongely toothed,
He beareth Argente, thꝛee Pullettes nayante, propre. 77let,
A Pullet is a ithe of meane quantitie,hauyng two bar⸗ si
bes 02 wartes on the nether lyppe, the coloure toward gre
ne, with ſome pealowe lynes. g
The fielde is of the Sunne, a Uermante, Louis, Vermante:
A Uermante is a fiſhe of coloꝛ blue, and is in lengthe lr.
tubites, which bath ſuche ſtrength, that when Elephantes
doe come into the water and do dꝛyncke, hee will take one
of them by the noſe, and plucke bpm into hym.
2. Beareth verte a Huſcule nayante, betwene two bar 51a ſcule⸗
res gemewes d Argente. rie
Thys is a lyttle fithe, whiche guydeth the whale, that he
doe not runne on the rockes.
The fielde is of the Jacinthe, a pple in poynte d Ermy⸗
ne, betwene two Zyphes hariante, Lune. Zipbe:
This is a fiſhe whiche is named a l woꝛde fifhe, and bath
in his noſe a bone, like to the ſcaberde of a Swoꝛde There
is an other fiſhe, named in Latyne Gladius, and hee is fo
called, eo qudd roſtro maiori nato fits ꝙ. ob hoc naues perfofjas
. egit °

The ficldeis partie per ben
de finiftre, gules and Sable,
a Chymere,filuer. 1
Tyhys Chymerciga Beaſte oꝛ (ert:
monſtre hauing thee heades,
one like a Lpon, an other like
a Goate, the third like a Dꝛa⸗
gon, fingunt & Chymeram tri-
pbermem beſtiamtore Leo, poſtremis
peuartibus Draco, media Capreæ.
Quam quidam Philofophi non 4
nimaliſed Cilitiæ monte eſſe ditt,
quibuſclam locis Leones & Ca-
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preas nutrientem, quibufdam avdeutem quibiiſclam plenam ſer-

Iſadorus. li. i. pentibus.Hunc Bellerephot es habitabilem fecit, vnde Chymeram

44. 3. EYun.

dicitur occidiffe.

Thys Belleropbontes , 02 Bellerophon the ſonne of Glaucus,
kynge of K, a man ot muche beautie and pꝛoueſle,
was ardently beloued of Stenobea, the topfe of Fretus kyng

9. Tho Elirt. OF Ephyra,nert after Glaucus 5 whan the deſired hym to cõ⸗

Itrab. lib. 8.

mitte auoutrie with her, hee kearinge the vengeaunce of
Iupiter, god of hoſpitalitie, and remembzing the frendihipe
her hulbande had ſhelwes hym, rekuſed, and put her awaye
froin hym: whiche ihe diſdeigning, and being in a wood
tage, accuſed him to her hulband, that he had rauiſhed her:
but he like a ſobꝛe man, woulde not fea hym in bys alone
houſe, but delivering hym letters to his wiues father, ſent
hym into Licha, loho perteauing the mynde of Pretus, en⸗
touraged, x ſent Bellerophon to deſtrope the two monſters,
- Solymos, and Chimera, that hee myght be ſlayne vnder the
coloure of a valiaunt enterpꝛpſe. But he atchieuing it no⸗
bly, retourned with honoꝛ. Thys hyſtoꝛpe foloweth moze
largely ſett forth in the Latyne tongue by Stockbamere 5 in
bps Commentaries vpon the Emblemes of Altiate. Em .
cxj. in theſe woꝛdes. ‘
Bellerophon filius Regis Glauci,adole{cens infignis pulcbritudi-
nis & ſummè virtutis, quem Prætus regno priuatum, ſthi ſeruire
iuſbit. Stænobea vero vxor Fræti eum adaimauit, & vt fecum fins
prum committerct,folicitanit :ille vero laſciuam feminam repu-
lit vnde ſhreta mulier exardens & dolore repulſo indignatayco-
vam Rege, falfo illum acciſauit, quaſi eam fuiſſet oppreſſurus:
Rex autem hoc auldlito, & inique ferens, nolens tamen de illo domi
panas ſumere, miſit eum ad ſocerum fuum Regem Licya addita
epiftola qua crimen continebatur. Rex ille, leclis litteris indigna-
tus varys hoſtibus & periculis Bellerophontem, vt perixet, obietit.
Ille vero ſemper vitor enafit, tandem etiam in vlt ionem criminis
miſſus vt Chymeram mon ſirum maximo [ub periculo interficeret.
Aſcendit igitur ille aſtute admodum Pegaſum æquum alatum
«clerréimtim, quem ex inter ſectæ Meduſæ ſanguine natum fingnt:
8 at que

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atque de eo expe ditionem / umpfit contra C imer am, quam deuicit
ae interemit, ob boc laudem nanciſcebatur maximam , adeog, vt
Rex ille Lyciæ alicfam ſuam filiam ei in vort dederit, quod au-
diens vxor Prati ſeipſam occidit, Monemur cuncda mala, in i
quos etiam & peruerſos fuperandos eſſe, & ſupprimendos an imi
virtutibueamaguan inutates c onſilio, & pruclentia.

The ſielde is partie per Felle 21.
baturne , and Mars, an Cagle
diſplaped w two heades d Ar
gente, an oꝛle of Beaſantes.
Th Cagle hath pꝛincipali⸗
tie ouer al foules, and is moit
liberal and kree of harte. Foꝛ
the pꝛave that he taketh, one⸗
les it be foꝛ hongre, hee eateth
not alone, but ſetteth it forthe
in common to all the foules
é 4851 that folowe him: and therkoꝛe
oktẽtymes other foules frequente bys companye , foꝛ hope
and truſte to haue ſome parte of hys pꝛaye. But when the
pꝛape that is take is not ſufficient fo2 hymſelte, than as a
kynge, that taketh hede of a ckomminaltie, hee taketh the
birde that is next vnto hym, and geueth it among th other,
and ſerueth them therewith. The Eagle hath that name
Aquila, ot ſharpenes of eyne. He is right ſtrong, bolde, ¢
hardie, karre paſlſinge the ſtrength and boldenes of other
byꝛdes: and hys ſtrength is moſt in wynges, tallance, and
beake. Alſo he bath many kethers, and therefore he contea⸗
neth moche lyghtenes. The ſigne of th Eagle diſplapde
thus with two heads, alter the tommon opinion, begonne
to bee boꝛne in ſtanderdes, auncientes, and Banners, in
Charles the great hys tyme, to declare hys empire both in Wolfangus
the Oꝛiente and Occident. D2 rather as Volſangus Lazius Lazius Roma
repoꝛteth, in the tyme of Conſtantyne the great, which of nor. Regis Hi
one publicke weale of the Romaynes, obtapned and api ſtoriographus.
a 0

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Dyfler,

Plinye.

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two th one at Nome, and the other at Conftantinople.
The fielde is the Kubte,a
Cheuron topaze, betwene ij.
Eagle ttes diſplaide with two
heades, of the Pearle.

The Eagle is a byꝛde, berp
great, regall, and noble, que
volucrum Regina dicituy quia
altifsimeé volat: . Ionis ales, vel
quia ſola contra Solis radios 4—
pertis atque immotis oculis vol ã-
do obtuitum non flectit : vel quia

7 folam nunquam fulmine tactam
ferturtideoque etiam Jou is. Armiger & Poctis appellatur , vt Hi-
gin. lib. ꝛ. The Eagle is of ſuche ſharpe ſighte, that flipnge
aboue the Sea fo highe, as with mans epes, fhe can ſtarce⸗
lp be ſene, vet the ſeeth the fithe ſwimme in the Sea, and
deſcending tormenti inſtar, ſhe taketh her pꝛape, and flyethe
there with ta the ſhoaꝛe. She is righte cruell agaynſte her
owne byꝛdes, whe as lokvng againſt the ſunne, they cloſe
their eyes, foꝛ then he ſuppoſeth they be not her one byꝛ
des, and fo vt degencres excludit, The ſaide coate apperte ps
neth to maſter John Diſter.
F The ſielde is fable, an Eagle

diſplaide iu two heades d De.
debꝛuſed with a barred Er⸗

Yas syd myne.
AN The Cagle in age hath dar
ani kenes, and dymnes of eyne,
SN with heauynes of wynges.
44nd agaynſt theſe euils, ſhe is
taughte by kynde, to ſeeke a
well of ſpꝛinging water: the
fame founde, he then fipeth
‘bp info the apie , as farre as
ſhe map till the be full hote by
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heate of the Sunne, and by trauel of flight, ſo that through
ſuche heate, the poꝛes of her bodye bene opened, and the
fethers chaled: and the then kalleth ſodenly into the wel,
and there the fethers bene chaunged, and the dymmes of
her eyne is thereby topped alvape and purged: and thus
the recouereth her pꝛiſtinate vigoꝛ and ſtrength. There be
alſo diuerſe other kindes of Eagles, and of ſondꝛy names,
as ſhalbe declared hereafter,

The Eagle called Almachor, is full quicke and ſharpe of Egle Alma-
fighte, who takyng her byꝛdes diregeth theire ſighte euen ey,
agaynſt the Sunne, whiche pe they doe not ſtedkaſtly be⸗
holde, the forthwith beateth toe. And yt any of theire eyes
do chaunce to water in lokyng agaynſte the Sunne, that
byꝛde ſhe lleaeth, although he wente out ol kynde: and the
byꝛde that ſtedlaſtly beholdeth the ſunne, and whole eyes
doth not watre⸗ hym fhe loucth,liketh and fedeth.

Th Cagle Amachell taketh her prape on the water, and Eagle. Amas
is dꝛedde of no foules , ſauing ſuche as haue theire liuing chel.
and conuerſation in the waters onelp:andis muche dege⸗
nerate fro the nobilitie and kynde of thofe Eagles whiche
take theire pꝛaye in the ayꝛe and on the earthe. Allo thys
Egle hath one fote cloſſe and whole, as the fote of a Gan⸗
dꝛe: and therewith fhe ruleth her felfe in the water, whan
the delcendeth krom an hyghe fo2 her pꝛaye: and her other
fote is a cloue fote, with full ſharpe clees, with the whiche
ſhe taketh and holdeth her pꝛaye.

The Egle. Aihat, is a gentle Cagle, and thincketh longe Eagle. that.
tyme ok her byꝛdes, foꝛ when they fly, the flyeth with and
about them, takyng hede of them: t is readie to withſtande
other foules, vf ſo be they come to greue oꝛ anove her byez
des: and therefore is moze kynde than other Eagles be to
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A. Beareth Sable, an ofsi-
a fraged Argent, bearing a bone
dz. Th Cagle hauinge thze
bypꝛdes theoweth oute one of
her neſt, leſte ſhe ſhould be vn
able to fede and noꝛiſhe them.
And this birde Ofifraga Which
in the Arabie language is cal⸗
id Ccbar, receaucth, feadeth ¢
bꝛyngeth vp the Caglet fo caſt
out, and fo the birde loſeth the
name of her parentes, and is
now by reaſon of her cducatio
in thys wiſe called O ige, 02 Cebar. Iſidore ſapeth, that
there is a foule called Offifrangus,and bath that name, quia
a ab alto dimittit em frangit. Thys kynde of Offifrage hath
no quicke ſighte But an other kynde, whiche loueth the
Offifraga ma Sea. Clariſs ima oculorum acie eſt, ac pullos adhuc implumes coz
„ git aduer[os intueri ſolem, percutit eum qui recuſet, & vertit ad
ſolem. Tum cuius oculi prius lachrimarint, hunc occidit, reliqui
Ariſt. de As edlucat. Vagatur hac per mare & littora, vnde nomen accepitivi-
nimal. lib. S. uitq; auium marinarum venatu, vt dictum eft, The Offifrage is
cap. ; greater in hodie than the Eagle, color ex cinere albicans.
Gaben B. Beareth barrpe of eight
1 ; peces Gules and Ermpne, a
Goſlehauke d D2. Thys is a
rpal foule, ⁊ is armed moꝛe th
boldenes, tha w clees: and al
moche as kynde faketh from
her in quantitie of bodye, hee
I rewardeth her w boldenes of
5 harte. Thps foule aboue the
reſte of ᷣ kinde, is moſte deſi⸗
rous to take other foules, and
therfore fhe is called. ccipiter:
hoc eſt, raptur. Alſo tye beynge
tame,

Offi fraga.

of Honour. Fo. 6ꝙ

taketh byꝛdes that be wilde, and as it were, deliuereth, oꝛ
reſerueth them koꝛ her olune Loꝛde: and therefore they be
beloued of Noble gentlemen, and boꝛne on fiſte, and alſo
dieted, and fedde with greate 2 and dae
Fertur autem Accipitres circa pullos ſuos impios eſſe. Nam dum 55
viderint eos pole alias > 9 55 cian eſcas, fed ACES
verberant pennis, & à nido precipitant : atque a tenero compel=

lunt ad pradam,ne forte adults pigreſcant.

The feld is Saturne, thꝛee

Faucons volante Lune,menv
bꝛed, oꝛ beaked Solis. D2 thus:
Abe beareth Sable, thꝛee Fau⸗
cons volante Argente, mem⸗
bed, and beaked d Oꝛ.

The Faucon, ſaithe /. dore,
is called Capusya capiendo, Hie
noftrs Falconem vocant: ed quid
incuruis di igitis ft, Me is a Rop⸗
all fowle, and defircth pꝛape,
and vleche to ſitte on his ſiniſter fiſte, that beareth him.
Me is a gentle byꝛde, bolde, and hardie and hathe little
lleſhe in compariſon of bis body, but greatly arraide with
feathers. Joꝛ Ariſtotle faith, Falcula auis pennis plurimum
valet. And therefore ſhee is moze light to flee, The Fau⸗
con, it he kaile of his pꝛaie at the firſte fight , as it were foꝛ
ſhame, he lleeth about in the apꝛe, and then vneth he com⸗
meth to his Loꝛdes hande. Foz he holdeth him ſelke ouer⸗
comme, and not kindely boꝛne, ik he take not the fowle
that he fleeth vnto. This ſaid Cote is boꝛne by the name
35 e

B. i. C. bea:

Faucon.

Pellicane,

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C. beareth Azure, a Belli⸗
cane volatd D2, guttee Gules.
This is a byꝛde of Egypte,
Habitans in ſolitudine Nili flu-
buinis. V nde & nomen ſumpſit.
Thphe Pellicane feruentlpe lo⸗
N jueth her byꝛdes. Pet when thet
hene haughtie, and beginne to
ware hoꝛe, they ſmite her in
the kace, and wounde her, and
{hee finiteth them againe, and
ſleaeth them. And after thꝛee
daies ſhee mourneth foꝛ them,
und then ſerikinge her felfe in the fide till the bloud runne
out, ſhee ſparpleth it vpon theire bodyes, and bp vertue
thereof they quicken againe. Hieronymus. Pelicani( inquit)
ſquum ſuos a Serpente filios occiſos inueniuntslugentfeque et [ua
latera percutiunt, & ſanguine ecco cor pora mortuorum ic re-
niuiſcunt. Volaterranus ſaithe, the Pellicane to be the
ſame, whiche Plinie calleth Platea.

The ficloe is Sable, in the
obeames of the Sunne, a he-

i Ulerte.
\ This is a byꝛde of Arabie,
and fo called, Quid color Phe-
viceum habeat: vel quod Jit in toto
irrbeſſingularis, & vnica. Nam
( abes ſingularem „. vnicam
sy Phenicem vocant. This byꝛde
(as Iſidore ſaithe) liueth aboue
fiue hundꝛed peres, and when
fee perceiuethe her ſelke fo a⸗
ged, gatheringe the twigges,
and date bꝛaunches of ſundꝛie lweete ſmellinge trees, the
maketh thereof, as it were a Beakon: and turninge her
felfe therupon lowardes the whote beames of the 0
ee

of Flonour. Fo.70,

Mee clappeth ber winges in ſuche wile, that thee kinde⸗
leth fire aboute her, burning her ſelle, and ſo thee rpfethe
againe ot her obone alles.
Alanus ſpeaketh of this byꝛde, and ſaithe, that when ang.
the higheſte Pꝛieſte Onyas had builded a Temple in the
greate Cittie of Heliopolis in Egypte, to the fourme and
likeneffe of the Temple in Jeruſalem, and the firſte dave 4
of Calter, when he had gathered muche fweete fmellinge 171" Je
woode, and ſet it on fire vpon the Aultare to offer Sacri- Po A.
fice: euen then to all mennes ſighte, came ſodainely ſuche
a byꝛde, and fell into the middle of the fire, and was there
burnte anone to aſſhes, and the aſſhes remained ſtill, and
were diligently kepte, and pꝛeſerued by the tommaunde⸗
mente of the Pꝛieſte. And within thꝛee dapes, of thetle
aſſhes was bꝛedde a little woꝛme, whiche tooke the ſhape
ofa byꝛde at laſte, and did fie into the wilderneſſe.
2 : D. beareth Uerte, a Kaladze Kaladere
gardante, Argente.
This byꝛde is white of coz
lour, and bath no part of black
nelle. Mis kinde is maruep⸗
lous, Foz ifa man which hath
bene longe holden with greate
ſickeneſle, be like to die, thys
byꝛde then turneth awape his
countenaunce from him. But
il the ſicke man ſhal eſcape the
deathe, this byꝛde then fireth
bis ſighte earneſlly on hym, e

E. bea⸗

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E. beareth partie per Cheu⸗
ron enbattailed. Wert ¢ Gules,
thꝛee Cranes Argente. The
Crane is a bird great of wing?
and ſtronge of flighte, and fie:
eth highe into the ayꝛe, to fee
the Countries, towardes the

Crane.

byꝛde berpe louinge ouer his
ohne kinde, and they liuinge
in companie together, haue a
kinge amonge them: and flee
in oꝛder. And when they fitte
on the grounde, foꝛ their fafegarde, they oꝛdaine watches
by courſe amonge them ſelues, that they maie reſte the :
moze ſurelp: and thoſe whiche keepe the Watche, fande
vpon one foote, holdinge eche of them a little fone in the
other, highe from the earthe, that by fallinge thereol, they
mate be alwaked,if it happe any ok them to fall a leape.
Theire age is knowne by theire coloure, Nam ſenectute
nigreſcunt. 0
Ariſtotle ſaithe, that the Crane is a ciuill byꝛde, Quia
ones vbi ſub Duce degit. Cranes flee into verpe karre Countrpes,
pugnent cum Quæ ex Scithicis campis ad paludes Aegypto ſuperiores vnde
Piomeis, Nilus profluit , veniunt, quo in loco pugnare cum Pygmeis di-
pee f. de ani cuntuy : Non enim id fabula eff, fed certe genus tum bominum :
malili, 8. ca. Ia tum etiam equorum puſillum vt dlicitur) oft 2 deguntque n ca-
~~" wernisy vnde nomen Troglodita à [ubeundis cauernis accepere.
Cranes doo many thinges Wwilelp,as Ariſtotle ſaithe, Libro
ale Au imalib. 9. Cap 10.
ae 0.9: C The

whiche he will dꝛatwe. He is a

5 0 Ermpne, betwene foure Coc⸗ Cock.

kes, conterchanged of the one,
and the other, membꝛed and
criſted Gules.

Gallus a caſtratione vocatus,
Inter cateras enim aues bute ſoli
teſticuli adimuntur, Veteres enim
ca4bſciſos gallos vocabant, The
* Cocke bꝛeedethe a Pꝛetious
ſtone called Allectrictium, like
to that ſtone that highte Calcedonius. And becaule of the
fame ſtone, the Lpon dꝛeadeth, and abhoꝛreth him, x elpe⸗
cially ik the Cocke be white. Foz the Lpon dꝛeadeth a
white Cocke, as Plinie ſaith. The Cocke aboue other bir⸗
des, is enſigned with a peculiare Creſte: Sic enim inſtitu-
ta, vt nec caro ſit, nec a natura carnis omnino aliena. The Cock
greatelp reioiceth, when he getteth the victoꝛie ouer an o⸗
ther, and after the clappinge of bis winges, he ſingeth foꝛ
iope thereot. Gloriam ſentit, noſcit ſydera, it cubitum cum So-
le, imperitat [uo generi, & Regnum, in quacunque domo fuerit,
exercet. The Cocke is conſecrate to the Sunne.

— F. beareth Sable and D2,
2

Galli poſt viz
Goriam ca-
nunt,

me parted per Cheuron embatai⸗
8 led, in Chief, two Pigeons vo⸗

Ate lante d Argente. This byꝛde Done, e.

es the mefienger of peace, en⸗ (lief.
ſample of ſmpleneſſe, cleane
ol kinde, plenteous in pꝛocrea⸗
tion, floure of meckeneſſe, lo⸗
uer of companie, and foꝛgetter
of wzonges. Antiqui eas vene~
reas nuncupabant: cò quod nidos
frequentent, & oſculo amorem cons
sipiant, Culuers(as S. Ambrofe
faithe)

Ovle,

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faithe ) in Cgppte and Sivia are taughte to beare Let:
ters, and to be as it were meengers out ofone Pꝛouince

into an other.

The ſielde is d Oꝛ, and Sa⸗
ble, trauerſed in foure , per
N ale and Cheuron, an Owle

üniſter d Argente. D2 thus:
He bearethe quarterly d Oz
and Sable Cheurone, an owle
üniiſter d Argente.
This bye in Latin is cal⸗
led Budo, and bathe that name
of the ſounde of her voite: and
isaloploe byꝛde charged with
feathers, and ſeethe moze
cleerelp by night, then by dap,
and then thee is moſte ſtronge, and able to reſiſte her e⸗
nimpes, Who can not abide her foꝛ her ſhape, ſonge, and
countenaunce. Wiben ſhee is allapled of other byꝛdes,

ſhee lpinge vpꝛighte, dekendeth her ſelle with byting, and

ſcratchinge. a
Shee is kriende to the huſbandeman in killinge miſe,
whiche otherwiſe woulde conſume his coꝛne in the barne.
Apud Augures malum portendere fertur. Nam cum in vrbe
viſa fuerit, ſolitudinem fienificare dicunt. De qua Ouidi-
HS:
Fadag, fic volucris venturi nuntia luctus
Ignauus Bubo dirum mortalibus amen.

E. bea⸗

of Honour. Fo72,

G. beareth Cold, on a feſſe
betwene two Swallowes Sa⸗
ble, thꝛee fountatnes pꝛoper.

al blacke, e is greatly dꝛead of
other kowles. Nea, the Eagle,
and Goſſehauke fie from this
Swalowe, as it were theire ez
nimpe: and dare not fall on
theire pꝛaye while ſhee is flee⸗
inge abꝛoade, dꝛeading the by⸗
tinge ok her. Foꝛ it is thought
to be venemous, as Plini ſaith.
And this J take to be the Swalowe, Que carne veſci-
tH.

There ben other two kindes of Swalowes, p one called
the boule Swalowe. which loueth mannes companie: and
the other whiche is lelle, louethe the ſea, and maketh her
neaſte in the holes, and chynnes of Rockes. But bathe ol
them make their neaſte in like, and haue their taples foꝛ⸗
ked as a papꝛe of ſheeres, and differ nothinge in coloure,
but that the houſe Swalowe is ſeene to haue, Sanguinis
maculum in pectore.

And in that J haue deſcriued thꝛee Fountaines on the
Felle in the aid Cote armour, I thinke it therefore mete
to declare what a Fountaine is. A Fountaine ts the head
and ſpꝛinge of liuinge water, whiche ſpꝛingeth, and run⸗
neth continuallp oute of the pꝛiuie vaynes of the earthe,
to the greate nouriſhinge thereof, and ok all mankinde.
And therefore it is called Fons, as it were Fouens; nouri⸗
hinge: oꝛ Funden, pouringe, oꝛ ſhedinge out.

The Fountaine multipliethe all Riuers, Brookes, and
ſtreames with waters, and communicateth hym ſelfe ta
many, hidinge it krom nothinge: but parteth, and diſtri⸗
buteth of his abundance, as wel to Mylgrimes and ſtran⸗
gers, as to all otger liuinge creatures. g

G. bea⸗

Swalowe,

This kinde of Swallowes is

Founta ine.

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G. beareth Argente, €Sa-
ble, parted per Pile, a Swa⸗
lowe volante of the ſeconde,
bearinge the Celidon floure,
proper.

The Swalowe taketh not
bis meate fitting, but fleing in
the ap2e,¢ in making of neaſle
is moſt expert x cunning: edu
cadiſq fatib? folertifsima, She is
full of feathers, & thereloꝛe is
the moſte lighteſt, and ſwilt in
ö flight of all fowles. Other bir⸗
des diſturbe her not, neither is ſhee pꝛaye to any of them.

Maria tranſuolat, ibique hyeme commoratur. Ouid calleth this

byꝛde Veris prenuntia. For thee is the firſte meflenger,

that ſhewethe vs the ſpꝛinge of the peare. It is readde,

that in the ponge Swalowes wombe bene founde twoo

ſtones very pꝛetious. The one white, whiche is the Fe⸗

Pretions 45, male, and the other redde, which is the Wale , and is moze
retious Ho- pertuous. Thele two pꝛetious ſtones, are called Celedony:
e called and they mutt be taken out of the Swalolwes wombe, ere

Celidomit. they touche the grounde.
J WWThe ſelde is of the Pearle,

à Palme tree pꝛoper.

This is a tree of victoꝛpe:
Proceroq; ac decoro virgultu: diu
turniſque veſt ita frondibus: & fo-
lia fine vlla fuccefsione conſeruans.
It is a tree noble and famous,
alwaies faire and greene: and
longe tyme beautified with
bꝛaunches and leaues, both in
winter ¢ ſommer. The Pꝛo⸗
phete ſaithe, Iuſtus vt Palma flo-
rebit. This noble tree aboun⸗

deth

Hirundo do-
meftica.

Palme,

Honour. Fo. 73

eth, and is moſte fruitefull in India. And therefoze Uel⸗
pafiane the Emperour, cauled to be impꝛinted on the one
parte of bps capgne the figure of the Palme tree, to decla⸗
re thereby bps tryumphant victoꝛie, in ſubduing and con⸗
quering the whole region of Jennie.

49. Beareth golde, a Laurell tree verte. Thys is allo a Laurell.
tree of victoꝛie, and is of finquier excellencie, grace, and
vertue. In p olde tyme, all victoꝛious emperours, kynges,
pꝛinces and capteines, were crowned with garlandes of
Laurell tree, whan they had gotten the victoꝛie ouer their
enemies. And to the knygßͤtes, ſouldiours, and ſtanderde
bearers. whiche had behaued and boꝛne thelelues valiãtly
and ſtoutely in the warres, were geuen garlades allo ma
de of Laureil to adoꝛne theire heades, whiche were called
Corona iilitares, and were teſtimonies of their pꝛowes, no⸗ Coronæ mili⸗
ble actes, and haute courages, foꝛ euer to bee remembꝛed. tares.
The Grekes call thys tree Daphnis', betauſe it neuer lear Daphnis.

eth hys greneſſe. It was conſecrate to the great Jupiter, €
to Apollo Delphicus. It is thoughte that thys tree is neuer
touched with lyghtenynge. And therefore the Emperoure
Tiberius Cæſar, in thondꝛyng and lyghtenyng, bled to wea
re a garlande of Laurell tree agavnſte the ſmytyng of the
lyghtenyng Alſo Plinye repozteth that as the fame Empe⸗
roure dyd fitt by Druſilla the Empꝛeſle in a certein garde,
an Cagle thꝛewe krom a ryght hyghe place, a fapre whpte
henne, whole and ſounde into the Empꝛeſſe lappe:and the
henne dyd holde in her beake a bowe of Laurell tree, full
of baps. And diuinoꝛs toke hede to the hene, and did ſowe
the bays, kepyng them wiſely, and of them came a wood,
that was called Sy lu triumphans: às it were the wodd of Sylus triums
wozſhippe foꝛ vigoꝛpe and mafiric!, for akterwarde the phans,
Emperour dpd beare of the Laurel tree in bys hande and
did weare a garlande thereof on bys heade. And alter him
many others emperours in the fame twife ould be crow⸗
ned with Laurel tree of the lame wodd, han they had the

bickoꝛpe, and thele theire garlandes were called, Corona

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Con trium triumphales. Ha antiqitus è lauro erant poſt ſteri ex auro ceptæ.
Pbaler. Colliſa in ſe durius duo Lauvea,ignem concuſſu veddunt,ft Plinis
cucclitur. Idem fucere Leovis Mas pleriq; autumant Sic & concnié
: i potentionum certiims eft ovis grantus hericulum.
Ou. The nelde is of the Dunne, an Divue tree, cneris.
Thys is a Ropall tree, and in the Latyne tongue is cal⸗
led Olea, the fruite Olina, ſuccus oleum. It is à tree of peace:
foꝛ no mellengers were ſent to Rome, to gete oꝛ obtepne
peace, without bearing in theire handes the bꝛaunches of
Dipue tree: nevther pet to pꝛokre peace to other men. Rez
migius fapeth, that the dignitie ok thys tree is knowne: fo2
that in token ok reconciliation betwene god and man, and
of the peace made betwene them, the Doue tubiche was
See ſent koꝛth by Noe out of the arke, returned agayne to hym
Dee With a token in her mouth, which was an Oliue leate that
| the had plucked, and of none other tree. Hie ſapethe that
among the Athenians, victoꝛs were troluned with Ditue.
J. Beareth Argente, an hande Gules, holdyng a bꝛan⸗
che of Oliue pꝛopꝛe. Diode ſapeth, that the tree Which bea
reth the Ol vue, is a ſigne of peace and traquilttic : geſtanti-
bus indicium erat pacit. The pꝛapſe of peace is eloquentely
{et forty by Abon Sober, in a treatiſe which he wꝛitte vn⸗
to the noble kyng Henry the kowerthꝛin theſe wooꝛdes.

Peace is the chefe of all the worldes wealth.
And to the heauen it leadeth eke the waye.
Peace is of ſoule & lyfe the mans healthe.
Of peſtilence it doth the warre awaye.
My liege Lorde take hede of that I faye,

Vt warre maye be left, take peace on hande,
Whiche may not bee without goddes ſande.

Vith peace ſtandeth every creature in reft.
Without peace ,there may no lyfe bee gladde
Aboue

| of Honour. | Fo. 74

Aboue all other good peace is the beſt,

Peace hath himſelfe, whan warre is all beſtadde,
The peace is ſafe, the warre is euer dreade.
Peace is of all charitie the kaye,

Whiche hath the life & foule for to waye.

My liege Lordeyf that the lifte to feche
Thefoth enfaples, what the warre hath wrought
Thou fhalt well heare of wife mens ſpeche,
That deadely warre turneth into noughte.

For yf thefe olde bookes be welll foughte, |
There might thou fe what thig the warre hath do
Both of conqueſte, and conquerour alſo.

For vayne honor ,or for the worldes good
They that whylom the ſtronge warres made
Wher be they now, bethincke wel in thy moode
The daye is gone, the nyghte is darke & fade
Theire crueltye which made them then glade
They forowé nowe, & yet haue naughtthe more
The blodde is fhed, which no man may reſtore.

EE B. Bearethe Dz, an Die Oke,
tree, verte.
Th One tree was hallowed
to Jupiter. Sacra lout quercus.
And it is called Quercus fine
quernei ꝙ ca ſoliti erantdy gen-
tium querentibus reſpon if’ dare:
Thys free endurethe manpe
peares :ficut legitur de quercis
NMambre ſub qua halitauit A¢
brabam:que fertur vſque ad Con-
ſtatini Regis imperium per multa
fecula perdurafe The Obe in
A Je the

rr

1 PN N .

otkecorne,

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the olde tyme was accainpted chekeſt inecr felices arbores. It
is a tree berve hyghe, fuil ol beughes and bꝛaunches, bas
uing a roote moſte perłecte and ſure, and therefoꝛe it bell
abideth the blaſtes and ſhakynges ofall tempelleous wein
des: and for hys myghtynes and ſtrength, is moſt meete
foꝛ great and large buyidinges. The leafe of thys tree in
ſome tountrepes neuer falleth awape. T Heophraſte ſaycth,
that there is a kynde of Oke, in agro Thuvio,ybi Sybaris pers
ſpicua, quæ num quam folia dlimittit. The frute of thys tree is
called. Clandula, oꝛ glans quernea, aN Akre, oꝛ matte of the
Ohe tree: wherewith men in the olde tyme were noꝛiſhed
and fedde, wherkoꝛe the Poete ſapeth.

Nortales primi ructabant gutture glandem.

Oure fathers of olde thoughte it good.
To vſe Akecornes for theire foode.

Prius enim quam frumenti vſus eſſet, antiqui homines glande
vixerunt. Boetius remembꝛeth the fame; lapinge, felix nie
mium prior ætas. tt. 95 .

Wlondꝛekull happy was the firſte age of men, whych did
holde them contented with the fruites which the verte fiel⸗
des brought looꝛthe, and thereloꝛ were not diſtropde with
filthpe glotonye: but were wonte eaſely to aſſuage theire
hogre at euen with the Akecoꝛnes of Dkes, not knowing
What wine mente, yet ding the moiſte hon, and the clere
running waters of the ſtreame, whiche cauſed the to llepe
holeſome llepes vpon the graſle liyng vnder the ſhadowes
ok the hye pyne trees.

E Bea⸗

Honour. Fo. xz.

IL. Wearethe Gules „ vers Peare,
fe, parted with a cheuron be⸗
twene thꝛee peares d D2,

The Peare hath hys name.
becauſe it is ſhaped as ; flam⸗
be of the fire, fo2 a Weare is
greate, harde, and bꝛode at
th one ende, and narowe and
ſtrayghte at th other, as p fla⸗
me of fpze, Pyrus autem arbor:
frudtus eius pyra eft, Poma 70
iumentis impofita vel fi fauca, ve

hementer oneroſa eſſe dicuntur. J
thincke no moze to ſpeake of the Peare at thys tyme, noꝛ
of the tree, hut of the cheuron deſcriued in the ſayde fielde,
whiche is a woꝛthpe particion, x holdeth in it ſelke a great
ſoueraignetie.

The Frenche call thys fignea Cheueron. In Latyne it Cheuron,
is called Signum capitale, &. Tignus, oꝛ Tignum, in Engliſhe
it is à ratter of an houſe, which beareth the roole:and of bs
Poꝛtherne men, it is called a Sparre, oꝛ Sparres, of oz
thers the barge coples. The whiche ſignes by all likely⸗
hode were firite boꝛne of carpenters, and makers of hou⸗
ſes:foꝛ an houſe is neuer ma⸗
de perkecde, till theſe coples be
put vpon it, by the maner of
an heade: and two ſuche ioy⸗
ned together, make a capitall
iigne: that is to ſave in p noꝛ⸗
therne tongue a cople of ſpar⸗
res.

M. Weareth Argente, tlwoo
Cheurds Sable, betwene thꝛe
figge ſlippes pꝛopꝛe. Figge.
The ſigge tree is ſo called,
fecunditate, becauſe it excelleth

others

Rofe.

Partic per
Cheuron,

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others in kruitekulnes. Nam terque quaterque per fingulos ang
nos generat fru dum:atque alters maturaſcente: alter oboritur,

Thus it is manitelte that thys tree beareth frute thꝛee
oꝛ lower tymes in one pere, and whyle one rypeth, an os
ther ſpꝛyngeth anone. Let p bearer herok in cote armoure,
conſider what he beareth. The learned can iudge what his
condicions ſhoulde bee.

And touching the two Cheurons blazed, there tan be no
mo fo termed in one coate armoure:fo2 they tonteyne the
iuſte quantitie of theire oꝛdꝛe in the ficlde , foꝛ with then
the elde is fiue in all hys contente. 8

O. Weareth gules, & fable,
= | parted per cheuron, nebulee,
thꝛe roſes d Argent.
Amõg all flours of ö woꝛld,
the Koſe is the cheike, and bra⸗
reth the price. And therefoꝛe ỹ
chefe parte of man, whiche is
the heade is offe crowned ther
with, becauſe ot hys vertues,
lwete ſmell and ſauoure, ſoz
by fapꝛenes they fede ö fight,
and pleaſe the ſmell by odour:
ati and accoꝛde fo medecine, both
grene and dꝛye. Nea a fhecie floris nuncupata:g rutilanti colo
le rubeat. Theretoꝛe our noble and motte gracious Quene
doth, and for euer Hail vie thys delectable Poeſte oꝛ woꝛ⸗
de. Rutilans Rofa fine pina, DE J were learned thereunto,
I woulde ſpeake moze of thys floure. But beyng bolde of
Plinye the Kole ſhall haue pꝛeheminente aboue all floures,
and nexte to it. the floure de luce, and the thirde ſhalbe the
violet. Theſe are the floures wherewith the crolones ol no
ble men oughte to bee adoꝛned. f
And wheras the fielde of the ſayde cote armoure is par⸗
ted per Cheuron, vou mut take the ſame, as one of the par
HO ticions

of Honour. Fo. ys.

ticions ntefics , becaufe one coloure, after te maner of a
Cheurõ, entremedleth with an other, otherwiſe than is v⸗
fed in fimple particions. And my aucthoꝛ ſapeth, that ma⸗
ny haue doubted aboute the Blazon of Cotes Armoures,
whan they bee thus parted per Cheuron of two toloures:
and ſuch as haue made themſelkes berpe connyng, in def
triuing of armes, haue fapled thereof: ſome holdinge one
opinion, and ſome an other. And thereloꝛe to diſlolue the
doubte herein, take thele nerte enſuyng oz example.

D. Beareth Argent and gu⸗
les, partie per Cheuron engrai

led, thꝛee Hllies, deux, vne, con 7 illye,

trechanged of the fielde.

Thys is as fapꝛe a cote, as
mape bee deuiſed of that parti
cion: and the tokẽ boꝛne in the
fielde, is of hys pꝛopꝛe coloure.
oz the Lyllpe is ot treble coz
loure, whit, redde, and purple,
02 pealowe. J thought it good
to adde theſe wooꝛdes deux vne
in the biason of thys cote Ar⸗
moure, foꝛ that the Lillpes are tranſmuted of the fame coz
loures that the fielve is ot, foꝛ pf the ſielde were not fo par
ted, it neded not to haue ſayde deux vne. And touching the
floure, Plinye fapeth, that the Lillpe is next to the Kole in
woꝛthynes and noblenes. Nothing ts moꝛe gracious than
the Lillve in kayꝛenes of colour, in ſwetenes of ſmell, and

in effede of woꝛkvnge and bertue. Lillyalacte: floris herba: Lily.

vnde & nuncupata quaſi Liolya cuius dum candor fit in ſolißs:
auri tamen ſpecies intus eſfulget. he
The

Vjolet.

Pyles.

Senuye.

Nerche.

the armorie

The lielde is Sable, thee pic
les in popitde, d D2 charged
wyth nyne violettes, pꝛopꝛe.

: Thys floure bath bps name
fee of the ſtrongeit hell that hee

hath, as L/idore ſapeth, and the
ſmell thereotk abateth the heate
ol the bꝛapne, and rekrelſſheth

and comfozteth the ſpirittes.
The littlenes thereot is nobly
rewarded in greatenes ol fas
uoure and of vertue.Amongſt
floures , Plinye ſetteth the vio⸗
let, next the Noſe, and the Lyllye: foꝛ that they be the chefe
floures (hee ſapeth)to beuteſie the crownes of noble men.
Huius genera [unt tria: sir paeiire, ee e The the
piles deſcried in thys cote armoure, whiche mete together
in one coone of the ſhielde, as in the poyncte thereof, are
called in Latine 7e, which is almuche to ſaye as Pillers,
that ſuſtepne and vpholde the woꝛke whiche is layde vpon
them. And of the ſondꝛye bearing of ſuche in cote armour,
hereafter ſhall enſue diuerſe examples.

Q. Beareth Argéet and verte, parted per pile enuecked,
6. leafes de Senupe d Oꝛ.3. 2. 1. The floure of thys herbe
is full pealowe. and bath a good ſmell. And though all the
herbe in ſubſtaunce be kene and feruente pet Wees loue
befte the floures of it, and haunte them.

The lielde is goldeß a Pyle in popnee hetwene two flips
pes ol Merche . verte. This herbe in latine is called Zpinm,
and it is fo called, x ex co apes.i.caput antiquorum triump han-
tium coronabatur. Hertules made hym firſte garlandes of
thys herbe. Cuius radices efficaciter pugnant contra in ſiclias ve
nenorum. Thys herbe is alwayes grene, as Theophraſte
ſapethe.

N. Beareth Sable, a Pile engraled’, in bende betwene

Aguus ceſt fower flours of Agnus cuſtus, d Oz. This herbe is alwapes

grene:

of Honour. Fo.77

grene:and the floure therof{s namely called Aenus cats
loꝛ whoſo vſeth muche to ſmell thereunto, eyther man oꝛ
woman, it hathe vertue to kepe them chaſte as a Lambe,
Wherefore the women of Nome, bled to beare with them
the floure of thys herbe, at kuneralles, ⁊ in ſeruice of deade
men, whan they mult nedes lyue chaſte, fo2 common ho⸗

neſtie.

S. beareth Ermpne, twoo
Opzons Sable, charged with
Cilidon floures proper, a Ba⸗ Celydin
tune Gules. ;

This herbe Celidon bath a

pealowe floure, and the ſtalke
therok bꝛoken, ſmoꝛcheth them
that touche it all with pealow.
And it highte celidonia » foꝛ it
ſpꝛingeth and bloometh in the
comminge of Swalowes. oz
& Swalowe in the Grecke
tongue is called Celidon, Oꝛ
els, as Iſidore ſaithe, it is fo called, betauſe it helpeth Swa⸗
lowes byꝛdes, if their eyne be hurte, oꝛ blinde. And likes
wiſe Plinie ſaithe, that by the iuyce of Celidon, Swalowes
eves turne againe to theire firſte tate, it they bene hurte,
oꝛ put out.

This hearbe hathe vertues that bene noble and good,

Wwhereok ye mave reade in Plinie, Dioſcor. and Platearius
alfe,
R. l. The

Crowes,

Crowne nu-

yall,

the armortie

The fieloeis Lune, on a
Trolle Saturne, fiue Crow⸗
nes Imperiall. The Croffe
thus charged, is called of olde

a noble token to the number
of fiue. “ ide in the Concoꝛdes
ot Armozie. It is to be ſeene
in diuerſe Cote armours, that
Crownes bene boꝛne in ſun⸗
dꝛie other wiſe, as in Pale, in
: Feſſe ein the Angles of the
Dhielde, as it were in triangle, whiche is the moſte aunti⸗
ente, and as mine Authour ſaith, the moſt famous maner
af bearing of them, oꝛ any other fignes, And they are be-
rie rare ſene boꝛne in Bende, but in chele they maye bee
excellently boꝛne, as beloꝛe in thys booke is remembered.

a Croſſe betwene fower crow
nes murall, Topaze.
Ol the ſondꝛie kaſhions ot
Crobones, geeucn by Empe⸗
. rours. kynges, and Pꝛyntes,
to theire ſouldiours, foꝛ theire
good ſeruice æ valiaunte fsa⸗
„tes donne in the warres, one
is named a Crowne murail,
whiche was geuen to hym,
whiche in the ſtege ofa Citie
firſte ſcaled the walles , x en⸗
tered maugre the enemies, and therkoꝛe it was made like
enbatlementes ok a wall. Nuralis corona ex auro conſlata in
formam muralinm pinnarum illi dabatur ab Imperatore exerci~
tus, qui prius vi & armis hoſtium mania tranſcendiſſet in vrbè.
Thys

beraultes, the firſte qusdꝛate
rvrovpall, becauſe theron is ſcene

The lielde is of the Nubpe,

of Honour. Fo. 78.

Thys coate arinsur is to be nombꝛed, among the woꝛthie
particions,fo2 the ſoueraygnetie of the fame,

The fielde is of the Topaze,
on a Croſſe parted per Paile,
Saphpꝛe and Diamonde, a
Crowne nauale, as the firſte.
Thys Crowne was lirſt put

on hys heade, whiche in bat⸗
taple on the Sea, firſte bor⸗
ded the ſhippe that was allay⸗
led, and therefore it was ma
de like to the foꝛeparte of a
ſhippe. Nauali prælio qui in
5 claſſem hoftin armatus , primus ul,
iruens ingreſſus eſſet, Corona aurea Nauali coboneftabatur,rofre
rum, aut nanalinm provarum ad inſtær confecta. And an other
Crowne called in Latpne Corona Caſtrenſi, was geuen to
hym, whiche firſte entered by force into the trenche of the
enemies tampe, and therefore it was made, as it were ſett
about with paples. And Paradyne ſapeth, that Corona Caz

Crowne na~
wall,

Corona Caf

firenfis vallaris’, feu palata,ex auro confecta, donabatur ab Im- trenfis.

peratoresfeu exercitus prefecto illi; qui primus oppuenando val
lumboftile occupæſſet. Theſe Crownes alwayes were gt
Golde, Pet note, that thele and many other luche like,
Hughte not directely to bee called Crownes: foꝛ althoughe
Corona in Latyne, is called a Crowne, fo is it a Garlande.
a Chaplet , a companye of people fanding rounde aboute
like a Circle, alſo the circle about the moone:

R j. He

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game | Uc bearety Sable, this lettre
og Ypiilon Argente, enſigned with
me a Crowne Imperial on chieke.
aeclittera thagorica vocatur.
Lein the firlteboke , entituled
the Concoꝛdes of Armoꝛpe al⸗
moſt in the ende. f
The bearer of thys figne oꝛ
token in armes, 3 meane of the
trolone Imperiall, oughte al⸗
wapes to bee doynge good, and
to ſe that no harme be donne to
none, to be merciful, and con:
finuallp exerciſed in the ſeruice of almyghtie God. Foz
thoſe, in whofe power it is to do good, and doth it not, the
Crowne ot honoꝛ and woꝛſhippe ſhalbe taken from them,
and (as Chaucer ſapetht) with ſhame they ſhalbe anulled,
2. Reg. in. ca. from all dignitie depoſed. Chen kyng Dauid had gotten
the citie of Raba, ¢ had put oute the people that was therin,
toꝛmentyng them vpon ſawes, pion harrowes, and vpon
ares ot pꝛon, ⁊ thꝛuſt them into the tyle kyll, he toke their
kinges crowne from of bys heade, whiche wayde an hun⸗
zed walghte of golde, and in it were pꝛecious ſtones: and
it was ſett on Dauids heade. Hereby is the power ol God
declared, how hee dealeth euen with kynges, takynge the
crowne and dignitie from one, and geuing the ſame to an
other. He exalteth, and it is he, that deiecteth, he is the auẽ⸗
ger, he is alſo the ſparer, he can wounde, and he can make
Whole: nepther is there anve that can delyuer hym oute of
hys hande.
The fielde of thys cote Armoure is Claurie, becauſe it is
ok one pꝛopꝛe coloure, without anpe partition oꝛ change, x
it is allo the ſetonde quadꝛate Kopall, foꝛ that the fields is
charged, but with no mo tokens.
The fielde is parted per Felle Dented, Venus, x Saturne,
Beafance, lie beaſauntes.3. 2. A beaſaunte is alſo called a e
The

2 ph alan.

of Honour. Fo.79.

The londꝛie tontentes wherok, the Reader mape be vn⸗
derſtande in Sir Thomas Elpote tps diitionarie, to oi
whiche J rekerre hym, and fo matter Gerard Lepgbest 5
bys accedence of Armoꝛie.
The lielde is fablea fee Cantone d Ermere, 8
two plates. f
Plates are of di gnitie nerte brits the bealauntes, and are v
rounde in ſhape as beaſauntes are, whiche are always ol
golden coloure, as pe map rede before. And plates are of
ſiluer, and haue no fimilitude on them, but are foꝛmed rea
die to toigne. Theſe of them that knowe not the ryght ter
mes of them are called Balles: and they offende not muche
ſome tyme fo to name the, foꝛ Pila in Latyne, is not onely
a Piller, oꝛ krame to bee put vnder any Wwoꝛke to beare the
lame, but it is alſo a Ball, oꝛ any thinge rounde as a Ball:
the whiche is an inſtrumente ſeruinge otherwhple to the
hãde, and then it is called in Latpn Pils Palinaria, oꝛ Pile
aiandalis j other wiſe it ſerueth foꝛ the koote, and then it is
called Pila pedalit, à foote ball, pet ate chere other thinges
rounde, whyche are nepther bealauntes, plates, oꝛ balles.
d boule is a very rounde thinge, and in Latyne is called Boule.
Globus and Globum, and is alſo a token in armes, but not
o ſuche eſtimacion. There is alſo an other figure, in all
partes equally rode, and in Latyne is called Sphere, and Spar er
is alſo an honoꝛable deuiſe in armes. And nolwe hall en⸗ Globe.
fue lundꝛye examples to diſplaye fuche ſignes oꝛ tokens,
as àre rounde in ſhape and forme.
n fielde is Gules. 0. beaſauntes a canton d Ermpne. Ermynt.
k the Wealaunte I haue ſpoken lufficiently before. But
the canton beyng d Ermyne, vnderſtande what the lame
is. It is one of the noble and honoꝛable furres, vſed to be
wor ne ok Uynges and Princes in theire roves and mant⸗
les t is the cheteſt furre . In armes it is called Ermine,
pꝛopꝛelp, and not ſiluer oꝛ white, poudered with Sable, to
the whiche terme there muſt bee had great refpece, it is fo
frequẽte in armoꝛpe. In mãtles, (as ꝙ. G. Lepyghe Mee,
hep

ates,

the armorie

thep are called doblinges. It is the ſkynne ol a lyttle bea⸗
ſte of the lande of Armenpe, whereot he taketh bys name.
The tricke of thys cote armoure, J did take (as J founde
it) in the pariſh Churche ol Lutterwoꝛth.

Here in the fel

1 de Zzure, is to be
0 ,. feene the image ok

, the virgin Maries

ie < . with her chylde in

ber armes, ſtan⸗

ding in the ſonne.

— Faoꝛ the bearinge

of theſe Armes,
greate diſſention
did ariſe, bet wene
Sir Jhon Shan⸗
dos, an Cnglithe
man, and the loꝛd
del Claremounte,
a Frenche man,
: they both bearing
the ſaide Armes alike: afferachalenge thereol made by
the one, to the other, it was tryed by them, at the ende ol p
battel of Poptiers, where the loꝛde del Claremounte was
llapne, and loſte bys Banner, by ryghte ol armes.
Suche lyke controuerſie dyd chaunce, betwene two va⸗
liaunt, knyghtes, Sir John of Sitſilt, and Sir Millyam

A

2

bol Facknabam, for rapſinge in ficlde the cote Armoure,

here, akter the antique maner diſplayed. But the rpghte of
the bearing theres which they were readie to trie by foꝛ⸗
ce of Armes) was adiudged, to Sir John Sitſilt, as to him
moſte ryghtekully and lyneally deſcended, by good & law⸗
full bpathe:as heyꝛe of bloode and of bodie, of James Site
ſilt, Loꝛde of Beauporte. Foz the truthe whereol( gentle reaz
der) here enlueth Verbatim, the coppe ol the berp oꝛiginall
wzptinges, in hac verba, pace

\

of Honour. Fo. 8°,

qj lames Sitſilt Lord

of Beauporte, had to
hys enſigne in the fi-

— . re 2

elde often Barres fil- {i N
uer & Azure, ſix ex- 8
cocheons ſable, with 8
as many Lyons ram- SS
ping, ofthe firfte in- N
cenfed Gules. N

e eee,

4

N.

¶ Gentle Reader , note well
thys Blazon , and you [ball
playnely perceane the great
knowledge of th officers at ar
mes in the olde tyne,

*
yal 0

8 SK,
4

the armorie

e Ceſt a teſenoigner a vous mes Seigu iours, pur le determina-
tion final,del diſcention pur vng Enfigne d. Armes perenter Mon-
ſteur Iean de Sitſilt, & W illyam de Faknabam Cheualiers 5 que
Ian depuis le neſtre de Dieu mil cent quarante deux, Iaques Sit-
Silt &. ſes ancefters ſcigneurs de Beauport, x le ſiege de le Chaſteau
de Malling ford & vines & mort illonques-s & la leueront yng
Enſigne, tiel comme [ enſigne de lour fang genereux. C eff a dire, en
la champe de diʒe barretꝭ d. Argent & ai ure, ix eſcocheons Sa-
bels auec tantes de Lyons rampand, primer incenſed Gule y Pere
de Jehan Sitſilt, pere de Euſtace, pere de Baldwine, pere de Ge-
rerde, pere de Robert, pere de Jaques, Pere de George de Encrwikes
pere de Jehan, pere de ceſtuy Iean Sitſilt Cheualer, heyer ele fan
cH de corps de dit Iaques Seigneur de Beauport, linealment 405
cendu par bon & loyal neſtre; de que lygne le dit Willyam weft
any. Et ceſt pur voier & bon droit toufiours ie ſeray preſi de main-
tener, 4 que fayer ie moy oblige par mon [eau ci aſfigc. Donné le
a _ qnarte iour d. Auril, lan del reigne du Roy Ed warde le tiers de-

ulis le conqueſte. Le Siz, if |

Pedegre aſcen
dinge.

¶ The final determinacion of the
controuerfie aforeſayde.

5 A touts Anglays & Francoys 5 Nous Ed warde de Beauliles
D lean de Mowbray gret. Lou grande debate & controuerfie ad

efté parentre Tean de Sitfilt Cheualier 5 & Willyam Faknahamy

in le champe de Monte holitone, pur wn enfigne d armes : c eſt as

_ noir tiel, le champe de diʒe Barretʒ Argent, & æʒure, fupporter

f cle cinq efcocheons Sables , charges oueſque tant de Lyons primers
f » vainpantz incenfed Gules, que ambideux clamont come lour droict
par longe & auncient deſcent a ceux deſcendu, Et a mayntener

lor quarell pur droitriel, ambideu les partyes ont eux mettre

Sur lour force, & vantone de ceſt maintener per lour corps, Ci eſt

que il au pleafe a noſtre liege ſeigneur le Roy que Inftice fera fait

ces homes fans fang efpandu,per voyer te{moignes & bons ſem-

1 blances.

Honour. (one Fee

blances. Accordant 4 que atoms oye & voy moltes ditex & lour
eſeriptes 5 & les tefmoygnes du Roy d Armes & dauter lieges le
Rue le droit le dit leban Sitſilt et bien forte maintenent le dit
enfigne eſtre fon droic i, came le droit? de fon fang genereulx, Pur
que fait ceft noſtre final dome, q Dieu, le Ray noflre liege & nous,
le dit Ichan Sitſilt defend que iames doreſenauant le dit
illi ne ſoit q hardy, chalenyer,claymer ou leuer in afcun chap
le Rohe, ow fur aſcun corſe vine ou morte, in aſcun les deins les
quatre mers le Rye, ons aillours par my tout Chriſtiantye, les dites
armes in enſigne, pyghenoute, guydlon, banyer, eſcocheõ, targe, eſeu,
manche, ou elme,fur payne de forfayture, & perder fon He trenz
chaut, & ſes piques d Or a toutes iours, Donné le quart iour de
Tunc,l an del Roy Ed warde le tierce, depitis le conqueft, le Sept.

The whyche lade oꝛiginall wꝛitings, beyng witten in
parchement, accoꝛdyng to the antiquitie of the tyme, J my
felfe haue ſeene being in the poſleſſion of the ryghte hono⸗
rable the Loꝛde of Burghley, to whome in blood the fame
belongeth, whole name beinge witten at thys daye Cecill
is neuertheles in Males, both in ſpeche and common wꝛi⸗
ting vſed to be bttered it oꝛ Seid: where the oꝛiginall
houſe at thys daye remapneth nere Aburgennp.

The elde is ofp Diamon⸗
de, thꝛee plaites on chele, and

thus. Me beareth Sable, two
barres and three plates, on
chele d Argente. Nihat theſe
bee, and of theire mettall, ye
maps reade in the page nerte
bekoꝛe.

Sit. The

a find barres’, Pearle. Oz eis Hu

rorefor de,

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The ſelde is of the Sonne,

| 10. foꝛteauxes „3.3.3. c l. o: thus.
C. beareth gold. . toꝛteauxes,
333. and 1. gules. It neded not
here to haue made mencion of
what planet oꝛ coloure the toꝛ
| feaures be: foꝛ they are found
al wapes of redde coloure, and
are called of olde blazoꝛs, ca⸗
kes of bꝛedde, notwithſtan⸗
ding they are contrarie in coz
loure to righte cakes, oꝛ wal⸗
telles: vet they muſte bee na⸗

med by none other name, then Toꝛteauxes:

O.Curt li.. At luche tyme as Alexander the greate layde hys ſiege
to the citye of Tyꝛe, a certapne ſouldiour of the Macedõs,
as he was bꝛeakyng of bys bꝛeade, there appearrd therein
dꝛoppes ol bloude, whiche by Arpſtander the deuiner was
thus interpꝛeted. Pt the bioude had appeared outwardelp,
then it had ſigniſied pil foztune to the Macedons, but in al⸗
moche as it was founde within, it betokened deſtructid to
the citpe, they wente about to wynne.

T. Beareth Crmpnes , on a chefe Argente indented,
3, Ogrelſes.

Ogreſſed or Pel Th Ogrelle is the ſame, that we call a Pellet ofa gone,

Jet. and in armoꝛpe is no other coloure then Sable. iberfore

; do omit the woꝛde Sable, becauſe it is the righte and peo
precoloure incident to a Pellet. But of the fielde of thys
tote armour (whiche in my iudgemente ſhall haue the ſe⸗
conde dignitie of the furres)thys vnderſtande, that it is o⸗

nia to bee called Ermines, and 3 Sable poudered with
uer.

T ovt eauxe.

Gnd

ee Fo. 92.

And ok thele tivo Kopall kur⸗
res, Ermpne, and Ermpnes,
how they both may be boꝛne in
one cote armoure, take thys
koꝛ example.
U. Beareth gules, one pple
in poyncte, Ermyne c achele Ermyne,
d Ermpnes. Thus ok the dik⸗ Ermynes,
ference of theſe two furres,
this, and the laf pagen maye
perfectelp inftruce the, gentle
reader,
Wl. Bearethe Gules, on a elle Argente z. hurtes. ge,
Thys ſhoulde alwapes bee ol Azure coloure, and are cal⸗ N
led hurtes, foꝛ that where they appeare, violence hath bene
ſhewed to the bearer, and further J cãnot conſtrue of this
matter. The Cote armoure is Mars, and the thing co ntey⸗
ned in the ficlve is of his power, and charged pꝛopꝛely in a
ſure stele of the Poone. Theſe tokens (bepng rounde in
figuve)as are next befoꝛe recited, ought well to be marked
and conſderes, fo as they differ in mettall and coloure, ſo
are hep chãged in theire names and callyng. Pepther are
they tounde at any time perkoꝛate, that is to ſape, perſed in
the mydbdeſt: but they are ſeene to bee charged ſondꝛye
3 6 oe Pollettes, Starres.æc.

: The fielde is Saturne, abende .
of the Sunne, betwene 6.foun ;
tapnes pꝛopꝛe. WUihata founts L. raten.
fapite is, ve map reade befoꝛe.

And notwithſtanding, it is ſo
called, a Fountapne, oz well,
vet be they enũgned in cote ar
moure rounde in figure: and
bee alwapes of white coloure

and waterie, koꝛ the thinge
which they repꝛeſente: that is
to ſape, the water of a well,
S. i. whiche

Annulet,

Rin ge.

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lohlche is White. Thys cate armoure, as it is charged with
an honorable bende oꝛdinarie, fo the particion whiche the
lame maketh, cauſeth p cote armoure to be moze woꝛthie.

what commodities come by kounteynes o2 welles, there
is no reaſonable creature, hut he knoweth. Vet the ble ol
them mays beſt be knowne/ whoſo ſhall reade the hiſtoꝛye
of the great woꝛthye, and puillante prince, kyng Arthur,
kyng ſome tyme of thys moſte noble Kealme of Englaͤd.
But whoſoeuer deliteth to reade of the diuerſttie of koun⸗
faites, and theire Matern let them reade Ihidore, lib n. ety⸗
molog iar. capi iz.
: . The fielde i is Uerrep, Perle,
Saphpꝛe, ona bende Kubie,
| thee annullettes of the Topa⸗
ze. Theſe annullettes, 02 as
commonlp thep be called ryn⸗
ges, are alſo certapne rounde
— ſignes oꝛ tokens bone in ar⸗
mes, to the great eſtimacid of
the bearer: foꝛ rynges are to⸗
Reis ol fidelitie and truſte, of
the ſure kepyng of pꝛompfe, ¢
a ofpes and alſo the remembꝛã⸗
te of kepyng oure 2 and duetie. They are allo to⸗
kes of bicoꝛie and tryumphe. The firll that euer dyd were
rynge, (as is redde in pꝛophane hyſtoꝛies) was Lrometheus,
the fonne of Japerustand he firſte inuented the makynge of
Images alſo, wherloꝛe the Papnyms ſuppoled, that he ma
de men: and fapned that he wente vp into heauen, e there
bpd ſteale fire to make hys Images haue ipic , wherewith
Iupiter beyng wꝛothe, cauſed hym to bee bounden on the
hyll called Caucaſus, and an Eagle ſtandyng by hym, ea⸗
tynge hys harte, by the wohiche is ſignified, that he was fu
dious, and a great Aſtronomer. But ok hym are thus

fapeth, Primus Prometheus ſertur civctlum ferorum incluſo lapiz

de digito circundecliſſe. . 1 that the üürſte rynge was
made

of Honour. FO0.83.

made ol yꝛon. Golde I thincke was then ſcarcely know⸗
ne: pet prectous ſlones, and ſtones, wherein were grauen
fignics, of beaſtes, foules, ſerpentes, c. were then encloled
in rynges, not ol golde, hut in rynges ol pꝛon. Qua conſuc⸗
tudme hom ines vſi annulos habere cæperunt. Lhidore atta decla⸗
reth the maner howe men at the ürſte dyd weare rynges.
Annillhs hom ines primũ geſtaro caperunt quarto a pollice digito:
2 ca vena guaedam dd cor vfque bertingate quam ornandain' he
tandamq; aliquo infigni veteret putaucrunt, Apad Romanos a
nuli de publico dabantur : & thon fine difcrimine.Nam dignitate
pracipuis viris gemmuti dabantur:ceteris ſolidi. And thys allo
was bfed among the Romaynes, that none but the frema
ſhoulde openly were a rynge ol Golde, hee that was kran⸗
chyſed, a ſpluer rynge⸗ and the bondeman an Iron rynge
But e à Pꝛentice, oꝛ bale crafies men haue not a
rynge ok Golde he thincketh it not well with hym, pk hee
fo a gentleman haue one, and he haue not the like, oꝛ ſuch
an other: fo that guery tyncker now a dapes will be get⸗
leman like. It as accompted apud veteres, an inkampe to
haue oꝛ weare anpe mo rynges then one: but howe that
oꝛdꝛe is woꝛ ne out of vſe, and not obſerued oꝛ kepte, and
neſpecially among weomen: Nam illis nunc prea advo nullñ
lewe eff atque immune membrum. Thus there is ſufficientiy
ſpoken of the bearyng and wearyng of rpnges; but ok the
* — fielde of the ade tote armou⸗
re thys reſteth vnſpoken. It is
one alſo oc the honoꝛable kur⸗ e
res, and is pꝛopꝛelp called Ger i
rev, and commonly is ſene, of
the metall, argentes and the
. EGov Hs asute u Cc.
ann

The leide is Rebule, Tuns
and Saturnc. The hore contẽte Nebule. -
of thys fielde is cloudie of tro Cloudes,
coloures, gules and argent, oꝛ ;

Argent,

Fabius,

Tywynne.

Gemints.

Gemini.
Caftor &
Pollux.

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Argente, and gules, geuyng the ſoueraingtie to the metal.
Almyghtie god wente beloꝛe bys choſen people the childzẽ
of Iſrael thoꝛowe the wildernes by daye in a piller of a clou
de, and in a Piller of kyꝛe by nyghte. They be called Clou⸗
des, ab obnubexdo. . opertendo cælum. Nubes autem aris denſis
tas facit. Venti enim ærem conglobant,nubemd, faciunt : vnde eff
illud : Atque in nubem cogitur aer. Claudes in Armoꝛie, are
ſignes of great dignitie, and declare the bearer of them in
cote armoure, to haue a certayne excellencie in bpm ſelke.
Fabius, a noble Romapne, beyng made Dictatoꝛ againtte
Anniball, ſo tempered Pꝛudence with manhode oꝛ pꝛow⸗
eſle, that by detracting of battayle, and trayvning Anniball
krom place to place, and at ſondꝛve aduãtages ſkirmiſhing
with hym, he miniſhed bps puiſſaunce, and pꝛeſerued the
publike weale of hys cõtrye, and cauſed Anniball to retire,
who ſayde than to bys hoſte, did not J tell pou before, that
thys C loude woulde at the latte hzinge vs a ſtoꝛme, calling
Fabius a Cloude, betauſe of hys houerynge.

M. Weareth Ermynes, a twynne, graide; Siluer, trow⸗
ned with a garlande ol violettes, pꝛopꝛe, hauyng hys han⸗
des diſplapde Ceminus is d twynne, where many childꝛen
are boꝛne at one burdeyne, although they be thꝛee oꝛ mo.
And bow they may be bazne in cote axmoure, take here an
other example.

A. Beareth 2447. tlwynnes with armes dilplaped 3 of
the moone. Studie not (gentle reader) wherefore 3 haue
blazed the twinne and twinnes with theire armes exten⸗
ded. Ok truthe it is theire pꝛopꝛety euen krom the wombe
lo to do, deſiringe the libertie of theire bꝛaunches. J coulde
ſpeake here of lwadelynge of chyldꝛen, but it belongethe
not to my purpoſe· KUherekoꝛe 3 referre it fo weomen and
e

A. Beareth Azure, a maſte of a hippe d Argent, and on
the chefe thereok, the Sterres Gemini. hele the gentples
called Gen 5 and Pollux: whome the Grecians doe call

D ioſcu⸗

vf Honour. Fo. gg.

Dioſcurotʒ and luppole that they pꝛoſper thoſe that faple on

the Sea, when they appeare ſittyng topntelp together,

thone by th other on the crolle peice, whereunto the faple

is faſtened. 5 vero eorum alter duntaxat eminet, malum præ- Paradinus,
fagire creditur. preterea poteft Sub alterius Geminorum folitudi Simbol. Nero.
ne intelligs, periculoſam eſe potentiam abfquc predentia. Saynct

Paule departed from Melite tna ſhippe, whole badge was

Caffor and Pollux. AG, cap. 8. ;

The fielde is Azure, a Gar⸗
be d D2, with a bende Gules. Carle, or
Thus is almoche to fave, in wbeate ſhafe.
thys flelde, as a fheafe of
Wheate. Ceres tupfe of Ofvis
kynge of Egipte, dyd firſt ins
uonte ſowynge of wheate, and
Warlye, Whiche beloꝛe dyd
growe wilde amg other her⸗
bes. Prima Ceres cepit vti frugi-
bus in Grecia, & habere ſegetes
tranſlatis aliunde ſeminibus.
Ok her, Ouide maketh mencion, ſaynge.

Ceres,

Prima Ceres vnco glebam dimouit aratro.
Prima dedit fruges : alimentad, initia terris.

Wibiche verſes is thus metrjsed.

Firſt Ceres with ploughe did inuente,
th earthe in clottes all to rente:
And firfte of grayne the trade fhe founde,
hoy to ſowe it in the grounde. A
2 : : e

E 4 7
E

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The ſielde is ol the Dias
Gout monde, a Juſil in pale, perle.
The Fuſill is the lame, that
we conmölp call a Sppndle.
Arachus, Was the name of the
woman, Whiche firſte inuen⸗
ted (pinning or Lynnen ; and
makyng ok nettes. There bee
ertaine noble men and other
gentles, the whiche beare in
tizeire armes kuſilles , whiche
1 lignes fo boꝛne, (as lome affir
; rc) Legale of weuers: fozalinuche as weuers vle luche
kuſiles made of ſponnen wolle. Certes terme them whe⸗
ther pe wil, kuſiiles, oꝛ ſpindles, it is na great matter, fince
in etlecte they are both one: and the token ol them J dare
auo we are of moꝛe antiquitie and ancient bearyng, than
forme repozte they be of. Wihercot will now put e.eram-
ples ofp ioe deo af the ſondꝛie Wile, E after diuerſe oꝛdꝛe.
The fielde is Argent, theec

; fuſilles in Fee Gules.
The Fuſiil in Latyne is cal⸗
| led fſum, ꝙ per eum fundatur
| quod netum off. Mhat pe 5ᷣ firſt
beavet. of ſuche enũgnes „ dyd
tauſe hys wolle to bee ſponne
by the kolkes of bys houſehold
whether they were his childꝛẽ
oz ſeruauntes, is this therkoꝛe
ann repꝛoche to h maſter, inte
e bos chüldꝛen r houlepolde {crs
nantes, pea ,and he hyinſelle,
is therby cladde and Vappsles muche the better? No cers
fapnicip repꝛoche therein can be none, but rather an byahe

commendacion of vertuous exerciſe, and godly labour.
It appeareth in p hyſtoꝛie of the actes of great .
that

Fuſill, r
Spindle,

/

z mee oh \ ade
¥

L. Moteacute.

of Honour. Fo. 8s.

that while he was abꝛoade in the warres, his ſiſters didde

ſpinne, and make foꝛ him garmentes of wollen clothe,
whiche they ſente him as a greate gifte: and was woꝛne

of him at that time, and moze eſteemed, then all the ſilkes, 8
and pꝛetious veſtures ot the Perſians. And although the Pe/an wo-
noble wemen in that countrie take nothinge in moze def wen handle
pite, then to put their handes to woll, yet the filters of the 72 wolle.
fame Alexander the Oreate, and the noble wemen of Ma⸗

tedonia, diſdeigned not to ſpinne, and make garmentes

thereok, not thinkinge the ſame to be any blemiſhe at all

to theire Mohilite, oꝛ bloude.

he beareth Azure, a Sal⸗ Salticr,

tier d D2. Huius Symboli def:
criptio ad Sancti Andreæ quam
dicunt Crucem, pert inet, qua &
Domus Burgundica ſignis mili-
tarib” prediens ſolebat in aciem
venire, Tametſi interpretation
non per omnia ſumilem recipiant.
This Saltter is made by the
manner of a Croſle, called 5.
Andrewe his Cxoſſe, and com
monly of vs Engliſhe men,
g J AIs thereunto compared. It is
allo taken fo2 a certaine Inſtrumente, whiche hathe hero⸗
tokoꝛe benne made in diuerſe Parkes, and is ot a greate
magnitude oꝛ largeneſle: and bathe bene well knolone ol
Noble gentlemen, and hunters. Foz they were oꝛdeined.
and vled in Parkes and Fozeſtes, as Engynes to take
wylde beaſtes, whiche once entringe by that inſtrument⸗
coulde not eſcape awape in any Wile. Nthereloꝛe in the
old time, thele ſignes ol Saltiers were giut᷑ to rich t caue⸗
tous perſons „ oꝛ niggardes, ſuch as would not gentlp, oꝛ
liberally departe from any of their goodes o2 ſubſtance:
and pet nowe in theſe our dapes are boꝛne of righte Ho⸗
nourable gentlemen, Who are bothe free, liberall, t foun:

, T. i. teous,

Paradinus,

Mollette,

Rytiy

Trete,

Popini e.

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feous,and which abbosre all uche auarite, churlich nelle,

and niggardſhippe. b
OF the bearinge alſo of ſuche a token in Armes, take
theſe further fo2 examples. b
The fielde is Gules, on a Saltier Argente, fiue Pol⸗
jettes Sablłle. Mit
This is to be taken as a ſpotte deſcended from on high,
and diſperpled into fiue pointes, out of one Still. This
tote Armoure is one of the honourable Oꝛdinaries char⸗

ged.
D. beareth Argente, a Saltier Azure, betweene fonre

Kauens winges proper’. the Kauen in Latine ts called

Coruuss five Corax, ànd thee hathe that name, 4 ſono eutturis,
quod voce coracinet. Fertur hac anis quad editis pullis, efcam
plenénon prabeatyprin[quam in eis per pennarum nigredinem fi-
militudinem propry coloris ægnoſcat. Poffquam veri eos tetros
plumis aſpexerit in toto agnitos abundantius pafcit, The Raz
uen is enimie to the Bull, and allaileth him on all partes,
but his eies eſpecially.

E. beareth Uerte, a Frette d Argente And to bys
Creaſte vpon the Helme, on a wꝛeathe D2, and Sable, a
Popyniape Purpꝛe, bearinge a twigge of the Almonde

tree pꝛoper, manteled Azure, dobled Oꝛ. The Fret boꝛne
in this Cote armour, is found boꝛne alſo of diuerfe noble

Gentlemen, ok ſeueral mettal and colours. And the fame

is fometime ſeene in Cote armour ſimple, other while do⸗

ble, allo triple, and of eighte pietes: and oftentimes they

are multiplied ouer all the Shielde.
And pe mute vnderſtande one greate differente bez

fivene Armes Bended, and theſe Armes, the whiche be

made with the foꝛeſaide Frettes. Foꝛ in Armes Bendee,

the colours contained in the ſhielde, are egually dinided:
and where theſe Frettes be, the fielde alwapes abidethe

Whole.
And touchinge the Popyniaye, lohiche is befoꝛe deſcri⸗
ucd fo2 the Creat af the ſaid Cote armour: he is in * of
i is

of Honour. Fo. gc.

his proper colours, and bearethe a {pape of his delighte.
Me is called in Latin Ptacus. Munſterus in his booke of 25
Coſmographie ſaithe, that in P/iracorum regione, there be Phiraccrssm
founde Popiniapes of incredible bigneffe 5 as exteedinge Regio.
in lengthe, an arme and an balfe, and are ok manikolde
colours. gic
He laithe alfo, that in the Lande of chalechute, there be i
Popintaves of greene colour, euen as greene as Leckes, Calechutey
Aly ſcutulati, aly coloris purpury « There is alſo ſuche plen⸗
tie ol them in that countrye, that they appointe keepers
to keepe theire Nice whiche they ſowe in theire fieldes,
leaſte they doo eate it bp. NMunſterus repoꝛteth allo, that f
the opiniaves of Indie, are foꝛ the motte parte of grene Indiani Pſi-
but that theire heade is redde, oꝛ as the toloure o woade, ci.
and ſhinethe like golde. Theire tongue is greate and
bꝛoade, Atque ideò vocaliores ſunt, and btter woꝛdes which
maie be vnderſtande.
They learne in the fürſte and ſeconde prare, ſuche woꝛ⸗
des as are taughte them, and retaine them longe. They
dꝛinke WApne , and ble theire keete in ſteade of handes,
when they take meate. a
This byꝛde, ſaithe idore, of nature vſeth as it were a
tertaine ſalutation, Dicens: Aue, vel chere. Cætera nomina in-
flitutione diſcit. Nine ef} ꝛllud. }
Pfitacus à vobis aliorum nomina diſcam.
Hoc dlidici per me, dicere, Cæſar aue.
The Popiniape is in no countrie fo greate oꝛ bigge, aa
he is In Pſitacorum regione. But thole in the Lande of Cha-
lechute, ave of greater pꝛaiſe, ¢ eſtimation, althoughe they
moſte abounde there. l
FF. beareth Argent, a Bende Azure, cotized with ton :
cotizes Sable, on the Bende, three Allaundes heades ral⸗ Allaunees,
fed Golde, hoſſeled Gule s.
And to his Creaſte vpon the Helme, on a wꝛeathe Ar⸗
gent, and Sable, a Beares heade raſſed Golde, betweene
twos winges Gules, manteled Azure, doubled Argente.
T. Be The

Pegaſus.

Bellerophon,

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The ſignes boꝛne in the (aid Cofearmour,are the heades
ok theee Allaundes, whiche be a certaine kinde ol dogges
of greate ſtature paſũnge all others, whiche are bfed to
hunte the Lyon, Tyger, Panther, wilde Weare, æ other
ſuche beaſtes of rauening kinde. And ot the fame tokens
boꝛ ne in this Cote armoure, and Creaſte, J haus ſuttici⸗
entiy ſpoken, whore q entreated of Beaſtes: and where

J haue here delcriueo the heaves of two ſundꝛie kindes of

beaftes, note alwaies, that nerte the bearing of the whole
beaſte, the bearinge of the heade in Armes, is taken to be
the notte woꝛthieſt parte, and motte eficemen in Cote

armour, as honourable.

The field tis Nartis, ꝗᷓ Pegaſus J. ane, wynged Solis, The

Crcaſte a dimie Chpmer, Rampante Saturne, ſette on a

Toꝛce, Luna and Ione, manteled of the Nubie, doubled
Pearle. There mate be readde of diuerſe Hoꝛſes in Po⸗
etrie, as of this Hoꝛſe Pegaſus beloꝛe blaʒzed, that had win⸗
ges fo2 to flie and of Sinon the Grecke his Wore, that
bꝛoughte Trope to deſtructon. But this Pegaæſus ereees
ded Bucephale, and all other hozſes in ſwiftneſle, and cele⸗
ritie, becauſe he had winges: Quem ex inter ſectiæ Medufe
ſanguine natum fingunt. De quo Onidius, 4. Metam. MNpon
this hoꝛſe did Bellerophon afcende, when he llewe Chimeram
that hoꝛrible monſter in Lycia, whiche hauinge the head,
and face of a Upon, the middle parte of a Goate, and the
hinder parte of a Dꝛagon, breathed, and caſte foꝛth great
ſparkles of fire. And therefore J haue ſette this montter,
aoa Creaſte to the laide Cote armoure: and as IJthinke,
not incongruently, it the tirtumſtances of the Hiſtoꝛie, ot

whome the fame dependeth be rightly tonlider ed.

Alfa Munflerus the Coſmographer repoꝛteth, (but fup-
poſinge the fame not to be true) that Pegæſus is à byꝛde in

Africa, which is ſaide to haue the bodye, and eares of an

Worle, and che wing like a Byꝛde. Hae ille Lib, 6. pag.
FI.
The

of Honour. Fo 87,

Whe fielde is Verte, an hart

KE ok a man d Argente, pierced Harte of ma,

with twoo Dartes in Saltier
d D2. In chtefan Harpe dEr
myne ſtringed pꝛoper.

The elpeciall token boꝛne
in this Cote armoure, is the
Harte of a man, whiche in La⸗
tin is called cor, deriued a Gree
ca appellat ione, tohtche they
name Cardian, Oꝛ els it hathe
* . that name of Cura, becaufe
that in it abideth all carekulneſte, all regarde of God, and
godlynelle, and alfo the cauſe of all knowledge and wiſe⸗
dome.

The harte ef man declinethe moze to warde the lefte
ſide, then of any other liuinge creature, fo2 to them it is
fette in the middle of the bodye · The cauſes of the one, oꝛ
of the other, it appertaineth not here to recite. And as the
fame is of no berp great quantitic,fo is it in fourme moze
rounde, then longe. Pet in the lower parte thereof it gaz
thereth tharpe, Exitque pene in mucronem.

It is the well of life, and all fealinge, and mouinge is
therein. Amongeſt al members, the harte of man is ino
noble, and therefore it is ſette in the moſte excellente place
of the body, as it is moſte needekull. Foꝛ no member is
fo needekull to the life of man, as is the harte.

J haue diſplaped the ſaide Harte peirced with Dartes,
to declare thereby dure moꝛtalitie, in that we ſee, tf the
fame be ſtriken, wounded, oꝛ grieued with ſoꝛrowe, wee
then can haue no longer plealure, oꝛ delighte to liue.

J reade alſo, that. driffomenes, aman of Aleffenc whiche Ariſtomenes
was called Iſiſimus, Moſte iuſte, when he was deade, 5
was founde to haue his Parte all hearye. The Harpe is Harpe.
à token not vnmeete to be boꝛne in chiefe of the ſaide f
Cote armoure, beinge an inſtrumente like to a mannes
bꝛeaſte.

the armorie

bꝛeaſte. 3Foz liketuile as the voice commeth of the break,
fo the notes tomme of the Warpe , and bathe therefore in
Latin that name Cythera, log the bꝛeaſte is called cythara
in Dovica lingua. This inſtrumente is ſeene ſometime te
haue foure coꝛners, but moſte commonly three.
In olde times Parpes hadde but ſeuen ſtringes, and fo
8 Virgili ſaithe: ¥
Stringer, Septem ſunt font, ſeptem difcrimina vocum.
A Stringe in Latin is called Cord, ot᷑ Corde, the harte.
Foꝛ as the pulle of the Harte is in the bꝛeaſte, fo the pulſe
Ifidor, Etym. of the fringes is in the Harpe. f
Lib,3, ca. al. Cordas autem primus Mercurius excogitanit : idemd, prior in
neruas ſonum ſtrinxit. 5 b

Dis ſielde is ot the Saphyꝛe, a Pſalterie in Bend ſini⸗
ſter, Topaze. His creſt a wꝛeſt in Crofle, Sol, fet on a cha⸗
prau Mars , turned bp Ermynes, manteled Nubie, dou⸗
bled Ermpnes. Lidore ſaithe, that Pfalterium quod vulgo
Canticum dicitur, à pſallendo nominatum , hathe his name of
ſingynge, Cd ad eius vocem Chorus confonando reſpondeat.
The Harpe is like to the ſaltrie in ſounde, but betwene
them this is the diſterence. In the Plaltrie is an holowe
tree, and of that lame tree the ſounde commeth vpwarde,
and the ſtringes beinge (mitten downewarde, Defuper:
ſonant. And in the Harpe the holowneſſe of the tree is be⸗
ncathe.

The Hebꝛewes vfed fo call the Plaltrie, Decacordon
propter nurerum decalogum Legis. And this Inſtrumente
bathe but tenne ſtringes. The belt ſtringes fo2 the Plal⸗
trie are made of Siluer, pet thoſe bene good, whiche bene
made of Laton.

Mreſte The Wirelke in Latin highte Plectrum. And whereas J

r deſcriued the ſaide Nꝛeaſte in Croſſe, vet take the fame

not to be twoo, but one Tclzeſte, becauſe a certaine holoſw⸗
neſſe muſte be ſeene at euery pointe of the Croffe, where⸗
with the pinnes of p Plaltrie mutt be wꝛeſted diuerlly, as
they are of bignelle.Aercurius inuented the ſundꝛy nde
0

Sawtric, or
Zlaltrie,

of Honour. Fo. 88.

ok ſtringes and he firtke ſkreined them, and made them to

ſounde.

: D. J. beareth Gules, on a
Croſſe d Oꝛ, Guttie, this naz
me chriſtus within a crowne of
thoꝛnes „ Uerte. This is the
Cote armoure of Prete Johan, 575
5 quei aly vocant Preſto I oannem,

aly prætioſum Iopannem, & vul-

ga es Presbyterum Iohannem, non

quod fit Presbyter aut Sacerdos,

cum fit Rx, fed quia error eſt in
7omine.

This Cote armoure of the
kaide Chꝛiſtian kinge, noted as J faunde the fame pain⸗
ted amonge the reſte of the Cotes of all Chꝛiſtian Pꝛin⸗
ces, bpon the couer of the Fonte in the Cathedꝛal churche
ol Pozke.

Pet Munſterus in his booke of Coſmographie, figurethe

vnto the fame Pꝛince an other Cote armour: Videlicet, a
pon Kampante vpon a Crolte, the mettall, oꝛ colours of
the fielde, oꝛ tokens boꝛne in the ſame, he deſcribeth not.
The other, as J haue ſeene the fame, is rightly diſplaped
bothe of the fielde, and the ſignes boꝛne therein. UAhere⸗
foze, I mynde here to ſpeake but of the dꝛoppes vpon the
falde Croſſe, beinge blazed Guttie, and no mention made
ol coloure: whiche J thinke needeth not to be rehearſed,
fo2 that theſe dꝛoppes are of theire proper coloure, and ars
to be taken foꝛ dꝛoppes of bloude.

And therefore in an other manner take the blazon of
the fame noble kinge his armes, who beareth Y onã
Croke , Solis guttie. This name (Hriſtus, ot the fielde,
within a Crowne d C ſpines proper. The dꝛoppes alſo
here deferiucd haue a ſpirituall interpꝛetation, whtche e⸗
very true, and chꝛiſtian harte maie rightly vnderſtande,
what thep ſigniſie.

Other

Cuttie,

lobar,

the armoriè

Droppes. Other dꝛoppes there be as dꝛoppes of raine and dewe.
Suche dꝛoppes feede, and nouriſhe ſiſhe in the fea, make
Dyſters latte, and bꝛeede in them Pearles, and Pꝛetious
ftones 5 as I/idore ſaithe, and namely the dꝛoppes of the
moꝛninge dewe. And althoughe a dꝛoppe be moſt nefhe,
pet bp orte fallinge it pierceth that thinge, that is ri pte
harde, as this verſe ſaithe:
Gutta cauat lapidem, nen vis ſed ſæpè cadendo,
The harde ſtone is pierced with dꝛoppinge,
Pot by ſtrength/ but by ofte fallinge.

Tho fielae is Uerte, Stillie, d Argente. This is a
righte little parte of water, oꝛ rapne , departed by femme
violence krom the whole, and is called Cutta, When it ſtan⸗
deth, oz hangeth on eaueſinges, 02 of trees: and when it
falleth , it is called Silla: and thereof tommeth Stillicidi-
um, às it were a fallinge dꝛoppe.

A dꝛoppe hanginge, fallinge, oꝛ ſtandinge, is in ſub⸗
ſtance moſte cleare, rounde in fourme, ſmall, and ſtrapte
in the ouer parte, little in quantitie, and greate in vertue.
302 it mopſteth the earthe that it falleth vpon, and ma⸗
keth it plentcous, and fruttefull, feedeth, and nouriſheth
rootes and fecdes , and maketh them growe: and quicke⸗
neth, and pꝛeſerueth greeneſſe in trees, hearbes, ¢ graſſe.
3 J haue deſcriued theſe ſtyles in theire pꝛoper

elde.

See G. beareth Azure, a Barre Gemewe, Oz, betwene three
Dalian handes ſiniſter, d Argente. The Tymbꝛe, a palme of an
g hande dexter, d Ermpne, ſette on a Mreath Dz, and Sa⸗

ble, manteled Azure, doubled Argente.
The token boꝛne in this Cote armour, is a lefte hand.
For it ſuffereth the righte handes wooꝛke, and hathe that

name Sinifira,of Sinere. to ſuffer.,

And the hande highte Pala, when the fingers benne
ſtreithte kooꝛthe, as it were baughes, oꝛ baaunches {pape

ed. .
His

Stillie.

of Honour. Jo. g.

The elde is Sable, two ar⸗
ming Swonꝛdes tranſuers in
5 barre, popncte in popnete at
the hilts, betwene thee Trew⸗ zexell.
els d Argente . The people of
Itraell, whan they were come
out ok theire captiuitie at Ba⸗
bylon, bega to buylde agapne 5, Eſalr. q.
the walles of Jeruſalem: and
bepng continually hyndered
of theire enemies, they were
conſtrepned, as euerp one of
them dyd holde hys trewell with one hande to woꝛke, fo
with the sther he holde pps weapon to dekende hym. And
euerpe one that buylded, had bys Swoꝛde girde by bys
thighe, and ſo buplded thep.
The Trewell is an aunctent addition of Armoꝛie.

The fielde is d Oꝛ a manche
maltale Sable, ſemie marga⸗
rite pꝛopꝛe.

Mhat a Manche is taken to
bee, J haue ſhewed in the fir
boke entituled the Concoꝛdes
of Armoꝛie. And touchyng the
Margarites wherewith p layd
Manche is poudered. Chaucer,
in hys ſeconde and thirde bo⸗
kes, entituled, the Teſtament
ol loue, maketh a great pꝛoceſ⸗
fe ol them, as gemmes very pꝛecious, clere, and little: And
thus deſcriueth them, (as he readeth in the woꝛkes of great
clerkes, whyche entreate of the kyndes and pꝛopꝛeties of

: ; Gl, thinges,

Manche,

thearmorie —

Margaritesor thvuges fapng, that the Margarite is a little tuhpte gearle,

O14 2vit,

Chauctre

Daifie

thꝛoughsut holowe and rounde, and verteous. And on the
Sea des in great Bꝛitayne in Puſcle ſhelles, ot᷑ the hea⸗
uenly delve, the beſte bene engendꝛed: in whiche by expe⸗
rience bene founde thee kaire vertues. One is, it geeueth
tom toꝛte to the lelpnge ſpirites in bodelp perſones of rea⸗
ſon. 2. It is profitable to health, agaynſt p paſlions of ſoꝛie
mens hartes 3. It is nedefull and noble in ſtaunchyng of
blode, there els to moche woulde oute runne.

The bearer thereof ſhoulde be ſtedfaſt, amiable, and in
peace, vertuous allo, with longe cotinuance in mekenes,
that mother is of all vertues: ſhewing mercy ¢ pitve with
the harte to wardes all men, embꝛacing alſo peace, and foz
lo wing it. Thereloꝛe let all gentlemen ſuffer in no wyle
thys iewell the Margarite to bee blemiſhed, as nighe as
they mape, but with harte and mynde ſtudye to optapne
the vertues that thereby are ſigniſied, and fo thꝛough gra⸗
ce, foꝛ theire ſeruice, they ſhalbe hyghely aduaunced.

19, Beareth Ermpne, a Pale verte, ſemie de dapfie,
pꝛopꝛe c haucer wWziteth moche of thys floure in many pla⸗
ces ot hys woꝛkes: and in eſpeciallp in bys pꝛelace to the
legend of good weomen, where he fapet of hym ſelle bes

ypnge in loue with thys floure in the moneth of Pape.

Leanynge on my elbowe and my ſyde.
The longe day I ſhope me for to abide
For nothing els, and I ſhall not lye,

But for to looke vpon the Deyſie
That well by reaſon men it call maye
The days eye, or els theye of the daye
The empreſſe, and floure of floures all
I pray to God that faire mought fhe fall
And all that loue floures, for her fake

But

J Honour. Fo. go.

But natheles, ne wene not that!
Make, In prayſinge of the floure agayne the lefe,
No more than of the corne agayne the ſhefe.

And the ſayd Chaucer wꝛiteth in a goodlp Balade of hys
alſo of the Dapſie, where he calleth it,

Dayſie of lighte, verie grounde of comforte
The ſonnes daughter (ye hyghte) as I rede Sones
For when he weſtreth, farewel your diſporte Deughter.
By your nature anone righte for pure drede
Of the rude nighte, that with hys boiſtous wede
Of darkenes , ſhadoweth our emifpere
Then clofen ye, my lyues Ladye dere.

Floures do wel become louers, foꝛ that they take therein
delite, and therefore are of greate dignitie in ſignes Ar⸗
moziall. a f f

ys lielde is of the Saphire, the
Sunne pꝛopꝛe, oꝛ thus. He bea gynne,
reth Azure, a Sunne d Oꝛ.

The certapne quantitie of
thys Planet is vnknowne to
earthely dwellers. The Son-
ne, but he thine (ſaieth Chaucer)
oꝛ ſonne is not accõpted:ſo ver
tue, but it ſtretcheth in good⸗
nes oꝛ profit to an other, is no
vertue, but into bys contrarie.
the name ſhalbe reuerſed.

The ficlde is of the Perle, two Spurres in Pale, Kus Spun e.
bye. ys creſte a mollet blemiſhed Toy a ze, ſet on a woꝛeath
A. i. Perle,

\

Fortune.

C 7 efits,

Tynotheuse

rhe armorie

Perle, and Diatnonde, manteled Zaphpꝛe, dobled Topeze.
Chaucer fay eth that habite, maketh no möcke, ne wearing
ot gylte Spurres, maketh no knyghte.

F. Weareth Azure, a whecle
and an Dele of eight Pheons
d Oꝛ. Thyps is taken fo2 the
whele of that meruelous mon
ſtre Fortune, ag Boetius calleth
her. 10.2. de conſolatione Philo.
The blynde govdefle Fortune,
with her doble viſage, and
Whirlynge whele, cruellp cab
teth downe kinges, and chan⸗
geth the lowell to the bye, ¢
the hvelt, to the lotveft. She
made Crofus kynge of the Apdians to bee caught by Cyrus,
who woulde haue burnte hym, but that a rapne deſcended
fram heauen, that reſcowed hym. Thus Fortune detepua⸗
ble enhaunceth vp the humble cheare ok him that is diſcom
fited, and neyther heareth ne recketh of wzetched wepyn⸗
ges. She is fo wꝛetched and harde, that he laugheth and
ſcoꝛneth at the teares of them. whom with her fre will the
hath made to weepe. Her turning whele declareth her vn⸗
fablenes, for if he were accompted fable, the then no tos
ger could be called Fortune. She wilbe holden of no man, x
when the departeth, he bꝛingeth him to ſoꝛowe. Foz what
other thyng is flattryng Fortune, but à maner ſhewyng of
wꝛetchednes that is to tome. To lome ſhe is peruerſe and
krowarde, to ſome agapne ſhe is as good and favourable:
as to Iymotheus, q noble capteyne of the Athenienſes, ho

fo2 the good Fortune he had in battle, was paynted liyng a
llepe, and hauing by hym a nette pitched, wherein Fortune
was taken. |

The

Honour. Fo. gie

Tho elde is Saturne, & Wore Bore,
lauage padlant Lune, armed
a 2147s,

Mheletweretharmes of 7y- „„
den, the binges forme of Cal⸗ I #35
tedonpe, whiche hee did bese e

in hys wielde, at the deſtruc⸗
tion ot the Citve Thebes, The
Wore is called per, 4 firitate,
ablata F. littera & ſubrogata P.
Vnde & apud Gracos Syagros id
5 eft ferus dicitur. Thys Beaſte
is armed in bys mouthe with two croked tuſkes, whiche
are right ſtrong and ſharpe, and the fame he bleth in ſtea⸗
de of a ſwoꝛde, and hys ryghte ſhulder is harde, bꝛode and
thicke, whiche he occupieth as a ſhielde to defende hum
withal, putting that bꝛawne foꝛ his chefe armoure again
hys weapon that purſueth hym.

The Wore fighteth with the GHolffe , and hateth hym by
kynde. Foꝛ the wolffe lpeth in awapte foꝛ bys chyldꝛen, r
ſtealeth thom full ofte.

The fielde is of the Toyaze, a Dragon, Emeraude.

Thys was th Armes of Ethyocles kynge of Thebes which
he did beare in hys ſhielde, whan he fought with hys bꝛo⸗
ther Polhmyte koꝛ the kyngdome, wherekoꝛe the one of the
flue the other.

B. Beareth Azure, a Cathedꝛe, oꝛ chatre Nopal d Oꝛ, a- Cat he due.
dourned with Kubies pꝛopꝛe. Suche a chaire is deſcryued
by Chaucer in the thirde boke of Fame, where hee ſapeth.

Dragon.
Ethyocles.

Fame fatte in a feate Imperial
That made was of Rubye royall,
Whiche that a Carbontle is I called.

And there ſhe was perpetually iſtalled. Carboncle,

Che

the armorie

Borer heade. The lielde is Sola Boꝛes heade coped Satwrne, 3
Theſe were th Armes of Sir Thopas, as in the metre
made of hym mape appeare at large, in the wozkes ol
Chaucer.
create. And for h ys creſte he bare a Tower
Wherein ſticked a Lillye floure
Of coloures all moſt propre. Here note

th antiquitie of E reaſtes.

Annulet. V. beareth Sable and gules parted per Felle, an. Annas
Aſterites. let d Ox, hauing the gemme Aſterites, propre.

Thys is a precious ſtone, and is whyte, and conteanethe
as it were lyghte therein encloſed, oꝛ lyke a Sterre goyng
within it, and maketh the Sunne beames white, whercos
alſo it taketh bys name. Ok hys vertues J neade not to
ſpeake, hys beautie and fayꝛenes bzingeth hym commen⸗
dacion ſutticient. And of the geuing of Annullettes oꝛ ryn

_ ges, there map be founde diuerſe hyſtoꝛies, amongeſt wha
Lucius Silla. I haue noted thys one. Lucius Sylla, beyng dickatoꝛ of the
Roma nec, gaue bute Roſcius a plaper in Comedyes a ryng
of golde, whiche was the token of a knyghte at that tyme,
: as acoler oꝛ chepne of golde ts at thys time. Thys Rofciusy
Rofcise foꝛ bis extellencie in pronunciation and geſture⸗the noble
Cicero called hys Jeboell, and fo muche delited in hym, that
he contended with hom, whether Roſcius toulde fet foathe
one ſentence in moze kaſhions of geſture and contenance,
oꝛ be expꝛeſſe the fame fentence in a moze dtucrfitie of elo⸗

quente woꝛdes.

And touching the token boꝛne in the laide cote armours
yk a Croſſe, Sterre, Creſſante, oꝛ anie lloure were figured
on the ſame Annulet, it were a great beautefipnge of the
ſayde Armes, and no lyttle commendacion to the Ne

g é 4

of Honour.: .

He beareth Argente, a pure
gules, doble faſleled dazure.

Thys mape bee taken foꝛ a
good token in armes, as of liz
beralitie, whã the fame is not
ſhutte. But being knitte, and
ſo boꝛne, it is a token of aua⸗
rice: foꝛ ſo Chaucer Mꝛziteth in
the boke entituled the Romante
of the Rofe, where he ſapeth.

Auarice helde in her hande,

A purfle that hounge by abande,

And that ſhe hidde,& bounde fo ſtronge
Men muſt abide wondre longe

Out of tlie purſſe ere there came ought
For that ne commeth in her thoughte

It was not certaine her entente

That from that purſſe a penny wente,

And kurther the fame Chaucer, fapth in the favde boke.

Thata full greate foole is he ywis
That both riche & poore & nigardeis
A Lorde may haue no maner of vice
That greueth more than auarice.
For nigarde neuer with ſtrengthe of hande
May winne him great Lordthippe or lande.
And whoſo will haue frendes here
He maye not holde his treaſure dere,
For by enſample tell Ithis
Righte as an Adamante Ywis

an

Purffe.

Addmante.

the armoris

Can drawe to him full ſubtillye
The yron, that is layde therebye,
So draweth folkes hertes ywys -
Siluer & golde that yeuen is.

. Beareth verte, a kynge armed at all poyndes d Ar⸗
gent, bearynge a ſceptre and crowne, Oz, wynged d Crs
mpne.

Mercurit. Thys mape bee taken foꝛ the God Mercurie , God of elo⸗
quence, fo2 to diuerſe he bath appeared, as hauing wyn⸗

ges, ſo in hyſtoꝛies of hym may be redde. N

ars. 5 The fielde is of the pearle,
Mars all armed on hoꝛſſeback

with ſpere and ſhieide. Ra bye.
Thys was the Banner of

Kyng.

Theſeus, Theſeus, whan he came to the
deſtruction of Thebes Citye, x
flue Creoꝝ kynge thereot. And
thus Chauccr lugpteth of the

5 fapde Thefens bys banner, and

CHO.

penon in thele woꝛdes.

The redde ſtatue of Mars with ſpere & targe

So ſhyneth in hys whyte Banner large

That all the fieldes glitteren vp & downe:

And by hys Banner, borne is hys penon

Of golde full riche, in whiche there was ybete

ah mre" The Minotaure that he wan in Crete,
Thantiqui- Thus it mape appere, that armes were long boꝛne in
tie of hearing good oꝛdꝛe, befoꝛe the ſiege of Troye : foꝛ the beſkruction of
e the citpe Thebes was befoze that ſiege, as Ihon Lydegate doth
affirme. Chaucer allo, in the tale of the knyghte, deſcribeth
what token Heurge the great kvng of Thrace dyd beare in
the fielde, hele be bys woꝛdes. 30

Lycurge Ring

of Thrace.

of Honour. Fo. oz.

In ſteade ofa Cote armour euer his harneys nas
With nayles yealowe, and bright as any golde, Bee skin
He hath a Beares ſkinnne, cole blacke for olde.

P. TU. beareth Sable, thre
Roches napantes, d Argente, Roches,
Theſe were ſometime the ar⸗
mes of an honoꝛable Pꝛelate

eee 2 that had to name Petrus de Ru 4
n — Zz pibus, who was many peares Petrus de
D LY

Y withop of Wincheſter, in the Rupibas.
time of inge John, ¢ Henry
= ) M Mpa] the thirde his ſonne. And the
1 ſaide Roches, myne Authour
AE ſaithe, he did beare after his
i owe name, whiche me thin⸗
keth, was euill applied thereunto, to giue him Fiſſhes
in ſteade of Kockes. Foꝛ Rupes in Latin be called Billes,
Bankes, oꝛ Kockes, ſo ſteepe dobon, as no man map clime
them. But J take the ſaide Biſhop his name, as then was f
the ble, to be written, Peter at Roche 502 Peter de la Roche, Rocke is cal-
Chele ſeeme to dꝛawe moſte nigh his name in Engliſhe, lea Roche in
but the Latin name dothe nothinge agree thereto, whiche he Northren
J referre to their iudgemente, that haue readde of him, oꝛ tonuẽv
of his name. Polydore V irgill calleth him, V ir integerrimus,
and no leſſe is to be thoughte , becauſe the charge of the e⸗
ducation of the ſaide Ringe Henry the third was commit⸗
ted to him, as to a Father pꝛudente, and ſage in the inſti⸗
tution of ſuche a noble Pꝛince.
K. i. The

Panfanias,

the armorie

The field is Satur ne, a kine
des Heade Lune, crotoned So-
68. This might be taken foz
the Armes of ſomme highe
ö Diince, oz other Chiefetaine,
whiche had taken ſome kinge
in fight, and helde him as pꝛi⸗
ſoner. Diuerſe hiſtozies make
mention, that when mightye
Pꝛinces, and valiante Uinges
be giuen to ſenſualitie æ pꝛide,
not weighinge the good ſay⸗
inges of the tile, noꝛ harkening to the wholeſome coun⸗
fell of their kriendes, they oftentimes fall into the handes
of their enimies, and then are eftſoones depꝛiued or theire
Liingedomes 5 and Regaleties, either els ſuffer impꝛiſon⸗
mente, famine, diſtreſle, and other paines and tozmentes,
endinge fo their lines in greate calamitie and milerie: as
is readde in one Pauſanias, Ringe of the Lacedemonians,
who at a banket deſired inſtantly of S ꝰ/monides, a Poete in
Greece, that he woulde then ſpeake ſome thinge notable,
and that faucured of wiledome. Stmonides thereat ſmi⸗
linge, Remember, ſaid he, that thou arte a man. Pauſanias
tooke that ſcoꝛnełully, and eſteemed it nothinge. Afters
warde Panfanias beinge putte in pꝛiſon in Chalceco, and
there beinge kamiſhed ere he died, remembꝛed the ſayinge
ot Simon ides, ànd with a loude, and lamentable voice ſaid:
O my kriende of cu ,( for there was the Poete boꝛne)
thy woꝛdes were of greate impoꝛtaunce, but J, foꝛ madde
pꝛide, eſteemed them nothinge. i
This litle Hiſtoꝛie is not vnwoꝛthy to be had in remem⸗

bꝛaunce.
N. beareth

/ Honour. Fo. ol. outst
K. beareth Sable, thꝛee Divfles d Argente, beaked, Blackebirde,
and legged, Dz. The tymbꝛe, a Bull gardant, Argente,
armed, and vnguled Gules, ſette on a Wieathe Sable,
manteled Azure, doubled Argente.
The Oule, oꝛ Blacke byꝛde ſingeth pleaſantly, and
therekoꝛe is okte taken, and kepte in cage. This byꝛde,
althoughe thee bee in all Countries blacke, vet in Achaia
ſhee is white, as L/idore ſaithe. This Creaſte foꝛ the ſaide Bull,
Cote armour, is a white Bul. Ivpiter turned him into the 1/8.
ſimilitude thereof, when louinge the faire mayde Ls , he
could not other wiſe haue his will of her. This ſigniſieth,
that beautie mate ouercome the bette. Lyons
—— The ſielde is Pars a LIypon
hk 4. | wampaunte „ with a double ö
K 7 1 Anewe d Argente. In chieke
Ermyne, an Eagle diſplaid
with twoo heades Satürne,
membzed, and crowned d D2.
Alexander the greate, when as
he hunted in a great Parke in
the countrie Baſaria, that had
remained vnhunted, duringe
the time ot foure mens ages,
he killed foure thoufand wild
beaſtes therein, amonge the whiche there was a Lyon of
à rare bigneſſe, that tame running towardes him, whom
he did not onely receiue, but killed him with onc ſtroke.
Suche was the pꝛowes, and ſtrengthe ol ſo mightye and
puiſſante a Conqueroure. Ouer whoſe heade alſo at the
battaile he fought with Darius at Arbella, there was ſeene 5, ele,
an Cagle, whiche neither fearinge the claſſhinge of the
harneys, noꝛ the cryinge of them that were dying, did fil
Ape in the ayꝛe diredlp aboue him, whiche did thetw a cers
taine token of victoꝛie, and euen ſo it came to paſſe. And
therefoze the fame Alexander mighte righteip aſſumpte to
him ſelke the bearinge ot the 7 pon; and Cagle,
dals * . Ye in

| the armorie
in the beſte oꝛder that coulde be diutled, oz ſette fooꝛthe a⸗

greable fo his woꝛthineſſe. 8

The fleld is Gules, a Croſſe
doble clauie d Argent. This
Crofle ought to be figured as

à double warded key, at euerp
ok the thꝛee endes aſcendinge
to the chiefe of the Eſcoche⸗
on. The key wherok the P20 -
phete Eſape maketh mention
in theſe wordes. And the key
of the houſe ol Dauid, will J
nh vpon his Moulder, fo that

be ſhall open, and no manne
hall ſhutte, he Hall ſhutte, and no man ſhall open. ti
dem Ieſu Cbriſti Crucem figurabat.

The ficlde is ol the Eme⸗
raude, an Hande armed, hol⸗
ding a Swoꝛde of the Pearle
crowned within the point To

Croff? Clauie

Key.

Parad, Sym-
bo, Heroi,

Sworde,

pase.
The wholeſome dortrine of

S. Paule, is of all faithfulland
obediente lubiectes to be recei⸗
ued and embꝛated: where he
faithe, Milte thou be without
feare ot the power⸗ Doo well
then, t᷑ thou ſhalte haue pꝛaiſe
of the ſame: fo2 he is the miniſter of God foz thy wealthe.

But ik thou doo euill, then feare, foꝛ he beareth not the

ſwoꝛde for naught. Foꝛ he is the miniſter ol God, a taker

9l vengeance to poniſhe him that dothe eutll xc.
Pillers, His fielde is 10, twos pillers Lune,

Diuerſe Emperours, and puillante Conquerous haue

erected illers in theire E mpiers and kingedemes , toz
ſundꝛie, and weightie caufes and pourpoſes: ſome to mes

clare

1227

ee

of Honour. Fo 95,

clare the extentes, and lymittes of theire Landes; and
Liingedomes , ſomme to ſhewe the erpeditions of theire
fournepes and voyages, ſomme fo ſette forthe the places
of theire burialles, ſomme to figure therein theire Aces,
and valiaunt deedes, to the encouragemente of thoſe that
ſhoulde ſucceede them to doo the like. And other ſomme
haue wꝛitten therein the ſecret knowledge of certaine ſci⸗
ences and letters, as in diuerſe Hiſtoꝛies maie be readde.
And moze of Willers pe mate reade in the nerte booke ko⸗
lowinge.
He beareth Ermynes, on a
Pale d' Oz, a Poꝛtecullis d ⸗
zure.
This in Latin is called Ræ-
ſtrum militare, fine Politicum , &
ſerueth fo2 dekenſe in the gate
of Citties, Calles, Portes, r
Towꝛes. Foz the fame being
looſed, oꝛ let downe, it letteth,
oꝛ rather oppꝛeſſeth them that
woulde enter thereby.

flaculum Rome fatuum fuiſſe ſeribit Appianus, Res Roman. C is
uili difsidio vrgente, & Imperium ſibi vendicante Olla. Suſtus
lit hoc maleficium Carboniana turbus quam (dum conarentur per
port am Collinam im uptionem facere ) Olla repreſcit: laxatiſque
inſidiariſs Ruſtris, intro latebat, quorum iniurias. & lapſus, Sena
sores ipſi nonnulli, c qui ſe in C ar bonian amm libertatem adſcrue-
rant, oppfeſi ſunt. 7

‘a

Portecullis.

Eiuſinodi ad portas militare ob- Appian,

Cypres tree,

Luyee

the armorie 2

8 The field is Saturne, in Sal
tier twoo Cypꝛes trees ragu⸗
led “i,, enwzapped with Jup

maoper. Theſe trees are trun⸗

cated, that is to ſaie, ö boughes
cut ot from the body, t laide in
«veg (Ooze of a Saltier. The endes
bbherok map not touch the An
hies ot the ſhield. The Cypꝛes
next vnto p Ceder tree is moſt
foꝛmable, and neceſlary to the

8 building of Temples, tolozes,

and foꝛ other great ¢ pompous Ediſices. It neuer faileth,

noꝛ rotteth, but abideth, and dureth alwaies in his firſt e⸗

fate æ condition. And for the right good fauour,¢ ſweete

ſmel it hath, the Juy, being of heauie and bitter ſmel, doth
mot deſire to creepe about him. And his greenelle dothe
much beautiſie the golden colour of the other. And fo2 that
the Juv is alwaies greene » Poetes were crowned theres
with, in token of nobie v itte x ſharpe. It was conſecrate
to Bacchus God ot wine, eto Mars. linie ſaithe, that the
greate Alexander crowned his knightes with Jup, when

they had the vicoꝛie of Indie
— He beareth Sable, a Feſſe
d Ermine, betwene thee heade
de Capꝛes, coped argẽt, armed
t arnuced d Oꝛ, poꝛtant pome
aus d Juy proper. The lraues
of this tree doo make goates
fatte, ⁊ their bloude medicina⸗
ble foꝛ diuerſe difeales, Villus
quem habent penſilem in ments,

nam carum traxcrit, aiunt reli-

quas ſtu pefieri.
The

vocatur aruncus, quo fi quis v=

a

Honour. Fo. 56.

The ficlde is Nerte, an De
kriche regardante, Argente, Struthion, or
vearinge a Bey d Oz. The Offriche.
| D€rich in Latin is called Styn
thio, & Struthio Camelus, qui ex
Struthione & Camelo conſlat: ꝓ
is kounde eſpecially in Africa,

This byꝛde hathe a head coue-
red with ſimall feathers, groſſe
epes and blacke, not vnlike in
fourme, ⁊ colour to a Camell,
f à longe necke, a ſhoꝛte bil and
à fharpe, loft feathers, two thighes, < fete with hooles clo⸗
uen, Vt terreſtre ſimul volatileq; animal videatur . Me cannot
fly fo2 the heauineſſe of bis body, noꝛ ertol him felfe high⸗
er then the earth: but he goeth ſwiftly, and in running not
much inkerisur to an hoꝛſe, his winges helpehim fo much.
He dothe walowe, and digeſt what fo euer he deuoureth,
pea, euen the hardeſt thinges without any chopſe.

Then he is purſued of hunters, and ſeeth he cannot
eſcape, he taketh ſtones with his hoofe, ¢ caſteth againſte
his enimies, and oktentimes hurteth them. Then he is
killed, there is kounde Tones, and pon in his ſtomake,
whiche be conſumeth after longe digeſtion.

He hatethe the Horſe by kinde. J founde him figured
in the Toſmographie of Munſter, as betoꝛe is deſcriued.

Q. beareth Geules, on a Bende betwene fives Coti⸗
zes, d Argente, thee Siphons, Sable. /dore ſaithe, that Siphons.
the Siphon is a certaine veſſell, whiche men of the Caſte
countries bfe to occupie, and fill with water, eſpecially
when houſes beene on fire, to quenche the fame. The
fourme 3 haue deſcriued here, as Paradyne figureth it a
monge his diuiſes Heroiques.

M. beareth Saturne and Mars, parted per Pale, fvoo
Partizantes Lunæ in Saltier. Theſe weapons are ers Partexante

monly

the armorie.
moni knowne, and boꝛne about the perſons of Pꝛinces,

Pohles, and Captaines.

de ſeld is of the Diamond
an Helmet Pearle, enſigned

vit a Garlande gramine.
The Ancient bearers, Hoꝛſe⸗
men, Captaines, Lieutenant,
doll Citties, Townes, and Poꝛ⸗
tes, whiche had doughtelp ſu⸗
eA ſteined the ſiege of thetre eni⸗
mies, e were deliuered from
them, in olde time was giuen

a Garlande of graſſe: in Las

tin called Corona graminea, ſiue
OLfidionaria : Whiche althoughe it were wꝛought, oꝛ laide
aboute with graſſe, (beinge onelp the hearbe, that can, oꝛ

Carlande might be found in a place long beſieged) yet neuertheleſle

Cramine. the fame garlande gramine, (as Plinie witneſſeth) is moſt
honourable, and noble, and to be had in pꝛice aboue all o⸗
thers, Golde, Pearle, Oliue, Lawꝛell, Palme, Dke,
and Jupe, geuinge place to common graſſe, that Nopall
hearbe of dignitie. Fabius Maximus corona graminca dona-
tus eft ab vn iuerſa Italia quandoquidem non pugnando,fed ca-
uendo rem Romanam reſtituiſſet: & exercitum [ibs creditum con-

fernaffet, '

Launce. S. beareth Spluer , a Launce betweene twoo Flaun⸗
ches, Sable: and on the Flaunches, twoo Gauntlettes,
as the fielde.

The eſpecial token boꝛne in this Enſigne, is taken foꝛ
à Dimilaunce ſtaffe, whiche beinge the chiekeſte weapon
of the hoꝛſeman, is therefore congruently placed betwene

Cauntlet. tho Gauntlettes, the moſte eſpeciall armoure of the
handes. i

Scocheon, T. beareth Gold, on a Scocheon Gules, a key d argent,
Wꝛapped about with a Serpent Gert. This Cote armour

touchinge

Helmet,
Crowne gra- 5
mine,

of Honour. Fo. y.

fonehing the lielde, is one of the honoꝛable oꝛninaries char
ged.

The lielde is d Ermyne, on

hys head of the pearle, araid
with a fagotte, Carboncle.

(beyng DiGator oꝛ pꝛincipall
capifapne of the Romapnes)
had trapned e dꝛawne Anni

incloſed about with mountai
nes and depe rpuers, where
Fabius had fo enuirõned him
and hys armpe, that they were in ieopardye, eyther to bee
famiſhed, foz lacke of vjtaile, oꝛ els in flying to be ſlayne
by the Romaines, Anniball perteauing thele dangers, cõ⸗
maunded to be bought afoze hym, in the depe of the night
whan nothing was ſtirrynge, about two thoulande great
oren ant bulles, which a little befoze bys men had taken
in koꝛrageyng, and tauſed fagottes made of dꝛie ſtickes to
be kaſtened vnto theire hoꝛnes, and ſett on kyꝛe. The bea⸗
ſtes troubled with the flambe ol fire, ranne as they were
woode vp te warde the moũtapnes, whereas lape the hoſte
ok the KRomavnes, Anniball with bys whole armpe fo-
lowing in araye. The Nomaines, whiche kepte the moun:
taynes, being ſoꝛe afrayde of this newe and terrible fight,

a pale Diamonde, a Bull Ores beade,

= Talhen as Quintus Fabius, L. F 4 bi.

ball & bps hoſte into a fielde, Anibal.

Terrer and
error,

koꝛſoke theire places. And Fabius dꝛeading the deceiptkull Fabins,

litte of Anniball, kept hys armpe within the trenche, and
fo tyꝛough policie . Anni ball with his hoſte eſcaped without
damage. Thus pe mape vnderſtande, (as J layde befo2c)
ho lw greatly hiſtozies do geue lighte to the hydde fecrcttes
ot Armoꝛie.

B. i. The

Eagle, 3 onan ¥
Har tes beade

Poimpeyus
MALDUSs

Shippe,

the armorie

The ttelde is lars, àn Ea⸗

gle regardant with wynges
dilplapde Lunæ, inſident on
the heade of an arte, Solis.

The Cagle whan he hathe
gathered muche dufte in hys
kethers, doth then withoute
feare fet vpon the Harte, and
falleth euen betwene hys bea
thes: and beatinge with Sve
wynges, fo ſtoppeth the!
tes e pes with dufte, vnti a
length he fatleth hedlonge krom fore ppabebpil o2 r
and fo becommeth a pꝛaye to the Cagle. Induſtrie; a
diligence, is to be vſed, whan diffic ulte 3 wightie, g bpgbe
matters, are to be ouertome.

3D, Beareth Gules and Sable, parted per bende finifives
à Lpon rampaunt d D2, vibꝛante a ſwoꝛde d Argente.

Pompey the great had ſuchr a Lyon grauen in bps fignet.
yide in vitis Plutarchi.

The fielde is partie per baſte barre ondade Argente and
Verte, a ſhippe vnder faple in her ruſte, Sable. 5

The ble of ſhippes, and of theire oꝛdinante is knolune fo:

all men.

Ancker.

Admiral.

He beareth Dz, thꝛe Anckers in bende antttre, betinen
two Gartiers, azure.
Ch Ancker is elpetially alcribed to Admiralles in fi ibe}
num (vt apparet) officy [us in expeditionibus spronincy{g,naua-

libus.

Me beareth partie per pale Nebule, Satur ne, and Venus,
two maces bellicall Solis cirtumliged With bꝛaunches of
Oliue, pꝛopꝛe. The token boꝛne in thys tote armoure ; is
called in latyn Clana bellica, whiche beyng bounde abouts
Oliuæ ramufculo, map exhibite onto them to whom it is of
fered, a ſigne aſwell of peate, as of warre, whiche to take,
is at his pleaſure to whome it is ockered.

The

of Honour. Fo. 8.

Che fielde is Gules an Har Hanowe,
rowe, d D2.

The Harrowe isa noble ad
dicion of Armoꝛie, ¢ was boꝛ⸗
ne (as Froyſſarde fapeth ) of
Wlilliam, the ſonne of Albert
duke of Bauarie in hys aun⸗
tient, about the pere of oure
Loꝛd God. 90. And the ſame
Warrolve he did aduaunce, in
his vopage with the Criſtiãs,
acluerſus Apbricam, Barbariæ
ciuitatem. The office or the Marrowe, is to bꝛeake and re⸗
folue the harde lumpes and cloddes ok earth. Quemadlmodu
autem glebas „E grumos agrorum profcindit & reſoluit raſtrum
aratorium, ita facile eff vero principislegum, & Sandtionum, at-
que cautionum, feu Decretorum aquitate ditionis ſuæ im probt,
Factioſds, rebelles, & tumultuarios, quiq; contra ſuam autorita-
tem ac dignitatem i iniquè e fe opponunt ,coercere,

He bearetl partie per Cheuron embatiled, O, Azure,
thee Leures, contrechanged of the ſielde. The tokt boꝛne Lewre,
in thys Stocheon, is well knowne to all gentlemen Falo
keners. The woꝛde, oꝛ Poeſte that mighte ryghtely be ap⸗
plied to thys cote ö thys: Spe illeltat inani.

The ficide is verte, an hyn⸗
des heade cabaged d Argente
perſed with two dartes d Oz,
a Sonne in chiefe.

The derteritie ol Domitiane Domiti ane,
th Cmperoure in caſtynge ot
the darte, is woꝛthie ol remẽ⸗ Date.
berance: who in the huntyng
of a certapne wilde beaſte,
thꝛewe two dartes at hym fo
directly, that the beaſte ſemed
to ſtande hauyng hoꝛnes on

P. j. bys

the armorie

hys heave, wheras nature had geuen hym none. Paradyne
fixurety the heade ok the beaſte, as hauyng two dartes in
place, where hoꝛnes ſhoulde growe. ö

The lielde is Sable, fiue dar

Darte. tes in fafce d Oz, entugapper
with a ſerpente verte.

Plutarche Wzlteth, that when

Scylurus Chæronenſis was about

Scilurus to dye, hauinge kower ſcoꝛe

Charencnfis , goodly chplaze,and of greate

ſtrength, he offered to cuerpe
one ok them a Bondell of dar⸗
tes oꝛ roddes to bꝛeake, Which
whan they endeuoꝛed them⸗
ſelfes to doe, they toulde not:
He than fapde vnto them, that the dartes and roddes fo
made faſte and knitte together, could in no maner of wife
Zendle, be bꝛoken. But the father vnlolng the Bondle befor the,
did take one rodde alter an other, and without any great
foꝛte oꝛ buſynes, did bꝛeake the ſame, aduertiſinge them
hereby, that they all ſhoulde tontinue and remapne foꝛ e⸗
uer vnuanquiſhed, and not able to be ouercome, as longe
às thep agreed, and were ſurely knitte in bꝛotherly loue,
and perferte concorde. But yk they deuided them ſelues, oꝛ
parted with ſedition and debate, that then they ſhoulde pe⸗
riſhe, and quickelp fail into the handes of theire enemies.
A goodly example to embꝛate concoꝛde. By the Serpente
about the dartes, may be ſigniſied that which Chꝛiſte ſpo⸗
ke in the goſpell to his diſciples, ſaiyng. Be pe ſrile as Ser
pentes tc. T herfoꝛe note, that chere be many fignificatias
and ſecrete myſteries in bearing ſignes and tokens of ar⸗
moꝛpe. | ä
U. beareth barrie vndie 6. pietes d Emine, and azure,
| Fore parte of the pꝛoꝛe of a ſhippe d D2 in chefe gules, one hounde pale
4 ſcyppe. lante, Argent. The token in thys eſcocheon is the loꝛe par
te or

Jerßente.

of Honour. Pass:

te ot a hippe, and is garded with a dogge on cheke, as it
were to watche the lame. Suche a like enſigne did Sergiu
Galba the Emperour ble to beare.
NN. Weareth per pale Rubye,and Diamende, an Eagle je
d Ermine encoꝛpoꝛate with a Dꝛagon, Solis. 15 * with
Theſe are enemies alwapes the one to the other. The. Den
Dꝛagon greately deſiring the egges of the Cagle, deuou⸗
reth and eateth vp the lame: wherekoꝛe the Eagle, where⸗
ſoeuer he ſeeth hym, fighteth with him, and in theire light
he is often wrapped with the Dzagis faile , and ſo falling
dobwne, the one is dekroyed of the other. Kallen elatis ac fu
perbior ibus inter Je centendentibus ruina ſolet vſu venire,

hae beareth Sable, a cocke 25
d 0 irgente, pearched on a trõ⸗ CoeKesan 4
pec d Oz.

The Cocke is a Koval fou⸗
le, and naturally beareth on
bys heade a creaſte of Nubpe
coloure, in ſtede of a Crowne
oꝛ diademe. He diſtinguiſheth
tymes, ſeazons, and houres,
both of the daye and nyghte,
trowynge, oꝛ rather ſongyng
tnoftetlerelp and ſtrongely.
Che Upon dꝛeadeth the white Cocke, becauſe he bꝛedeth a
pꝛecious fone, called AlleGricium like to the ſtone that
highte Calcedoneus. And foꝛ that the Cocke beareth luche a
ſtone, the Lpon ſpecially abhoꝛreth hym. 4 Calli alitis tu⸗
bag, borologis non difficile relinquitur iudicare, quantum inter-
fit inter belli & pacis conditiones. The cocke is meſſenger of
the dape lyght, he fingeth than he hath the bictoꝛpe, being
5 he hydeth hyimnſeike. Lucemq; & hom inum afpecium
rc 8. 5
Cd. bearety verte, an arming Sbroꝛde in pale d Argent
trowoned at the pop nac in chete , betwene tro lloures de ee nae
Lucicg

Trom Pete

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Auties d De. The llwoꝛde in thys cote armoure, is ane
fection to the floures therein boꝛne.
Tergate. The fielde is Gules, a Tergate d ‘Dp tranſñred with a
Raper Argente.
Thys mave bee taken fo2 the enſigne of ſome noble ca⸗
pitapne, who had valiauntly behaued and boꝛne N
in 5 Nane ean loſſe alſo of hys lpfe.

Od this, the fieloe is Azure,
à Crolle poꝛtate in his pꝛopꝛe
coloure.
WOure maſter Chꝛiſte, beyng
the ſonne of God, and Cod,
Was conttreignen to beare an
f heauy croffe on his shoulder,
in ſuche faſhion as is befoze
defcriued: wherein afterward
both hys hades and fete were
napled with longe great
naples of pꝛon: and the croſſe
with bys naked and bloodic
bodie, beyng likte bp on i beight, was let fall with violence
into a moꝛtayſe, that all bps ioynctes were diffolued, And
notwithſtandinge all thys toꝛment, hee neuer grudged,
but liktyng vp hys eyes vnto heauen, he pꝛayed for bys e⸗
nemies, ſapnge: Father foꝛgiue them, koꝛ they knowe not
what they do. Thys was the charitie moſte incomparable
a 155 lonne of God employde foꝛ the redemption of matt?

Piller of Por- 5 17 iolde is of p Pearle, two pillers of Poꝛpherie,
phere, in Saitier.
zZ nede not here to blaze the colour of the Willers, beynge
Poꝛpherie whiche is a fone al waves of purple coloure.
Let the bearer thevof fee that he be fpeciallp endowed wilh
the vertue, Foꝛtitude.
Z. Ben

Croſſe Pottate.

e Honour. FO no:

Zi Weaveth Sable; Annuities Aunulie.
d Oꝛ. 4.3.2.1. Thys fielde is

e 50 charged with rynges.

Hanniball, for a teſtimonie Rynges [ent
5 = of the bidarye he had of the to Cath. 120,

1 Momapnes in Italpe, ſente ;.
Bauchels of golden rynges to
Carthage, Whiche he had taken

t plucket of the handes or the

Nomapne knyghte 85 captep⸗

nes and ſenatoꝛs. et che bea⸗

rer ol ſuch a toate (asi is bekozt

pl ber in aduerüti
The ficlde (s Checkev, gules, and ermpnes, a bob Os,
with claſpes d Argente.
G Boke is to be boꝛne ot hum. whiche ts udiaus of anpe Boke,

the ſciences 02 tongues? and which bath a ckrtayne excel .
lencie therein aboue others. C470, called J ricehfts 5 Wag Cato Vice
fo muche enflamedin the defire of learninge, thit(as Se? fis,
tonius initeth) he coulde not tempꝛe hym felfe in readinge

Greke bokes, wohiles the Senate was ſitting.

Thys Cato was named the chiele piller of the publike

weale of the Romaines.
f E The fielde is parted per par
Flic vndade, argente and azure,

f two dempe hyppokames, Sa- Hippotame or
ble, armed and vnguled, gu⸗ water borfle,
les.

Theſe be water Hoꝛſſes, cal⸗
led Hippotami, and are chefelp
ſene in the uddes of Nile, t
Gange. Munſterus deleribety
the ſe beaſtes, and ſapeth they
haue five hookes like an Dre,
the backe, mayne, and ne iving
ef an Donthesa Wꝛigled fale, croked tethe like to ga Boze.

J pane

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J haue charged the fame beaſtes, but on halle wiſe in the
fielde, as it were paflinge front the water: whiche note
woll and marke, and then J doubte not but the deuiſe of
the ſame will contente ſome mans kanteũe.
Ad. Beareth Sable, a Pile
in poyncte of the chefe, betwẽ
two wpöeeles, d oz. Th eſpecial
tokens in thys cote armoure
are knolone to all men, as
bwheeles to be the neceſſarieſt
parte of Chariotes, wagons,
and cartes: and Piles alle
moſte nedefull to make all
foundacions bpon vnperfede
grounde, ſure and kyꝛme.
. LTT.helſe are noble enſignes e
abere whele, gk great antiquitie. et of wheeles, the Ratheren whele, ſo
15 called of olde, is of motte honoꝛ: and muſt be figured after
an other forme than thole 3 haue before blazed “ illigiſe,
archebifhop ol Negunce in Cermanye, aſſumpted fo2 his en⸗
Carte wheeles ſigne a Cart wheele, with thys infcription:” illigiſe memis
neris quid fisy & quid olim fueris and atterwarde the fame
wheele was given and confirmed by the Emperoure, to be
th enfigne ol the ſayd Archebiſhopꝛike fo euer.
5 B. He beareth d Ermines, and Oꝛ, paxted per pile in
Phew. popnite of the chefe,a Pheon,Bable.
Thys particio as it is rare ſene, ſo can it not lacke(beyng
thus charged) hys due commendation, an 8
1 Tht

Honour. Fo. i oi.

1 Weareth Argent on. t.
barres Sable, l. Eſcalopes
de Oz, and to his creaſte on
a Weath Argent ¢ Sable, a
dꝛagons head raſſed gzure
poꝛtant a bꝛaũche of the herb
Pulegium pꝛopꝛe. The ſhel of
the Scalloppe ercelleth the
Hells of al other ithe which
J can reade ok, and therfore
vs thoughte not vnmeete to
adoꝛne 5̃ collers of p knights
euen of Sainct Mitholas o2¢
der, which oꝛder tubs it tooke
bis beginninge, holwe many

were choſen to bee kellowes
ok the ſame oꝛder, In what
manner the fame Eſcalopes

were comired in the ſapd cole

ler, and what was fignifped

therby, ye may plainip vnder

ee ree ſtand in Simbolis heroicis pæ-
he radini fol. ig. J reade alto that
the ſhelles of certein fyſhes were fent emong other ryche
giktes to the great Alexander by the kinges of the Indians,
as à pꝛeſent of great extimation € valoꝛ. Prolomeus d nigh
kinſman of the ſayd Alexander, when he was greeuoully
wounded by an Indian in his lefte ſhoulder, dꝛeamed that
there appeared vnto him a dꝛagon that offered vnto hym
an herbe out of his mouth. foꝛ the healing of his wound,
and taking awaype of the benim which he had reccpucd of
the weapon wher with the woũd was made, or the which
herbe when he awaked, be chewed both the colour & the
kacion, affirminge that he could knowe it, pf anpe manne
coulde finde pt out, the fame was fought by fo many, that
at length pt was found,and Spl put bpon the rae

die

Efcallopes

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fhe payne ffraite was ceaffed,and the ſkarre within choꝛt

ſgpace was cloſed. Foꝛ this tauſe therfoze did 3 diſeriue the

Julegium ſapde dragons heade, hauing in his mouth the herbe Pu-

legium which herbe hath a fall ſweete ſmel, and hatht hat

name of Pullulando ſpꝛinginge, as Iſodore fapthe, and ys

moꝛe pꝛeciaus then pepper amonges the Indes, the vertue

uf therok is to caſt out and diſtꝛoy venun, and fone Engliſh

Peniriall or wepters do fudge Pyuleginm tobe that herbe 5 Whiche wee
Organum call Neniriall o; O gun

Selihrope He bereth D2,a fee dancie
a de Ermpnes betweene iy.
Galthzopes Sable . And to
his creaſte on a Toꝛte de Ar⸗
gent and Azure, a Raàuen vo⸗
lant pꝛopꝛe, holdynge in her
dexter tlawe a clod of earthe
Purpuze, the ſald Galthꝛops
bee called Marices in latin, &
are made of Zron, hauing. iii
ſharpe poprites equallp deui⸗
ded one kzom ansther, and
b thoſe ſtandynge in a maner
* A trolle wapes, fo that wherſo
i Neuer the fame halbe taſt, the
15 A rN haue one polnct Aandinge bp
3 Pitty ſtraighte, and are vled as en⸗
iN A A 7 gins in the warres, to gallß
hoꝛſe that ſhal paſle hy them,
Paradine in his booke ot brute
tes Heroiques, ſetteth forth p
koꝛme therot to be as 3 haue
„ befoꝛe diſcriued. Touchinge
a Rauen, 3 reade that when as Alexander the great, lated
ſiege to the Citie of G, minding before he would gene
anadiauls itzerunto,to make Sacrifice after his countrep
mauer

Rauen

of Honour. Fo. 10a.

maner, and to require the àyde ef the Condes: zt chaun⸗ .
ced as he teas fo doinge, that a Rauen flienge aboue, let Q. Curtis
fall a clod whlch the car ied in her clawes vpon the kings

head, where pt brake and reſolued in pieces, which being

tonlulted vpon by the deumours: They iudged that there

was ſome perill lowardes the kinges perſon, And ſuche

& Raven map be boꝛne in coate armour as is afoꝛeſapde,

und that to a good purpoſt, and without any challenge in

bearinge bin after this foune, as is aboue dilplaped.

Khe flelde is ar be Mubie
5, Adiademe Topaze, hauinge

N
\\ WV... a wrethe about it Pearle and
. Z Emeraude, and too hys creſt

Piademꝭ

woes ofthe Sonne, Suche a
. Mi = be as here is ſpoken of
— * * — = N 5
— Darius king ol the Pertians Darius
, HANS did were when hee marched
e AX foꝛwards to the Riuer of Eu-

| phrates,againt the great 4
=. ‘exander,and is talled in the
Vercian teunge Cidwis, and
pt hadde a rooleaboute pt ot
whypte and greene. And the i
ſame Darius in his marching Cidaris.
had a great hoꝛſe, whiche al⸗
wales 1700 the chartotes
that were confecrate to Iwpi- „
ter, and this hoꝛſe the Pers Horfe of the
call, the hoꝛſe of the Sonne. e
The readinge of thiſtoꝛie of
d thactes ot the ſayde great 4
bexander gaue me otcaſion of the denice hereof, And theres
fore knobo this koꝛ certeintp,} the reading of hiftoztes (hal
moſt quickly geue pou help to ſet forth any deuice heroiqus
Z. ij The

7

6
0

ih

Ne

~ if

F | 7

VD Lob ns f

Pog LULA
SA 3B N
e

at
Pe,
e

The field is Barrie Wendie
Gules ¢ D2¢ to his creaſte
on a wꝛeathe D2 and Sable,
à Swanes head raffled de Ars
gent, this faid coate after thos
pinion of P. G. Leigh mult
al wapes abyde of vit. pieces,
and pꝛoperlpe map not others
wiſe be blaſed then as afoꝛe⸗
ſaide, the Swan, whole head
J haue diſcriued for the creſt,
is a bird dedicated to. Appollo
he God of wiſedom, Oh pre-
agium finis, oꝛ às Cicero faith
Quod ab eo diuinacionem habe
re videantur, quia prouidentes
quid in morte 15 ſit, cum duls
ciſſimo cantus et voluptate mori
antun.

The Sanne is the enſigne
ofthe Poets, whoſe ficlde is

Azure a Swanne pꝛopꝛe. A1.

ciate tomendeth this enſigne

lib. i. Embl. Cort. wherefoꝛe

I rekerre bohat 3 could loꝛite moze hereof to Stockhamer

his comentaries vpon the lame Emblem.

Lorle bendy

gans:

Cicers ib. de

Tuſt. queſt,

Infignia poe-
gau

of Honour. —- F 0.103.

He beareth Argent, a chen Reſcamoclę
ron betweene twoe Roles
Gules, and a ſea Tenche
napant d Azure. Oz thus.

His fielde is of the pearle, a
Cheuron with twoe Roles
Rubp in chief, t one Tench
marine Saphter napant en
popnte. The Role ſpꝛin⸗
geth out of a thoꝛne, that is
harde and roughe, yet recep,
ueth no part of the Kinde ok
the thoꝛne, but arapeth it W
faire colour ¢ plealant ſmel.
This kinde of Role lapethe

| Theophrafte fog the moſt part

| bath but fiue leaues: fome
are kounde that haue rtf. o⸗
ther ſoome xx. other ſoome
haue farre manp mo. There
be alſo ſaithe he, which bene
called hũdꝛeth leaues. thoſe
be of moſte ſweete ſmelles,
and gꝛowe eſpetlally in Cirena. The roſe comforteth and Re
relieueth the ſight, thꝛoͤugh the puretie of the colour, plea⸗
ſeth the lmell by ſweetenes of odour, and bothe greene oꝛ
dꝛye hath bertue and is medicinable againſt manp gree⸗
uous ficknefics ¢ euilles, as linie toftneficth.

The Tenche in latin is called 7 ince à fyſhe as Auſonius Tenche
deſcribeth it foꝛ the pooꝛe mans diſhe, foꝛ that in auncient
time it was a common meate fo their diet, and although
in theis our dapes it is well accepted and taken fo2 a good
nde of fiſhe, bothe neceſlarie for foode, and to meditcpne,
pet in the olde time, the richeſt men made litle eſtimacion
thercof, wherefoꝛe the comon people were beſt acquayn⸗
ted with the ſame, as the ſaide authoꝛ witneſſeth in thys
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berfe o2 ſentente.
Quis non & videris vulgi ſolatia,
Tincas norit.
ho dothe not know in eche degree,
a Tenche, the commoners meate to bee.

This Tenche before dyſplaped is called Tinca marina, f
Tenche of the ſea, and lyuethe nepther in mudde 02 mper,
but is cleane from ſuche inkectyons, and therefore is not
Hurtful. The koꝛelalde fielde € the contentes in the lame,
do fignific the bearer to haue audacitte, pet in al honeſtpe:
and to be curteous with mache diſcrecion. Thenſigne ap⸗
pertapneth to the name of Lisicarech, «lias Rolcarrocke
in Coꝛne wal. His creaſte a L ion rampant pꝛopꝛe colour,
ar med and langued Azure, aboute his necke a Czownall
ſiluer, fel on a Doze golde and Azure, as mape appeare
à bone figured. a
5 He beareth vert. ij. Si⸗
thes argent points afen
dant in chief, his creaſt p
ibe Odimoliont harp⸗
aut Sable, on a wrethe
Argent and Azure, the
tokens boꝛne in the lato
coate armoure are of aũ⸗
cient bearinge, and are
inſtruments not onelpe
to cutte downe coꝛne 2
graſſe but haue ben bled
in the warres, ſuche ins
gines did Alexander the
great his ſoldioures fre:
quent againſte the force
of the Elephantes The
creaſt of the ſaide coate armour is a litle iche, which cleas
ueth to a ſhip, and maketh her to abids as though the late
at anker, be the chip neuer lo great, the latines cal the fich

Remora

Honour. Fo. 104.
Renan es quod cogat flare nauigia, ches is atheriwite called E- Remora
Meneis piſcis quidem paruulus ¶pectus nigct longittudine que me- 15
cliocri, W ibioin

The fielde is barrpe of bit. peeces Luna and Mars, one a 1b
canton Zouis the mighty planet Hol, his creaſte is Ibis head
Saturne couped, eraſſing a ſerpent ofthe Boone, ſette on a

zethe Topaxe and Saphire, mateled Diamond, doubled pearle.
Abls is a faule of Egipt, x as. Triſtotle ſaieth is in that toñtrey
White

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lohlte and at Pelaſum onelp blacke, it is an high bird, hauing
ſtitfe legges, and a long bill, they bee caried out of Libia into
Egipt with a ſotherne winde, and do much good there to the
tountrey in killing and eating of ſerpents Semetipſam purgat
roftvo in anũ aquam ſundens, this bird is like vnto that whiche
is called Cicox ia. f

(Zo ave
Hee, 7 N a Or mill SS

2
—

1
n
——— AY

‘ Me bearethe partye p pale Saturne € Mars a floiver de lizt
Alcict, Tuna, And to his create vpon the helme on a wzeathe 725

of Honour. Fo. 105.
and saphiere an Alcian bolant ot the Amatiſt, mixte toptt
Pearle, beaked as the Emerand, mounted on the neſt fered
with the ſlipps of the bine pꝛopꝛe, manteled Ruby vow:
bled Pearie,this is a birde of the fea, little more then g
Spar ow, which in the cole winter ſeaſon dothe lay her
egges on the lands and when the ſea is moſt troublous
tantam gratiam diuinitus habet that it becometh fodeinip
calme, and the ſtoꝛmes and windes do ceaſe vntill the
birde haue all hatched, and bꝛought vp her chickens, and
made them able to flee, whiche is in the ſpate ol. xiiij.
daies, whiche the ſhipmen diligently marke, fearinge
no tempelt ail thoſe dapes, looke seh. stockhamer his
comentaries bpon the. xir. Emblem. of Alciate. The
propre colours af the ſaide bird ar as is before diſcribed. her,
Dbe lyueth by fithe, and is taken fog that whiche we call Kr fisher
the kinges fiver.

Be beareth Azure a cheuronenchiefebetweenetwoc i
becreflats Argent. The timber, a Ligurines head ralled LZ 1 7 ä
vert, bearing a thiſtel Oꝛ, ſet on wzethe Argent ¢ Sable rene fiche.
manteled Gules, doubled D2, The birde Lugurinus fees
beth muche vpon thiſtles, and of nature is enemp to the
Alle, fed valet voc is amenitate, ſome fuppofe this birde to
be a greene fynche, and as seruius w2iteth is taken to be
the Pightingalle. Theſe deuiſes Heroique before figu:
red might ſutkile for the proofe how cote armours Wyth
their blaſon heaume e timbꝛe in ſundꝛie wife be bone,
fo the honoꝛ and comendacion of the bearer : and vppon
what ground they haue their oꝛiginall, the which the of:
ficers at armes do cheifly reſpec in their allignements
to gentlemen, and no ſigne 02 token armoziall is by thẽ
ceutfed , but the fame is congruent and agreable to the
vertues and qualities wherewith the bearer is pꝛyncp⸗
pailp endowed, and with which token he allo delighteth,
and lo he ought to take delight therein, as to defende the
ſame (euen to the death) from all challinge oꝛ bituperic,
which rule ol al the degrees of ote ought neuer to

. she be

Nightingale

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be forgotten. But nowe what ſignification map be true
Ive collected and gathered of anye Simboll armoztal,co-
monlpe called Armes, and what the colours therein doe
reprefent, by the planets 22 ones precious , to the res
nobome and fame ol the bearer, ore plainly fo2 example
notwe nerte doth enſue, the whiche of bounden duete 4

mape nat omit.
The

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The alcheuement contepning the lundꝛy coafes as they

are marſhalled and boꝛne by the right honozable Loꝛde,

Sir Milliam Cecill, Baron of Bꝛoughlep, and knyght

ed the moſt honozable oꝛdze ol the Garter, is thus to bee
aſed.

1 He beareth barrulep ok. x. Argent and Azure, fire Cl

cocheons Sable. 3.2.1. charged wyth as m mmpe Lpons
rampant of the firſt, langued Gules, boꝛne by the name

of Cecill.

2 The lielde is parted per pale, Gules ¢ Azure, a Lion
rampant de argent ſuſtapning a tree Gert boꝛne bp the
naine of winſtone.

Beareth Sable ,a plate betwene thꝛee towers trpple

tobbꝛed with poztes diſplayed de Argent, boꝛne by the

name of Cairleon.

4 Wis fielde is Argent, on a bend betweene two cotizes
Gules thee finquefoiles de Or, boꝛne by the name of

Eckinkon.

j GBeareth Argent, a churon betweene thꝛee Rockes de 3

Ermines, andi is boꝛne by the name of Malcot.

The ſixt as the firſt, the which, and the feconde are .

differenced vpon them bothe with a creſlant, which ſig⸗
niſieth that he is ol a ſetond bꝛother to bothe thole batts
ſes, from whence in bloud hee is lineally deſcended. All

whiche atchieuementes beloꝛe dilplaped, is within the

Garter cotised of two Lions de ermine, to his create
bpon an healme on a Toꝛce Oꝛ and Azure, à gar be de
Os, ſuppozted with two ions, the one Azure sthe other
Argent, manteled Gules, doubled Argent. To theſe bez.
foꝛe diſcriued, is added his Apothegme oꝛ woꝛd cor vu
via vna,) is, one hart, one way. The ſinceritp tẽperãte
ofthis noble baron as there they be by his propre kligne
openly figniffed , fo his great wiledome z vertue in pꝛe⸗
ferring iuſkice, and the publike weale of his countrep bes
fo2e anpe pꝛiuate affection 62 finguler apetites , are alfo
thereby corteinly declared, the oꝛient Bearle ane
olten

Honour. Fo. 107

often and precioully treaſured in the ñeld e and contents
of his coate armour. and truelie that man is moſt mete
to be a nighe counſaillour, in whom fincerttie and tent
perance be iopned with wiledome, ſuche one ſhal bꝛinge
to the pallace of his pꝛince, an honoꝛable remembꝛance
of his iuſtice and bigilaunce, and as well to noble as to
vnnoble ſhalbe an excellent patterne and pꝛeüdent.
The ſhields charged w Lions are of p Adamant, a ſtone
pꝛetious and of (uch hardines, vt /e ſaper incudem pofitus
acerrimo percutiatur malleo ante malleus & incus vulneri-
bus acceptis diffiliant quam ipfe frangatur comminaturue,
nec fieri ſolum éctys reſpuit fed refiftit etiam igni cuius ardo.
re adeo non acquieſcit numq; incaleſcat ſi Plinio credimus a- atohilt
deo non feodatur vt purtor fiatattamen fingularis exiiniag;
lapidis illins duritia calido hirci Leoniſue cruor ita mol.
leſcet ve diſſoluutur. In ar moꝛie it repꝛeſenteth fortitude Cece.offi. li.
a boctue that fighteth in defence ol equitie, Adamas ven.
na cleprehendits et irrita fucit. The nobilitie of the Lyon
is moſte aboue all other beaſtes to bee marueled at, in
that he in his great heate, ſeketh not the death of anp cre⸗
ature that peldeth it felfe vnto him, zxta commune pro.
uerbum, parceye proſtratis fic nobilis ira Leoni: The fielde
wherein he abidelh is ofthe Rabe party de saphiere, two
gemes very pꝛecious, and ot great dignitie. The able
dothe demonſtrate charitie, the saphiere lopaltie, the one
auapling againſte the byting ol the Scoꝛpion, the other
being marucloullp effections againſte all venime, but of
the twaine, the saphrere is moſte bertudus⸗Helinandus in
his hiſtozie this twopteth ol it. saphirus cælo ſereno ſimilis
eft.cafte pontari vult gemmagx gemmarum et lapis ſunc tus
dicitur. La coulour & piere Saphirigne, reconiforte le fenée le. Feron.
de le home, eg profit counter les enuies,fraudes, & terreurs,
incitant & puoquant le home a paix et amour vꝛctore .
The poꝛtes ſet open in a ſielde saturne, geeuethe libertie
bothe to paſſe foꝛthe at will, and to come in when it plea⸗
ſeth, to carry faꝛth, and alſo to bꝛing in. Porta dicitur quia

} Aa. ih. Poteſt

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_ poteftimportart vel exportart aliquid,proprie autem porta
Yidor Etimo 4 vrbis aut caſtrorum vocatur. The tauſe of theire cons
1b. j. cap. 2. ſfruũion, is to pꝛopulſe the force of the enempe, loꝛ the
common ſaletie of the countric,and ought alwapes to be
in the poſleſſion oꝛ kepinge of ſuthe perſonnes, that em⸗
hbzate obedience and lopaltye, and deteſt treaſon ¢ trea⸗
ther ie, and the bearing of them in coate arinoure, dothe

repꝛeſent no leſle. 1
In the kowerth parte is ſeene on a bende martial, thꝛee
Cinquefoiles fo called of the nomber of their leues, flo⸗
wers of great eſtimacion, and woꝛthye of bearinge, ſoꝛ
their auntientie in Armes, koꝛ they hauing fue leaues,
ifidore do repꝛeſent fue fundepe graces, as to bee perfec in all
ſences, which are taſting, hearing, ſeeyng, feelinge and
ſmelling, and learning muſt be optapned at gods hande
to bie thefe arpght, fo2 that is moſte nedefull in a ruler,
who aboue other oughte to excell in knowledge fo2 the
better gouernment of the people. The flowers afoꝛeſaid
Bartho,deP- hec of Golde, whiche reſembleth the ſonne. Aurum ef in
pri rerum: li corporibus ſicut fol inter ſtellas, sol autem dicitur rex ſtella-
46. rum e lumen eu rum fic aurum eft quaſi rex rerum corpora-
lium e menſura omnit, e-. quanto rubicundius tanto meli
us eſt. Or en armorye repreſente iuftice, nobleffe , pureties
ſplendure; drayture, obedience, le home delectable, tractable,
clare;co egals Mob enſueth inerua her pooꝛe placynge
or theſe Roclts, in that moſte ingenious game of cheffe,
a game inuented foꝛ rulers and magiſtrates, and not fo2
Momus 02 his inſenſate choꝛe, their office is knowne to
all that can plave wel at the ſapde game, as to garde the
Kinges and Queenes with all the people on the chefle
boꝛde, and ſignilp in arm oꝛie, vigilance in defence and
luertie of the prince and countrpe. The fielde wherein
thele rockes be placed, beyng of the pearle, betokeneth
puritie oftonſcience, and ſinguler good will € loue euen

to moꝛtall enemies.

The Garter is de ure celeste & Sapirique, adorned
Ww

of Honour. Fb. 108.

with this not noble title (Gallicés verbis) Honye foit qui
male benſe which Polidore hath this in latin, vétupererur
qui male cogitat.
The Garbe is ofthe Sonne ropally ſuppoꝛted with two
pons, leaſte the malignitie and cruell attemptates of
the deueliſhe rablement, and wicked ſowdanes , myght
deuour and conſume the graine of ſuch an dient ibea®, *
t fo altogether is w the (aid noble beaftes(in forme fir
diſplaped) ryght honoꝛably defended,and baliantlp gars
ded, whereby is bttered, how tnnocents are by this chi⸗
ualler courteous, his trauell and dilligence as well in
tomon caufes as pꝛiuate, defended and alliſted, ¢ their
cauſes alſo daplie motte ſtudioullp diſcuſled, vater eſt or-
phano rum et index viduarum. Thus for bꝛeuitie I ceaſe
anpe further to pꝛotracte the oifcription of the ſoꝛeſayde
enſignes, deſiringe almighty god to bee vnto the bearer
thereof, a ſhielde and buckler, a ſuer taſtell and ſtrong
tower, for his defence againſt the affaults ofall his exes
mies, that in long life , health felicitie and honour, and
alfo with one hart, one waye, to god, his prince, and her
lawes, hee may continue his eſtate ¢ vertuouſlpe maine
tain the tokens and pꝛiſes of noblenes, as by me the cols
lectoꝛ hereof( rude and voide of all eloquente) are as bes
fore ſimply diſcrped, and homelpe bttered, vet ſuche as
they bee, J eftfones commend them, and thofe that here
enfue to his good loꝛdſhip as a cholen patron, to whom
I may fafelp pelde t commit theſe fundzpe collecpons
of ſignes armoꝛyal, beſechyng him the fame in as good
part to receyue, as 3 here againe, do humbly offer them
vnder the pꝛotegion and fauour ot his name.
Sapiens in populo hereditabit honorem, et nomen illius ert
Piuens in eternum. Eccleftaftes.37.

Me beareth:

storkes

Ciconia.

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He beareth partie per felle Sable and eme in chief

à treſſant between. ij. letters of > de Argent, and to his
Creſt vpon the Helme on a wzeathe, D2 and Azure, a
Stoꝛks head talled Argent Pellete, between. g. winges
Sable, beaked Golde, mantled Gules, dubled Argent.
The Stoz ke is taken to be that byꝛde, whiche in Latten
is called c iconia, and is of the figure ol an Heron, but is
greater, and is all white, ſauing the tops of his winges,
bis bill and legges be red, although J haue here 1
bed them

of Honour. °F o,109,
bed them the contrarpe , whiche is but my deuite fo2 ex⸗
angle lake, thep be naturall enemies to ſerpentes and
do flea them, when they be olde, their birdes feede them,
and pꝛouide meate foꝛ them, & volandi impotentes hu.
meris geftant, Wherefoꝛethe Image ot them was the to⸗
ken of iuſtice, and the aunclent kings bad it in the tops
of their fepters , whereby the e were admon iſhed ta a⸗
uance iuſtice and pietie, and ta oppzeſſe iniulice s cru
eltie, iter omnes alias alles pietatis fimbolun geri de A

innenſa ea rum pietate enga ſuos pullos refert Afidorus in »
l, de natura auium Ctconie magna cura alunt en
parentes idm 2 tate defictentes fol læ honitate nathre ad id,
gendsin impulſeæ inguit lian lib. ip, cap. 4: Of this bird
tame a greebe woꝛd for a pꝛouerte Antepelargeniwbicy
fignificth to belpke a fazke, which pronerbe-ts to 20 *
men to bee kinde to their parentes, oꝛ to their matters
whiche teache and bꝛing them r 7 0 % the Lee.
tabiche they . them.

4

the

arted per pale Mars and saturne, a caſtell
triple towꝛed soli, ſuppoꝛted of two pegæſus lunæ, woyth
winges vndie Pearle and saphiere, Paues and ſhodes of

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N

~

ee Vue

The Noble Citie of Exceſter for thenſigne thereok,

hath in a fielde p

Honour. Po. 110.

the Topaze. The creak vpan an healme on a Toꝛce so
and saturne, à demie Lyon artis crowned, holdinge a
Mounde, whereuppon is feta croſſe botonie Topacey
manteled Rabie, doubled Pearle, .

The true idelitie that this: Citie hath alwaies boꝛne
to their liege and ſoueraigne, is moſt woꝛthely reported |
in Diners chronicles, to the great and renclunied fame of
the Citizens therein inhabitinge, who moſte faithfullp
in the time of diuers auncient pꝛynces, haue mankully
delended their citic from the ſpoile of the rebellions ene⸗
my, And amongſt other, vnder that moſt pꝛudẽt pꝛinte
king Henry the feuenth , when it was enuironed Klppʒe
to be entlamed by that traiterous rebel Perken warbek,
ouercomming tyer by fper} and koꝛtifipng places vnkoz⸗
teften; at the laff, they fo. couragioullp lde valiant chã⸗
pions, defended their poꝛtes, poſternes, and walles, that
after many daungerous alſaultes, they dꝛoue awap the
ſapde Parken with the rablement ok his rebellious ars
mp. How much alfo E bow wozthelp are they to be come
mended for their faithfull ſeruis in the time of king Cos
ward the ſirt, who being in the middeſt of rebells; tru’
tailed onfurntthed > bnprepared fo2 fo long a ſiege, dyd
nobly holde out the continual and daungerous affault of
the rebell, fo2 they ſuſtapned the violence of the rebelli⸗
ous rout, not onelp wben they had plenty enough of vic⸗
tuall, but alſo a leuen oꝛ twelue daies after the extreme
kamin tame on them, and liuing without bꝛead, weare
in courage fo manfull, and in duetye lo conſtant, that
they thought it muche better to die the ertreame deathe
of hunger, ſhewing truth to their king, and laue ta their
countrep, then to geue any place to the rebell and fauoꝛ
him with apde, whole examples god graunt, all cyties

map follow and learne to be noble bp Exceſter, whole
truethe dothe not onely deſerue longe pꝛapſes, but alſo
great rewarde. 1181

Bb. g. He

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— IIS
VY PANS ee

He beareth vert, the wings ofan Egle de Argent, and
fo his ereaft vpon the healme on a wzethe D2 4 Azure,
un head de cheual rated de Argent, pellitie betwene two
winges Sable, bꝛpdebled golde, ſet on a wꝛethe Argent

atid Kert, manteled Gules, doubled Argent. It hath bin

is ko be leen, that Angels are painted fetherd and win⸗
ged, derlaring vnto vs thereby (as J read) that they be a⸗
lien and cleane from al earthly cogitacion, and ben 18

of Honour. Fo. ui.

bp aboue to the inueſt contemplation ok the loue of god,
and they are alfo figured hauing winges, to fignifie their
wilt diſcourſe in all things, the windes are ſaid to haue
winges, propter velocitatem [cilicet, vnde ſeriptura ſacra
dicit, qui ambulat ſuper pennas ventorum, Paradine diſcri⸗
bethe lightening to haue winges, that god of eloquence
Mercurie appeared to diuers winged, J ſuppoſe men in
thefe our dapes haue winges allo, and Ope contrarpe to
nature, but à doubt they be counterfet winges, as thoſe
whom Icarus made to fipe with all, whiche when he had
fet them together with wax, and ioyned to his {poe fatte
and fuer inough as he thought, hee mounted vp into the
ayꝛe, but ſo ſone as pᷣ Sonne had ſomwhat heated him,
and his wax began tu melt, hee fell downe into a greate
ryuer where hee was dꝛowned out ol hand, the whyche
water was euer after called by his name, icari mare, the
lpke fall had Bellerophon, when hee tooke vnon hym to
pail bppon Pega/usthe hoꝛſe that had winges, nowe

other thynge dothe theſe ſigniſie vnto bs , but that
no man Gunny meddle with thynges aboue bps com⸗

Bb. itz, we

Icarus,

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Candlefticke. Be beareth Azure E Gules, parted with a Cheuron bes
ale twene thꝛee Candleſticks de Argent. His creaſt, 5 beak
5 Alte pꝛopꝛe, leaning to an Oke Vert, fet on a tozce de

D2 and Gules, manteled Sable, doubled Oz, ſuppoꝛted
with a Beuer argent, coloured € vnguled Sable, and an
Marpie ert , Mpnged de Oz. Whe Alce diſtribed for
the creatt of the ſaid coate ar mour, is a wilde beak in the
woods of Germany, in facion ſkinne like to a fallowe
Deere, but greater, hath no iointes in his lee, and
eres

of Honour. Fo. Iz.

therefore he doth neuer lye, but leane fo a tree when he

both reſt him. The hüters knowing this, do ſaw p trees

that they vſe to leane to, halfe a funder, wherbp they fall sever
dolvne and be taken. Of the ſuppoꝛters, the one is a Be⸗ fiber.

uer, a beaſt called in latin -er, oꝛ Caſtor, whoſe ſtones cafor,
are bled in medicine. He bath the taile ofa filbe, and in Otter.
the refidue is like to an Otter. The other alliſtant is an Harpie.
Harpie, à monſtruous bird, hauing the viſage ot a maid,

and talons ofa maruelous tapacitie. J dyd omit to ſpeak

any thing of the tokens abone blazed in the coate armoꝛ

nexte afoꝛeſaide, tubpche J ſhoulde haue firſte defplapd,

but the vſe or candelſtickes is verp well knowne to all
men, and wherefoꝛe theye ſerue. Theye bee called can-

delabra, 4 candelis quaſi candelafera, quod candelas ferant. Candelabra.

ons paſſant, Sable. Thele re w.
appertain to Sir Peter Ca⸗
rew knight, whole coate ars
moureſ as befoꝛe diſplaied)
hauing the Diamonde fet in
the woꝛthieſt mettal ok al o⸗
I ther, which is Golde, dothe
, demonſtrate after woꝛldlie
vertues, nobleneſſe, bon von-

The fteld is D2, thꝛee Li⸗ Ser peter Ca-

loir, Co recomforte Or the I. Peron en le

ſpirituall vertues, Foye. Le op toll are

Or en armories ha plufours bos ꝓperties &. moult de choſes 54/1.
-Signifie,et repreſent inſtices furce, et attemperance en general,
Et ainſi que le Or ct viuiſie par le home, ainſi li home eſt vi-
uiſie pur le Or qui efminificarifi Y reſtauratifiqui james ne
eft macule par terre, ne dedeins terre, eins de ſoye clarifie la
“terre qui demonſtre, le primier porters, ou celu qui le porte
par fon labour, peine eg vertue auois clarifie fon eſtre.
Gold alſo as it is) moſt principal mettal of al to woꝛld Avicene./;
ly men, ſo it is the loueraigne guide to marctal affaires. 33. C4. 4.
Foz whers Mars can not rule, he taketh place. 5
2b. iin. Thus

Holland

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Thus it is pꝛooued that golde is bicorious but aſſur ed⸗

ly the bearer thereof in coate armour, ought (ir his field

be al thereof) to be ſupplyant and meeke. 5
The Lions in the ſaid flelde, are in their gentle nature,

noꝛ haue anp ferocitte in them, beyng palſant and ruled

by the Sonne, who geeueth them lyght to their trauail,
that they may the ſooner ouercome the enempe: € thepe
tonſidering their eftate,are enemies to a pg 2 al their
hautpe courage. a

wer de Lize⸗ a ion ſaliant
gardãt de argent. plinie wꝛi⸗
tethe that the ions chyefe
nobility i is, cum iube colla eg
armos veſtiunt. Id autem ætu-
te contingitia Leone conceptts.
Quos vero opardi generaueritt
ſemper hoc inſigni carent,ficut

ex famine. Weare note that
all pons boꝛne in armes,

ought to be figured with |
pnes couering their ae and fhoulvers:, fo: fo thep de⸗

clare them ſelues to bee of right birthe, toꝛ thoſe lwohiche
are gottẽ by Pardes, lack the laid enſigne, p is, haue no
maynes, as the Leoneſſe. The Wion alone of al beaſtes,
is boꝛne with open eyes, as witnolleth Pemoecritur nimi-
mig; fomno deditumstradunt ſignum quod dormitantivcanda
iugitur monetur. The ſaide coate appertapneth to Hol 8
land of Deuonſhire bis

Pe beareth Azure, ue tos /

of Honour. i.

m is field is Sable, a theurõ
betwene ty Leopards heads
de D2: € boꝛne by the name
ok Meétwoꝛth, J read in an
auncient woꝛke of Armoꝛp,
that a Cheuron oꝛ à Barre
bath ſignitp the perfection ¢
finiſhinge of anpe thinge,
whiche befoꝛe was not per⸗
fect noꝛ finiſhed, wherin cis
ſiſteth Pꝛudente, the firſt ſo⸗
ueraigne vertue to attapne
to honoꝛ. 5 N

Me bearethe Gules, theee
pons Saliant de Oz.
The I pon liueth long, be⸗
cauſe pleriqsdentibus defecti
reperiuntur. The Lyon one⸗
lye ok all beaſtes is gentle,
and not lightlie angrpe, in
ſupplices, nam proftratis par-
cit,et vbi ſæuit, in viros prius
quã in feminas fremit, in in-
fantes non niſi magna fame
adactus graſſatur. Leonum a-
nimi index eft canda,ficut & equorum aures. Bt he be mos
ued 02 ſtirred, yrimum cauda verberat terr m, deinde cref=
cente ira flagellat tergum. Be long retepneth his wꝛathe,
as it were paciently ſuffring p iniurie done Onto hym.
Mars octupieth the fielde of the aide coate armour, and
the content therin is solis, wherby pꝛowolſe is ignified,
with defire ol lame, It is bozne by the name of Fitz⸗

herbert,
ig Ct. l. He

Wentworth

Fitzherbert,

Clemétia Les
onis in prof=
tratis

eraftos

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He beareth partie per Saltis
er, Sable and Ermine, a Lis
on rampant de D2, armed
and langued Gules. Thyps
coate J finde otherwiſe bla⸗
seb, videlicet, Gerondie of fos
wer Ermine r Sable, ouer
all, a Lpon rampant golde,
armed and langued Gules.
Here ariſeth a controuerfie,
whether there is particion
per Saltier oz noe, matter
Gerarde Leighe ſapeth, that it is the ſeuenth particion,
and boucheth v/psanus to be àgainſte thoſe that woulde
terme the fieloe of the ſayd coate armour to be Geronno
of flower pieces. Of truthe J baue not read Ulpiane, but
allured J am, that all the wꝛiters of armoꝛie the ſpace of
Gftie peares nowe paſte ( whiche J haue ſeene) content
with maſter Leighe and affirme particion per Saltier,
as Jo. Feron, Patuciere Paradine tc. and pet notwitb⸗
ſcanding the diuerfitie of the wziters, theſe particions
being the one fo lyke the other, foz that there is alfo pars
fie per Gpꝛon, it can not bee but that there is founds an
indicferencie of the bf{e in blazon of the one as of the o⸗
ther, they fo nighe appꝛochinge in koꝛme, as for exam⸗
ple, who knowing a Cheuron in the fielde of anve coate
armour, can other wiſe iudge, but that there is particion
per Cheuron. So likewiſe ſeinge a Saitier, wil denpe
but there is particion by the ſame. As theſe bee true, fo
muſte pou conſider of the qualities in all partitions, as
per leſſe, per bende, per pile tc. his coate armoure is
hozne by the name of Grafton. 5
pe

He beareth two demie Lions pafant gardant be Oz, Heche
bp the name of Bache.

2 His fielde is de Argent, a Lyon faltant Gules, debꝛu /
fed with a Barre de Azure, betweene thꝛee crellants and s
as manp Eſtoiles montans ofthe ſeconde:bozne by the

name of Dillon.

He beareth Sable, tivo Ups rang -
ons pallſant de Argent, palie 1
ore Oules. Ot the three

chinges, Que bene incedunt
vea, ofthe fower whiche are 5
comely in goinge, sa lamon Trower’, 305
nameth Gr Lö, wher be
ſapeth: Leo fortiſſemus beſtia-
rum, ad nullius pauebit occurs
fun. Whe X pon whiche is
ſtrongeſt amonge beaſtes,

f geueth place to no man.

The laid coate armoʒ is boʒne by the name ol Strang⸗

Wapes.
Cc. g. Be

the armorte
Capel He beareth Gules, a Lion
Saliant betwene thzee crol⸗
ſes botonie fitchie de Oꝛ.
The nobilitie of the por
is before fuffictentlp decla⸗
red, and this coate armoure
is bozne by the name of Ca⸗

pell.

He beareth Argent, nyne
Cinquefotles Gules, a Liõ
Saliant Sable, armed and
langued of the ſeconde, yet
here remapneth one nature
of the Lion vntouched: that
is when he flpeth ,.Non ob
uertit tergum quaſi pauidus,
ſed pedetentim pro grediens oF
murmurans reſpicit retro. N 0.
autem niſi læſus exagitaturs.
aut fame incitetur . The ſaid
coate oes to Perpopnte of Holme.

Me beareth Argent, afetle
Gules, betwene three Cag-
lettes Sable, membꝛed and
I beaked of the fecond. There

be fire kindes of Eagles, as
witneſleth pinie: The firſte
whereo he calleth Me/enatos:
betauſe of her black colour,
wherol ſhe taketh her name,
of bodie ſhe is the leaſt, ed
viribus omnium præſtantiſſi
ma, She frequenteth 1

the

Perpoynte.

Leedes

of Honour. Fos.

the highe mountapnes and woods. This alone of al the

kindes of Eagles, noꝛiſheth and bzingethe bp her pong

birdes Ariſtottle ſapeth, that the is pernix, concinua, poli- Hiſſer. ani-
ta, apta, intrepida, firenua liberalis et non inuida: mo- mal. li. 9, ca.
deffa etiam, nec petulans, quippe qua non clungit neq; lip- 32.

piat, aut murmuret. The aide armes bee bozne by the

name ot Leedes.

At Hall yate
of shirburne

2 Pebeareth Sable, a Cheuron betwene three Sinil⸗
tre handes copie de argent. This was the coate of Gils
bert at Hall pate of Shireburne in Elmet, a Gentlema
of auncient name and alſo toate armour, as is recoꝛded
ol him in manp wꝛitings pet apparant.

2 His fielde is of Gules ,a Seſſe betwene thꝛee Crefs
faunts de Oꝛ, boꝛne by the name of Okeham.

N 5 His field is de Argent, on

Okeham,
sachenerell.

aSaltier Azure, fine Goz⸗
ges de Oz. Paſter Gerarde
Leighe makethe difference
betwene water budges, and
thefe. The cauſe onely 3
iudge, becauſe they recepue
not one foʒme € figure.
The ſaide coate armoure is
bozne by the name ol Sache
uerell.

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m De beareth Argent, a Cheu⸗
ron de Ermines, betweene
thzee Inkes molpn crulule
botonie fitchie Sable, a chetf
ea | | as the ſeconde. Ok the token
boꝛne in thys coate armour
J haue ſufficientlpe ſpoken
ok bekoꝛe bpon the blaſon of
the Croffe molpn. Pow is
thereloꝛe to bee declared the
diguptie of the fielde of the
. 0 (laid armes, which is argent.
„in Greeke called Argurium, not larre from the latin
Argent poſt name and appelation, it is a ropal metall, Haber autem
aur um nobis proximum bonitatis lock ab auro; cui ſcilicet color eft albus
lius metals. eg talit natura vt iꝑni liqueſcere fudig; poffit Metalla ſi ad
argentum incatinatum coniecta fuerint mutantur nonnihil:

argentum vero ipſum remanet purum, attamen vb diuti-

us arſerit, ei aliquid igni deperit: ac deinde acria ipſum core

rodunt. Ergo vilius eſt auro ſed durius eo: et quo mollius fue
erit eo eft prefantius. Nam minus fragile eſdatque ideo laxi-

us dilatatur malleo ictum, minus tamen auro dilatatur mi-

nuſq; ef eo ponderoſum Et propter eam quam habet durici.

am, fine pe rcutiatur ſiue proticiatuy edit fonitum , efficiun-

Monffer coſi- turg; ex eo eadem opera quæ ex auroiſed numero plura. Hil-
880.11. 1, ner alſo bath theſe qualities peculiarlp it is clerae, it is
' ſhꝛill of found, eaſelpe ductile, a meruelous pꝛeſeruer of
lweete balmes, the Jalpers frend , and with whom the

Jaſper better agreeth then with golde. It is alſo medi⸗

tinable, fo2 his offall oꝛ duſt remedieth woundes, sed

mirum im modum illud dum candidum fit impreſſum corpori

linsas nigras reddit, Ihe felde of the ſaide coate armour

fignificth p bearer to be of conſcience bpꝛight in iuſtice,

and belirows to appeaſe ſcrile, and is bozne hy the name

of Binglm ill.

sir william
Kingſmill
knight,

of Honcur. Fo. Ii6.

a He beareth Oz, two Chews :
“ee | dls Jrons betweene thee Ere⸗ Ve
koples Sable. The Trefoil 7c.
ſin latin is called Trifolium,
rect trifillum vocant, quod
. folis trinis per fingulas an-
notaciones It betokeneth the
nion of theee in one ſub⸗
Once, e the token is much
augmẽted by the woꝛthines
ofp field, being golde which
is 5̊ head ok al other mettals.
The fieldis Vert, iy. Piles
de Oz, ij. deſcending, x. i. als
tending in point of the kelle .
in chiete a plate betwene. ij.
Treftoiles,de Argent. The
trefotles heare in this toate
ar mour, are in their pꝛopze
field, which is, of that Ladie
Venus colour Greene. This venus ev.
hearbe is comonly knolone colour.
by the name of thꝛee leaued
graſle, an hearbe excellent,
and efpecial to man and eee
* ; e beareth Azure, tivo Pil⸗

B Hers in pile fulile argent,” , eta
fin chiete a Crowne be Oz.
Suche pillers of ſtone, the “e
great Charles cauſed to bee
ſet bp in p Palace whych he
builded at Ingelheim in Ger⸗
manp, woheras be was boꝛne
after p opinion of moſt wet
ters, the which pillozs were
tranflated thence (as Pitter

Cc, tity. ſapethe

Trefoile

Columne fu- fi-

files,

87 KATE.

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ſapeth in his time) and notve erect in the pꝛince Palan⸗
tine his caſtle at Heidelberg, in perpetuum artis fuſoriæ
memoriam.

Thus thoſe pꝛiſes in coates armoures, whiche are ot
many called ile, that is to ſape Opyndles, map aptlp
be taken foꝛ pillers.

Juſillei in latin, Columnæ fuse, aut fifi iles sand ſo to bee
blazed in armes, ſince that ſuche a mighty conquerour,
and pꝛince molke pꝛudent, as Charles the great was,
thought good to erect Pilloꝛs fufible of fone verie pres
pꝛecious, in perpetual remembꝛance of ſ pynners craſte,

The ſielde is de Argent,
and Sable, parted per pale,
on a eſſe, de le vn, et le auter
two water boudges, tranſ⸗
muted of the fielde.
This coate beinge charged
on the Feſſe, beantifiethe
it muchs, ſo as the armozie
can not bee but perfite and
good, ik it be well confidered
of. A water boudge alſo pars
ted per Pale, of the mettal,
and colour afoꝛeſaide, mape congruentlp ſtande fo2 a
creaſt of the fade coate armour.
He beareth Sable, a Squire
direct from the chiele, to the
dexter parte of the ſhield, de
Argent. This is a principal
inſtrument of the Carpet
ter, and is called Gnomon vel

Norma. In engliſh a ſquiere

without the which nothinge
: can be rightly done, ſo nede⸗
ful it is to the framing of al
woꝛkes. The token hereok
ſeene

of Honours. fol.7

ſeene in toate armour, map fignifie good direction, ⁊ pꝛu⸗
dente, bled with great moderation, before anpe thinge
weightie be attempted, and attempted, bꝛought to a per⸗
fect concluſton.

Pote alſo, that there map be bſed in coate armour, parti⸗
cion per Squere, although it be rare ſeene.

The field is Gules, a Cheuz
ron de Argent, boꝛne by the
name of Folfarde. Ok the
fame oꝛdinarie are thele ens
fuinge,

1 Argenta Cheuron Gules
boꝛne by the name of Stoker:
2 Argẽt, a Cheuron Sable,
by the name of Mordante,
Os 5a Cheuron de Azure,
by the name of Clopton,

4 D2a Cheuron Werte, by

the name of Judge,

betwene iij Griphons heades

eraſed de Argent, bp p name
of Cotton.

Ox the like particia be thelt

which folow, the fields tober

of occupy ſundꝛy tokens, as

the reader mape eaſelye pers

cexue the ſouerapgntie of the

g . 2
rgent, a Cheurõ betwen
5. thre Partelets Sable, boꝛne

bp the name ofetpten, DE 5
2 Argent, a Cheuron Gules, bettveene thꝛee Hur tes
by the name of Bafkeruile,
3 Gules, a Cheuron Argent, bet we ne thꝛee Elcallops,
be O, by the name of Chamberlepne. he
Do. f, 4 Uert

Folfarde,

He beareth Sable, a Cheurs 1

Pudfey,

Vurey
Violes,

Heron.

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4. Uert a Cheuron betwene thꝛee Pulletes de D2, per⸗
fed, by the name ol Pudley:
5 Sable, a Cheuron betweene thꝛee Wrefoiles de Ars
gent, by the name of Vg.
The ſield is Azure, a Felle
nebule de Ermine, betweene
thꝛee Phyals Dargent, this
veſſell, Iſidore ſapeth, is talled
à Phiale, becaufe it is made
of Glaſfe, and it isa little vel⸗
fell with a bꝛoade bottome,
and a ſmall necke. In ſuche a
veficll wpne is eſpeciallpe
knowne by the tolour, and al
ſwete waters are therin put
to be pꝛeſerued. Such tokens
map be geuen to feruitours of kynges 2 papnces, whiche
beginne and take aſlape of all dꝛinkes beloꝛe their ſoue⸗
raigne. Let all thofe perſons remember the truſte put in
them, as in no part they warne from their duetie, but to
be without coꝛruption, and voide of al vncleanes, as they
map deſerue to beare the noble enfignes afoꝛeſalde.

gent. This is a birde of the
Water, quippe quæ vivit ex 4
qua, und pet greatelp dꝛedeth
rapne and tempeſtes, which
in flying on high thee allap⸗
eth to auoide, after the ſap⸗
inge ol Uirgil. |
A iq; altam ſupra volat Ardeæ
a nubem. ais! b

The Heron aboue the highe cloudes dothe fipe,

fo as one can ſcarte her deterne tuithepe, <<
Kocatur.etiam ob id ardea, d, ardua ſuo volatu petat. She
; EM a inne cy eee tT Se tthe maketh:

of Honour. fol.u8

maketh her neff on highe trees, and bathe a naturall bas
tred to the Pauke, Sicut viciſſim accipiter exitium illins cõ-
tinuo querit. Foꝛ thep ſkirmiſhing on high in the aire, go
about this one thing, whether of them in fpinge higheſt,
tan exceede the other. It the the Hauke optaine the higher
plate, ſhe ouerthꝛoweth the Heron vehemently, and fleeth
her, but ik the Heron do get aboue the Hauke, ſhe oefileth
her with her ercrement and killetbe her, fo2 her dung is
popſon to the Hauke, and rotteth her kethers. The ſayde
coate is boꝛne by the name of Heron.

= Bis fielde is de D2 , a Gripe
Sable. The Gripe in latin is
called V ultur, à foule berp tas
uenous, and a great deuourer
ok carren, hee hathe an huge
bodp, which canfeth him to be
dowe in flight, whereof alſo
he taketh his name, but he is
ok a very Harpe fight, e ther⸗
fore ſeeth his pꝛap a farre of.
Me moſte deſtreth to keede on
mans fleſhe, befoze all other
birds: t of a ſinguler wit geuen him by kinde knolvethỹ
death of mã, pꝛonoſtitating the ſame certain dates before.
There be that wꝛite marueils of him: which is, that in the
lime of warre, ſeuen daies before anp fight, he doth ſmeil
the place where the battaile ſhalbe, x ioyneth him ſelle to
that party which he thinketh thal die of the lwoꝛde. And
therefoze the kings in olde time had their deninours and
ſouthſapers, which with great diligente did beholde the

eyes of theſe Gripes oꝛ V ultures, markinge to what parte

thepe dyd turne theire fighte, and which they did foꝛſhew
fhoulde die in the battaile. Saint. Ambroſe wꝛptelbe, that
the Gripe dothe concepue withoute the ſeede of the male,
and is gendꝛed without coniunction, and that he leech en
100, peares, and when he dꝛaweth lo extremoage the o⸗
wer part of his bill, graweth ſo cloſe and croked ones the
Dod. tf. nethe

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nether that he can not open it to take his meate, and fe
diethat laſt koꝛ hunger. Foꝛ he dothe not make tharp his
beake vpon a ſtone, as the Eagle dothe.

Sawe,

He beareth Sable, a Sawe
Com pal Cy

in pale, betwene two Come

palles de Argent.

Theſe inſtruments are beſte

knoboune to ſuche as woꝛke in

Typmber, and are verie aun⸗

cient addpetons in armor
Irxpe. ö

He beareth Azure, if. Gees
arbozie Dargent, beaked, €
mẽbꝛed de Oz, It is read, that
ther be certain trees in Scot⸗
land, which growinge nere p
bank ofa great water, bꝛing
koꝛth fruit coglomerate with
leaues, and the lame fallinge
when it is ripe into the riuer.
quickneth, and is turned into
à liue birde, whiche thepe call
g VkͥAnſerem arboreum, à Goole ox

the tree. And this tree (as ſome wziteth) growethe in
the Alle Pomonia, not farce from Scotland , towwardes the
Morthe. The olde Cotmographiers, elpecielip Saxo C-
Anſeres ar- maticiis maketh mẽcion of this famous tree. Think it not
borei therefoze to be a faigned matter deuiſed oꝛ immagined of
the new wꝛiters. Alfa. L eneas Siluius torpteth of the fame
thus. Audiueramus nos olim a bore eſſe in Scotia, quæ supra
vipa flumninis cnata fructus pduteret anatarum forma babctes
et eos quidennch maturitati proximi eſſent [ponte ſua deci deres
alios in terram ulios in aquum, & in terra deiecbus putreſcere,
115 4, 00 in

Goofe arborie

V Honour. fol. lig

in aquam vero demerſos mox animatos enatare [ub aqui &
in acre plumis penniſq; euolare. Munſterus, (of whom gma⸗
de fo okte mencion befoze)in his booke of Coſmographie,
faicth that he being in Scotlande with kyng Jameg, dili⸗
gently fearched where the ſaide miraculous tree ſhoulde
grote, at the laſte learned, that it was not to be kounde
in Scotlãd, fed remotius apud Orchades inſulas. Uher foze
the fame Gees map alſo be termed, Gees oꝛchadie, becau
ſe thep are fo merueloullp bꝛought koꝛth in the fame ille.
The ſielde is argent. 5. Sto⸗

: | chedsd asure, palles en (aul:
tier. Alphonſus firſte kinge of J. Feron.
| Lufitania nowe called Poꝛ- Nunſter
tugal, and the firſt alſo which
recouered / lixibonam fri the
Saracenes, which longe had
kepte the ſame:t ouercame.5.
ok their kĩgs in one battaille,
agumpted to beare fo2 bys
enſigne fiue ſcocheõs, whiche
he left to hys poſteritie, as a
monumente of ſuche bys famous arte,

: Bye.
© be beareth quarterly d oꝛ ⁊ azure 2, flours de lute on a Chelcelestes,
shri Dod. itj. bende

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a bende of the firt e ſecond. The ſaid coate armour apper
teineth to maſter John Bye.

2 Che beareth a ſhielde quartered of the Topaze ¢ Sas
phire,a Chalcelet on the firſt quarter Diamonde.

Thys birde is ſeldom ſeene, foꝛ the frequenteth the mõ⸗
taines, as Ariſtotle ſaieth)and is longe and blacke, like to
a tertaine Hawke called Plumbarius, oꝛ to the birde cals
led Phynge, that flieth the moſt parte by night, x taketh his
pꝛape, more Aquilæ, t fighteth fo cruelly with the Cagle,
that they being wounden together, fall downe both to the
groũde, and ſo are taken of ſhepherdes on liue. Chalcis non
clare videt.

His fielde is Saturne,
an bade dertre in keſle of the
moone , € to his creaſt a fiſte
within a garlande of laurell
p20p2e.

25 The ligne bozie in thys
tote armour is a right hãde,
called in latine Dextera, and
hath v name of Dare, to giue,

foꝛ ſuretle of peace is geeuen
therewith: and it is alſo the
witneſſe of faith and truſte,
hoc eſt illud apud Fullium
Pac publicaiuffufenatus dedi,

id eſt dexteram. And 5̊ apoſtle
Paule fateth, James, Cez
phas, ⁊ J hon, twbih femed to
5 be pillers, gaue me € Warna
bas the right hãds, (r agreed with vs) that we ſhuld prea
che among the beathen,¢ they among the zewes tc. The
fife deſplated fo2 the treaſte afoꝛeſaid, is called Pugnus in
Latine, becaule the fingers be clighte in. Pugnus autem 4
pugilla dictusſicut Palma ab expauſis palma ramis,

The

of Honour. fol.x0

Whe ſielde is Gules, a Bg.

l G Cheuron betivene thꝛee crol⸗
ſes partie dargent.
hfs coate bath bene boꝛne

by the name of Barkley, and
whereas inthe ſald martiale
fielde, there is diſplaid thꝛee

Croffes, the ſame do put me
in remembꝛaũce of a certaine
miraculous foꝛtune, whiche

happened vnto the Romaine
Emperour 77berius, à pꝛinte 21 :
dpꝛight in iuſtice, pure in life, cleaue in tonſciente: who Conftan we 155

gouerned the whole empire lo pꝛudently ⁊ ſynterelp, that
no man was able to repꝛoue him, ik the hiſtoꝛies whiche
are wꝛitten of him do not deceiue vs. Paulus Diaconus in
bps rviij.booke, which he wꝛitte de Ram anorum geſtis, doth
declare that this Emperour Tiberius ſpent ſo great trea⸗
fours about the repairinge his detailed palates, to redeme
pooꝛe captiues, to builde hoſpitals, to erect monaſteries, to
marie € pꝛouide foꝛ the oꝛphanes ¢ widowes, in all which
he was fo bountiful, that vnneth he had any thing left to
mainteine bys Ropall eſtate ¢ houleholde. Truelp thys
was a bleſſed neceffitie,fo2 what can be better beſtowed,
than that which is emploied in the ſeruite of Chꝛiſte. And
of thys pouertie the Emperoure was not aſhamed, but

thought it a great gloꝛie, pet one thig greued hym moche,
whiche was to ſee Sophia the empꝛeſle reioite fe moche at
hys miſerie. Fo2 the highe and noble hartes, which keele
themſelues wounded, do not ſo moche eſteme theire oon
paine, as they do to ſee theire enemies reiopce at theire
griefe. But God neuer foꝛſoke them that fo2 his fake bes
cà me pooꝛe, as it appeareth by thys: It chaunced one dape
that euen as this Emperour Tiberius walked in the mid ⸗
deſt of his palace, he eſpied at hys feete a marble ſtone,

whiche was in fourme like vnto a Crolle: and bꝛcauſe he

thought

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thought it an vnmete thig to haue the fame ſpurned wilh
Croffe foule kecte, uhiche was fo victoꝛicus ¢ triũphant afigne,
he tauſed the ſtone to be taken bp(not thinking any thing
to be there vnder) and immediatlp akter thep founde an
other, wherein like wiſe was the koꝛme of the Croſſe, and
thys being taken vp, they founde an other in like maner,
and when that was pluck vp from the botome, there was
founde a treafure , whiche conteaned the ſomme of twos
millions of duckettes,fo2 the which, the good Emperour
Tiberius gaue vnto almightie God moſte highe thankes:
€ iuberas befoꝛe hee was liberal, noive after wardes hee
was moche moze boũtitul. ꝓoꝛ all thoſe treaſures be ber
tuouſlp diſtributed, amongſt the pooꝛe and nedie people.
M hoſe treafours thep were, of the J fpnde thus weittẽ:
Theſauros Iuſtiniani ſecundi, & Narſetis Eunuchi, vicnug,
con geſtos miraculoſò repperit, liberaliterq; in pauperis diſpenſa-
uit. Let therfore mightie princes € great Loꝛdes fee, read,
x _ pꝛolit by thys example, x let them thinke them ſelues al⸗
Vitis Cafarn ſured, that foꝛ geuinge almes to the pooze , ihey nede not
Jol. sz. feare to become pooꝛe: foꝛ in thende, the victous man tan
not call hymſelſe riche, noꝛ the vertudus man, can counte
hymſeife pooꝛe.
e 9 ls ficloe is d' ermine. ii.
A kK 4 A bumeties gules. |
q The firlke that euer did
were Ermine in bps ropall
robes, was( as I reade in an
olde woꝛke of Armoꝛp) Lao
medlon, kynge of olde Trope.
he thaught Priamus his fons
- / no to wearethe fame; who
being king in the tyme of the
warre, & great ſiege of trope, :
was euer ſeene whan he ta⸗
me into the fielde, oꝛ whan hee entred into battaille, to
weare the fatde noble furre of Ermine in his cloke ish
ys

Daubrygge-
court,

of Flonour. Fo.121

bys armoure. ys eldeſt fonne alſo Heclor by name, was Hector.
al waies ſeene in place of his father, to haue bpd hym that
mantle oꝛ cloke furred with Ermine, and in that hee kil⸗
led manie noble men of the Gꝛeekes. U herfoꝛe the Gꝛe⸗
tians euer ſaide it was kynge Priamus, becaule hee onelp .
in the fielde did firſt weare the fame. Then the noblesof
Trope oꝛdepned fo2 Her, an other apparell differringe
moche from hys fathers, that the Gꝛeekes might plaine⸗
ly perceaue , that there was an other noble ¢ ſtoute war
riour in Trope beſides kyng Priamus.Thep bled not this
apparell but in time of warre, becauſe they were as litle Ce Er-
aS coates, and beinge not longe oꝛ heauie, did nothinge ye,
hindꝛe them in fightinge: therekoze they were called
coates of armes, and of nobilitie, foꝛ that they were very
pleaſant to the ſighte, and to be ſeene farre of , beinge all
whypte and blacke. And ome wꝛiters affirme, that the
firſte armes were ol Ermine, and that kynge Prianus
was the firſte that bare them: alledging further that af:
ter the deſtruction of Trope, there tame a noble man of
the ſtocke of kynge Priamus into Bꝛitaine, and there did ri
inhabite: and therefoꝛe the duke ok Bꝛitapne beareth .
Ermine, becauſe (ſape they) hee commeth of that ſtocke
that firſte inhabited that countrep, and was the firſte
Lode thereof. And fo J gather, that the firſte bearinge of
Ermine in coate armoure, was inuented atthe ſiege of
Trop, although the oꝛdering therof was not in ſo goodly
à maner then, as is now in theſe dapes.
The Heumettes boꝛne in the armes befoze deſcried, do Heumettes,
admoniſhe the beaver. Memorare nouiſſima. Thep appers
feane to Daubzigecourte of Stratfeloe Say.

the armorie

@ idee beareth Oz, a Lyort
rampannt d Ermine, debꝛu⸗
ſed with two Warruletes , €
fret with the thirde Sable.
Why fo manp Lions are
boꝛne in Eſcocheons, Nun,
fete flerws declareth in thele iyo?
des. Principibus enim Belgas
irn parantibus, nouum expe-
ditionem in Syriam, aſſumpſe⸗
runt variorum colorum Leones,
relictiſ veteribus inſignibus.
Ot the bearinge of Lions in ſondꝛie wile. J haue ſpaken
ſufficiently in the beginning of this bobke.
¶ The fielve is terte. ar,
rowes in poincte d oꝛ. The
creaſte a Nheond argent, on
a Scallop gules. This coate
mighte be boꝛne ol ſome one
ma boho karre epcelled others
in ſhootig, ⁊ fo mightehaüce
to be honoꝛed w ſuthe a crea⸗
ſte koꝛ a rewarde, J haue o⸗
mitted to marſhal the fame;
=| either with helme, wꝛeathe,
ſoꝛ mantle, whiche J haue bs
fed in the blazon of a greate
| nobie of totes before, becauſe
ve map the better vnderſtãde
What ſuche athementes ber.
ut it might be aſked of me,
what thys woꝛde acheuemet
meaneth. It is (as P. Gee
rarde IU. deſineth in his acti⸗
dente of armoꝛie) , th armes
of euerie gentelman, well marchalled with the e
ters

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ters, helme, woꝛeath, ⁊ creſte, with mantels, ¢ p woꝛde, ot
fom termed p poeſie, ali lohiche of heraltes is pꝛopꝛely cal
led biazon, healbome, t timbꝛe. This creſte nexte afoꝛeſaid
J haue fo oꝛdered, becauſe antiquitie receaued the one
befoze the other: and that treaſtes may bee boꝛne, wout
anꝑ wꝛeath, ⁊ right cõmẽdable inough, folo wing the opt.
nion of the befoꝛe named P. G. Leighe, in his laid boke.
The Arrowes Landing pile wats in poincte, is one of p
hon oꝛable oꝛdinaries general: whiche becauſe they ſtãde
in poincte, bꝛingeth me in remẽbꝛaũce of pᷣ coate armour
of that noble houſe of the Poulets, who beare Sable, thre Poulet.
0 arminge Codes d argent,
pile in poincte, as pe map ſee
bhere deſplaied. DE p [woꝛde,
Bee ¢ toby it is lo called, ooke
in the next boke entituled, of
Cotes and creſtes.

tee beareth azure, tive
barres embatiled, contreba⸗
tiled d Ermine, by the name
of Burnelye.

Ok the like bearing are

theſe which fololb.
1 Sable. tj.barres embati⸗
led d Ermine. f
2 ¶ Crmines, ff. barres em
batiled contrebatiled d oꝛ.
= A] Gules. ij. Barres emba
tiled d argent.

Burnebye,

the armorie

Che beareth argent, one à
faulter engrailed ſab, 5. El⸗
calopes of the fielde, a chiefe
of the ſetonde, charged with a
Lyon paffant of the firſte, ar⸗
med and langued gule. This
cote Armoure is boꝛne by the
name of Baker.
he beareth ſable, z. bꝛode
arrowes barrwais d argent.
The latine foꝛ an arrowe is
Sagitta fo talled as Ifidore fas
Bia veth,« Sagaci iactu id eſt veloci
ihn. Pennis enim fertur quaſi
lia) is: vt celeriter mors percurrat
d homint.His priumũ Cretenſes
v ſunt. The arrowes boꝛne
in the ſaide cote armoure, are
to be tak? foꝛ ſuche as we call
bꝛode arrowes, vet p bearing
ok them in koꝛme as J befo2e
haue de ſcribed, is verie rare
te bee ſeene. oer
„ The ſelde is vert, à Crolle
. V bowe bente d argente. ſedore
a ſaieth that Baliſtaæ, tobiche in
Engliche we call a Crofle
bowe, hath p name , ab emits
tendo iacula, foꝛ tobe the fame
is bent, it caſteth from it with
great foꝛte either arrowes 02
ſtones. ir Thomas Eliot)
knight of woꝛthy fame, in his
boke ẽtituled p Gouernoure,
f ſuppoſeth that Croſſebowes
and handgonnes where bꝛoughte into thys realme, 5
, the

Brode arrowe

+

of Honour. F0.123

the ſle ight of our enemies, to the entent to deſtroy the no
ble defence of archerpe? But what woulde hee thinke in
theſe our dates, if he were on liue, to fee the fame almoſt
vtterly decated, Certes he would lament with teares, the
negligence of his countrepmen, that ſo litle regarde and
eſteeme the feat ok Artillerpe, oz the due obferuacion of
the laius pꝛouided foꝛ the defence of their countrep. The
bearer of the faide coate armaur, map aptlye adde theres
unto, this popfie oꝛ Apothegme. Ingenium ſuperat vires.
The ſield is Sable, two bo⸗
wes bente addozled de Os,
ey iringed Gert, thele are to
bee taken foꝛ longe bolves,
her with this realm ok Eng
land, bath ben not dnelp bell
dekended fro out ward hoſti⸗
litie, but alſo in other regiös
haue ben ſeene to preuatle as
gapnſt people innumerable,
and ineſpecially in the tyme
of the moſte puiſſaunt pꝛyn⸗
ces, Edwarde the thirde, and Henry the fte, agapnſle

——— ee

Archer ie.

Bowe,

the French. The bow in latin is called Zrcess,eo quod ar 4e,

ceat aduerſarium. Item arcus ob peciemeq; ſint curuati arctis.

Vv

parted per pale vndade, wo
Towers embatiled Darget,
Ihaue vſed verpe okte thys
particion, but heare in thys
toate it hath a great ſuperv⸗
oꝛitie, the Towers deupded
Watried, and in their prope
colour, beutplieth muche the
fame. Towers are eſpetlal⸗
Iny builded foꝛ defence, ¢ are

Ee. iij. arccn-

He beareth Cert € Sable, Towers

called in latin Arces aqui’ ee |

the armorie
ercentur hoffes. It is alſa verye neceffaric to name in the

blazon ot the laide deuiſe, or hoo many peeces the ſapde

embatlements be made, thereloꝛe fap, thep bee embatiled
of thꝛee peeces and two halkes. and ſo they be right.
N He beareth Sable on a Feſſe
de Oz, betweene three Ane
uieldes, Argent, a demie Lpe
on paſſaunt Gules, armed t
| langued Azure. The Anulld
is the chieleſt inſtrument of
the Smith, whereon he bea⸗
tech the Jron and ſteele, and
ſo woꝛketh it in lẽgth, bꝛedth
and foꝛme as liketh him. It is
an auncient addycion of are
moꝛꝑ:and is called in p Noꝛ⸗
therne tongue a Stethpe, in latin Incus, V eteres autem nõ
incudem vocabant,fed intudem, eo ꝙ in ea metallum tunda~
zur id eſttendatur. A Sledge oꝛ an Hammer, of ſome cal⸗
led a foꝛmall, mighte ſeeme to be an apte creaſte fo2 the
faide coate armour.

The flelde is Oz, on a pale
bꝛetellee Sable, a Crowne
imperiall. This toate is of
great excellenty, conũdering
p field to be of that moſt woꝛ
the mettall, Golde. Zn latin,
Aurum, ſo called, 4b aura.i.«õ
Hlèdore, of ſhining g repercuſ
ſo aere plus fulgeat. This cote
armoꝛ fignifieth vnto pᷣ bea⸗
rer, cõſtãcie in euerp thyng.
allo in lone. The fame is als
foa Super latſue of the higheſt degree, moſte riche bes
cauſe the fielde is of the mettal afoꝛeſaide, and the thinge
vontapned therin Sable, It is allo one of the honoꝛable
ozdinaxies

/ Honour. , Fo. 124

oꝛdinaries charged.
— hee bearethe Gules, one
be 7 7 7 * Plough de Argent, a chiele
＋ 1＋ 7 ＋ * * de Ermme. This is an creel»
ao : lent coate, and of bearinge
nd cc : right woꝛthle, the field being
of the colour, that beſt becom
meth the warriour: Næm ru
ber arma tas equites exornet a-
mictus. The token boꝛne in
the fielde, is the Ploughe, the
chiefeſt addition that map be
geeuen to ennoblich the huſ⸗
— anbcontitterh of that mighty planet, Tuna, the
xiper and encreaſer ot kruites, the beutp of the night, and
Ladpof the ſea and times: whoſe capitall ſigne is adoꝛ⸗
ned with p furre of that litle beaſte of Armonie, valiante
cqurage and marciall pollicie mighte ſeeme to aduaunte
the bearer of this coate armour , rather then the dignitye
@2 auncient lignage of his ſtocke and pꝛogenie „ foꝛ that
perhaps in him might be baſe, and of lowe eſtate: as one
called from the Plough, to be a king: Suche mas Numa
Pampilius kinge of Romaynes. A bdolominucking of Sidon
And nert to them although not akiage, 2 wintivs,Wwhoe
hauing but thirty acres of lande, and beinge plougheman
thereof,the Senate and people of Rome ſent a meſlenger
to ſhew him, that they had cholé him to be Dictator, which
was at that time, p higheſt dignity among the Romains,
and fo three monethes, had auctoꝛitie ropall, Q uintius
hearing the meſlage, let his ploughe ſtand, and went in⸗
to the citie, and pꝛepared his hoaſte againſte the Samnites,
and vanquiſhed them valiantly, that donne bee ſurren⸗
dꝛed his office, and being diſcharged of the dignitie, repal⸗
red again to his plough/x applied it diligently. Thus pe
may lee § the occupiers of the plougy L bufbandiy Hane
atteyned to gret dignitp, to be paces ot people ¢ cofirreis.
avian Ce.litf. Then

MAA

Ag AW

Creneuile.

the armorte

Then 3 ſape it tan not bee other wiſe taken, but that the
Plough is a token bothe noble and excellent, wel become
ming coate armour. *

He bearethe Gales , theee
Sufflucs de Os, by the name
OF Greneuile, à toate of great
antiquitie, as à haue founde
in dpuers auncient Monu⸗
mentes: foꝛ at the firſte tyme
that euer J ſaw them, which
was in the pariſhe chuthe of
Mpcham,; within fire miles
ok London, in the lower part
ok the church there, towards
the welt, J marueiled of the
figne, what it ſhoulde be contepned in the field of the laid
coate armour, but of long time J coulde not compꝛehend
the fame; pet, ſince 3 haue harde ſome boldely affirme it
to be called a Kell, an inſtrument to guide the hoꝛſmans
ſtaffe, where in deede it ſerueth to an other purpofe; as to
conuey the winde from the Bellowes to all the Pipes of
oe ae any by bebte name is called a Sufflue.

8 Hos fielde is Sable, itj. pick⸗

res de Augent⸗boene bP ed

ame of Pigot.

te mm | nſigne, map alſo be diuerſip
„„ amed 5 wheretoꝛe J reade
233 : hat an Herault, hail beare
no blame, thoughe hee ſeea
4 thing in armes, and tan not
well declare what it ſhoulde
bee: beinge perbaps ſuche a
thinge as is out os vſe e not
often ene 07 elne as an inſtrument, oꝛ other thing
wan in a . ea 5-02 Atgole ef E
cta

|

of Honour. Jol.125

crates man, (as this nert befoze deſcried is)o2 fome fra ge
tree, leafe; hearbe, flower, and ſuche other: if hee faile to
name the fame right, it is no errour, ſo he fayle not of the
colours and nombꝛe thereof, according to the rules or ar⸗
mozpe, Ioꝛ by reaſon (ſapeth myne autthoꝛ there is noe
man mape knowe all things, ſince fo diuerſip they be cal⸗
led, and in ſundzy wiſe deſcribed ozfiguren,

Bee beareth partye per fette
Od, and Uert, one fuſiil in
pale, tranſmuted of the field,
in chiefetj.cluſters ol grapes
pꝛopꝛe. Let the bearer hereot
be efpeciallp endowed topth
the vertne Temperante, be⸗
cauſe his chiefe is of the vine
tree, then the which nothing
is moze pꝛofptable to the
ſtrengthe of mans bodie, ne
a mode pernicious to voluptu⸗
dus appetites, it meaſure ſhoulde lacke in deinkkinge the
fruite thereof, Androcides (a man of excellent wiſedome)
wꝛote vnto the great king Alexander an Epiſtle, deüring
him to refraine his intemperance, wherein bee lapdr. 0+
ble pꝛince, when thou wilt dꝛinke wine, remember then,
that thou dꝛinkeſt the bloude of the earthe, ſignifpinge
therebp (after the oppinion of Sir Thomas Eliot) the
mighte and power of wine, as alſo warning Alerander
of the thirſte oꝛ appetite of bloude, whiche woulde enſue
by his imtemperate dꝛinkinge. Foꝛ Plinie (that Wzptethe
this hiſtozie) ſayeth immediately. It Alexander had obeied
the precepts of Androcides he had neuer flain his frindes
in his dꝛunkenneſſe for hee flewe his deere krinde Clytus)
(whore ud granicum amnem nut capite Alexandrum dis
miicantem clypeo ſuo texit: et Rhofaceris manum capiti regis

imminentem gladio amputauit) as Curtius in his hiſtorie

maketh mencion. Pere allo is to bee noted, that tokens
FE o ſignes

the armorie

oz ſignes boꝛne in armes, map n the bearers ther
of to auoid Diners bices,¢ to embꝛace the contrary, which
is vertue, as in example, he bearer of the Molle, let him
beware of Rapacitte tee the beaſt is, cuoris appetens ere.

He beareth Saturn, theee
Belles Luna 5 à canton de
Ermpne, Touchinge the co⸗

lours befoꝛe depicted in thys

coate Armoure, Gletate mas
keth this figuificacion therol
Embl. li. 2. cap, 56,
Inder daſtitiæ eft pullus color,
vt imur omnes nme
Hoc habitutumulis cum 7

infcrias,
At ſinceri animi, et mentis ſto-
la candida pura:
Hinc findon ſacris, linea grata viris.

eareby appeareth that blacke is the colour of fadnes,
ſoꝛowe oꝛ heuineſle of harte, whyche mole. frequentlye
is bfed at the buriall of the deade: But the Whyte Kobe
oꝛ garment, is the token of a pure mynde, and ſoule vn⸗
coꝛrupted. and fo2 that cauſe is moſte agreeable fo2 the
bolpe and conſecrate to God. To what ble and purpoſe
Belles do ee knotone to all men wherefoꝛe J do o⸗
mit to ſpeake here anp thing
thereof. The ſaide coate ars
moure is boꝛne by the name
of Pozter.

Hee bearethe Oz „ on a
bende Gules, thꝛee Mane
de Argent. .

Theſe bendes are fo be feene
charged in fundgpe lwiſe, as
, fo2 ne

1. Argent

of Honour. fol. 126

1 Argent on a Bende gules, ihꝛee Buckes heads tabozed
de Oꝛ, boꝛne by the name of Beche.

2 Argent on a Bende Azure, thꝛee Pollets de Oz, pers
fed, by the name of Morby.

Gules on a Bende de Argent, thꝛee Tretoles liipped
ert, boꝛne by the name ol arupe.

4 Argent on a Bende Gales, thzee Eſcaloppes de D2;
by the name of Aſtoꝛell.

5 Argent, on a Wende Gules, three Garbes de Dee,
de D2, bozne by the name of Barley.

He bearelh argent, ona
Bende Gules, thie Palcles
de Or, vopded.

J finde alſo the ſaide coate
thus varied, from that which
is befoze diſplapde.

I hath thꝛee Loſenges Sa⸗
bles volded, on a Bende de
Argent, in a fielde Gules.
2 Beareth Sable, on a Bẽde
de Oz, thꝛee Loſenges of the
firſt vo fded,

3 His fielde is de Azure, on a Bende Argent, thꝛee Ko⸗
Rites Uerte, voyded ok rhefeconde . Heare 4 needed
not to haue ſapde voyded of the feconde which is Argent,
fo2 whenſoeuer ye ſhall fee eyther Loſenge, Maſcle, oꝛ o⸗
ther thynge bopbed of the kielde, Felle, bende ec. where⸗
on theye ſtande, it is ufficient to ſaye vopded onelpe,as
the variation of the firſte and leconde examples nerte bee

foze put forthe, dothe manikeſt vnto you, il pe note well

the blaz on of bothe the fame.
Fl.. wee

the armorie

ee bearethe Argente, a
Stoke Sable, membꝛed and
becked Gules,
reade the coloure of the
Stoꝛke to bee all tobpte, ſa⸗
uing the tops of bis Wwinges:
hys bill and legges be redde.
It is bwozitten of them that
they haue no tongues , theye
flea all ſerpentes „in theirt
age thepe bee fedde of theire
. J vong birdes. The Image of
them boꝛne in toate armoure, is the token of Juſtice.

Of this birde tame a Greeke woꝛde koꝛ a pꝛouerbe, In-
tepelarcein, whiche figntfpeth to bee lyke a Stoꝛke, which
pꝛouerbe is to exhozte men to bee kynde to theire par
rentes oꝛ to theire matters,
8 which teach oꝛ bꝛyng the bp,
requiting the benefite which
thepe recepued of them.

The ficlve is de Argent, a
Calle triple towered, and
s. flowers de Utze Sable,
j. tj. and. one.
What is ſignifped by caltles
and towers boꝛne in Armes,
nore ae die sii

of Honour, ol. iz 7

¶ The fielde is d argent, on
3 Cheuron ſable, thace rofes
of the firfte, and are boꝛne by
the name of Gilbarde. Gilbard
Mhan pe fee anpe floure
boꝛne in coate armoure, ve
map indifferentlp, and Wout
bꝛeache of anye rule, blaze p
fame bp the pꝛopꝛe coloure
that hee is ok, as the Koſe, to
f call it a whyte Koſe, whã pe
n wolde terme it d argent: and
à redde Kole, when pe (ce it of Gules tc. The Barbes of
thys floure haue no vſual wooꝛdes in blazon, foꝛ that they
abide al kwaies of theire proper coloure, which is greene:¢
enuiron the leaues of the floure, as it were gardinge the
krom falling. ;

| beareth Gules, a ſal⸗
D d 4 ee
ö p Argent? Azure,
N nd IY betwene twelue Crolles pas
n 8 0 fitche d oꝛ, bp the name of :
SS Champo non. Champernon.
S per perno
N
N D
| rard Leighe ſaieth in bys ace
6 cidence of Armoꝛie,) where
the matter is doubtekull, there the mettall hath or righte

The ſaide Saltier being of
the pꝛeheminence. And J finde a Saltier varrey d argent

the furre talled Werrey, is
and argent, oꝛ els d argent €
€ azure, in a fielde gules, boꝛne by the name of il ae Willington,
„ lr ö | F.bis.

asure, Foꝛ (as maiſter Gee

al waies found to be d azure,
Fl. ij.

the armorte

aL J. Vys fielde is parted
per kelle Sable t Crmine, a
pale contrecharged of p one
and the other, thꝛe Cleallope
pes d argente: and koz the
difference, a Trekoile flip,
ped doꝛ.
J finde thys coate blased o⸗
ther wiſe, as thus.

hee beareth Sable and
Ermine partie per Felle, «
tontrecoloꝛed in 8. quarters,
thee Scallops argent in the firſte. off 85

M here he faith (in the firſte) hee meaneth that the El⸗

talloppes ſtande in Sable, which is firſt named in the bla
zonꝛ and the fame J do tcommende, foꝛ that he which bled
bps blazon was an Heraulte, and wel learned in theire
uupſteries. Lat . 1 7
Thheſe coates thus parted (as afoꝛeſaide are moſt com⸗
mendablp boꝛne, whan they are charged, but with one
token, as in triangle and not wich two, which to moche
augmenteth the Blazon, the fame abidinge in fo manpe
quarters.

.

Chee beareth azure, fretie
dargent,achicfe Gules,

hele alfo whiche folotve
are of the like bearinge in oꝛ⸗
AI Der and comirtion, with two
J of the honoꝛable oꝛdinaries.
2 1 Argẽt, fretie, gules, a theife

q

S, dazure, boꝛne by the name of
Curteyn. g
2 Sable. fretie d oz, achtefe
dermine.

3 Verte, kretie Ermine, a
chiele d argent.

N

8 é
Sek
x

CS 0

4 D3

EE ⅛—⁰tm ˙e⅜w q ̃ „„

of Honour. fol. a8

4 D2, fretie d aʒure achiefe d ermines.

5 Gules, fretie d argent, a cheife d oꝛ.

J here ble in the blazon of theſe coates (Fretie) betauſe
they be of moze pieces then viij. accoꝛding e to the rule of

maſter Gerard Leighe in bys Accidence of armoꝛie, wher
be treateth of coates commixte with two of the bonozable
oꝛdinaries.

The fielde is azure, a bende
engrailed Argent, betwene
two Cotiles doꝛ, boꝛne by p
name of Forteſcue. Thys (ace
cordinge to maſter G. Leighe
bps rule) 4 haue fet forth, fo2
pour better inftruction 5 whã
to call thys a Cotiſe, x when
to name it a Batune. And of
a Bende not cotized in koꝛme
afoꝛeſaide, take thys one fas
lowynge fo2 example.

Bee beareth gules, a Bẽde engratledd 02. Thys was
the coate armoure of a noble knight named Sir MM illiã
Marſhall. And as theſe bendes are ſeene often thus en⸗
a 0 are they kounde moſte binally plane, in thys -
wi CA
1 Oz a bende ſable, boꝛne by the name of Bonauile.

2 Argent, a Bende verte, by the name of Kendal,
3 Sable, a Bende d argent, by the name of Int ingham.
4. Argent, a bende ſable, by the name of Nalley.
5 Da Bende e e the name of Cart horpe.
4 k. ul. Beareth

Babthorpe

the armorie

Me beareth gules, a cheuron
betwene z. ores headts ral⸗
ſed d argent. Thys beaſte in
Latin is called Yes quaſi
volupes, Eff enim volubilis pe-
dibus, & nunquam rectis itia
neribus, fed tortuoſis an fractis
bus currit: fraudulentum ani
- mal , inſidijſq; decipiens. Nam
dum non habuerit eſcam, fingit
morteimſicq deſcendentes qua ſi
ad cadautr volucres rapit &
deucrat. Wet not the bearer of thys coate ar moure àpplye
bps minde to detceiptfulnes, and then tertes be map beare
the fame to bys hyghe tommendaclon, beinge one of the
9. woꝛthie particions, whereof P. Leighe in his Actedẽte

of armoꝛie maketh mention.

ry The fieloe is Sable, a
Cheurö, betwen thzec cref-
ſantes d argent, boꝛne by the
name of Babthorpe.

¶ UAhat a Cheurdu is, &
alſo à Creſſant, 3 haue thers
of ſuffitiẽtly befoꝛe made mee
tion, yet the ſaide enſigne be⸗
pnge one of the molt woꝛthie
partictons, take theſe alſo to
be of p fame bearing, whiche

f 5 kolowe.
1 Gules, a cheuron, betweene . creſſantes d oꝛ.
2 Argent, a cheuron betweene thꝛer treſſantes d azure.
3 Vert, a cheuron betwene thre crellants d'argent.
4 Ermine, a cheuron betwene z. creſſants d ermines.
5 Zzure, a cheuron betwene thꝛee crellantes d Ermine.
6 Oz; à cheuron betwene z. creſſants vert.
¶ He

be : Fo.129

We beareth Sable, a bucks
head cabaged de Oz, double
attpꝛed bert.

The attire ok ihys Buckes
a Desde, dicfereth pꝛopzelp fo2

challenge. 0

roy Che beareth Sable, a krete
n (raniuerfe in keſſe, betwene
N a two Eſcalloppes, ¢ a creat
do. Thysis a faire coate,
therefoze neadech no further
commendacion.

The fielde is d Emine. z.
Wattele ares gules: and is
k boꝛne by the name of Denys, Denis.
Thys weapon before dil⸗
plat, is called Securis bellica,
and} bearer Securiger, which
hath bene , andis an office of
hyghe credit, efpecial aboute
Peinces, t martial affaires,
It Doth demonLrate aucthg-
ritie, to comimttic perfons ofs
fending the lawes, to the exe
ö cution of deach, foꝛ the ſuer tie
i of ß pꝛince, quietnes ot the common Locale,

Gg. l. Chee

Bleerewood,

the armorie

He beareth D2, a Cheurou
Checkey Ermin ¢ Ermins,
betweene thee Pobies ſa⸗
uage volante Sable. Thys
kinde of Hauke called p wild
J Voble, eſperiallpe ſeruethe to
„ Killarkes and quailes , fo2
bouering over the, they kepe
dolun on the ground, whilts
they, Which awalte on p pꝛay
do take them. It is to be ſup⸗
poſed that from 7 hratia tame
this diſpoꝛte of hauking. Foꝛ linie maketh mention, that
in the partes of Gꝛeete called Thracia , men and haukes,
as it were by aconfedcracte , take birdes together in thps
Wife, The men ſpꝛang the birdes ont of the buſhes, a the
haukes ſoꝛing oucr them, beate them dolon, ſo that men
might eaſely take them, and then dyd the men departe e⸗
guallp the pzay with the haukes, which being wel ſerned
ektſones and ofa cuſtome repaired to ſuche places, where
being alofte,thep perteyued men to p purpoſe aſſembled.
But (as Sir Tho. Eliot ſaieth) in what wiſe, oꝛ wherſo⸗
euer the beginning of hauking was, vndoubtedlp it is a
right delectable (clace,¢ being vled meaſurably and fo2a
paſtime, geueth to a mã good appetite to his ſupper, and
at the [cat wap withdꝛaweth him from other daliance oꝛ
diſpoꝛtes diſhoneſt, and to bos
dp t ſoule perchance pnicious

N Ie beareth Azure and D2,
‘parted per pale Pebule, vi.

SJ other,
This is the enũgne ok maſter
Milliam Fleete wood Eſqui

London.

2

Bartclets ofthe one and the

7 er, Retoꝛder of à noble cite ol |

|
(

j

of Honour. Fo. izo

Mis fielde is de Argent, two
Warres Sable, boꝛne by the
name ot Bꝛeretõ, alias Bꝛu/ py G
lerton.
Alſo Marton beareth argent

ij. Barres Gules.

The ſielde is Hable a Boꝛes
bead coped in Felle, bet wene
two dartes bar waies, de are
gent. Hiſtozies make menti⸗
on, that diuers noble perſons
haue atteined p greateſt part
ok their renoſom fo2 fighting
with wilde beaſtes, as The⸗
ſeus did, lwbiche was compas
nion to Hercules, whoe kil⸗
led the great Boare called of
the Gꝛeekes Hera, that wal⸗
ted z tonſumed the ficldes of a great countrep. Likewiſe
Meleager fo2 ſleyng the great Boare in Calidonia, Whiche
in greatnes and fairenes excelled all other Woares: and
had {laine many noble and baliant perſons. Thus (as J
haue ofte ſaide befoꝛe) hiſtoꝛies do muche further (pea al⸗
together) the true diſpolinge, inuentlon, and de uile of all
good and perkect armoꝛie, and without the which nothing
is exactly done in this art, 3 dare beldiy fay, foꝛ p defence
ok hiſtoꝛies, loke in Sir Thomas Eliot, his booke entitu⸗
led the Gouernour. li.. cap.25. fol. 204. pag. 2
Gg. ij. The

Gairęraue

the armorie
A A The field of this, is L oſengie
Cas de Argent and Sable, thꝛee

® 7 Creffauntes ona bende, ag

of the firſte and feconde , and
is boꝛne bp ß name of Gair⸗
9 graue. Ok the bearing ok Lo⸗
ea (cngics reade maſter Gerard
Leighe bys Accedente of Ar⸗
moꝛie, where he treatethe of

the honoꝛable oꝛdinaries.
Hee beareth barrie bndee,
Hable and Argent, on a
ſcocheou de D2 , An Eagle
diſplapde of the fire, Thys
might be taken fo2 the oe
~™ | armoure ef fome puiffay
» bꝛynce, who ſaued the fa :
in the waters, that hys ene⸗
mies ſhoulde not atteine it,
as did ſulius Ceſar, ho at the
battaile of Zlexandrie, on a
beidge, beinge abandoned of
his people foꝛ the multitude of his enemies, which oppꝛel⸗
fed them, when he might no longer ſuſtaine the ſhotte of
Darts and arrowes, he boldly lept into the ſea, and dlulng
vnder the water, eſcaped the ſhotte, and ſwamme p ſpate
of CC. paces, to one ot his ſhippes, dꝛawing his coat ars
mour with his teethe after him, whiche marueiloullp de⸗
fended him from theire arrowes, ſo as thepe bothe were
pꝛeſerued. This enfigne nerte befoze blazed is one ol the
honozable oꝛdiuaries charged. bys

coates comirte with twoe k

of Honour. Fo. 131

His ſielde is Checkepe de
d 1e Sable, a Felle Gu⸗
es.

The ſapde coate is bone by

the name of Mpnter. Wynter,
Alſo J finde Argent and Sa⸗

ble Checkep, a Felle Gules,

aby boꝛne by the name of Akelõd A kelonde,

The fielde is Sable and Er⸗
mine parted per Felle den⸗
ted, in chiefe a Kepne deeres
bead cabaged Dargent. Of
ſuch coat armours thus par⸗
ted, and what this particpon
is called, 3 haue ſpoken of be
koꝛe. Maſter Leighe fapethe
thus of ſuche a coate , that pf
vou bea gentleman ok a firſt
toate armour, and the pꝛinte
geue pou an addicion, it is at
pour choiſe if pou will parte pour owne with the other on
this kaſhion.

He beareth Golde on a bend
Gules, cotized with two co⸗
tizes, Sable, thꝛee Phials,
Dargent, idore ſapeth they
be called Phialep ex vitro fi
ant, betaule they be made of
late. The laid ccate rm
Aas it is mp demie, ſo 3 thinke
the lame not to bee boꝛne of
any in ſuthe oꝛdꝛe and foꝛme
a3 J haue aboue deſeriued.
Gg. ih. is

Furbifber

Farle

the armorie

His field is de Ermine on

a Felle, engratled betiveene
thꝛee Griphons beds erased
Sable, a Grephounde courlat
de Argent, with coler Gules
and ipne de O:.

Theſe perteined to matter
Frauncis Furbiſher of Don
caſter in the county of 02k,
a right woꝛſhipkul E ſquper,
and iuſt Juſticer: alſo when
hee liued, hee was one ol the
Queeenes Paieſties honoꝛa⸗
rable countell eftablithed in the Poꝛzthe z partes: a manne
whiche l oued righteoufues and tructhe,as the fame of the
tountreꝝ doth woꝛthelp repoꝛte of him, to thele oure pres

ſent daies. 0 |

Whe fieloe is of Gules, thꝛek
Cicallops,and.a boꝛdure en⸗
gratledde argent, boꝛne bp
the name of Erle. Ok lundey
boꝛders pe haus example bee
foꝛe in fol.. a boꝛdure muſt
tontepne the fifte part of the
ficlde, and fo it requireth, foʒ
that it is ſeene fo often chars
gcd with ſundꝛp tokens, pet
J finde in a certaine witten
boke of armozie, that a bos
dure ſhalbee no bꝛoder then the ſeuenth parte of halke the
lielde, which can not be fo2 the tauſe afoꝛeſaide. owe a
roate boꝛdured, is to be mar ſhalled with any other, as to
be a mariage with anp man, oꝛ maried to anp woman, oꝛ
ik any coate alſo that is boꝛdured be honoꝛed with a chiek,
how it ſhalbe oꝛdered, reade p accedence of armoꝛp, wher
ts treated ot.ix.ſundep diſterences fo2 bꝛetherne.

of Honour. Fo. 132

Whe ficloe is vert, ij. Che u⸗
rons de argent, betwene. ij.
Papilions, Gules . Theſe
doth L/idore accompt among
ſmall birdes, € are cõmonlp
called Butterflies, in latine,
Papiliones qua max ime abudit
florentib’ maluis. Thep haue
ben thoughtok aticient time
as ſignes woꝛthy bearing in
coate armour, and t̃oꝛ creat
alſo. ;

bm be bcareth Sable ,thace
eee lates in Felle, be. wene two
Hau vowves Dargẽt. The cö be
latin is called Pecten, and

ie : eo @ is an inſtt ment toothed, and

g ſerueth eſpeciallpe to kembe

r de bead. Tbe Warbos can⸗
ee 5

not lacke this inſtrumente:
and it is an auncient addiep⸗
on to armoꝛie.

ise beareth Argẽt, two bar⸗
res Azure, in chiefe as p firſt,
one pale betweene two El⸗
quiers baſt dexrtre, ¢ finiftre
ok the ſetond, a Comete far
Doz. This ſtarre Cꝰmetes is
fo called, eo commas lum inis
ex fe fundat. The latines call
thefe ſtarres Cyinitæ, betauſe
they caſt from them flambes
in maner of heares, whyche
kinde of ſtarre whenſoeuer it appeareth, pꝛonoſticatethe,
apther peſtilente, famine, oz warre: Conſider of the laide
Gg . iiij. coats

the armorte

toate armour, as of coates tomixte, and countercoloured,
and pet pee thal finde the fame to be verp aunctent ¢ faire,

He beareeh ſable, in. Swoꝛz⸗
Jes waute Dargent, hutes
and pomelles de Oꝛ, Alas, it
is a greuous foꝛtune, (apeth
Boetius lib. ꝛ. de conſo. Phi, as
okte asa wicked ſwoꝛde , is
ay iopned to cruel venime, that
e ee is to ſap, venomous trueltie,
. to loꝛdchip. The ſaid ſwoꝛds
. wauie, are figured alſo trãſ⸗
uers barrewales in the field.
The field is de Ermin, on a
pale ſable v. Willers de Oz,
2. I. 2. Thee be alſo very atte
cient addictons to armozp.
ennobliche greatly the coate
armez wherin they are boꝛne
ind therefuze zudge ok the
ſame with adniſement, fo2
this is an àuncient enügne.

The fielde is de Azure, tive
winges iointip en Lewe de
Argent, oppꝛelled w a barre
Gults, charged with wy. Anz
nulettes de D2.
W inges are ok aunciẽt bea⸗
ring in coate armour, elpects
allp ff they be ol Angels, Pel
licanes, Cagles, Swannes
oof Hauens , thepe bee the
greateſt ſuccour to foules, to
helpe

of Honour. fol.133

helpe theire pong ones the rather to pray ſoꝛ their fat:
tenance. In armoꝛpe thep betoken pꝛotectton.

2 The fiele ts Sable, a goa⸗
stl ces heade rated dargent, tri
ple toꝛoned do, goꝛged with
à garlande of pute pꝛopꝛe.
Chys deuiſe ts ſtraunge, x
moche to be meruaticd at, co
ſidering that the token boꝛne
therein, hath bys head adour
ned Diademate modo Romano-
rum Pontificum. It mighte
therefore bee applied to bee
th engfine of ſome Komiche
bichoppe, fraudulently aſpiring thereunto, liupng motte
laſciuiouſſp, and therefoze depoſed woꝛthely. That excel⸗
lent clerke Bocatius, an Italiã boꝛne, in his treatiſe which
he wꝛiteth of the fall of Pꝛinces, maketh metion ofa wo⸗
man that was pope, and what befell of her, and how the
was put dolone. The whiche hyſtoꝛie 3 wil here (et forth
As it is tranſlated, 02 rather metrized out of Latine into
our Engliſh tongue, by John Lidgate, wher he weiteth,
that after the milerable ende of many notable pꝛouinces.

Came a creature

Like a Biſhoppe rounded & ſhorne,

And as a prieſt the had a brode tonſure,

Her apparaile outwarde & veſture,

Beig a womã, wherof Bochaàs toke good hede
Like a Prelate fhape was her wede.

She was the fame that of yore agon,
Vnworthely ſatt in Peters place,
And was afterwarde called pope Iohn
A berdeles prelate, no heare feene on her face,

Ofher birth named was the place,
Hh. J. Magunce

the armorte

Magunce a citie not ſtandinge in Itaile,
But on the Rhine, full famous of vitaile.

In her youth & in her tender age,
Forfooke her kinne, & in efpecial,
Caſte fhe wolde for her aduantage,
Gyue her to cunninge, bodie, harte, & all,
And in the ſciences called liberall,
In all ſeuen by famous excellence,
By great ſtudie ſhe had experience.

@ Her name couth in manĩe lande,
To ſhewe her cunninge firſte when fhe began
Serching prouinces came into Englande,
No wighte ſuppoſing but that fhe was a man
Came to Rome, her ſtorie tell can,
Taughte Grammer, Sophiſterie, and Logick,
Red in ſchooles openly Rhethorick.

qn the time of Empereur Lotharie,
After the death as made is mencion
From mine auc hour, if I ſhall not varie,
That the pope which called was Leon,
The ſaide woman by election,
Iſtalled was no wighte ſuppoſing than
By no token, but that fhe was a man.

The boke of fortes after that anon,
Ofauenture turned vp fo downe
She was named & called Pope [hon:
Of whofe natural difpofition,
Fcll by proceffe into temptacion,
Quicke with child, the houre came on her tha,
was deliuered at Sainct lhon Lateran.

After

of Honour. Fo. 134

After put downe for her great outrage,
I will on her ſpende no more labor,
But paſſe ouer all the ſurpluſage.

Of her liuing, and of her great errour.

Ot this montre, it needeth not to ſhewe any further ſig⸗
nificacion , the matter whereupon it dependeth, bepnge
knowne to all that be chꝛiſtians, and whiche abboore the
tirannp of that Romiſhe Sea. But note heare, touchinge
the ſaide tripled Crowne, where with the Goates head
is enſigned, Jreade, that the kinge and people of
that famous ctitie in Indie the moꝛe called Calechut, wooꝛ⸗
ſhip the deuill in a wodderfull and hoꝛrible fozme, moſte
lothſome to be recited, and hauing a Diademe on his bed,
as the popiſhe pꝛelates vſethe, and that whiche is moze,
Ternis inſignitur cornibus. And this deuill hathe alfo bys
pꝛieſtes called Bramini, whiche do make cleane and take
awape the ſpottes of his bodie with Role water and fuch
odiriferous licour, and perfume him kneelynge) v -
doramentis pea with euerp thing that ſauoꝛeth well: and
many mee other deuiliſhe ceremonies , whereor pea map
read in the Cofinegraphp of Punſtre, lib 5-de terris A ſiæ
ma ior is.
obe to conclude, of all the other ſignes, the whiche
are to bee founde o2 ſeene in armes, as of beaſtes, fau⸗
les, fiſhes, ſerpentes, trees, flowers, leaues, and other
maruelous tokens quicke and deade, J can not declare
here, there be ſo many orthem, but pe ſhall knowe genes
rallp, that foꝛ all the armes the whiche lightiy anye man
hathe ſeene in his daies, pee haue rules and examples in
this wooꝛke, ſufficient as 3 beleue to deſcribe and blaze
any of them. Wherefore take heede to the inſtructions a⸗
fozefatde, if ſo be they be not a generall doctrine, pet ſhall
they profit pou in this arte greatly: and perfect pau much
in the prices and tokens of armoꝛte.
h.ij. The

A Rule or table declating how coats of armes
may be augmented, multiplied, denided and parted,

1 Beareth Sa ble, a Pollet de Argent,
by the name of Penhurſte.

2 Wcareth Sable, two Pollettes Dare
gent, perleo in chieke.

3 Weareth Sable, thꝛee Wallets de ars
gent. perſed.

4. Wesareth Sable thee Mollets de
argent, perſed, in fee.

5 Beareth Sable, thꝛee Pallets de are
gent perſed, in pale. 1

| perled, in Crofle.

s Beareth Sable, v. Pollets de arget

a

Fol.i35

7 beareth 2, on a Felle Sable, three
Pollets de Argent, perſed

8 beareth Oꝛ,ou a pale Sable, three
Pollets de Argent, perſed.

9 beareth Oꝛ, on a platine troſle fable,
fiue Pollets de Argent perſed.

10 beareth Sable a Felle betweene. ih.
Pollets de Argent, perſed.

in besreth Sable, a pale betweene two
DPollets de Argent perled.

Se n Weareth Sable, a plaine Croſſe bee
twene fower Pollets de Argent, pecled

13 Weareth Oꝛ, on a bende Sable, ih.
Mallets de Argent, perſed.

14 Beareth D2, on a bende finiftre,
Sable, thzee Pollets de Argent, perſed.

15 Beareth Oꝛ, on a Saltier Sable, b.
Pollets de argent, perſed.

1 Bcareth Sable, a bende betweene

two Pollets de Argent, perſed.

4 7 Bcareth Sable, a bende ſiniſtre,
1 bet wene two Pollets de Argent, perſed

418 Weareth fable, a Saltier betwene
kbtober Pollets de Argent perſed.

Fo. 136

19 Weareth party per pale Sable and
Argent, a croſſe Furſhe of the one and
the other.

20 Weareth party per Felle Sable €
Argent, ouer al a crofle Taue tranſmu⸗
ted of the fielde.

u Weareth quarterlp Argent and Sa⸗
ble, acroſſe Flurte, contrechanged as
the fielde.

22 Beareth party per bende, Sable r
Argent, thꝛee croſles botonie, 4e le vn et
le auter. Likewiſe partie per bende ſinil⸗
ter, is to be blazed.

23 Beareth party per Cheuron argẽt,
and Sable „ thꝛee Croſſes patie fitchie
tontrechanged of the fielde.

24 Weareth partie per pile in pointe
Sable and Argent, a long croſſe ragged.
and couped de D2»

This endeth the fecond boke entituler
the armoꝛie of Honour.

Fo. i.

0 The thirde boke

entituled of (ates & Creftes.

@ Thys lane ofthe Croſle, Croſſe busset
wherok 3 haue ſpoken ſo mo⸗ tie ragneler,
che in my Boke entituled the
Armor ie ot honoꝛ, & with the
whiche figne the moſt aunciẽt
ancthoꝛs, who wꝛite of the des
ſcription of thynges Armo⸗
riall, oꝛdꝛe the begynnyng ol
their woꝛkes. J can not thers
fo2e, but folowing theire tra⸗
de, take the beginning ol thys
my rude Booke, entituled, of
Cotes and Creffes , with the fas
me marke o2 ſigne: the wbyche , as it was moſte miracu⸗ Conftant
louſly ſene of Conſtantine the great, in bps conſlic agavnſt nee,
Maxent ius the Tpꝛaunte whome hee ouercame, and there⸗
foze. Magni cognomen meruit, Chriſtumq; ab smnibus coli
præcepit: So the fame ſigne was bled of the F.kynge, nas K. Phill
med Philippus An guſſ uc agaynſt the Turke, and enemies . “Wf 2
of the Chuſtian lapth. And in diuerſe erpedicions againſt e
them, the figne of the Croffe hath bene ſeene in the very e⸗
lemente, pea, ol dyuerſe noble Peynces, pet in diuerſe co⸗
lozs, and foꝛmes, in eſpecially of the valiaunt kynge and polid. Vergil.
pꝛynce, our firſt Rvchard ol Englande, Cor leonis cognom I ih. iq,
aatus, ho beyng at Donſtable, whan hee prepared hym
felfe towards bps: fo2nep ad Hieroſolymitanum bellum falve
at Noone days in pᷣ apꝛe, acrofic, / in ea imaginem hominis
pendentis. Mlhertoze, the figne of the croſſe bath bene taken
to bee boꝛne in fondzye wyſe or moſte noble kynges and
A. i. puillant

Cotes & creftes. 9

nuiitant pꝛyntes, pet thys Crome here, hath bene rare ſene
boꝛne, beyng humette, and ragueled, notwithſtandinge it

che, is here placed as a Creſte
fo2 the ſayde cote armoure, all
vpon thys Poeſie oꝛ Apotheg⸗
me, ſugiunt crucem tenebræ: the
whiche foꝛme, J (fo2 the moſte
parte) vſe here to fate fo2 the
wꝛethe oꝛ force, in that the fa-
me wooꝛdes haue relacion, to
>» the thynge boꝛne and ſeene.

Here is ſeene in this field Sa
ble, twoo Columbes, oꝛ Pillorsy
dargent crowned. Thys
myght bee th‘enfigne of font
bpꝛudent and valpaunt kyng,
who hauing his comon wea⸗
le and vallals btterlp impo⸗
ueriſhed and decayde, did by
bys Jutice € pietie, twiſe rez
leaue and ſuſtepne the ſame
mat decay oꝛ Perr to this
3 15 caule, Rynges, apud Gracosy
10 tee 50 i are called Bæhlei, hecauſe tan
Melog. De c.. quam Bales populum ſuſtinent, and therfore Pullors are enſi⸗
gned with Crounes, as pe here map fee, Quanto enim qniſq;

gi, preponitur 5 tanto amplius pondere le borum grauatur.

This

ae

Cotes & creftes Fo. 2.

Thys cognizance, a Lpons
heade gardãte, crowned with⸗
in a garland of Laureil, dothe
playnely . regall ad⸗
moniſhement, where he ſaieth.

i e peel cape 2 ele Pre
Akyng thou ſhalbee of might,

Si non fac ias, non eris.
Pf thou doeſt not that truelp,
Reigne thou ſhal not certainly

To theſe agree Herace hys
N fapnges, in bps firſt epiſtle of
bys firſte boke, at pueri ludentes, Rex eris aiunt,
f St vette facies.

And meruaple not of the Laurell garlande, beyng a ree
medpe agaynſt poyſon, lyghtening, c. In warre alſo boꝛ⸗

ey)

Thys coate Armoꝛ hath 4.
armyng ſwoꝛdes on a plapne
Crolle, all popncte to poyncte
croſlewaps, and is the firſte oꝛ
chefe honoꝛable oꝛdinary char
ged. A cote of great excellẽcie, f
toꝛ the (worde is à tegall wea⸗ S worde.
pon, wherewith Rynges doe
Juſtice, mantepne peace, and
ſubdue vice. And it is pꝛopꝛelp /d. lib. Ety-
called in Latyn, Gladius, ꝙ gus mo. . cap. 6.
lam diuidit, id eſt, cernicem ſæcas ;
And becaule if cutteth v heade
from the ſhulders, foꝛ that purpoſe (fapthe dere) it was
firſte made. Nam cetera membra ſecuribus magis ceduntur, cols
lum gladiotantum, God graunte that it mave bee moze ſe⸗
nerely bſed, agaynſt all rude rebels, and . trap⸗
ij. toꝛs:

Cotes & creftes.

toꝛs:that we may crie to hym with our moſt noble Geded

ladge . cf & nglande, agaynſte thofe Madianites. The ſwoꝛde of
the Loꝛd, ol Gedeon. Then ſhall the rablemente of thoſe
ragged and ruffyan runnpgates lee, ⁊ be delpuered with

poſey c- Ne their tivo curſed Captepnes Oreb, Zeb into the handes or

pt yea à daughter ot Iſrael, who ſhall choppe of theire heades on

the Moꝛth parte of the water Thamys , to her great reno⸗
Me, alio to the honoꝛ and gloꝛpe of the moſt hygheſt.

The Clubbe is a weapon orn⸗
ten bſed of men in the tyme ol
theire ſoden inſurrection, and
‘pone when theues and felõs
are arreſted oꝛ appꝛehended, x
is a cruell weapon amongſt
vnarmed men, fo2 vpon wha
with violence it lpyghteth, hee
can not abyde the ſtroke ther⸗
of: but eyther is ſlapne, gre⸗
uoullp hurte, oꝛ maimed. It is
a warlik wespö, k peace there

55 zs none where it is handeled.
But vet thys Clubhe here, is enſigned Wa marke of pear
ce, foꝛ it is bounde about with Oipue, which koꝛſheweth a
token of peace, and ſtandech vpan a Poeſte agreable
thereunto. Chat peace is better than forte, Oliua, ſacra eff

Mixeruæ.
8 Here

Cotes & creſtes Fo. z.

Mere is deſcried in the fielde
ok thys cote Armour à Beare
bulned with a troncheon of a
ſpeare, wholoeuer did this ace
to the Beaſte, was a man of a
rare and meruelous ſtrength.
Ireade in the boke of kynges,
that kyng Dauidl, lather to the
peaſible ᷑ moſt pꝛudent kynge
Salomon, Whan hee offered him
felfe to go, and fight agapnite
the huge and myghtye cham⸗
pion of the Philiſtines, Goliath
by name, king Saul theught hym not able to deale U ſuch
a Gpante, who was a man ot warre, euen krõ hys vouth,
and Dauid but a child, æ of ſmall groeth, pet he aunfivercd
che kyng Saul in this toile. Thy ſeruaunt kept bys fathers
ſhepe, t there came a great Beare, t after a Lpon, ¢ toke a
ſhepe out of the locke, x J purſued after hym, e he fiercely
allalted me, being al together vnarmed, and J (mote him,
t toke it out of hys mouth, x when hee aroaſe agaynſt me,
I caught bpm by the berde, and flue bym,¢ fo thy ſeruaunt
we flapne pBearealfo. And as thy ſeruaunt flue them,

fo truly ſhall it be done with thys vnclrcũſiſed Philiſtine:

8 7 whom in name of ö loꝛde of
hoſtes, be flue at the firſte en⸗
countre , 05 a ſtone caſt out of
a lling. Thus ol what pꝛowes
Dauid Was in armes, and how
E valiant and good a capteine in
battle, it may ſufliciẽtiy appe⸗
re to the that bil reade hs no⸗
ble actes ⁊ atchieuances in the

bokes bekoꝛe remembꝛed.
The Lvpon here allo figured
Prampante oper an barpe doth
ſhewe the regalitie ot the laid
K Age kyng

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Cotes & creſtet.

in plaiyng vpõ § inſtrumente.
Thys Lpon can not wel abide
the field, lwherkoꝛes becauſe pe
woulde take hym to bee a coz
warde, not ſo: in that, hee is
ſimple, gentle, and meke of na
ture, bee bathe therfoze moze
neede of wynges to fipe. Wet
the bearing of ſuch an enſigne
is noble, and contepneth in it
ſelke an hyghe mpſterie.
A Pꝛynce geeuen to vertue e
godlynes, can ſeldome eſcape
th allaultes oꝛ malignities of
hys olun vallalles and fubtectes, wherkoꝛe fuche hys inno⸗
cencie flpeth vnto the heauẽ , and there purchaſeth an im⸗
moꝛtall Crobene, łoꝛ that carthely, whyche woulde haus
periſhed, to the contuſion of his enemies, and th aduance⸗
ment of the gloꝛye of the hyghe Cod. The clinging of the
fapd Lyon hys tapie betwen hys legges, ſheweth that he
ps not verp fierſe oꝛ cruel, but is voyd of al ſpoile rauyn.
N Thys floure bath bys pꝛyte⸗
f next d Noſe befozeail others,
foꝛ bys beautpe æ clerenes, ⁊ is
called in latin Hllia, an herbe
(as Iſidore ſaieth) of the coloz of
milke foꝛ p moſt parte, wherok
it taketh his name quafi Lyolya,
whoſe whitnes although it bes
in his leaues, pet within there
ſhyneth ß coloꝛ of golde. It ps
DY) toritte the roote of this flours
miniſtred in medecyne, fomtp
me bꝛingeth prefente death, €
fom other wayes, it ſpedely reſtoꝛeth lyle alſo. Thereloꝛe
in it is both death and lyle, agreyng to the Apothegme oꝛ
poetle thereon enfigned,
| Atter

Cotes ¢ocreftes Fo. 4

Natter ö particto of thys elde,
what are ſeene therein, mous
à queſtid in Armoꝛie, whether
the Salticr and bys particion, oz
the floures deuided hy the fame,
chuld haue the dignitie in thys
Coate Armoure. It is to bee
thought, p ſaltier fyuld obteine
the pꝛeheminence, becauſe hee
holdeth the ;. parte of the field,
and that it is ſo moche honoꝛed
by hys particid. J will not here
: f diſſolue the node, ne pet mape
not, but referring the ſame to the great matters of theſe
mpſterpes, J will partely declare my ſimple iudgement
therein: that p foures being of ſuche pꝛile ought to haue ỹ
Ropaltie € pꝛeheminẽte in p fielde (although they growe,
they J ſape)bevng Lyllpes, like ſwoꝛdes, whiche, (as dy⸗
uerſe weiters affirme)betoken to the bearers thereof pers
ſecution oꝛ punithment(becaufe they haue their ſpꝛinging *
frõ a roote of moche vertue, vnto a flouꝛe of excellent beau
tie and ſoueraygnetie) they beinge alſo redolent, thother
dead; and of no ſauoure.

Chys mollet in no wyſe may
be taken fo2 a Sterre, becauſe
it is already fallen from the fir
mamtt, oꝛ the ape. And Ster⸗
res (fapth Uidore) are ſo called
of ſtãding. Stelle ditte a ſtandos
becauſe they ſtand firme in the
firmament alwapes, and fall 5
not. Nam ꝙ videmus ò cælo ſtellas Lſid lib. Ety⸗
740i labi, non ſunt ſtellæ, fed igni mo. ꝙ. ca. lxx.
culi ab æthere lapſi: qui fiunt dum
ventus altiord petens, æthereum i-
7 gnemfecum trahit qui tract [ise
ity. imitatur

Cotes &> crefies. g

imitatur fellas cadentes, Nam ſtellæ cadere non poſſunt. Theß
are vnmoueable, & cum calo fixe ftruntur. Thep are fre-

guétip boꝛne in armes, and that to good refpedesand con⸗
fizeracions to the Heraultes well knowne. Thys Pollet

here ſeene, is koꝛ difference perſed, on a ſcrowe of the woz
des apparante, that wiſdome, oꝛ to be wiſe, is from heauẽ.
Deuyns can beſt iudge what that Poeſte meaneth.

{ Pees «= ere nedeth not ts ſpeake
aanpe thing of the bende char⸗
ged in thys ſielde, either of the
Canton; for that J haue ſuffi⸗
cittiy geuẽ of them examples,
in my boke entituled, 7) Ar⸗
morte of honor. But the Cinguefoy
les deuided by reaſon ol p ſayd
Bende, are to bee conſidered
well of, becauſe they do not o⸗
nely beautefie the fielde of the
ſayd cote Armoure, to pᷣ fight
ol the beholder, but alſo doe
much encreaſe and augmente bys woꝛthynes ¢ renoume,
who is the bearer: and ought to be a man ſure ¢ perfecte in
all bps fences. The Cinquefoyle of the Greckests named Pen⸗
taphyllon ſo called of the nöbꝛe
ol hys leaues. nde & eam Las
tint quinguefollinm vocant: bes
caufe it hath fiue leaues. Widore
faveth , that it ys an herbe fe
pꝛecious oꝛ cleane, that it was
wonte to bee applyed of ö gets
les, to the purification adour
ning of their Temples.

The hande here is figured,
holding a penne kul ok vncke.
Burt the hande of Valens them
perour, at what tyme hee had

Witter

Oregeriu Na
zian entss.

(otes Crerefies.. Fo. ;.

witten many letters about the exile o2 baniſhment ol D.
Baſill, and pet could not inith the ſame: The penne it ſelle
pelded thee tymes no yncke, notwithſtanding hee woulde
not refrapne from hys wicked oꝛdynance and decree, oz
from fublcribing to the lame, beloꝛe that a great quakyng
and tremblyng dyd appꝛehende hys hande, Wherewith
beyng haſtelp taken, and ſtricken with great dꝛeade, hee
than immediatlye rent in pieces with bys olune bande,
whatſoeuer befoze hee had begonne to wile, Therekoꝛe,
Contra diuinam poteſtatem, nibil poteſt humana. wa]
In thys lielde are to be ſene
W 1/ } thooa of the greateſt Planettes,
Y 5 Uy whiche almyghty God of bys
WA A infinite goodnes made g crea⸗
; | ted with all the reſte, chefelp
fo mans ble & profit. Amea⸗
A ne aboue all other Planettes,
f N the Sunne, and the Doone, to be
\) koꝛ bs bys creatures, as perpe
tuall bꝛight Lampes ¢ cadles:
th engenderers, bꝛeders, nos
riſhers, æ comtoꝛters ot all ly⸗
f uyng thynges (that are made
of the kower elementes in thys inkeriour woꝛlde, both fos
the dave and foꝛ the nyghte. But here th one is obſcured,
th other alſo hath changed her lyghte, accoꝛding to the fate
ynge of the Pꝛophete /obell. In the laſte Daves , the Sunne
ſhalbe turned into darkenes, and the Moone into blood, be⸗
koꝛe the great and notable day of the Loꝛd ſhal come. The
Sunne und Moone alfa (ſapeth the ſayde Pꝛophete) ſhalbee
darkened, and the Sterres ſhall withdꝛawe theire lighte.
han Chꝛiſte ſutfered hys paſlion, there was darkenes
ouer all the earth, from the ſixt vntill the ninth houre: ~
obſcuratus eft Sol cc. which was noted of S. Dionyſe. Areopas
gita, being than in Aegipie, who ſeyng the Sunne (Prater Iſid. lib. 7. E.
nature ordinem obſcuratum) ſapde: Aut Deus naturæ patitur, tymol. ca. aa.
28 ast

Iohell. 2. 30

Luc. 3.

Cotes & creſtet.

aut mundi machine diſſluitec.
The bearer of 5 ſapd cote Are
#4 moure, oughfe to haue good
conſideracion, and to be myn⸗
derul of the laſte dapes.
1 The Egles heade t winges
within a crowne on the Apes
thegme apparante , mape cone
QA gruently ſtande for a Creae
OTT lee to the fapd cote Armoure,

Nas the learned can quickelpe
N iudge thereof, chriſt was cal⸗
i led. Aquila, (propter ꝙ poſt reſurs

J beyngeon a tyme in the South parte ol Voꝛkeſhire.
àt an olde decapde Towne, called Bawtrye, within thee
mple of the Queenes aieſties honoꝛ of Tyckehyll, and
walkyng nyghe the church, there J eſpyed on the out ſyde
therof, the foꝛme of an Eſcocheon, and koꝛ that J was not
aàble to {ce what toke was boꝛne therin, hauing acquapne
5 taunce in the Tone, J called fo2 the keys of the Church,
erte. whiche was delyuered to one Charles Mozton Clqupers
. dwelling

( otef & creſtet. Fo. G.

Alvellpitg therby: who goyng with me into the Churche,
latter a tewe pꝛavers ſayde) ĩ fought out fo2 the ſaide eſco⸗
cheon, whiche J founde, and therein deſplayed quarterly,
Gules and Ermine, two Goates heades raſſed, argent on
the firtte,¢ laſt quarter, beptig in very dede (as manikeſtly
appeared) the cote Armour of the fapd Clguicrs aũcetoꝛs,
Whereok pꝛeſently I tobe a note, which taken, he alked me
whether the fame were not two cotes quartered, meaning
the quarters Ermpne; to bee acofe Armoure ok it ſelfe. 4
auntwered hym, (with aduertiſement to haue the kyng at
armes of that Pꝛouinte aduiſe therein) that my opinion
was, that it was but one cote onelp, notwithſtanding the
ſapde quartering therot. And ſo J thincke of thys aboue⸗
ſaide, where pe mave fee quarterly Ermynes and Gules,
tivo I pons rampante Argent, on the ſeconde and thirde,
es seer} | deuiſed all contrarye to p ſapd
Ts Mo2ton hys cote. And euen as
4 y), I thought firtt of th one, ſo do
, J pet ok the other, videlicet both
bl them to bee but lingle cotes.
But here is ſene an noble char

1 NC ge, whiche is a Lyon. Chꝛiſt
* i

was compared to that noble
f * beaſte, pro regns & fortitudine.
Ne cA \\ Thys Gꝛyphon, is vppon a
2 NYC mountapne in Badtria, ᷑ there
kbepeth gold, and other things
(auser faveth) onknowne.
— Peruaple

otes &7 creftes. ö

Peruaile not of thys ſheilde,
wherein is thee elcocheons,
charged with ſondꝛye chaüces
By | of the Dice. Poꝛ take not hym
to whom fuch a cote thuld bee
a alligned vnto, to bee a plaper
l erthe dice:foꝛ theire is here by
this deuiſe nothing leſle mẽte.
But rather an earneſt and per
fecte rule and tokẽ to elchue p
inconuenientes that happẽ ta
them, which ſome tyme cdfue
un me oꝛ waſte, pea, and hazarde
all their tubole patrimonies and ſubſtance, at the kranticke
€ kolih playe of the dice. J meane, that as the playe is but
loliſhe of it ſelfe and vayne, ſo are the plapers therot fran⸗
like and Bedlem . Therfoꝛe, ſuch an one as ſoulde poſleſ⸗
fe theſe enũgnes, vtterly deteſted the bncertayne chaüces
of ſuch pole games, and doth diligently ſtudpe, both fo go⸗
uerne hymſelke well and diſcretly, as alſo the landes and
goodes committed and left bute hym, by the great pꝛoui⸗
dente and indultrie of hys auncetoꝛs. Oh, woulde to God
the ſauno lalwes were in thys Realme nowe in theſe oure
DATTA Ais os dapes, as was among the Gre
s cians, x in eſpecially p Romap⸗
nes in olde time: whereok here
J purpoſe not to entreate. But
or the pꝛohibitiõ of plaiyng at
diſe, note what Vedore fapeth,
in hys 19. boke of Etimologies
Va. 68. Ab hac arte fraus & mens
dacium atque periurium nunquã
abeſt: poſtremò & odium: & dame
na rer: vnde er aliguado propter
hec {celera interdicta legibus fuit.
Chys Sterre with the ſonne
beames,

(otes & creftes. Fo. .

heames, conteaneth in it a myſterye of the intarnacion of
our ſauiour Ieſus Chriſt, as is red ina pꝛoſe of the church.
Sicut ſydus radinm,profert virgo ſilium, pari forma,
Neque ſhdus radiu, neque mater filso fit corrupta,
The whiche, is thus metrized.
As the ſterre ſheweth foꝛth the Sunne beame,
So was a chylde boꝛne of a virgin cleane:
Neyther with the ſonne beame is viciate the kerre,
Pon pet bp the bearing of a ſonne, the mother.

Pere in thys field, Azure is
to be ſene, fiue Plates in croſſe,
ele are to be taken fo2 per⸗
kecte money ¢ good, although
) they be not ſigned oz amped
seas with the image 02 ſtyle of any
. pꝛinte, and although they bee
not ſo marked, pet they are
monep, and ought to bs fo cal⸗
5 led (as I/idore ſapeth) whileſt Vene
therein is no lraude oꝛ deceite
in Nettal,oꝝ weighte, And coyne
it is to bee called, wha it is en⸗
ligned with the name e mage of the Pꝛynce of that real⸗ Ne
me, foꝛ home purpofelp it ſerueth. Some do wꝛitte that f
Kynge Minus did firſte inuente the capning of monepe, o⸗
thers Phelon, oꝛ the 4Eginites, But among the Latynes,
Numæ kynge ot the Nemaynes did firſte marke the lame
with the image and title of bys name:ol whom allo it tobe
the name in Latin, Nwmu:,fe2 money oꝛ copie: ſome doe
loꝛite thys wooꝛde mith a doble / it wae a Lawe among Nimus,
th E gyptians, that daha lo had clipped their copne (ther:
bp the roundenes tyereot was detaced 9 ether loꝛged it,
f QL

Cotes & creſtec.

oz tountrekłaicted the ſtampe, oꝛ abated with filinge the
weighte thereok, ſhoulde haue both bys handes cut ol: that
ſuche parte of the bodie as had treſpated, myghte foꝛ euer
beare the puniſhment due fo2 ſuche offence:and that all o⸗
thers takyng warnyng by bys example, might ſhonne the
like. Plates in cote Armoure, are oF verie auntient bea⸗
ringe. :

The Swænne is of all birdes
moſt whiteſt, ofa ſhyꝛle vop⸗
ce, and ſingeth moſte ſwetely
towardes p time ot hys death,
às it were to bewaile bys des
parture and buriall Ouid.

Dulcia defleta modulatur care

mina lingua, |

Catator Cygnus funeris ipſe ſui.
The Swanne doth tune, with

mourning beeath,
Pott pleſaunt metres, before

hys death.

Me is a gentle and qupet birde, Nys moꝛtall enempe is
th Egle, cui tamen fortiſſimò reſiſtit: and therefore hee deſer⸗
uct) fuche iuſte rewardes, where with bys heave is here ae
doꝛned. agreable alſo vnto bys nature. They are conſecra⸗
te to Apollo, ob præſagium finis, becaute hee diuineth, oz cone
iectureth wohan hee hall dye. |

Deni⸗

(otes &creſter. Fo. 8.
“I Denifes heroiques, of thetwelue las

bours , perfourmed by Hercules.

4 1. J wil not here ſpeake holo
well thys Lpon is differkced,
but o his regalitie in d elde,
ſtanding in the woꝛtheſt met⸗
tallot all other, gouerned of
the Sunne, c ennobliſhed with
Ihe gemme oparzon,
i Thys is à regal Lyon, and a
myghtye, foꝛ he occuppeth the
fielde alone:and therefore hee
woꝛthely delerueth p name.
The firfe of the twelue las
oe bo2s whiche Hercules, ſonne of
Ofrris,and king of Egypt, tàlled Hercules Libyus performed,
was (as Diodorus wziteth)the ſlayng of a Lpon in p wodde
Nemea , that farre ercetled all other pons in greatnes,
whiche mought not be llayne with mettal oꝛ ſtone. Mher⸗
foꝛe he was conſtrepned to kyll hym with bys handes.
2. Ot the killing of the mon
fire Hydra, whiche was hys
ſeconde laboure, J haue ſpo⸗
ken ſomwhat in my boke, en⸗
tituled ) Armorie of honor. But
h vet here is to bee ſeene the J⸗
con ok the ſapde monſtre her
heade, as neighe as Jcoulde
SSH), contecture the fozme thereof,
YW) Noꝛ Uidore calleth her a Dꝛa⸗
gon of manpe heades, and
ſapeth that in Latyne, thee is
re named Excedra , quod no cæſo
tria capita excrefcebane : becaule ſapeth hee, that whan
one

a,

Cotes & creftes.
ene was ſtricken ol, there did cftfones ariſe thꝛes other
heades. Sed boc fabuloſum ef, Nam coftat Nydram locum fuiſſe

IA. lib. Ety. eue ntem aguas va ſtantes vicinam Ciuitatemein quo ying metas
N. cg. . tam clauſi multi erumpebant. Quod Hercules videns y loca ipfe

excuſb it, & aqua clauſit meatus. Nam Hydra ab aqua ditta eft.
3 Mhoſoeuer atchieued thys
Boꝛe, deſerued the beaſantes,
pf they had bene talentes.

Hercules hys thirde laboure
(taken foꝛ the common pꝛofite
of mankynde) was the taking
ofthe great Boe of Exim an⸗
thus, which waſted the coütrep
of Arcadia, t all people dꝛad⸗
de hym: but finallpe Hercules
toke him on liue, and bearing
him on his ſhoulders, bꝛought
hym to kyng Euriſßeus.

4. Centauri, Were a people
in the Countteve of Theffalye
whome the Portes keyned to
bee the one halfe like a man, €
th other like an Hozſe.

The kowerth labour, which
Hercules (oł hys incomparable
frength) performed, was the
Battle, whiche hee had alone
with a great mombze ok thole
men called Centauri, that were

ot great ſtrẽgth and ſwilte as

S honꝛſes.Centauris, id eff homini-

vu aqua mixtis fpecies vocabulum dedit: quos quidam fuiſſe
æquites Thefjalorum dicunt fed pro es ꝙ diſcurrentes in bello, ve-
lut vnum corpus ag uν & bominum viderentur: inde Cen-
beeiroſ fictes A cruerent. J ſoder. lib. il. cap. 3. Etymol.

5 Take

Cotes, & crelles. Fo. .

5. Take not this to be the
Mart that Caguyne in his Cyhꝛo
nicle makelh mention ok,
Which the Frenche king Char:
les the firt of that name, when
he was hunting in the woode
Siluancum, did finde, & tocke
with a bꝛaſen coller about hig
necke, wherein was this in⸗
ſcription: Hoc Cæſar me dlonauit,
But take this as the fifthe at⸗
chieuemente of the laborious
Hercules, Whiche was the ta⸗
kinge of the greate Marte in runninge, that fo2 his llwilt⸗
nelle had his hoꝛnes gilted.

6, Isdore ſaithe, that p bpꝛ⸗
des named Stymphalides are fg
called ok certaine Iles in Ar⸗
radie called Stymphals , where
aͤre great plentie of them:and
affirmeth, that they are Pelags
volucres, byꝛdes of the fea, and
motte frequent thoſe Jles. As
gainſte theſe byꝛdes Hercules
bled Dartes, and deſtroped
them, becauſe they conſumed
the kruites, and grayne of the
Countries adiovninge. And
this was the firte labour that he perfourmicd . This Sty
Phalie here, J haue cauſed ta be figured volante, with a
Garbe, agreable to his nature. Theſe byꝛ des are ſuppo⸗
fed to be fo bygge, that they ſhHadowe all the Sunne bea⸗

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Cres, cr crestes

Theſe Wenders ſiniſter vi
dadie, a2 waterie, mape loꝛe⸗
ſhowe ſome notable deuiſe, 02
enterpꝛiſe done by fo2zce , dior
lence, oꝛ rage of the waters
when they were turned, alte⸗
red, oꝛ other wiſe bꝛoken oute
of their olde ¢ woonted courte.
The ſeuenth of Hercules his ta
bours, was the making cleane
of the Wall of Angeus, beinge
Ae ale full of donge, the whiche by

bis wiſedome, and policie he
perkourmed, bꝛinging the River Pyenio thꝛough the Mall.
Mhich by the ſwifte tourſe of the ſtreame, in one day tare
ried awaie the donge without any repꝛoch to Hercules. It
mate alſo be thought, that the bearer of ſuche, oꝛ like Cote
armour, had donne ſome greate enterpziße vpont the leas,
Weihe of perpetuall. tommendation.
| This Bull is figueed orto⸗
lour blacke, hoꝛnes e hgofes
redde, a Coller af the beaſte ol
Armonpe, with a Chaine of
golde. Powe well he is diffe
rented koꝛ chalenge, make no
regarde thereat. The Sym⸗
q bole, oz deuice, pꝛoteedethe of

Hercules his eighte atchieue⸗
mente, whiche was the bꝛin⸗
gyngeok a bull from Creta,
into Greece, dꝛawinge him a⸗
longe the fea.

9. Hereu=

Cotes,¢o crestes. Fo. Io.

e. Hercules his ninth nota⸗
ble laboure, whiche Poetes
lu2zife of , that he perkourmed,
was the takvnge of Diomedes
hinge of Tharcia, and caſting
him to his hoꝛſes, who feeding

hym ſelte of them deuoured.
And after Hercules bꝛeakinge
thoſe wilde hoꝛſes, ¢ makinge
them gentle, bꝛoughte them to
Euriſtheus. This Euriſtheus
was a kynge of Greece, ⁊ eni⸗
mie fo 1 tobiche commaunded him fo doo moſte of
bis enterpꝛiſes.

10. The tenthe of Hercules
his labours, whiche he atchie⸗
ued, was his vopage inta
Spaine, and ſleainge of Cereon
and his ſonnes, and takinge
the great kyne, which he gaue
fo a kynge in that countrie,
sere who continuallp afterwarde

did pearelp offer in Sacrifice
yee 15 to the hououre of Hercules, one
7 1 of the Bulles, that came of

B. ii, u. The

3 Serxelles.

1. The going dobune (nfo
jell of Hercules; and ketchinge
Maw thence Theſeus and Perithous,
valiante men, and ſometyme
his cõpanions, is not fo great⸗
ipe to bee marueiled at, as in
that he bꝛought with him in a
chapne, Cerberus the dogge ol
hell „ hauynge three heades.
And this was the eleuenth ok
the notable laboures, whiche
Poetes wꝛite of, that Hercules
atchieued.

12. Here is to be ſeene a
Dragon, ſuppoꝛtinge a tree
laden with golden apples.
, The licaynge of the terrible
alt Dꝛagon; twhiche continually

watchinge, kepte the golden
apples in the gardens Heſßeri⸗
des,and taking them out ther⸗
of, was the tweluth, and lat
>. labour that Hercules perfour-
ee med: Some ſaie, thoſe apples
a A. 4 whiche were called golden for
5 the bewtie of the, were ſhepe,
whole ficeces were of golden tolour:and the Dragon ſig⸗
nifieth the diligence, and ſtrength of the ſhepheard which
kepte them. §. Hierome of the tenth chapter of Ceneſis wꝛi⸗
teh, that this Hercules ſo often before mentioned, called
Herz gbiusbecaute he conquered Y bia, was he which
perkourmed the twelue notable labours, whiche Poetes
wzite ot, t not Alcydes, ſonne of Alcmena, Who alſo was
named Herculet.

Nolycrater

Cotes, & crestes. Fo. Ii.

Polycrates Was amonge the

Samians, a typꝛan ſo fortunate,
that he neuer luffered any ad⸗
uerſũttie oꝛ griefe. Mherkoꝛe.
be at the laſte dꝛeadinge the
chaunge of foꝛtune, hauinge
à Kinge with a ſtone of ercel⸗
lente value, did caſte the ſame
into the ſea, to the intente he
woulde ſuffer ſomme difpleae
ſure, and lo ſatiſſie fortune,
But a fyſhe deusuringe the

ü Ringe, was ſhoꝛtelp after tas Strabe,
Ben of a ſiſher, and given to the kinge for the greateneſſe

of the fiſhe: whiche beinge opened, the ſaide Ringe was
kounde, and bꝛoughte to the kinge, wherat, as well he, as
all other about him, marueiled. Soone after the ſaide ty⸗
ran was taken of Ovontes,a Duke among the Perſiant, and Pæradin,
Hanged. Sic blandimenta,fplendoruc fortune(que mundus hic Sym bo. Hera.
p im pro fœlicitate ducit) nec certa, conſtantiaue ſunt, aut di- Fol. xo.
manſura: fed quo fulgentior apparet, ed verò facilius, ac celerius,
quemadmodum ox natura fragile vitrum,leditur, Et iuxta co-
micum fortuna vitreæ eſt, quæ cum ſplendet, fran gitur.

0 t Argus, whome the Poetes
t ee, fatne, that he had an hundꝛed
J ries, herby was fignificd his
NY, VEY, wiferoine, ¢ circumfpecion,

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DA aN z had appointed him by Lans, the
J 7 J keeping of Io, whom ſhee had
— , Ftranſtourmed into a Cowe.
Vi | ING Zi, Meorcurtius(heing 17
J „But Mercurius(betnge ſent by
SJ ee Y Iupiter) with bis ſwete Barz Auis Ju.
Ye KONE Ae x be monie brought Argus on ſlepe nia.

g (22 oR flewe hitt,fooke Jo from him,
: WE ano nought ber into Egppte.
Then uns tooke Argus epes,

B. ig. and

N

(otes,¢o creflet.

and ſette them in the eacockes tayle, Wwherfore the Dea⸗
cocke is conſetrate to Tune, Mhen he hathe lott his taple,
whiche happeneth once in the peare, as all aſhamed, hee
ſeeketh where to hide him ſelke, vntill it growe againe.
He liueth twentie fiue peares. The Peacocke, and the
Doue loue one an other. . ;
This Fiche in Latin is cale
led Nugilis, à ſea fiſh, ot al ſka⸗
led fiſhes, moſte lwifte. Nam

dor. li. Ety,
33, cap. 6. 8 vbi difpofitas ſenſerit pifcatorum

y | infidias confeltim retrar[um redi-
ens, ita tranſilit rete: vt volare piſs
cem videas. He is of coloure
white, they are fo defirous
ech kind of p other, that when

fiſhers haue taken the Dales,

and tyed them to a lyne, and
let them dolone into the ſea, al
the Females, when they per⸗
tetue the Pale, doo gather together, and tomminge ta

them, are taken in the nettes. They are taken aboute

Narbon in raunte, and are called Auges, in the ſingulare

number a Muge. This fiſhe mape with more congruence

de boꝛne in Armes, then many others, bothe foꝛ his celeri⸗

tie, t the mutuall loue which
eche kind beareth to the other.

The Harte is at continuall
debate with the Serpente, in
fo much, that he purſueth and
ſeekethe foꝛ hym at bys hole,
where he lyeth, and with the
bꝛeathe of his noſtrilles come
pelleth him ta come out, and
after he hathe ol lange tyme
1 foughte with him he eatethe
Shim. Therkoze the ſmel of the
ö Hartes

Cotes „ ive Mer. Fo.12.

Hartes hoꝛne burnt, dꝛiueth bfterlp alvap the Serpentes,
Chep neuer feale the Feuer, but rather are remedied
thereof by the eatinge of the Serpente. It is ſaide, that
Hartes fleathe eaten in the moꝛninge, augmenteth mang
life. It they be gelded, theire boznes neither fall ok, noz
growe. They haue no gall:and in Akrica there is none ol
them. |

CThe Coole in Latin is cab
r Anſer, auis, quæ vulgo voca- N
45 5 tur Anca, quod non eft Latinum. Anſeren og
Ses 17 /eris nomen anas dedst per de-
Erinationcm, vel a fimilitudine,
vel qued cy ipſa natandi freque—
tiam habet. The Goole (ſaiths
Llidere) dothe declare maniteſt⸗
ly the watches ol the nighte,
, thꝛoughe the continuance of
his cryinge. And no byꝛd pers
6 ie ceiueth ſo the ſauour, oꝛ ſente
. 7 of a man, as dothe the Gooſe.
The tubiehe o of f albe time was beſte knolune to the Ko⸗
maines, toꝛ as muche as when the Frenchemen beſteged
the Capitole of Nome, they within being on ſlepe, the Car
pitole had bene wonne, ik a certaine number of Geefe,
pertceiuinge the enimies, had not cryed. Mherewith the
Romatnes awaked, and by the valiant pꝛowes of Atarcus
Danlius, llewe, and dꝛaue out the Frenchemen. Wheres
foze Geeſe were had in greate reputation: and pꝛouiſion
Was made, that they ſhould neuer lacke meate. Geeſe are
ofa feruente ſtomake. They take pleaſure in eating wa⸗
terie and cold graſſe. Laurum non attingunt. In time patte
theire harte was moſte commended aimonge the delicate
meates at the table. So was theire liuer taken to bee ot
beſte fauour oz taſte.
Hghaoe is a wooꝛthye birde to be boꝛne in Cote armoute,
Licet r firepere inter doves.

B. ig. Pere

(otes,<o crestes.

Mere is ſeene thꝛee Floures
ok the hearbe . Alleluya, pꝛoper,
vnited with a fcrolve, contap⸗
ning the woꝛd of the Floure.
tye wWhiche is well knowne.
Alleluya, Pꝛaiſinge the Loꝛd.
TAhiche mape ſtande moſte

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72 co ngruently loꝛ à Creaſte, to
NANG * fatde Cote armour.
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8 The Virde Fulice ( fatthe
Rawifius ) haunteth the water,
and liueth nighe Pooles and
Pariſhes. Ber coloz is darke
02 blacke, whereotk thee taketh
ger name. Pet her beake, tippe
af ber wynges „ and legges
are redde. Shee is litle byg⸗
ger then a Culucr. One ere
cellent, and moſte gentle pꝛo⸗
pertie remaineth in this bird,
whiche is, that when the Egle
hathe caſte foꝛthe ort her neaſte
ſome of her yonge ones beloꝛe the time. {hee eſpyinge the
ſame, taketh them, and bꝛingeth them vp. It mape bee
thought the doth it foꝛ obedience ſake to her Soueraigne,
becauſe the Eagle is Omnium alitum Regina: and fo hex nas
ture herein is to be taxen. It ſhee crie in the moꝛninge,
it is a greate token, that there ſhall ſome tempeſte enſue.
Et quum ludlit in littore. Iidore ſatthe, thee is called Fulcia,
225 caro eius leporinam ſapiat. Lagos en im I. pus dicitur:V nde
cr apud Græcos Lagos dicitur. Habet nidum in medio aquæ, vel
$2 pet 15 Zu Agia circundant: mar itimoq; ſemper delectatur

profunde.

Cotes, & crestes. Fo. iz.

froſfundo. Shee is à kinde byꝛde bothe to her owne, and to

the Cagies. Theretoꝛe al the byꝛdes or this nature ought
eſpecially to be boꝛne in Enũgnes, fo2 the ſoucratgnetie
of them, x a greate reſpecte to be had, to what perlous they
are affigned vnto. Foꝛ Eagles are not to be boꝛne of
Fooles, noꝛ Lyons of Daſtardes: leaſte that Diogenes res
pꝛoue them, as he did the man that was cladde in a Lyons
ſtzinne: thinkinge it vncome⸗
lp, that a man effenunate , oz
ot a childiſte harte, Mould al⸗
ſumpte to wrare bron hint the
garmente of Hercules.

The Creaſte aboue delcri⸗
bed, is a heaſt leſle thé a Foxe,
in coloure darke pealo we, kull
ok blacke ſpottes, and is taken
to be a blacke Genet, the furre
whereok hath bene very much
eſteemed here in Englande.

J reade in the ürſt bone
of the Alachabes, the thir⸗
tenth chapter, that Symon
after the deathe of J
thas his bother 5 made
bpon the Sepulchre or
his Father, and his bꝛe⸗
theen , a buvldinge hie to
locke vnto, ot᷑ Free fone
behinde and bekoꝛe. E:
flatuit ſeptem pyramidas,
ynam contra vm, Paty, et
NMatri, et quætuor fraty ibis:
and fet bp ſeuen Stepies
one againſt an other (for
bis Father, his Pother,

Id

Cotes, & creſtet.
and koure bꝛethꝛen.) And rounde about them he ſet great
Millers, with Armes vpon them foz a perpetual memoꝛp:
t carued Shippes beſides the Armes, that they mighte bs
(cence ol men faplinge in the ſea. Here appeareth the ane
tiquifie of bearinge of Armes, and longe befoze this, as
maie appeare in the ſetonde Chapter of the Booke of Nu⸗
meri, whereas almightie God commaunded NMoyſes . Aa-
ron, that euery man of the childꝛen ol Aſraell ſhould pitch e
vnder his owne Standerd, and vnder the Armes ok their
Fathers houſes. Wihereby dothe manikeſtly appeare, to
what ble the bearinge of Armes ſerue: verily that one
Houſe, and the Pꝛogenie thereof mighte be knowne from
an other, as wel at home in their olun Countrie, as when
they ſerue abꝛode otherwhere in Martial affapꝛes. Ther⸗
koꝛe (as ( hriſtine de Pyſe ſaithe in the Booke of the feates
of Armes) they were firſt kounde, that euery eſtate might
be known in battaile, one from an othrr, by their Armes
oꝛ Enſignes. The Shippe, who firſt inuented the fame,
A finde no certaintie. Some Wihiters affirme Jaſon and
5 l Typhss to be the inuentoꝛs
thereof, Secundum Ecclefis
afticos Not. Iſidore fatthe,
that the Lydians made the
firſt Ship, Pelagid, incerte
petentes peruium mare yfib”
humanis fecerunt, Some
fap, Rhodians,02 one Pas
ralus. Others, that Argus
loꝛ his wiſedome, called
Sapientiſſ imus primus Na-
uem condidit.

Pythagoras (as fatth Bos
etins was the firſt inuen⸗
tour ot Muſicke amonge
the Grecians , whiche he
lounde out by the ied

ä 0

Cotet, G creftes.. Fo. iq.

af Hammers, whereof he wꝛote a Wooke, Whiche Boctins

and Apuleius tranQated into Latin. J cannot, neither pet

dare ſpeake any thinge in commendation ol the pꝛincipal

tokens boꝛne in this Cote armour, whiche are the Oꝛgan Organ Pipes,
Pipes, an inſtrument of Puſicke. But what fate J, Hu⸗

ficke ! One of the ſeuen Liberali Sciences : It is almoſt
bannithed this Kealme, Ik it were not, the Queenes az

ieſtie did fauour that excellente Science, Singinge men,

and Choꝛiſters might goe a begging, together with their

Maiſter the player on the Oꝛganes. Pet this Cote Arz Muftke
mour dependeth not all vpon Wulicke , foꝛ peraduenture
good rounfell, whiche is a lweete thinge, and delighteth

muche him whiche will receiue the ſame, moze then the

noyſe ot anp Inſtrumente, ought to haue his merite, and
tommendation aboue all tunes, and ditties. And euen ſo

it oughte to haue: and thereloꝛe ſuche a Cote Armoure

dughte rather to be alligned to a faithefull Counſellour,

then to an vntuneable Puſition. The Hammer is an Haunutr.
Inſtrumente well knowne, and to be occupied of men ol

diuerſe Scientes, but elpeciallp of the Smpthe, oꝛ Fere

tier, And it is called in Latin (as Lſidore ſaithe) Malleus:

quia dum quid calet, & molle eſt, cedit & producit. The

Faſce ot Palme, ot righte oughte to haue his Bonde of Palme.
Golde, and to ſtande within a Crowne, becaule that it is

uaͤlwapes greene. And (as witneſleth Plutarchus) of that

nature and pꝛopertie, that there tan no weighte, noꝛ bur⸗

den oppꝛelle it, but that it will rife vnder it, and ſtande bp

as it choulde doo. Propterea in certaminibus Palmam ſignum

Me placuit victoriæ: quoniam ingenium einfmodi ligni, e vt vr-

gent ibus, prement ibuſq; non cedat.
2 Simonidesy

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Hawmed,

Swalowe,

Cotes, & creftes.

Simonides, à Poete in Greece,
was the frſt that inuented the
verſes called Lyrics, and was
excellente in prouokpnge of
teares. He on a time when he
ſhoulde take his iourney, eſpi⸗
ed a dead man, to him vnkno⸗
wen, lpinge on the grounde,

readie to be deuomed of byꝛ⸗

des, and wilde beaſtes. Stap⸗

inge, he tooke the deade body,

and as ſoone as he coulde, bu⸗
ried the ſame. But when as he
was minded to take ſhippinge, the nighte beloꝛe, he Gwe
in his lleape, the man whom he bad buried, admoniſhinge
him, not ſo to doo: foꝛ if he did, he ſhould periſh by wꝛecke
on the fea. Wiben he told this dꝛeame to his felowes, they
macked him, and left him alone on the ſhoare. But when
they had a litle launched from the lande, there aroſe a ſo⸗
daine tempeſte, and looſed fo their tackelinges, that theire
Shippe bꝛoke, and they all periſhed. And ſo Simenides,
loꝛ the pleaſure whiche he did to the deade man in burps
inge him, reteiued the lalegarde of his life. The Balws
mede in this Cote armour, is a manikeſte demonſtration
ok buriall, and is an auntiente token in Armoꝛie.

J haue here cauſed to be figured vpon the {aid Cote are
mour, a Swalowe, ot colour, as pe mate ſee, on a bꝛeathe,
D2, and Uerte. Ariſtotle ſaithe, that there be in the Ile
Samo, white Swalowes, Quibus excæcatit, lumen iterum re—
ffituitur. Cecina Volaterranus comprehenſus hirundines, nun-
tias belli mittebat amicis, ix nidum priſtinum redire folitase
hep will not enter into the Citie of Thebes, becauſe that
Citie hathe bene ſo okten taken, and ranſacked. They are
not in daunger to the Nauen of other byꝛdes, Nec vnquam
præda eſt. Therefore the Scrowe whiche thee beareth in
bet Leake, maniteſtly declareth the fame, Nulli e

: er

Cote, & cresles Fo. 18.

feet is pꝛave to none. It by mans handes they be caught,
they die, becaule they cannot be bꝛough ite to fcede on any
thinge, but that whiche them feluce cant catche flyinge in
the apꝛe. Excacatis Pullurumoculic, herbi: Chelidoniay iſum
reſtituunt.

They which! haue! bene
diligẽt ſearchers of p naz
tures of all things which
haue life, wꝛite, pthere be
certaine byꝛdes, & other
beaſtes lackinge reaſon,
whiche laue theire ues
thꝛoughe greate filence,
Like as Geeſe do, whiche
leauing the Galt coaſta,
foꝛ p greate heate there,
c llyinge into the Meaſt
partes, where the ſunne
goeth downe, when they
begin to fip over p grene
mountaine urns wwhity
aboundeth with Cagles,

cher a thole rauenous byꝛdes, Top bp theire beakes
with litle ſtones, leaſte the violence of their vſuall and ac⸗
cuſtomed crpinge ſhould bꝛeake out, and be hearde ol the
Cagles, whereby they ſhoulde be in ieopardie of their ly⸗
ues. But after they ( with greate ſileuce) haue flolone o⸗
uer the toppe, and heighthe of the ſaide Hill, they refule,o3
let fall theire pebble kante and ſo they ſcape awaie moꝛe
fafelp with theire noyſe, and lowde voices thꝛoughe the
height ok the firmament. Hereby are we taught to keepe
ſilence, and to pꝛemeditate what wee will ſpeake to an:
and to take good heede it be ſpoken in conueniente time
r plate. ot as the common pꝛouerbe is, The woꝛde ſpo⸗
ken can not be called backe againe. Ar iſtotlez among mar

Auge np

Cotes, & crefies.

wp ocher thinges whiche be taughte his Difeiple Califthes
es when he ſente him to Alexander the Greate, this eſpe⸗
diallp he enioined him, /s quam rarifsime & iocundè admodi
apud eum loqueretur, qui vite neciſq; poteſtatem in acie lingua
haberet. Proinde Anferum exemplis potius quam Caliſthenis v.
tatur illi enim paruo filentio vitam tutati [unt 5 hic autem vel
modica loquendi licentia, eam amiſit, cum nec dicto optimi præ-
ceptoris auſcultaſſet. Oportuns namque filenty maior eſt lass
quam intempeſtiuæ ovations, The Creſte prefigured is a
Ppe, ſette vpon a Scrowe containinge this Apothegme.
y Nieſcit vox miſ
ſe reuerti.
Cyrus king
ok the Perſi-
ans „ what
time he was
reeadie to die,
gaue in char
5 ge by his wil
to make , 02
oꝛdapne no
other Se⸗

hym, but ons
lp to be buri⸗
ed, and laide
in the earths,
whiche bꝛin⸗
geth kooꝛzthe
a grate, and
A floures: then
the which no
thing can be
founde moꝛe
excellente (h
be)

Cotes, & creStes. Fo. 16 ;

he) noꝛ that ran better become a gaue.

Thus truely the foꝛme, oꝛ kaſhion of p ancitt goat
thetr burial is to be laughed at, and mocked. Dé the whieh
Diodorus Wꝛiteth, that they cantemninge the ſtate of thys
life, called our Houſes, Annes, eſteming them but as love
ginges to receiue a friende, loꝛ a ſhoꝛte ⁊ ſmall time. But
in buildinge Sepulchꝛes oꝛ Tombes, they ſpared neither
labour noꝛ coſte. Foz they iudged fuch their Sepulchꝛes
fo be continuall, and euerlaſtinge habitations. And here

is ſeene a Cote armour, bhiche is fo be taken of aunciente
boaringe, and alſo good and perfecte Armoꝛie. Pere 18
alfo diſplaide foꝛ the Creaſte bpon an Helme on a Toꝛte,
Golde, and Gerte, an Arme Couppe, Partie per pale, D4
and Ermine, holding in his hande peoper,a Billet Cold,
manteled Sable, doubled Argent. This Apothegme, oz
Bolle adved: ana ſalus ab homine. Theiſe Armes thus
marſhalled, oughte not to be boꝛne in this kourme, but of
a Dubbed knight. An Eſquire ought to beare his Creaſt,
like to wit olde aunctent oꝛder, Whiche is, vpon a wꝛeathe
ofthe colours, which are
agreable to the ſame:and
in ſuch fourme, as nexte
here beloꝛe, and in thoſe
that folowe, fo2 the mo
parte, pe ſhall haue er⸗
amples,

The Cofer in Latin is
called Scrin ium, ànd is a
necelfarpe thynge made
koꝛ the ſafe keepynge of
Jeboelles, oꝛ Oznamen⸗
tes as alſo of Bookes,
Tuidences, € Kecoꝛdes
of Judgementes, oꝛ En⸗
rolmentes. Plins Wwiteth
in his naturall Piſkoꝛie,

that

Cotes, & creſtet.

Hat amonge all the (poples, lohlche Alexander the greate

gotte of Darius hinge of Perſia, he liked one moſte eſpeci⸗
ally, whiche was a Cofer of ſweete Oyntementes, verpa
ſumptuous, and ot᷑ great valour, botche in Golde, pꝛetious
Stones, and Pearles: and ſhewinge the lame to diuerſe
his friendes and louers, he queſtioned with them, to
What pourpoſe it woulde beſte ſerue. After diuerſe, and
contrarp reaſons by them therein declared, z ſhewed, he
ſaide, it would beſt ſerue foꝛ the fate keping of the bookes
ol Homere, as the moſt extellent woꝛke fo2 the declaration
of mans mind, iudging no treaſure moꝛe pꝛetious then it.
Ita vifum eff iuueni qui fe totum ad exemplar Achillis compo-
webat, Coters, oꝛ Cheaſtes are foꝛ manp good purpoſes,
and relpectes to be borne in Armoꝛie. oꝛ diligence, and
bertuous ſtudie is therby ſigniſted, x repꝛeſented, and not
mate oꝛ niggiſhe keepinge ol woꝛldely pelfre, and
mucke.

The Wilon here figured for a Create, on a Toꝛce
Argente, and Gules, is a Beaſte, hauinge one hozne
ſcandinge betlweene his eares, and a verye longe mapne.
In ſhape he is like to an Harte, but in ſomme Countries
he is blacke. J reade, that there is greate ſtoare of them
in Germanie. Pet this is not the Beaſte, whiche ſomme
take to be the ſame that is named Bubalus, à Bugle, oꝛ

Wilde Dre. oz the Poete Dlartialis maketh them vn⸗
iene this his Uerſe kolowinge doth declare:

li ceſſit atrox Bubalus atg Biſon.

The fterce Bugle to him gaue place,

And alſo the Bilon in his race. ys
01e.

— eee, Fo. 17

| Solea, a8 I rbade it en
gliſhed bp Sir Thomas
Eliot in his Dicttonarie,
isa shove called a Cals

Sr lage’, 02 Patten, wWhiche
2 hath nothing on the leete
but onely Latchettes.

This manner ok Shooe,

before ail others, hath bis
commendation; fo2 it gre
ueth not, 02 vereth the

Wearer thereof on bys

keete. A Shooe made o⸗

therlwile clole, may zig

à man: Si pede maior e-

rit , ſobuertet: fe . —. 5

“Veta.
1 hooe loo large loꝛ thy feofe,
II cannot but thee ouerthꝛowe:

AJ ck᷑too little, it be agapne,

It bereth thee with greater payne.

A Shooe on a mannes foote, mape leeme good, and
fitte,pet where it greeueth, no man can tell, but the wea⸗
rer. Paulus Aemylius, Sonne of Lucius Paulus, d Contuil
moſte excellente amonge the Momaines, hearinge brs
Mike Papyia (the daughter alfo of a Conſull) commen⸗
ded for her beautie, Nobleneſle ot byꝛthe, modeſlie, and
kruitetulneſſe, ſhewed his ſhooe to them, that pꝛalſed her,
and aſtzed howe they liked it. They anlweared it was
à good ſhooe, and well made. Sed qua parte 9 7 85 metres
diſtorquet, mefcitis. But none of pou dothe knowe (ſaithe
ge) where it wzingeth me. Peaninge, that he alone lelte

Che atten is a commendable token, and maie we i
esleehe a Cote armour. Mho is the bearer beresi (e
C. i. none

Cotes & creſtes. g

none is) in fighte on foote muſte ſeeme to haue the maiz
ſterie. Mere is alſo ſeene volante on a wzeathe, D2, and
Sable, an Agathal d Argent, guttie, beaked, and legged,
Uerte, geſante an Alimon, proper. The byꝛde called 4⸗
gathallus bathe natural enimitie with an other byꝛde, cal⸗
led. Achanthylis: fo that tf the bloude of them be foꝛcibly
mixte together, they will after ſeuer eche from other. The
Merbe akoꝛeſaide, which he beareth, is of that nature, that
it will not ſuffer them that taſte it, to be hungrpe.

2 8 This Beaſt here figu⸗

5 red, is nob called a Hou
Mm, feat Indie, otherwiſe -
"+ chenenmen, a beaſte of E⸗
gypte , of the greatnes
oa Catte, and is faſhio⸗
ned like a Moule, pet haz
uinge the taple, as of a
goate, who creepeth into
the body of a Crocodple,
when in fleape be gapeth
and eating his botvels,
fleacth him, he eſcapinge
aliue. The Egyptians a⸗
monge other their Gods
wooꝛſhip this litle beaſte
alſo foꝛ a God.

Foꝛ the Creaſte, here is to be ſeenea Bugles heade,

raffled d Argente, a bꝛaunche of Juniper tree proper.
This tree accuſtomably groweth in ſandpe places.
The leaues and bꝛaunches therof, is continually grene.
It will not putriſie, oꝛ ſtynke. Non floret: It hathe no
floures. It is of the fame vertue „ oꝛ ſtrengthe, as is the
Coder tree. The Pithe thereof alſo is euery where moze
ſounde, then is the Ceder: and the woode 5
5 arde,

Cotes & creſtes Fo. 18

harde, as Mantuane repoꝛteth. It is greate beponde mea⸗
ſure, and huge in Spapne, and growethe beſte on the
hilles, hauinge pꝛickles in ſteade ofleaues. It is croo⸗
ked, and wꝛapped together. Beinge burnte, it is verpe
odoziferous „ and purgeth the coꝛrupted Apꝛe. It is a
ſweete buſſhe in this Kealme, and wosꝛthpe greate com⸗
mendation. In London it is beſte ſolde. Wiha fo bea⸗
reth this in any ſigne, oꝛ token Armoꝛiall, oughte to be a
man ot an excellente, and pꝛompte witte, apte to do Ju⸗
ſtice without coꝛruption, parcialitie, oꝛ fauour. NAherkfoꝛe
this 1 1508 is added: Zequitas lucet per fe.

Here in this field Sa⸗
ble, is to be ſeene a great
Ppꝛamide in Pale, porte
diſplaide, betwene fives

Croilantes d Argent.

This building here de⸗

ſcribed, is in our engliſh
tongue to be taken fo2 a
Stecple, which is a great
buildinge made of fone
oꝛ other mattier, and is
kourmed bꝛoade, ¢ foure
ſquare beneath, and vp⸗
wardes ſmall and ſharpe
às it were pᷣ flame of fire,
whiche endeth ſharpe.
This is a Cote of greate
excellencie, and who fo es

ner ſhould beare the ſame, ought in al thinges to be found

diſcrete, and conſtant, and to abide therein.

The Wpbe which here is alligned fo2 > Creſt, is a kind
ol Haukes, whiche very ſeldome o2 neuer is leene to Aye
in the day time, but ſeeketh his pꝛaye in the night. Px e
cum Aquila acriter, adeb, vt amibæ mutuo A ſſultu implexæ,
guandoque deferantur in terram.

C. h. There

57. 01 Geer socials ina

LOE Seog peresare: fhiee: kine
115 dee i @Uivatels, one 5

e res is e whiche ig
here delcribed, and is of
tolsur white, a dellrover

1 olf. Beeſtals, and eateth
e bptheir honey. Acbeatte
that ol ee e
mape he hoꝛne in Armes
. d to
the bearer⸗ oz tontempte
J) ofthe thinge lone. Ao
the Beats is a loukr pk

leapin g 5 9 atic 4 :
hte; byte en frit ofall tenemos Serßen nfc8:fo2 to the
ferpent he is a deadly, and moztal eninuie Cui e
commænducata ruta, quam ſcit eſſe 5175 Hey, pelti in fe an exi-

idle, The WMealel is wong thippenat the behanes, The
Rites ofthis beat bound to a eaman niah hedtune, doo
kekpe, and „ in the byꝛtheor the 02,08

fame tadge, doo hep? ürne let the birth 55 achilde.

On a Toꝛce Argent and Vert, here is cnfighed tiroo
Armes, lleues, and rutkes Crmonefet within a Crowne
d Oe, holding in the handes proper, tug Serpẽtes, Azure.

Areade, that Iyhclats ſonne of Alemeſi, boꝛne with Here
cles at one byꝛth. But Nercule was gotten by lupe, and
Iphiclus by. Am nphittie, And when twos Dery pentes cams
to the Cradle ot Iypbiclus x Mie him alter when they tame
to Hercules, he todke in either of his handes one, and flue
them. Touching that the Wore is of white, and greene,
Darius, the king of Perſia, at What time he araved hattails
aAgainſte the Greate Alexander, did weare a Moule 10 the

é ay me

{

Cotes, & crestes. Fo. I.
ſame colours aboute the Diademe vpon his heade, called
by the Perfians, Cydaris.

8 Thele are pꝛoperly ter

= o> med in Armes, Tortcanl-
nog N xc, Wherwith the Croffe

! Awd is charged, and are to be

18585 Py taken fo2 cakes of bꝛead,

Lng he pet of heauineſſe, beinge

f e inp tfturned from their pꝛoper

colour to bloud Torta pas
nis, is Latin foꝛ a cake of
bꝛead, ſuche as a Crack⸗
nell, oꝛ Spmnell is. Of
olde time it was called a
Waffle.

Our Sautour Aclus,
(as the Scriptures doo
witneſſe) was boꝛne in
the Cittie of Dauid, cal⸗
led Bethelem, diſtante
from Jeruſalem fire mples, and was firſte called Euphra-
ta, and fignificth in the Hebꝛewe tongue, the Woufe of.
Weeade. Mherekoꝛe the Pꝛophete ſaithe in his Palme,
Ecce audiu imus eam in Euphrata, oc. Loe, we haue hearde
of the fame at Enphrata, and founde it in the CCloode, The
further interpꝛetation bereof, J leaue to Diuines.

The Ramme here diuiſed for 5 Creſt, is quarterly par⸗
ted S. and Ermpne, armed, x vnguled d Dz. He is a no⸗
ble beaſte, and beſt knowne in this Nealme. Laberius the
Poete calleth them, Reciprocornes, foꝛ the turning backe⸗
ward, and eftſoones foꝛwarde of their hoꝛnes. They are
alſo called Lanicules, betauſe they haue their ſzynne toue⸗
red with woll. Some repoꝛte, ⁊ affirme, that of Rammes
hoꝛnes buried, oꝛ hidde in the grounde, is bꝛoughte foꝛthe
an Herbe, called. aragus, in Engliſhe, Sperage.

Chriſte was called Ares, ã Ramme, Propter Principas
C. ty, tim

Ringe,

Ojprey.

=

(ates, vp crestes

tum, lo; his Soucraignetie, and Dominion.

The field of this Cote
armour, is Geronnie of
fire pieces Argente, and
Gules, on the firſt quar⸗
ter Sable , thzee Annus
lettes, d D2.

The Ringe is the moſt
pꝛincipall oꝛnamente fo
beautiſie the hand of man
02 woman. Wut in wea⸗
ring ok them oftentimes
is lound deteſtable pꝛid,
offence, and diſpleaſure
bothe to God, and Pan.
Are not oktentimes gem⸗
mes therein encloſed,
Whiche fir e pꝛouoke the
wearer thereok to fiithye
iuſt, x abominable vices, are not oftencr in place of {ones
(which are called pꝛetious) known to be encloſed familiar
diuels ſeruing to woꝛke nothing that is good and godly,
but contrarp altogether bothe to grace e godlineſle. God
graunte, that no Chꝛiſtian man be founde fo weare ſuche
Ringes. I reade in a pꝛophane hiſtoꝛp, that Gee, ſeruant
to Candales, kinge of Lydea, hada Ringe of (uche bertue,
that when the bꝛoder part therof was turned to the palme
of his hande, he was ſeene of no man, but he might fee all
thinges: and when he turned the Kinge of the contrarp
part, he was him ſelfe ſeene openly. By the meane wher⸗
of he flue Caudales, and tommitted adultrie with his wife:
and fo ofa laſie ſhepheard, he was made a curſed binge,

The byꝛde called an Olpꝛey, is of ſuche lwhitenelle on
his bꝛeaſte, and winges, that when he houereth ouer any
runnynge water, 02 ithe Poole, all the fhe therein tur⸗
neth vp theire bellies, and fo he taketh his pꝛaxye. irs is

akon

Cotes, G crestes. Fo. 20.

faken to be a kynde of Eagles that haunteth aboute the
Sea.

Mere is diuiſed a field
Geronnie of twelue pies
tes Crmpne and Gules,
on a Scocheon d D2, the
Beaſte Phattaga Uerte,
creſted Azure. This is a
beaſt in Indie like a Coc
katrice, as bygge as a lite
fle dogge, hauinge a ſka⸗
le, and roughe ſkinne,
that cannot be pierced
with yꝛon. The kaſhion
of his taple is like vnta
the Lyons, whiche in his
fierceneſſe he beareth res
flexed towards his backe.
J haue cauſed this Eſco⸗
8 cheon thus charged, to be
ſet in pꝛoper mettall , the ſielde requiringe no moze. Foꝛ
3 hold this opinion in Armes, that Ermpne, oꝛ E rmpnes
ought neuer to be laide with the mettal of their colour, be⸗
caule thep are Furres, and haue no proper Blazon with
any mettall. .

The Bergander is a byꝛde of the kinde of Geeſe, ſome⸗
what longer, and bigger then a Ducke, liuing in the wa⸗
ter, bꝛeeding ſometime in Conpe holes, ſometime in hole
lowe places in Rockes. re

This byꝛd is here figured, bearing the herbe Hiac inthe,
with the floure proper. It hathe leaues like à Poꝛret, an
bande bꝛeadth in height, leſle then a maydes little finger,
grene of colour, p toppe lying dolwn kul of purple floures,
and the roote rounde. The floure ſpꝛingeth out in ſpꝛing
time, with the Uiolet, and bekoꝛe the Hole. It is tommon⸗
Ip called here in Englande, Crowetoes.

C. ttt, In

KD

(Iten, crestes.

In this ticlde parted
per Pale, Sable Gules,
are to be ſene ona Crofle
Molpne, d D2, a Dꝛyme
Tome betweene foure
Akoꝛnes Uerte. This
Moꝛme is here figured
with the taple flered vn⸗
der his chinne, and is cal⸗
led Dryimus: a litle woꝛm
founde in the roote of an
oke, ſo miſcheuous a poi⸗
fon, that if one treade on
him bare footed, fooꝛthe⸗
with the ſkinne commeth
o, and al the legge ſwel⸗
75 leth, and ( whiche is moze

* to be marueiled at) they
that handle him that is hurte, doo looſe their lkinne. This
Cote armoure is Horoique, koꝛ the bearer thereof oughte
without refpecte of perſon, to execute iuſtice.⁊ to.giue true
iudgement aftcr the Lawes: not to be ſlouthkull in his of¢
ite, but painefullp to maintaine the iuſt cauſes of the in⸗
nocent,keping them with double dekenſe from the violent
oppꝛeſlion of the mighty. The office ok an ynck Polpne,
and to what pourpoſe it ſerueth betwene the Myll ones,
is, Ithinke, knowne to moſte men, but to Pyllers eſpe⸗
cially , who in takinge theire tolle, forget oftentimes the
Rule taughte them by their myll ynck.

The Creſte here ſeene, is an Erodye Golde, Guttie, ſet
on a Toꝛte, Siluer t Gules. Caleyine ſaithe, that the byꝛd
Erodius , is the greateſt fowle that flyeth, ¢ oucrcommeth
and deuoureth the Cagle. Other wꝛite, that in time of
treadinge, he ſweateth bloude. he

Cotesscocresien Fo. 21.

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ee
The fielde of thys Cote Armoure is verte, thꝛee cuppes
covered in Pale betwene tf, flaſques d D2, charged with
two cluſtres of grappes, pꝛopꝛe. And to the Creſte vppon
the helme, a kynges heade, with a Diademe crowned, ſet
on a Chapeau Sable, turned vp Ermyne, manteled verte,
dobled Argente, cotized of two Equicerucs pꝛopꝛe, thys

Apothegme added, fate prudentia A10¥ 6
The toꝛne coꝛpſe of Peniheus, and the caule of hys death
ſufficiently diſplapeth all the ſayde enſignes Who as the
fables do repoꝛte, was kynge of the J Hebaner, Whole father
was called Echion, and hys mother Aeaue. Thys Pentheus
5 deſpiſed

Eguicerne.

Cotes, & creſles.

deſpiled the Sacrifice of Bacchus, the god ok wyne, oꝛ the
dꝛoncken god, wherekoꝛe hys olone mother Agaue cut of
bps heade:and bys ſiſters with the other tompanye of wo⸗
men, which than did celebꝛate the feaſte and facrifice of the
ſapde Bacchus, and toꝛe hys bodpe all to pieces. f
The Equicerne, as I reade, is a beaſte in the Oꝛiente,
forma cerui & equi compoſitum, in forme oꝛ ſhape of an bare
te, and an hoꝛſe ioyned together, hauing hoꝛnes, ca longe
mapne to the ſhoulders, e a bearde vnder bys chynne like
vnto the goate, and fete rounde cloucn like an harte, ⁊ is
as greate as an harte.
Here is to
bee ſeene in
N thys fielde fa

ye

his head, cou
pie in Felle,
betwen two
launces d Ar
gente. Thys
is à beaſte in
India, like an
Hoꝛzſſe, and
bath talues li
kea Boꝛe, €
therein tul⸗
kes , à cubite
lage r moꝛe,
whyche are

apte to what
bie the beaſte
will, foꝛ they
ſtande not

faſte, but are
bowed as he
liſteth: ſo that
whan he figh

0

ble, an Eale 2

Cotes, & crestes. Fo. 22.

teth, hee letteth bp th one, and holdeth dotune the other, to
th intente, that yr the one in üghting ware dull, oꝛ be bꝛo⸗
ken, the other ſhall ſerue hym.
Thys Beaſte is founde in Indie, about great rpuers. He
bath a taple lyke an OHphante, in colour hlacke, oꝛ bape.
Foz the Creſte it is thus aligned, vpon the helme on a
{yzeathe d Oꝛ and Sable, a Cardnell volante, beaked and
legged Argente, all the reſte pꝛoper, manteled verte; do⸗
bled Argente. 1
Thys lyttle byꝛde is here figured, gelante a ſeade of the
thiſtle, fo2 that the lyueth by the leades of them, vnde illi
inditum nomen, She hath a redde heade, vealowe winges, Celle,
diſtincte with white and blacke. Cardnales umperata fac iunt,
autore Plinio, nec voce tantum, ſed pedibus, & ore pro manibus.
They are taught to da anye thing not onely with p voice,
but alſo with the fete and byll, in Meade of handes. Thys
Poel is alſo added.
Tendlit in ardlua virtus.

Here is to bee deſcryued, on
a loſenge Gules Crowned a
Apons heade, raſſed Argent.
Omphale that mapden ¢ Quer⸗
ne of the countrpe of Lidya,
was fo baliaunte in deedes of
armes, that after thee had bile
led an huge yon, the bled to
were the heade of the ſame v⸗
pon her, to declare therby her
pꝛowelle, and that ſhe woulde
feme to bee rather of the male
kynde than kemale. Hercules
did loue thys Quene fo moche, that to wynne her fauour,
he did at her txommaundemtt flea a great Serpent, nyghe
the flodde of Sagi, and alterwarde, became fo ſeruiſeable

vnto her, as pt hee hadde bene her woman nea
moche

Cotes, & creftes,

moche, that he compelied hym to pike wolle, and to ſpyn⸗
ne and carde, and woulde ſometyme fo abuſe hym, that the
woulde beate hym aboute the
2 0 heade, with her Sandale oz
SEX BES SAS flipper. ,
7 Foꝛ the crraſte, it is thus des
uiſed, on a Toꝛte, Ermpne x
8 Azure, à Piller fuſillye d Ar⸗
gente crowned, and cotized be
twene two Tarandules d Oz,
armed, and vnged verte.
The Tarandule is a beaſte,
( cõmõly called a Buffe, which
D is like an Ore, but that he hath
à bearde like a Soate.

SSSA

N
Prana)

N
2
J
N

—

2

Here is ſeene in thys ſheilde
öW;ẽ the heade of Neduſa à Crowne
in cheife.

Deduſa, à Ladie of whom fa⸗
bles do repoꝛte, that by dtiner<
ua, her heares were tourned
into Adders, and they whiche
bebeld her, were tourned into
tones, whom perſeus, that no⸗
ble knyght, atter warde ſlewe.

+

Perſeus.

Take

on drerefies. Fo 23.

Wart 20 Take thys fo bee a moniire,
mn 94s EH esti and not aperiectbeatte.

85 oo Almighty God, being great
ly dilpleaſed with the pꝛyde of
Nabuc hodono; or, > {02 that hee
woulde haue his image hono⸗
red loꝛ god, ſodeinly tranſtoꝛ⸗
med him into an hozrtble mõ⸗
ſtre, hauing the heãde of an
Oxe, the feete ol a Weare, and

bh tavie oba upon, who dyd
D eate hey as a Beate. And ar⸗
rate fer: he bad donne penaunte in
that eme, ten Ang maued with mercie, and accepting
fo2 hym the tontinual pꝛapers of Daniel the pꝛophete, xei⸗
toꝛed 1 to hys pꝛiſtinate ſoꝛme, Who after warde lyued
wel, and canniaunded that the very goo: of: en ſhould
bee enelp henoꝛed.
oo Loo ſhould beare theſe enũtgnes, tet hum onely fea⸗
vez lerne, obep, and giue al e gio to God
$02 euer ae cuer.

Cotes & creſtes.

The lielde is ol the Mos=
ne, aT herebinthe tree, Sas
turne, floured and leafed, .
Veneris. The wodde of
thys tree is blacke, and
harde lyke bore: Oute of
thys tree doth runne a
Comme, commonlpe cals
led Turpentyne: albett the
common Turpentvne is
not it, but an other, which
is as clere as glaſſe, ⁊ is
a ſouerapgne medecpne
to clenſe the ſtomacke, of
putrified humoꝛs. The
floure oꝛ bloſſome of this
tree, is full of grapes oꝛ
beries, like the Olpue, p
Leaues alſo thereot, are fo harde cloſed together, that they
fall not awape. In Sirya it is aboundante, and fruitekull,
in Macedonia, Meffibus reddit ſemen. It veloeth bys fruite
in the harueſt tyme: And is a noble token, to bee boꝛne in
cote Armoure.

Thys Bpꝛde deuiſed foꝛ the creaſte, hath a long bill and
redde legges, whiche dꝛincketh as though it dyd byte the
water. She dippeth all her meate in the water allo, quem
pede ad roflrum veluti manu affert, that is, whiche he con⸗
uepeth to her bill, as with an bande. She is moſte elkemed
in Concagena, à parte of Syria, and is taken of ſome to bee
the Pellycane. The Aton, oꝛ forme of the fame birde, J haue
cauſed thus to bee ügured, pogtant a water Kole ire

oz

A. Foz hys treſte beareth an
Eagle volante Solis, portant a
Croſſe patie fitchic, vars’, ona
ſcrowe cotcining thys woꝛde.
Obediens ad mortem. This Eagle

is of the coloure of the Sanne,
nam Fol iuſtitiæ C ſyiſtus. The
Croſle is here ſene, quia pro nos
bis crucem ſubijt. Touchynge
th Cagle, I haue written par⸗
tely bekoꝛe in my loꝛmer trea⸗
AEN tiſe, but ok the nature of her
7 winges J laue (poke nothing.
Wherefore thys J reade, that the winge ofan Cagle en⸗
termingled with any other thyng, will not war rotten oꝛ
cozrupte, Eius penne mixtas auium pennas deuorant.
This Cagle alſo in the bꝛeſte, is charged with a mans
harte pꝛopꝛe, wherein ps contepned a deupne miſterpe.
B. Beareth on a toꝛce, Pers
be and Reb ye, à Melenete,Saturs
nen beaked and membꝛed V e⸗
(71S.

Thys is a kynd of Fawcons,
pet very little of bodye, blacke
and puyſſante: the haunteth
the mountapnes, and fedeth
her birdes alone, cetere fugant,
others of that kynde dꝛiue the
awape. Sir Thomas Eliot,
ſuppoſeth it to bee a Perlpan.

5
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Sam

,,

Cotes c creftes.

C. Hach to bps treaſte, on a
tozeatl) Golde & Verte, RT run,
dolant 4. Argent, beaked and
membꝛed Gules.

CThys Wyede is otherwiſe
WS called Onecrotalus, and is like
WSR toa Sanne, whiche putting
\ bps heade into the water bras
fpeth like an Alle Caihatioeuer
bee eateth, bee gathereth it
together in hys iawes € hale
deth it there longe befeze hee
ſwaloweth it downe:and that
eee doth eſpetially in lliyng from the water.

D. à toꝛce d D2, and Sa⸗
ble, one Pillor crowned d Ar⸗
gente, on a mountayne, bo⸗

pꝛe, lettered, o. T. T.
IZreade that Darius kyng of
perſia, What tyme he went in⸗
to Scythia ppght hys pautlios,
at the heade of a Mpuer in
Thrac ia called I hears, Where
hee above thꝛe dayes: and dee
liting at the moſt plesſaunte
oS water ot the KRyuer, hee lett
7 in the lame place a Pilloꝛ gra
“tien, with Lettres of Greke, declaryng bps beyng there,
with commendation of the water. Here are to be ſeene on

this Pylloꝛ thꝛee eſpetiall Greke Letters, ? heta, Jau ànd

Yp/ilon,euery one tonteyning in it felfe a miſterie, to Oe⸗

cians well knowen.

. Bea

(otes Crcreftes. Fo. aß.

Ee. Weareth to bys creſte a
ſhouelar d Argente, beaked z
membꝛed verte, ſeazed vpon a
pearche pꝛopꝛe.

Thys Bpꝛde is called in la⸗
tyn Platalea, ſhe foloweth wa
ter loules, that do take fiſhes,
and doth pecke them fo on the

Dp heade, that they let go theire

F. bathe to bys Creſte a
For pꝛopꝛe, pallant vpon an
aͤrmyng (word.
han it was lapde onto
Lylander kyng of Lacedemo⸗
nia foꝛ a repꝛoche, that he gott
moze by lubteltye, than by
pꝛowes: hee ſmplinge ſayde.
vbi quod vellet non afjequeretuy
Leonis exuninm,ibi vulpinum ap
plicandum eſſe. The meaninge
whereok is thys, that where
the Lyons ſkynne doth not az
uaple, a man mutt tpe oꝛ ſowe a Fox ſkynne vnto it.
Quo non peru en inet Leonina pellissvulpinam aſſuendam effe:
quod fic lucidius dixeris, vbi virtus non ſatis potef adhibenda

aſtutia.
fal D. i. G. Mathe

Cotes & creftes.

G. Wath on thys Poeſie,
Dulce natale ſolum „ à lage vos
lante, pꝛopꝛe.

Thys Bpꝛde is moſte com⸗
monlp ſeene in the Alpes, and
2. hath keete roughe, as it were

©Y With the heare of an hare,

SS twherof thee taketh her name,
and is called Lagopus. Nam
Lagos Grecè dicitur lepus Lati-
no, the reſidue of her bodie is
all whit, and of the bygnes of
aDoue: Ft neuer eateth but in
place where it was bꝛedde, and neuer will bee made tame.
Pli. Pe map call it pꝛopꝛely, an hare birde.

ib. bathe to hys Creſte, a
Verme hariante pꝛopꝛe, ſubſi⸗
gned about the taple with a
fcrowe, conteining thys Apo⸗
thegme. Eft inclyta virtus.
which here muſt thus be En⸗
gliſhed. Buiſlance, is of great
A renowme.

Thys is a Fiſhe, in the ri⸗
Auer of Ganges, and in Latyn
is called V ermis t᷑ is in lẽgth.
lr. cubites, beynge blew in coz
loure, which hath ſuch ſtrẽgth
alſo, that whan Oliphantes come vnto the water to dꝛin⸗
ke, heewill take one of them by the noſe, and plucke hym
into hym.

J. Wea

(otes co crefles. FO 26.

J. Bcareth fo bys Ceette, a
Sycomore tree pꝛopꝛe.

Little Zacheus clymed bp in⸗
to luche a tree, to fee sure Sa⸗
> uloure Jeſus Chee in the
> Oe ape, there as be was to pale

by. Th'euangeliſte called it a
wylde figge tree, but ryghtely
ds it is ther named a Sycamore,
( becaule it bꝛingeth forthe fig-
ges of the owne ryghte kynd,
that other figge trees bee of , t

. by reafon thereof, it is alſo cal
led a figge of Eęipte, t vet in leafe it reſſembleth p Yulberic
tree) frequens eft apud Rhodium locis frumentarys, It hathe a⸗
boundance of mylke, whoſe frute commeth not out, at the
toppes of the boughes, as figges do, ſed ex ramis ipſis. i. out
of the fame boughes, and is ſwete like a wilde ſigge. Cana

eius ſunt minora granis ficum. Nec mature{cunt niſi radantur in-
ſtrumento ferreo,

R. On a wꝛeathe d D2, and
Sable, an Ow/ell d Argente,
beaked golde, legged Gules.

Thys Bpꝛde in Latpne, is
called Nerula. Iſidoꝛe ſapeth,
that ol auncient and olde tyme
fhe was called Medula, co quid
moduletur, becàuſe the fingeth,
others, (ſapeth he) call her 22e-
lj rula,quia ſola volat, becaufe the

, flyeth alone, and lpueth as it

. were ſole, ſhee hath a pealowe

. beake, and is alwapes ſeene

fipe alone, and feadeth fo lykewiſe, from a blacke coloure,
fhe groweth to bee redde, the fingcth plealzuntly in the
D. ij. Sommer

Parapqraſ.
Eral. in Luc.

(4.9.

Cotes & creftes.

Sommer, in wynter He amereth, circa Solſticium muta.
Thys Bpꝛde (fapeth I/dore) whereas in all places hee is
blacke, yet in Achaha the ys white.

1. Math foꝛ hys Creaſte, a

Playne tre gold, on an Baw
mede, verte.
J reade that Pithyus Hadi an,
was ſo ryche, and had ſuche a⸗
boundance ok Golde, that hee
receaued Zerxes king ot Perſia,
with all bys whole Armpe,
which was innumerable, and
that with great magnificence:
and that hee gaue to Darius,
father to Zerxes, a Playne tree ot
Golde, and a vyne of the ſame
mettall.

M. Wath to hys creaſte, on
à toꝛre d Argente and Azure,
a Meropie volante, Sable, mt⸗
bꝛed Gules, poꝛtant a bꝛaun⸗
che of p herbe Alymon propre.
Thys herbeis okt ſuche ver⸗
tue, that it will not ſuffer thé
that taſte of it to be bongrpe,
Plinye calleth the ſayde byꝛde
Merops Which by an other nas
me is called Apiaſtra, becaule
hee doth eate bees. Thys bir⸗
de hath a large bill, and redde
legges, and whole nature it is to kepe theire parentes.
whiche neuer come abꝛoade, and to noꝛiſhe them, as them
ſelte were noꝛiſhed beyng pong.
P. Bath

A
22.

§

2

Cotes & creftes Fo.27

N. Hath to bps creatte on
a wꝛeathe d Oꝛ, and Azure, a

KNauens heade raffled, portant
a Sickle d Argente.

The Sickle hath in it a ſpiri⸗
tual myſterpe, the whyche ys
moſt godly expounded by that
famous clearke Eraſmus of
Roterodame, in bys paraphꝛa
fe vpon the kowerth chapiter
of D. Parkes Goſpel. There⸗
loꝛe, who fo deſireth th expoſt⸗
cion therof, let hym reſoꝛte to
that place.

Rauens are enempes to Bulles, whom when they elpie
alone, they doe ſtrongly aſſayle, and of all the bodye, they
defire moſte bys eyes. They are enemies alſo to the C ame⸗
leon, and kyll hym. Enempe to them, is a lyttle Byꝛde,
called Eaſalon, which bꝛeaketh theire egges. The Rauen is
a noble token, to bee boꝛne in tote Armoure, oꝛ treſte.

D. Joꝛ hys creſte, hath an
Eſalon d Argente, ſeazed bes Eaſalyn,
twene the bꝛaunches of a Laz
randꝛes heade coped pꝛopꝛe.

Thys little byꝛde before ſpo
ken ot, is of the kynde of hau⸗
kes, quæ apparct omni tempore.
She is other wiſe called Buteo,
the leaſt ol the kvnde ol Bul⸗
ſardes, but moze fobife,¢ indu
ſtrious after her pꝛaye. It is
witten that thvle kynde of
Hauke, called the Wullarde,
hath thꝛee ſtones. ber Byꝛdes bee deſtroyed by the Fore,
and likewyſe, fhe kylleth the Fores whelpes, pi he mape
come

Cotes <> creftes.

tome by them.

The Tarandre is a beatte in bodie like to a great Oxe, has
uing an heade like to an harte, and hoꝛnes full of bꝛaun⸗
ches, the heare roughe, and of the colour of a Beare,

P. Bath to hys creſte, on a
E ſcaloppe d Oz a Pyne ap⸗
ple pꝛopꝛe. The true forme
hereof is ſett foꝛth in Nunſter,
bps booke of Coſmographpe.

The Pyne apple in Latpne,
is called Strobylus, The fapde
Eſcaloppe is charged futti-
ciently vnough , althoughe it
hathe pleafed fome to charge
greater tokens thereon , and
the fame hauing lyte, where⸗
with J can not like, noꝛ as pet
tan fynde, ether auithoꝛitie, oꝛ reaſon foꝛ the ſame.

Q. Weareth a Saker d Ar⸗
gent, in the Tallons, a ſpꝛape
of Hapthoꝛne, pꝛopꝛe.

Thys Haucke is ofa noble
pꝛiſe, to all Faukeners well
knowne, r therekoꝛe (foꝛ me)
they thall not onely deſcribe
the nature, but alſo gyue the
commendacion therof. Pet in
parte J wyll ſhewe, that hit
prædam non moclo ſedentem in
fublimi,fed etiam volantem in az
perto. Wee is called in Latyne,

Acc ipt ter hicrax. :
K. Bath

iy

S47} um
Se xs :
<<, 2
Ke

Cotes & creftes Fo. 28

R. Wath to bys creſte, on a
Pillowe d Ermpne, an arme
extended oute of a Crowne,
lleues and ruffes d Oz, hol⸗
ding in an hãde pꝛopꝛe, a ball
d Argente.

Alexander the greate kyng
of Macedonia, fo2 that on the
night ſeazon bee woulde not
committe his armie to the ad⸗
uenture ot Fortune, as loge

as he ſlept hymſelke, bſed this

experience, when he laide him
volwne to take hys reſte: A bꝛalen pott was put vnder bys
elbowe, and afterwarde hee put fooꝛth bys arme out of the
bedde: t held in his hand a ſiluer ball, that when dead ſlepe
ſhoulde louſe the ſtrength of bys ſynewes, the ringing oꝛ
ſounde of the ball when it fell, might ſo bꝛeake bys ſlepe, r
awake hym. Hoc quidem documentum Regem illum excellen-
tifsimum a Gruibus accepiſſe arbitratur, quæ nocturnas excu-
bias ſemper exercent : & ne a fomno decipiantur, lapillum altero
pede ſuſtinent: quo lapſo vel plaga
in extenſum pedem acceptay vel
fono decident is calculi experge-

funt.

D. Bathe on a mounte , a
Crapne, ſtanding in watche,
all accoꝛdinge to hys nature,

. .be f, is bꝛelel
The ſence hereok, is bꝛefely
declared in Latyne, as next a⸗

boue appeareth: Thys Apo⸗
thegme added alſo. Plus vigila.
T. Beareth

8

Plutarch.

/

Cotes c creftes.

T. Beareth to hys Creſte,

fine arrowes in kaſce, with
Pheons d Argente, kethered
Gules, bounde about with a
ſcrowe, conteyning theſe woꝛ

des, Concordia perſto.
J xreade that S lurus Chivas
Ivenſis, à man boꝛne in that
AY parte of Grece now called 2402
rea, had folver froze fonnes,
who whã hee died called them
afoze hym, and deliuered to e⸗
uerie of them a ſhele of ars
rolbes, commaunding them to bꝛeake the ſhefes inconti⸗
nente: whiche when they mought not do, he fooke out of
the ſheles one arrowe after an other, and bꝛake them all
lyghtely, declaring therby vnto bys fonnes , that pf they
continued and agreed well together, they ſhulde bee puil⸗
fante:and yl they varied, and were diffeuered, they ſhuld
be feble and ſhoꝛtely deſtroyed. A matter not vnlike her⸗
vnto map be bꝛought forth which is noted of Plinye, ol the
nature ok the ſtones, called Cycladici, which as long as they

are hole, ſwimme aboue the water, but beyng bꝛoken, they

ſyncke and are dꝛowned. Sit
igitur hoc Symbolum Sagittarum
feiſciss, a patre commeati , fmuld,
memoratorum lapidum hac fignis
ficdtios Coniunc ta, fimaq; fadera
eb femper firmiorasdurantiora, ac

19 W certior, vbi prudentram ducem,
Ne & conſuliricem adlubeds.

R te U. Math on an Hawmede

2 Be Wy) N verte, a Fautcon volãte, d Are
GY 2 * DE gente guttie Gules , beaked €
VAAN 5 legged d De, addita fubferiptios

TEC TARE ‘I N. ne. e Delectare in domino.
Thys

Cotes & creftes Fo.219

SLhps is a noble kynde of hauke, hardye and puiſſante,
well knowen to all Faukeners, wherefore J nede no kur⸗
ther to deſcribe bys nature, oꝛ ſett foꝛth bys tommẽdacion.
And other of thys kynde is called Gyrofalcum,a Oro & cir⸗
cuitu, quo in minores vtitur, vt cas gat in prædam.

M. ath to hys creas
ſte, an arming Swoꝛ⸗
de d Argente, hilte and
pommell d Oz, impen⸗
dent from a cloude pꝛo⸗
pꝛe, the blade inſigned
with a ſcrowe, contey⸗
ning thele woꝛdes: pote⸗
ſtate & formidine.

Power (as Boetins
ſayeth ) can not put a⸗
wape the bityng of ca⸗
rekulnes, noꝛ auoide the
peickpnges of feare : ate
firminge that pꝛynces
woulde fayne lyue fates

E ly but they can not.

There was a kynge of
Siſill named Dꝛoniſius, that was ouer ſadde, bys familper
aſked hym, why bee was not mery: Whereupon hee made
a bancket, and cauſed his familier to ſitt thereat, and a na⸗
ked ſwoꝛde hanging ouer his head by a ſmal hoꝛſle heare.
The man ſeyng the lwoꝛde could not bee merye foz keare,
to whome Dionyſius ſapde, ſuche is my lyfe, euer in feare,
pet thou thoughteſt it happye:and ſuche is the lyle of kyn⸗
ges, alwayes in feare of ſome euill chaunce , foꝛ in hveſte
aucthoꝛitie is moſte ieopardie.

Thys Dionyſius feared fo moche Barboꝛs, that bys daugh
fers were taughte to ſhaue hym, and to clippe bps heare.

Kelerre thys Swoꝛde aboue figured, ad vltianis dinine gla

E. i. dium;

Gen,8,

Cotes (7° crefles.

dium, perpetudfupra infalicium
peccatorum cerwices y fragili 5 tee
nui(simog, filo impendentem,

. Path ona Poeſie contei⸗
ning theſe woꝛdes, Pacis nuns
Nia à Doue volant, d Argent,
8 beaked Azure, legged gules,

aͤnd bearinge an Oliue leafe,
pꝓpꝛe. By this Noe did know,

81 NIN that the waters were abated

bpd the earth, whan the genes
rall floude was.

CWS TD

Y. Hath to hys crefte,
on a force d Argente x
Azure, a Lpon rampat,
Sable , crowned , bis
beante a ſwoꝛde, d D2.

Tudas, other wiſe called
Machabeus, in hys Actes
Was like a Lpon, and as
d Lyons whelpe roꝛing
at bys pꝛape. He foughte
with Appolonius a mygh
tie Pꝛynce in Syria, ſlue
bpm, and almoſte bps
whole hoſte: bee tooke
theire ſubſtance, and al⸗
ſo Appolonius bps one
ſwoꝛde wherewith hee
fought all his lyfe long.
Dachab. lib. i. cap. 3.

Z. Here

(otes & crelkes. Fo. zo.

Z. Here is ſeene on a Pil
loure d Argent, crowned and
bazed d Dz, a Spanpell, pꝛo⸗

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pꝛe. 5

It is witten of Diogenes the
Philoſopher, that hee dyed
being bitten of a dogge. After
whoſe deathe, hys ſcholers (to
declare whiche of them apa
beare greateſt good wyll to⸗
wardes hym) contended who
ſhulde haue bys bodye to bu⸗
rpe it. That ſtrite beinge ap-
peafed by the magiſtrates, they burped hym honoꝛably x
not onely made ouer hym a faire tombe, but alſo erected a
Piller with a dogge ſtanding thereupon, in perpetuall re⸗
membꝛaunce of bps death. haue cauſed thys dogge to bee
fozmed like vnto a water Spanpell, halfe bearve, th other
Morne, Foz J haue knowne men ercellentlpe learned, to
loue ſuche Dogges » whiche wee pꝛopꝛelp call in Latyne
Sagaces canes, Spanpels oz houndes.
@ Finis.

Imprynted at Lon-
don in Fleteſtrete within Temple barre

at the ſigne of the Hande and ftarre, by
Rychard Tottyl. Anno
1872
Cum priuilegio.

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