It would be curious to note the various forms of banners which have been in use since the days when the old Roman general hoisted a small truss of hay as his ensign, but surely one of the queerest flags that ever found its way into history was that displayed by our own Henry V., when, in 1420, he made his entry into Paris, riding between Charles VI. and Philippe, Duke of Burgundy. For then, we are told, that, amongst other banners, the English monarch bore a lance with a fox-tail attached to it, for being "a great hunter of foxes," this was his own personal badge. * * * * * Here we must close our "Peeps at Heraldry," but please, dear eyes, that have been peeping with me up to this point, do not close too. Otherwise the object with which this little book has been written--namely, to _open_ your eyes to the rudiments of heraldry, so that, having begun with a peep, you may go on to take an exhaustive view of the art and its developments--will be sadly defeated. For this small volume pretends to be nothing more than a simple introduction, a path-finder, to that fascinating language, in which the golden deeds of chivalry and patriotism, of science and philanthropy, are kept alive from age to age in all quarters of the civilized world. GLOSSARY OF SOME OF THE TERMS TO BE MET WITH IN HERALDRY =Abased=, applied to a charge placed lower than its usual position. =Accollée=, side by side. =Accrued=, fully grown. =Achievement=, complete heraldic emblazonment. =Addorsed=, back to back. =Agroupment=, grouping of two or more shields to form one achievement. =Ailettes=, part of mail armour for protecting neck. =Appaumée=, open hand, showing palm (Fig. 51). =Arménie=, ermine. =Armes parlantes=, allusive arms. =Armory=, heraldry. =Aspersed=, scattered over. =Assurgeant=, rising from the sea. =Barbute=, chin-piece of helm. =Bardings=, horse-trappings. =Basilisk=, cockatrice, produced from egg, laid by cock and hatched by a toad on a dunghill. =Basinet=, steel cap; part of old armour. =Beacon=, fire chest of burning combustibles set on a pole with a ladder against it. =Bezant=, disc-like coin. =Birdbolt=, arrow with a blunt head. =Breys=, horse curbs. =Brisure=, mark of cadency. =Caltrap=, or =Cheval-trap=, used to maim horses in battle. =Cameleopardel=, mythical beast. =Chape=, or =Crampet=, decorated top of sheath. =Chatloup=, fabulous horned animal. =Chess-rook=, chess piece. =Chevronel=, small chevron. =Chimera=, legendary beast. =Cinque-foil=, leaf or flower of five foils. =Closet=, bar diminished to half its width. =Clouée=, nailed, nail-heads showing. =Conjoined in lure=, wings united; tips in base. =Contournée=, facing to the sinister. =Cornish-chough=, crow with red beak and legs.