The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armourBerners, Juliana
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The boke of Saint Albans : $b containing treatises on hawking, hunting, and cote armour
Berners, Juliana
Falconry -- Early works to 1800; Heraldry -- Early works to 1800; Hunting -- Early works to 1800
Also theys signes or Cheuerons be differit after the long way in armys
as here in this figure apperith. And then of hym the wich beris theys
armys ye shaƚƚ say in latī. ¶ Portat arma partita secūdū lōgū de
coloribus aureo & rubeo cum vno signo capitali de dictis coloribus
transmutatis. Gallice sic. Il port partie du long de dor & gowlez vng
cheueron chaunge lung de laultre. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith party afṫ the
longe way of .ij colouris golde and goules with a Cheueron of sayd
colowris transmutit.
¶ Off dowtis emong herroddis ī blasyng theys armys suyng
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Emong othyr dowtis: a bowte the blasyng of tharmis here folowyng now
next I haue herde herroddys pretendyng theym selfe veri conȳng in
blasyng of armys meruelusli to dreeme in the blasyng of theys armys. And
sum holde oon opynyon and sum an othyr. neuer the les it is no grete
neede to dowte in the blasyng of theym as to conyng men. Thefore of hym
y^t beris thes armys ye shaƚƚ say ī latyn. Portat duas ꝑtes capitis
scuti de rubio & ṫciam ꝑtem de albo ad modum signi capitalis et tres
rosas de coloribus transmutatis. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port lez deux
ꝑties du chief de gowlez et le troisune dargent ꝑtiez en manere du
cheueron̄ et trois roses lung de laultre. Anglice sic. He berith .ij
partis of the heede of the shelde gowles and the thride ꝑte Siluer by
the maner of a cheueron and .iij. roses of the same colowris transmutit.
Off armys fusyllit in englisħ spyndyllis now I will speke.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Ther be certan gentylmen and nobuls the wich beere in theyr armys
fusellis: of the nombur of the wich: my lorde of Glaucestur y^t nobuƚƚ
prince vncle to Kyng henri the sext was. For he had in his armys .iij.
fusillis of gowles by the maṅ of a bar in a felde of siluer the wich
ctan armys this nobuƚƚ duke bare by the reson of certan londis belongyng
to the mounte. Bot ye shaƚƚ say of hym that beris theys armys ī this
scochon in latyn thꝰ ¶ Portat de rubio et tres fusulos de argento. Et
gallice sic. Il port de gowlez et trois fusulez dargent. Anglice sic. ¶
He berith gowles and .iij fusules of Siluer. And otherwhyle theys .iij.
fusules or .iiij. be borne by the maner of a paale.
It is to be notit that when .iii fusules or .ij. ar borne or moo to the
nombur of .ix. the wich nombur if thei excede: say euermore that thos
armys be powderit with fusillis or other thyngys and noon othyr wyse. ¶
And so generalli ye most knaw that iff any thyng be borne in armys ouer
the nombur of .ix. then thoos armys what sum euer they be thay ar
powderit.
Off oon fusyƚƚ borne in armys here I wiƚƚ exempuƚƚ.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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