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
A Playn cros is founde in armys differyng from the first cros. and hit
is of an equaƚƚ length on eu̇i parte as it apperith here. and theys
armys be harder then the other to blase as hit is opyn. for thendys of
thys cros towchis not the hemmys or the vtter parte of y^e sheelde ī no
parte in wich ye shaƚƚ say that he: that beris theis armys. latine. sic
¶ Ille portat de asuro cum vna cruce plana aurea equalis longitudinis ey
omni parte ¶ Gallice. Il port daser vng cros playn dung longur ꝑ tont. ¶
Anglice. He berith asure with a playn golden cros of equaƚƚ length on
eu̇y parte. And this is the differans in blasyng. that aƚƚ thendys of
thys cros arne of equaƚƚ length the wich mai not be in the playn cros a
fore. for the foote is the lengest parte. and hit be weƚƚ made. And this
differens shaƚƚ appere bettir in a cootarmure: then it doth in a sheeld
& so ther is an euydent differens be twix y^e .ij. crossis aforsaid
¶ Off a playn cros strayte.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Ther is an oder cros aquaƚƚ straythyr in the myddis then in thenddys
with opyn corneris as here not touchyng the vtterist parte of the
sheelde in any parte ther of. and hit is calde a cros patent. And ye
shaƚƚ say that he the wich beris this cros beris ī this maṅ. ¶ latine
sic. Ille portat vnam crucem argentatam patentem in campo nigro. ¶
Gallice. Il port de sable vng cros patee dargent. ¶ Anglice sic. He
berith Sable a cros paty of Siluer.
¶ Off a cros patent fixibyƚƚ.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
This cros patent is made dyuerse in the footo of the same as hit
apperith here. And then hit is calde a cros patēe fixible. for ī the
erth sych a cros may be pycchit. in the wich cros .iij. of the heyr
partes ar opyn in the corneris and bradder thhan in the myddys. & his
foote is disposid to piche ī the erthe. latine. ¶ Ille portat de rubio
cum vna cruce figitiua de albo ¶ Gallice. Il port de gullis vng cros
patee fiche dargent. ¶ Et anglice. He berith Gullys and a cros paty
fixibiƚƚ of Siluer. And knawe ye that ther be mony crossis the wych may
be maade fixibiƚƚ as hit shaƚƚ be shewd here folowyng in dyuerse.
Off a playn cros cordyd.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Emong odyr crossis oon is founde the wich is calde a corddid cros as
here it is shewed ī this cros the wich is calde a corddid cros: for hit
is made of cordys. the wich certan cros I se bott late: in tharmys of a
nobuƚƚ man: the wich in very deed was summe tyme a crafty man a Roper as
he hym selfe sayd. And ye shaƚƚ say of him that berith theys armys
latine ¶ Ille portat gowlles cum vna cruce plana cordata de argento.
Gallice sic. ¶ Il port de goullez & vng cros playn cordee dargent.
Anglice sic. ¶ He berith gullis and a cros playn cordyd of Syluer.
¶ Off a cros playn ꝑforatid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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