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
Be it knowe: that thys cros masculatit sum tyme is ꝑforatit. in the
masculys as it is opyn in the persyng he e folowyng. And thus ye most
blase hym. first in latyn in thys wyse. Ille portat vnam crucem
masculatam perforatam de rubeo in scuto argenteo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il
port dargent vng cros de gullez mascule ꝑsee. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith
Siluer with a cros of gowles masculatit persit.
¶ Ther is a mylneris cros as here it shaƚƚ be shewed.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Here folowis an other cros the wich is calde the cros of a milne for hit
is made to the simylitude of a ċtan īstrument of yrne in mylnys the wich
berith the mylne ston by the wich īstrument: that ston in his cors is
borne equally that he declyne not ouer myche on the right ꝑte ner on the
lefte parte. bot mynisteryng to eueri parte that: that is his equally
and with owte frawde. And thys is geuyn to Iugis to bere in theyr armys:
and to thos that haue Iurisdiction vnder theym. That is to say as the
forsayd īstrumēt is directe: to the mylne stone equalli and with owte
gyle. So thos Iuges ar bondyn to gyffe equalli to eueri man his right.
And it is to be sayd y^t the possessor of theis army beris ī this wyse.
first ī latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem molēdinarem argenteam in campo
rubeo. Et iam gallice. ¶ Il port gowlez vng cros moleyne dargent.
Anglice. He berith gowlles and a mylneris cros of Syluer.
Now it shaƚƚ be shewed of a cros that is turnyt a gayn.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Certan we haue a cros the wich is calde a cros turnyt agayn. and this
cros is calde retornyt: for the cause y^t thendys of this cros on eueri
side ar retornytt agayn bi the maner of a Rāmys horne. And he that beris
theis armys beris ī this wise first in latyn thus. Portat vnam crucem
auream īu̇sam in scuto asureo. Gallice sic. ¶ Il port dasor vng cros
recercilee dor. Anglice sic. ¶ He beris asure with a cros reuersit of
golde.
¶ Off a cros fforkyd.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Under stande ye that ther be other men the wich beer in theyr armys a
certan forkyd cros as thys is. And hit is called forkyd: for as moch as
that aƚƚ thendys of hit ar clouyn and forkyd. Therfore hit shaƚƚ be sayd
of thos men that berit theys armys in this whise. primo latine. ¶ Portat
vnam crucem furcatam de auro in campo asereo. Gallice. Il port dasor vng
cros dor. Anglice. ¶ He berith asure with a cros forkyd of golde
¶ Off a cros engraylid or engradid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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