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 ther be certayn nobuƚƚ men the wich beer a cros engradyd or
engraylid. as it apperis here folowyng And hit is calde a cros engraylid
for hit is not playne in ony parte of him bot engraylid also weƚƚ ouer
his length as ouer his breed. Neuer the lees this engraylyng is no
propur langage aftir the sight of thys cros: bot rather an endentyng as
truth is Bot it is the comune maner of spekyng in theys armys. Therfore
ye most say as I sayd a fore. And ye shaƚƚ say of him that beris theys
armys in thys wyse. First in latyne thus. Portat vnam crucem ingradatam
de albo in campo rubeo. Et iam Gallice.
¶ Il port de gullys vng cros ingral dargent. Anglice
¶ He beris gowlys and a cros ingrayled of Syluer.
¶ Off a cros cutoff.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
I Fynde yet an othyr cros: the wich is borne mony timys ī tharmys of
nobuƚƚ men. the wich is calde a cros trūcatid. And hit is calde
trunkatid for hit is made of .ij. treys the boys cut a way. as here.
Therfore it is to be sayd that the possessor of theys armys beris in
latine thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem truncatam de argento in campo rubeo.
Et gallice. Il port de gullez vng cros recopee dargent. Anglice. ¶ He
berith gowles with a cros trunkatid of Siluer.
¶ Off a knotty cros.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Knowe ye yit after theys crossis ther is an other cros the wiche is
calde a knotty cros: the wich ī certan is calde so for hit has in eu̇y
ende certan knottis. as here. And it is to be sayde of hym that beris
theys armys in thys wyse. Primo latine. Ipse portat vnam crucem auream
nodulatam ī scuto asoreo. Et gallice. ¶ Il port dasor vng cros botone
dor. Anglice. ¶ He beris asure with a cros knotty of goolde.
And thys cros is founde other while pycche or figityue ī armys. and then
his foote is figityue as I sayd a fore.
¶ Off a cros flurri knottid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Over thies crossis we haue a certan cros flurri of the wiche it is
spokyn a foore. the wiche cros flurri is founde knotty as here. And that
is as I soyd a foore whan knottys ar founde ī thendys and the anglis of
the sayd cros. And the berer of the sayd armys latine. ¶ Portat vnam
crucem nodulatam floridam aurream in campo de asuro. Et gallice sic ¶ Il
port dasor vng cros floretee botone dor. Anglice. ¶ He berith asure and
a cros flurri knotty of golde.
¶ Off a cros dowbuƚƚ ꝑtitid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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