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
Another sampuƚƚ is sene of the vmbracion of a certayn cros. and thys
cros is calde a cros floree vmbratid as apperith here. bot truly spekyng
and propurli it is no cros: bott a shadow of such a cros. and the reson
is. for the bodi of the said shadow is of the same coloure with the
felde. And so the colore that is in the felde shewith by aƚƚ the body of
the sayd shadow. ¶ And thoo that beer thes armys. latine. Portant vnam
crucē floridam patentem vmbratam in campo rubeo ¶ Gallice sic. Il port
de gowlez vng cros patee floritee vmbre ¶ Anglice sic. He berith of
gowles and a cros potent flore vmbratyd.
¶ Off a cros flori patent vmbratit and perforatid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Neuertheles after sum men thys shadoyd cros other wyle is persid
maruelusly as hit folowith here and than hit is calde a cros floori
patent vmbratyd and perforatid for hit accordis with the croos precedyng
exceppid the persyng in the myddys of the sayd shadoo. ¶ And then hit
shaƚƚ be sayd that he the wiche berith this cros. latine. Portat vnā
crucem floridam patentem vmbratam perforatam cum rubio in campo aureo
¶ Et gallice sic Il port dor vng croys patee florotee vmbre & partee de
gowlez.
¶ Anglice He berith of golde a cros patent flurri shadoyd & persyd with
gowles.
Blaseris moost be ware of theis armys vmbratid of the wich: mony rewles
be shewed a fore. Bot for the blasyng of theis certan armys sum ignorant
men of thys crafte take the rule goyng a fore that is to wite of the
colowris transmutid as ye saw a fore Bot ther be certan nobuls and
gentilmen in englonde the wich beere shadoys diuerse in theyr armys as
Lyon Antlop and other. and they that bere theys armis and hit be a lyon
ye shaƚƚ sai in latyn ¶ Portat vnum leonē vmbratam in campo aureo ¶
Gallice. Il port dor et vng leon vmbree. ¶ Anglice. He beerith of golde
and a lyon vmbratid. ¶ And men say that suche ꝑsonys as beer theys
vmbratid armys had there ꝓgenitoris beryng the same not vmbratid bot
hole Bot the possessionis & the patrimonyes descendid to other men. then
the Neuoys or Kynnysmen leuyng in goode hoope and trustyng to haue the
possessionis of their ꝓgenitoris: beer their armys vmbratid. aƚƚ oder
differens a fore said leuīg. for when they haue that patrimony: that
thai trustit oon. soon thay may beer that lion or other beest of the
same coloure the wiche theyr progenytoris bare. and it is bettyr to beer
thos armis vmbratit then hoolly to leeff theyr progenitouris armys.
¶ Yitt here folowis an odir cros hemyt or borderit as apperis
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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