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
Barrit armys inueckyt ar borne of diuerse gentiƚƚ men. as here is
shewyd. And thay ar called inueckyt for in eueri barre .ij. colouris ar
put inueckyt by the maner of a rounde way as is sayd afore. And he y^t
beris this armys beris in thys wyse. first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat arma
barrata de coloribus rubeo et albo inuectis. Et gallice sic.
¶ Il port barri verree de gowlez et dargent. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith
barri inuetkyt of gowles and Siluer. ¶ And I begyn with gowles for that
coloure is the first in the right corneƚƚ.
Off armys barryt crokyt and sharppe as here afṫ is shewit.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Gentill men ther be certanli the wich bere armis barrid crokyt and
sharpe as here it apperith in theys armys. and thay be called armys
barrit for differance of armys the same maṅ of wyse palit: and thay be
called crokyt and sharpe. for as it is sayd a fore .ij colowris ar put
to gethyr crokytli and sharpe. Thefore it shaƚƚ be sayd that the lorde
the wich beris theys armys berith in this wyse. first ī latyn Ille
portat arma barrata tortuosa et acuta de nigro et auro. Et gallice sic ¶
Il port barri dauncetee acute de Sable et dor Anglice sic. ¶ He berith
barris crokyt and sharpe of Sable and golde.
Now it shaƚƚ be shewyd of armys that ar bendly barryt.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Ther be forsothe certan armys bendli barrit. and thei be called bendly
barrit. and for this cause they be calde bendly barrit. for .ij.
colouris ar iunyt to gether in euery barre bendly. as it is opyn here ī
theis armis And therfore it shaƚƚ be sayd of him that beris theis armys:
in this wyse as folowis. first in latyn thus. ¶ Ipse portat arma
bendaria de rubio et auro. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port barre bendee de
gowlez et dor. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith barri bendy of gowles and golde.
¶ Bot neuer the lees ye most dyltgentli attende in the blasyng of sych
armys: as palyt barrit and bendyt. for and they ben not suttelly
consauyt a man sodanly onsweryng may lightly in thoos armys be
dissayuyt. For certanly thoos armys be callede palyt armys in the wich
ar fownde so many palys of oon colowre as ar of an other. And iff the
palys of bothe the colowris ben not equaƚƚ thoos armys be not palyt.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
¶ In diuerse armys of gentiƚƚ men be fownde .ij. palis of oon colowre.
and .iij. of an other as here in theis armys folowyng it shaƚƚ be
shewed. that is to say ther be .iij. palys of gowles and .ij. of golde
for of the colowre of reede apperith .iij. partes in the shelde and bot
ij. allone of the colowre of golde Therfore the gētiƚƚ man that berith
theis armys: beris ī this wise & thus ye shaƚƚ say of him. first in
latyn thus. Portat duos palos aureos in campo rubeo. Et gallice sic. ¶
Il port de gowllez et deux pales dor. Et anglice sic. He berith gowlys
and .ij. palis of golde.
Here ye shaƚƚ diligently merke armys barrit and lees barrid.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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