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
Ye most also dilygently attende to the nombre of both too colowris in
armys palyt barrit or lees barrit of the wich lyttyƚƚ barris ye most be
ware when thay be fownde in armys. as here it is shewyd in theys armys.
for sych lynes be called lyttiƚƚ barris to the differance of littiƚƚ
barris. And it shaƚƚ be sayde that the gentiƚƚ man the wich berith theys
armys beris in this thys wyse. first in latyn thus as folowis ¶ Portat
vnam barram et duas barulas de albo in campo rubio Et gallice sic. ¶ Il
port de gowlez vng barree et deux barrelettee dargent. Et anglice sic. ¶
He berith gowles oon barre and .ij. liteƚƚ barris of Syluer.
Now I wyƚƚ speke of armys barrid &̄ liteƚƚ barris florishyt
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Beholde how the forsayd letiƚƚ barris ar othyrwyle made florishingli &
than thei be calde florishyt as here ī thys scochon. And they be calde
florishit: for they be made bi y^e maner of a flowre deluce. And ye
shaƚƚ say of him that is possessor of theys armys ī thys wise as
folowys. first in latyn thus. Portat vnam barram et duas barulas
floridas albas in scuto siue campo blodio. Gallice sic. Il port dasor
vng barriee et deux barrelettes florit dargent. Anglice sic. He berith
asure oon bar and .ij. litiƚƚ barris florishyt of Syluer.
Now I intende to speke of bendys in armys as here.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Other wyle ther is borne in armys a bende as is founde ī dyuerse armys
of certan noble gentilmen as here now itt shaƚƚ beshewyt. And ye moost
knawe that it is calde a bende the wich begynnys at the right corner or
the horne of the shelde: and discendith to y^e lefte side of the same
sheelde: to the differans of fissures or of liteƚƚ stauys of the wich it
shaƚƚ be spokyn after. And of hym that has theys armys ye shaƚƚ say thus
as folowys. first in latyn. ¶ Portat vnam bendam de rubio in campo
aureo. Gallice sic. ¶ Il port dor vng bende de gowlez. Anglice sic. ¶ He
berit h golde &̄ a bende of gowles.
Off liteƚƚ bendys in armys now here is an exempuƚƚ.
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
Knaw ye how afore it is sayd that certan littyƚƚ barris ar borne ī armys
mony tymys. On the same maner of wise ar borne littiƚƚ bendys as here it
shaƚƚ be shewyt. And they be calde bendyllys to the differans of grete
bendys as it is opyn. And of hym that beris theys thꝰ it shaƚƚ be sayd.
first in latyn as here folowys. Portat vnam bendam & duas bendulas de
auro ī campo blodeo. Et gallice sic. Il port dasor vng bend et deux
bendelettis dor. Anglice sic. He berith asure a bende and .ij. bendils
of golde. And thes bendyls ar othirwyle florishyt as is shewyt in the
figure a fore in barris. And in diu̇se armys they be founde that they be
chenyt. And sum be powderit with molettis. and sum with odir dyfferans
the wich nedys not to be figurit here
¶ Off armys palit and bendyt now here it shaƚƚ be shewyde
[Illustration: Cote Armour]
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