* * * * * Transcriber's Notes: The caret character is used to represent superscripts, e.g. "Rich^d." Both "torse" and "torce" were used in this book. Both "scroll work" and "scroll-work" where used in this book. Both "wood-cut" and "woodcut" were used in this book. Page 24, "p." changed to "pp." Page 26, closing square bracket added after "p. 187." Page 39, "15" changed to "by" ("He was beheaded by Edward II."). Page 51, period added after "sett to my hand." Page 53, "II" changed to "II." Page 60, closing parenthesis added. Page 67, "cornucopiaœ" changed to "cornucopiæ." Page 69, closing parenthesis added after "p. 211." Page 74, closing parenthesis added. Page 86, "indroduced" changed to "introduced." Page 94, period added after "considerable expense." End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Dates of Variously-shaped Shields, by George Grazebrook