Charges set diagonally on the field of a Shield, in the position in which a bend would occupy, are said to be “_in bend_” and are arranged in the same manner: but it would be quite possible to have three or more charges each disposed bendwise; but yet, nevertheless, when taken together occupying the position of a fesse and therefore described also as in fesse. This distinction between charges bendwise (or bendways) and charges in bend should be carefully noted. A field divided into an _even_ number of parts by lines drawn _bendwise_, is “_bendy_,” the number of the divisions to be specified: as a matter of course, a field thus “bendy” becomes a “varied field,” in which all the divisions lie in the same plane: thus, No. 116, for DE MONTFORD (H. 3 and E. 2)--_Bendy of ten or and az._ Bendlets are in relief, as in No. 117, for DE BRAY--_Vairée, three Bendlets gu._ If a field be divided by lines drawn bendwise, and also by others drawn either vertically or horizontally, it is “_paly bendy_,” as No. 118, or “_barry bendy_,” as No. 119. These two forms, which, however, are very rarely met with, should be carefully distinguished from a field lozengy. A Bend issuing from the sinister chief is a _Bend Sinister_. [Illustration: No. 116.--De Montford.] [Illustration: No. 117.--De Bray.] [Illustration: No. 118.--Paly Bendy.] [Illustration: No. 119.--Barry Bendy.] [Illustration: No. 120.--St. Andrew.] [Illustration: No. 122.--De Neville.] [Illustration: No. 121.--De Neville.] The SALTIRE (H. 3), a combination of a Bend with a Bend Sinister, may also be regarded as a _Diagonal Cross_. Thus, the Crosses of St. ANDREW of SCOTLAND, and of St. PATRICK of IRELAND are Saltires--the former, No. 120--_Az., a Saltire arg._: the latter--_Arg., a Saltire gu._ The arms of the great family of NEVILLE reverse those of St. PATRICK, and are--_Gu., a Saltire arg._, No. 121: so Drayton has recorded that “Upon his surcoat valiant NEVILLE bore A silver Saltire upon martial red.” _Barons’ War_, i. 22. Charges set on a Saltire _slope with its limbs_ (all, however, pointing to the chief), _the central charge being erect_; and the disposition of charges set “_in saltire_” is the same: a single charge set on a Saltire is blazoned erect on the central point of the Ordinary, as in No. 122, another Shield of NEVILLE, in which the “Silver Saltire” is charged with a _rose gules_. A Saltire may be borne with a Chief, as in No. 73. [Illustration: No. 123.--De Stafford.] [Illustration: No. 124.--Shield of De Clare.]