contrariwise the Inversion of his tail is a note of wrath and fury especially if he do beat the back therewith and doth roar withal Of this property of the Lion Catullus maketh mention in these words Age caede terga cauda tua verbera pateant Face cuncta mugienti fremitu loca retonent The gate of a Lion when he is passant is an apparent note of his jurisdiction and regal authority and sovereignty wherewith the extension of his tail doth fitly quadrate and agree inasmuch as when he hunteth after his prey he roareth vehemently whereat the Beasts being astonished do make a stand whilst he with his tail maketh a circle about them in the sand which circle they dare not transgress which done out of them he makeh choice of his prey at his pleasure Thus ending with the Wolf I will perclose this Tract of Beasts of fierce Nature comprehending all others of this kind as Ounces Lynxes Hyenaes Panthers c. under these before handled Forasmuch as the greatest part of the general Rules as also of the sundry forms of bearing attributed unto Lions and Wolves may be aptly applied to all or the greatest part of other Beasts of like Nature CHAP. XVI HAVING given Examples of ravenous and fierce kind that by main force do prosecute and obtain their prey I will now proceed to the handling of Beasts less fell and harmful of which number some are wild and savage other are domestical and sociable as Dogs of all sorts of which I will first intreat because the Dog whether it be for pleasure and game in field or for thrift and guard at home deserveth a very high estimation and of all Dogs those of chase are most in use in Armory whereof some prosecute their prey speedily others more leisurably Of the first sort is the Greyhound as in Example Note that it appeareth in an old Manuscript treating of Blazon that a Greyhound cannot properly be termed rampant for it is contrary to his kind to appear so fierce as the Author there writeth in his said Book now remaining in the custody of that worthy Knight Sir William Seger Garter principal King of Arms whose great study and travel in this Heraldical Art hath by his own Works already published been sufficiently manifest Argent three Greyhounds current pale-ways Sable collared Or by the Name of More or De la More and with the Arms of Vlster is the Coat-Armour of Sir Edward More of More-hall and Bank-hall in Lancashire Baronet lineally descended from the ancient Family of the Mores of the said places whose Ancestors have there continued for above twenty Generations as appears as well by divers ancient Deeds now in the custody of the said Sir Edward as by the Hatchments and Inscriptions engraven on the walls of the said Houses This Coat is also born by Sir Iohn More of the City of London Knight and Alderman lineally descended from the Family of the Mores aforesaid Sable three Greyhounds current in pale Argent collared Or is the Coat-Armour of the ancient Family of the Machels of Crakenthorp in Westmoreland and is now born by Lancelot Machel Esq Lieutenant of Horse to the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland a great Loyalist and an expert Souldier This Name was writ Mauchael or Mauchel from the Conquest to the Reign of King Henry the Eighth at which time those two valiant Warriers Guy Mauchel of Crakenthorp Esq and Hugh his Brother engaged themselves in that Expedition against the French in which the English were victorious and took the almost impregnable City of Turnay from whence they both returned and were successively Lords of Crakenthorp aforesaid This Guy though in many dangers yet died in his Bed about the 27th of Henry the Eighth but shewed an Heroick and Marshal Spirit in bequeathing his Arms and Armour to his Sons in the very first place as that which was most dear unto him And Hugh Machel for his Valour was by King Henry the Eighth deputed with Sir Thomas Wharton Warden of the west Marshes of England by a Warrant under the said King's Sign Manual Dated the 28th of Iune in the 29th year of his Reign To these must be added all fourfooted Beasts that are provident in acquiring their food as the Hedghog and such other It resteth that I should now give Example of the last sort of Beasts among them of savage kind before spoken of which are those of timorous and fearful Nature Such are these that follow and their like And hitherto we have handled such Terrestrial Animals only as are called Vivipara because they do bring forth living Creatures whereas the other Terrestrials do bring forth eggs and are therefore named Ovipara of which sort we will speak in the next place CHAP. XVII THIS other sort of four-footed Egg-bearing Animals as I may so term them notwithstanding that in many things they have no small resemblance with man as well touching the faculties of the vegetable soul as also the parts of the body yet are they far more unlike us than those that bring forth a living Creature And albeit that these Egg-breeding four-footed Animals do consist of the same bodily parts that the Vivipara or Animal-producing do and of the four humours that are answerable in quality to the four Elements and have all parts as well internal as external senses and many other things wherein they do communicate with the Vivipara yet are there many other things wherein they differ not only from these but also even amongst themselves one from another of them For neither do we find in these that quickness of wit that we observe in others neither like parts of strength of body that the other have Like as man especially in his soul approacheth near unto God in likeness so in like manner do other Animals resemble man wherein they do participate with man in likeness after some sort but in divers degrees forasmuch as some of them have more and some less likeness with us than others have There is not saith Beda amongst the Vniversal Works of Nature any one thing so little or of so base esteem wherein a man cannot find some Divine thing worthy of admiration No less saith Farnesius may we admire the force of a silly Flea than the hugeness and strength of an Elephant Not without reason doth the Husbandman prognosticate the approach of some great shower of Rain by the croaking of Frogs more frequent than usually whereupon he saith that they do cry for rain For this Observation is grounded upon a Physical Reason Omne enim simile gaudet suo simili suae naturae utili ac convenienti every like is delighted with his like and with that which is commodious and agreeable to his Nature Since then that Frogs are exceedingly delighted with water as with that which best agreeth with their Nature therefore when they do apprehend a foresense of Rain they do rejoice and do testifie their joy by singing after their manner Animals of base
sunt in honore pares Mules Abbots and Abbesses are alike They bear the weapons but cannot strike Pearl a Cheveron Ruby between three Leopards heads Diamond is the Coat-Armour of the Right Honourable Francis Viscount Newport of Bradford Baron Newport of High-Ercall Lord Lieutenant of the County of Salop Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold and one of the Lords of his most Honourable Privy Council Vert a Cheveron between three Leopards heads Or is the Coat of Sir Barrow Fitch of Woodham-walter in Essex Kt. Sable a Cheveron between three Leopards heads Argent is the Coat of Mr. Tho. Hawes of the City of London Merchant Or a Cheveron between three Leopards heads Sable with the Arms of Vlster is the Coat-Armour of Sir Charles Wheler of Burbury in Warwickshire Baronet anciently of Martin-Hussingtre in the County of Worcester Or on a Bend Azure three Leopards heads Argent is the Coat of Iohn Mingay of Gimingham in Norfolk Esq Now in the blazon of this next ensuing Escocheon I in this present Edition shall upon better consideration differ from that which I gave it in my former Secundae cogitationes saepè sunt meliores CHAP. XXVI ANOTHER sort there is of exorbitantâ— Animals much more prodigious than all the former such are those Creatures formed or rather deformed with the confused shapes of Creatures of different kinds and qualities These according to some Authors are called in Latin Monstra à Monstrando for foreshewing some strange events These Monsters saith St. Augustine cannot be reckoned amongst those good Creatures that God created before the transgression of Adam for those did God when he took the survey of them pronounce to be valdè bona for they had in them neither access nor defect but were the perfect workmanship of God's Creation And of them Zanchius saith that Eorum deformitas habet usus cum Deo serviant ad gloriam ipsius illustrandam electis ad salutem promovendam If man had not transgressed the Law of his Maker this dreadful deformity in likelyhood had not happened in the procreation of Animals which some Philosophers do call Peccata Naturae Errors in Nature Quoniam uatura impeditur in horum generatione ne possit quale velit producere Animal Some examples in this kind here ensue Vert a Griffon rampant Or is the Coat of Richard Coleling of Coreley in Shropshire Esq Principal Secretary to the Right Honourable Henry Earl of St. Albans Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold Azure a Griffon sergreant or rampant Or is the Coat of Sir Iohn Read of Brocket-hall in Hartfordshire Baronet As also by the Name of Cursellis and by Mr. Iames Cursellis of London Merchant Sable a Griffon sergreant Or is the Coat of the Honourable Society of Grays-Inn being one of the four Inns of Court The erecting of the fore-leggs of this Griffon is an evident testimony of his readiness for action which addeth a second force of his attempt and promiseth a successful event of his enterprise by reason he uniteth force and industry together The Griffon having attained his full growth will never be taken alive wherein he doth adumbrate or rather lively set forth the property of a valorous Souldier whose magnanimity is such as he had rather expose himself to all dangers and even to death it self than to become a Captive As a Lion rampant is figured erectus elevatus mordax ore radens pedibus so may a Bear Griffon or whatsoever other Animal of fierce nature as aforesaid that is shaped in like form and action For the Lion is not said to be rampant because he representeth the shape of a Lion but in respect of his fierce and cruel action so this in like manner using the same actions may apertly participate the same terms of blazon his double shape notwithstanding Similium enim similis est ratio The Poets do feign that Dragons do keep or according to our English phrase sit abrood upon Riches and Treasures which are therefore committed to their charge because of their admirable sharpness of sight and for that they are supposed of all other living things to be the most valiant Adag col 515. whereof Ovid. Metamorph. 7. Pervigilem superest herbis sopire Draconem The Dragons are naturally so hot that they cannot be cooled by drinking of water but still gape for the Air to refresh them as appeareth Ieremiah 14. 6. And the wild Asses did stand in the high places they snuffed up the wind like Dragons their eyes did fail because there was no grass Nescio quis teneros oculus mihi fascinat Agnoâ—â— I know not what wicked eye hath bewitched my tender Lambs To these must be added Montegres Satyrs Monk-fishes as also Lions-dragons Lions-poisons and whatsoever other double shaped Animal of any two or more of the particular kinds before handled CHAP. XXVII UNTO this will I add some sorts of Animals which although they be duly shaped and therefore may seem to agree with those of the same kind formerly treated of yet do they much differ from them either in their unnatural postures and gestures or else being with some liberty-debarring instrument by mans industry and invention restrained of their natural freedom as by a chain or the like and therefore could not according to Methods strict rule have been handled promiscuously among the former Some few Examples of this kind of bearing of Animals of this sort in Coat-Armour I here present unto your view Argent a Lion rampant regardant Sable is the Coat of Thomas Mathew of Castle-Mengch in Glamorganshire Esq Or a Lion rampant regardant Sable is born by Iohn Lloyd of Keyswyn in Merionethshire Esq. This action doth manifest an inward and degenerate perturbation of the mind which is meerly repugnant to the most couragious nature of the Lion Cujus natura est imperterrita according to the saying Leo fortissimus bestiarum ad nullius pavebit occursum The form of bearing of the Lion regardant albeit in respect of his courage and magnanimity it be contrary to his natural quality for that it may be thought and is indeed generally holden to be a chief note of timorousness which is meerly contrary to his generous nature yet nevertheless it is good Armory not only in him but also in all other Animals of like bearing so long as they are born significantly and it fitteth our profession to interpret all sorts of bearing to the best that is to say to the most honour of their Bearers To the end therefore that I may give some satisfaction touching the commendable bearing thereof to such as do hold the contrary I hold the same form of bearing to be born not only in the Lion but in whatsoever other Animals significantly and therefore commendably forasmuch as such action betokeneth a diligent circumspection or regardful consideration of fore-passed events of things and comparing of them with things present that he may give a conjectural ghess of the effects of things yet to come and resting
that held out the Assailants is surprised whatsoever is found therein is due to them that took the same as well the persons as their whole substance whose opinion herein Aristotle followeth Polit. 40. And St. Ambrose lib. 1. de Patriarch writeth That the prey of the King of Sodom was in like sort in the power of Abraham that conquered him This custome hath been also observed That to ask leave to bury the slain in the time of open hostility and whilst men are in Arms in the Field or depart the Field after Battel is a kind of yielding of victory for it beseemeth not them that won the Battel to seek any thing of the enemy by way of intreaty Like as also the unwillingness to joyn Battel and protraction or delay of Battel was taken for a yielding of Victory And now we will begin with Examples of bearing such things in Coat-Armour whereby Martial Discipline and Order which we have now discoursed of are preserved whereof some are for shew other for sound Very behoveful are these Ensigns for every particular Band of Foot and Troop of Horse to the end they may know whither to draw together in expectance of the command of their Captain for the performance of all occasions and that they may by them be directed after any conflict or skirmish whither to retire themselves without danger they also serve for the manifest distinguishing of Bands and Companies And by these they are all directed in their Services as a Ship is guided through the forcible and violent surges of the Seas by the benefit of her Helm and a skilful Pilot guiding the same The Ensigns that the Romans anciently used◠were of divers shapes the Eagle fixed on the top of a Pike or Pole was the chief but that they had Penons or Flags also appeareth by Lazius who saith they were called vexilla à velis navium from the Sails of Ships which they resembled being so named tanquam minus velum as it were a little Sail. These foresaid Instruments serve for direction on and order to the eye and by shew To these Ensigns thus born in the Field in time of Battel either expected or acted we may add this known Ensign of premonstration of eminent hostile invasion which is the fired Becacon which giveth a sudden warning of instant intended attempt or invasion of Enemies the notice whereof giveth occasion of the firing of the Beacon whereupon a Gentleman of good reputation chose to bear for his Impress upon a Mount a Beacon fired with this Motto annexed Sic periisse juvat meaning to die for his Countries safety was his desire The bearing in Arms of three of these fired Beacons appeareth in this next Example There is manifold uses of the Drum Fife Trumpet and other Musical Instruments used in Martial Affairs inasmuch as they serve not only for the direction of Companies Troops but also of the whole Army in their Marchings Encampings Risings Assaults Retreats c. but also to dead and drown the cries of the maimed and wounded and to stir up valour and courage in the Souldiers to the fierce encountering and assaulting of the Enemy and for these ends was the use of them ordained in wars to which purpose do these Instruments much avil Sonus enim cornuum tubarum in praeliis magnum vim habet ad spiritus sanguinem evocandum For it is not with men as it is with beasts which can stir up courage in themselves as I have before shewed For men in respect of fear and faint courage are hardly provoked to fight therefore had they need to be drawn on and provoked thereto These Clarions are sometimes described Rests but whether they be understood to be the Rudder or from the Name to be a thing whereon to rest their Launces I know not but am rather induced to believe them to be Instruments used in Battel and Tournaments as we do Trumpets For I find Robert Consul's Coat base Son to Henry the first blazoned Clarions of these very colours And in many old Descriptions of Tilting we find the Knights to come in with Clarions sounding before them CHAP. XIV THE next are such things as serve for execution of order which is the final end for which Military Profession is instituted viz. propulsation or revenge of wrong or for foiling the wrong-doer refusing to give satisfaction to the party grieved And as in the Law Politick so in this Law Military Execution is reckoned the soul thereof To the accomplishment of execution of order sundry sorts of weapons are requisite some invasive or offensive others defensive the one to protect our selves the other to impeach our foes And of these invasives will we speak in the first place beginning with those which we call Missilia such as are cast or forced by strength of hand or slight of Engine and after we will come to such as are manual or managed with the hand There are divers sorts of these kind of Guns but I shall only shew you an Example of bear-in of one other sort of them called Chambers of which you may here see three born with an interposition of one Ordinary surmounted of another between them Whether the invention hereof were behoveful and necessary or as others reckon it most pernicious and devillish I will not take upon to dispute but referr you to Sebastian Munster lib. 3. of his Cosmography where he maketh mention of Bertholdus Swartz the Monk that first devised them Anno Dom. 1354. There I tell not the Colour of these Ogresses or Pellets because they be always Sable as shall be more plainly shewed in the conclusion of this fourth Section This Coat is also born by his Lordships Brother by another venter the Right Honourable Iames Lord Norris Baron of Rycot in Oxfordshire c. As also by Capt. Bertue of Secretary to the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Latimer Lord High Treasurer of England This battering Ram was a warlike Instrument much used by the Romans when they besieged any City or Hold with purpose to surprize them Such an Engine amongst divers others did Titus Vespatianus erect against the City of Ierusalem which were by Iosephus and his Associates consumed with fire Such is the force of this Engine as that there is no Tower so strong or Circuit of a Citie so spacious but if that they resist the first brunt thereof through often use they will be subverted Gules three broad Arrows Or feathered and headed Argent by the Name of Hales a Family of good Antiquity in Kent where now resideth Sir Edward Hales of Tunstall Baronet Sir Robert Hales of Beaksborne Baronet and Edward Hales of Chilstone in Bocton-Malherb Esq. The Arrow is called in Latin Sagitta as some do conceit it quasi satis ictus for that it annoyeth and galleth the Enemy farr enough off so as he cannot approach the Archer to endammage him because by the smart delivery of the Bow the Enemy is put to hazard a
Figure before more plainly manifesteth where the space between the Angles demonstrated by the figures 3 and 3 and 1 and 3 are of equal length I confess sometimes you may find in things made for Lozenges the distance here demonstrated by the figures 3 and 3 to be a little longer than that from 1 to 3 but it can never be shorter for then it is a Fusil A Mascle differeth from both the Fusil and Lozenge first because the Mascle is always voided that is part of the Field is transparent through it I confess in this I dissent from Leigh's opinion who in his Accidence of Armory pag. 157. b. seemeth to grant that a Mascle may be whole but of this I have formerly shewed my opinion and my reason for the same pag. 234. Next a Mascle differeth from a Fusil and a Lozenge in the proportion of space which is evidently demonstrated in the Mascles Figure by the Letters C and D which sheweth a Mascle to be as long as it is broad Now proceed we to give you some Examples of bearing these Fusils and Lozenges in Coat-Armour as for Mascles I have already shewed some pag. 234. This Coat without the Arms of Vlster and with a due difference is born by Mr. Thomas Shaw of the City of London Merchant This Coat with a due difference is born by Robert Fielding of the City of Glocester Dr. in Physick and by his brother Edward Fielding of the City of Bristoll Esq one of the Sheriffs thereof for the year 1674. To these Charges that thus resemble each other yet change their Names from their nice differing forms may be referred the Quarter and the Canton the Delf and the Billet and such other like Examples of the bearing of every of which I have formerly given leaving the Student in this way to learn their differences by his careful observation to which Leigh in his Accidence of Armory hath given great light Thus have I in this one Section run over this whole Chaos of things Artificial which I have so compendiously set down considering the infinite variety of things incident unto Arts of all sorts as that any Judicious Reader will rather approve my brevity therein than concurr in judgment with that rash and unadvised Censurer of this Book who before it was in Press sought to lay this aspersion on it That it was wholly stuffed with Superficials of things Mechanical c. which Calumny needs no other refutation than the view of that which here presents it self to all mens scanning The end of the Fourth Section Simplicitas formae Antiquitatis nota THE Fifth Section comprehendeth Examples of Coat-Armours having no Tincture predominating in them shewing withal their sundry Forms of Partition as also of the Transmutations or Counterchangings that are occasioned by reason of those Lines of Partition The Table of the Fifth Section Fields of Coat-Armours wherein there is no Tincture predominating c. are Abstracted from Some of the Ordinaries by a derivation Manifest as Gyrony Pale-ways Bendy c. and are born Simply of themselves After a compound sort viz. charged In Part viz. with some Chief Canton Quarter c. All over with some other Ordinary or Common Charge Obscure of which sorts some do Keep their Names as Paly Bendy Barry c. Lose their Name as Cheekie Some common Charge such are those as we term in Blazon Fusily Lozengy Masculy 〈◊〉 Of Fusils Lozenges Mascles c. whereof they bear the sorms or representations Composed of Lines of partition only Plain as those before-mentioned in the first Section which are carried evenly without rising or falling These being chargâ—â— do constitute a form of bearing called Transmuting or Counterchanging Bunched or cornered whereof are created a kind of bearing which we call in blazon Messiles because of their mutual intermixture one with another Those of manifest derivation have their denomination from some of the Ordinaries whose forms they do represent whose names also they do still retain as a Memorial of their particular derivations As Party per Pale per Bend per Fess per Cheveron per Saltire c. Others though abstracted from Ordinaries do lose their names And both these sorts last mentioned are no less subject to be charged in part or all over with charges both ordinary and common than any other before-mentioned wherein Tincture is said to predominate A DISPLAY OF HERALDRY SECT V. CHAP. I. HAVING finished the former Section treating of Coat-Armours formed of things Artificial in which there is tincture that is to say Metal Colour of Furr predominating I will now secundis velis proceed to give Examples of Coat-Armours having no Tincture predominating in them These are formed of sundry sorts of lines of Partition occasioning oftentimes Transmutation and Counterchanging Coat-Armours having no Tincture predominating in them are such as are so composed and commix'd of two colours as that neither of them do surmount other Such are these that follow and the like which are formed of lines of Partition only In giving Examples of these forms of bearing it is requisite that I begin with those which consist of single lines of Partition and then proceed to such sorts as are formed of manifold lines as in Example Such Coat-Armours as are formed only of lines of Partition do generally yield testimony of an ancient Family as Hieronymus Hennings in his Genealogies noteth upon the Coat-Armour of the Noble Race of the Ranzovij which is born parted after this manner though of different colours in this Distichon Forma quid haec simplex simplex fuit ipsa vetustas Simplicitas formae stemmata prisca not at What means so plain a Coat times ancient plain did go Such ancient plainness ancient race doth plainly show After this manner may two Coat-Armours of distinct Families be conjoyned into one Escocheon as shall be shewed hereafter in place convenient A Gentleman of blood being a younger brother before apt differences of Coat-Armour were devised used to take two of his nearest Coats and to marshal them together in one shield parted per Cheveron after the manner expressed in this next Escocheon Leigh holdeth that this sort of bearing is not otherwise blazoned than quarterly But some Blazoners are of opinion that when this composition consisteth meerly of Metals and Colour or of any the before-mentioned Furrs and Colour without any charge occupying the quarters of the Escocheon such bearing is more aptly blazoned parted per Cross but if they be charged then they hold it best blazoned quarterly Two other sorts of parted per Pile I find which for their rare use I have thought fit to insert into this place whereof the first is as in this next Escocheon The other sort of Partition per Pile taketh beginning from the two base points dexter and sinister and do meet in the exact middle chief point of the Escocheon as in this next Example Per Saltire Argent and Sable a Border counterchanged is born by Peter Gott of Grays-Inn
Dorcas daughter of Richard Graves Esq deceased late Reader of Lincolns-Inn aforesaid He beareth Argent a Cross betwen four Spread-Eagles Gules by the Name of Strachey and is born by Iohn Strachey of Sutton-Court in Somersetshire Esq. He beareth Argent three Palmers Staves Sable the heads rests ends Or by the Name of Palmer and is the Coat-Armour of William Palmer of Winthorp in Lincolnshire Esq Captain of a Troop in the Regiment of his Graceâ— the Duke of Monmouth Captain-General of all his Majesties Land-Forces He beareth Gules on a Bend Or three Martlets Sable by the Name of Brabazon and is the Paternal Coat-Armour of Edward Brabazon of Ballyarthur in the County of Wickloe in the Kingdom of Ireland Esq second Son of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Meath deceased He beareth Ermyn on a Bend Sable two Hands and Arms to the Elbows issuing out of Clouds at the Elbows all proper holding an Horshoe Or by the Name of Borlace and is the Coat-Armour of Humphrey Borlace of Treluddro in the County of Cornwall Esq. He beareth Sable a Bend Ermyn between two Cottises flory Or by the Name of Keck and is the Paternal Coat-Armour of Anthony Keck of the Inner Temple London Esq He beareth Or a Bend engrailed between six Roses Gules by the Name of Warner and is the Paternal Coat-Armour of Iohn Warner of Brakenthwaite in the Parish of Kirby-Overblow in the West-Riding of Yorkshire Esq lineally descended from the Warners of Wárner-Hall in Essex Argent a Fess humid Gules between three Ravens rising to fly Sable born by Richard Peirce of the City of London Esq. He beareth Argent a Fess Nebule Gules between three Eagles displayed Sable by the Name of Cudmore and is the Coat-Armour of Thomas Cudmore of Kelvedon in Essex Esq son and heir of Thomas Cudmore Esq deceased by Dorothy eldest Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Cecill Kt. son of Thomas Earl of Exeter by Dorothy Daughter and Coheir of Iohn Nevill Lord Latimer son and heir of Iohn Lord Latimer by Dorothy Daughter and Coheir of Sir George Vere Ktâ— which said Sir Thomas died Anno 1662. and lieth buried in Stamford-Baron in Northamptonshire amongst his Ancestors Per Pale Vert and Ermyn an Eagle displayed This Coat is born by Richard Goodlad of the City of London Esq. He beareth Gules a Cheveron Ermyn between three Flowers de Lis Argent by the Name of Crome and is the Paternal Coat-Armour of Valentine Crome of Mayden-Early in Berkshire Esq decended from the ancient Family of Lewis in Yorkshire Argent a Fess between three Flowers de Lis Sable by the Name of Evance which said Coat is born by Iohn Evance of the City of London Esq He beareth Gules a Quaterfoil Or by the Name of Rowe and is born by Anthony Rowe of St. Martins in the Fields in Middlesex Esq third son of Sir Tho. Rowe of Moswellhill in the said County Kt. Argent a Cheveron between three Cinquefoils Gules is born by Charles Beauvoir of the City of London Esq descended from the Family of the Beauvoirs in the Island of Garnsey He beareth Or two Barrs Azure in Chief three Escallop-hells Gules by the Name of Clark and is the Coat-Armour of Edward Clark of the Inner Temple London Esq son and heir of Edward Clark of Chipley in Somersetshire Esq He beareth Vert a Greyhound current in Bend Argent collared Gules studded Or by the Name of Blome and is born by Richard Blome of Abergwilly in Gaermarthenshire Esq by Io. Blome of Sevenoke in Kent Gent. and by Richard Blome of Chobham in the Parish of Westham in Essex Gent. This Coat being false cut in the body of the Book is here rectified He beareth Gules a Cheveron â—ngrailed Ermyn between three Eagles Argent by the Name of Child This with the Arms of Vlster is the Coat-Armour of Sir Iosias Child of Wanstead in the County of Essex Baronet He beareth Argent a Bend Sable in the sinister Chief a Garb Gules by the Name of Whitworth and is the Coat-Armour of Richard Whitworth of Adbaston in the County of Stafford Gent. He beareth Sable on a Bend Argent three Lozenges of the Field by the Name of Carington and was the Coat-Armour of Iohn Carington of Sponton in the North Riding of Yorkshire Gent. deceased second son of William Carington of Sponton aforesaid Esq who was second Brother to Iohn Carington of Carington in Cheshire Esq Thus having largely treated of all the parts of Atchievements our next business will be to represent them conjoyned together for which we will referr the Reader to the second part viz. Honour Military and Civil TO THE Generous Reader My Task is past my Care is but begun My Pains must suffer Censures for reward Yet hope I have now my great pains are done That gentle Spirits will quite them with regard For when my love to Gentry here they find My love with love they must requite by kind But if the ungentle Brood of Envies Grooms Misdoom my Pains no force they do their kind And I 'le do mine which is to scorn their Dooms That use unkindly a kind well-willing mind Thus I resolve Look now who will hereon My Task is past and all my Care is gone A Conclusion BUt He alone that 's free from all defect And only cannot erre true Wisdom's Sire Can without error all in All effect But weak are men in acting their desire This Work is filde but not without a flaw Yet filde with Pain Care Cost and all in all But as it were by force of Natures Law It hath some faults which on the Printers fall No Book so blest that ever scap'd the Press For ought I ever read or heard without Correctors full'st of Art and Carefulness Cannot prevent it Faults will flee about But here 's not many so the easier may Each gentle Reader rub away their stains Then when the verbal Blots were done away I hope their profit will exceed their pains Besides it may be thought a fault in me To have omitted some few differences Of Coronets of high'st and low'st degree But this I may not well a fault confess For 'twixt a Duke and Marquess Coronets Is so small odds as it is scarce discern'd As here i' th' Earl and Vicounts frontilets May by judicious Artists now be learn'd Then these are faults that Reason doth excuse And were committed wilfully because Where is no difference there is no abuse To Grace Arms Nature Order or their Laws This breaks no Rule of Order though there be An Order in Degrees concerning This If Order were infring'd then should I flee From my chief purpose and my Mark should miss ORDER is Natures beauty and the way To Order is by Rules that Art hath found Defect and excess in those Rules bewray Order's defective Nature 's much deform'd But ORDER is the Center of that GOD That is unbounded and All circumscribes Then if this Work hath any likelyhood Of the least good the