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england_n	john_n	lord_n	treasurer_n	3,143	5	10.7684	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16477	VVorkes of armorie deuyded into three bookes, entituled, the concordes of armorie, the armorie of honor, and of coates and creastes, collected and gathered by Iohn Bossewell Gentleman.	Bossewell, John, heraldic writer.; Legh, Gerard, d. 1563. Accedens of armory.	1572 (1572)	STC 3393; ESTC S106250	105,447	190

Workes of Armorie deuyded into three bookes entituled the Concordes of Armorie the Armorie of Honor and of Coates and Creastes collected and gathered by Iohn Bossewell Gentleman In aedibus Richardi Totelli Anno domini 1572. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum To the right honorable and his singuler good lorde Sir William Cecil Baron of Burghleigh Knight of the moste noble order of the Garter Lorde highe Treasorer of Englande master of the courtes of wardes and Liueries Chauncellour of the Uniuersitie of Cambridge and one of the Queenes Maiesties priuie Counsaile Iohn Bossewel wisheth long healthe with encrease of honor RIght honorable and my singuler good Lorde I haue marueled vpon occasion of late that amonge the numbers of bookes in their seueral kyndes not onely by their auctors diligently deuised but surely by the printers of these dais for the most part procured and to theire exceeding great charges faythfullye exactlye published I finde so fewe that I coulde almoste haue saide none to haue written in our natiue tongue of the science and skill of Armory Truely in my oppinion a very fruitefull necessary and honorable argument but might I deeme or were it rashnesse as Tullye in his Tusculans in the comparison betweene the Romains Grecians which might excede other or be more auncient in knowledge sayth of such as of thē lay neglecte Honos alit artes omnesque incendunt ' ad studia gloria Surely not vnlike but as in al other things so in science what auayleth seruice where soueraigntie is neglected what actiuitie where men lie downe to sleepe with sloth what loue what frendship where no man buildes on fayth or credyt so takè honor from lawe rewarde from Phificke admiration from Mathematicalls humilitie and zeale from heauenly science and who sets his sonne to schoole for them no doubt Tully saide ful wisely keepe backe rewarde and learning adew Yet somme there are that feede not altogether of this humor and they rake together the fewe sparcles of knowledge hyd and almoste dead in the ashes of obliuion and eyther them selfes builde a fyer therof or geeue occasion to others such one was of late specially in this kind of Herehaultry a very fruteful and worthy writer master Gerard Leigh and suche do I offer my self at this presēt meaning to adde somewhat farther or geeue occasion to others not drawen by hope of reward which rather would haue kept me back but honor of the science loue of my coūtrey and especially my bounden and duitifull estimacion of your honorable fauor wherunto as I do with reuerence offer and dedicate thys simple thing scarce worthe the reading in respect of the handeling yet for the substāce not to be altogether neglected so I most humbly beseech your honor to accept the same and bee Patron thereof wherby you shal not onely staye and rere vp this declining knowledge to your great renowme but bind me for euer by al maner of duities and specially to pray for your honorable estate long to continue in fauor with God credyt with youre soueraigne honour wyth your countrie fidelitye wyth your Peeres and loue towardes Armorye Cilenus censure of the aucthor in his high court of Herehaultry A Court ther stāds twixt heauē erth al gorgeous to behold of royal state in second spheare a hugie building olde Portcolized bard with bolts of gold resplendant bright of glistering gēmes through Pallas power bedazeling eche y t no mā may com in except he haue y e perfit skil mās sight of Herehauts art and climbed hath Parnassus sacred hill Within this stately court like number roomes are founde like number flags like number armes as realmes vpon y e ground About y e walls more wōderous work then framd by mortal hād eche Herehauts liuely counterfet in seemely sort doth stand within these seuerd romes through wals ibuilt of Christal cleare Eche thing that longs to Herehauts art doth perfectly appeare There leger bookes of auncient gestes ywrit by Pallas hand there campinges mornings musterings there pedegrees do stand There cūbats fierce there sūmōs bold there triūphs passing braue of trowning kings of dubbing knights the orders ther they haue Both single coates and martialed of eche renowmed wight with visitacions which allottes to ech desert his right Reuersed coates not hidden there bewray disloyall deedes Caparisons ther fixed hang and bardings strong of steedes With armors fully furnished and gauntlets vnredemd suche vncouth sights eche office holdes as cannot be estemde At vpper ende of al this court as seuerd from the rest with flaunting Penon standes a house as famous as the best Where portraied are y e English armes frō which depēdeth braue a golden garter in the whiche a golden George they haue Unto this place assembled was eche wight within this hall and did admire a golden booke whiche fell amongst them all Blown vp by blast of flying fame which tooke her tromp in hand of burnisht golde whereto she plyde her lips as she dyd stand in Brutus realme whereon when they a litle space had pride abashed at the hidden skill which in that woorke they spide They stāpt they starde they fret they fumde al in one they ioīd vpon the aucthor to complaine because he had purloind Their secresies when sodainly from highest regall throne was drawne a trauerse ritche wherwith they whusted euery one Within this farre more stately court are rich acheuemēts braue and none but Gods or fellow mates to gods as there may haue there armes●there both Alcides spoiles Iason● fleese remaynde with Gorgons hedd and Perseus prayse whoe so earst had gaynd A noble name eternizd was for there did splendant shine the auncient Pegasus whiche earst Minerua dame diuine To inner Temples martyall gaue to whose redoubted grace in honor Ioue in prowes Mars in wyt her selfe geues place ▪ No god ne wight of worthy fame but hath purtraied there the field the shield the coat y e crest which he of right should beare Their shiuered shafts and broken bow beres Ioue subdued in field and Mars that sind with Venus once his dreadful geuly shield hath chargde with furs a note whereby to knowe a lechers life Thiestes there a difference hath which lay with brothers wife Eche vice detected there by blazons arte at point deuise and all the walles with imagery were grauen storie wise The siege of Thebes the fall of Troy in beaten massie golde dan Vulcane hath set out at large full geazon to beholde Eche thing that hapt vntill this day did plainly there appeare Thenthronizing of Ioue and eake Saturnus mornful cheare that was exilde how the gods bewailde that dismoale day when Mars and Venus wounded were by Diomede in fraye And Phebus wayling 〈◊〉 and pomp of triumphs proude for daunt of Giatm●s sterne which fall of mightie Ioue had vowde All this engrauen was in precious stones of proudest price Ech thing set out in colours due to thinke a quaint deuice In midst whereof