7 38 55. Hog 56. Home Hume or Hoom 3 75 81 84 97. Honyman 36. Hope 49. Howston 39. Hutchison 65. Hutton 50. I Iaffray 33. Lord Iedburgh vide Ker. Innes 51 95. Iohnston 2 47 67 97. Irwin 3 63 94. K Keith 2 21 31 89. Kello 63. Earl of Kelly vide Areskine Kennedy 41. Ker 28 38 51 56 95. Kilgowr 60. Viscount of Kilsyth vide Livingston Earl of Kinghorn vide Lyon now Strathmore vide Lyon Viscount of Kingston vide Seaton Kinnaird 46. Kinneir 35 59. Kirkpatrick 47 67. Kyd 62. Kyle 68. L Lang 29. Lamb 57. Landell 42 81 84. Lauder 59. Lauderdale 49. Duke of Lauderdale vide Maitland Leith 49. Lennox 46 82 83. Leslie 35 65 80 84. Lethington or Livington 57. Libberton ibid. Liddel 35. Lidderdale 38 95. Lindsay 34. Earl of Linlithgow vide Livingston Little 46. Livingston 49 64 90. Loch 61. Lockhart 68. Logan 54. Longlands 38. Lorn 67. Lord Lovat vide Fraser Earl of Lowdoun vide Campbel Lovell 29. Lowis 63. Lowry 68. Lundin or Lundie 33. Lyll 49. Lyon 42 90 96. Lyon-Office 85. M Macaben 65. Macculloch 49. Macdonald 3 61. Macdowal 3 55 81. Macduff 3 88. Macferlan 46. Macgie 57. Macgill 59. Macgregor 62. Macilvain 68. Mackenzie 57 85 97. Mackintosh 67. Macky 65 95. Maclean 4. Maclellan 39 90. Macleod 64. Macnaught 50. Macpherson 21 97. Main 39. Maitland 55 90. Mar 32 45 81. Earl of Mar vide Areskine Earl of March vide Dumbar Earl Marischal vide Keith Marjoribanks 2 67. Masterton 38. Maule 62 88 95. Maxwell 46 58 89 97. Meldrum 60 61. Melvill 33 52 67. Menzies 4 31. Mercer 49. Midleton 28. Miller 44. Milne 45. Moir 53. Moncrieff 94. Monro 58. Monteeth 35 74 95. Montgomery 84. Marquess of Montrose vide Graham Monypenny 52 61. Morison 53. Mortimer 55. Mosman 63. Moubray 95. Muir 41. Murehead 42. Muriel 96. Murray 33 42 52 82. Mushet 22 39. Myreton 50. N Naesmyth 54. Nairn 41. Napier 46. Neilson 54. Nevoy 53. Earl of Nithsdale vide Maxwell Nisbet 39. Norvell 60. O Ogill 59. Ogilvie 54 55. Ogston 49. Oliphant 52. Ormiston 60. Orrok 68. P Packstoun 39. Earl of Panmure vide Maule Panther 58. Paterson 59. Patton 66. Pearson 39. Pearth Town 57. Earl of Pearth vide Drummond Pepdie 3 81 84. Laird of Pitcur vide Halyburton Polwart 29. Pont 52. Porteous 57. Porterfield 36. Powrie 46. Preston 55. Primerose 64. Pringle 2 61 62. Purves 49 74. R Rae 57. Lord Rae vide Macky Rait 44. Ralston 63. Ramsay 2 3 7 58. Randeill 41. Randolph 3 41 42 67. Rankin 66. Richardson 28 47. Riddell 64. Rind 44. Robertoun 45 66. Robertson 58 96. Ross 6 55 68 90. Earl now Duke of Rothes vide Lesly Rule 54. Rutherfoord 41 74. Ruthven 2 33. S See of Saint Andrews 85. Lord Salton vide Fraser Sanderson 35. Sandilands ibid. Sawers 23. Scot 35 55 74 82 97. Scrimzeor 55 65. Scrogie 63. Seaton 3 42 53 60 66 82 90 91. Sempill 39. Sharp 34 85. Shaw 3 68. Sheires 65. Shives 58. Skein 66. Skirven 33. Sibbald 46. Simpson 31. Sinclair 44 84. Smyth 46 68. Spalding 45 66. Spar 66 84. Spense 41. Spot 29. Spotswood 63. Sprewl 67. Sprottie 62. Squyre 31. Stewart 34 41 82 83 96 Stirling 35 65. Straiton 23 50. Strang 49. Sutherland 52 81 84 91. Sydserf 63. T Tailzefer 38. Tarbet 4 61. Torrie 58. Toshach 66. Tours 35. Troup 58. Turnbull ibid. Turner 54 68. Turring 35. VV Vallange 68. Vaus 35 Veitch 3 58. Vrquhart 60. Vrrie 55. W Walkinshaw 63. Wallace 41. Wallop 35. Wardlaw 49. Watson 63. Weapont 49. Wedderburn 39 64. Weems 3 84 90. Weston 36. Wigmer ibid. Winchester 62. Winram or Windraham 4 56. Winton 59 82. Earl of Winton vide Seaton Wishart or Wiseheart 3 27 29 81 88. Wood 3 62. Wordie 64. Wright 66. Whytfoord 36. Y Young 29. FINIS Ker Earl of Aâ—erum Midleton Earl of Midleton One Family of the name of Richardsone gives BaÌ„lnewis of Drumond of Kincraigie Addair Allen. Spot Alison Campbell Earl of Argyle Campbell of Glenurquhy Campbell Earl of Lowdoun Campbell of Gargunnock Alexander Earl of Stirling as his paternal Coat Laing Bruce Earl of Elgin Drumond Lord Madertie Livetennent General Drumond of Cromlix Wishart Hacket of Pitfirren Young of Lennie Young of Auldbarr formerly of Seaton who gives Astruther of that ilk Graham of Fintray Polwart Lovell sometime of Ballumbie Menzies of that ilk or of Weem Carron Dewar Airth The paternal Coat of Graham Marquess of Montrose Simpson of Udoch Squyre Dalmahoy of that ilk Burnet of Lees. Keith earl Marishal Dickson of Bughtrig Areskine or Erskine Earl of Mar. Carnegy Earl of Northesk as an Coat of augmentation by the title of Northesk Sawers Esplin Lord Ruthven Skirven of that ilk Cunningham Earl of Glencairn Lundie of that ilk Murray Marquess of Athol Jaffray of Kingswells Melvill of Raith Charters of Hempsfield Charters of Kilfaunes Lindsay Earl of Crawfurd Stewart Sir William Sharp of Stonnyhill Carmichael Lord Carmichael Carmichael of Ballinblae Drumond Earl Pearth Auchinlek of that ilk Fothringham of Powrie Vaus Lord Dirleton of old Bisset of Lesindrum Sandilands Fenton of that ilk Wallop Monteith Leslie earl Rothes his paternal Coat Stirling of Keir Scot Duke of Buccleugh as the paternal Coat of that name Scot of Harden Scot of Scotstarbet Scot of Harwood Scot of Whitslaid Tours of Innerleith Liddel Dishington sometime of Ardross Kinneir of that ilk Turring of Foveran Binning of Carlowriehauch Haliburton of Egliscairn Sandersone Honyman Porterfield Auchmouty Dempster of Pitlover Whytford Cant. Haliburton of Pitcur Brand of Baberton Weston or Waston Kay or Cay Wigmer Elliot of Stobs Elliot of Laringston Fochhart Tailzefer Masterton of Parkmilne Lidderdale of St. Mary Isle Ker Lord Jedburgh Longlands of that ilk Hepburn Branch Bannatine of Keams Elphingston Lord Elphingston Cochran Earl of Dundonald Nisbet of Dean Sempill lord Sempil Howston of that ilk Wedderburn of Easter-Powrie Brown of Colstoun Mclellan Pakston Carruthers of Howmains Mushet Chiesly of Kersewell Main of Lochwood Cowper of Gogar Pearson of Balmadies Pearson of Kippenross Wallace of Ellerslie Stewart Earl of Murray Spence of Aberdeen of old Gray Lord Gray Mure of Caldwell Andrada in Spain Randeil Campbell of Aberuchill Nairn of Strathuird one of the Lords of Session Nairn granchyld to the old Nairns of Sandford Nairn now of Sandford Rutherford His Royal Majesties coat as King of Scotland Kennedy Earl of Castils Fleeming Earl of Wigton Lyon Earl of Kinghorn Buchanan of that ilk Randolph sometime Earl of Murray Seaton of Winton Murray Marquess of Athol Landell Landell of Coule Corsby Bannatyne of Corhouse Rind Guthry of that ilk Rait of Hallgreen Sinclair of Roslan Aiton of that ilk Sinclair of Olbster Glendinning of that ilk Miller Butter of old But now Butter of Gormack gives Spalding Mar. Robertoun of Carnock Bennet Dawson Duiguid of Auchinhuiff Lord Chein of old Chein of Straloth Bennet aliter Anâ—y of Dolphington
Fletcher of Salton Milne Colvil lord Colvil of Ochiltry Sibbald of Rankeâ—llor Auchinlek of Balmanno Maxwell Litle Colquhon Powrie of Wood cocksholm Betson of Contle Dalrymple of Stâ—ir now Praesident of Session Carse of Fordelcarse Kinnaird of Inshture Mcferlan of Kertone Napeir lord Napeir Lennox of Woodhead Smyth of Gibliston Bruce of Clackmannan Bruce of Balcaskie Bruce of Newtone Kirkpatrick of Closburn Johnston Earl of Annandale Currie Gorran Richardsone of Smeiton Beton Beton of Balfour Strang of Balkcaskie Ogston of that ilk Leith of Restalrig Leith of Overbarns Leith of Leith-hall Purves Purves now of that ilk Weapont Wardlaw of that ilk Mercer Mercer of Adie Fountain Hope of Craighall Mcculloch Mcculloch of Myretoun Mcculloch of Piltonn Lyll Lauderdale Calender Hay Earl of Errol Balliol Mcnaught of Kilquharitie Straiton of Lowriston Blair of Balthayock Myrton of Cambo Hutton Eglington Ker Earl of Lowthian as an coat of Augmentation Gilchryst Brownhil Innes of ilk Innes of Blairtone Murray Earle of Tillibardin Murray of Philipshauch Sutherland Aberbuthnot Viscount of Aberbuthnot Aberbuthnot brother to the said Viscount Murehead of Stanhope Die One family of the name of 〈◊〉 own Binning of Baird Delaluna in England Durham of Duntarvie Oliphant Lord Oliphant Melvil Lord Melvil Edmistone of Ednam Kathcairt Monypenny of Pitmillie Bailzie of Lamington Bailzie of Jeresword Pont. Carnagie Earl of Southesk gives for his Crest Seaton Earl of Winton as an coat of Augmentation Cartwright Dalzel Earl of Carnwath Dalzel of Glenea Gladstains of that Ilk. Gladstains of Whitelaw Edington of Balbartan Moir of Scotstoun Morison Morieson of Bognie Nevoy of that Ilk. Nevoy now designed of Nevoy one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice Aikman Aikman of Cairnie Agnew of Lochcow Turner Blackhal Neilson of Craigeaw Neilson Naesmith Naesmith of Possow Hardy Baine Rule Heart Logan Birnie Bonyman Ogilvie Ogilvie Earle of Airlie Ogilvie Earle of Finlator Ogilvie of Boyne Ogilvie of Newgrange Mortimer Mcdowal sometime of Galloway Maitland Duke of Lauderdale Chrichton Earl of Dumfreis Dundas of that Ilk Edgar Collonel William Urrie Chambers now Barron of â—artas in France descended of Chambers of that ilk in Scotland Scot of Balweirie Badzenoch Ross Earl of Ross of old Gleg Hepburn of Humbie Guthrie of Halckerton Scrimzeor Earl of Dundie Preston of old Preston now of that ilk Ker Earl of Roxburgh Baird of Auchmed den Baird of Newbyth one of the Senators of the Colledge of Justice Gordon Marquess of Huntly Gordon of Pitlurg Gordon of Rothiemay Gordon Viscount of Kenmure Hog of Bogend Forbes Lord Forbes Forbes Lord Pitsligo Forbes of Tolquhon Forbes of Monimusk Sir Arthur Forbes now Viscount of Grannaird in Ireland Windrahime Fullerton Fullerton of that ilk bears Balfour Lord of Burleigh Lethingtoun Cleland of that ilk One of the Name of Forrester Clay-hills of Innergowrie Lamb. Town of Perth alià s St. Iohnstoun Calder of Asloune Mckenzie Earl of Seaforth Sir Geor. Mckenzie of Rosehauch Porteous Calder of that ilk Ballenden Bellenden Lord Ballenden Mcgie Liberton of that ilk Rae Troup Torrie Robertson of Strowan Robertson of Newbigging Turnbul Turnbul of bad-rule Vâ—itch of Davick Schives of Muretoun Ramsay Earle of Dalhoussie Carnegie Earle of Southesk Bickerton Panther of Pitmedden Maxwel Earle of Nidsdale Atchison of Gossesurd Barrie of that ilk Dunlop of that ilk Monro of Foulis Sir Geor. Monro Lieu. General Blackhall Lawder of Halton Lawder of Bass. Forsyth of Tailzerton Mcgil of Rankillor Cairns Bounten of Kilbryd Kinneir of that ilk Winton of Strickmartine Cranston Lord Cranston Cranston of Meckrie Fythie Fin. Falconer Sir John Falconer Cockburn of Langtoun Cockburn of Ormiston Ogill Paterson Crawmond of Auldbar Ormiston of that ilk Fenwick of that ilk Craw. Cornwal of Bonhard Corbet Norvell Kilgour Brymer of Wester toun Seton Viscount of Kingston as an coat of augmentation Craigdallie Meldrum Urquhart of Meldrum gives Meldrum sometime of Fyvie Meldrum of Segie Loch Loch of drylaw gives Moniepennie of Pitmille Fisher. Garvie The Mc-Donalds Foreman of that ilk Foreman aliter The Royal company of fishing Tarbet Geddes of Rachin Ged of that ilk Pringle of Gallowshiels Pringle of Torwood lie Pringle of Stitchel Maull Earl of Panmure Maul Doctor of Medicine Crab of Robslaw Hamilton of Hags Sprottie Wood of Boningtoun Wood of Balbeigno gives Wood of Craigie gives Wood of Largo bears Forrest Kyd of Craigie Winchester Mcgregor Calderwood Spotswood Mosman Watson of Sauchton Walkinshaw of that ilk Scroggie Blackstock of that ilk Dalgleish Fowlis of Collington Lowis of Merchiston Irwin of Drum Irwin of Bonshaw Ralston of that ilk Aikenhead Sydeserâ—e Broune of Colstome Royal burgh of Dâ—ndie Kello Primrose Primrose of Caringtoun Livingstone Earle of Linlithgow Wedderburn of Eastpoury Aiton of that ilk Cumming sometime Earle of Buchan Riddel Cheap of Rossie Hamilton Duke of Hamilton Frazer Wordie of Torbrecks Bayne Sheriff Clerk of Fyfe Mcleod of that ilk Mcleod of the Lewes Braig of Nether-Auquharsk Mcaben of Knockdolian Royal Burgh of Aberdeen Lord Rae Findlay Dempster of Pitlover A Family of the Name of Scrimgeor Scheires Hutcheson Cuthbert Provost of Inverness Stirling of Keir Leslie Earle of Rothes Leslie of Balguhan Leslie of Wardes Skein of that ilk Skein of Fintray Toshauch Eccles of Kildonan Elleis Eccles of Southside Rankine of Orchardhead Robertoun of Bedly Seaton of Barnes Patton of Kinaldie Spalding of Ashinillie Wright The Earl of Caithness by the Title of Cathness as the third coat in his atchievement Craik Earle of Arran of old Mcintosh as the chief of the Clanchattan Lord of Lorn of old Gallie Johnston Earl of Annandale Kirkpatrick of Closburn Marjoribanks of Bowbardie Melvil sometime of Carnbie The ancient Coat of Randolph is now born by some families of the name of Dumbar Sprewl of Coldoun Grierson of Lag Dun of Taarâ—â—e Lockart of Lee. Lockhart of Bar. Gibson of Durie Gibson of Paintland RossLord Ross. Vallange Ross of Kilravock Ross of Auchlossin Shaw of Sauchie Shaw of Sornbeg Mcilvain of Grimet Lowry of Maxweltoun Turner Bell of Kirkonel Bell of Provesthauch Kyle Orrock Smyth of Methven Grant of that ilk Grant of Bellindalloch Fraser Lord Lovat Lord Garrioch of old Stewart late Duke of Lennox Gordone Marquess of Huntly Dowglas Marquess of Dowglas Grahame Marquess of Montrose Gordone Earl of Sutherland Lesly Earl of Rothes Montgomery Earl of Eglintone Stclair or Sinclar Earl of Caithness Home Earl of Home Areskine Earl of Kellie Weems Earle of Weems Bruce Earl of Kincardin
give or know Arms suteable to the Worth or Intention of the Bearer Arms may be defin'd to be Marks of Hereditary honour given or authorized by some Supream Power to gratify the Bearer or distinguish Families The first name given to such Bearings was Imagines scutis qualibus apud Troiam pugnatum est continebantur imagines Plin. lib. 35. c. 3. The Grecians called them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Conan l. 9. com jur civil c. 2. n. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Cujac observes ad l. 13. f. ad l. Cor. de fals The Civilians call them Insignia l. 2. in princip f. de his qui not infam l. eos sect 2. f. defalsis But Bart. is tax'd for insigniis insigniorum whereas the true Latine is insignibus insignium us'd in the former texts Some call them Insignia Armorum the Latine of which is also doubted by Tiraquel cap. num 19. Others call them Tesserae Gentilitiae and in the civil Law they are called Tituli arg Rub. l. un C. de his qui potent nom ibi Bart. The Germans call them Wappen or Clenodia The Italians Carmas The French Armoiries The Scots and English Arms from the Latine Arma which was us'd in this sense even amongst the Romans Virgil Et genti nomen dedit armáque fixit Troiae These Arms are distinguished from Hieroglyphicks Symbols Emblems and Devices in that these require no fixt colours as Arms do The Emblem represents some moral lesson but Arms are the testimony of some noble action Arms are Hereditary but these are assum'd and altered at pleasure Some think that the giving of Arms arose from the example of Iacob blessing his children in which he gave them Marks of distinction as Iudah a Lyon c. And certain it is that the Tribes did bear these upon their Ensigns Others ascribe their invention to the Germans and some to the Romans Some think the Goths and Vandals gave the first Arms to excite their Souldiers to noble actions upon their invading Italie Others ascribe the exactness of this Invention to Charles the Great Aldrovan l. 1. Others to Henry I. in Anno 986. Hop cap. 3. But by comparing all these opinions it is clear that the wearing thir Marks of distinction is a Iure Gentium and a part of the Law of Nations For even the barbarous Nations such as the Cimbri Teutones c. were observed by Plutarch in vita Marii gessisse in armis pictas ferarum imagines And Hopping asserts That he hath seen a shield from China charg'd with a Panther in a field Orr yet certainly the digesting these Customs into an Art and the subjecting them to Rules must be ascribed to Charlemaign and Fredrick Barbarossa for they did begin and grow with the Feudal Law Paul Iov Mart. Crus lib. 2. part 2. cap ult And I cannot here forget that some learned men have ascrib'd the first wearing of colored Shields to the Scots and Picts And that the wearing of Clothes of diverse colours rose from their conforming their clothes to the variety of their shields Limneus lib. 5. de jur pub cap. 6. num 6. Speidel in not jurid histor verb. Wappen The reasons of inventing this Art and giving such Marks of distinction and the advantages arising from the knowledge of Heraldry and Arms are 1. The great design that men had to perpetuate their own great Actions 2. The desire that Governours had to encourage others to do great things by rewarding with a cheap kind of Immortality what their deserving Subjects did Thus Marshals predecessors got three Pales gules on a chief Orr by the Kings dipping his finger in Camus the Danes blood and drawing three Pales gules upon his shield after that Camus was defeat in a battel in which the first Keith fought most generously Anno 1006. 3. The advantage of distinguishing Friends from Enemies who could not be better known then by their several Bearings and thus Vegel lib. 2. de re milit tells us That the Roman Legions were thus distinguished Virgil. lib. 2. Mutemus clypeos Danaumque insignia nobis Aptemus 4. To show a respect to Religion Thus the Christians bore the Cross at their expeditions into the Holy-land which were therefore called Croissads And the Pringles and others bear Escalops to show their devote Pilgrimages Of which these shells were the Badges and for which Pilgrimage the Pringles were first called Pilgrims and thereafter by corruption Pringle For the same reason doth the Dowglass carry a Heart in remembrance of the Pilgrimage to the Holy-land with King Robert the Bruce's heart which was to be and is buried there at the special command of that pious Prince about the year 1328. 5. To show from what Country the Bearers came Thus the Maxwels and Ramsays bear the Eagle to show their descent from Germany The Ruthvens the Arms of Portugal from which King they are said to be descended And the name of Marjoribanks bear the Cushion to show that they were Iohnstouns originally 6. To show their Alliances Thus we quarter Arms and by this means the memory of great Families and even of Clans and Sirnames are only preserved Thus Scotland by bearing a double Tressour flori and Contre flori is remembred of their League betwixt France and them in the Reigns of Achaius and Charlemaign Thus there is no Monument of the Randolphs but by quartering their Cushions with the Arms of the Dumbars nor of the Pepdies but by the Pepingoes born by the Earle of Hume Nor of the Giffords but by the three Bars Ermine born by the Earle of Tweddail as their Arms Nor would have any known that there had been a Lord Brechin of the name of Wishart if the Marquess of Dowglass had not quartered his Arms as having married the Heretrix 7. To remember Princes of their obligations to some Families Thus King Robert the Bruce gave the house of Winton a falling Crown supported by a Sword to show that the Seatons had supported the Crown when it was in a distrest condition which Seaton of Barns yet bears because he got the Land which was dispon'd with the Arms And to Veitch a Bullocks head to remember posterity that the Bearer had assisted that King with Aliment in bringing some Bullocks in His great distress 8. To instruct descent by blood and therefore Arms are called Tesserae Gentilitiae Thus the Weems and Fyfe are known to be Cadets of Macduff and the Colquhouns and M cfarlans Cadets of the Family of Lennox by their Arms and these are surer Marks of Consanguinity than the Sirname as may be known by many instances and among others the Shaws in the North are known to be M cintoshes by their Arms. 9. To show that the Bearers possest once great Imployments Thus the Earle of Southesks Predecessours did bear a Cup in an Escotcheon upon the Eagles breast to show that his Predecessours were Cup-bearers Regi olim à Pateris ut praelibaret auro Ista
the French from sauter to leap because it did help the souldiers to leap over walls The English write saltyr but I know no reason for that word the former reason has in my judgement occasion'd that the Saltyr is with us and all other nations born ordinarly engrail'd or ragg'd as we call it because the Souldiers us'd to cut so those trees for helping them to climb and to support their feet or hands upon its nicks Upon the account that the Saltyr is a St. Andrew cross therefore the Andersons carry ar a Saltyr engrail'd sable betwixt four stars gules When five of any thing as leaves beasts c. are born like a cinque they are said to be born in Saltyr because of its shape from the aggreement of a cinque and Saltyr in their shapes And by the Italians it is call'd figura a forma della lettera X. and what we call Saltyr-wise they call Incrotiato a foggia della lettera X. and we in Scotland use the word Saltyr or St. Andrews equally oft because the Saint Andrews Cross is one of the Badges of our Nation The description of the PLATE belonging to the 16. and 17. Chapters The Latine terms of most of the Crosses following are set down as Syl. Pet. Sta. Vpton and others have them I. A Plain cross this is call'd Crux simplex plana Or a cross gules Argent a cross betwixt four Mollets azur Ermine on a cross gules a crosslet fitched Or and in the sinister quarter argent two Mollets azur Argent a plain cross sable quartered with the coat of Cumming II. A cross engrailed Crux striata cannaliculata seu crispata By some Ingradata By Dion in macrino 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Or a cross engrailed sable Argent a cross ingrailed sable Sinclair Earl of Caithness bears this cross over all dividing his other coats Sinclair Lord Sinclair bears the same in an Inescutcheon others of that name gives this cross azur Argent a cross engrailed betwixt four Roses gules III. A cross waved Crux undosa Argent a crosse engrailed on the outter and waved on the inner side sable Quarterly argent and sable a cross parted per cross indented counterchanged of the second and first IV. A cross Raguled Crux arbori similis quae decussis ramalibus undique asperatur vel Crux truncata seu undique asperata V. A crosse voided Crux secta introrsim seu perforata It is said to be voided when the Field appears throughout but if it be of another colour or mettall It is said to be charged with another of such a colour VI. A crosse potent Crux patibulata The French call this la croix potancée Argent a cross potent azur betwixt four mens hearts proper Argent a cross potent sable betwixt four mens hearts proper Argent a plain crosse sable twixt 4 hearts VII A cross patriarchal Crux patriarchalis or as some call it The cross of Lorrain VIII A cross calvary This cross by Morgan pag. 8. is set upon three degrees or steps IX Crosslet Crux recruciata seu cruciata Or on a cross azur five cross-crosslets of the first Argent a cross-crosslet gules on a chief azur a Mollet in the dexter canton of the first X. Cross crosslet fitched Recruciata cuspidata vexillaris or according to Vpton cruciata figitiva Azur a bend betwixt six cross-crosslets fitched Or. This is quartered with the coat of Areskine by the Earl of Mar. Argent a cross-crosslet fitched sable quartered in the second place with gules a closs helmet argent XI Patée Crux patula ad scapos seu crux pateus Gules a cross patée Or betwixt three Mollets argent Gules three crosses patée argent Azur three crosses patée argent XII Patée fitched Crux patula desinens in cuspidem oblongam seu cuâ—pidata Gules a bend twixt six crosses patée fitched Or. Azur a bend arâ—ent twixt six cross patée fitched Or. Gules a crosse patée fitched argent issuing out of the base undie Or. XIII Patée fimbriated patula fimbriata XIV Tau or cross of St. Antony Crux Sancti Antonii XV. A crosse florie florida Or a crosse florie gules Sable a crosse florie betwixt four Escallops argent XVI A crosse patonce This is called by the English a cross patonce and by Colomb pag. 142. Croix enhendée Argent a crosse patonce gules betwixt three Mollets sable XVII A crosse flurrie according to Morgan and by some patens florida But Colomb pag. 136. calls it Croix flowerdelisée XVIII A crosse avelane avellana the ends thereof resembling the husk of a Filbert-nut XIX A crosse anchored anchorata But Colomb calls this The crosse of Maltha or a crosse patée of eight points and that Crosse which the French call a crosse anchored is much like to that figure 22. called by Morgan Molin XX. A crosse patonce voided florida perfossa seu introrfim secta XXI A crosse sarcelâ— or resarcile by Morgan by Vpton pag. 219. termed dupla partita floâ—ida but that which the French call croix ressercellée Colomb pag. 138. differs much from this XXII A cross moline according to Morgan by Upt. mollendinaris but by the French as is already said Croix ancrée Argent a cross moline sable Argent a crosse moline within a bordur azur XXIII A cross milâ—ine by the English XXIV A crosse crennelle or imbatled on both sides undique pinnulata by the French crenellée bastillée Argent a cross counter-imbatled sable XXV A crosse furchie furcata There be many other kinds of crosses little differing in forme from some of these before mentioned but none of them are in use in Scotland XXVI A cross of St. Andrew the Patron of Scotland by some termed a saltir Crux Sancti Andreae decussis seu crux decussata Argent a St. Andrews crosse sable Sable a St. Andrews crosse argent Argent a saltir ingrailed sable Argâ—nt as sâ—ltir ingrailed gules surmounted of another Or betwixt four Bugles sable Or a saltir verrey XXVII Or on a St Andrews cross azur nine Lozenges of the first This ought to be an plain crosse and not ingrailed as in the Plate Argent on a saltir vert betwixt four crosse-crosslets fitched gules five Crescents of the Field XXVIII Gules a saltir betwixt four Crescents Or quartered with the Coat of Kirkaldy of Inshture being Gules three stars argent The saltir should also be plain in this gentle mans bearing Argent a saltir waved betwixt four roses gules Argent a saltir ingrailed betwixt four roses gules Argent a saltir betwixt four roses gules Argent a saltir azur betwixt two Crescents in chief and base gules and al 's many garbs in fesse of the second banded Or. XXIX Argent a saltir and chief gules Argent a saltir gules and chief waved of the second Argent a saltir gules and chief imbatled of the second
argent betwixt two flowers de lis in chief and a Crab in base Or. XII Gules a Salmond head couped fesse-wayes argent with an annullet through the nose proper betwixt 3. Cinquefoilles of the second Gules three Salmonds some say Trouts hauriant palewayes in fesse with a ring through each of their Noses argent Of TREES and PLANTS c. I. AZur an Oak-tree accorned Or growing out of a Mount in base proper betwixt two Cross-crosselets fitched of the second The Oak with two keyes hanging on the dexter side azur being fastened to one of the branches with strings Gules A Bugle Sable hanging on the branches of the Oak stringed Gules within a Bordur engrailed argent The Oak tree betwixt two ships under sail and some of the Woods give the tree eradicated Argent three Oak Trees Vert. Argent a Pine-tree eradicated proper with a bugle pendent upon one of the branches Or. Argent a Vine-tree growing out of the base leaved and fructed betwixt two Papingoes endorsed standing at the foot and feeding upon the Clusters all proper Argent a fir-tree growing out of the middle base Vert surmounted of a Sword in bend bearing upon the point an Imperial Crown proper Argent a Palm-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper surmounted of S. Andrews-cross Gules on a chief azur three mollets of the field II. Argent on a Cheveron Gules betwixt three Oak-trees vert a Boars head couped of the field Azur a Cheveron betwixt three Oak-trees Or. Argent an Oak-tree growing out of a Mount in base proper surmounted of a fesse azur Argent upon a Mount in base a grove of trees proper III. Azur a Cheveron Or betwixt two Scrogs or starved branches in chief and a mans heart in base argent Argent three Trunks or Stocks of Trees couped under and above 2. and 1. Sable Argent a Tree eradicated and lying fesse-wayes vert betwixt three Pheons azur IV. Argent three Edock-leaves slipped 2. and 1. vert Argent three Lawrel-leaves slipped vert V. Argent three Hollin-branches each consisting of alse many leaves proper banded together Gules Argent three Hollin-leaves slipped Vert. VI. Argent on a bend azur three accornes in the seed or Argent three accorns slipped vert VII Argent a Flower de lis azur Gules a Cheveron betwixt three Flowers de lis or Azur a Pot of growing Lillies argent Gules an fesse or betwixt two Lillies slipped in chief argent and an annulet in base of the second VIII Argent on a fesse azur three Primroses of the Field Or a Lyon rampant Vert armed and langued Gules over all on a fesse purpure three Primroses of the field Argent â—hree Gellie-flowers Gules within a double tressure counterflower delised vert quartered with the Coat of Calender being sable a bend betwixt six billets Or and over all on an shield of pretence He gives the Coat of Linlithgow viz. azur an Oak-trre or within a bordur argent charged with eighth Gellie-flowers Livingston Earl of Callender gives the Gellie-flowers eradicated and Livingston Viscount of Kilsyth gives them slipped IX Argent a Cheveron betwixt three Roses Gules barbed vert Argent a Cross engrailed betwixt four Roses Gules X. Azur three Garbs Or. Argent a Cheveron gules betwixt three Ears of Rye slipped and bladed vert Argent three Ears of Wheat slipped in fesse vert XI Gules three Cinquefoilles Ermine quartered with the Coat of Arran Azur three Frasiers or frases argent These are Strawberrie-leaves but the Painters have of a long time done them like to Cinquefoils making no difference which certainly is an error They are the paternal bearing of the Lords Salton Lovat and Fraser and are quartered in the atchievements of the Marquess of Huntly Earles of Wigton and Tweddal and Lord Pitsligo XII Argent an hand issuing out of the dexter side holding an garland ensigned with an Imperial Crown proper on a chief Gules two Thistles of the first Azur a Garb Or banded of the first betwixt three Thistles as the second The Thistle is the Badge of the King of Scotland Of Castles and Instruments of War Azur a Castle argent Gates and Windowes Gules But Or a Mountain azur inflamed proper quartered now by Sir George Mckenzie of Tarbet with the Mckenzies armes Sable two barrulets engrailed betwixt alse many Towers treeple towered in chief argent and three Crescents in base Or. Azur on a Rock proper a Castle argent Gules three Towers triple towered within a double tressure counterflowred argent Several names of this Kingdom bear Churches Bridges Pillars and such like for their Ensignes Armorial which I omit II Azur on a Cheveron betwixt three Bear-heads argent muzled Gules a Bucks head betwixt two hands couped each grasping a dagger proper Argent on a Cheveron betwixt three Roses Gules two swords points downward and conjoyned at the pomells of the first hilted and pomelled Or. III. Gules a Sword in bend argent hilted and pomelled Or surmounted of a fesse as the third quartered with the Coat of Abernethie Gules two Swords points downward crossing other Saltirewayes argent hilted and pomelled Or and a sinister hand couped in base pointing upward of the second Gules three Swords in fesse pale-wayes with their points downward argent hilted and pomelled Or. IV. Argent a fesse azur surmounted of three Arrows The midlemost in pale and the other two in bend with the points downward and meeting in the base counterchanged of the first and second in chief a Boars head erased sable Vert a fess engrailed betwixt four mollets argent over all in pale an arrow point downward Gules feathered and headed of the second The arrow is given here as a difference from Cuthbert of Castlehil chief of the name V. Argent on a bend cottised and engrailed Vert three Buckels Or but of late they have given the bend engrailed azur and sometimes engrailed sable Argent on a bend azur three Buckels Or quartered with the Coat of Abernethy Argent on a fesse azur three Buckels Or. Argent on a bend azur betwixt two Lawrel leaves slipped vert three Buckells Or. VI. Gules three daggers or Skeins pale-wayes in fesse argent pomelled Or surmounted of alse many Woolf-heads couped of the third Gules a Cheveron betwixt three Skeins argent hefted and pomelled Or surmounted of alse many Woolf-heads couped of the third VII Gules three Pole-axes in fess pale-wayes argent surmounted of a fess checkie of the first and second Argent two Halberts crossing other in saltire azur VIII Per bend sinister argent and gules a hand couped and grasping a Lance bend-wayes bearing on the top thereof an helmet proper in the sinister chief angle a Spur-revel
of Seatoun in the 2. and 3. arg a wing'd Dragon vert vomiting fire which Dragon is the Crest of his eldest brother the Earl of Winton But I approve not this way of Marshalling and I would rather allow a second Brother or any Cadet when nobilitated to bear the Arms of the house with a difference except he were oblig'd by his marrying an Heretrix to quarter her Arms or had got some Symbole of his Majesties Favour to reward some great service done him Some get Cognizances and Rewards of Honour from their Prince not by way of impaling or quartering but in a Canton thus the Earl of Annandale got from King Iames the sixth in a Canton arg a Thistle vert crown'd Or and the Earl of Elgin got in a Canton a Lyon rampant Gules arm'd azur Sometimes also a Shield over all is given as a reward of Honour thus the Earl of Stirling did bear two Coats quarterly and over all an Inescutcheon of Nova Scotia because he was the first Planter of it When any Nobleman at his creation takes or gets a new additional Symbole as Earl as Montrose carries the Roses not as Grahame but as Earl I think that these Coats or Symbols should not be transmitted to their Cadets but are incommunicable as the Honours are to signifie which they were granted And such as are descended from the Dukes of Lennox may as well take the Symbole which he bears as Admiral as such as are descended from the Earl of Montrose may take these Roses which he bears as Earl And yet custome has prevailed against this Rule Follows the Blazon of the Coats in the Plate of the quarterings I. QUarterly first and last azur three flowers de lis within a bordure ingrailed Or by the title of Obignie in France 2. and 3. Or a fess checkie azure and argent within a bordur Gules charged with 8 buckles as the first by the name of Stewart On a Shield over all Argent a Saltire ingrailed some give it plain betwixt 4 roses Gules by the name of Lennox II. Four Coats quarterlie first azure 3 boar heads couped Or by the name of Gordone Second Or 3 Lyons heads erased Gules lingued azure by the name or title of Badzenoch 3. Or 3 Crescents within a double tressure counterflowered Gules by the name of Seaton fourth azure 3 frazes argent by the name of Frazer III. Quarterly viz. first azur a Lyon rampant argent crowned Or by the name of Mcdoual Second Or a Lyon rampant Gules surmounted of a ribbon by some a cost Sable by the name of Abernethie Third argent three Pyles conjoyning at the point Gules by the name of Wishart Fourth Or a fess checkie azur and argent surmounted of a bend Sable charged with 3 buckles of the first by the name of Stewart Over all his Paternal Coat being argent a mans heart crowned Gules on a chief azur 3 Stars of the first by the name of Dowglas IV. Two Coats quarterly first Or on a chief Sable three Escallops of the Field by the name of Grahame second argent three Roses Gules by the title of Montrose third as the second the fourth as the first V. Gave the Coats of Huntly and over all that of Sutherland but it is now changed thus Quarterly quartered first Gules three starrs Or by the name of Sutherland second and third the Arms of Huntly viz. Gordone Badzenoch Seaton and Frazer as may be seen before in Huntlies Atchievement the last as the first VI. Two Coats quarterly first argent on a bend azur three buckles Or by the name of Lesly second Or a Lyon rampant Gules surmounted of a ribbon sable be the name of Abernethie third as the second the fourth as the first VII Two Coats quarterly first and last azur three flowers de lis Or by the name of Montgomery second and third Gules three annulets or stoned azur by the name of Eglinton third as the second the fourth as the first all within a bordure Or charged with a double Tressure counterflowred Gules VIII Quarterly first azur a Ship at anchor her oars erected in saltire within a double tressure counterflowred Or by the name of Spar second and third Or a Lyon rampant Gules by the name of fourth azur a Ship under sail Or by some argent by the title of Caithness over all dividing the Coats a Crosse ingrailed sable by the name of Stclair IX Quarterly first and last vert a Lyon rampant argent by the name of Home second and third argent 3 Pepingo's vert becked and membred Gules by the name Pepdie over all on a Shield Or ane Orle azur by the name of Landel X. Two Coats quarterly first Gules an Imperial Crown within a double tressure counterflowred Or as a Coat of augmentation for his good service against the Earl of Gowrie second argent a pale sable by the name of Areskine third as the second the fourth as the first XI Two Coats quarterly first Or a Lyon rampant Gules by the name of Weem or Mcduff second argent a Lyon rampant sable by the name of Glen third as the second fourth as the first XII Two Coats quarterly first and fourth argent a Lyon rampant azur armed and langued Gules as the old Arms of the Bruces when they were Earls of Carrick second and third Or a saltire and chief Gules by the name of Bruce The reason why Bishops and other Officers have their own Coats impal'd with those of their Office is because they are in Law in place of Husbands to their Office and therefore the Canon Law calls a Bishop or other beneficâ—d person maritus Ecclesiae But if so It may be askt why the Bishops proper Coat is not impal'd on the right syde as the Husbands is when his wifes Coat is impal'd with his own to which the proper answer is that the Churches Arms take place as the more nobleâ— and the Bishop is Husband by a figurative speech only The Guarter of England who is the principle King at Arms bears the Arms pertaining to the Office which is argent a crosse Gules on a chief azur a crown environ'd with a Guarter buckled and now'd betwixt a Lyon passant gardant and a flowr de lis impal'd with his own Coat Sir Charles Areskin Lyon King of Arms gives the Coat of the Office being argent a Lyon sejant full-faced Gules holding in his dexter paw a thistle slipped vert and in the sinister an Escutcheon of the second on a chief azur a St Andrews crosse as the first likewise impaled with that belonging to himself as the second brother of the Earl of Kellie But sometimes the Office has no known Shield but ane other Symbol which is plac'd without the Shield thus the Admiral carries an Anchor the Chancellor a Purse the Theasaurer a Whyt rod the Lord Chamberlain a Key The Constable two Swords and the Marshal Battons CHAP. XXV Of
to the Combat they placed their Pages or Armour-Bearer under the disguises of Wild-men Lyons Bears c. to watch who offered to touch them and thereafter they used these Figures as Supporters but beside that this Fancy seems as wild as the Supporters it may be asked why some Men use Fowls or Fishes to which nothing can be answered save that Beasts being once allowed each man choosed thereafter any living creature he pleased Shields are oft-times supported either by Living Creatures and these are properly call'd Supporters or by things inanimate and these Arms are said to be coâ—is'd not from costa the ribs as Guilims alleadges but from coté the side an ordinar French word for else they would be pronounced costisâ—d The proper word for Supporters in Scotland is Bearers Colomb and the French distinguish not betwixt Supporters and Cottises nor did I ever see a Shield Cottis'd by things inanimate and I believe these Cottises are mistaken for the lower parts of the Mantlings but the French distinguish entre les Supports les tenans and call these only Supporters which raise up the Shield somewhat whereas these are Tenans or Holders which hold the Shield but do not raise it and such are ordinarily Angels Men or Women whereas Brutes such as Lyons Unicorns c. are said by them to be the proper Supporters I acknowledge neither the one nor the other Distinction following in this Chass paict 1. Num. 36. conclus 49. Hopp cap. 9. § 4. and the other Civilians who call all things which support Arms Sustentacula And albeit the Germans assert That Supporters are only due to persons who are invested with the highest Jurisdiction and to great Princes and that Guilims thinks that none under the degree of a Knight Baronet and that it is believed now that none under Knight Baronets can have Supporters nor do some Lawyers allow these to any save such as have a particular warrand from the Prince habendi Delatores sive Sustentatores Zippaeus ad L. 12. C. de dignitate Yet Chassaneus observes that Non interest sint ne alicujus ordinis Nobiles vel minus sed sufficit ut in magnâ aliquâ Dignitate sint constituti so that according to his opinion an Heretable Sheriff or an eminent Judge may take Supporters and I crave liberty to assert that all our Chiefs of Families and old Barons in Scotland may use Supporters For besides that to be a Chief was of old and is still repute an Honour though it be adorned with no mark of Nobility yet these Chiefs have prescribed a right to use Supporters and that such a right may be prescribed I have proved formerly and what Warrand is for most of our Rules in Heraldry but an aged Custom and that they have constantly used Supporters past all memory of man even when they were Knights is clear from many hundred Instances Thus the Lairds of Pitcur did and do use two wild-Cats for their Supporters Fothringhame of Powrie two naked Men Irwin of Drum two Savages wreathed about head and loyns with Hollin and bearing Battons in their hands Moncreiff of that ilk two Men armed at all points bearing Picks on their shoulders And many of our Noblemen have only retained the Supporters which they formerly had And that of old Barons might use Supporters de Iure seems most certain for they were Members of Parliament with us as such and never lost that Priviledge though for their convenience they were allowed to be represented by two of their number and therefore such as were Barons before that time may have Supporters as well as Lord Barons nor should we be governed in this by the custom of England seing there is Dispar ratio and this is now allowed by the Lyon to such Supporters are not Hereditary but they may be altered at pleasure Colomb pag. 42. and it is fit that these extrinsick Parts of Atchievements should not be Hereditary to the end men may have somewhat to assume or alter upon considerable Emergents but it Cadets keep their Chiefs Supporters they use to adject some difference as is to be seen in the Earl of Kellies Atchievement Sometimes also a part of the Benefactors Arms are taken as Supporters And thus the Lairds of Dundass did take the Lyons which was the Earl of Marches Arms to testifie how much they were obliged to that Family Sometimes they are taken to signifie the Employment and Humour of the Chooser Thus the Lord Rae when he went to Germany with his Regiment did take his Arms supported on the dexter side by a Pick-man arm'd at all parts proper and on the sinister by a Musquetier proper By Supporters sometimes the occasion of the Bearers Honours is signified and thus the Earl of Panmure changed his old Supporters to two Grew-hounds because he was first noticed by King Iames upon the occasion of his entertaining him with excellent sport in the Moor of Monrowman Some use to adorn their Supporters with a part of the Charge and thus the Earl of Monteith adorns the collars of the Lyons which are his Supporters with Escalops which are a part of his charge and the Laird of Innes the collars of his Grew-hounds with three Starrs which are the Charge The Germans and Spaniards sometimes want Supporters and sometimes takes Supporters which seems very irregular for sometimes they have the head of a Lyon or other Beasts at the opposite corners of their Shields and sometimes their Crest is a Serpent whose body surrounds the Shield and sometimes their Shields are surrounded with the Banners which they have taken from the Enemies It is given as a Rule by the French Heraulds that only soveraign Princes can use Angels for their Supporters but I see no reason for that Rule nor finde I it in the Authors of any other Nation so that I believe this Rule holds only in France where Angels are the Supporters of the Prince and so should not be used by any subject without permission But in Scotland the Lords Borthwick and Iedburgh have long had Angels for their Supporters which were their old Supporters before they were Noblemen The Compartment is that part of the Atchievement whereupon the the Supporters stand and though none have offered to conjecture what gave the first occasion to Compartments in Heraldry yet I conceive that the Compartment represents the Bearers Lands and Territories though sometimes they are bestowed in Recompense of some honorable Action And thus the Earls of Dowglass got the priviledge of having their Supporters to stand within a Pale of Wood wreathed because the Earl of Dowglass in the Reign of King Robert the Bruce did defeat the English in Iedburgh Forrest and that they might not escape cause wreathe and impale in the night that part of the Wood by which he conjectured they might make their escape These Compartments were ordinarily allowed to soveraign Princes only nor know I any subjects in Britain whose Arms stood on a Compartment save those
of the Marquess of Dowglass above set down and that of the Earl of Pearth who hath for his Compartment a Galtrap used in Warr albeit of late Compartments are become more common And yet some Families in Scotland have certain Creatures upon which their Atchievements stands as the Laird of Dundass whose Atchievement has for many hundreds of years stood upon a Salamander in flames proper and Robertsone of Strowan gives a monstruous Man lying under the Escutcheon chained which was given him for his taking the Murtherer of King Iames the first Women generally use no Supporters but they surround their Shields with a Corde of their colours which the French call Cordeliere or las d'amour the Lace of Love Cingulus laqueatus in se insertus born first by the Relict of Charles VIII as some say in veneration to St. Francis Patron of the Cordeliers Pet. Sanct. pag. 639. I find Muriel Countess of Strathern to have carried her Shield Anno 1284. with one Supporter viz. A Falcon standing upon the Neck of a Duck which with the Neck lyes under the Escutcheon and both Shield and Supporter are within a Lozenge CHAP. XXXII Of MOTTOS or DEVISES OF old Men did choose some Sentence or Word whereby they exprest somewhat and yet concealed somewhat of their genius and inclination This being carried by Knights upon their Arms and being ordinarily relative to them or explicatory of them did give ocasion to Heraulds to account these as fit Ornaments of Armories The English call this a Worde the French a Devise the Italians a Motto the Scots a Ditton the Latine Epigraphe the Grecians 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is placed by the French in a scroll above the Atchievement but in my opinion if it relate to the Crest it should be placed above but if it relate to the Armour it should be placed under the Atchievement that so it may be near to the Armour to which it relates That Dittons or Words relate sometimes to the Bearing is clear by many instances Thus the Earl of Glencairn bears Arg. a Shakeâ—fork sable and his Word is Over fork over Sometimes and most ordinarily to the Crest as the Earl of Kinghorn has for his Crest a Maid holding a Thistle vert in her hand within a Garland or Wreath vert and or and his Motto is In te Domine speravi for having gained the affection of King Robert the second 's daughter he was much crossed in his Match but having at last married her he took that Crest and the Motto relative to it The Earl of Galloway has for his Crest a Pelican feeding her young ones in a nest or and the Motto is Virescit vulnere Virtus And yet Burnet of Burnetland who has for his Crest a Hand holding a pruning Knife pruning a Hollen-tree all proper hath the same Motto and having pursued Burnet of Lees before Lindsay of the Mount then Lyon to change his Motto Lees did thereupon take for his Motto Alterius non sit qui potest esse suus alluding to the occasion Sometimes it is relative to the Supporters Thus the Supporters of Buccleugh were two Ladies in rich and antique Apparel az their lokes over their shoulders and the Word is Amo which was assumed by his Predecessors when he got his first Estate by marrying the Heretrix of Murdistone Sometimes it relates to the Supporters and Compartment Thus the Earle of Pearth gives for his Supporters two Savages with Battons on their shoulders and under their feet a Galtrap with this Motto Gang warrily Sometimes it is relative to the difference or mark of Cadencie Thus the Earle of Kellie a brother of the Earl of Mar gave for his Word Decori decus addit avito Sometimes the Word is relative to some considerable Action and to neither Arms Crest nor Supporters And thus the Earl of Stirling having planted Nova Scotia the Word he took was Per Mare per Terras Sometimes they are but a meer Rebus alluding to the Name Sometimes to the Bearers Office as Forresters Motto is Blow Hunter thy horn The Lord Iohnstoun when Warden of the Marches Light thieves all id est Light from your Horses and render your selves Sometimes they serve to remember a family to be ware of a misfortune Thus the Lord Maxwell being forfeited and thereafter restored took for his Motto Reverisco I stand in awe to offend Sometimes they show the Bearers Origine more than the Arms do Thus the M cphersons have for their Motto Touch not the Cat gloveless to show they are of the Clanchattan These Dittons serve ofttimes to instruct us what is the true Bearing Thus the Earle of Glencairn's Ditton Fork over fork showes that his Bearing is a Fork and not an Episcopal Pale as some would have it and though Bailzie of Lamingtons Arms are by some blazoned Mollets Spurryals yet that they are Starrs appears from the Motto which is Quid clarius astris CHAP. XXXIII Of SLVGHORNS or the Cry of War NOt unlike these Motto's are our Slughorns which are called Cris de guerre in France The use of them is either to serve as a Watch-word to all of one Family or are the name of the place at which a Family should meet in time of Warr And thus the M ckenzies have for their Slughorn Tulloch Ard which is the place at which this Clan does meet and the Name of Hume have for their Slughorn or Slogan as our Southern Shires terme it a Hume a Hume For it is most ordinar to have either the Name of the Family who do meet or the Name of the Place at which they do meet And this Word or Cry was proclaimed every-where by a person who carried a Cross of wood burning or a firie Cross as we call it by which and by the cry of War or Slogan all the Cadets of the Family were advertised to meet at the ordinar place For of old all of a Family did dwell in a Neighbour-hood From which we may conclude that these Words are the Marks of Greatness and of Antiquity nor were they of old allowed to any but to the Chiefs of Clans and to great men who had many Followers Vassals and Dependers and in effect they are useless to all others Menestier allows them only to such as had power of carrying a Displayed Banner and sayes that they were taken from the Name of the Princes or Great Men who did command 2. From the chief place where they were to rendezvous 3. Some used the Name of the Family out of which they were descended 4. The Name of the Saint they adored 5. The Designe they were about 6. Some remarkable and happy Accident relating to the Family and these Slughorns were not only used in publick Rendezvouses but in private Combats upon which occasions the Heraulds used to cry aloud the Slughorn of the Combatant when he entred the lists and the beholders used to cry out chearfully when he prevailed CHAP. XXXIV Of DEVISES THough we
choosed not for its nature but for its aptness to express this effect of courage The ordinary and common Ensigne worn by the Knights of the Order was a green Ribband whereat hung a thistle of Gold crowned with an Imperial Crown within a Circle also of Gold bearing the foresaid Motto Nemo me impunè lacesset Likewayes upon the Feast of St. Andrew yearlie being the 30 day of Noevmber when the Knights met solemnly in the Cathedral Church of the Town of St. Andrews for celebrating the feast they were during the Solemnity richly apparelled and wore their Parliament Robes having fixed on their left shoulders an azure Rundle on which was embroydred St. Andrews Cross argent invironed in the centre with a Crown beautified with Flowers de lis Or. The Blazon of the Atchievement of His Majesty of Great BRITAIN THe Most High and Mighty Monarch CHARLES the II. by the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. For His Majestie 's Atchievement and Soveraign Ensigns Armorial bears these Royal Coats quarterly quartered viz. First Or a Lyon Rampant within a double Tressure counter-flowerdelised gules armed and langued azure as the Royal Arms of Scotland Second quartered first and last azure three Flowers de lis Or as the Royal Arms of France Second and third gules three Lyons passant guardant in pale Or for the Royal Ensignes of England Third azure an Irish Harp Or stringed argent for the Ensigne of His Majestie 's Kingdom of Ireland Fourth and last in all points as the first All within the Orders of St. Andrew and of the Garter Above the same an Helmet answerable to His Majesties soveraigne Jurisdiction and thereon a Mantle of Cloath of Gold doubled Ermine adorned with an Imperial Crown surmounted on the Top for His Majesties Crest of a Lyon sejant full faced gules Crowned Or holding in his dexter paw a naked Sword and in the sinister a Scepter both erected supported on the dexter by an Unicorn argent crowned with an Imperial and gorged with an open Crown to this a gold chain affixed passing betwixt his fore Leggs and reflexed over his Back and on the sinister by a Lyon rampant guardant or crowned also with an Imperial Crown as the other the first embracing and bearing up a Banner azure charged with a S t. Andrews Cross argent and the last another Banner argent charged with a Plain Cross called of St. George gules Both standing on a rich Compartment from the middle whereof issue a Thistle and Rose as the two Royal Badges of Scotland and England and for his Majesties Royal Motto's in an Escrol above all In Defence for Scotland and in the Table of the Compartment Dieu et mon Droit for England France and Ireland The Royal Badges are a Thistle of Gold crowned for Scotland A Rose gules for England A Flower de lis or for France An Harp or stringed argent for Ireland Besides these there are Badges peculiar to the Kingdoms of Scotland and England represented on the Banners in the Royal Atchievement and advanced in His Majesties Standards by Land and Sea viz. Azure a Cross of St. Andrew argent for Scotland St. Andrew being Patron thereof Argent a Cross of St. George or plain Cross gules for England St. George being Patron thereof Thus have I for the Honor and Satisfaction of my Countrey interrupted so far the course of my ordinary studies at spare hours nor was this Book only necessary for them but for all such as love this Science since the Theory of our Civilians was not hitherto sufficiently illuminated by the knowledge of Blazoning nor the practical and common knowledge of Blazoning rightly founded upon the civil Law and Law of Nations our ordinary Practicians in this Art having been such as cited the civil Law without understanding it and as it is much nobler to raise a Science than to be raised by it so having writ this Book as a Gentleman I designe as little Praise or thanks as I would disdain all other Rewards FINIS An Alphabetical TABLE of the Sirnames of these Noblemen and Gentlemen whose Atchievements or any part of the same are made Patterns of Bearings in this Science of Herauldry A ABerbuthnet Page 52. Earl of Abercorn vide Hamilton Aberdeen Town 9 65. Abernethy 80 81. Addair 28. Agnew 54. Aikenhead 63. Aikman 53. Ainsly 45. Airth 31. Aiton 44 64. Alexander 29 97. Alison 29. Allan 28. Andrada in Spain 41. Anstruther 29 91. Areskine 32 75 81 84 85 91 94 97. Arran 67. Atchison 58. Auchinleck 34 46 74. Auchmoutie 36. B Badzenoch 55. Bailzie 52 97. Bain 54 64. Baird 56. Balfour ibid. Baliol 17 49. Balnewis 28. Bannatine alias Ballanden 38 44 57. Barrie 58. Bell 68. Bennet 45. Beton 49. Betson 46. Bickerton 58. Binning 35 52. Birnie 54. Bisset 35. Blackhall 54 59. Blackstock 63. Blair 50. Bonyman 54. Borthwick 95. Braig 65. Branch 38. Brand 36. Lord Brechin of old vide Wishart Brown 39 52 63. Brownhill 51. Bruce 2 3 29 47 74 83 84 94. Brymer 60. Buchanan 42. Buckleuch vide Scot. Bunten 59. Burnet 3 31 96. Butter 44. C Cairns 59. Caithnes 66 84. Calder 57. Calderwood 63. Callendar 49 64. Campbel 29 41 74 89. Cant 36. Carmichael 34. Carnagy 33 52 58. Carron 31. Carruthers 39. Carse 46. Cartwright 53. Cathcairt 52. Cay or Kay 36. Chambers 55. Charters 33. Cheap 64. Chein 45. Cheislie 39. Clayhills 57. Clealand 57. Cochran 39. Cockburn 59. Colquhoun 46. Colvill ibid. Corbet 60. Cornwall ibid. Corsby 44. Cowper 39. Crab 62. Craigdallie 60. Craik 66. Cranston 59 91. Craw 60. Crawfurd 74. Crawmond 60. Crichton 55. Cumming 64. Cuninghame 33 96 97. Currie 47. Cuthbert 65. D Dalgleish 63. Dalmahoy 31. Dalrymple 46. Dalzel 53. Dawson 45. Delaluna in England 52. Dempster 36 65. Denham 88. Dewar 31. Dickson ibid. Die 52. Dischington 35. Dowglas 2 81 83 95. Drummond 28 29 34 95 97. Duiguid 45. Dumbar 3 42 95. Earl of Dumfermling vide Seaton Dun 67. Dundas 3 55 95 96. Dundie Town 63. Dunlop 58. Durham 52. E Eccles 66. Edgar 55. Edington 53. Edmiston 52. Eglington 50 84. Earl of Elgin vide Bruce Elleis 66. Elliot 36. Elphingston 38 74 88. Esplin 33. F Falconer 59. Fenton 35. Fenwick 60. Fin 59. Findlay 65. Fisher 61. Fishing-Company Royal ibid. Fleeming 42. Fletcher 45. Fockhart 38. Forbes 56 74. Forman 61. Forrest 62. Forrester 3 57 97. Forsyth 59. Fotheringham 34 94. Fountain 49. Fowlis 63. Fraser 64 68. Fullerton 56. Fythie 59. G Gallie 67. Galloway 8. Earl of Galloway vide Stewart Lord Garrioch 68. Garvie 61. Ged ibid. Geddes ibid. Gibson 68. Gifford 3. Gilchryst 51. Gladstains 53. Gleg 55. Glen 84. Earl of Glencairn vide Cuninghame Glendinning 44. Gordon 56 83. Gorran 47. Graham 29 31 82 83 Grant 68. Gray 41. Grierson 67. Guthrie 44 55. H Hacket 29. Halyburton 35 36 94. Hamilton 62 64 72 82 95. Hardie 54. Hay 17 49 85. Heart 54. Hepburn