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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

also they saie were sente them from Heauen and hathe iustely as a rightuous Iudge giuen them to our kinges of this Realme of Englande to enoblishe them withall and as theire owne righte and Enheritaunce whiche moste puissantly and valiauntely they haue borne and doo beare he therefore be praised Qui est Rex Regum Dominus dominantium The Ensigne of the noble Cittie of London hathe the like fielde and Crosse sauing that on the dexter parte thereof is seene a Daggare colour of the Crosse. Of other Crosses there be borne a greate number bothe charged and not charged and of some of them I will make description Wherefore nexte to the plaine Crosse before spoken of take these ensuinge for example It is to bee knowne also that the sayde crosse as many other signes in armes maye bee shadowed That is to saye That of whatsoeuer colour the fielde is of the vmbre or shadowe of the token or signe borne in the fielde is traced of a contrarie color and the bodye of the thinge shadowed is of the color with the fielde And this crosse so vmbrated is thus to bee blazed A. beareth Or a crosse Moloyne Umbre And it is to bee considered that suche gentlemen as did beare theire armes shadowed had theire progenitours bearinge the same not shadowed but whole and perfecte And because theire possessions and patrimonyes descended to other men then the neuewes or kynsmen of suche gentlemen lyuynge in good hope and trustinge to haue the possessions and patrimonies so descended to other men agayne did in the meane while beare theire progenitors armes vmbrated leauing all other differences For when at anye tyme suche theire inheritance to them reuerted then myght they beare that Lyon or other beaste in suche forme fielde and coloure as theire progenitors did firste beare the same And note it is more worship and moche better for them to beare theire armes so vmbrated or shadowed then wholy to leaue th'ensignes of theire progenitours But yet in my iudgement they myghte alwayes with conuenient differences haue borne the same whole and not vmbrate and inespecially they must be so ordered at theire funerals notwithstanding the bearinge of them otherwise in theire lyfe tyme. And herein the iudgemente and sentence of the kynges at armes muste chefely take place and haue vigor and force for the distribucion of this difference before spoken of onely belongeth and apperteineth vnto them And thus I will passe ouer Crosses there bene so many of them and those of diuerse other formes degrees charges then before are blazed as Crosses enuecked entrayled forked paled and trunked Crosses Potonce Mascule Besāte vairee vndee nebulee cordee botonye Batune formye vrdee pomelle furshe nowye Crosse taue checkey waue Frette humette and fitche There are also to bee founde and seene in armes Crosses doble partited semyed quartered of the fielde wherein they stande contrecomponed persed graded voyded c. These maye the better bee throwly perceaued yf the reader hereof will diligently note and beare awaye what is sayde of them by master Leighe in hys Accedence of Armorye where he largely entreateth of sondrie and diuerse sortes of Crosses borne in sondrie wise as maye appeare fol. 29.30.31 c. ¶ Of Armes quartered 1. Beareth quarterly Gules and Or one Mollet d'argent on the firste quarter These appertaine to the right honourable the Earle of Oxeforde by the name of the L. Ueer 2. Beareth quarterly Golde and Gules an Escarboncle Pomette Fleurettie Sable Brochant sur le tout This is the sixte Cote borne and marshalled in the Cote Armour of the right honourable Sir Henrye Sidney knight of the moste honourable Order of the Garter and Lorde Presidente of the Queenes maiesties honourable Councel in Wales 3. Beareth Or and Gules a Bende varie argent Azure by the name of Sackeuile Baron of Buckehurste 4. Beareth Or and Gules quarterly on a Bende Sable 3. Escaloppes d'argent by the name of Euers Armes also which are quartered as aforesaide for their diuersitie maie in some respecte seeme to be twoo Cotes borne quarterly where Secundum veritatem they are but one As in example And these suffise for Armes quartered which are alwaies to be taken for single Cotes yet of greate antiquitie as to the Heraultes are beste knowne ¶ Of Armes parted per Pale Armes parted the long way or on length being of two colors in one Escocheon equally parted from the middest of y e highest part therof vnto the lowest point are in Blazō termed Partie per Pale And of the olde Heraultes Latinè Partita planè secundum longum Gallicè Partee du longe And thereof shalbe shewed 7. sundrie partitions moste vsed in Armes Paled videlicet B. beareth Argent Sable parted per Pale engrale C. beareth Or and Gules parted per Pale rasee D. beareth Argent and Azure parted per Pale enueckee E. beareth Sable and Or parted per Pale dentee F. beareth Argent and Uerte parted per Pale nebule It is called Nebule for that twoo colours are put together by the maner of Cloudes G. beareth Or and Gules parted per Pale vndee It is termed Undee because two colors are caried one into an other by the maner of water troubled with y e wind ¶ Of Armes parted per Fesse Euen as next before ye may reade of y e Armes parted on the length of the Escocheon So maie ye vnderstand that there be partitions also made ouerthwarte the Escocheon euen in the middest of the same equall of twoo colours from the righte side to the lefte and is termed in Blazon Partiè per Fesse Gallicè Partie transuersee As in example H. beareth Argent Azure Partie per Fesse And so descriuinge the colours of any Escocheon ye may saie as before of the Armes parted per Pale videlicet Partie per fesse engrale videlicet Partie per fesse rasie videlicet Partie per fesse enueckye videlicet Partie per fesse dentie videlicet Partie per fesse nebule videlicet Partie per fesse vndee c. Note also that these particiōs per fesse are to be seene often charged with one tokē of armes or with two as the diligent searcher shal fynde yf hee take hede therunto in thys booke Howe these particions maye bee in sondrye wyse charged take these fewe folowing for examples 1. beareth Or Sable parted per fesse vndee ij Lyōs Dragōs trāsmuted of y e field I terme these lyōs transmuted because y e Lyō first placed in y e fielde is Sable in Or the other is Or in Sable Thys maye be taken for ij cote armoures without breathe of any Rule in Armorye And is called of olde heraultes lentallye whiche wherefore it is so called ye may reade in M.G. Leyghe hys Accidence of Armorye where he treateth of sondrye particions mesles 2 beareth Gules Sables parted per Fesse enuecked three lyons nayssant argente crowned 3 Yet I fynde an other particion as thys example teacheth

tiel comme l'ensigne de lour sang genereux C'est a dire en la champe de dize barretz d'Argent azure six escochcons Sabels auec tantes de Lyons rampand primer incensed Gule Pere de Iehan Sitsilt pere de Eustace pere de Baldwine pere de Gerarde pere de Robert pere de Iaques Pere de George de Euerwike pere de Iehan pere de cestuy Iean Sitsilt Cheualer heyer de sang de corps de dit Iaques Seigneur de Beauport linealment descendu par bon loyal nestre de que lygne le dit Willyam n'est my Et cest pur voier bon droit tousiours ie seray prest de maintener a que fayer ie moy oblige par mon seau ci affigé Donné le quarte iour d'Auril l'an del reigne du Roy Edwarde le tiers depuis le conqueste Le Siz ¶ The final determinacion of the controuersie aforesayde A touts Angloys Francoys Nous Edwarde de Beaulile Iean de Mowbray gret L'ou grande debate controuersie ad esté parentre Iean de Sitsilt Cheualier Willyam Faknaham in le champe de Monte holitone pur vn ensigne d'armes c'est assauoir tiel le champe de dize Barretz Argent azure supportez de cinq escocheons Sables charges ouesque tant de Lyons primers rampantz incensed Gules que ambideux clamont come lour droict par longe auncient descent a eux descendu Et a mayntener lour quarell pur droitriel ambideux les partyes ont eux mettre sur lour force vantont de cest maintener per lour corps Ci est que il au please a nostre liege seigneur le Roy que Iustice sera fait a ces homes sans sang espandu per voyer tesmoignes bons semblances Accordant a que auoins oyé voy moltes ditez lour escriptes les tesmoygnes du Roy d'Armes dauter lieges le Roy que le droit le dit Iehan Sitsilt et bien forte maintenent le dit ensigne estre son droict come le droict de son sang genereulx Pur que fait cest nostre final dome q̄ Dieu le Roy nostre liege nous le dit Iehan Sitsilt defend que iames doresenauant le dit Williā ne soit cy hardy chalenger claymer ou leuer in ascun chāp le Roye ou sur ascun corse viue ou morte in ascun leu deins les quatre mers le Roye ou aillours par my tout Christiantye les dites armes in ensigne pyghenoute guydon banyer escocheō targe escu manche ou elme sur payne de forfayture perder son espeé trenchaut ses piques d'Or a toutes iours Donné le quart iour de Iune l'an del Roy Edwarde le tierce depuis le conquest le Sept. The whych sayde originall writinges beyng written in parchement accordyng to the antiquitie of the tyme I my selfe haue seene being in the possession of the ryghte honorable the Lorde of Burghley to whome in blood the same belongeth whose name beinge written at thys daye Cecill is neuertheles in Wales both in speche and common writing vsed to be vttered Sitsilt or Sitsild where the originall house at thys daye remayneth nere Aburgenny At suche tyme as Alexander the greate layde hys siege to the citye of Tyre a certayne souldiour of the Macedōs as he was breakyng of hys breade there appearrd therein droppes of bloude whiche by Arystander the deuiner was thus interpreted Yf the bloude had appeared outwardely then it had signified yll fortune to the Macedons but in asmoche as it was founde within it betokened destructiō to the citye they wente about to wynne T. Beareth Ermynes on a chefe Argente indented 3. Ogresses Th'Ogresse is the same that we call a Pellet of a gōne and in armorye is no other coloure then Sable Wherfore I do omit the worde Sable because it is the righte and propre coloure incident to a Pellet But of the fielde of thys cote armour whiche in my iudgemente shall haue the seconde dignitie of the furres thys vnderstande that it is onely to bee called Ermines and not Sable poudered with siluer U. Beareth gules one pyle in poyncte Ermyne a chefe d'Ermynes Thus of the difference of these two furres this and the last pagen maye perfectely instructe the gentle reader W. Bearethe Gules on a Fesse Argente 3. hurtes Thys shoulde alwayes bee of Azure coloure and are called hurtes for that where they appeare violence hath bene shewed to the bearer and further I cānot construe of this matter The Cote armoure is Mars and the thing conteyned in the fielde is of his power and charged proprely in a sure Fesse of the Moone These tokens beyng rounde in figure as are next before recited ought well to be marked and considered for as they differ in mettall and coloure so are they chāged in theire names and callyng Neyther are they founde at any time perforate that is to saye persed in the myddest but they are seene to bee charged sondrye wayes as with Rowelles Mollettes Starres c. Y. Beareth Ermynes a twynne araide Siluer crowned with a garlande of violettes propre hauyng hys handes displayde Geminus is a twynne where many children are borne at one burdeyne although they be three or mo And how they may be borne in cote armoure take here an other example F. Beareth Mars 3. twynnes with armes displayed of the moone Studie not gentle reader wherefore I haue blazed the twinne and twinnes with theire armes extended Of truthe it is theire proprety euen from the wombe so to do desiringe the libertie of theire braunches I coulde speake here of swadelynge of chyldren but it belongethe not to my purpose Wherefore I referre it to weomen and Phisicions A. Beareth Azure a maste of a shippe d'Argent and on the chefe thereof the Sterres Gemini These the gentyles called Castor and Pollux whome the Grecians doe call Dioscuros and suppose that they prosper those that sayle on the Sea when they appeare sittyng ioyntely together thone by th'other on the crosse peice whereunto the sayle is fastened Si vero corum alter duntaxat eminet malum praesagire creditur Preterea potest sub alterius Geminorum solitudi ne intelligi periculosam esse potentiam absque prudentia Saynct Paule departed from Melite in a shippe whose badge was Castor and Pollux Act. cap. 28. Thus is asmoche to saye in thys fielde as a sheafe of wheate Ceres wyfe of Osiris kynge of Egipte dyd first inuente sowynge of wheate and Barlye whiche before dyd growe wilde amōg other herbes Prima Ceres cepit vti frugibus in Grecia habere segetes translatis aliunde seminibus Of her Ouide maketh mencion saynge Prima Ceres vnco glebam dimouit aratro Prima dedit fruges alimentaque initia terris Whiche verses is thus metrized First Ceres with ploughe did

tethe like to a Bore I haue charged the same beastes but on halfe wise in the fielde as it were passinge from the water whiche note well and marke and then I doubte not but the deuise of the same will contente some mans fantesie These are noble ensignes of great antiquitie Yet of wheeles the Katheren whele so called of olde is of moste honor and must be figured after an other forme than those I haue before blazed Willigise archebishop of Mogunce in Germanye assumpted for his ensigne a Cart wheele with thys inscription Willigise memineris quid sis quid olim fueris and afterwarde the same wheele was giuen and confirmed by the Emperoure to be th'ensigne of the sayd Archebishoprike for euer B. He beareth d'Ermines and Or parted per pile in poyncte of the chefe a Pheon Sable Thys particiō as it is rare sene so can it not lacke beyng thus charged hys due commendacion The Swanne is the ensigne of the Poets whose fielde is Azure a Swanne propre Alciate comendeth this ensigne lib. i. Embl. Cvtj. wherefore I referre what I could write more hereof to Stockhamer his comentaries vpon the same Emblem̄ The Tenche in latin is called Tinca a fyshe as Ausonius describeth it for the poore mans dishe for that in auncient time it was a common meate for their diet and although in theis our dayes it is well accepted and taken for a good kinde of fishe bothe necessarie for foode and to medicyne yet in the olde time the richest men made litle estimacion thereof wherefore the comon people were best acquaynted with the same as the saide author witnesseth in thys verse or sentence Quis non videris vulgi solatia Tincas norit Who dothe not know in eche degree a Tenche the commoners meate to bee This Tenche before dysplayed is called Tinca marina a Tenche of the sea and lyuethe neyther in mudde or myer but is cleane from suche infectyons and therefore is not hurtful The foresaide fielde the contentes in the same do signifie the bearer to haue audacitie yet in al honestye and to be curteous with muche discrecion Then signe appertayneth to the name of Roscarech alias Roscarrocke in Cornewal His creaste a Lion rampant propre colour armed and langued Azure aboute his necke a Crownall siluer set on a Torce golde and Azure as maye appears aboue figured The fielde is barrye of vitj. peeces Luna and Mars one a canton Iouis the mighty planet Sol his creaste is Ibis head Saturne couped erassing a serpent of the Moone sette on a wrethe Topaze and Saphire māteled Diamond doubled pearle Ibis is a foule of Egipt as Aristotle saieth is in that coūtrey white and at Pelusum onely blacke it is an high bird hauing stiffe legges and a long bill they bee caried out of Libia into Egipt with a sotherne winde and do much good there to the countrey in killing and eating of serpents Semetipsam purgat rostro in ann̄ aquam fundens this bird is like vnto that whiche is called Ciconia He beare the partye ꝑ pale Saturne Mars a flower de lize Luna And to his creaste vpon the helme on a wreathe Topaze and saphiere an Alcian volant of the Amatist mixte wyth Pearle beaked as the Emeraud mounted on the nest texed with the slipps of the vine propre manteled Ruby doubled Pearle this is a birde of the sea little more then a Sparow which in the colde winter season dothe lay her egges on the sands and when the sea is most troublous tantam gratiam diuinitus habet that it becometh sodeinly calme and the stormes and windes do cease vntill the birde haue all hatched and brought vp her chickens and made them able to flee whiche is in the space of .xiiij. daies whiche the shipmen diligently marke fearinge no tempest all those dayes looke sebast stockhamer his comentaries vpon the .xix. Emblem of Alciate The propre colours of the saide bird ar as is before discribed She lyueth by fishe and is taken for that whiche we call the kinges fisher He beareth Azure a cheuron on chiefe betweene twoe decressāts Argent The timber a Ligurines head rassed vert bearing a thistel Or set on wrethe Argent Sable manteled Gules doubled Or The birde Lugurinus feedeth muche vpon thistles and of nature is enemy to the Asse sed valet vocis amenitate some suppose this birde to be a greene fynche and as seruius writeth is taken to be the Nightingalle These deuises Heroique before figured might suffise for the proofe how cote armours wyth their blason heaume timbre in sundrie wise be borne to the honor and comendacion of the bearer and vppon what ground they haue their originall the which the officers at armes do cheifly respect in their assignements to gentlemen and no signe or token armoriall is by thē deuised but the same is congruent and agreable to the vertues and qualities wherewith the bearer is pryncypally endowed and with which token he also delighteth and so he ought to take delight therein as to defende the same euen to the death from all challinge or vituperie which rule of al the degrees of nobilitie ought neuer to be forgotten But nowe what significacion may be truelye collected and gathered of anye Simboll armorial cōmonlye called Armes and what the colours therein doe represent by the planets or stones precious to the renowme and fame of the bearer one plainly for example nowe nexte doth ensue the whiche of bounden duety I maye not omit The atcheuement conteyning the sundry coates as they are marshalled and borne by the right honorable Lorde Sir William Cecill Baron of Broughley and knyght of the most honorable ordre of the Garter is thus to bee blased 1 He beareth barruley of .x. Argent and Azure sixe Escocheons Sable 3.2.1 charged wyth as manye Lyons rampant of the first langued Gules borne by the name of Cecill 2 The fielde is parted per pale Gules Azure a Lion rampant de Argent sustayning a tree Uert borne by the name of winstone 3 Beareth Sable a plate betwene three towers tryple towred with portes displayed de Argent borne by the name of Cairleon 4 His fielde is Argent on a bend betweene two cotizes Gules three sinquefoiles de Or borne by the name of Eckinton 5 Beareth Argent a churon betweene three Rockes de Ermines and is borne by the name of Walcot The sixt as the first the which and the seconde are differenced vpon them bothe with a cressant which signifieth that he is of a second brother to bothe those houses from whence in bloud hee is lineally descended All whiche atchieuementes before displayed is within the Garter cotized of two Lions de ermine to his creaste vpon an healme on a Torce Or and Azure a garbe de Or supported with two Lions the one Azure the other Argent manteled Gules doubled Argent To these before discriued