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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

Gules c. The Barbes of thys floure haue no vsual woordes in blazon for that they abide alwaies of theire proper coloure which is greene enuiron the leaues of the floure as it were gardinge thē from falling The saide Saltier being of the furre called Uerrey is alwaies found to be d'azure and argent or els d'argent azure For as ma●ster Gerard Leighe saieth in hys accidence of Armorie where the matter is doubtefull there the mettall hath of right● the preheminence And I finde a Saltier varrey d'argent azure in a fielde gules borne by the name of Willington I finde thys coate blazed otherwise as thus ¶ Hee beareth Sable and Ermine partie per Fesse contrecolored in 6. quarters thre Scallops argent in the firste Where he saith in the firste hee meaneth that the Escalloppes stande in Sable which is first named in the blazon and the same I do commende for that he which vsed hys blazon was an Heraulte and wel learned in theire mysteries These coates thus parted as aforesaide are most commendably borne whan they are charged but with one token as in triangle and not with two which to moche augmenteth the Blazon the same abidinge in so manye quarters These also whiche folowe are of the like bearinge in order and cōmixtion with two of the honorable ordinaries 1 Argēt fretie gules a cheife d'azure borne by the name of Curteyn 2 Sable fretie d'or a chiefe d'ermine 3 Uerte fretie d'Ermine a chiefe d'argent 4 Or. fretie d'azure a chiefe d'ermines 5 Gules fretie d'argent a cheife d'or I here vse in the blazon of these coates Fretie because they be of more pieces then viij accordinge to the rule of master Gerard Leighe in hys Accidence of armorie wher he treateth of coates commixte with two of the honorable ordinaries Hee beareth gules a Bēde engrailed d'or Thys was the coate armoure of a noble knight named Sir Williā Marshall And as these bendes are seene often thus engrailed so are they founde moste vsually plaine in thys wise 1 Or a bende sable borne by the name of Bonauile 2 Argent a Bende verte by the name of Kendal 3 Sable a Bende d'argent by the name of Antingham 4 Argent a bende sable by the name of Malley 5 Or a Bende dazure by the name of Carthorpe ¶ What a Cheuron is also a Cressant I haue therof sufficiētly before made mētion yet the saide ensigne beynge one of the most worthie particions take these also to be of y e same bearing whiche folowe 1 Gules a cheuron betweene 3. cressantes d'or 2 Argent a cheuron betweene three cressantes d'azure 3 Uert a cheuron betwene thre cressants d'argent 4 Ermine a cheuron betwene 3. cressants d'ermines 5 Azure a cheuron betwene three cressantes d'Ermine 6 Or a cheuron betwene 3. cressants vert The attire of thys Buckes heade differeth proprely for challenge Thys weapon before displaid is called Securis bellica and y ● bearer Securige● which hath bene and is an office of hyghe credit especial aboute Princes martial affaires It doth demonstrate aucthoritie to commitie persons offending the lawes to the execution of death for the suertie of y e prince quietnes of the common weale This is the ensigne of master William Fleetewood Esquier Recorder of y e noble citie of London Also Marton beareth argent ij Barres Gules The sayde coate is bone by the name of Wynter Also I finde Argent and Sable Checkey a Fesse Gules borne by the name of Akelōd These perteined to master Frauncis Furbisher of Don caster in the county of York a right worshipful Esquyer and iust Iusticer also when hee liued hee was one of the Queenes Maiesties 〈◊〉 rable counsell established in the 〈◊〉 partes a 〈◊〉 whiche loued righteousnes and 〈…〉 countrey doth worthely reporte of 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 sent daies Thys deuise is straunge moche to be merua●led at cōsidering that the token borne therein hath hys head adourned Diadematè modo Romanorum Pontificum It mighte therefore bee applied to bee th'engsine of some Romishe bishoppe fraudulently aspiring thereunto liuyng moste lasciuiously and therefore deposed worthely That excellent clerke Bocatius an Italiā borne in his treatise which he writeth of the fall of Princes maketh mētion of a woman that was pope and what befell of her and how she was put downe The whiche hystorie I wil here set forth as it is translated or rather metrized out of Latine into our English tongue by Iohn Lidgate wher he writeth that after the miserable ende of many notable prouinces ¶ Came a creature Like a Bishoppe rounded shorne And as a priest she had a brode tonsure Her apparaile outwarde vesture Beīg a womā wherof Bochas toke good hede Like a Prelate shape was her wede ¶ She was the same that of yore agon Vnworthely satt in Peters place And was afterwarde called pope Iohn A berdeles prelate no heare seene on her face Of her birth named was the place Magunce a citie not standinge in Itaile But on the Rhine full famous of vitaile ¶ In her youth in her tender age Forsooke her kinne in especial Caste she wolde for her aduantage Gyue her to cunninge bodie harte all And in the sciences called liberall In all seuen by famous excellence By great studie she had experience ¶ Her name couth in manie lande To shewe her cunninge firste when she began Serching prouinces came into Englande No wighte supposing but that she was a man Came to Rome her storie tell can Taughte Grammer Sophisterie and Logick Red in schooles openly Rhethorick ¶ In the time of Emperour Lotharie After the death as made is mencion From mine aucthour if I shall not varie That the pope which called was Leon The saide woman by election Istalled was no wighte supposing than By no token but that she was a man ¶ The boke of sortes after that anon Of auenture turned vp so downe She was named called Pope Ihon ▪ Of whose natural disposition F●ll by processe into temptacion Quicke with child the houre came on her thā was deliuered at Sainct Ihon Lateran After put downe for her great outrage I will on her spende no more labor But passe ouer all the surplusage Of her liuing and of her great errour Of this monstre it needeth not to shewe any further significacion the matter whereupon it dependeth beynge knowne to all that be christians and whiche abhorre the tiranny of that Romishe Sea But note heare touchinge the saide tripled Crowne wherewith the Goates head is ensigned I reade that the kinge and people of that famous citie in Indie the more called Calechut woorship the deuill in a wodderfull and horrible forme moste lothsome to be recited and hauing a Diademe on his hed as the popishe prelates vsethe and that whiche is more Ternis insignitur cornibus And this deuill hathe also hys priestes called Bramini whiche do make cleane and take awaye the spottes of

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