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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
power_n	beast_n	head_n	horn_n	3,586	5	10.4288	5	false

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

nature had geuen hym no armoure to defende hym withall H. Beareth Sable and Gules parted with a Cheuron betwene three heddes Rhinocerontez coped d'Argent This Beaste of the Grekes is called Rhynoceron for that hee hath an horne in hys nosethrille and differeth but in that one parte from the Vnicorne Hornes bee geeuen to beastes by nature to defende them with in steade of armoure and weapon and bene therfore sett in the ouermost parte of the heade that they maye alwayes bee readye to withstande theire enemies and to defende the wrongs offered vnto them But to these two beastes next before descriued nature hath otherwise placed theire hornes might and power as in the middest of their foreheade and nosethrylles Upon these beastes the Persians and Medes vsed to fighte in towers of tree and out thereof threwe and caste dartes as it were out of towers or castles And as it is redde of y t Elephante hee is more easie to bee tamed and more obediēt to man than any other wilde beaste The Elephant his nose is longe and greate and harde as an horne and hee vseth hys nose in steade of an hande takyng thereby meate and drincke and putteth it in hys mouth est angui similis vallo munitus eburneo The Elephante whan hee sitteth bendeth hys feete maye not bende all fower at once for heuynes and weighte of hys bodye but bendeth the hynder legges right as a man He lyeth neuer downe to sleape hy reason of the hugenes of hys bodye wherfore when hee is wearie he leaneth to a tree and so resteth hym some what Hee lyueth three hundreth yeare as Isidore sayeth Also it is writtē of them that yf they see a man comming agaynste them in the wildernes yf hee bee oute of hys waye for that they woulde not affraye hym they will drawe themselfes some what oute of the waye and so passing softely by little and lyttle before hym they as it were teache hym the waye And yf the Dragon betwene whom and hym is perpetuall wrath and stryfe come agaynst the man then they defende hym and fighte with the Dragon Thys they doe especially whan they haue yonge foles for they dreade the man seeketh theire foles And therefore they firste deliuer them of the man that they maye the more surely kepe and fede theire yonge ones Apud solam Africam Indiam Elephanti prius nascebantur nunc sola eos India gignit He beareth verte a Griffō sergreāt siluer winged d'Or ij Beareth Argente a fesse betwene three Gryphons heades rassed sable Thys coate appertaineth to Hals of Kenedon̄ in Deuonshire The Griffon is a beaste with wynges and is fower foted and also like vnto the Lyon in all partes of the bodie and to the Egle onely in the heade and wynges Hee is strong enemye to the horsse and is of suche might as he is able to take vpp an horsse and a man armed vpon hym Hys Clees or talentes are so great and large that of them bee made Cuppes to set vppon bordes or tables of kynges and prynces Hoc genus ferarum in Hiperboreis montibus nascitur In these mounteynes is plentye of Golde precious stones as Smaragdus Iaspis Christal which the Gryffons kepe and suffer them not to be taken from thence as dyuerse writers affirme the same And of an other maner bearyng thys beaste take here an other example The fielde is d'Or a Gryffon sergreant Sable on a mountayne verte Here hee is displayde in hys proprietie and dominion Thys is a lyttle beaste and hathe not one coloure of hys bodye but changeth ful soone and often into dyuerse coloures excepte redde and whyte hys face is as it were a beaste compouned of a swyne and of an Ape beyng like to y e Ewte in the bodye Hys sydes bee euen longe to the nether parte of hys wombe as it were a fishe and hys ridge bones boūche vpward hys tayle is full longe smal at th'ende hys feete bene shorte hath clees like to y e clees of a Birde all his body is roughe sharpe as the bodie of a Bardan Hys most might and strengthe ys agaynste the kynde of Gossehawkes for hee draweth vnto them and they flee vnto hym and so hee taketh them wilfully to other beastes to be deuoured But what beaste soeuer it bee he is accompted among cleane beastes He liueth by the ayre Semper hyans aperto ore quo solo viuit nutritur attrahens respirans Oculos habet semper corpori concolores eos nunquam claudit nec pupillam mouet Phisiologus writethe that the Wolfe cannot bende his necke backewarde in no moneth of the yeare but in Maye onely when it thundreth Solinus saithe that in his tayle he beareth a locke of heare whiche exciteth loue and dothe it awaie with his teethe when he dreadeth to be taken Isidore saith that in Aethiopia bene Wolfes with heary maynes in their necke and on their bodie so spotted with variable colours that they lacke no manner of colour Aristotle saithe that in Indie is a Wolfe righte cruell that hathe the face or countenaunce of a man feete like vnto the Lyon and tayle as a Scorpion His voice much soundeth as it were a mannes voice He is as swifte as an Harte and also full hardie and fierce The Hounde is a beaste full ingenious and hath mind of diffuse and longe waies so that if they loose their maisters they goe by furre space of Lands and Countries to theire maisters houses againe If an hound by euil bringynge vp be made to be cruell yet suche his cruelnesse abateth to a meeke man For Plinie saithe that amonge beastes that dwell with vs houndes and horses be moste gratious and louinge The said Cote appertaineth to M. Hundegate in Yorkeshire This is the aunciente Cote armour of the Mallyuerey of Wodersom in Yorkeshire 2. The field is parted per Pale Nebule Carboncle and Diamonde twoo Greyhoundes Saliante Regardante of the Perle The Greyhounde is righte cruell fierce in pursuinge and takinge of wilde beastes and is full milde and gentle to men and to tame beastes His Nobilitie and gentlenesse is knowne by the length of his face and snowte as also by the breadthe of his cheaste smalnesse of the wombe and slanke He is beste to be liked when he hathe longe eares and plyante longe legges and small for they be needefull to cause him to be the more swifte in course and runninge His tayle is more longe and crooked then the tayles of other houndes and hathe lesse fleshe and shorter heare and more thinne smothe For if he be too roughe or hearye he shoulde then be too hote in his game And if he be flesshie he then wil runne the woorse Such dogges were presented to the great Alexander by the king of the Sophites in India who to shewe their force propertie put foure of them vnto a greate Lyon which straite waies caughte