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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

Cydaris Our Sauiour Iesus as the Scriptures doo witnesse was borne in the Cittie of Dauid called Bethelem distante from Ierusalem sixe myles and was firste called Euphrata and signifieth in the Hebrewe tongue the House of Breade Wherefore the Prophete saithe in his Psalme Ecce audiuimus eam in Euphrata c. Loe we haue hearde of the same at Enphrata and founde it in the Woode The further interpretation hereof I leaue to Diuines The Ramme here diuised for y e Crest is quarterly parted S. and Ermyne armed vnguled d'Or He is a noble beaste and best knowne in this Realme Laberius the Poete calleth them Reciprocornes for the turning backeward and eftsoones forwarde of their hornes They are also called Lanicules because they haue their skynne couered with woll Some reporte affirme that of Rammes hornes buried or hidde in the grounde is broughte forthe an Herbe called Asparagus in Englishe Sperage Christe was called Aries a Ramme Propter Principatum for his Soueraignetie and Dominion The Ringe is the most principall ornamente to beautifie the hand of man or woman But in wearing of them oftentimes is found detestable prid offence and displeasure bothe to God and Man Are not oftentimes gemmes therein enclosed whiche stir prouoke the wearer thereof to filthye lust abominable vices are not oftener in place of stones which are called pretious known to be enclosed familiar diuels seruing to worke nothing that is good and godly but contrary altogether bothe to grace godlinesse God graunte that no Christian man be founde to weare suche Ringes I reade in a prophane history that Gyges seruant to Caudales kinge of Lydea had a Ringe of suche vertue that when the broder part therof was turned to the palme of his hande he was seene of no man but he might see all thinges and when he turned the Ringe of the contrary part he was him selfe seene openly By the meane wherof he slue Caudales and committed adultrie with his wife and so of a lasie shepheard he was made a cursed kinge The byrde called an Osprey is of suche whitenesse on his breaste and winges that when he houereth ouer any runnynge water or fishe Poole all the fishe therein turneth vp theire bellies and so he taketh his praye Hee is taken to be a kynde of Eagles that haunteth aboute the Sea The Bergander is a byrde of the kinde of Geese somewhat longer and bigger then a Ducke liuing in the water breeding sometime in Conye holes sometime in hollowe places in Rockes This byrd is here figured bearing the herbe Hiacinthe with the floure proper It hathe leaues like a Porret an hande breadth in height lesse then a maydes little finger grene of colour y e toppe lying down ful of purple floures and the roote rounde The floure springeth out in spring time with the Uiolet and before the Rose It is commonly called here in Englande Crowetoes The Creste here seene is an Erodye Golde Guttie set on a Torce Siluer Gules Calepine saithe that the byrd Erodius is the greatest fowle that flyeth ouercommeth and deuoureth the Eagle Other write that in time of treadinge he sweateth bloude The fielde of thys Cote Armoure is verte three cuppes couered in Pale betwene ij flasques d' Or charged with two clustres of grappes propre And to the Creste vppon the helme a kynges heade with a Diademe crowned set on a Chapeau Sable turned vp Ermyne manteled verte dobled Argente cotized of two Equicerues propre thys Apothegme added sato prudentia maior The torne corpse of Pentheus and the cause of hys death sufficiently displayeth all the sayde ensignes who as the fables do reporte was kynge of the Thebanes whose father was called Echion and hys mother Agaue Thys Pentheus despised the Sacrifice of Bacchus the god of wyne or the droncken god wherefore hys owne mother Agaue cut of hys heade and hys sisters with the other companye of women which than did celebrate the feaste and sacrifice of the sayde Bacchus and tore hys bodye all to pieces The Equicerne as I reade is a beaste in the Oriente forma cerui aequi compositum in forme or shape of an harte and an horse ioyned together hauing hornes a longe mayne to the shoulders a bearde vnder hys chynne like vnto the goate and fete rounde clouen like an harte is as greate as an harte Thys Beaste is founde in Indie about great ryuers He hath a tayle lyke an Olyphante in colour blacke or baye For the Creste it is thus assigned vpon the helme on a wreathe d'Or and Sable a Cardnell volante beaked and legged Argente all the reste proper manteled verte dobled Argente Thys lyttle byrde is here figured gesante a seade of the thistle for that she lyueth by the seades of them vnde illi inditum nomen She hath a redde heade yealowe winges distincte with white and blacke Cardnales imperata faciunt autore Plinio nec voce tantum sed pedibus ore pro manibus They are taught to do anye thing not onely with y e voice but also with the fete and byll in steade of handes Thys Poesie is also added Tendit in ardua virtus The Tarandule is a beaste cōmōly called a Buffe which is like an Oxe but that he hath a bearde like a Goate Medusa a Ladie of whom fables do reporte that by Minerua her heares were tourned into Adders and they whiche beheld her were tourned into stones whom Perseus that noble knyght afterwarde slewe Almighty God being greatly displeased with the pryde of Nabuchodonozor for that hee woulde haue his image honored for god sodeinly transformed him into an horrible mōstre hauing the heade of an Oxe the feete of a Beare and the tayle of a Lyon who dyd eate hey as a Beaste And after he had donne penaunce in that forme God beyng moued with mercie and accepting for hym the continual prayers of Daniel the prophete restored hym to hys pristinate forme who afterwarde lyued wel and commaunded that the very god of heauen should bee onely honored Whoso should beare these ensignes let hym onely feare serue obey and giue al prayse honor and glory to God for euer and euer Thys Byrde deuised for the creaste hath a long bill and redde legges whiche drincketh as though it dyd byte the water She dippeth all her meate in the water also quem pede ad rostrum veluti manu affert that is whiche she conueyeth to her bill as with an hande She is moste estemed in Concagena a parte of Syria and is taken of some to bee the Pellycane ▪ The Icon or forme of the same birde I haue caused thus to bee figured portant a water Rose propre This Eagle also in the breste is charged with a mans harte propre wherein ys conteyned a deuyne misterye B. Beareth on a torce Perle and Rubye a Meleuete Saturne beaked and membred Veneris Thys Byrde is otherwise called Onocrotalus and is like to a Swanne