Robert Dav, Jun., FS.A., M.R.LA. iS Oy hee ee tom coy : a Vij Le, bec onary eevee oS Muttrated Ve Lead oe foe hes Gteuted . pe ot car wn, ieee Church College at Geefard, Iticiles Web ber 72, ELE st 5 ¢ TS OF * ARMORIES, Bu Sdennrd Bolborn ¢ é oe | A@ LONDON a. Printedby Grorar Ex. Dd. IOYVOs. \ BRARY BOSTON COLLEGE UI aes SALLVSTIV CRA SPIES: ~ Verumenimuerd B demum mii , frui anima videtur. 2 qui 19 intentus, pr en ae fa- * Ey ARTIS BONE Famam quarit. To THE RIGHT HONORABLE, HENRIE, “EARLE OF Nox tHampron, BARON HO. “WARD « OF MARNHILL 5 LORD PRIVIE| “SEALE;LORD WARDEN OF-THE CINQYE PORTS; ONE OF THE LORDS, COMMISSI- bo: NERS FOR THEEARLEMARSHALS HIP OF “ENGLAND ; KNIGHT OF THE Most NO BLE ORDER OF THE GARTER: MV OlRee THIE OF ALL THE HONORS pvE Yo HIGH MOST HONORED Goop LORD. ane Hi B. Cir alee ; VILLINGLIE , HVMBLIB , AND DESER- VEDLIE > DEDICATE TH THESE HIs ELE bs os Poa hua» Hest The Opinions , and Offices of fundry choyce , and qualified Gentlemen; friendes to the Au- _ thor , touching thefe his €L E- | MENT S of ARM O- . eS: | Detter to the Author from the worthy, Wirttam SecarEf _. quire, Garver, principall King : of Armes. 21 YR, Ihaue viewed your Elementary Booke of Armories;and,in my poore_ ‘indgment ,doe approue the faine no | leffe fingular for the deuice, then ge- 3 —nerall forthe matter , and abfolutely the beft of any in that kind. Your labours de- _ ferue encouragements by how much they are ~ written freely,and ingenioufly , and may be called aswell the Aximenrs as the E:emenrsof Are morizs,for that they nourifh the mind of the Rea- der with a profitable,and pleafing {; atiety of excel- . lentmatter. Finis corenat opus,Y oir good Wine needs no Garland. Yet becaufe it was your plea- fure I fhould deliuer you mine opinion thereof, I haue aduentured to fay thus much. And with thefamerecommendmylouevntoyou. 14. April. 1 610. ae loning friend oe. Wiut1um Secar, GARTER. | La go te re. a & com A Veter ts the Aathdk idm the exceliently learned incur Antiquities and in all other humane literature Wue uiam Campen Efquire ,;CL A- RENCEVX King of AYNES, YR, whereas your defire is that 1 fhould de- a pliacr my full opinion of vour Boske which you lately fent , and {ubmitted to my cen- Sure. I affure you if my indgement be any ( which 1 acknowledge to bee very little ) you hane with that iudictous learning , c infight handled ARMO- RIE the fubiect of my profeffion that Lcannot but ap~ prone it,as both learnedly , anddiligently difconcred fromhis fifi cradle: Andcould not Lut allowit, if were Cenfor librorum public4 authoritate confti- tutus , as youknow 1am not. Pardon me that 1am fo breefe, tor neyther my head, nor my hand can as yet perfortne that whith they {hould 444 would, vntill the Almighty {ball reftore me to former (heaith)to whole protection I commend you,and yours, refling tr. June, 1-609, } r Your loning friend _-Whuthsiy Canoes, CLARENCEVX: \* A LETTIOCR THE FROM HIS LATE DEARE FRIEND ~ the Graue,and Courtly Tuomas Bepinc- Fist Efquire,late Maifter of his Ma- tefties Tents, and Toile Ct. | deceafed. YR,your Etemenrs of Axmo- ries] haue feene , but cenfure =) themI darenot : Blinde eyes can iudge no colours, and ig- "4 norance may not meddle with ¢ excellent conceit. This only:I as ~~. will admire your Work,& with .. you to proceed. If you permit thefe difcourfes S to wander abroad, they shall meet with more men to maruail , then vnderftand them. Thar is the worft:I returned them in hafte; fearing to foule the paper,oriniury the Inck. From Clerckenwel. 27. Mare 1609. : Your very louing friend - Tuomas Bepincrinip. . : i Poitfcr. : Syn, if youadde,or write more,! pray you make mea partaker. I fay with Parzarx. = Stanco non fatto tal. « AVTHOR i ae ee St See ee eS Oe eee es liek 22 SRS He RRR ee eee eR Oa SEEN Seabee eee A LETTER TO THE AVTHOR, from the learned young Gentleman. 7 3. of Grace-diew in the (ounty of LEICES- TER &fquier. =a) Y R, [haue here with many thanks reeur- nedto you,your profound difcourfe of the ELEMENTS of ARMORIES |, which AS Bi hauc read quer with great profit,& delights | Seas SS for,] con fefle,that till now I neuer faw any _ thing in this kind worthy the entertainmeng ofa ftudious mind, wherin you haue moft commendably fhewed your fkill,finding out fare,and vnknowne beautiesin an Arc, whofe higheft perfection,the meaneft wits, ifthey could. blazon,and repeat Pedigrees, durft heretofore ( but fhall not now )challesge. Our fight ( which of all fenfes wee hold ¥ deareit you haue made more precious yntoys,by teaching vs the excellent proportions of our vifible ob- ieéts.In petformance wherof as you haue followed none, fo haue you left it at a rafh, and -defperate aduenture for any to follow you:For he,that only confiders your choice copie of matter, without forcing, will find itan hard tafk to equall your Inuention, not to {peake of youriudiciall Method, wherin you hauemade your Workmanfhip ex- cell your Subiedt, though it bee moft worthy of all inge- nuousinduftry. BelecuemeS YR in a word ,J cannot but highly admire your attempt fo wel performed , and among many others will be an earneft furcherer of. that - benefit,which this dull age of ours ( in this our country, careleffe of al but gainful Arts ) claimeth at your hands. ~ In which hope Ireft, : og E ; 29. Nonemb. 1609. Yorr sot louing friend — P's : * Joun BravMonr. To the Gentleman Reader. F thou defire to knowe he reafon why, . Thou doo ft in Shei d the Armes of honour bear, © This Booke will faythat they by nature were _ The HIEROGLYPHICKS of Nobility, Isflewes befide pow Art doth beautife _ What Nature doth infpire ,andhow each-where _ Ad Atts conion'd in this Art do appeare, By firudture ofa choyce Phylofophie. GEOMETRIE gues Lines in ordred Place, i Numbers ARLTHMETICK, and thou may ft fee. “How alltn OPTICK Colours honour thee. Bat fince that Virtue which adorn'd the race » Fromwphence thou didft de[cend was ground of als. Hane care to follow it, or all will fall. iis Thon art the* Maifter-BE of all the fwarmes. - Deepe is bis indgement.fpatious is his witte, oe Hveu Hotties To his learned friendM*'. E.B. the _ Author vpon his Exemenrs of Axmoriz’s, Y maister CAMDEN, facred King of Armes, Who bounds with heaw'n, afwell as {ea our failep So profed and fo praifed bath thy toyle, As here no need is of my forry charmes. : eet : Lo boast it thongh,my braines APOLLO warmes, “EB. pee j Where(like imIOVE’S JMINERVA keeps a coile, Anagramae Yet La Drone fhall bar thy Hony fpoile, ‘OFM And high his fame that can in Armes enfola | VV hat.eyther Sea,or Land,or Heanen hola: Philofophers are tn a greeuous fitte Yo fee(whil ft Enuy doth with Reafon Storme. De: : New ELEMENTS, new MATTER,and new FORM: A2 | Another of the fame - Apoftrophe to Puoxsv 54 » finithing i in a fymbolicall allufton, to the . “moft noble EarleofNo kre H A a PTO Ne N,, bolt-on Paozevs, [pend thy lie Shafts, And guild thefe Papers with thy glorious rayes: Crown enery leaf with leaues of flowring Bayes, (4nd crown the Author wth thy laurell grits. They treat the myfiicat ‘ft of gemerous Crafts, _ That lhewes what Arms were bora in Antique daies, By whom,c} where,why,and how many wayes, u "On sheilds, and blades not fet in dugeon haftes. ‘Thou, c Manerva grace them in the fight Of that great Lord, whole indgement they rely on, For 2s no Eye dare face thy glorious light RV hen as Thon rei ‘neff in the golden Lion. - Sodare no Curre ib them ope his Tawi, Once ace feif a att into the SULVER Liow’ s Pawes. Cees ol HE EOE wearer To the generous,andlearned Reaper. NN foure bookes tt feend.d to mee,that the t. Eremen'rs. Their 2" FABRICK, 3. )MYSTERIES. 4° VINDEX, ¥.The ELEMENTS teaching the fimple, abftract, pure, and remote materials and caufes of Armo ries,of which (as words of letters ) they confift. : 2, The FaBRicx teaching the putting-together of thofe Elements.and how they conftitute eArmorial bodies ; with other [peculations proper to the compofitine part. 3. TheMystTERIES teaching what thofe Armorial bodies fo conftituted do purport, meane,or fignifie ; all clea- redwith Rules,and Examples. : 4. TheVinveE x, Affertor,er Champion,teaching how thisPHILOSOPHIE may bee freed from contempt, and whos truly Noble, and worthy to bee honored with eAr- mories. But , generous, and learned Reader ( for to {uch onely doth this part of humaneletters appertaine ) of thofe foure- in proiett( through manifold Inter-turbations there is only, and {carce performed vato thee the firfi: The Elements of Armories ; which here thou haff. | : a ee _ eee A te en © ? » Afy farther feope,and counfels thou hale bee priuie unto, sf thou make the tenth Chapter of the Booke worthy thy thorough-view ; whether I tran{mit thee. Onely I muft not here forget , that ( without refpett to my prinate ) Ihaue, - upon occalion in.all the.courfe of my prefent youth {pent _ wach time, and coyne, to view in perfor the chiefe places of ENGLAN Spt Mtns toconnerfethe better with our _ Antiquities in that kind,afwell to perfect thereby mine owne S{peculations.as that I might(whé opportunity would )deliuer unto thee things certain Gpurewithout abufeor innouatio. Other things briefly to premonith thee of are thefe, _ 1. That a competent Reader cannet lack fo much lan- guage asmay ferue toimterpret betweene hiw-felfe, and. Some few harder words,or places in the Booke. 2, That language onely, or common diligence can make no Armorift without Genius,and a ALaifter. 3. That the way to learne excellently , is to beleene ex. eclently, for a meane conceit of a profeffion begets but a fall proficience. 4. That in the delivery of Elementarie matter 1 haue, for thy caufe, rather vfed interlocution,then fet,er continu= ous [peech, as more apt to enter a Learner , for whofe cause alfo at the end of the Booke are annexed undry Tables. — 5. That at the firft reading to lay thens downe, or away, either as too hard,or as now too [tale doth argue alike varia tie, the one of too much abiettion, the other of too little - fredfafineffe. oe 6.. That if thou wilt ufe rhe pleafaut obietls, and condi- mentall parts thereof to relifh,and draw-on the reft the bets ter,thou holde/? the right Rule of profiting thy felfe. 7 That all is properly meant, and written herein to thens that ave filij Artis,and willing to cooperate with the fanour of the Armoriall Mufe. | Hew thou(my Re Av E R)deo'ft ix prefent thinke of Are wsories, and what minde thou bringe/t with thee, as I know not.[o(hew/oener)I may yet fay a little in this place notwith= flauding that which is fpoken throughout my whele Bookes te — U1 fate of pinta ra to the fame prirpofe, coufdering the venera ons touching them,that thon mai [f the rather be induced to thinke thy diligence in perufall of the whole,wot ill-exzploid + or Lin thy riper,and founder wdgment ftand the more isiffi- fred,or at leaftwife the lelfe condemned for baning taken fo much paineto pleafure thee: = " _ Armories therefore occurring enery-where , in feales, in frontes of buildings in vtenfils,in all things; Monarcks ufing them mighty Peeres and in briefe, all the noble titn maio- rum,quim minorum gentium, from Cafar to the fimples Gentleman, yet all of them} for the more part\moft unkuowe ingly very fer(enen of the moff jindious) de fildome goe axy farther then to fill up a wide Wardrobe with particular Coates: whofe xeale notwithfanding is worthy toknow the better things thereof: that other beeing no more the thing, then bookes not vaderftood are learning. For in them(I may without racking the value affirme)are all the Thems,azd Theorems of cenerons knowledges from whence doth breath fofweet an aér of humanity as thy man- ners cannot buttake, and mix thereby with true gentility, and nobleffe, ; The outward parts of her palace are beantifide with infinit’ obietts full of all variety sala the watks co mazes which [he v{eth are thofe enwrappea circles of ingenuous [ci- ences which the learned do entitle C¥ CLOP AEDIE: her Prefence, and moft inward retirements haue all the moft Curistian,Heroick,and Cardinall virtues, @& for Hand- maides excellentiaffettions , without which the arguments, ce externall teftimonies of nobleffe are nothing worth. Hee thar iu the truft of any auditoriesignorance,orbafe- we (fe (ball fay, Al thisis vaine, wont be anfwered,that this is no otherwife vaine then as Ormnia vanitas. oe In any other good or honorable fenfe thon canft not (1 thinke)but confeffe that Atmorie is a Maiefty worthy thy feruice :wherevnto if names of men, rather then things themfclues can perfwade, thou canft not bee unknowing how many of our late, and prefently beth greatelt , and wi- Seht bane heretofore,and now in prefent doe honor it. A 4: Neither \i = tS Gay: eee andt they,who fit chiefein the primum mobile of ae be thinke them/elues,how to enlighten BRITAIN with the beams of reffored Honor. ; To preocupate more fatisfaction till shy minde bis South ther bxa-wne ceoeerrwik for me to disizeo of obiettions bat when thor expounde/t thy felfe vate Mee,thox halt be moft apes of my. farthef diligence to keepe thee Mine. | FARE-WE LI Li _ = : - ‘OFARMORIES. ” The Conterits. Tt. The conference betwecne two Knights-40 5 Sir E ye ST ACE, and Sir A M1 A S,begua by Apoftrophe.. 2. The motines thereof. 3. Single coates , aud their Elements the matter. 4.V.L TSSES taxation of bis Antagonif? proper to our ignorant Gentlemen. 5. The Mutfters high perfwafion of the firdie. 6.Wifdome init.7.Marbles,coynes,charatterif{mes, Hieroglyphicks,and the like, not [o worthy of obfer- _. wation. 8. The Maifter giues his lawes of hearing, _ andisendented-with for a familiar method. 7 EVST ACE.) . ag Vt Sir ,the happy ‘confederacie of =F fir time, and place'with my defires, At having brought. you into. thofe NOAM {traits our of which there is no. it 4" enafion, faue onely by the abrupt B Lae Lye of difcourcetics] mutt briefly preffe aS S9 you congerning. the E LEMENTS of Aawoint BiS6 uAel perceiueyouare loth< good se E: vi AC » to beanylongerignorant. » 1 B.How canI choofe butbee very take hauing accel she sae day feene at your. ‘hands a neo found it fullof rich "metal, bale “a THE ELEMENTS. metal!, and not to bee bafe Marckafite, or ftuffe vn- ‘worthy the garnith of honor: as alfo no leffe , for that now! can neuer clofe vp aletter ,but my very feale though dumbe, as it is , vpbraids mine igno- rance,wherein when I behold mine Anceftors pecu- liar coat of Armes ,I muft confeffe they haue left me that,by which though I claime to bee a Gentle- man, yet neither know I what it fymbolifeth,nor out of whatE1emenrs,reafons,or grounds of Arte, (your promifed and fingled vndertaking ) mine or the like are compofed. A. And what though you know not? E. Mary ,I might very well refemble my felfe to one of thofe blew-gown‘d Targat-bearers , who in Lonpon vpon their Lord Mayors day , beare ' fhields of Armes,with as little knowledge what they are,as proprietie in them : {tanding dully thereby(as hitherto I have done) within full diftance of that fcome, —neque enim clypei calamina norit, where-with the prudent G reexs taxed his Anta- * gonift,in the finfe of A curries fhield. A. Some-what you fay now Sir Ev sa cx:and as for mee, my youtlr, and leifure haue euer,I muft confeffe(to deale ingenuoufly with you) been taken with the ftudy ,as with that which feem‘d, euen at firft, the proper of noblefle ,but afterward, of wif- dome alfo.. Which f{peculation, as. ordinary dili- ence can hardly reach vnto,fo yer, if itfhallnotbe ound eccentrick to the Philofophers greateft circle, ‘but mouing vpon the felffame axell with vaiuerfall knowledge ORARMOREEB Oo ge knowledge(I will not fay comprehending it) neither - may the {peculation before-faid feeme fllufiue , nor’ hee,who negleéts their deeper fenfe (feeing armes haue their certaine principles, method, vfe, and the- orie)and yet will challenge the honorable right of bearing them, difdeine to heare with the fame An- tagoni{t, Poftulat vt capiat qua non intelligit arma. E.It can therefore be no vniuft complaint,that no man hath hitherto handled this whole argument ac- cording to the dignity,as if the fate thereof, and of our countries Hiftorie were the fame, which as yet hath fonnd no Mufe. #, Anhard fate, you will eafily confeffe. _E. Avery hard,and very vnworthy. Iftherefore I can be content for the antiquities fake, to pore ona _ coine halfe-worne out,or(for like reafon) on a Mar- ble,where(though the letters were whole,and vnde- faced) yet the antique character would make it hard toread,why not then as foone on the Hierogly- hicks of armes , feeing armes,or armoiries, are no lent properly the thee of true Armorifts, then Hierogramms of the Ac xp r1an Sages? t“z.True. « E.So fhallit be my contentment(gentle Sir Amr- 4s) to obtaine by your friendfhip , the luftre, and aduantage which knowledge giues to them that haue it,aboue others. A. Yet fo,as fill I fubmic my felfe ,andiudgment to theirs,that are indeed true Maifters of this myfte- rie. Onely looke not heere in the proofe of dod@- rines for vouchméts of many se (which are bue | 2 as gg. ORNS BEEMENTES.O as rubs in a familiar difcourfe , and the proper am- bition of Schollérs) but rather ina place by them- felues , if need require heereafter. For,fecing you’ will needes draw mee into this new, and perilous Sand, you are not as yetto hope any higher priui- ledge then as of a puny auditor, whofe chiefe part is to beleeur. How-beit (not altogetherto tytannize your obedience ) take vnto you the liberty of de- maund,and , where I chance to bee Magittrall, reft affured,that it is far from impofture in me, or wilful _ negligence. Although you-might looke that I fhould perhaps haue bene more exact , and pun@u- al,had I made it the maine of my courfe,and not Pa- rergon, Landfkep ,and By-worke onely ; but much more , forthat mifdoubting my youth, andiudge- ment, Lhadlaid the thought thereof afide for the ninthe yeares cenfure. A rule not leffe important, and neceffary for him that fhall dare fohigh , and new a way inthiskinde, as for thofewho meditate matter foreternityinPoems. | EB. Taccept the law you giue. Neuertheleffe, though itbee not a Schollers office to prefcribe a method to the Doétor,, yet,becaufe it is a principall rule of Decortto {peake to the vnderftanding ofthe patty , andI knowe beft what futes my felfe; vfe I pray fo meere a catechizing method-, as ifyou would inftruct mee how to fpell the croffe-row of — Armes,for perhaps it may doe good the rather. A. I am-not affraid leaft my playneffe may bee called infufficiency, | Ra eae ee ey on oe ON Se) ee & ~} wl, Y eee AS OGY y eer ote ee eee on £ eee < . Ree Ae Ree 5: _Thecontents. ; 2:VVhat the Maister unacrstands hereby Armotries, and Gentlemen 2. Of their fuppofed fr ft deuifers. | 3. That-in God only their original ts to be found. 4. The notion of enfiznementpwaturall. | Ciap. 2. EVST ACE. =§ Hat therefore meane you .by 7 Armes? A. Such painted , hereditable, v; | and Armoriall marks,as by which ace "4 Lave! Gentlemen areknowne,firft from Pea =— § the ignoble, and then onefrom the other. E. Why fay you painted? - A.Becaufe colors giuc them life, and they feeme ~ not aliue,but (like ther rR o mz ru AN manofclay) both blind , and dead as it were , till quickned with the light of colours, as the other with fire from hea- uen. ) Bit E. Why hereditable rather then hereditary ? A. As wel for that thofe Armoiries which ar ofthe _ fitit bearing,as thofé which efcheat , or are buried with che Owners for want of heires , are not heredi- vary though both of them are hereditable: For they: ofthe firtt fort came not from Anceftors., and yer may defcend, (chat is, may be inherited, ifthe prime atchieuer,or purchafour haue hal emer S30 B3 et a if PRS A ote Puta fl = 6. . (‘THE ELEMENTS: 3 ifthe other do not defcend,itis only through a faile, or fault in the bearer : But,how-foeuer,ifthey an- {wer not the rules of Armory (a word of large con- tent , and comprehenfion ). and that alfo with fuch _ Analogie as the qualities of circumftances do re- quire (in which the reafon of bearing liues,and whereof the fkill is properly an appurtenance of fymbolicall phylofophy,which handleth the caufes and mifteries of Armes ) all the reft are nothing. E. Who is then your Gentleman? A. Simply, and onely for the prefent, the lawfull bearer of fuch markes, or tokens of Nobleffe, . _E. Who firft ordayned them ? A. Meane you what man,or woman? E.I doe. A. You think that thing is knowne to Heralds,or to Armorifts, bur I fuppofe it isnot. For, neyther. Otysron, nor Asrartat, nor any fuch cloud-borne creature euler did, as I conceiue , ordaine them. Al- though,I cannot beignorant, that the glory hereof is giuenby Herovortvstothe Cares( people of Astathe lefle) by othersto thee£o1PTraNs: but both, with like proof, as the inuention of letters tothe Puosnrcians , vnleffe wee confeffe them moreancient thenthe Hesreyves. 3 _ E. Indeed the Chiefes, and, as they are called, Co- ryphes in eucry profeffion, are commonly blazed the founders.as Art asin Aftronomy, escvia- piys in Medicine,whofe only fortune it was, to com after their fore-fathers obferuations, with better'd Wits, and more dilligence. When as indeed, Sci- CRCES ee eee ? OP ARM@RIES ences haue their foundations in nature, and _ neyther growe , nor decreafe, but onely to vs, towhometime, and obferuation doe Valo them. | A. Be thatas it will,or may, for my part, know not him(to {peake after my manner, that is,plainly) who firft bare Armes ( to vfe the vulgar word ) nor doe I acknowledge any primary author, but in al- mighty God,the Prototypon', Arch-type, or ort- ginal paterne. | E. Nozhow then? - : A. Had Armes , or enfignes (like Herefies , or fome mechanical crafts, as printing , and artillery) any firft certaine author,it were a plaine demonftra- tion againft their primzuity;but, if you wil haue me declare my felfe,my opinion is,that the notion of en- fignement is uniuerfal , and natural, andthat vie in warre did firft deduce,or communicate diftinguifhe fheildes,fromtlrat notion , & (after bloudy warre) that ambition, to retaine in peace the spent ten by Armes,might take them downe from their triumphant Tholes , and facted cia ti , and fo conueigh them to pofterity ; the fonne, holding him-felfe,no leffe the heire of his Aunceftors glory, then of his name,and lands,by which , thinges haue : rate growne fo.exact, and complete, as now wee ee, , E. Your opinion leads mine,though it feemes you firaine the word Armes beyond the proper vie. A. To march ftrég toward my Iuftificatio,I therfore : a B4 added: ‘ mad i oh al So we \ 2 nq ya ee eT ee ee ee Sd ee Pe , ning. eh ee a be EERE OP Re re Th th i MA ER ee Bs nae \ ‘ re, "THE ELEMENTS “added Enfignement,or Enfiene,which comprehends _ the other,being in it felfe equiuocall to armories, and all other notes of noblefle , honor, or preemi- WEeEhCCe-: 2 E. So.as you would bee thus vnderftood , that Enjignes,ox Enfignement,pegan with the creation of -things and that the notion is imprinted in nature, though the whole vfe, and limitatton(as to the pur- pofeof ourprefent Armories) bee not. 7 A. Youhaue taken the iuft height of my mea- The Contents, ee Le The knowne vfe of Armes, as antient at leaft as MOSES. 2Vnknowne to the Maifter by what de- grees they came to their prefent excellence. 3.Nat very much to bee found of them in remotest antt- guities. 4.The Maifters opinion of fome fhicldsin the famous old Pocts. 5. About .the time of CHARLES the Great, they beganto take arule, and in thefe later ages perfection. & The Fucus, and vnf{ure gloffe of doubtfull , or ferged antiqué- ties difauowed. Cuap. 35 x EVSTACE. ) Rines then,cuen in our fence, haue Hy beene of long continuance. fl W\ S40 4. They haue: for they who, out 94 of fingularitie , or waxen feales a- bout the Nor man conqueft,argue to to the contrary, doe make their fight but with Icarvs wings. yah a an oh E. When began they ? A! | A. That alfo is to mee vnknowne,, but the eldeft, and beft record of their generall vfe , is in the facred {tories written by Moses. But I can afwell fhow the growth of a flowre , or the inftances of motion in the fhadow of a Diall, as fodeinly how, or when they came by degrees to theprefent magnificénce, and flourifhing eftatewherein they are. E. Hath the encreafe beene fo infenfible > A. The want of written monuments makes it feeme fo. O. ¥e E.Certainlysthe Gree xs s,withwhom hathbin _ thevniuerfall Staple of antiquities (for, as for the Larins(whobut as it were a whilefince came to be learned)they hauenot much, andthe Sy Rtawn, Caxrpzan,and more profoundly learned Ag y po. Tt an(as the people,amongwhomtheH £ sx avvs, Gods owne Scholers,dwelt) haue littleobuious) do | heere,and there , make famous commemoration of Shields,and Crefts. — : MNOS.“ A. They do.But thofe deuifes were,for the more part,arbitrary , not armorially formall. For,neither hadAcutzres fhieldinH omer, nor that more artificiall one (if it bee lawfullto commit two fuch Poets together) of EneasinV izer pany thing, almoft;of that which Armorifts call a.coate ; and whereof we entreate,but were rather, certain places of Art.for difpofition,& conueiance, where the Po= ets tooke occafion to-viter fome maiefticall inuenti- on,by way,either of annem indu@ion;recapi- tulation, a0 THE ELEMENTS. tulation, or the like. Nor let any one imagin , thar -Acamamnons deuife (or other defcribed by Henricus Aus ceps fay fome. leffe you woul Homer) was eae a faire coat of armes ,.vn- take fome one, ortwo principall things of many;and the likeis to bee faid of thofe in Vireo. Neuerthelfle their examples do ftrong- ly conuince the antiquity, or antienty- of armes, which from the time of C war res the Greathaue both growne more familiar , & by induftrious men from time to time (the careof Curis rian ho- nor then moft florifhing ) beene refined , lawes ef- tablifhed for their due bearing, and finally augmen- ted with obferuations,applied to the feuerall digni- ties of feuerall perfons.. So that now I fee not why wee fhould-not thinke them abfolute in all their numbers , as one of the things (among very few ) referu’d to bee finifhed in thefe our daies.. - E. The common opinion is , that armes hada more certaine beginnin * Beet sete oa ; for there are not wanting, who do fay that almoft before the flowd , fucta Prince, _commonweale,or Kingdome bare.fuch, and fuch a Shield, or painted Symboll. Info much,thatI, for my part, haue ever lookd , when on a fodaine: thefe marueilous men would as readily tell vs what armes, or badge Noaus Arke it felfe did carry in the: {terne,as we out of the Adts ofthe Apoftles written: by S. Lvxz , can informe our felues what name the: fhip which tran{ported S.Pavt wasknown by. And: albeit I'am exceedingly fare from difhonoring, or _ from not zeloufly honoring , any venerable moni. ments of wit, or antiquity, yet amas farfrom pro. | mifcuous: te : 4 By One a - OF ARMORIES. ee mifcuous fub{cription to vncertaine gloffes, orof vouching them to make a Fucus. vag | The Contents. | t. Themaifter is neceffarily drawne backe to demon. ~- S#raze that the notion of Enfignement ( true fountaine of Armozrits)is naturall, 2. Scene in the beanens and countenances of men. 3. Proned in na- — turesowne practife , marking out her chiefe workes with notes of nobleffe,4 Exampless ALE X A N- DER the Monarch, OCT AVIV'S CES AR, and our fomercigz , King ] AMES him-felfe. 5: Their native markes.6.inftind, and common no- tiowcaufes of likearmestoTY DEVS , and MI- RAMAMMOLINE., 7. The like of CAS- P AR, andBALT HAS AR twoof the Mages, or Kings inS. MAT HEWSGofpell. Cuap. Are E.May I beleeue that armes and enfignes,and the notion of ennobling by notes ts vninerfall,and {o.pri- sarily founded in mature? aay A. lintend not,as I faid before,to encumber the leuell of my prefent way with many proofs;and yet itfhould feeme, like one of theincredulous, you craue a figne.Erewenrs are the pole-ftar of myvoi- age ; Eremenrs the fubiect matter of - difcourfe, and you may fafely,in the meane {pace,beleeue. E. Yet'a flight taft of this truth would do well. A. Whatfoeuer ts uminerfally fo taken up , as that st is found,and practifed ( at leaftwife in proportion to their knowledges) among all nations, afwell ciuill as Barbarous , that(vndoubtedly )hath foundation in nature, ana therfore ennoblifkment by external notes | | we afwelt a2: THE ELEMENTS. © ~ aswell as embafements , or brandings: For of con- traries the reafon is the fame. . E. Your antecedentis granted, but, that enfignee ment isuniuer{all, and the notion thereof (true foun- taine of armories as you pretend ) #atwrall, which youaflumetoprooue,howdoththatappeare? _A. It will appeare as foone as you but caft your cye (though with-out enlarging {pectacles ) vpon the goodly booke of the world,the noble creatures wherein are admirably diftinguifhed, with fignes of that nobility. The heauens haue their enfignes , and notes, their colours,and charges,and of them fome apparently more excellent then the other: And(not to make an exact enumeration of parts)doe but be- hold the countenances of men, how, like to feueralf coates of armes , by complexion, lineament, anda thoufand alterations of afpect, they are diuerfifid, _ and that with degrees ofidignitie, one from the other. Nature her felfe, for farther confirmation, fhall prefent vnto you figures,wroughtby her own hand, and penicill 5. as marking out by them her -cheife Maifter-peeces.For,of' what other fort are (I befeech you ) the genitiuall notes printed vpon fome f{upereminent princes in their mothers wombe Aexanpsr the great was borne with the impreffi- on ofa Lion,if1 miftake not the figure: Nor leffe to bee admired was that, which Sv eroNnivs writes of OctavtrvsCesar,vpon whofe breft,& bellie Genitine note. | os as he calls them, werefo difpeirft, as they imitated, both in their order,and number,the ftars in the cele- OFARMO'RIES. 33 2 ftiall Beare.But I were too inofficious, if I fhould nothere remember our own moft renowned King, with thofetwo,the principall Maiefties. of the for- mer,worlds,for fo much as, vpon him alfo, the fi- gure of a Lyon was alike naturally fet. | E. Wee haue heere (in mine vnderftanding ) na- tures Heraldry in her owne works. STOn U4 Which workes.as fhe hath thus ennobled,fo Common notion(deriued out of her)taught rypevs (if I mif-remember nothis armes in o£ scBYLVs) and Miramam MOLINE, a-King of Moorrs Typrvs M1iRAMAMMOLINE®S i if PANI sw Heralds fay true ) to beare,in their fe- Mea fheilds, the refemblances of the ftarry firma- ment with flender variations : Though men fo far See INE. eee iO eek a eae Us yi 5 No - F are Cee i THE ELEMENTS. _ - infimder as Tunezs, andTorepo , farther in time, fartheft in knowledge one of the other. Their _ countries , their languages,their religions, their ha- bits,their manners,(the onea Gruex , the othera _ Barsarran ) beeing moft difcrepant. Which effea of Common notion ( hauing fo celeftial a paterne) is the more to bee: wondered at , iftwo otek Kinges (commonly called of Coxrgin , for that belike their ‘reliques are there ) who guided by the orien- | tall {tarre cametoworfhip our SAVIOVR IE- SVS CHRIST , bare the like arguments in their fheildes as Virnoirrvs Pieror the Norime Caspar = Barruasar. Ty) a nate.» -< berger, inhis bookelof printed'cucheons beares ys in hand. ‘The pi@ures of which ( more for ee to ee “4 .OFARMO’RIES. ib pleafure in the variety , then for any canonical] proofe , although I neyther can, nor doe difproue them)I haue heere beftowed vpon you. And thus much credit befides ;muft I needes doe this tra- dition , thatin the moft noble mother Church of our nation, CanTsRgvRis,you may vpo a wal,on the left hand,as you enter into the North Ile of the firft Quire , behold in uery ancient worke, two armories like to thefe,plainly painted in the Banners of :thofe Kinges,where the whole ftory of their comming to adore our LOR D, then newly borne, is pourtraid: which doth fufficiencly*difcharge that Noréwber- ger from hauing firft deuifed them , thofe pain- tings beeing vndoubtedly far older then his Grand- great-prand-father.. The Contents. Te ! The frate of things,in their firft rndene(fe,furefi Teft. to try the former propofition. 2. The nece/fity [bewes their vninerfality. 3. How far we are to extend the word barbarous sn [peaking of the BARBAROVS, or SAVAGES. 4. The _Awalogie of ontward déf- tinttions with the perfons by thems diftingnsfbed- 5. Names among the BARBAROVS. King HO- LATA OVTINA bis diftin@iue notes.7. The Nobles of MEXICO. 8.. 4fecret fountaine of true Aresori¢s. | Craw. C4 Shapes which imaginatiomtendreth for vicfull , and Se te ee a en _ ‘THEELEMENTS. . : ' a ss oy i : | ' ene EVST ACE. ei seks ua F I faw the w/é-wniner/al/1 could | not but beleeue shat the Notion S| were natural. MAL oh \OIN A. The vniner[ality of the ufe of |<, | Enfignements 5 or of ennoblifbing Vas S2a- by outward notes , isnot hardly proped. Let the ciuil worlds,and people paffe,as in the which it may truly be obiected: , that there (like other ornaments) they might be perhaps excogita- ted,and reflect: wee but vppon: ‘Lramountain anti- quities , or the ftate of people , andthingsfuchas they were in their firft rudeneffe, as the fureft Teft, and Touch to trye this propofition by nothing then will wee bee more demonftrable. For,from pole to: pole, and ouer_the whole globe ordaind for the dwellings of men,no people is fo forlorne,which af. . fords not proofe to this point,nor that asit were by acontagion:, or taking from.one.and- other, but meerely out of Commoz notion , which concluding the neceffity of outward diftinétions ( for how o- therwife fhall the Soueraigne bee knowne from the fubiect,or one worthy fubiedt from another? &my _ hopeis that no.man will be fo fuper:paradoxall, as to deny a fubordination in nature among men ; and differences of degrees,and ftates, as there are of vfe, andmerit)by that Netwrall light difpofeth of chofe thar oa, fal, ee ae » Pec eee A. LEE Re, Me ee) ae ofthe perfon bearing , andthe enfigne borne. For when wee talke of Barbarous nations, no man of any iudgement depriues them of their refonable part,though they want elegancie,and ciuill formes, | or knowledges. This therefore being a matter fal- ling neceffarily into common fenfe, and vfe, hee were very vamindefull of the honour of our crea- tion,who fhold imagine that any people(how bru- tifh foeuer) could be without enfignement, c feue- vallexternall notes ,andthofe alfo ( out of the fame ~naturall ground) not wanting the Analogy, and proportion whereof wee formerly fpake. Which: wee may gather by the names among the fauage Inpviawns,thofe of theirPrinces , and peers being found to beare lofty fignifications, but the vulgar notfo. And fo farre forth doth nature inftru@ men. - to be obferuant hereof,that the very Canieats(An- thropophages , or Men-eaters of Amzrica)are cal-- led among théfelues by the names of cruel beaftes. Hence itis that you fhall not truely read , or heare, that among any barbarous , the Lions skin, or like fpoiles of the nobler creatures, are the indument of an ordinary groome;or that euery common foldier doth weare fuch feather , colour, or other diftinéti- on with thofe of prime quality. SoJH oa ra Ov- rinA (interpreted ¢ Ithinke) King of Kings) in Frortipa was painted red, and none but hewere focoloured, faue onely fomefuch choyfe young foldiers as were of principal agility. Common fenfe tells therndeft nations, that names of high 7 D fignifica— that alfo withfome Analogy betweene the quality. . i THE ELEMENTS. ignification ( fuch as glorious ftarre, light of - the world,lamp of glorie,or as of ther Gods them-. felues , as was vfedin Mexico, where all the noble had denominationof fome one, or-other of their: ~ Idols)do noway fort with a worthleffe groundling,, or ignoblecompanion.But of this(as a fecret foun-. taine of true Armories, and not theleaftmyftery: in the wifdome of nature,taught vs in. Symbolicall Philofophie, it. which the matter of armesis truely comprehended ) elfewhere. Hereby itis (as I con- ieCture) cleared:, that the notion ts uniuerfall, and therefore-zatura/,and againe(turning but as it were the tables ) we tray fay naturalland therefore uniner- fallManyfeft examples whereof it were not hard to depourtray. vnto you out of the Barbarouis worlds; the fame being no leffe verifiable inthe ciuill. And from this common notionsimprest en mature, Armes, er Armories(the prefent matter of our conference ) claime their parentage. The Contents:. u Things Elementary tc the Elements of Armoties.. 2.The Matiter refufeth not farther-to demonitrare their uniner{ality, 3. Withut betpe of examples fromthe HEBREWS.,GREEKS, orRO- MANS.4.iINDIAN Campe, when hee was flaine, andthe Campe was piss F3, ~ Spoild 3g THE ELEMENTS” = eee —— Te fpoild’by the Romans , there was found an hono- rary fheild of pure filuer ,with the image ofBar-. cc uIn ys Aspeveat vpon it, which (faith Livivs) weighed one hnndreth , thirty and eight poundes. The ancient icyprians ( fharers in Arrican -foyle ) atford fo greatproofe for our purpofe , as fome learned(Pisrivs for one) haue held that wee deduce our armories from their Hieraticall figures, ot facred{culptures , though it be farre otherwife: Yet is itnot to be denied that fome Armories haue beene even copyed by Hierogrammes, or coyned eut of them,& armories indeed,as welas,or rather then Imprefes ought to tafte of them, forthat they are mute bodies onlywithout any Mott, or Word to enfpirit them. The famous tranffigurations of Paoreys King of Acier , were not fained vppon other ground ( witneffe all Mythologers ) then his frequent fhifting of creftes ‘5 and octienes of Ma- iefty. Nor was it fingular in him, if( as Svipas writes)Geryon was fabled to haue three heads, for that hee wore three creftes. But the Arricansin — generall had painted fheilds,and by aproper name called cetre , as the Amazonian were named peste. Ofthefe Aritcan difcoloured fheilds, the noble- borne,and thrice-honorable Stitvs fung, Verficolor contracetra---«- which fheilds,onely alitle chang’d, they at this day retaine, and engraue, or paint with fundry formes. To bee fhort , examine the firft {tate , & face of things S ee ae ee lately difcouered , and you fhalleafily track out _ among them thefe effeéts of naturall inftin@ con— cerning Fafignments, one or other, Fhe Contents. re ; Somwhat about the holy land.z. "ir AMIAS his aerti= cal point to inflame with loue-of honour toa truly CHRISTIAN ¢74.3. Force of examples dawn in _ ASIA.4.The BABILONIANS.5. Their enfignes. 6. The place of the Propher TEREMIE. concer- ning SEMIRAMIS. 7. Her avmes., and name agveeing.8. CVROPALATES of the ASSY-. -RIANS enfigne.9. XENOPHON of the PER-- SIAN. 10. symbolicall images in holy feripture. 11. The ficrcer ASIATICK xnations: 12. The TVRKES exjigves. 13. The CHESELBAS,, or: modera. PERSTAN..14. A rare example of armes. - ont of CHAIN A. 15. Sparkles of dinine effenees. 2.16. From ASLA imtoAMERICA,. —. Car Bish! « CAMTIAS NS 1 ALesting (once gemme;. sei and eye of As 1a) may. not: Ra Sai bee ouer-paft without: teares,. Ralo\ | vos, ; for that in ftead, of the moft Vt EY hy triumphal Crofle ( glary. of fo ““2és many creftes, and ceates. of . ~~ Sight Curtstian armes) Ey. alewd “OP ARMORIESET 4g, things in Conco,andail the Prouinces of Azrica PRE RME as Re yO ps Oe Te Net Pe ee BIS et 27 a mer eT ae eee, | Set Ue 4 Soy alewd TvexisuEnfigne ftandes. Which one day” ~-yet(6 God) thou wilt raze by the martiall armes ~ of fome zealous Prince , who fhall beare icin the canton of his royall coat-armour for perpetual memory ofthe conqueft. To fuch a moft. glori- ous enterprize the loue of honour muft needs bee very auaylable , toward the kindling of which fo noble, and excellent affeGtion I with my labours could but giue the hope of a little fparke. There- vnto certainly fhall both this our conference , and all other our like indeauors (as vnto their verticall point)afpire , there beeing no felicity,butas wee miay,to fecke the glory of God. - The reft of Asta(for Parestine is butavery little {pecke) would anfwer the hugenefle of her comprehenfion with the multitude of examples fit for our purpofe, but I will not furbate your at- tention too much. _ «The Basrronrans(ancient Cittizens of Assy- 1A) walkt not (as faith Heroporvs) without their {cepters, or rods, onthe tops whereof fomefym- bolicall Images,or other(as of a bird,a fifh,a flow- rea ftarre or the like)were fixt , which as you may in them(beeing noted for fuch ftudies ) take to bee fomefuperftitious rite, fo Icould rather incline to thinke them enfignes , borne after that manner intimes of peaceto diftinguifh the honourable from the vulgar. The terrible doue in Inremr, whofe words are) es Fatta es terra eorum in de[olationem afacte > we COLVMBA, © Jee 1S Dragon , out of another that Cyrvs the Persian Monarck bare a golden Eagle,and the like innume- ~rable. Many prophefies of holy Scripture are full of allufions concerning the Princes , and people ef As ra,painted out vnto vs in fymbolicall ima- -ges,which yet] do not fay were their Armes. More for our prefent purpofe arethe ancient fiercer na- tions of Astas Scyrutans, Parrutans, Bacrrians, Hircans,Socptans,and the like in great numbers, to whofe antiquities. referre you,and thofe which yet retayne their whole barbarifms, as the Tarrars which are ftil a puiffant people. The Tyrxs(a croo- _ked {flip ofa Scyrutan crabbe ) haue their golden Globes, their crefcents,their Colour'd Horfe-hairs (amoft ancient ornament for creftes’) and the like enfignements , into which whether you will ac- _ count the red caps,which the Persians haue taken” vp toweare , and ofthemare calledin theinowne tongue Cursezsas,to diftinguifh them from their contrary fe@ inManvaerism,] leaue to your felfe. Not tobe any longer,but to quit Asta («Cutna is’ in Asta) looke vpponthisfheild. > = | E.J . THE E LEMENTS, | EY do behold it: | | . A My friend’Maifter Ca mp 5 nj,CiaRENcEvx,, ‘fhewed icto Mee out of Marevs Vetservs( alear- ned, and a principall Gentleman of A vos pv Rc) who deliuers it for Armories beléging toa C u1- Nor , hauing in it forthe mayne charge a Pan- ther , and befides that, Helme , Creft ; and:mant- fe, ina manner refembling ours of Evrope. At which a man may. worthily wonder, for that Ve1- sErvs is plaine , that ‘it neuer proceeded from. initation 5 but from wife nature , or more. immediately , and truly from almighty God him- felfe,as planting in his beft moreall worke, but not én his mortall part ,, certaine fpatkes of the diuine , at intelligence ese ee SS ee ae oe ee - 7 x = inteligence to Enlumin the Aficrocofm. By the onely light whereof , nations moft diftant touch often vppon the fame thinges, without hauing the leaft correfpondence one with the other. As thefe of Cutna doe not onely concurre with vs in the notion of enfignement, but alfo in the regulari- ty,and Weegee of Armes. Which yet were the more to be admired , if (as is conftantly _ reported ) they had not already beene before vs in our two moft eminent,and principal lare inuenti- ons, Artillery,and Typography. } The Contents, 1. Examples of (peciall moment in AMERICA. 2. Of PARACOVSSI iz BRASILIA. 3. The. INGVA'S Kings of PERV , their Armes. 4. Of ACAMAPIXILL, fir Hing of MEXICO. 5, The MEXICAINS ( once NAVATALCAS ) were not fromEVROP.6. Peng win 4z AME- RICAN bird with « WELSH name. Te whole books of the MEXICAIN Armories.9.The enjigne of their Cittie , and the caufe why it was borne. 10.The ARTICK , and ANTARTIC Worldes. 11.4 Strange kinde of Inlayes , and (Mn boffements on bcildes. 12. The Sarucy ends —Cuar G2 yp ; is z3 : as af hak marl a Pa 7 ae ~~ ~ 3 be 44 THE ELEMENTS. j | ‘ C HAP, qe nay EVST-ACE.. py thus with great pleaftire glanced — a Ouer, we May now aloft ferric. . 4 into America. » Cd America,that rude new \ foundworld.Lam to tell you, af. | ~ fordes wonderfull ftuffe to. our purpofe:for what if fom-where,there they not only haue thofe external diftinGions , which (as I fayd) no people wants,but feeme alfoo haue Armes, or - Armorites?Sure if Anprevv Tever ; or his cutter, -de not impone,Paracovss1, naked King of Prare, . had fuch , which forthe rude:, and firange pretti- nefle therofdeferues here to be viewd. A The. ir ee ee AANA EE > EER CME Dr, Suid te ORES mine, the ftuff of the targat,a beafts hide braced-vp 7 with thonges to an ouall ring ,orhoop. Tdallies Thofe therefore of Perv, and Mexico had very Armories as losepuvs Acos diligently notes, aud asin fundry other bookes is moft ap- a parent. One,or two of a multitude I will {pare you for the rarity , and.at which you may iuftly mar-- uayle. Inova was thehereditary name of the Perv: Kings,and the gentilitial armes of the Incvas were. a rain-bow with two fnakes extended. . | OF ARMORIES. = 4g , The matke,or charge is Paracovsstrs, the colours: a _ The name alfo of the firft Mexican King being: _ Acamartxrit,and fignifying ‘am handfull of reedes inthe Mexican tongue (as the fame Accosvra : Ga. writes oT “4. THEELEMENTS . writes ) they-carried in their publike enfignes in memory of that great Prince,a# Hand holding ma- ny arrowes of reedes 2s the Enc usu verfion of that author hath , which] hope is faithful , for sat this prefent] haue no other. a j True it feemes to-bee thatthe Mextcains were 3 Jater nation,comming from Countries very Nor- therly(Seminary indeed of new plantations , but not of ciuil inuentions)as true alfo that the Orro- wits j&¢ CHICHEMECAS dwelt-there before , and by the Navatatcas(now Mextcains, whotne 2 man by their-ciuill fathions would iudge to haue beene a Colony long fince out of Curna) were difplan- ted. But for al this they cannotbee charged with che fufpition of imitating vs , no print remayning ayy a among a. ¥ Erne oh ‘ * - - on ag ee are ode ES ee aE » a ee See fier among them ofanEvropzaw originallvnleffe, with fome few,we will haucthe Den-guis (a bird with a white head, which the namein Was doth fignifie ) becanfe itwasfoundin Ameri ca ( they = with that name ) vponthe firft difcoue- ries, beewray fuch a fecret , and as it were retaine poffeffion for Eyrop, whichrneither by booke,nor fame,nor any diligéce of our age could euer be dif- couerd,or coniectured,their Lawes, their language, their hellith rites, and alt other important markes viterly,and with one confent difelaiming. To re- turne toour prefét matter. Ther are whole bookes (as I am very credibly informed) of the Enfignes, Symbols , or Armes of this once-noble people, therefore I wil here now only giue you the Armes of Mexreo ,whichhadalocal caufe ofbearing, being this. In the marifhes,and euery place where Mexico was afterward buile, thefe Navaraicas found an Eagle houlding in one footea bird, the: other {tanding on a Cechineko tree ,.or Tun ary the faid tree , or fhrubbe growing out ofa ftone. This. was the figne which the Oracle gaue them where to fettle,and reare a citty, which fhould (as it was) be Queene of many nations. They did fo,. and for perpetuall memory .aduanced the pi@ture. for their publicke enfigne. eres | as Se ee OE Flere OF ARMORIES. . E At | ™ THE ELEMENTS Here we willtakeleaueof America’, andre- turne: For,to make farther demonftration of the uniuerfality of enfiguements(to conuince the mata- rvalnef{eof the notion )out of thofe icie worldes which lye vider eyther pole , itis mecte wee ftay till they beedifcouered’, bur’ as'little as yet they are knowne., they will not faile to concurre.: So confident I am that no people which had any forme of common-weale,and that did but worfhip any thing what-foeuer,wereit but Stara Baza, the Idol of the goldé witch(with the Hords of horf-fed Tartas)ora {quare red cloath for the Sunne (with - » the furr'd Sauages neare to the icie , and Hyperbo- *rean Sea,)eyther did, or could be deftitute of the notion notion of enfignement , and externall variation. _ And neytherthey , nor other barbarous hauing fheildes,but are likely both to vfe Emsizms (taking the word with Lvcizrvs for Inlayes, or Marquetry) and emboffinents alfo,that you may not bee igno- rant of their Elegancies. For they who know not howto draw lines , or temper colours , can beat grains of gold,or.other glittering ftuffe into them, or fixe the heades,or pawes of conquerd beafts vp- pon them. Thus hauing in aleffe time then Draxe, or Canpisu compaft the whole terreftriall ~ -Globe,we are returned. The contents. 1. ‘An externall figne fet vpon man almoft before mankinde. 2. The rainbow after the Floud.3. Sir EVSTACE /ammes the furucy. 4. The leffe pro~ _ wedinthe more. 5. Pracecupation of fame forefecx reproofes. 6. VITELLIVS his mew MINER- VAS fheild, and PLAVIVS his epistles , fitt Armes,ana ftudy-books for whom. 7. Some princi- pallcommon places of difcourfe belonging to the prefent briefly touched. 8. The valew of herorcal literature depends not upon opinion. 9. Satiffacti- ontendred for refufallto expattate farther. 10. -Syr EVSTACE confeffeth his former doubtes cleared ,but maintaines their caufes were init. 11. ‘The Matfters {hort conclafion of the pramifves,and Simile of painting. 12. What of Armesremaines - | oe ee with be. St ae Cane Pe ee ee ee ee ee een 2 ae pes “30 °THE ELEMENTS. ¥ with art and ufe. <3. Elephantine births, the In- _. dentment fora familiar method renew a. C HAP, Lo. EVSTACE. | Ouhauefuper-abounded ( Syr- gi Amtas)in your performances,ha- M uing brought the whole. world as , | it were,out of the gloom of An- ale, tiquity to witneffe with you not EA 2 Si only for the vniuerfal practife of rude Enfignments,but fome.what alfo br Atmos. T1eSe. A. Yethaue I not put'you in mind ofone inftance of perfonall outward Marks, even before Noaaus:: floudjnay almoft before mankind. E. May it be? | A. God him felfe fet:a marke vpon Cary. Bue. you perhaps will fay , that was Stgma, and not Digma , a brand,not anornament. Whether it were. or no , it valews alike much for our-pur- pofe,according to the rule of contraries. And that, whofe examples are.drawn from God(the author of nature)is much the more in nature. The -raine- bow fet inthe clowds immediately after the De- luge(from which fome deriue an authority wher- with to grace Imprefes,and heroical Deuifes)was. indeed.a figne,but of far differétkind ftom thefe of ours,&.therfore not atal to be ferew'd into our difcourfe for farther countenance or confirmatid. ~ BATe | 3 OF ARMORIES: = 88. > E.Tewere abfolutely needleffe.For what can‘be more apparent,after fo many moftlightful demé- ftrations,then that the notion of Enfigument is uni~ werfall, and confequently zatural? Giue mee leaue now,as well forfetling my memory , as for crow- ning your affertion , {ummarely to bindevp into agarland the principall of thofe cul'd ‘flowers which out of the Paradifes of Antiquity,you haue ftrew'd the threfhold,or porch ofhonor with. To this purpofe the names of the barbarous anfwring the Analogie of nature in their fignifications, andthe brands of the ‘Viscin1ans pointed vnto by you,futing the practife of the Romans, arevery ertinent. In Evrop] fee the azure targats of the ee s, and allow your well-grounded diuinati- ons,that they had other., and thofe lineamentall, or figured diftin@tions. Muchthe rather, for that © you haueinuincibly-confirm'd vnto me .,thatthe Garis , and Germans had. The reft of proofes which troup-vp clofeto their quarter, and which — you produce out of the fhrines of Evropzan mo- _ niments,who can but embrace?The fanious Car- THacENtans rife with honour ., and allowance there-vnto. Nor arethe moft ancient Mizraim,or fEcyrriass , fecondtoany , and Prorevs cannot there fo difguife , and tranffigure him- felfe as to efcape the vfe you put himto ; all Arricans fubfcribing. In fpatious Asia. where your piety tooke occafion to expreffe it felf}theBasirontans , fundry great Princes, and other Astaricx. nations a a ftrong svar 12 or piven for your party , not meanely flankred by the rare example out of Curna. As for AmeRica,it exceedes all expectation in her Incvas, and Me- _ xicatns,and I moft willingly allow your conie@- ure of barbarous Elegancies ,.touching Inlaies,& Emboffements. The whole fumme being fealed- vp with the moft authentike. antiquity of the marks of Cain. 7 In all which , this is worthily to bee accoun- tedrare ,. that no example there,is fo young asa thoufand yeares , excepting thofe of the new worlds,in whofe nouelty we do not only fee An- tiquities of a thoufand yeares , but Antiquity it felfe.. . | -c4.Your memory deales truly with you in your reherfal.. But whereas our intended matter is of © the Elements of armories , that is to fay of fuch en- fignements as now are in vfe, and the maine diffi- culty lying betweene your fight , and their origi-- nall, beeing onely the doubt of the vainerfality of enfignement in generall, for bailing you from that. doubt I needed not({o as [haue don)to haue made. , my demonftrations fo much wider then the laft, as to haue giuen you thé out of examples,which are ina fort of the fame kind with perfeé&t Armo-. ries. Yet I hope I fhal not ftand accufed of exceffe, | or fayling in the point, it being moft true that the leffe(to weet,thofe rude firft draughts, natural ef- fayes,and ouertures of true Armories, which you (& not improperly) called elementarie to our ele-- ments)is fully prouedin the more,that is to fay,in ee ate fhewing — iL — scgiad 3 A. Tt belonged to.the noble name, and familie of Mow sk ayy Dukessof Noo rr o1ke, and quartred at this,day by the illuftrious, and Prince- dy houfe.of How arps. . E.Whichis the Contizent , and which is the Content herein? A. The Continent is left to imagination, being only fo much asthe Content couers, whichis here the matter of the Armories,to weet,the Field,and the Lion. And you muft vnderftand, once for all, that I {peake not any where of an.Armes, asit is onely painted on a paper, but do alwayes {uppofe a fubieg theild. : . E.You taught mee before, thatthe Continent Was ‘was the fheild, or thing containing, and now you fay thatthe Field jand the Lion ate the Camtenr, ~ which being fo, then are the Content, and the Can- tinent(becaufe the Field containes the Lion)either confounded , or there are two Continents , one which comprehends the.whole Atmories, aad the other which cofttaines a-part. A. My affertion is true.For the field(that isthe: fuperficies ) is no part of -the Cowtiaent in tay: meaning, butis itfelfe contained , as the Lion is: And yet your auerment is not abfurd,for,feucring the Charge from the Field @vhich here is red) you may, and that not altogetherthe moft improper- ly hold;that the Field is the Continent of the con-: tained body,be it Lion, or whatfocuer elfe. - E.1 do not fully conceiue it. A. Reflect but vpon the defcription which I gaue you of the Cosinent , and there you fhall learne to bring with you an abftraétiue , or Ma- thematicall.confideration , for although a Shield, beeing a folid, and Geometrical. body , hath in it three dimenfions, yet know with-alb that it hath afuperficies as of it felfe whichis nothing to the making.vp of Armories,, becaufe there-vpon may bee painted any thing elfe , anda fhield of any matter what-fo-euer, timber, mettal, horne, fhell, hath nothing of acoate but onely.potentiallyjand in power. | E. This I apprehend. Ax. Lee mee heere how. | E.We muft(Sin)by ame feuer the Content 4 of 80 Tce cehenisaaeelial THE ELEMENTS. of Armories from the matter, or thing whetevp- on they are, yet fo, as by the beeing af Armories vpon it,the (hield immediatly becomes the contai- ning part of the whole armes. J AvAS A. True,as [{uppofe. For let an Armes painted on a Surcoat,Tabard,or Shield be blotted out,the priuiation of the Armories, makes ho priuation of the Continent, though not as the Comtenent of Ar- nsortes putas a {ubftance of it felfe, and if the bla- zon of the coat be knowne , though by reafon of that priuation it appeare not to the eye,yet to the intelligent it abideth , and preferues the notice both of the mater,and forme in the mind,though - fo Idoe no more take it to bee an a@tuall Armes, > then the dreame,or /dea of a building is an houfe. E. It is cleare then that the Content of a painted armes is all that whereof the eye takes view with- in the bounding line,whereof that line is a part. A. Ifay not fo. For whither you thereby vnder- ftand the parfle,or vsfible line which circumf{cribes the whole, as a pertmeterjand is drawne with Pen, Penicil,or howfoeuer: or whether you only meane that inuifible, imaginarie dudture, hauing neither bredth,nor depth, noris feparable from the thin in which it is imagined, I cannot dire€lly affirme, that itis any more a part of an Armes,then a com- munts terminus is of that which went before,or of | that which came after 5 or then the vnexpreffable _ point of time which diuides the new yeare from the old, is a portion of the new , or of the old: The bounding dine (in my conceit) being common as ~ t arene ei eae! A eee et a. Tae ah ar i Si yr pyig oa < a GPa eS aa r 3 ‘ a, g-t& et 5 ear facies as well to the Comtinent,asto the Content. EE. How then? : é ~ A. Where the errour breeds no danger , ‘it is beft there to follow common opinion,and feeing thefe things are not wont to befo narrowly fifted, itis enough to take it,as it is moft vfually taken, E. How is that? A. Asa part of the Coate. E. Then’ to bee added to the Content of every Armories. A. Teafily grantit to your fharpneffe, The Contents. 1. Great oddes betweene Parts,and Elements. 2.Ele- ments of Armories what. 3. LV CRETIVS. his note of Grammatical Elements. 4..Armorial Elements foure. 5. Demonftrated tn the ginew example and invfalltbly holding in all. Crap. 14. EVST ACE. #) Hus farre we are proceeded happely.. What fhall I now bee to you next Fetidebted for ? wat A.lf you callita debr, then for See that which is next in the nature of BL ecg Ys q _ our fubie& , fo farre as the nature of this place will beare,which ts onely to fhow you in generall, that the parts in the Content of armes.are diuerfe. é ; - M E.Vn- : aue we mee line , OX perimeter, ‘3° | THESEDEMENSS.. good. . : A, The parts in the Content of Armesare di- uerfe,but betweene the Parts,and the Elements of abody.there.is great diflerence.For the parts of a man are the head, the neck, the armes , the hands; and{o forth , and againe , thofe parts haue their parts,as the head hath eyes;eares, noftrils,lips,&c. and thofe parts have yet againe their parts fimilar, and diffimilar, or(as they {peake in Schooles ) Homogencan, & Heterogenean : but the Elements . are another thing, and common with man to all other breathing creatures mthe world . Iris there- fore abfolutely neceffary,before wee come to en- treat of the total ,&partil,fimilar,& aiflimilar parts - of Armories,that we firft deliner the Elemental. — E. What are Elements then pray ?-. A. The Elements of Armories are {uch , as into. which all Armories. may be refolued, as into their « common principlés,grounds,or beginnings. E. The Elements then are the common grounds, .. and beginnings of Armories. 4 A. They are, both as the word imports, and as = it fignifies in other things. So fyllables may beere-. ‘folued into letters , their Elements.( of which all . voices vnder heaven confift, . Tantum elementa queunt permmutato crdine folo): and all compounded things into their fimples.:.. | ~ E,.Which then are thofe Elements of Armories? ee | A. Thefe.. E. Vafould that I pray , fo fatre as you ‘thinke | Ve BY oy Ae ~""QOF'ARMORIES. © gy) A. ThefeLtn us of all forts,fimple Co rove, or tinéture, inwhich words 1 comprehend afwell- the two mettals in Armes,as all armoriall colonts, To which you muft adde N v » 8 2 R, or rather vni- tie (whichis the fountaine of number ) for to it may all Charges,whereof there is any numeration in Armes,be reduced, and laftly Pos1r1o n,that is, the manner of fetting, difpofing, ordering , or lacing tokens of henor in their proper fubied, a Sheild. : Celis deevigia E.Lryes,;Cotovra,Nvmser, andP.osit- «Yo w,are then the Efments of —Armorzes, which in their Quadruple number are equall to the na- turall,fire,aire, earth,and water, or to the humors ‘in an humane body.. But canyou for examples fake fhow them to meein the moft noble coate _of famous M 0 vv's R Aey? oe A. Moft eafily, for they hold infalliblie in all. Lines,and Colour you contefle are therein appa- rent, and.in that the Lion is fingle, and not more then one, the Element of zwmber is manifefted, and whereas Jaftly he is rampant, or-ere€ted, and neither paffant, couchant, yflant, or of any other fort,pofitéonis moft euidently Elementall. The Contents. _y. A flitting eye fees little the more herein for feeing. 9. Lines the firft Armorial Element. 3. Why. 4.Lines ia Armesyas Place is iu the Phyficks.5.OfF Purfles, of the word filum in antient Latin poefieand other Synonimas of Armorialt lines. | M2 6.The er oe ene See Ale ee '3,) -THEECEMENTS! 6.The firft diftribution of lines. 7..The fecond. 8. The third. 9. Anecelfarie prouifion about the true under |tanding of Armoriall lines. 10.Ma* _thematicall fubtilitie in peaking of our lines anoided. 11. Armorie Queene of liberall know-. ledges. 12. As éncentine to Vertue as Statues. 13. Armes well read, fitteft bookes for the noble.. 14. Some Methods rather Mazes.. 15.Armortes,. the onely remaining cuftomarie euidences of ‘ho- nor. 16.The Earle of NoRTHAMPTONS pie tie to our Souereigne Lord King LAME Sat: GREENE WICH Towr. 17. Blazou the: least and meanest part of Armorie.. — CuHap.t5.- EVST ACE. faa! He myftical chain,in which all foure « aq are linckt together , [cannot but ac-- ANSa knowledge , for it is ( as your felfe: >} hauefaid) moft apparent: Butdoe: ~~ you not purpefe(good Sir Aw1a_s)? tohandle all fourefeuerally 2. i A. How e Ife? For if I did not,you would take: « in but {mall ftore of light at this cafement, and - eulen then alfoa flitting eye (lowfoeuer.it may. idlie footh it felfe) fhall fee little the more, but all: fhall ftill be to him,as it were : : Sub enigmate,,, Or(as the very great Philofopher wrote in excufe, | : | or TEAC Spiga es eepees "OF ARMO'RIES,)*. oo or defence of him-felfe for publifhing his workes) _ : they fhall remaine asif they were not publithed, though publifhed.. Ltn zs therefore are the firft Element of the foure,as( taken inthe vulgar fenfe, not inthe more Mathematical, and penetrating ) they precede colours in work,as that kind of draw- ing before-faid which the Greeks called afono- rammos , was betore colouring , as colouring it | felf was before light, and fhadow in artificial pain-- ting,as alfo light, and fhadow were. before thofe - things which Pitnis faith the Grectans call’d To- wos and Harmoge,the former being the heightning , : of light,and the other the commiffure , flide , or ae pafling of colours into other colours, or by what name foeuer our modern Artifts know them by. _ And all Painters wee fee doe firft make a rude draught with chalke,coale,lead or the like, before : they limn a Pi@ure, orlayaColour.. E. Notwithftanding , how I prayare Lines an: Element of Armories?of why? ; i A. Becaufe a coat can bee no more without - lines, then without colour. Be pi E. Linesthen doe forme an Armes , and giue - them to bee... | A. Certainly. . | ag E. Is there any knowne number , or fet fathion ° oflines required? E. Youknow right wel(Syr Evsrace)how in few _ words to demand enough. Your queftion is per-. 42 plex, and cannot bee fatiffide without fome dili- | _ gence. Firft therfore of Armorial Lines in general. : Mees oon Seo 4 : 4 ‘ eel a Si Re eee ee, ee eee * = ’ Yi - Oe ee eS ee | ee ee - JHE ELEMENTS.’ _E. Tharken curioufly,therefore on] pray. A. There is nothing infinite in the workes of Art,or Nature , butthere muft of neceffity bee li- mits, termes,extremities,or bounds. : E. Vndoubtedly. : A. Which limits, or extremities are eyther vn- derftood,& by imagination céprehended,or made fubiect to the eyeby lines. Thofelinesarethatin | Armories which place isin the Phy/icks: Armories then, and the figures, portions,or proportions in them being artificial bodies, or femblants of bo- dies, muft needes haue limits, bounds, or citcum- {criptions. | | | E. The neceffity is apparent. A. Nor can thofe limits,rightly put, bee tranf. -_paffed, or exceeded, but the limited thing it felfe muft be monftrous, and deformed , and as thofe ductures , or draughts of lines are fhapen,fo are the figures (which they circumfcribe , and limit) well,or ill. p . E. Nothing is more euident. A. The painters of Armes do call thefe lines(as I think)the purfle, or perfil( which alfo the Spant- arps blaze, as a {eueral part of the Armories ) and foundes as if it were per filum ( which word flum Lycrerivs doth ufe for the outermoft bounds, or _ dudtures of lines in figures , or for the figures _themfelues; . Debent vimirim non omnibus omnia pror{ iis. Efe part filo femilique affecta figura) Is : * : They = a E Tae rs Som - They alfo call it guarterizg when they putthe laft hand to the work,drawing theblackeJines, which gine the fhape , and lafily they fome-time callira_ Trick,and Armorif?s in other cafes cal them Vm- brataneie (Gr E. Of how many forts are Armoriall Lincs? A. The doétrine of lines in armories diftingui-. fheth firft of their forme, and fecondly of their number. ey E. What faith it concerning their forme? A. Armorial Lines are in’ their firft diuifion Straight,or Crooked. : : a eit Dire asin the Againe the £ ie de are either Dzreé# , or Obligques firft examole , Oblique as. Rep SERS ORS et ick area M 4. More. ee ae a OS ~-More-ouer the Oblique are either fraight,or creo ked. The Crooked are fub-diuided infinitely , but the more vfual, and vniuerfall may bee reduced to thefe heads,that is,cirewlar , angular , waning , and ‘mixt,and briefly are allfuch as are not fraight. ‘Butbefore you proceed any farther , my charity ~ cannot forbeare to giue you here a cautel for pre- uention of ftraying from my fenfe, and one error not met-with in the beginning, multiplies itfelfe intounnumerable. Therefore when we {peake of Armorial Lines eyther here, or any where,I do not. _ meane of them otherwife then as of terminations ; or common limits of Armorial bodies ; and when ~ we fay lines are Straight, or crooked,of this , or that forme, pray vnderftand that I meane the Armori- al bodies which they terminate are.fuch. For though Lines are the infeperable circumfcriptions \ of ahtitinionsesidhacaceamisctatict eects tre 218 ~ of formes,or figures in fheilds,as o OF felues,giuing them ( at leaft-wife to ourfight ) ¢o Bee,yet itis the body , or fpace comprehended — which cafts them out into the extremities , wher- by they become their vifible limits , which albeit we are enforced in flat piCtures,and plaine tables to expreffe by lines, yet in carued,or emboffed ob- iedts of armes , no other lines are drawne then -fuch,as the body it felfe fo cut,emboft,or carued,, terminates our fight with , which lines fhift with our ftation. Doubtleffe, in the Zdea , or mentall fhape before it come as it were into aét,by beeing painted,cut,or carued,thofe terminating, and tru- ly Mathematical tines, abf{tractedly confidered, are manifeft,adhering ( or inhering rather ) without any poffibility of feparation from the conceaued Image. Whereas alfo the lines drawne in the former coats(for they are coats of Armes , very faire, and good,as well as examples of Lives) feem to apportion the {aid coats,yet are they (I meane the parted , and diuers-colour'd moities of the fe- uerall theilds)but feuerall folid peeces, or faces of differently colour'd bodies,meeting in fuch a feam offeparation(in my conceit of them)as neceffarily produce,and prefent vnto vs fuch , or fucha line. ~ ‘Neuerthelefle for more familiar pen in teaching , Iain to retain tofpeake asthe vulgar, without daring to vfe the more penetrating point of fpirit,it being alfo notin the til of manto draw a line¢how admirably {mal foeuer)without any la~ citude , fuch as the fubtilicy of the Mushematicks dotla f fheilds them. ~ Sey oes THE ELEMENTS , doth requite. mt | | s- E. I am well:fatisfied .. ‘ A. You fhall be elfe for the honour. of fo Gerta- femanly {cience-, which iuft Antiquity would haue- enftiled Miftreffe, and Queene of liberal knowled- ges. For that in itall chefaire Arcs feeme to af femble,and every Grace, or(as the Larins fpeake)! every Venvs of inuention(not blurred with ob{cu.- ring commentaries) glitters there in open manner, | with much fignificancy,ornament,and-vtility. For: . albeit the fenfe be fom-what abftrufe, and hidden, : yet,who({pecially with any intereft in them ) cary _beholdthe.renowned Armories of Hovvarp,Tat- 7 * por, or the like great Worthies,who prefently re-. % fle&s not vpon the Bearers?or is not(foasinftruc-. tion, or capacity wane not ) flirred vp-thereby to virtuie?Becaufe (as it is in that moft excellent Hift-- orian Sativsr)if Fastvs,if Sctpto ,& other heroick- Romans were wontto fay , that their mindes were: moftvehemently fet on fire with noble thoughts, when they beheld the Images oftheir renowned : anceftors,not for thatthe {tuff , or workmanfhip : | had any {uch efficacie,but for that the memory of » eo their immortal aGtions,reuiuing thereby enlarged | the flame of honour in couragious breafts; Then: | furely,as thofe Conquerors(for it is indeed the no-. 4 ble temper only which canbe apt to kindle at fuch : obiects.) were fo ftirred at the-view of thofe dumb ftatues,what able man fhould not as fruitfully frd _acoat of Armes take occafion-to defcribe , and =~ blaze to a yong Lordhis own particular offices, &- yee expected a expected habits of Nobleffe2 . | _ Soinuchthe rather,for that the pleafing afpe@ of Armories , and fignes ofhonor inthemrepre- - ' fenting fome meaning or other,the {pectators rea- dily know not what, procures adelight ,and fo prepares the mind with a’ willingnefle to bee in- ftructed. VWhy might not alfo the fame able man repeat (vpon like occafion)the whole memo- ries of his fore-fathersefhewing that thefe Armo- ties of theirs haue thefe,or thefe E/ements,& parts, were difplaid in ftandard,banner or howfoeuer, in Such a battle,fuch a fiege -, or feruice , that this or - that colour, figure or deuife therein came thus, or thus, 8 well fitted {uch a perfon of the family, {uch a virtue, fuch afortunein him , withinnumerable _ other branches of difcourfe {pringing from fuch an Opportunity,asfromaroot. And yet farther, if the Tutors skill would ferue him to interpret the Coat it felfe, and to deliuer out of it thofe diuine, morall naturall,8 liberal notions, tending to fhar- pen wit,and enoble mental habits, O! how eafely might he bring al Princely knowledges within the {phear of his adtiuity?how eafily auoid the iading of - hopeful {pirits with the torment, & rack of newde- uifed methods,(mazes rather ) 8 faples documéts2 E. He fhould greatly bind meto him that would giue me the copy offuch afecture, the bare men- tion wherof hath fo enflamed me. af A. Vndoubtedly in the due time(that is, when by former neceffary inftructions you are enabled to conceiue ) youmay. Howfoeuer (as I faid at firft) my youth hath ener a thefe confiderations a 12 rv ee EOE EMENTS > in Armories very worthy the ftudy, and leifure of afree-born man, & the rather to, for that Armes are in'a fort the onely remayning cuftomary etii- dences,or teftimonies of Noblefle, now that ney- “ther Statues, Arcks,Obelifks, Tropheas, Spires nor: other publike magnificent erections are in vie, neyther can bee retalled into practife by one, though moft commendable , and noble example. at the Towre of Greenvvicn.. |Our age therfore,affecting compendious waies of eternization,all teftimonies,are in a manner re-- duced to this one.of Armes,or Armonies: , which: alfo are indeed worth them all. But if( as fome ve- ry foolifhly fuppofe)the Termes, & vie of Blazon, which(as is already {aid ) comprehends but the de- {eription of the mechanicall parts, were all ; who would not then think but thata Nomenclator , or Mufitian, that knew but the words moft frequent in his owne profeffion , did deferueas great ap-- plaufe as our b/ezoner? which 1s as far from the thing (nor doth affection abufe mec herein ) as. fignes fromfubftances. | This {hort excurfion (Sir Ev sr a cz) I call mine, . which pardoned, fhall truffe-together all defire to ex{patiate farther , and fettle vs from hence-forth clofely to our bufineffe,not onely till the intricate - matter of Lives be fufficiently explaned,but til the- reft of the Elements ,and the whole intended. ar- gument bee difcuft,in proportion to. the prefent. vies. | E. Youdoe:not onely merit pardon , but many thas une ae aaa thankes-~ Ie Fo eae re =— Se Reah i gy eR eo re ee : oy: AEE x i ati x Fs A “ 0 ae 2a r rt 4 i thankes , for fuch a repaft , giuen to vs vpon the | way,and not by goingpue of theway." ~~ A. Which you shall the more grace, (admit we haue forfaken the Bias of our courfe, and run out alittle) if you bee pleafed to remember that ou Taft talke was of Crooked lines. ¥ The Contente. 1. Of crooked lines. 2.They improper to Geometric. 3.Aveexemplifide. 4.V eto s Blazons of [ome of our crooked lines antiquated, Cuarp 16. E¥STACE. | eee Hat Circles, Angles,& the like, are in ral es///4| Geometry, I do already partly vnder- A781) ftand; But what are they in Aymorze 2 o\AVAG| A.Heere are examples of the foure Kindes of our crooked /ines,with which - Geometrie hath nothing to doe, N: 3 " B, Aree | mo ‘THE ELEMENTS : BE. Are thefe their names in Armorie 2 A, Nothing lells for they hauc other ie iffe. SN Ae ERI OL Sing he ahs ODO AEE Spee 1 OLOARMORIBS, =o ie different : They are all parted per pale, or(tovfe = ,__ Scourers word) mé-partze,that is, parted long- wife in the midft, or perpendicularly parted , but yet feuerally affetedin the partings , for which I referre youto GeraR pv Lete@n, and other bla-® zoners : Onely this willnote, that whereas the fecond partition of the foure is now blazed ‘ex- dentee, Antiquitie (or at leaftwife Vp ron about two hundreth yeares fince ) blazed that ra/ee, and this 2 which is with vs embatteled, hee called per pale ex> dentce,and not embalteled. - | N gor loos hg: yn ee saa HF Cancne! 1. Another diftribution of limes Armoriall. 2.Much _ of the doctrine of Lines,put ouer to their more pro- _ per places, 3. The totum compofitum of Armes. 4sAnew deutfion of integral lines into Pertran- fients, aad Pettingents. 5.Saézt Osvv atps Banner. 6. Both forts of lines defcribed. a, ea 17. EVSTACE. == oces I pray, for I vnderftand BEE ENS thus much. RODS NY 4- Lines by a fecond diuifion s— Ni are one ina coate of Armes,or N) more , which is a dinifion , the es) handling whereof belongs to ~~ the Arithmetical,and Compo- — fitiue part. Therefore to fet downe what forts,and parts of /ves are in Shields,and how one of them ftand with the other, be altogether points of ano- ther text,as where thofe Edementsare made vie of, and the totum compofitum ( to weete a good coate of Armes, what good coate of Armes foeuer ) is defcribed,or difle@ed as in Anatomie. Neuerthe- leffe for your farther light, I will not ftick funyna- rilyto deliuer fomewhat more concerning Lines Armoriall : which, firft, are either Evtire , and | cme : Pertran- Pett eet Vac Pertranfient,or Entire and Pertingent, ot parts of them. | E. Which is the Evxtire Pextranfient? A. The whole, or Fatie Pertranfient, is thac which croffeth the middle of the Shield,andrunns diametrically the longeft way of her pofition,as heere in this example following, and fuch other. Heere I cannot but by occafion of this,remember what our countryman, venerable Bz p s ,writeth (‘in his Hiftory) of King Os vvarps banner, which, faith hee, being of Gold, and Purple, was hung ouer his toombe,and (as I thinke ) is the el. deft authentick record of honourable Enfignes in that kinde among vs, and in my opinion not yn- likely to be of this fort,partée per pale, Or and Pur= plescather then of any other. This bythe way. fe. & ~ canes. waa ee 8 : * e ~ "The entire Pertingent is. that which paffeth from Be bt Ee Seat eg ane bron ee aS eee - v 3 - ae a Sa « oe “THE ELEMENTS. one fide of the comprehended fpace , but not through the midft thereof,as the Evtire Pertranfi- ent , which paffing , or. not paffing through the _midft,or.center,is the true difference betweene the. Entire of one fort,and of the other. The Contents. - ‘14 Entire Pertingents [ubdiftinguilbed » 2. Their- forts deferibeds.3: An obfcure blazon out of Sconter. 4. How Pertingents come to bee ‘Pertranfients. . “ on AP. 18... BV PSE, RAYA - Aue Entire Pertranfients any other i = 54 member of dinifion 2 - i Sada A.No,forthey are fingle,pure,and - Ie S56 © immutable, fully anfwering in their ~ “nature to Dimetients , or Diameters : But Eatire, or whole Pertingents haue , and are {ubdiftingui- fhed in their longitude : For they runne the long- - eft way of their pofition,or notthe longeft. . -E. Which are the Ewtére Pertingents Trae runne the longeft way of their pofition in the Shield, without touching, or piercing the Genter,and are - Eytire Pertingents of the firlt fort ? Pinole ¢ EEE ea Ne ef a eet RS en eee TAN Ce ‘OF ARMORIES.: 99. forthey crofle not the midft , and yet are drawne the longeft way of their pofition, obliquely thoo- ' ting from the Angles in chiefe , and meeting in point bafe. Therefore both thofe Lives are Per- . tingents of the firft kinde,and the partition it felfe is the onely one of all partitions,which toucheth all the points of the Efcucheon, as you may fee “this doth.- : E, Which is the Exséve Pertingent of the fe- cond fort, that fhootes not forth the longeft way of his pofition? : . _ A. That which fhootes not forth to the full length of an Extire Pertingent, (as ftraightned by the narrow limmits of the Sheild in that place, where it is fituate) can rarely bee found fingle in any Coate : But Sco ue r gives vs examples, as heere in a derect line, which(fomewhat obfcurely)’ : Ph SO Ee eee ny sal am SS Sma i 8 ES eT eae mag ge x ea Oe a aR ed 2 clea aE hee Blazeth a: séxzfer , and againe. | line in this.- fer » B of an Oblique: ~ : which he (how clerckly focuet) calleth Emmanch> : OSG eet ee Se ee ee, “ORANMO'RiEsh “au dextre. Both which lines are Pertingents of the fecond fort,entire,integral, continuous or whole, _ and paffing withall from one fide of the fheild tothe other, yet not by the longeft way of their pofition,as diameters: For if they did,then the one fhould bee partie per pale or AMzpartie,the other, Partie per bend finifter , as ismoft apparent, the longeft waies of their pofitions being through the mid{t, or center of their comprehending {paces, the firft perpendicularly , the other laterallic., as here you may behold. | O38 The THE ELEMENT peter goo ~ The Contents. a Ls The more effential differences of lines. entire among themfelues. 2. The quality of Pertranfients. 3, » The more noted properties of Pertingent lings, Cap. 19. EVSTACE. : | » A. Yourqueftionis apt. For hauing thus in ge- néral defcribed the forts of zusegrals , or Lines en- | _ tiresas wel pertramfient as pertingent, itis fecunda- rily conuenient thatl fhouldinttrud youa litle in thofe properties, wherin more effentially they dif. fer among themfelues. I wil therfore breefly fhew — -youfirft the quality of lines pertranfient ,as thofe which are of moft honor, & ftate.Pertras/ierts(the chief of dives entire)do either touch fome one An- gle of the fheild, or touch not,none ofthem tou- ching two, or more, anaes : _ E. Which a Ne E. Which of the Pertranfientstouch? | A. Or rather which do not?For as there are but - foure forts of Pertranfzents,armorial Dimetients,or Diameters {0 the touching of an-Angle,one, or- other, is infeperable to all of them, excepting to one only, and to no more,for any. thing Lremem- ber , which is.in partse per fe/fe,and this Pertran- __fient (asyou fee ) paffeth in breadth ofthe Sheild through the vmbilick,or middle point,asan Evtzre Pertranftent ought,yet without touching any An- gietherof. Me “ E. What are the more noted properties (now) © of lines pertingent? A. The quite contrarie propertie to the other. _ For as allpertran(zents( onely that one excepted _~ which I haue already fhewed to you) paffe ¥ Céter, . O04. and pie Se en * fe Was th ¥ +: * aia F Plreae RES Shag 1 ae op RC ES PLN OE eR TS A, Pe Eh EC Se RG WE es tag ts as eee and touch one Angle, or other, & neuer but one, fono Pertinzents doe eyther crofle the midft, or touch an Angle: But the more effential property of Pertingents is not to croffe the midft:; Though in both refpedcts there want not exceptions, there beeing a Perténgent (and but one) which crofleth the Center,as the Ps/e-Hme(a Pertinent al{o ) tou- ~~ chethan Angle. | : The Contents. 1. Avnether diuifion of limes extive.2. An exemption of circular lines from that dinifion. 3. APertin- gent of a fingular property. 3. EVCLIDS E’c- wats not much more perplex. . C wap.20. EV ST ACE. & , a Aue /utegrals Entire, or Whole lines,any fubdiuifion 2 . A.Theyhaue. For Jntegrals (fuchI meane as are bounded in i e line doth differ,and makes a notable exception, for it terminates it felfe in the fame fide where it be- gan, not-withftanding itbe not interrupted, but continuous, and entire. VWhich Arching lines are of two forts, for they eyther touch an Angle, and touch not the Center , but withall doe terminate them-felues in the fame fide, according to the rule formerly .giuen , orelfe they touch not an Angle. Ofboth kindes that one fhall’be enough to exemplifie the exception by, ifit may be called an exception , which is not ofthe felfe-nature of which the rule is,the rule beeing ment of Straight _ Lines onely , fo as Arching lines doe rather exact a particular handling, and place. . as ‘ 'D E. What J HEELEMENTS E. What line is that which being a Persingent partakes. not with the common quality oflines Pertisgent,which. ought not to touch the midf in. aa ne determine in an Angle? A. Lo heere.. E. Whatis this ?° : ; A. A-Line Pertingent you confeffe, for that it goeth not the longeft way of the pofition , but toucheth not the Oppofite fides,and yet, ( whicha pure Pertingent fhould not doe) it croffeth the midft:And as the pile-lines (before exemplifide ) balk the Center,buttouch the Angle-lines,fo this balks the Angles,but not § Center. But were it fer vpon the fame Axel as now it hath , and extended the longeft way of his pofition,it fhould one way bea partion per palesandthe, other a sfupe Pe Me get ena. OOP ARMORIES Wg" bend. This line it-felfe is feene in a Gyron of od pieces, but neuer fingle , and therefore being in compofition onely , I may yet. demurr vppon the admittance therof,as an exception againft the rule of Pertéegents in generall. E. The matter of Lines in Armes doth(I fee) extend it felfe far , and (as pertaking the fubtilities of Evciips Geometrical Llements)is inuolued, and manyfold. . A. You may well fay fo, for that we haue al this while handled only certaine fingle,and more ptin- cipall Lines. ~ 3 The Contents. x. Parts of lines pertranfient , azdpertingent. 2. Their more common caufes.3.And chief properties. 4. Aline for enery day according to that of APEL- LES.. 5. sr EVSTACE Staydawhile from analyfing the premiffes. 6. Cafualty, ey Fortune im Armories. 7. Blazon referred to blazoners. 8. Single Lines not fubiect to that cafmsltie. 9. Double Lines dinided. 10. Parallels , Diallels, and Neutcrs. eal Cu ap. 2% P2ti‘<éié«CU sitar’ 108 - E.. It remayneth now that you teach me (if you pleafe ) the doétrine of the other member, or _ branch in your firft diftribution , concerningathe parts of Pertranfients, anduPertingents. | A. The Doétrine is fhort, and eafie , for fuch Lines haue one chiefe property:, that they ever make an Angle inthe fheild, as here : But being drawn thsousls they for the more part’: difcouer them-felues to bee but parts , or begin- nings of other Armorial bodies, by imitation, . defe@,or redundance.As,draw the half lines or /e- midiameters of the, firk quite through the fheild,.. theybeget this firft mixt partitio,& then(in the fe- céd)by extending the chewern-lines into the chief points THEELEMENTS i : : ‘ i! q { ' ; Hh ee —- points parize per faltozr, is produced,as followeth. E. Inthis place therefore you make thefe /ersz- diametrs to bee parts of Lézes, which meeting in the Efcucheon,and neere fome part of the midft thereofjor in the midft it felfe, bring forth an An- gle,or rather a quadrangular, or triangular Pro- _ portion,as the place will beare. - A. Soas thefe parts of Liwes entire ( contraric tothe nature of Pertranfients, and Pertingents) — doe each of them touch his fide onely of the Shield,and withal, either fettlein the very midft of the Armes, or fall thort thereof, or other-wife fhoote by it, or laftly touch an Angle : which isa _ property onely feene (fo farre as I remember) ina Guffet, or 4, Gyron, which Gyron ishalfe aCabe , or “ne eS 5 GR ag OTHE ELEMENTS glk qnarter cut off by an oblique or diagonal line } as followeth. 3 E. Tere is no part of this your laft Paragraph, er Section , which needs not very particular de- ‘ | monftration,before I can be made capable there- | of, it hath fo many foulds , for which I doubt not sg there will bee atime. In the meane feafonI per- | ceine that thisidoétrine will affoord a line for euery day in the yeare, fo as none need paffe con- traryto the great Painters precept , who bad no day fhould paffe without a line. : A. Heere then fhall bee the period of my pre- fenthandling the Element of lines, {o farre as they : are Elementarze in the firft degree , for youfeeme : weary. - E. At no hand ( good Sir Evs +a cz) vnleffe the matter ftretch it felfe no farther.Butto letyou vaderftand how J profit , I will drawe a Tat/e or | OR NOG ERS. Sey Avalyfis ofthis which you haue already delivered: A. Doethat hereafter when you come to the cloze,which now after a fhort {traine, or two,will be prefently. Now that you may vnderftand how cafualry workes in all things,behold it {pareth not _Armortall lines , which are cut off fome-time,be- fore they can arriwe at any fide of the Shield. E. Fortune (as the vulgar phrafe is)which {ports her felfe with the Owners , and: Lords of Coate- Armours,may very wel make bold with the notes of honor which they beare : Nor abludeth it from conueniencie, that if men fuffer her force in their — lines, Sheilds and Armories fhould not claime a priuiledge aboue them. A. Of that maim’d, or truncked kinde,are this, and the like, ae ai E..Whatcallyouthis? a tole io er ee _ Ae A. Remember I proteft againft encroachment, but referre you for B/azonto Blazoners,the termes of that Art being of no vfe in confiderations fuch as thefe , which fet not downe the things them- {elues as they are Armories, but by abftraGtion of Elements from Bodies , do giue examples as they primitiuely concurre.to their Belts , Which fub- tilize the witte,, and formalize the obie&: There- fore to comprehend. the Particulars.of one nature vnder their more generall , fubalterne, or other kindes, doth exact words fitte for fuch purpofes, which wanting (as they are) muft of neceffitie bee deuifed, and impofed, or the Arte beé lame in that point. Blazoners call chat Bearing, or Charge in Armes,an Hamed, or Humet. But Single Lines are neuer fubiect to this violence,or cafualtie, where- of wee fpake before, but onely the double , which are either Parallel, Interfecaut,or xeyther. E, Which double Lines are Parallel , or fellow in Armories? A. Thofe which are fuch in other fubie@s,as in the Sphzre.In Armories they are thefe,& the like e, a ee ee be ee ee = Se” tg a ee oe a, a swhich fide one by the other without meeting ac. cording to the true property of Parallels , which smay in other wordes be called geméne/s or twins. E. Which Armorial lines are Jeterfecant? A.As Parallels are commonly Pertingents only, fo fingle Interfecants are senerally Pertranfients{o in the former examples which I gaue you of Para- lels,you fee they are Pertengents. Interfecants be - Pertranfients which crofle onethe other , and:are thefe,or the like. ee om EL Bue ~ yg: «THE ELEMENTS. E. But are there fome entire armorial’ Liyes: which be neyther Paral/e/,nor aterfecant, and yet: are pairs? | A. There are,as in the former example of par- tie per pile in points you may perceiue , for there: the Lives meet , and therefore are not parallel, though pairs,and yet croffe not one the otherjand therefore are not smter/ecant., which confiderati- ens belong to the generation, or compofition of Armories , and are there,notheere,to bee cntrea- ted off. The f Ss < . SS x eee ee bance Teo ean ORRRMORIES amg _ The Contents. 1. The Maister'called back to enghilhhimfelfe about the caufes of fome Armorial bedtes. 2..A Can- ton one of them. 3. aPile another. 4. Syr EV- STACES fuppofal of anabortionin Art. — CHAP. 22. EVSTACE, =I Yr, I pray let meecall you backe | gl to englifh your felfe , where tea- A) ching the parts of Liwes you {aid » \2ai that the Armoriall bodies which z) peter made were parts , or begin. AS} nings of other Ariowial bodies, r deduced how-foeuer one out of the other. A. Your felfe wileafily be able to anfwer your felfe when you hall hereafter know what figures, and proportions the {kil ofcommendable Armo- ries doth admit. For whatis a Caston but a Quar- _ tar contracted,or abridged? : oO 03: aa NTS. And this,as I take it,is an Armoriall bodie drawne: froma Quarter by defe& , or imitation, orboth: Wales... E. How is one of thofe leffe Armorial bodies . whereof you {pake made by redundance? : A.-That may appear vnto youina péle,as I con- ceaue, for the pile-dines {hooting on eyther fide, . & beyond the fe//e or midle point,& meeting after- ward together .vnder the sonbrzl, or bafe of the _ fefé 5 yet not extended to the loweft , or bafe: point of the fheild, creat anew Armorial figure by E.Of- redundance. ee “. SOWARMORIES: = ogy E. Of what Armorial body feemes this a redun- dance ? A. Of a Gyron,or the like. E. It feemes to me that it may be by defea, af well as by redundance..For where ( like nature failing of her end ) thefe lines fall fhort of the loweft point of the fhield, called the bafe, orlaft point, and clozing before their time beget this figure , which ( otherwife ) running Para/le/, and equidiftant from their beginning would produce a pale,fo may this pé/e appeare,in the finall inten- _tionof failing Art,to bee.a pale abortine , or mif- catrying. 7 | rpabea - A. Sauing the honour of your.wittie error the pale is an Armorial] body of it felfe. Q;3 The a8 THE ELEMENTS, » - The Contents, 1. The intended matter of Lines at an end. 2 A4l/ their forts not regularly comprehenfible. 2. The linearie premiffes begun to bee recapitulated. — 4. Complemental paffages betweene the two Knights. 5.The Maifter findes fault, and fupplies the wants.6.The foft-wax table of memory.7.The neceffary ufe of certaine markes upon the Slate, with fundry methodicall confiderations alike ne- ceffarie. Cuap, 23. EVST ACE. a eel He matter of Lives is riow,it fhould = d bel fecme,at an end. 5 aq, A. The intended mater ( thatis, ===" Jineal part q the facultie)is at an end, But thefe Zizesof which hitherto wee haue ena treated , are onely fome of the maine , for exam- ples fake brought hither,andwhichthe Spantsy Herald very often blazeth by the name of Perfil (as \3: | 20 [bow how they are-clementary tothe Y y _(asis faid) or as wee fay Purft,or, Argent’, Sabie, ) or fo forth. , ee. E. Then belike there are more Lives of al forts. in Armories? | A. There are more,& thofe not comprehenfible. within thefe rules. For neyther:can Lyon, nor Eagle nor Tree , nor Flowers,nor any other di-. {tinct reprefentation be expreft in Armories with- out Lives , eyther drawne or conceaned , ac- cording to that which wee haue heere-tofore de-. linered.. Stak __ E. Shall I nowe recapitulate the poyntes of this as itwereGeometricall Element of Ay-~ Mor 1es> A. Very willingly , and as you go make demon-- Srations-vpon this S/zte.. ; E. Firft therefore it is plaine that Zépes are a ptincipal Element of Armorztes , in which they are eyther-fraight,or crooked. The ftraight are diredt,. orobligue ,. and againe ,. the oblzque are eyther: Straight,or crooked. | A. Thus far your memory. can fuftaing no re- proach. , ; E. Crooked-are manifold,as thus,.and thus, and. thus. : A. Hetherto the mute Site fhall.witneffe with - you againft forgetfulneffe. E. Lawes by a fecond diuifion of yours are one, or more then one in an Armes, A. Show how. E.0 120: THE ELEMENTS. |. _ BO (Syt Amtas ) did you nor adiourne the de- monftration of that part to another time? andI am but your nce! which naturally can mount no higher then the head from whence it came. . | A. You haue too great a memory not to bee dangerous. / : E. For all that you will not me thinks forbear to {peak things worthy of table-books , and the Be - nextmornings meditation. | A. Mean-while(for I acknowledge no fuch hap- pineffe)runne ouer the reft of the lecture oflines, if you pleafe. ~ 'B. As ambitioufly, affure your felfe, as if the Chair became my fkill. 3 Lines therfore , you farther faid, were eyther Pertranfient in the nature of déameters ( and of thofe Pertranfients youremembred no greater a number then foure)or elfe Pertingent, as thus, and thus. You alfo toucht fome {peciall properties of them all , handling by the way fome other things, and concluding that Lzzes in compofition ( which : part you did alfo put ouer, as more proper to bee A taughtin another place ) were eyther parallel , 27- \ terfecant,or neutral. . } A. Herelike a young Courfer that hath no cer- tainepace,you fhufile. Iftherfore you will render your felfe fufficient for the vnderftanding of mo- niments Armorial ,it would behoue you tofpell, - andconne them throughly,and often,andthatryou may do jtwiththe more effe&, my felfe will nor faile | j Aa ee a eee ee ae OL ER ES REO OS EN ee ee ey a. Pe Wigs aes at Se ; i) ‘ : ; - ‘Eule . OFARMORIES, 323 E. Itis a fingular good courfe,anda fire, ‘for the foit-wax cable of memory retaines net with- out fealing, and nothing is worth attention which is not worth remembring . But why have you noted.fome with Afterisks , or Starrulets > fome with hands pointing ? and others with trefotds A. Eucry Starracet Thowes apaffing,or tranfiti- on from one different matter to. another , accord- ingto.our difcourfe it felfe , where-were fundry branches, exceptions, and theorems. The margi- _ nall hands fhow, that at the Efcucheon to which they feuerally point,begins a generall comprehen- fion of all the particulars of one nature, which fol. low betweene that hand, and the next, and is a more light then in the handling was giuen. For of thofe Elementary Limes ( and primely Elementall are none:but the fingle) which we haue exempli- fied,the firft fort are Elementall, and confiderable in regard of their forme, as frraight,crooked:Thofe of the fecond degree are Lives confiderable in this Element in regard of their pofition, or manner of placing in Efcucheons,as déreé# , and cblique,or,as in the more;or leffe length of theirduéture. The third,and laft are /ves confiderable ‘in regard-of their pluralitie, and therefore worthely adiourned to bee difcourfe for the.Fabrick , or compofitine part of Armes, or Armories, in which they mixe, and concurre to the enfhaping of proportions _and figures vpon Shields. _ are | : “eh E.Where- / JE. Wherefore ferue the Trefoils? A. To fignifiefuch examples as are occafional, and come in but vponthe by : As partie per pale embatteled ( for fo much therein as concernes the formes, or affections of /éves’) is comprehended withinthe Avgalar,andis nota fort of it félfe: So the two Efcucheons which do immediatly follow the two Pertingents of the fecond fort, that isto fay parts of Pertingents , are to fhow (as before . they did fhow): how they become Pertranfient.. Yet the former diuifions hold: For all betweene: _ band and hand are in one predicament of Armory,. and euery Starrulet is the figne ofa different mat- ter: The exceptions , and incidencies beforefaid, being moft aptly notwithftanding comprehenfi- ble-vnder their fenerall heads; E. The Element of lines thus happily finifhed, the moft beautifull Element of colours, doth next. _ prefent itfelfe to handling. The Contents... ti Admired Pu ax 0 vouched for entrance into the 5 Element of colours. 2.why colours are elementall toArmories.3. Armorial colours two-fold.4.The _ vulgar error of bearing in proper. 5. Seauen chiefe Armoriall colours. 6. The Adaifter doubt- . fullhow to mar{ballthem. 7. Nwtiquitres for the honor of “White colour out of Prato and Sveronivs. 2. Rare fcorne of humane pride uk of colours, one very late of Aspara the | me | Morifco Re tS Morifco Emperour. 9. National as well as per {o- + pallre[pects in the vfe of colours. 10. Twoconfide- rations in the mar{balling of Armorial colours. 11. IVLIVS SCALIGER bow/d with ARI- STOTLE., 12, The Armes cf Deétor B AR- TOLYV S one of the firft gowne-men which bare any. 13. Certaine {eales of colours. 14. The diffe- rences betweene two Authors cited inthofe fcales, and the reafon.15. Concerning the place of Gules, and Azure. Cc HAP. 24. AMIA S. tenageeet Hite (faith Pt ax o)isthe fitteft co- i‘ ©, Bot SA Ee light, and gracefulneffe, and therfore gladly vie that fentence of his as a garland , to. adorne the entrance of this part of our difcourfe concerning Armorial colours. E, You hane done well,and I rife vp in honour » ofhis memory. | A. The beautifull,and vitall Element of colour isin hand. But before ( eyther with Paro , or any one)we define which colour is beft,let vs nor vaikilfully ouerflip the handling of fuch matters. as ought neceflarily precede. . | You are therefore (as a generall rule ) to re- R3 member. ree OF ARMORIES. : a a 126 THE ELEMENTS ¢member that by the word Colour ,1 vaderftand all forts of coloursin Armes, aswell as thofe whieh _are called metalls, as the reft. For gold, and- filuer doe but im better ftuffe exprefle the tin@- ares which they hold, and ye/fow hath precedence of white rather for the dignity of the metal] which fets it forth ,. thenas itis a colour 5 in re- {pect whereofit is not comparable to the chaft, and virgin purity of white. E. Why are colours elemental! to Armes? A. For that as /énes gine them fhape,or circum- cfription,fo without Co/ouz (as hath bene faid)they neyther haue life, nor diftinGion. E. Haththe naturall Philofopher, who teacheth the caufes , and generations of colours any em- ploymentin this fubie@? bee A. Wharliberall profeffion hath not > but yet not in every time,or place,and therefore not now, norhere,no more then their materials, as ceruffe, lamp-blackvermilion,and the like: Becaufe thofe colours are only for our turne which already haue: their beeing, and are agreed Vppon incommon practife. see E. How many C4rmeriall Colours are there then? : | A. All colours vpon occafion bee vfedin Ar- _ monies, as the thing which is to bee painted doth require. “Therfore all colours are armoriallinthe Jargeft fenfe, which you may eafily perceiue in thofe fheildes where the Charge being of feuerall colours(as.a Peacock,a Culser,a Cameleon, a Rain- bow, : OF ARMORIES. ey, bow,or the like)is fet forth according to life, which as feldome,foitis of little grace in Armory,whofe liking is chiefly of thofe which beeing principall, and Colzurs.asit were of them-felues are withall: moft different one from:-the other. Of them(as’ the humors of this artificial bodie)it is enough if” we deale onely with fuch as-are mof noble , end” ~ vfuall,which are feawen.- For that the bearing of things in their proper colours fhould be beft, as it. is Lconfeffe fomewhat commonly held , fois ita common errour , and but among the Commons, becaufe thofe of the Vpper-houfe of {kill knowit is far otherwife,the reafons of Armes,and Nature being fo different...A blew,or gteeric Lyon(which are as improper colours for that beaft as can bee) are of better bearing thena naturall : How-beit if chat vulgar conceit haue any ground, itis inthe | vie of the predominant colour of a creature whofe image is borne in Armories; as a golden Lyon ra- therthen any other , becaufle.re/ow is predomi-' nant imhim. So that at moftit can be faid, That creatureiis ’ . beft borne, or borne in his moft dignity, which is aduanced in the. predominant colour thereof, . which alfo I muft demurre vppon, for I beleeucit. not yet,and the reafon will appeare elfewhere,for this is bucby the way, ee Bt Ew... Which then are the /eauen chiefe Arimoré- all Colours? A.1am troubled at your queftion,as notknow- ing which to fet downe firft, the ‘order in naming ~ nn OR them. | THE ELEMENTS them is fo diuerfe, and in the march of Armes to rrefpaff? againft true Marfhalling is an errour waichI am not willing to committe. To make Antiquity arbitrefle of this difference will perhaps not ferue,becaufe cuftome ( which hath domini- on ouer matters of this kind)hath preuayledto the contrary,our whole fpeech being but of the chief rmoriallcolours. Praro(laying white alide,as a facred colour , and fymbolicallie referued to the feruice of powers diuine ) leaues all thereftvnto vs for militarie Enfignes. Among the Romans it had. fignification of foueraignty it felfe, for (as itis in Sverontvs ).a crowne oflaurel bound-. vp with alabel,or riband of white, and fer vpon a ftatue of the firft perpetuall Didtator Ivuivs Cea-: saR,the Tribunes commanded the faid lace , or la- belto betaken away , and the fellowto bee put in prifon , as one who hadtherein gone about to erect aKing,and fo far as was in him proclaymed Ceasansa matter as then high treafon againft the State. Domrrtan in like fort for that his brothers fonne in law had AMbatos minifiros. tooke it very haynoutfly, as ifby the vfe of thatco- | lour were ambitioufly implide a pretenfe , or right to fhare inimperial dignity,chaftifing itther- fore with Homer's pits Tea yalo? inferring Riedl Wier 5h. 27) o ae eS ertet oe ee ee eee eee eee is ene as abe hs ane ro PR OT eee r * ‘ x e 4 TRO Tg Ce ERE ee ~ OFYARMO'RIESS ~ gag inferring that as many Kinges marr'd all , there ought to be but one 5 fo thathis Nieces hufband mednt to. thake! ones: sty, s5 102 Slonw 216 ay © Of thefe and the like were novend’, andiyet the refent controuerfie of precedence in colours fhould reft vndecided. Which if atiy man ‘fhall defpife; hee doth not know that nothing is of fo final moment(whichT fpeake*not as ‘a ‘matter for men to bee proud of , orwhereiii they hatieéatife to glory)which is fitfor-vs Mortals to contemne, whofe moft weighty enterprizes by acolour , a ¢ fhadow,or leffe, are not feldome interuerted ‘or ¢ i {waid,to the fingular fcorne both of humanéwife- ,, a dome,and:of what their other forcefo-euer.° .,. ‘We heue heard of a King who feeing the fhippe ~ wherein his fonne went vppon the dangerous ad. venture of pint the Minoravr of Crevrz, returne with blacke fayles,as it went forth (the co- lours of victory beeing forgotten to be difplaid.as was agreed)impatiently , and fodainly deftroyd him-felfe ; as {uppofing him to.bee flaine. : - Freth accidents are moft forceable. Very lately in Barsary a white fkarcrow was ynoughto ftartan Emperour from his imperial -feat,and make him ta flye. Thus it hapned, Inthe late famous furies of that country betweene the ‘three brethren, Hamer Bosonns their coufin made _ head for him-felfe,and drew toward Marocco or - Morvecos the principal citty,not far from from. _ which, Aspexa lay incamp,from whence a fellow being feen vppon an hil with afpearinhishand, ear $ . and =i %so00f,i(sC TH EE“ ELEMENTS. and a whéte wnen vpon it as a flag the Emperour Aspera thought Hamer Bosonne to bee at hand with his whole force,where-vponin al haft takin, vp fom ofhis'Tents, but the greater part left ftan-- ding she fearefully ranne away : And what was this. terrible apparition do you imagine? a poore Mors wafhing his napery:,.and for the fpeedier drying thereotevfing his {peareito hang it sin the funne. . Let examples pafle : who:fees not the naturall ef. fe of colours > At the: approach of light whofe - ~ fenfes are not cheared?In darkneffe who feeles not « __ akinde of horror? Haue the: white of a delicate ~ facejandthe blaskneffe of-a Necro alike admitz - “tance to.our eye?or allowance in the minde? What : ~ innumerable. affections are raifed-in the foule by : colours, alladmirers of beauty cantell , andI fee - not what the pride of life is more ambitious -in;or. - ftudious for, witnefle the maru aylous valuationg - ‘of pearlesand {tone (chiefly forthe various fhine - oftheir colors,their lufter,or water as they cal it)y - pompe of cloathes,the ornament of building,and: - innumerable other:All which arevntothe blind . worth nothing indeed, but to thofewho-hane . the vfe of fight ,:a maine caufe why they defire tov line and bee. - é Symbolical philofophy will teach vs -wonders: - concerning thefe,and othermaters. .WWho dares: in TyRK1Iz weate greene ; the colour of Ma- qxomer , buttheSvz rawhim-felfe.or thofe of’ his bloud?He that had liued when ved,and whitein - 4 the like-colour'd rofes were fatall to the royall fa... econ ea / milies = Be SY ee eee ae Re eS (aves... Sieh ai Bae Ee ees Mh HE POR ee ae Bi Lek. —. S So. > eee > Ce = Page ey 2 OF ARMO’RIES. | BI ‘milies of Enc anv , would haue beene very loath. to haue encountred with his contrary colour vp- pon difaduantage. white, and deck long ‘tharra+ {ed {ome parts of Ivaxte in the famous fadtions of Brancet., and Neat. It was :but onely' a falfe feare which Commings in his eighth book writes that his Frencawere put into .by the white bane ner of aprincipall Leader of itheirs 5 the fame ha: uing beene vied by che Maraves:of Mantvatheir enemie. The particular preference which is gi- _ uentothis, or-that colour,aboue thereftby feue- _ -rall perfons, how, or whence dothit.come:? That - there isa -nationall as wellias .a:perfonal refpe& carinot be deny'd., and colours rather‘then other _ are vulgarly appropriated to {pecial vies , as fym- Dolical tothem,fo far forth as.akinde of fuperfti- tion is growne vppon the auoyding , for you thal feldome fee a Bridegroome wed in-yel/ow, or aifor= faken Louer walkein blew. To mourne in biehis as nationall a cuftome,as for the graue , andciuil. to go therein. Who fees: not what .a’religion there is,as it were, in the vfecof colours? At’ 2. _ Saint Georess feaft,atilt,or triumph no man will ufurpe his Maiefties knowne colours.yel/ow & red. Is there a gratious feruant in Court who will dareto mount any other Colour into his hat, then that which his Lady , andMiftrefle beftap~ proues,and vfeth?There is fearce any Noble per- _fonwho doth not affe& one colour, and prefer it _ ‘before another in his fanfie,though him-felfe can _tender no-reafon for it. bedi: $2 de 13 THE ELEMENTS. ( In the marfhalling of armorial colours two confie derations therfore I recommend vnto you: The firft.is as they are colours naturally, the fecondas they be of eftimation in refpe@of things reprefen- ted, Inthe firft confideration white , and black are by all the more learned , agreed vppon as chiefe: So Prato;fo Arisroriz , fo toconclude, all Phy- fiologers teach ; Butl teach not youwith Ivuvs. ScaiicEn toi taxe great Anisyorrs,for faying that blacke ‘was the priuation of white. Thefe two colours,as they are moft different, fo haue they - their feueral excellencies awarded,as the heads, or - comimori: parents from which all the reft are dia- {taritin greater,or lefle proportion ,anfwerable to their participation with eyther.. In the fecond: confideration,colours are to be refpected. as they reprefent other things,in which regard whire hath not precedence. ‘This -diftinion is infifted vpon. by the moftrenowned Czwé/an;Barrowvs,in that litle treatife which he left vnto vs of Armes 5 and Enfignes , occafioned perhaps for that him-felfe. had this coatarmour 265 Saag pm we Se = aed 2 ey sy Sec - oe = ee Zor _ OF-ARM (i EG CEI Z Raia pI IP CO. FZ giuen to him by the Emperour Carolus Quarta $ of whofe priuie Councell hee. was, ands the firft of Gown-nen whom we fhall readily: finde (as Ibe- leeue) that had honor done vnto him in that kind, - which was but in the yeare of our Lord God, MCCCXLYVI.. To {wearue from his authority vpon greater reafon, or authoritie , can carry with it the leffe note , for that hee was a Lawyer, noran Armorift , and for that him-felfe furuiued not the ublication thereof,which was done by his fonne- in-law after his death,and therefore may feeme to - haue wanted the laft perufal. And this ( for honor ws, of the man ) I thought to fore-warne, leaft (as may fall out ) wee fhould in fome things decline . his iudgment,as not onely in marfhalling the fea- ven chiefe Armoriall colours, but in other things likewife , wherein (wee prefume) his fpeculations ~ were not beyond all others. Come wee now at S 3 laft Le ORTES” ° ighy eae — ee igi iy 1334 THE ELEMENTS. Jaft to the prefent matter of their order, which ac- cording to the former confiderations , is among the Maifters very diuerfe. i _E. As how? or among which ofthem-? A.V pt1on aCanon of Saram and wells,in his learned worke of Armes , dedicated to his Lord, and Patton Hvmeurey Duke of Grovces- 7 ER,cites them otherwife thenGzrarp Letcn, who fimplie hath the moft, and Beft colleGtions for Blazon, and notwithftanding his Pythagora- | cifms in affecting certaine numbers , and his no good choife in matters of Antiquitie ) doth beft _apply him-felfe to the capacitie of a learner , who is ignorant in other good letters. Bosvvaxrt in one placefollowesGzirarvLaicu,butlounx de Scohier Beaumontois differs from them all, and other Maifters(as Sir] on n Fer ne Knight) haue their peculiar marfhallings.. The three firft Ihave’ thought good to comprehend in this figure of fundry {cales, | BA Es, z E —BBue ee a. ee ne Rag, Bey * eS OF ARMORIES:° 35, =: pay ; E.Butwhatfayyour* | A, Firft,obferue wherein they differ,and where- in they agree. About the place of metals there is no altercation,for all giue praecedence to gold , as to the more worthy mettall,but about the colours. they varie: For Vp row affignes the third place to C4zure , which Lzren,and ScouteR doe pofte into the fourth: Veron enftalleth gules inthe fourth; Ler1cu,and Sconter inthe _ third: Parple, according to Vp on is fifth,but — according to Lac and a ONTER, ee | -Saiape ~) a : yt. 1 2s W6060Cti“‘<‘éz THREES ELEMENTS. — In Vert,Vpton,jand Lerc wdoe accord: Sableis — putlaftby Veron,whichLetonthinkes worthy to bee fifth. E.May Veron, and Laren bee reconciled ornoe — A. The matter is to be fetcht fom-what farther of,thatis, you muft firft confider them fimply,and as of themfelues for colours,in which fenfe Verow rather fpeakes , then as they are‘in Armories,, in _which fenfeGsrarpv Leic n: and fo, they two hauing their feuerall reafons , their feuerall mar- _ fhallings may be defended. ._E. How doe you confider them as they are colours? ! | A. white certainly is in his proper nature moft | excellent,as being moft pure and {plendent. For it is plaine that Ye//ow hath fom-whatin it lefle pure, and is a degree ( though et the next degree ) to white,and as for the third place which isby Veron given to blew, and byLetcu to redde,Veton, | who knew much better the reafons,andcaufesof colours , did fee that a bright b/ew had more of whitein it then reddehad,& redde , though avery bright colour , yet participated more ye/low then blew hath, yet becaufe it hath moft of the fecond - colour,and confequently not any thing of white but fecondarily, therefore did Vp x on followin the order of nature marfhall b/w third, and G s- Ranrv Le1cGu hauing reference to the dignitie of Yellow, as it is expreftin mettal,placed redde,where - farre more learned Veron putteth b/ew,whichis 6 2 eae inthe third place, as alfo renowned Barrorvs, though not in.refpeét of it felfe (as Veron _ doth difpofe thereof) but in regard of the aér which it figureth. | The Contents. 1. Concerning the place of Purple. 2.Vp 10 w in one re[pect preferred before Lat Gu in the mat- ter of colours..3. Yellow-not aduanced aboue white,s# regard of ét felfe. 4. Cxfarean Lawyers commended. 5. Doctor Barr o Lvs not diligent, nor exact 1 Avmoriall colours. In how many forts their precedenty is confiderable.7.Sir Ev ac¥ fpaved as a learner. Cuap. 25. EVST ACE. Am fatisfide in this, fo farre as con- cernes the reconciliation , or reafon of thofe two firft Authors Vp row, and 2 Leicu in their firtt difference . The fecond difference is about Purple, which in Vp- + ons Obelisk, or Scale is fifth , but inLetcus feauenth. | 4. There is no doubt but that Vp + o nwith good’ iudgment did marfhall it fo , confidering his . {wafion of their order in nature. For yedde bee- - ing with him the meane, and equidiftant colour Ria in Re MORIES, = 137 ‘ 138 THE ELEMENTS. in the faid order , betweene the two extreames of. white, and b/ack , whatcan bee more aptly placed’ then purple next to red? for fomuch as purple hath init akind of deepnefle,which makes it incline to adegree of. black. 3 E. Doe you ‘thinke that Ve+ow had as good: reafon for the other particulars in his Seale of colours? A. Altogether as good, confidering his perfwa- fion of the order of co/owrs in nature. , E.. Then. you preferre his iudgment before Letcus. in the firft confideration,though it fhould feeme that euen his Seale alfo doth not meerly, and _ purely anfwer.the faid confideration,forfomuctras whitebeing according to naturel, the-moft excel- lent of cosours,hath net priority of ye//ow,'which it ought to haue,being of it felfe pondred, V prow refpecting the honour of the metall which ye//ow: reprefenteth, or in which it is-reprefented , and therefore his marfhalling is not fimply naturall.. A. Your obferuationis true,and by the leaue of Cinilians (an order of men which nghdy inftitu-. ted is able.and worthy to gouerne the world ) I will adde fomewhat farther concerning Bart o- uv s: who making his diftinG@ion of colours as we | - haue.done , and firft ¢ which alfo faGious me- : thodifts would carpe as prepofterous ) declaring which colours are in his opinion moft noble in refpect of things which they reprefent, infteed of profecuting the other. member of his. dinifion, that is to fay ,infteed of fhowing which colours Pog a are. ~ OF ARMO’RIES. » 139 are moft noble in refpect of themfelues, makes fome of vs doubt whether hee hath therein per- formed any thing at all,or not confounded the fe- cond member with the formoft. For comming to that point thus hee difputes, as Licht is mos noble (faith hee ) fo her contrary , which is darkeneffe , is most bafe,then in colours as they are to bee con- fidered as of them-felues,( for that is the point) Color albus eff nobilior guia magis appropingsat luct. If therefore (6 renowned Barrotys ) white is more noble., (as you affirme ) for the more nearenefle which it hath to light, then it isnot in refpect of it felfe more noble , but in refpe& of that more neerenefle (thatis , in refpeé of ano- ther ) and fo wee feeme to-bee forfaken by you inthis fecond point: For neither is light,nor dark- nefic a colour, nor meafuring caufes of the dig- nities of colours, nor was it the queftion which .of thei two was moft noble, but whether this , or that colour. Yea, a curious fifter might hazard all the firft diuifion by this, or make a fight betweene them.,I meane betweene the ‘firft, andthis: For if there bee but one rule of precedence in co- lours , as they are confiderable in refpe& of things which they refemble , or allude vnto ac- cording to the firft diuifion , then eyther white is chiefe euen in that refpe@t , and to bee preferred before golden , purple , and a- zure, contrary to the collection which hee makes, 2 or tig THERE NTS _ orthis is no apt refemblance which is brought by _ him of Aight, and darkeneffe. But if there are two rules of fuch pracedencte, then certainly, colours as they are confiderable in refpect of others, are to bee confidered after a. double manner,euen accor- ding to the firft diuifion,the one manner {uperior, the other inferior , and-the fecond confideration. _ whichis of colours as they are of themfelues is to bee fought out in naturall Philofophie , not in re- femblance , nor allufions, But Imay not entangle: you at firft with thefe fubtilities.. The Contents.. 1. The Maifters great opinion of Purple.2.The won- derfull honor which Antiquitie had it in. 3.Con- zectures why that colour hath now loft the prece-. dence. 4. The admirable beautie [et forth by Hy-- perbole. 5. The Maifters wilh for refloring it to the antient glory. 6.The two vegetous foules of AYUB0r LE5.. C HAP. 26:. EVSTACE.. Las ie Ou fauour mee therein ( good Sir: VEX) Amtas ) therefore if you pleafe,. (sd and that the Entrance , Qu ,.and | Turne thereof bee yet, Iwould bee. pea ee aa a) acet glad. a i ast ee _ glad to vnderftand f{omewhat concerning-colours as they are in Armoties.. TA wots ek RS A. 1 affeét not the maintenance of forced para- doxes in matter concerning them , nevertheleffe before I entered farther I would gladly that pur- ple were reftored tothe owne places... E, Indeed I maruayle feeing the beft , and moft ancient Authors fpeake of purpéeas of an Imperi- al,and moft referued colour, peculiar to the Cxa-. sans , and other Soueraigne. Princes, how ichath loft the precedence? er A. Youmay wel fay it was peculiar indeed,when in the phrafe of Ivsrintans Cope, the fhel-fith ~ wherein.it grew is called /acer murex ; andthe crimeof vfing it incloak, or other garment by an. imperiall edict dated at Consranrinopte equalled. to treafon,andthe appropriation thereof to them ofthe bloud only,is honored therin with no mea- ner,nor lefle holy a word thé Dedication,which yet is but according to the Analogie of the whole vfe, if the colour were facred,nay; if] forget not great- ly,the State therein grew fo precife,that to vie but uards, laces , or f{trings dipt with that die wasca- pitall, though the great and glorious Emperour Ty sr+tntawnremitted therigour of thofe Edias made by his pradeceffors. | : The reafon why it hath loft pracedence is be-. caufe we haue loft the colour it-felfe,fince(as fom cainke)the Tvrxs haue come into pofleffion of the. fifhings at Tyre,and other places where the welks. or Shetfilb grew in which purple was found,or f T3 7” becaules 2 142 THE ELEMENTS. | becaufe though the fith bee not extinguifhed,yer the Art it felfe of drawing,and keeping it is veterly perifht:For itis not (Gop knowes) thatbaftard die whichis in Grocers tarnfol , a mixture of ver- million,and blew-blifse, or cynaber,or the colour in violets,but a moft pretious,bright and admirable; which faith Panceroitvs ) isnow to bee onely gheft atin the‘lrattan ielliflowre,& feemes notin fome iudgementstobee that of the amethift ; but that ofthe Rubée, Pyropus or Carbunele,or (as faith Barrotvs ) of Elementall fire, or rather of the Empyrean heauen it felfe. | - If the true,and Tyatan purple were not Joft, I perceiue you would notfeare to aduance it in dig- nitie aboue white and yellow, that is aboue the me- tals in Armories,go/d and jilwer. A.L durft certainly. But forfomuch as thofe colours are inthe Court of honour exempt from thename,and nature of colours , beeing the vege- tatiuefoules of Armories , and fo reputed , wee put them apart as agreed vppon for the purpotg _ of Armorie. 7 : The om 1 | ES ene eae ate ee ae. a. ee ss “- | cf OPERMOWIESE. 143 The cones: best « Of fable and white the two extremes of colours. 2. Their order in nature not the rule of their dig- nity. 3. BARTOLVS. wheretz ignorant. 4SCALIGERS (cale of colours.5 which are the baft Armories. 6. The reafon of Armes , and nature is dinerfe.7. Of the Roman Eagle. 8. The fame imperial Bird with two heads found borne in- - remote Antiquity. 9. The dignity of Sable. to!Praecedence captions. 11. Reflections uppor the humors of the Tame. 12.-Of Azure ana the. place thereof: : C wap. 27. EVST ACE. » Rand Cérgent , and their co § lours yellow and white beeing. my agreed vppon(as you fay ) and yg their places refting out of con- 4oy trouerfie, the dignity of metral. . 5 J carrying it from the priority in. nature,or excellécy in that refpe&,feeing alfo that the true Srpontan,or Tyntan parple is loft,though yet it retains an opinio ofroyall eftate,or Maiefty, - what. is your conceipt of the reft in the {cale of colours ,thatis to scouamiee Fld > & Vert, ae 2 SF aR THE ELEMENTS or how-foeuer otherwife you or others pleafe to marfhal them? uy A. Iwill tellyou. Nothing is more plain (as I fuppofe ) then:that b/acke is, as it were, the ba/s- or pedeftal of colours, and white the crown-point, or toppe,there being akinde of leuities befide pu- rity in the one,and an heauinefle , or obfcurity in the other,whste(according to books , andreafon) being capable of all colours,and b/zck contayning all. And if in this {peculation we may faine a. fue- /um,and deor/um,an afcence, and defcence , an af- piting,andreft , a center anda fummitie,the {ame muft needs hold very well in d/ack, and white , and ‘in the relations which intermedious colours haue in their diftances, and mixtures with eyther. Verons fcale therefore (fauing in the precedence of yellow before white for the caufe before fayd) is beft fitted tothe order of Nature. You might afke now why the order ofsNature fhould not alfo be the order of Honor,and Dignity. But if that were fo then among al other incon- gtuities,/ab/e as it is the ba/is,or foote of colours, {fo fhould it alfo bee the bafeftin Armories, which Barro.vs( ignorant of Armorial {peculations,for ” now I am compelled to go fo farre) doth not ftick - to affirme. E. Andwhy is not I befeech you? A.For your better vnderftanding thereof put Verons {cale into a line, thus. < Or - OFARMORIES. = ig5_ orif cme will(with great learned Iyiivs ScautoeR ina philofophicall , fharpe, and clearkly manner’ _ difputing of colours)thus. | E. I thinke it beft. ; : A. Grant now that there aretwo termes , or éxe ) tremes of colours. | E. It is graunted. : : A. Grant alfo that the reafons of Csrmes , and Nature are feueral. eee E.Be it fo. ? Wyo 4 A. Then, as in nature there is no excellencie but in extremes, and as the final caufe of Armes _ is one principall rule of excellence in armorie, white beeing the one extreme, b/ack the others More-ouer the finall caufe of .4rmes: borne open- ly in the field, or elfe-where , beeing manifefta- tion, where b/ack for the folemne deepneffle there- ofis a colour alrogether as far to bee feene, ifnot farther then white , for which caufe alfo black ,and , , Vv bright s -. Mut ee SaaS 46 - THE ELEMENTS bright -in compofition are held’ the foueraigne fuperlatiues + our- vnderftanding therefore muft neceflarily bee conuinced., that in the Armoriall placings of colours, fable, next to the metalls,. is beft 5 no Herald ( asI take it ) doubting that thefe the prefent Armories of the Romaine Empire. x ‘ FPN ee ine = ee Knee are for fuch and other goodreafons, accordingto: Blazon, cheife. | | _-E, Tcould with a very good will ftep afide heere | into a queftion, or two if you would allow there- of, vpor occafion of this double-headed Bird, for that though you holdit fo excellent, yet to mee (in thejrudenefle of my nouicefhip ) it feemes anonftrous and vnnaturall.. | A. I maruaile not if it doe: But this example i ane y. “ORARMORTES! pg may confirme vnto you that faying which I but lately vied, to weet,that eas of Armorte and Nature are feverall,in the one fignification is lookt — for,proprietie-in the other. You cannot but haue heard the caufe.of thisB earing. The Eagle was the Enfigne of a Legion, and as you may fay the Standard, vnder which many figva , or inferior (Banners wee cannot call them ) but Enfignes did march,as belonging to the feuerall bands,or com- panies of Soldiers comprehended in that Legion. The Eagle was alfo the Symbol,andreceiued Hie- roglyphick ( fo te fay.) or Armes of the Empire, which being dinided by the Emperour C o n- $T AN TiNz(vpon the tranflation of the Imperi- allfeate from Roms to ConsTANTINOPLB) into the Eaft,and Weft Empire , gaue caufe (as it - isin tradition) of bearing this lo v1ax bird thus SNemieane with the.addition of a neck, and head, as looking to the two oppofite coafts of the R o- man.e world, Howbeit 1 do not wonder if to you it feeme vnkindly, and prodigious, hauing read in an Epiftle of Baarvs Rutnanvs, that fome did heretofore labour the Emperour Max im1r- Lian, to abolifh the bearing of the.double-headed Eagle for euer, asa montfter, but that ( asthe Pro- viethe is ) fome were found wifer then fome,wher- by the facred Romane Empire was preferued from being fpoild by the ignorance ofa few,of an Enfigne,or Symbol fo renowned. I could rather wonder atthis Shield, V2 wherein wherein alfo is anEagle like to the former , and found engrauenin the column of Anronxtnvs at Rome, which column was raifed long beforé Consranrine was borne , or any fuch diuifion of the Empire thought vppon,or thought more tol- - lerable then it was in the old common-weal to: Jeaue old Rome for Aisa. Ivstvs. Lipstvs thinks that the foldier ( for it was a priuate deuife)who bare this fheild,was ofa Legion made out oftwo,for that twoEaglesfeem MIXt as itwereinone , nor haue Tin prefent any” better coniecturejto bring , though] wouldhee - had deliuered his conceipt what the Crowne ouer - Meiisttmeane. = See _ Neuertheleffe - geet ease Soka a OF ARMORIES. go Neuertheleffe it fhould appeare, that the motion which Ruzwawvs {peakes of, was not then firft made , for the Armories of Frrpertex the fe- cond,reuiuied among the reftat Wes tMINs TER and there written Emperour, haue it but with one head,and the fame feemes alike antiently painted, or ftained in the glafle window ouer it , and this was in the reigne of Henry the third King of Encranp, about foure hundrerh yeeres patt: Other take it to proceed out of the engrauers er- rour,or that hee was onely King of Ro man’s at the time of the Armories there cut , or painted, and confequently in right thereof had onely the Eagle: with the fingle head, but afterward (the writing being more eafily changedthen the fculp- ture )the Armories remaining {till the fame , hee had the title of Emperour added,as that which had " accrewed to him after their affixation , or fetting there . But I may not tolerate thefe or the like di- greffions: You fee therefore (contrary to Dogtor Barrotvs ) the caufe why Black, though the bajis of colours, is not yet the bafeft colour , but fhares with whzte, or hath the next roome there-- vnto. | it ite E. Ifyou were marfhall in the court of Armo- rie, I perceiue there would bee fome little alte- ration. . 7 | A. Sir,the mater of precedence is captious,and I would bee loath: to make a Grammar-watre in © Heraldrie. a | E, Is there any caufe of feare? : rat ee Ae as A. That-: \ ries) Riga a a 4358 - THE ELEMENTS A. That note ofa degenerous minde,is not too -anuch mine; howbeit, no man thinkes it {afe to offend many. E. Will any be offended? - A. May be that fome for theit own Coates fakes will complaine of iniury done to their colours. E. Indeed withas much caufe as aPoet may be challenged for his Idza, by {uch as acknowledge their owne patt of vice in a figured perfon. A. What may not menfearein fo fickly aiudg- ment as the worlds? But,if I fhould put gw/es after azure, what could you pick out of that? you per- haps will anfwer,nothing. E. I fhould make that anfwer,, for I could picke nothing out of it. 1 | A. No? wereit notto embafeEn craw pv, and to ouer-glorifie France,becaufe the Enc iis# fieldis gules, and the Frencu field azure? Or fhouldI not doe wrong to Campes ,and Parlia- anents,robbing fouldiers,and vpper-houfe men of their colour? would it not bee fayd I were mali- cious ? E. O poore conftruction! A.Poore indeed: But what fo foolith thatis not among men ? But azwre being the colour of the {tarred heauen,and fhowing more clearly then any of the other with either metall, and (according to Ban-rot) figuring the aér, might warrant fucha preference: yet I could difcouer another dange- rousexception. xe. E. What is that? A.That | i aE : A. That in putting azare before gales fhould plainly preferre fpeculation before pradiife , the ciuill contemplator before the martiall comman- der,and fo renew the old Theomachie of Ho mir, fetting debate betweene Minerva, and V x- Nv s,orrake out of urwes, and cinder the antient - Guarrell of | . Cedsnt arma toge which confpiracie againft common quiet , I will: not bee guiltie of fora colours fake. ; E. Then azsreyou could with were fourth? A.lfthere be prefcription to the contrarysl-will not contend againft cuftome.. | The Contents. . 1. The great honour-of Gules. 2. Of Vert, avd Pur- ple, meither of them vfuall in Exnoi1s 1% Ara mories. 3. The fuperfluous understand not the value of time. 4. The indgerment of the places of colours 2s hard. - 5. Colours in Armes to bee une derflood of the best-2n their fenerall kinds. 6. throne of Armoriall colours according to the Maifters conceit. 7.Why Gules hath prioritie of — Azure. 8.C uavcer,and the Lord Man~ woop ferred colour in gold. 9. Why vulgar? Purple ¢s put after Vert. - Cuar. 28:., V4. EVSTAGE:. —_ “OFSARMORIES. > 4g : THE ENS LAGE us = YOu haue beene very filent concer- ining zules,and vert. cs K i 7 Seca , ~! a an i ys bia a BSN 7) 3 XN is Ths IE i great among the ancient, ‘and (I beleeue ) more vfed then any other of the coldurs , excepting thofe of the two metalls ; WWitnefles hereof are all the antient fiffs, and roils of Armories , in which there are © {carce any two, or three together which haue it not, and this was chiefly (as among martiall Gen- . tlemen ) in regard of the refemblance it had to bloud,and battle, there beeing alfo in it a kinde of glowing brightnefle like to fire. As for vert in which word (as inthe other of (able, azure, gules, are onely,and properly vnderftood the black,blew, and redde peculiar to Armories onely ) is meané the greene vied in armes-painting,or which ought to bee vfed , and is the very beft.) that is as rarely foundin Coat-armouts, as gsdes is often found: _and yet Purple, afwell tor the reafons beforefaid, as becaufe (for fo it feemes.) the whole honor there- of was tranfferred to gu/es,more rarely in our Enc- L1sx bearings, hachments, or notes of honor: Which is notwithftanding no difreputation to either. Vert in Armories hath alwayes had the betokning ofa ioyous,youthly,frefh,& flo wii s i iMate ELEMENTS — 59 | credit of gules hath worthily been M fate of bearing , and is therefore in that refpect aduanced to the honour of a/aperlatine, uert in or,being entituled moftioyous. I can apprehend ° no greater reafon of the raritie ; then the fterne, rough temper of the former Worlds , which de- lighted notin amorous , or pleafant deuifes , as a-{ymbolous to the vfe of warre. sh __E. Afford mee now I pray a Scaé of colours, according to your particular opinion of their ci- uill dignity, without regard either to cuftome-, or nature. ~o A. It were acuriofitie of little vfe , andI might doe it with as lictle allowance of others . For J fhouldnot therein doubt to call vp parpie to the higheft end of the table, fetting Or, and agent beneath,but ( that wee may not feeme not to vn- derftand the price of time ) let vs bee compendi- ous , and confider colours as they arein prefent Armories. E. Vouchfafe then to mee a /ca/e which beft | anfwers both the order of nature,and the order of dignity,according to the which I may make arule to my felfe concerning the vfe of their prioritie, or pofterioritie in Armories. © A. Or,and Argent are yeelded vnto for the two firft places, and ( ypon the. warrantie of fich rea- fonsas you haue heatd ) I haue-worthily reftored fabteto the third, The controuerfies then that are, reft betweene azure, and gules , and betweene vert,and vulgar purple,and in the decifion of thofe controuerfies a doubt arifech, which,or what hall hh age na Ee BB Fyfe 2 aE Ae ES Soke Bes Sein Aceh od Arete pe tia 2 aa rf t e airs eupas an 5282 ¥s4 THE ELEMENTS. bee the rule to decidethem by , authoritie > aren _ -Raents? or common opinion? All which beeing full of vncertainties., [will therefore place the feauen principal Armoriall colours, which are every one of them vnderftood to bee the beft of their fene- rall kinds.( as the brigheft yeH/ow, pureft white,dee- peft black, and fo forth) vpon a throne of foure fteps,according to my prefent conceit,andiudge- ment of their order, leauing others notwithftand: ing to their particular opinions , which I doe the more willingly, becaufe I would not tire your fpi- rits in the maze of fcruples , and not ( were there any authentick,, or fet forme for ordering them) for. that]: would imitate.thelicence of the age wherein wee live, imreie€ting whatfoeuer ftands not with prefent vie, and phantafie,and the reafon _ of this my marfhalling may partly bee gathered out of the premiffes. The throne of colours is this. ; OF: Oa RE eh as et / Or, Argent, and Sable, admitting (itmy- opinion ) no controuerfie, [haue yeelded gules a place be- fore azure. Not for that azure hath not more of white then gules , if the order of nature were the onely rule of Armoriall dignitie, or for that it ge La reprce apts sti 136 THE ELEMENTS... : reprefenteth not a nobler body cheriit ( and thar azure is borne out of whrte appeareth , for that: white mixt there-with , doth but weaken the b/ey- nese, abating it to a watchet., and {fo to other de- grees of paleneffe, as the mixture beares ) but therefore gules precedes , for that true purple is loft ,into all whofe honors gales feemeth to fuc- ceed,is more often obferued in antient Armories _ then any other of the colours sParticipateth much of gold, or yellow , goldit felfe , afwell among the : learned , as vnlearned, being not rarely called red, with the Poets,r#ti/um is a familiar epithete , or at- tribure of awrum,and for our vulgar,C navcers. rime of Sir Topas, fhall giue you an authori. - tie,where it is faid, _ Dis (yield i¢ tas of gols fo red, - And this common conceit made Manvyo O'p's Lord chiefe Baron , call golden coyne (as I haue heard reported) by an alluding by-name Ruddockss and finally , ga/es therefore is fuffered to precede, for that moft properly itrefembleth M ar s,and is . moft aptly appliable to martiall behoofes : That it is achilde, orneere cozen to yellow (as az white ) may bee manifefted thus , forfomuch ow , and that fo farre-forth as fome doe erinde a Chiue of Saffron with Vermillion,to make it the - mote pleafant, whereas. white in like proportion Zureis of — asto » abate, and allay the fulneffe of red,we doe notfee - white vfed(as a colour too remote) but rather yel-- mixed, RLS OF {peculations feeming to be of theirkinde , which in Naturall are by the learned,called a TL GUL) te Andfo, admitting yeow'to bee the chiefe of Ar- moriall colours for the metalls fake which repre- fenteth it , rightly is gales preferred before azare, in that it partakes fo much of yellow. Laftly,Phaue put vert before vulgar purple, for that vert is fim- ply, and indeed, a colour reputed as it were of it it felfe,and comming fuch to vs out of his mine- ralls,or materialls, whereas va/gar purple is not (I prefiime ) found in any one fingle fubitance, whe- ther minerall, or other materiall , but is made by mixture , in like fort as Oresge-tawnie is of cer- taine quantities of yeMow and redde mixt together, - Andthis isthe Table of Armoriall colours,wher- in all refpeéts , as well naturall , reprefentatiue,or . cuftomary, fo farreasI can prefently colle&, are beft fatiffide, which likewife I intend to follow, be- ing thus marfhalled, Or , Argent, Sable, Gules, A- zureVert,and vulgar Purple. The Contents. 1.The,as it were,complections of Avmories. 2. One colour cannot be an Armes. 3.Phyficall défputes of colours omitted.” 4. Atomies are colourleffe. 5°T he oldterme of Claurie iz blazon. 6.Reafons : ae why | : MORMES agg _mixed,woulddimne, and decay it, as yelaw would fpoile azarz,and turne it greeve,thefe in Armorial 138 THEELEMENTS. ) _ why one colour cannot be an Armes (7.) Examples to the contrary (8.) out of the Prophet Nauvm(9.) ° and Pearleffe VinGcit,(1o.)OfALEXANDER - Magnus (11.) Avovstrvs C #sar, (12.) T AMORLAN(13.) the antient banner of P-on-> tvGAL1,(14.) the Auriflamb of France, (15.) The old banner of ARAGON, with the me- morable caufe of redde Pallets thereiz.(16.)De la Brecre vaderEpvvannthe fir/t.(17.) The - Maister eafily puts by the poyat of thefe exeptions, -(18.) of honorable Additions, ( 19.) Admirable .modefty of old, in affuming Armories. (20.) The white Knight in \eevanv ,(21.) The old banner of NAVARRE (22.) What wee are toiudge of a blancke or empty [uperficies (24.) No good Armo- vies without metal. (24.)ROKESLEYS Coate, (25.) Extranagants,(26.) Metall the vegetatiue - foule of Armes, (27.) Armortall Harmeny. C war. 29. EVSTACE. | inthis delightfull argument ( wor- thy Syr Am1as) and greatly ope- ! ned mine vnderftanding of them. A.It would require much more, -~ enlenas colours are Elementall ynto Armories. __E. As how Ibefeechyou ? 1a Eee SOT ore = eet eae RT oe Sea 85 : psi ORIES. Avlnrefpe& oftheir coniunGions one with a- nother, by which (in proportion of the quantities of colours in thofe coniundtions ) the,as it were, complexion of a Coate is made vppe, wherezs heere the Armoriall colours are onely confidered as they are fingle,and of themfelues, and as fingle notes are no concorés,nor proportions in mufick, fo fingle colours haue no Armoriall harmony. In which re{peé they neither are,nor can be in Arms, for of ene colour onely no coate can confist. VVee will notheere touch at the fubtilities of the Phyfcks concerning colours, nor difpute whither Ly cr r- tiv s his atomicall Elements,orfeedes of things haue any colour, a matter by-him forbidden to be credited, faying : ———colore cane contingas fenrina rerum. E. Wherefore then cannot a coate of Armes confift of one colour ? A. For innumerable caufes. Firft to maine- taine the matter of the Elements now in hand, for if we admit fuch an abfurdity as the fubfiftence of. a. coate,being barely a fheild-of one colour(which - kinde of bearing the.antient Armorifts called C/az- rie,as Ithinke of the clearneffe ) without any o- ther diftinction,wee vtterly make voyde the whole - do@rine of Armoriall Elements, at leaftwife two: _ of thé(that is tofay sumber,er pofittoz) are decar- ded. Then, for that acoate of Armes is an artificial - diftinét,& compounded body & canno more cé- _ §ft,or be of one color,thé aman of one Element. . X4. And: io: STAPEPELEMENTS. - - Andto be breife, for thata coate of one coulour isno coateatall, but a colour onely, or fuch as | Sconter faith are Tables dl attentes, tor the colour | thereof beeing mettall,it is nothing but,asit were, | all light, without fhadow,, or life without body, = and beeing not metall but colour onely, it is all ] | nothing but as it were fhadow onely , and a foule- lefle body. : : E. Yet are there fome examples to the cdtrary ? A. Examples are not prooues , andI can call to = minde fome particulars , wherein this rule feemes | to bee infringed after feuerall manners. In the = -Prophefie of N anv m,among the bookes of ho- a: ly feripture itis faid, that the lheildes of the mighty | were become redde, as {ome tranflate. In prophane .. authors, that of the Romane Poet (whom by Ly s- TINIAN Ss imperial rule,when no name is added to fignifie which of the Lats Poets wee meane, canbe none but incomparable V 1x6 11) is wor- thily moft memorable, where Here or fonne tothe King of Mont a, ftolne from his friends _ by the feruile Ltcy mntra, andfentto the warres of Troxy;was * parma inglorius alba. ALEx ANDER Afagaus alfo (asitisin ly s rin) _ inacertaine triumphant iourney of his,beftowed ‘Shields of white-plate( Siluer-fhields}) vpon his Soldiers,whom he therefore called apyucgomides & Ie ol ON eee oe - OF ARMO'RIES.; he It is farthermore in learning that Ave v stv s Caesar, aftera victory by him obtained in the Stcritan Sea,honouredMaxcys Acrippa with an azure Banner, oe —- vexillo ceruleo. TamortantheScyrutian ( if thatbee any thing to the purpofe ) hung out ( as fomereport) vpon feuerall dayes flagges of feuerall colours, Symbolicall to his defignes. Wee may not in this ‘number forget what Aw preas Rescenpiys . is faidto write,that is,that the Armes of the King- dome of Poxrvo att, were nothing at firft but a white flagge, ull by occafion of a victory obtai- ned by King Arpnonso, againft fiue Aforifco Kings.the fiue Efcucheons zzare were added. The celeftiall aurzflemb fo by the Frencn admired, was alfo but of one colour,a{quare redde Syndon Banner. What can wee doe leffe then report the Armes of Ar ao n,as they were {aid long fince to haue beene ? to wit,onely, or, that is, a field, or rather a fuperficies or , not charged with pallets, as they now are Blazed,which hapned at fuch time as one of the Kings thereof dipping his fingers in the bloud of new flaine Saracen s,or (as others - fay) Ls vv1s Emperour in the wounds of i Comde deBarcerona,fighting on his fide againftthe - _ Normans, ennobled that yel/ow ftandard, by _ drawing vponit thofe bloudy markes which now ithath. . } - aN s er "THE ELEMENTS sia Many the like examples might bee found, andE haue feene an old record in Frenc # verfes , thar atK ARLAVAROCK in ScoTLanp inthe time ofKingEp vv arp the firft, EvMENIONS de la Brette,( {o is hee there named) bare Gules , and no more: The words are, - «Mais Eumenions de la Brecte, La Baniereeut toute rougectes. And do not allthefe examples which affront your propofition mooue you? ” A. Were their files doubled,and trebled with the like to thefe,they could not mooue mee, for of all thele there is not one Coat of Armes,& fol haue no reafon to mooue , orto remooue.For firft the place in Nauv™ belongs but to the apainee : of oar > ofa dréadful conquerin hoft:there meant , anc had nothing private but nationall to the Ass y- RIANS. HELBNOR in > V iret was but ano- uicein Armes , without hauing atchieued any » honorable note , and therefore his fhield was white. Astor Arex an- DERS Argyrafpides, who fees not it was a ryotous oftentation , no affigna- tation of peculiar notes of noblefle > Acrrr- pas azare Banner heere depainted, d =i NaN SCOR NOCCCRUNNEL! DDD D DIDO, B e CEULUUSUUULL eairi Pies. sien OFA RMORIES; 9363 on Tey Serene ae i THE EL ~ EMENTS. ee 164 , -asit was giuen-him for a Symbolicall argument of man-hood fhewed at fea, fo was it but in the oe nature of other militarie graces, and fignes of fer- uice valiantly performed, and if thefe were yeel- ded to bee in the nature of an Armes,then would oneman be found among the oldR o mans that ». had:a multitude of Armes giuen him as teftimo- ~niesof his heroickvertues , contrary to their very nature,vfe,and inftitution, which is to bee but fin- -gle and one vnto one perfon, and that alfo to def - fend vito pofterity. Though] am not ignorant - that for morehonors fake an whole Coate hath been giuen to a Name as. an augmentation befide the originall Coat , as that which in the quarte- swings ofthe Crtrr oRxps,Earles of Cvuz sa- Lan pis borne fecond, ity ot Pes SoS Te EE EE ea SENN OF ARMORI ditions of honor in the fame Armories,or Shield: ‘No more then this empalement , which his Maie- ftie gaue to Sirloun Ramsey , now Vicount HappINGTON, The fuppofed flags of Tamorzan, at his lea- guers,or fieges,were noiotherwife any Coates of Armes,then at this day flaggs of truce, or blondie ‘colours. That the white-bannerof Porry GALL was but a fymbolicall Colour,not an Armes , ap- peares inthis, for that then firft it changed the in- glorious ftate thereof,and came to bee Rarer when it hadthofe notes of honor added: As firft, the faid fiue Efcucheons in croffe charged feue- rally with plates in Sa/toir , and afterward eight golden Caffellers ina border Gules, thai i A FO UE CES : in ‘ ; rove) SeReD : in which notwithftanding it hath, and beares but the nature of aChéefe, or a Canton, orthe like ad- __ in remembrance (fay fome) of the Kingdome of the Arcaxrses,wherin were fo many principal cit- ties, al annexed by conqueft fronrthe Moorss to the Crowne of Porrvcat,or/as my worthy friend Maifter C a mp w admonifhed me)in refped(fay others)that Porrvcat was feudum Casrit1 A and held thereof, the Armories of Casrite beeinga Caftle triple-towred, and of like colours with the others border,that is to fay,Go/d in Gules. To the ' famous Aurétflamb of France,though recorded to hauebin fent from heauen ( in amore celeftiall manner thé the Awcéle of anci6t Roms) as a fancti- fied banner to lead the Frencu hofts fortunately while they liued well,I haue nothing here to fay, ‘for that it preffeth not the place with any force- able argument,or other,which by the fame reafs with the former is not fully fatiffied. The obieatid countenanced vnder the Standard of Araconis -anfwered | anfwered,& aucided as that of Porrveat : with- out calling into the leaft doubt that the Enfigne of the one natid was wholy yeow,& the other wholy white, til occafionally they thus became diftingut- fhed with fignes of Nobleffe ; Onely Imay not ouerflip one obferuatié for the honor of Armes: For if thefe two Kingdomes ( which may alfo bee prefumedto haue laid down their anciét Enfignes, as foil'd,eclipft,& fham’d by the ouer-running of Infidels,& Barsartans made fuch a religion(vpon comming to new heades) of taking vntothé any deuife ie Armes to diftinguith them-felues by, that they had rather inglorioufly aduance a fingle colour,then not attend an occafié of worthily af fuming them,O!who can ynoughadmire the true ly ingenuous & liberall {tate of minds in divine Aedoieyahe the rere-gard,& as it were laft hope of the battel, appears the Example of Evmewtons de la Brecre,which what-foeuerit meanes , cer- tainly I deny not but that a Gentleman in exerci- fes of Armes may vpon.a private conceit( as de va Brecre)not only paint his Banner & Sheild, bue his whole Armor with Vermifion,or any other co- lour,leauing off his own Coate of Armes for the time, either vpon vow, fingularitie, or otherwife: And of fuch difguizes wee ae heard, and from thence perhaps at firft defcended to Mac Grnzon the ritle,who lately was white Knight in Tnaranp, & is an hereditary by-name to that houfe of the Geratpinss , but could hee fhow no other, nor more fignificatiue note of honor,he would neuer among the learned bee regiftred a Gentleman of Armes» As dea Brecrezs', fo alfo was the : Yy4 (Banner OFARMORIES! age? 168 THE ELEMENTS. ses Banner of Navarr all Gales, &(asis written). > - continued fuch till Sancuez é fort,King there- of, added thofe golden ornaments which now doe -fhine therein: But I can no more call the one’, or the other a Coate of Armes , without extreame impropriety , and abufe of {peech , then a plaine peece of Virgin-waxa feale , or a fheet of ynwrit- ten paper aletter,or a maid a wife. E. So then if it fortune vs to meete withfome other fuch examples,we are taught hereby to hold them but like Piao his abrafe tables , which are indifferently capable of any forme, till when,they are as certain embrions, rude proiections,or things in power. To induce, and fettle which forme two _ colours are abfolutly neceffary,or more then two. A. Moft true: and according to the receiued grounds of the knowledge, of thofe two colours one mutt bea mettall.Contrary to which grounds though there may be fome examples euéin Anti- quity, and of thofe {pecially where co/our is vpon colour , yet enlumined neuertheleffe with metal in oné part,or other,as in this, Te BAe en rn epee ea MED, © ort an Res - rie CF QEARMOREES tay Mpa Oe a OS een ee ako aOR borne by the name ofR oxes 18 ¥,8¢ quartred by Pavisr, L. Marquefle of Wrycuestar, they not: - withftanding may paffe like Heteroclits,and Extra uigants ino a place by them-felues , as nottriable by the general Teit of Armories:For metalis their vegetatiue foule,and asno body can mooue of it felte without life, fo no Armories are proper with- ut it, or can be faid to liue being deftitute of that as it'were vitalitie, and quickning clearnefle which from thence it borroweth. E, The numbet therefore of the chiefe Armori- all colours ; their order according to feuerall mar- fhallings,and your owne; how:the differences are reconciliable ; many other particular maters con- cerning particular colours,andthings,as I well vn- derftand by the premiffes ; fo in one matter which youdid but touch at , 1 conceiue nothing except ¥ bare name;for thus you faid,as fingle notes are no comcords,tor proportions iw Mufick ,fo fingle colours haueno Armorial harmonie. Is there then any _Armoriall harmonie ? Ru 5es A. Firft learne that there are elements, and fo you may come to the harmonie.the better, for (to anfwer you directly) there is fuch a thing,not one- ly in marriages , or alliances of one colour with another , as they are matched in Armes ( which fhow well, or ill, according to their diftances,and s degrees of lightneffe, or fadneffe ) but alfo in the ia quantities,and proportions themfelues., wherein they ftand honored with no leffe diuerfitie, then the-countenance of man.; Which as it-is fairely | ce Z appa- here's 170° THE ELEMENTS apparent in euery-particular good Coate,fo much ‘the more ,where multitudes ftand together-as-in painted tables,rolls of Armes, and Ligier-bookes, or Hachments,where many faire are quartred: The pleafing and wondrous varieties whereof, to fuch as did euer ftudie the fecret, and reafon of thofe concords:, are not onely (as to the vnlearned ) an. entertainment of the eye, but afood , and muficke to the minde : The skill whereof beeing abftrufe,. but very demonftrable,fome other greater Clearks- may teach, | The Contents. . ae "he Of the furreErmin.. 2. The firange propertze of. furres tn Armories.3.Vulgar concerts about Er-- min. 4. The Coatof Brix ains-, and {hort Bla- zon thereof..5.Sirloun Fexn's conceit of Er- min. 6. Of Prat os Hermes, avd of Herma- thenes. 7. Docfar red SMITHS fine allufion to- Ermain. 8.GER-ARD Laie He QeSd7 Evsr ACE veprosed for Criticifine. 10.The Maifters iudg-. ment of Ermin., 11. Lactrys forét. 12.The. natiue foile of « tmin,and molt ancient ufe there. of in GERMAN1Es. 13. The Rationall foule of Axmories. 3 Cuar 30. : EVSTACE. Piece OFARMORIES, EVSTACE. , Wi Fibre you altogether ceafe to fpeake s4 Sy of this fecond Element, I would bee Z aN Aes) 1) glad to heare fom-what of furres in Lo) I Armories,and what they are. _ A. Honorable, and ancient , but becaufe they ail confift of more‘colours then one, and there- fore want that fimpleneffe of beeing , which fin- gle colours haue, they refufeto bee handled here, or are refufed rather. The two principall furrs are Ermin,and Varie. E. Are furresneither metall,nor colour? _ _AvIe is faid of the PlanetM ex.cvriz, that hee is affeGted as the celeftiall bodies, with whom hee is ; good with the good,and bad with the bad: So (by akinde of 4atthefis ) the furres in Armes,are as metall with colour,and ofthe nature of colour when the reft is metall. ra Soe E. Youreporta ftrange property. Princes, and~ great States,in Caps of honor,rebes,and mantles vie Evmin,is it that which is vfedin Armories? A.I fee your drift Sic Ev srace isto make mee deale vpon acommoditie-of skinnes. To fa- tiffie you,itis the very fame. E. They arecommonly called polwdred Ermin, and both the whéte,and b/ack in them are skin with the haires on,for I hauefeene a royall fatten man- _-tle,the furre wherof wasthe whole cafes of Ermin, their cail-tips(all that was black in them)not ftitche iN oe le a em Nag TY TT wee Seer Se ! 72 THE ELEMENTS in, but Pendent, and Dangling , and the Dukes of Britains C4ymorik did giue (as I heare ) no- thing elfe for their Armes: And (to veter all my little commodities of learning , or obferuation inthis kinde at once )I muft tell you alfo that I haue heard Pel/iows fay that there is a counterfet fort, which notwithftanding is very rich, made of the foft white bellies of Squirrel,Mineuer,and the. like, drawn-in , and powldred with little fpecks of black Ty at zaw budge.The forme of true Ermine Thaue often obferued in old cloaths of Arras, and the like Court-hangings , and were fuch as thefe: , “By mM “py my on ay oD) y ¥ x y y Y V Y y A. The Coate of Brirainz-in France fs as you fay, and (as Vp x on writes ) taken for Armes , becaufe ( faith hee ) Ermine were much foundthere', commending the Coate.it felfe for: one of the beft, afwell: tf oo Ci joe ee OF ARMORI ES | #@ afwell for thatit is of fhorteft Blazon (for in the: word Erziw is all) is fooneft made at neede, and beeing made is fartheft decern’d.. As cleare not- withftanding as wee make it,all do not agree in the qualitie of the ftuffe,or in this furre. For Sirloun Ferne (out ofCassanacvs) faith, that they are called Hermines ( afpirating the word ) of Herma , which worthily admired P taro in his Hipparcuvs doth fay,were erected, by P1s rs- +RAtvs the fonne of PHitepONIcVS, in every three-way-leet,and Tribe of Arun s,and engrauen with morall verfes of moft excellent fenfe: Marsitrivs Ficinvs vpon this place faith,that thefe Herma were certain {quared ftones in manner ofa ftatue without an head , fet in pub- lick wayes,and dedicated toMerc vrte:Butthey ( as fome. more probably report ) did refemble iy ce ese L 3 -Mer- Sag a eek ie a Ca ay 174 THE ELEMENTS Mercvates head , and were of Hermes ( another name ofhis ) called Herme , as Hermathene had their names fromthe heads of Mexcvatz , and M1- wervaloyned , astheir names are ioyned in the word; Aruens fignifyingythe fame that Miwerva, as Hermes doth Mercirtes andthefle Herme were vied as wellinthe adorning of libraries , as fepul- chers. So asin this hardy deriuation,cuery {potte of Erminin an Armes , fhouldftand fora feueralf Herm,ox {hadow therof,turning thereby a painted Targat into aRoman Atrzam, which containd the Images of Anceftors : Very pretty was that con- ceit,which my friend Maifter Szcar, Garter »prin- cipall King of Armes , relatedto mee as Doétor Rep-Smirus,concerning Ermin:For (faid he) fee- . ing colours are refembled to planets,Evmia ought to bee Hermoys,of Hermes;for Quick-filuer(being fo appropriated to Mercvrir as it beares his very name) breakes into droppes , refembling Her mi in Armories: Butwee that are no {chollers mut not(leaft wee fhould cum rtione injanrre ) fore fo high into learning for a thing before our eyes,and alpable. Gerarp Lercuholds thatthe Evwza is “In our old a Jette beaft inthe land of Armowis (fo he foundes- Englifo, Er- is) is from thence denominated,fo Ermin fhould a signi according to him be Avmiz of Armeniascertain- | ake ee as [cannot controule this Etymologe,fo among ~ gahow thatthe Rvssss, itis not the word as it feemes, for they agrees with (Lf I mif-vnderftand not the booke of theRvssz Armorial. common-weal)cal them Garnftals,lo * as Evmin is Erma. plainly a word ofanotherroote. — | E. It Pane tt i in ? OF ARMORIES. E.. It fhouldfeeme that the propinqnity of the Worcs, Erin, Her me,Hermes, Arménia,carie occa fion of thofe other opinions. Therfore [ maruaile that none haue added that Ermn were called He- remins of woods, & defert places as Heremites axe. A. Youmuft not(Sit Evsrace play the Cenfor fo foon:Pyruacoras would haue fet a fine on your head, and made you expiate for it to his eoddefle Silence. The conicétures of Maifters are to be reve rented of beginners: And yet Lhold your conceit not the moft abfurd:the word now vfed in Armo- rie is Evzi# , and as I thinke of the beaft it {elfe fo - called. Cornezivs Tacirvs fhewes them to ys among the old Germans. His wordes are thefe: Elieunt ferasy& detracla velamina /pargunl macus Lis pellibu/9; belluarum quas exterior Oceanus. igs nolum mare gignit. By them itis plaine that the choyce /kswxes one- ly were by. thofe Germanes pouldred with {pots.. They cull, or choofe ( faith the moft pro- foundly prudent Hiftoriograper ) and powder with /pots,and not onely with /pots but with (kins, fo as they pexlartd thole choyce [kinnes with other fkinnes.And this Ttake to be our Erms.The place {eemes alfo to point out their natiue foile, for by - Extersor Oceanus,cr ignotum mare, he meanes fuch countries as lye betweene Gexma- niz,& the Northermoft fea,that is to fay the huge vaft Prouinces of Moscovia, Rvssta;, andthe reft of that.icie world , whence all our-excellent furres come , fromeuen as farreas Permia , which bor- dereth.on that Exserior Ocean, amd vacouth Sea. - ee NE ER, 7 ae 196 THE ELEMENTS Thus farre haue you trainde mee forth to hunt the Erminwhofe skinne is not often found in ancient Armories,but in Castows,or other additions ofho- nor,and rewards of feruice. | E. The Element of colours is then atan endjand wee are now to bee acquainted with Number , the next of foure. But before you pafle the Afu/ize,or leafant A4ofaick worke of colours ,as you haue oe very fatisfactorie in furre,and royall Erwin, as in allthe-other,fo helpe me I pray out of a {pe- -ciall feruple.. You faid , that metall was the Ulge= tous foule of Armes: Haue Armes anyother foule then vegetative? as either /enfitiue,or rational ? A. Ithath a rational (oule, in a borrowed, and alluding fenfe tor as metall quickneth an Armes to the eye, fo the reafon, meaning , proportion , and apt cortefpondence of parts, is to Armes, as area fonable fouleis to man: And now once more I muft become a futer to you, that you would for- ‘beareto draw mee into digreffions , as in the latt queftion , which is meerely a part of Symbolical Philofophizsand.1.am now content to bee thought not vnwilling to draw toward my port. RE She The Contents. 1. Number anElement. 2.Demon/trated in a Per- tranfient. 3.4 diwifion of Armoriall Elements. 4 Pofition or Place another -of the Elements. 5-Demonflrated in the remooue of the fame Per- tranfient. 6. The rare effect of Pofition. Cae. Cuar. 31 EVSTACE. VA Vaeber, and Pofttion ,are the two re- ~\pi) maining Elements, now that Lines, ~) | and Colours are difcuft , but why, or || how come Number, and Pofition to ~ beeof the Quorum in this difcourfe _ A.Asno Armoties can bee without dives, and colours , (the firft of which Armoriall Elements -gities circum{cription, the other confpicuitie ) fo | neither can they want Number, and Pofition: For example: In a Coat-armour where there is but one Pertranfient ( which is the plaineft,pureft,and _moft primitiue bearing ) as in partie per fe/fe , this line beeing a Pertranjient and not two, or more, but fingle, caufeth a partition , and two colours to bee in the Coate, which otherwife fhouldbee no Armories at all, wherein Wamber is moft euident- ly Elementall,yet{o,as that Lémes,and Colours may bee faid to bee primarily fuch, but Wamber , and Pofiton {ecundarily, for that Lewes, & Coulours are as it were of the mater of Armories, but Mamber and Place are of order, and difpofition. E. It is vndeniable. A. Andas for Pefétion,or the necefiitie thereof, the onely ae of the fingle Pertran/zent be- forefaid ouer the field in trawer/e, and not in bias, is the very caufe why it is partée per fe/fe, which Aa waco Line o! #8 THEELEMENTS. x line being once remooued, either vpon, or from her center, begets another nature , and blazonto the Coate.So much it concerneth to obferue how many things for their zwmber,and in what manner for their pofttion, they are , or ought to bee in Armes. sree E. What meane you by remoouing it vpon the Center ? : : A.T meane the middle-moft point of the Efchu- cheon,from whichéf you liftit higher , mutation. of the place, as here | makes that which was a Partition to be a Chiefe,, the Peytranfent being turnd by {uch aremooue to a Pertizgent,{o great power there is in pofition as. to the purpofe of Armes,which can no more Sub- fift,or be at all without Poftiom,then without /xes, colours,ox number. uF : The Pees So ve OF ARMO'RIES, agg | The Contents. — 1. A queftion mooned about Number , avd Numera- tion. 2. Cyphers 2 Armortes as well as Let- ters. 3. The more any thing is one,the more it is excellent. 4. Numbred things tn Armory dini- ded. 5.Finite which. 6.Indeffinite. 7. Zefinite difference betwixt Infinite avd Indefinite. 8.No- thing Infinite iz C4rmes. 9.Finite and Indefi- nite fubdiuided. 10. The odde number princi- pall, 11.Euenarticulate Number isbeft. 12. A _rvenerfedPyramis. 13.Which enen-digit-number — ischiefe. 14. Fifteenc, how the moft of Finite. 15. Ofthe Odde ana thezr graduation. 16.Euea not fo capable of diner{e formes as Odde. 17.De- lineredinaRule. 18. Rare examples out of V »- ‘ton andthe Gallery at Tuzozatns. r9.Rule defended against them. 20. Dignity thereof. Cuar. 32. EVSTACE. asaa| Hereas you fay that mumber is an E- SaF/{A\ lement of Armories , meane you e\ Sel that the figures of Csrithmetick are. GAABG| in Armes, or the vfe of Nameration onely ? A. Numeration only,as one,two,or more of this or that kind, & yet the figures, or charaGers théfelues es a ey 80 THE ELEMENTS, _may (1 doe not altogether deny) bee in Coates of Armes,fo well as Letters,or the like, though with little grace. we : E. Lead mee prayinto this other Reueftrie,or. fecret place of Armories.. A. Ynitie is perfe@tion, and the more any thing fs one,the more it is excellent : But wee are to let: that pafle which concerneth éxcellency,and finifh. the mater of our Elements . Wamber ,. or rather numbred things in Armories are fisite , or tndefi- nite. Finite are {uch whofe number is certaine, as. two,three, or more :. Iadefinite ,whofe number is. vncertaine : Betweene which, and fivite, is infinite: difference. For though indefinite bee vncertaine,, yetis it numerable, but nothing zz/imite can bee: in Armes, no more then in Nature, forésfivite is: incomprehenfible.. | E. Howare finite ,. and indefinite fubdiuided in: their Armoriall vfe 2 A. As they are in their owne kinde,according to: which they are either ewe, or oddé , of which the: odde are beft.. : | | E. You will come within the verge of forbid-. den Magick fhortly which altogether. workes vp-- onthe cdde.. . A. To the purpofe (Sir Evs1.acz )tothe pur-- -pofe.Of what nature therefore, condition; or ftate. foeuer Armories bee,whether compofed of Lines. onely , or filled with refemblances. of thittgs , or both,suxsber is alwayes in vfesand makes one;4rt marshalling that zwmber.. OF the ewen the moft: | « Armorial], , OPARMORIEGS: «ig Armoriall,and harmonious is that , which decrea- fing in euery file’, or ranck one to the bafe point, ' produceth an Odde. | ~ B. Which even number is that? A. The firft,and cheifis the number of 7x,which (according to the defcription I gaue) decreafeth in euery rancke one to the bafe point , and produ- ceth an Odae’, imitating in Geometricall proporti- : oens,a reuerfed Pyramés,as followeth, which no other articulatenumber caneffect , for which reafon alfo they are not vfed of them-felues in principall good Armories,but eyther with , or: vppon other things. had E. Why fhould six bee the beft of euen num- bers? Or rather why is the Odde in the point bafe fo requifite? ty nO A. For decency , becaufe it falleth moft aprly mina” Rago oe ie 182 . THE ELEMENTS. _ with the figure ofa triangular Sheild, and for thae there are manifold , and worthy fpeculations in sumber and pofition. ete | E. What other even numbers , or enen numbred thingsdo admit the like? A. The firft of dégét numbers is Ten, as enfueth, which alfo partakes thofe excellencies wherof the number six doth boft. @'@ @@ Qe eo ©. E. What other even number haue you obferued? A. Seldome any but Séx, and Tez, vnleffe ac- companyed with fome other things, asin Memo- RANcIES coat, wherin with aCroffe are fixteene Eaglets: And] alfo chinke it atrue Theorem, that - nO ewen number iscapable of thofe formes which diuerfity of Poftiew giuesto the Odde. -E. Which arethe Armoriall Odde> | _ A. One is odde,and Oxe is onely beft:nexe to that the Tréas,Ternio,or number three,and {othe reft of ae ae the »)) w)) ) ~ OF ARMORIESI YT " 3Sy ~ the Oddeto Fifteene:ForI haue not obferued. any thinges of one kinde in one Armes,not being /e- mi,aboue that number without fome other charge orcounterchange. But infome fuch manner you fhal perhaps meet with afew ;asIrememberone — ~ inthe Northeaft window of the Cathedral church of Brisror,which the facriledges committed vpon - Moniments hath not defaced,and feemes both an- - cient , and honourable inthe owner, for that itis: there mounted arnong Benefactors of note,wher- -_inare eightcene Lillies after a ftrange way, as 4 4. A 352.16 E. Which is the firft of the Odde that decrea- feth according to your defcription? | E. The number Three,which being placed two, and one,and'thereby caft_ out toward the Angles of the Sheildis called an Armorial 7 7anele. Me aA Go By bem 184 THE ELEMENTS. E. Which next to the Terszio , or Three,of all the Odde decreafeth in euery ranke one to the point ens that forme-which feemes the -moft amiable,and comely comportment of things in onekinde,in one Armes. | A. It feemes,and is:But from Three to Fiftecne there is no number of all the Oddefojhappy,and that you may finde among the royall bearings of this our countrey in the Armories of the Datchy of Cornvvat', now a parcell of the inheritances of the Crowne. — : SOOO lL@aeeeQ E. But why is not the ewes sumber capable of fo many formes of Pofition as the Odde? A. The reafon belonges to the myfticall pare, but Iwill fhew it is not fo capable, and giue you my rule thus: No exes number iu thinges of one _— kiad,poffe(fing the whole field only, and alone , and | keeping 5) po OF ARMORIES: << 38s keeping all of them one ftate,or way, with requifte dift ancecas be capable of [uch diuerfitie.of formes in pofitionsas the odce be. “An even number. there- fore cannot be difpofed into. a Croffe, or Saltoir, as thé eddecanjandis. — | But if the fame ftate , or way of placing bee not maintained,then I can demonftrate in an example or two,thatthe number foure,being the firft,& fo- ueraigne of /quare , or cubick numbers,may be ca- pable of like formes as the Odde , as inthe coat -which Nicsoras Veron doth fay was put vnto him at Lonpon by an Herald of Brtrain Anmoricx, or lietle Brrraty,and which hath fince I perceiue bin | giuen to a familie in Cursurrs 5 for borne it is _ _as both by the painted tree of that County in txe- ozatps,as otherwife is apparent:The Coatis very -rare,and of a ftrange inuention, to the which wee - will adde for varieties fake another called Trvs- ‘SHAVVES, ee a Sg ALS eee ee Tee: een re ee ee es ee ke soe os Taree —— Ly ferme, — + wet ua wane ash z a i ey se Oe A SER Oe meg ee Ws Agergeis THE ELEMENTS ">| SHAVVES being quarterly ges andvert , foure phe | ons argentincroffe ,their points inthe fe//e point ofthe fheild | E. The Coats though the number of their chay- “ges be euen are very edde,8caltogether {uch as any man would thinke were likely ynough to beexcep- _ tions againft Rules fo foone ashee fawthem. But your Rule holds good againft them , becaufe they keepe not one flate,pofition,or way. : A. It doth,and yet the quality ofthe Charge may be fuch as that the rule may bee infringed inthat_ point,as inthis Bearing agen aasens =e alc.) ie E. How can you keepe it off then, from entering vpon your Rule? : A. It could draw {mall forces after, didit enter, and no barre is commonly fo general, which fome particular,or other will not tranfcend:Yet this doth -not,for when you fuppofe it is gotten in, itiskept off with the end of the former rule, for want of re- gquifite diftance. And though in the laft Armes - there are indeed foure of onekind, wherein the number , and quality are great,yet beeing not dif. pierft into the Sheild, they are but inthe nature ofa fingle Lorange,or Rhombus, which figure they produce,though placed in Crofe. af E. I muft therfore yet once againe entreat to | know fome litle caufe of this effeét , that isto fay, _ why exen numbers are not fo fairly capable of diffe. «vent fituations asthe odde? Ay ere | : B2 |, A,The 468 THE ELEMENTS.” - es A. The reafonis plain : For the midds of the Sheild muft not be empty , nor yawning, andin. chat refpe@, place things ofone kind inf Cro/, in Saltoi,in Fefce,or after any forme, or other ofthe honorable ordinaries, as in Bezd,in Pale , andfo forth (fo as you place them armorially ) and affure your felfe the ewex wumber is excluded. Ifyoude- mand why the middle may not be empty,deftitute or yawning? anfwer,becaufe that part being pof feft,all the reft may be ¥ rather vacat:F or the fe/7e- point , ox milliew of the Sheild (as Htrrome Bara calls it)is the glory thereof,and difpierceth beams into euery part about,as the center, hart , or axell of all Armorial beauties.. 2 The Contents. 1. Mifteriesin Armorial zumbers.2-Concords cr Difcords ## Armorées.3.Vifible Mufick.4.Reafs muft gine lawestoexaples.5.The meafuring rules ef Concords, or Difcords iz Armories. 6.0f the number Vhree.7.The caufes of Armorial Beuties,, Fulneffe,Diftance,azd Idemtity.8 .Exemplified.. Cuap. 33>: EF'STAC E,. NE Here are,nodoubt, many excellent: (<> Oblervations in arntoriall numbers, Hod ea| NOt without mifterie, = A.Mofttrue: {pecially in the finite. for 5) “OP PRMORIES 7 8s. For ofthem fome exercife, as it were, an Avtipa- ‘thie, or warre with faire Armories , when they. only occupy the whole Field. The dual, or num- ber of two is fuch, ; E. Is it for that difcortinuance hath: taken it away?or is there areafonin nature? A.In the nature of Armories there is. As the proportioni,-or difproportio of diftances in found nake concords or difcords in Mufick ( whence it is that an /adfon, or Déapafon , becaufe of thar proportion in the diftances of notes, is called an eighth, Diapentea fifth,Dzste([eron afourth,and fo of the reft){o thofe, and other muficall proporti- 6s it were not impofiible to fhew in Armories, In. Which there muft not only bea proportion in the’ number,but alfo in the number with the figure of the Sheild,§ comely filling wherof with come- ly arguments ts like a full {troake wherein all the. - ftrings are {weetly toucht cee : As there- fore the dva//, or number Two hauing nothing be-_ - tweene cannot be faid ro haue any diftance,much leffe proportion, and for default thereot cannot decently poffeffe the whole Field,it is, by neceflary fequel,a difcord in that kind,& cannot fympathize. of it felf with perfeétly fair Armories,vnleffefom- what,though ofa different fort,or conditid be in- teriected,orincompany , and this asf zt felfe,. that is , where no other thing doth poffefle the Field,. : : E ayia un may = Bb3 E. If [190-0 Tee ELEMENTS E. If you did nothing but runne diuifion vpon — this one ground onely , there were no mufick to match it, for this is vifible mufick , and not onely audible. But are there not examples to infringe — thefe,and the like confiderations ? A. Reafon in thefe things muft giue rules to examples, and not examples to reafon.I ftay not therefore at fuch,becaufe the ignorance of many men hath checkt and falne vpon the breaches of rules , which to countenance with credit aboue gengrall grounds were abfurd. I fay, that Dé/fance, Fulneffe,and Idemtitie ( pardon thefe, and other words where the matter enforceth)are the meafu- ring rules of Concords,or Difcords in Armories, which I would not haue you bee ignorant of , and therefore fhall thinke it time well {pent, voluntari- ly to interpret my felfe. .4 Trias, Ternio,or the number of Three in Armory is fecond in honor to Oxe,yet without Déstance it were buta difcord, as iftwo Croflets formeé(as Blazon {peakes ) were in chiefe of the fieldjand a third in Cewr of the fame, et for want of {predding Diffamce it were but Laem. and nothing gracefull ,for that the Armes - are depriued of Falme/fe thereby,as you fee. Againe 19 though the Coate bee warrantable , and good, as hauing requifite Di/tance in regard of them-felues, yet (deftitute of Fulne/fe in refpe& of the whole — Shield) it faileth of meee eautie. And the | Bb 4 reafon. wi As eel a ee ee ones oo Rees ok | "192 LED | reafonis ftrongly drawne from a finall caufe of - yrs THE ELEMENTS. Armes,which is manefeffation. The more extenfi- ontherfore,or dilatation that there is of things in the Sheild , the more manifeft it needs mutt bee, and there the dilatatton is moft, where every point or angular portion of the Coate, can anfwer the eye with an obie& : In other bearings of that kinde there ftill feemes fome-what wanting. E. But what imports the other thing which you call zdemtitie 2 _ A.Letthings in Armories haue Dz/fance , and the Coate Fulzefe.yet if they bee not of one fort, which ftate I call Zdemtitie, I hold tc a difcord, and eclypfe,let the feuerall Charges be neuer fo noble, whereof you may make your eye iudge in this, and the like. . - But BF eS a ST RR ge Foe) epee ees 5 ese But Diftance,Pulnefe,and Idewstitie are but caufes —- of Armoriall beawtzes,and not elements: Therefore heereI will marke the chafe,and change a fide, : The Contents, 1. Indefinite # Armories defined. 2.Of the terme ~ Semizz# Blazon. 3. Exemplified. 4.4 fecond kinde of Indcfinites. 5. Gerattings. 6. 4 third fort of Indefinites. 7. Semi,azd Sans aumber&. Exemplified : i Crap. 34. EV STAGE, 3 T remaineth now (Sir Am tas ) that WC ZAI you would bee pleafed to fhow what a B/3'| indefinite is , the fecond part of the BSS | Arithmeticall Element of Armories. A. Indefinite, as alfo the word imports , is that whofe number is vncertaine yand vndefined, and — hath in Blazon the name of Semi, which, whether deriued fromthe Latins verbe feminare, or from the word,which both of it felfe , and in com- ! pofitions doth fignifie the halfe of a thing , as in Es femilomnis, femi/szs,ox the like (in the firft deriua- ; : tions fenfe, for thac the Charg:s are fowne ouer the ficld ofthe Coate as feed, and in the other, for that the halfe parts of fuch things appeare in the fides of the Efcucheon , or in both refpeés , as both are true ig fuch Armories ) fhall bee the Cc taske a 194 THE ELEMENTS take of curious Etymologers. The thing it felfeis as followeth , in this Coat quartered by Rarcutre Earle of Svsszx , as heretofore belonging to the name of Mortimer of Norrorx, and blazed, Or, fermi of lillies fable. Another kind of the Zudefinitethere is, when be- - fide the main charge , the Fieldis fcattered ouer with other {inaller thinges , which Blezoners term Gerattrngs,and is a bearing goodly,and ancient as. in Pezpoincts Coate, Ree Sa OF i ee Mn Ee SP ie GBS Sec See, i? ee ee di i OF ARMORIES, i or in-any other the like,where the number, and ors der of the Gerattings are not taught:& where the number is counted , there their order mutt be bla- zed:But the vnlike rule takes place,where(without a principal Charge of another kind as inMo rt1~ mers Armories beforefaid Jthinges are femina- ted ouer the field, andneytherfet, nor blazedto be fet in Or/,or other certaine order;For there no regard is taken of their number,and they are alto- gether left to the will of art to {catter them fo in painting as may beft become the fuperficies of Sheilds. Now as Indefinite is in Powlders , or Ge- rattings , {o is it fometime alfo in thofe Charges Pia A ier aa eh tai Nam ey. a. A ‘: pee Re avetd ‘ ~ which reprefent no liuing creature , or natural - “thing,as in the diminutiues of honorable ordina- ries, whofe pieces when they are not counted, as in this, i oe Cc2 the “THEELEMENTS __ one. ; the antient Armories ofthe Hop testowes,and 3 ~ the like neither are they fermed /emz,but (ans num- ber. The famous Armoriesof Atmerte de Pas — lence antiently Earle of Pembroke,is thought alfo to bee of this kinde in the pieces of it , which ( without declaring their number ) the Sages in blazon vfed to terme surruled. | wildemonftrate to. | : you boththekindes of Judefinites( femi, and fans PS . number ) in one Coate borne by the name of Tuornron, and quartred (as I remember) by ~theLordLv miry.. < ox An 4 nN EME Dec Envi PLOT, AR EME MRS OE Mal” Se de oe ct Creates oF OF ARM ge eee re Z ¢ ~ ee » e = a ORIES.; TE et Sieg thigeaty ~" Rete af oe - AnArmories very faire, and goodly, fhowing te ae Semi inthe cinguefoils , jaws number in the rets. % % The Contents. 1.0f Pofition, or Place.:2. Demonfratedin alittle — moucable \nftrument.3. Roundbodies cannot - bee veuer(t. 4.0 (e of the Armoriall Mill. The rare effect s of Pofition.6. Sir AMIAS piicheth down one of his Columness” ; , p Pree Bae P| NA vigty 7 reike eee COT CF “ > &pPE NF ‘ Pde % Pi. a3 ICIS & EL sfb4 VO EIE Fag . ~ " . rrr) 4 wHIO ay eye Lonitrut ect Say fitsd YSiLei heh? Be pit thi tadg WEIF ASS | aa Bef m F PH APRS 33 ene ES it peli VEOTIG Jf ‘ ae | CEN ai stata 4 af SeSd ib RARE. <0 ‘THE ELEMENTS ‘Crap, ays : EVST ACE, 1G. Ines Colour , Numsber , this profpe- Reeroully ouer-come , there onely re- WY} maines the Element Pofition , lat of (4 foure. : ans | A. Concerning Poftion it fhall fuffice ( infteed of all other demonftrations ) to giue you the vfe, and admirable effeas thereof in a little mooueable inftrument of mine owne er oe % E.How doth this Mill fhow the vie of Pofition ? or why haue you chofen to fet round bodies _therein,rather then any other of the Armoriall> “" ‘A-Round bodies cannot be revierft,& therefore "inthe turning no deformity can follow;. The vie is briefly this. Open,or difplay the Inftrument one . Way, and it produceth fiue Cinque Soiles in Croffé. | | Pe Open LT > Ce OREN LOCAL TOEILE T \ OY MBE gt Sao ee Perce ee = QR WEMORMESS: "sag : Open, or difplay it another way , and they prefene fiue cingquefoits in Saltoir. Mooue them clozed , and without difplaying, if __ toward the fe//e-poiné they tender to you: ent Ce 4 Three - Shift their ftation.from thence craig: into aS dexter obliquity they are three cémguefosls in Bend. OF ARMORIES, 20% oe Bring it about to:a perpendicular pofition they are in pale. wf pips And yet a little farther into the Sunister point, wee are laftly afforded three czmquefoils in bend finiftere Thus much for Pofition,the laft Element of the foure: And heere( by your good fauour )/ will pitch-vp oneofmy Columns, - ios a Degaraiias, Dd. Apostro= PHE, wales A Short Table SF foine hard words,and phrafes,with a few briefe notes. S51 Hane fo nearly as I could , and enen as much ,% TIBERIVS CaEsar himfelfe ( who ZAG would not endure the word Monopoly, 4e- Bs RAC, | cane st was not Latin) auoided all ende- SS nization of words : which hath mooued me in moft places of my Booke to adde other more cleare, to inter pret by them fuch as may feeme to thee obfcure , as then may ft enery-where obferue : for albeit ( asin my Epiftle) I wilh {uch a Reader as need not an Interpreter, yer I nest not neglect fuch as I bane. Though there are {carce any words of mine ( howfoeuer they may perhaps feeme ‘ftrange) which other writers in our language haue not formerly made familiar ,and.thefe few which are not altogether fe ( for the which alfo\ haue more then ence askt pardon in m Booke it felfe)I haue heere for thy vfes , collected , and ( by conference with the learned ) fo farre onely interpreted, as is. necefjaryto underfiand my meaning in the places where I ufethem : for tointerprete then at large,and in all their- fenfes were totakeSC AP VLAsrT HOMASIVS offices ont of their hands, My care is chiefly to hane thee know wine. FARE-WELL.. A. An abrupt, or fodaine turning of our fpeech fromone fatter,or perfon to another , Poets,and Orators,are full of that vehement kinde of figure: and Strophe, and An= tiftropbe (inthe Grex Lyricks) doe fignifie other turnings,or changes of fpeech , and {tation , as wee are. taught. GR, : The fe eae Foe Sees p \e Sree f eos a) FS RM is, Fos ye ee iz - The Table. re vee The iuft proportion, correfpondence , and meafure ANALOCEE, which the obiect , or fubie&t holds with the true reafon' a required therein: An agreement, harmonie , or apt an- {wering of the Thing to the confiderations proper therevnto. GR. . A refoluing, or diftribution of the whole into che Anarysre, parts. GK. : A contrary pofition,or an oppofition, GR, ANTITHESYS The word imports artificiall bodies made by D 48- Avroms, _ p ALvs,or by any other of like skill, which mouc alone, or houer of themfeluesin the ayre, without the fupport of any other thing. Such were not the Horti penfiles, or Hanging gardens ofS EmMIRAmts,for they ftood ypon a pillars: Nor the Icarvs in Ovip,or in Svetonivs ; for the one was but (as thefable of Parton ) a picture of vn- i fortunate ambition;the other the true ftory of the break- neck fall of Simon Macvs the Sorcerer, ynder the name of Icarvs,at Rome : Nor Manomer’s yron coffin at Meccasforthat (asthe fame , or fableis ) it hangs in the Temple,by reafon of certaine proportionable quan- tities of Load-ffoxe which hold it vp by equall attrati- ons, The perpetuail motion ( whenit is found ) is fuch, } As Anatomie is arefection, or fuch a cUtCINE-Vp aS Aroyye. Surgeons vfe inhumane bodyes at their Hall ,fo eAto- +. mies are thofe things, of which, by reafon of their inex. plicable fmallnefle there cannot bee any feétion. The Latins call it Jndinidunm,and Lvcretivs femen rerum: Indiniduum , becaufe it was fo little as it could not bee | parted , or diuided , and femen rerum (ieed of things) a for that they were ( according to the. conceit of Epi= - a _ €vrvs )thecommon mater of all things, ; That which is of, or appertaineth to the Northern Agric, figne of the Caleftial Beare.So the AR CTICckK Circle is the bound of the (old Zone vpon Earth, and of the Nor- thern conftellations in Heauen, The whole North is de. nominated of that imagined figure, The fable of that Dd 2 Beare - | The Table. Beare is famous among Poets. So the 4yftick Hemi- {pbear is that halfe of the world which is betweene the *Axtarc- North-pole,and the e£quinoiall Line: GRE. TICK. * Contrary ,oroppofite to Arétick. Southern, GR. Arco, Phe name of the Ship,or Argofe,in which Jason fail’d | to Cuorcuis for conqueft of the golden Fleece , and which by the powerof Poefieis turnd to an Afterifm, _or a Caleftiall hgure of Starres in the South-sky. The | Armorifts ARGo,is in my meaning,no more, but the bu- fineffe of Armotie which is in handling, and in which ~ Sir Ami1asis fhipt,or embarked, ARRAS, Cloath of Arras, Tapiftrie, or han gings wrought at the Cittie of ARRas in ARTOIs ,oneof the feuenteene Prouinces , and at this prefent is ynder the ARCHDVKES Axsertvs and his wife Isaberra, : B. Basr3, Aword in efrchitecture. The bottom-part of a Co= lumne, or Pillar, and figuratiuely the fupporture , flay, ground-worke or foundation of any thing, Euery Carpenter can tell you what it is, Beeinga Bevit. Squire , or Square of two equall pieces, and moouing Vpon ja ioynt, or pinne from the Angle wherein they are ioyned, C. z Cass: Ovrp calls the rude , and vndigefted firft heape of ~~" naturall Elements, Chaos. In the Impreffe, Symbol , or Deuife vpon the front of my Booke,I haue followed the common placing of the foure common Simples , and Elements ; about the which, in fo many Scucheons.are fet the feauen chiefe Armoriall Colours,which men ma obferue in the naturall Elements, In fire, yellow, redde, and oe . ee De ag ee ae re Pee Le ee: Fee Lae nae vo and Pyrple:In aér; white: In water;blew:In earth, greene, and fable, The fentence isis out offome the firlt verfes ~ in the Metamorphofis, where itis faid Unus erat toto natura vultus in orbe, Quem dixere CHAOS The fenfe of the whole Imprefe is plain. Acertificate from thecuftomer of a Port that the par- Cocker, cels comprehended in that Certificate, or Billhaue bene cuftomed,or haue paid cuftome. The wordis dearly wel- . knowneto Marchant-venturers, Connexity isthe out- fide of an hollow body,as conca- Convex, nity the infide, In a painted Globe of the world the de- {criptions are yppon the covwexitie therof,and that face is conuex, the reft is bellie or concaue, The Chief,or principal in any kinde. GR, CoryPHAE, | D As Parallels are lines running one by the other without D1atrzts, meeting,fo Déallelsare lines which runne one through the other,that is,do croffe, interfecate, or cut, GR, Is a line which paffeth from one corner or one angle of a Geometrical body to another corner or angle of the fame. GR. . : ATHENAEVS ‘his great learned books carry that title, im- nerpnoso- . porting a conference, difcourfe, or Inter-fpeach among peeps wife-men ata fupper. bet : _Evcuyp ( who beft knewe ) defineth itthus. pyayeree, The diameter of a circle , ts a certain ftraight line t drawue through the.center,and of both fides bounded in the. Draconat, | sompaffe of the circle , which cutts, or deuides the circle into two portions, — ; j é é E. Dd3 The Table. E. Eayivocar. An Equivocal word is that which conteyneth more fig- nifications then one,or that which in the fenfe , or mea- ning thereof doth equally extendit felte as wel to one as to another. As the word (e4rmes)in our vulgar vfe thers of doth equally fignifie thofe parts of our body fo called, or weapons , or tokens of honour , and with an afpiracion (which is an Erencx,or deceit in the Accent ) Harms. EMPYRAEAN, Fierse,It is among the old Diuines taken for the Sphzre FOLKMOTE. GEMINELS, of the bleffed,or the Heauen of the triumphant, F A meeting of the people,which the Larrns called (oncio, andin a more fpacious word Comitia. For Concio was any auditory,before,or vnto whome a {peach was vied, afwell as the {peach it felfe , both which Coxcio fig mified ; but Comitia did import a generall affembly of the people of Rome to make lawes &c. Our FoLrkmore may bee either, G Twins, Pairs, Matches,or Likes. Govrmons . Great eaters; Gluttens , Norman , Gourmon,is a {peach (1 GRAMMAR. heare;) by which the Normaxs are taxed for great fee~ ding,and gourmondize, Who knowes not that this word fignifies the Art of let- ters,and fpeach ? Yetitis meere GReEK in the originall; butnow fofamiliar in ourtongue, euen inthe moft yp- andith,countries as it need no Interpreter. Thofe who will perfwade vs to curne backe to ourold language for auoyding theloan of words , and phrafes, may from hence learn, that vfe makes all things familiar; Frivolous it isto wifh ( when thinges are dayly new) to | dreame big arte Ls \ ‘The Table; cee ne dreame ofa certaine ftate of words,or fpeachsthat is, That the number of ENGLisx wordes fhould be definite , and certaine, = And what fhall wee fay of reuiuing old and forgotten words?That cannot auoyd obfcurity but will induce it ra- ther, our helps being fewer to vnderftand them,then the Greex,Latin,or other famous langtiages-It is our floath which fuffers fo many of our owne werdes to live onely among the Arts,and Myfteries where they are common- ly knowne,like Dvrcu coynes which are not current out of their owne Citties,or Territories, Induftry, and Wife- dome would that. wee fhould not borrow till our owne ftore were empty , or worne bare , whichis to our felues ynknowne for want of obferuation. Therefore I could \ with there were a Tribunal, and Magiftrate for wordes, _ that it might not be in euery witts-will, donare cinitate ANGLICAN A,to make words, & phrafes free of ENc- LAND. ; H Hallowed Engrauements, or facred Sculptures;as Hiera-Hrrrociite | tical figures are facred figures 5 and Hierogramms {acted pytcxs, letters or writings. In all which words the myfticall cy- phers or records of the AEGrPTIAN rites,and Philofophie, _ were fignified to be comprifed.. Hyprrso- Septentrional. Due North:Nnder the North-pole, REANS. A Tarrarran wordsand as (I thinke) doth import a (74s ,Horp. Race,or Familie vader fome one Chiefe or other , which conduéts the troup after their barbarous vfage'fromcouns - ty to country. ih Horn is the whole company of fo many Tartans flit- ting vp,and downe where they can find new feedings, That which is made for honour , morethenfor vie. Honorary, _IMBRICATE. “INLAYSS, LANDSKEP, LavreaTED Letters. -Lazarv, ables I The Square,and bent liketoa Reafe-tile , which the Latins cal Jusbrex. aphisse At St, OLaves in Sovruvvarx you fhallleara among the Toyners what Zudayes and Marquetriemeane. Inlay (as the word imports)is alaying of colour’d wood in their Wainfcoat works,Bed-{teds, Cupbords, Chayres and the like, L The fame that Parergon , which in one word I call By- work ;wherein though T render the Greex Parergon ful ly,and truly,yet(for that it is not receiued infucha fenfe among vs) it dothnot fhew thething. : Allthat, which in a picture is not of the body,or argue ment thereof,is LANDsKEP , Parergon , or By-work, Asin the table of our Sauiours paffion;The pi@ure of Curist vpon the Rood (-which is the proper EnGiisH word for Croffe)the twa Theenes,the blefled Virgin Marre, and Saint Jonn,are the argument:But the Cittie IERvsatem, the country about , the (Vowdes, and the like are By- work, | | Leters bound about with Jaurell , which the Roman Generals fent to the Senat when their contents were victory , and conqueft newly by them obrained, Evsezivs Pampuitvs in his firft booke of the life of great Constantine defcribes this peculiar Standard very curioufly. The common forme thou maift beholdin the 163. pageof my Elements, Inthe Laparvm thefe things are more, Firlt the Banner was of Purple,where the pic- tures of the Emperour and his Children were wroughtin gold,and {tone af wonderfull value and beauty ; aboue the croflcebeam , or trauerfe-ftaffe of the banner she : | thefe he a owes 8 ee ee Se eee 7 © Ae me A Ee ete hh Ee: - The Table. - “es thofe two firft Grerxe Capitals of CHRIS TE’S nam which you may fee in my Elements, and on the point,or _ toppe of the Launce, or Staffe imperiall , was aduanced a crowne of gold fet with pretious ftone. All in honer of his miraculous conuerfion vpon the apparition of the Crosse, Which as it confifted of fhining light , and was feene abooue the Sunne, it beeing now pait Noone , fo there was very lately in our time feene by honorable perfonages,and othersat Saint LEonarp’s by Nevvarxe vpon TRENT, the lke figure of the Croffe abouethe Moone at night , in colour brighter then the Moone, whofe paler body was betweene their fight, andthe lower part of the long beame of the Croffe. Matidae ints | ~ Ys (in generall ) Frencu for(a Word )butin areftrai- Morr, ned{enfe is properly now among vs the Word , or Sen- tence applide to an Impreffe,or Heroick Deuife. Morall Interpreters of Poeticall Hiftories , or of the MyTHoL0=. wife Fables of nso Pp, which fort of inuention the LoceRs, _ Greeks call an Apologus. GR. The Hebrew,or Mosarcat name of the AiGYPTIANs, Mizraim, ~ which I vfe,the rather to fignifie thereby thofe e£GyP- ; yians that were of the oldefttimes. HED, . Sciential, Mathemata are generally all forts of liberall MaTHEMA= knowledges, but for their excellencie appropriated more TICAL. Specially to thefe foure, ARITHMETICK, Mvsicx , Geo- METRIE,ASTRONOMIE, GR, . See INLay, Manravetre | N, An officer among the Romans whofe it was tocall, Nomanctae _ cite,or rehearfe euery one of the Senatours, Guefts, &c. Tor, , by their feuerall names. LAT. Ablack Moore,whomtheD vr cx call a Swart , and NeGro, | Neero’s in the plural, Swarts, : Ee A figure a is ee pe ee Lp Se oe) is se oes Bd AM, : The Table. | | ce O. Oval, A figure round like an Egge,an oblong round. PERIMETER. The out-moft line of any folid Body, or other figure. : ‘The Compaffe,or bounding Tra&. PrtMaGo- — Inmy fenfe is an imitation of Pyracoras his fuper- -_RACIsMe —-flitionsin numbers: to the which Pyruacoras attribu- ted too much, PuystoLo= » Naturall Philofophers ; or difcourfers of natural: GERS, ‘matters, : Prysicxs.. — Natural! Philofophy.Naturall; The word Phy/itian we do vulgarly abufe (as we doe “very many other)for a Leech , or Medicus , but not alto= ~ gether intollerably,becaufe it is a trite,and a true faying, that Ubi definit Philofophus incipit Medicus , where the: Naturalift (for there the word Philofopher ftands for a _ Phyfiologer)ends,there the AZ-dienxs begins {0 asif an expert Leceh muft needs be expertinthe Phyficks (that is , inthofe {peculations which concerne the workes of nature )the neareft word to fall with cur tongue,yet not farre fyom the thing , was Phy/itian , for Medicus. could tot well brooke any flexion among vs.. ~~” Renscapo, One that renyes, or renounceth the faith , that is (in the 7 receined fenfe of the word) the Curistran faith. An Apoftata:by which word the Emperour Iyiranvs for his Special malice to. CHRIsTIANITIE,Was furnamed,. S.. + Sann, Here ic fignifies that famous place which the Romans | by a Latin word of the faine fignification called Arena,. for that it ( being the ground within an Amphitheater) was fanded ouer both for {ure footing,and the fooner to- . drinke vp-the bloud:of men, & beafts their thed inf cht for entertaintmentof the people.Figuratiuely,ir istaken for anyfubiedtof Trial as Prouince for abufinefle. ‘Of all our ExGiisn words, none comes neaterto exe preffe it,chen Toxen, fo as we vnderftand thereby fuch a: Toxen, as.in which there is alwayes fome pourtrai@, Sympox, | ae " aN ee = aa 5 Sem : i yi Se The Table. 3 r A figure,or image. Symbol(in my fenfe)is a figure,or fhape which relateth to fome caufe,reafon, qualitie, nature,or Hiftorie,proper to this, or that Bearer,or family. To /yme : bolize, is fo to beetoken, or fo, and ix that fort to an{wer, ae or agree-with. Many frauds you fhall read in PLavrvs, plotted,and acted by counterfetting,and flie conueiance of thefe Symbels,or Tokens, wherein there was cuer fome s ijmage,or other. Sothe Symbol of AmPurrrvon in that ie Tragicomedie was ,Sol cum quadrigis, The Sunne inhis Chariot drawne with foure horfe, PyRGOPOLINiIcEs, the bragging Soldier , had his owne louely felfe with great Decorum,drawne in his Signet fora Symbol. Symbolical. Philofophie therefore is that kinde of learning , and wif- dome, which knowing the caufes, and proprieties of of things naturall, and fupernaturall , doth teach how to smake,or to expound thofe myftical,and artificial bodies, called Symbols,of what kinde foeuer. | Is that which the vulgar call an Anatomie: Skeleton is SKELETON. the whole Fabrick,or dry frame of humane Bones. The dry carcaffe of a man,orwoman, without Arteries, Mu cles,or other natural! appurtenances. Skeletos in GREEKE is bony,or dry asa Bone. ee A Coate of Ares to were ouer Armour. SVRCOAT, T. ee | VersTEGAN’s words in his antient Excrrsu Alphabet TAaZERD, are thefe..A 7abert,anciently afhort gowne,that reached | no further then co the mid-legge,In ENGianp itis now the name onely of an Heralds Ceate. Places in Temples where Donartes , and fuch gifts as THOLES are prefented there,be hung vp. FINIS, x erase sae, EAC . In my Epiftle tothe Reader, for H zroick, read Heroick. In Maifler Hollands Sonnet line.8 for thou art ,read,that art.Pag.ss. 1,17, dele in p.56 123 ,for frailty,read fraily. P.144 the itrings of Colours falfe ! placed, the highelft for loweft, p.148. The Cuttex hath in the Schu: i cheon for S.put A.& for V.put O, The Coat of the Duchie of Cone ; wall, ‘is, Sable, fifteene Belants.y 4.3.2.1. p.177.for Meremins,read _ Rremins,& for Aeremites,Eremites.p.1 ee Lorange,r,.Lozang@, €2 Sty } , A TABLE OF MATTERS,THOSE PRIN- cipally which are notin the Contents ofthe 7 Chapters, — A, Bartot wrote uot exaétly A Biradiine confiderati-| of Armorial colours.p.139 | onsia Armories.pag.79 | Barbarous pesple,and their: Antiquity sot the qnely ar-| notes. p. 20. wore painted. bitreffe of Armorial co-4 Armes. lours, p.128. Antiquity in novelty. p.s2. ‘Armorie 4. Gentlemanly {ci- p24. Bearing iz proper not the beft kinde of bearing, p.t27. Beauties Armorial, p.193. ence, © p-91.' Blazon blazed. 64. Atmorie a: word of large Black the bafis of colours, content. pO.) p.t49. Atmories have their certain | Black failes tragicall.p.1 29: - principles, | p-3.| Blew Shields, - ). PEt Zs. Armoriall markes de{cribed.| Blew. colour (ymbolicall to pag.6. ~ what, p-131. Arinories very antient. p.9+| Bodies Armorial, pag-115, whe they grewtoaperfettis! 16.11 Fi | onp.10.are abfolute Syma\| Brrvans painted.p.1 31, leffe bolicallbodyes. p.s3.' barbarous.tben Cansan Arguments én antient Ger-| writes of them, p.27. their MAN Armories. —p.30,|. Chariot-fights. eee Armories zor the meer worke of Art, p. 60. mentall, or C. atinall,p.80,their notions. Cenfors deferuing cenfure.. Sharpen wit.p.githeonely| p.53. remaining euidences of \Center of moral life, p55. Nobilitie. p.92.{Curists Church in Can- Auriflamb ofFRance.p.166,) TERB,fhields there.p.15.66, Curist’s appearingto Con=- B. STANTINE. P73. Banner of Constantine's: Coates of Arms cannot con- frandard. Table of words, ft of one colour, - p.rs9. ie LABARYM.. ‘ | Colour as. Element Armo- 3 rial, ae - r 3 aN Be Nie The Table. : rialp.126 vitalandbeau-' ftrousin nature but not it _ tifull, p25.) Armes. p.146.147- Colours Armoriall feauen Dragons heads for helmets. principall. p,127.1§7.| ° p.37: Colours withoui metal,a bo-| ; dy without foule. pa. 160.| Eagle in the MEx!CAIN En- colours firangely affett| figne. p-48. the foule.p.130.131,"eA iwo-fold confideration of Elements of Armories,what. p.82.and how many p.83. colours. p.132, Gules and| Elements Armorial prima- Azure examined. p.1 36, rieand fecundany, p.177. Of Purple, 138. 140,' Elements abjradl frombo- 141.15 3,0f Sablep.14q,| des. p32. of Vert. 152. captious Elementary difcours iz Are points about colours. pag.| mory concernes not char- 151.4 treble refpett m}\ ges, p.48> their marfoalling. p.t57.{Empalement given for ho- Contraries have the fame\— nor, p.165. rule, p.22.\Empire (ymbolifed hy white Continent, avd contentin} colour. pe t28. Armes what. p. 64.70.\ Enfignements ix general.5o° Croffes, Curistian Sym-' Enfignements there , where bols. P:39-72.73-| 24g Religion , or Gonerite D. ment. p48. Deuifes heroick, iz Homer! Ermin,171, their true forme not Armorial. p-9: | 172.skins of beafts.pATs.— Defcriue, a Terme of royall Eucn numbers in Arms 18% blaxon. p-64.' Extrauagants armorial,168 Demonttration deales upon : certainties. p.77. Fabrick of 4 rare rield in Diameters Armorialp.120| Pavts. p.69 Diuinatids of the author.51 | Final caufe of Armes.p.¥43. - Diftance armorialwhat.190 Fifteene the moft of odde Difcords iz Armories.ibid.|. eArmorial numbers.183. Diminutiues of bovorable|Finites iz Armories, p.180. Ordinaries. p-195-|Fingers dipt in bloud , vfed - Double-headed Eagle mon- | _ for penicills, p-161. Beg Flagges ia. | >" eR, 2 noni Va een PX ae | ‘ er | ‘The Table. ae Flapgsof Tamor LANE.165.| Ignorance falls upon breach Formes of Shields.65.66.67| of rules. Speagos - Fouresz Armories. p.185. Imitation 20 cane of Ex- {iguements. p40. Improper tocad a fingle con lour a Coate. p-168, Imprefe of the author ex- Furres Armorial. p.171, Fulneffe sz Arms,what.190 e Gentlemen iz. the Largest fenfe. P-6.63,| pounded. Table of words Gegarp Leicu rightly ind-| ix Cuaos. ged of. pst 34.| Indefinits Armorial p.180. Saint Georces Armes an 193.194.1959, COoNSTANTINE'S. .73. (Inlanders of old Briraw Glory,Catsars goddeffe.27} fauage. p-29. God, fir? author of Armo-| Interfecant lines in Armo- ries. pag.7. his kolyname\ rie. p-1t4. vindicated of lare by Par- . lament. pPag.gs. Gules familiar in Antiqui- tie. -152, H ite Kings of Coren , and their eArmorties. p-15. Knighthood coxietlurallie Hanging Gardens. Table of 5 words,in AvToms, LaterallLines. _p,10¥. Hartnonie 4rmorial.p.169,| Lines ax Element Armorial. HENRY onr moft noble, p.8s5.their irl? forts.87.88, Princes: p.68.| doubly confidered.pag.89, Herms , and Hermathenes. | foure crooked forts. p.93+ pag.l73. | confidered agatne in their Heteroclyte Armorial. 168 | Hoprestone’s Coat, p.196.{ tude.p.97.98. Honorarie Targat's, 67.69. ine of moft honor , an Humane image on a Shield. Slate, which. p.1 02. parts p4g.38. of Lines, p.1.08.double,.or : I. two-fold lines dinided ine Icarvsses two. Table of y to three forts.p.112. exe words, 2 AVTOMS, traregular, p-T19. Idemtitic lz —4rmes ,what.|Lions iz the Coates of pag.1g90, Wazgs, p-77- | | | Lifts inC, TAcitvs. —p.30. - number, p. 96, and longi- ; LP TEE YC ee eR NIG a St e525 a ee d é “a piigiggté cae ; ‘ pug 2 PONS = ae ce Tpaiaelene . Liftsproper to enter a lear-| morial.p.177. of enen,and & 7. ; i ae : p62. cdde. Pp. 185. Local eaufe of Armeries.47.\ Oo Loue of honor anailable to Obferuation the key of thefe high defignes, —_p.40.| Elements. P-5: 7 M One onely BRIvTAN of note tas Mac Grnzon , white Knight, ken in both \vuivs. Caz- ofMOvNSTER. —-p.167,|. SARS invafions, —_p.27. | Marcks of Merchants.p.22.)Oldelt Record of ENGLisH Manifettation a fizall caufe| bearings, Pp 97- of eArmes: p-192.| One Armes to one man. 64, Manomets hanging Coffin. Od niibers # Armuories.x81 Table i AVTOMS. Outward perfonall Markes Many Kings marreal.129.) before NOan. p- 50. Marriages of colours. p.1 69. 1% Materials of (rmories col- letted by ~-’rt. p. 61. Mexico foitded by oracle.47 - Metal without colour like a| Parallels 2 Armovie.p,123. bodie without foule. p.160.|Precedency of edrmorial “Metal the vegetatine foule of | § Colours, sh 4 Och a | Armes, p:168. Predicaments of Colours Middle of thefh:ild not tebe eArmorial, pel 24a vacant. p:¥88,)PeRPoincTs (oct, p.19s- Mosaicx or Mystye works.|Pertingent lxe ‘of a rare pag.176. kinde. p.106. Mortimer of Norfolk. 194 )Pertranfients only 4. p.103.- Myfteries of hoor not to bee | Perfection in unity. p 180. contemned for the abufe.s 5 \Ptoportions Armoriai,.189. N Pofition a* Element of Natural Azalogie. — p. eI eArmories, —p.1 7B. Natures Heraldrie. p.13- Publifhed workes not pabli- Natures ALaiffer-peices. 12. I fhedwhich — pds _Noatu , Seminarie of new' 0 di plantations. p-46. Quedruplexnmber. p83. Notionof Exfignement: na-| Quickhiluer drops vefembled Be tural, p-12.| éy Dostor Suytu, called Number an Element Ar- os Paintings of AGATHYRSI- ANS. p.24.and of other rude nations, — ibid. Deftcr red SxTH,p,1 1%, @ The Table. oe | | eee ees Slate a table of recapitulatl. - Rainbow,after the flond. | on. oS Tees Rainbow iz az Inp1 an} Studies of honour enlumin feild. p45]. thefoule. | P54 Reafon wherin to fufpett lv- Symbolical zmages iz Scrip- Livs CAESARS reports.p.28| ture. p-4t Reafon of Armes, end na- yt Sr ture not the fame. p.143| Vegetatiue foules of e4r- Religion in affuming netes| _ morie. p.142 © of honor. p.167|Vertin Armories. p.152 Rites of c£GyPTIANS hom| Virtues nalue iz 7 felf. p. 56 recorded.T able,in HyzRO=| Vniuerlalityof ex/igzements. GLYPHICKS, p: 60. Rite of fir? takixg Armes in| Vela decaied caufe of GERMANIE. = p30! great.olfeursty. p.58, Rome to be left for ALBA in- Vie of Recapitulation p.123 ~. tolerable, - p.148 w 4 S$ et | ; Wain{coat workes: Table of Salad roial, onBexiaz..p.54\ words in INLayes. aoe Satyr no fit reformer of Whitecolour. © pazs . Armes. —. peg 7|Whitecapable of alcolours, Scale of colours according to) p. 144.{ymbolical to things feneral authors. _p.435| diuine. : 128 Secret fountaine of .trve| Withesfor an Hoty Warr. Armories. EPAOL P40 5 SemiinArmes. —_p.r93 | Wonderful things of Arms —Semrramis. ber Gardens.| inthe Invtes.p.42.44.45 « Tzble of words in Avroms.| Words like DvtcH coynes: Ship in heauen. Table off TablejinGrammar. _ _ words, ARGO. — -|Words needa Magistrate. — Simon Macvs az Icarvs.! _ ibid. ee ‘Table,iz AvToms, ee. a Se Bs Single colour con/titutes xo} Yellow ‘haires of the Bri= | Armories, PUSS | TANS, Pe FINIS. ofo.6 ; + 2 * § UE > ee 7 eA ear O89 ENE T i oy ts SES ON, 6 Secs aed. yr > i ‘ ants z Se am fe Re ioe : ae P x, P f ‘ y a 3 asm a EE ig wee a Fe 5 dF & EAE < = SeeS 2a SE lar Lees cw, oS 6 : < % yy 4 L: oe %itr