Now it shaƚƚ be shewyd of armys that ar bendly barryt.
Ther be forsothe certan armys bendli barrit. and thei be called bendly barrit. and for this cause they be calde bendly barrit. for .ij. colouris ar iunyt to gether in euery barre bendly. as it is opyn here ī theis armis And therfore it shaƚƚ be sayd of him that beris theis armys: in this wyse as folowis. first in latyn thus. ¶ Ipse portat arma bendaria de rubio et auro. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port barre bendee de gowlez et dor. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith barri bendy of gowles and golde.
¶ Bot neuer the lees ye most dyltgentli attende in the blasyng of sych armys: as palyt barrit and bendyt. for and they ben not suttelly consauyt a man sodanly onsweryng may lightly in thoos armys be dissayuyt. For certanly thoos armys be callede palyt armys in the wich ar fownde so many palys of oon colowre as ar of an other. And iff the palys of bothe the colowris ben not equaƚƚ thoos armys be not palyt.
¶ In diuerse armys of gentiƚƚ men be fownde .ij. palis of oon colowre. and .iij. of an other as here in theis armys folowyng it shaƚƚ be shewed. that is to say ther be .iij. palys of gowles and .ij. of golde for of the colowre of reede apperith .iij. partes in the shelde and bot ij. allone of the colowre of golde Therfore the gētiƚƚ man that berith theis armys: beris ī this wise & thus ye shaƚƚ say of him. first in latyn thus. Portat duos palos aureos in campo rubeo. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gowllez et deux pales dor. Et anglice sic. He berith gowlys and .ij. palis of golde.