Off armys hauyng beestis salyentyng or rampyng.

Beestis in tharmys of dyuerse nobuƚƚ ar borne rampyng as here ī thys figure folowyng apperith. of the wich ī the boke afore I haue made no mencion. And of hym that is possessor of theys armys ye shaƚƚ say ī latyn. ¶ Portat de rubio & vnum leonem de argento. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gowlez vng Leon saliantz dargent. Et anglice sic. ¶ He berith gowles & a lion rampyng of siluer. And he is calde a Lion ramppyng for thys cause. for as mych as the right foote ascendyth to the right horne of the shelde. and the lefte foote descendyth in to the foote of the shelde as apperith ī the figure. And this same maṅ is obseruyt in aƚƚ beestis hauyng .iiij. feete. that is to say in lionys leopardis beeris doggis with other like to them.

¶ Off armys barrit and of labellis borne in armys.

First note weƚƚ tharmys of the fadyr as here. and then the differancis as it shaƚƚ be shewyt. for certan ther be dyu̇se nobuƚƚ men y^e wich bere labellis in theyr armys as it shaƚƚ be shewyt ī figure after. for the wich it is to be knawe that sych labellis ar not propurli calde signes in armys bot dyfferancis of signes. that when it is so: that any nobuƚƚ man haue mony lefuƚƚ getyn sonnys: then y^e first son the wich is his faderis ayre: shaƚƚ bere the hooƚƚ armys of his fadyr with sum lyttiƚƚ differans as here. to whom specialli is geuyn a moon encresyng. for that first son̄ is in hoope of augmentacion and encressyng of his patrimony. & thys differans may be sum littiƚƚ molet or a cros croslet or sych a like differans.

¶ The secunde broder shaƚƚ bere the hooƚƚ armys of his fader with .iij. labellis to the differans and in to the signe that he is the thride that beris thos armys. ¶ Also the thride broder if ther be any shall bere iiij. labellis ī tokyn that he is the faurith: that berith thos armis of whom the fader is the first. the ayre is the secunde. and the secunde broder is y^e thride: that beris thoos armys. And so folowys that the thride broder shaƚƚ beere .iiij. labellis as here it apperith in thys figure. And so forthe iff ther be moo brether ye shaƚƚ encree yowre labellys after the forme afore rehersit.

¶ And the sunnys of thoos same brether shaƚƚ beere the same labelis. ¶ And ī case that the secunde brother the wich berith iij. labeles haue .ij sonnys certanly thelder soon of thos .ij. the wich is hayre to his fadyr shaƚƚ bere the hooƚƚ armys of his fadyr: with also many labelys as his fadyr did. with a littyƚƚ differans as here it apperith in thys scochon. ¶ And hys secunde brodyr shaƚƚ bere the hooƚƚ armys of hys fadyr with the same labellis as his fadyr baare and no moo with a bordure as here in thys figure next folowyng it shaƚƚ be shewyt. and as it is rehersit in the chapiture of borduris.

¶ And iff ther be the thride brodyr then he shaƚƚ beere hys faderis armys with the same labellis and a bordure of an other colowre to the differans of hys brothyr as it shaƚƚ be shewyt ī thys scochon next suyng

¶ And the chyldyr of thoos men shaƚƚ beere theyr dyfferans not in theyr faderis armys, bot in borduris and dyuysionys dyu̇se.

¶ And like as the chylder of the secunde brodyr beryng iij. labellis ar dyuydyt and dyfferit: by theye signys and theyr borduris. So the chylder of the thride broder beryng .iiij. labellis: bere the same armys that theye fader did &̄ also mony labellis. And they ar dyfferit by theyr signys and theyr borduris as afore is rehersit: and dyu̇se othyr. as oder while a Lyon raumpyng oon parte reed an othdr blakke.

Now certanly of aƚƚ the signys the wich ar founde ī armys as of flowris leuys and other merueƚƚys tokenys I can not declare here: ther be so mony. Bot ye shaƚƚ knaw generally that for aƚƚ tharmys the wich lyghtly any man has seen ī his days: ye haue rules sufficient as I be leue. to dyscerne and blase any of theym: and it be so that ye be not in yowre mynde to hasty or to swyfte in the dyscernyng. Ner ye may not ouerryn swyftly the forsayd rules. bot dyligently haue theym in yowre mynde. and be not to fuƚƚ of consaitis. For he that wiƚƚ hunt ij haris ī oon owre: or oon while oon. an other while an other lightly he losys both. Therfore take heede to the rules. Iff so be that they be not a generaƚƚ doctrine: yet shaƚƚ thai profecte for thys sciens gretly.