¶ Off a cros flori patent vmbratit and perforatid.
Neuertheles after sum men thys shadoyd cros other wyle is persid maruelusly as hit folowith here and than hit is calde a cros floori patent vmbratyd and perforatid for hit accordis with the croos precedyng exceppid the persyng in the myddys of the sayd shadoo. ¶ And then hit shaƚƚ be sayd that he the wiche berith this cros. latine. Portat vnā crucem floridam patentem vmbratam perforatam cum rubio in campo aureo
¶ Et gallice sic Il port dor vng croys patee florotee vmbre & partee de gowlez.
¶ Anglice He berith of golde a cros patent flurri shadoyd & persyd with gowles.
Blaseris moost be ware of theis armys vmbratid of the wich: mony rewles be shewed a fore. Bot for the blasyng of theis certan armys sum ignorant men of thys crafte take the rule goyng a fore that is to wite of the colowris transmutid as ye saw a fore Bot ther be certan nobuls and gentilmen in englonde the wich beere shadoys diuerse in theyr armys as Lyon Antlop and other. and they that bere theys armis and hit be a lyon ye shaƚƚ sai in latyn ¶ Portat vnum leonē vmbratam in campo aureo ¶ Gallice. Il port dor et vng leon vmbree. ¶ Anglice. He beerith of golde and a lyon vmbratid. ¶ And men say that suche ꝑsonys as beer theys vmbratid armys had there ꝓgenitoris beryng the same not vmbratid bot hole Bot the possessionis & the patrimonyes descendid to other men. then the Neuoys or Kynnysmen leuyng in goode hoope and trustyng to haue the possessionis of their ꝓgenitoris: beer their armys vmbratid. aƚƚ oder differens a fore said leuīg. for when they haue that patrimony: that thai trustit oon. soon thay may beer that lion or other beest of the same coloure the wiche theyr progenytoris bare. and it is bettyr to beer thos armis vmbratit then hoolly to leeff theyr progenitouris armys.
¶ Yitt here folowis an odir cros hemyt or borderit as apperis
A Gret dowte yit remaynys a nendys blaseris of armys ī dyfferens be twix thys cros fimbriatit or borderit. as here now apperis and the forsayd cros vmbratit. in so moch that they are mych like. and it apperis in the first sight that they be bot oon. bot and a man beholde weƚƚ ther is a gret differens. for the bordir of thys cros is variet as weƚƚ fro the coloure of the cros as fro the coloure of the felde. and elles is ther no dowte. Therfore it shaƚƚ be sayde of hym that beris theys armys in thys wyse first in latyn thus. Portat vnam crucem nigram perforatam floridam patentem fimbriatam siue borduratam cum argento in campo rubeo. Gallice sic. ¶ Il port de gullez vng crois flouretee patee percee de sabuƚƚ bordure dargent. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith goules with a cros flurri patent persit of Sable borderit wt Silu̇.
Now folowis an Ermyn cros as it shaƚƚ be shewyd
For certan ther is an Ermyn cros. & hitt is a meruelus cros of ye wich ther was a disputacion at london by a certan herrowde of Bretan. And it was determynyt that theys armys may be in non other coloure bot as here it apperis And thys cros is calde an Ermyn cros. and it shaƚƚ be sayd of him that beris theys armys in thys wyse as it shaƚƚ folow. first in latyn thus. ¶ Portat vnam crucem ereminalem. Et gallice sic. ¶ Il port vng croys Eremmee Anglice sic. ¶ He berith a cros ermyn And here ye moost note that the coloure ī theys armys shaƚƚ not be expressit for this cros ner theis armis may not be made bot of theys colouris that is to say allone of blacke and white the wich ar the propur coloris of theys armys.