Off armys the wich ar calde frectis here now I wyƚƚ speke.
A certan nobuƚƚ baron that is to say the lorde awdeley of the Reame of Englonde baar in his armys a frecte. the wich certan frectis ī mony armys of dyu̇erse gentiƚƚ men ar founde. other while reede other while golde. and other whyle blac oderwhile simple and oderwhile dowble otherwhile tripuƚƚ and other while it is multepliet ou̇ aƚƚ the sheld as here it apperith. and ye most vndirstande on gret differans by twix armys bendit and theis armys the wich be made with the forsayd frettys wherfore it is to be markyt that in bendyt armys the colouris contenyt equally ar dyuydit. Bot ī thes frectis the felde alwai a bydys hooƚƚ as here. and this forsayd lorde audeley beris thus in latyn. ¶ Portat arma frectata de auro in campo rubeo. Et gallice sic. Il por de gowlez vng frette dor. Anglice sic. ¶ He berith gowles and a frecte of golde.
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 ye 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 ye 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.
