The Curiosities of Heraldry

by Mark Antony Lower

There is a falcon of the rock; and that is for a duke.

There is a falcon peregrine; and that is for an earl.

Also there is a bastard; and that hawk is for a baron.

There is a sacre and a sacret; and these ben for a knight.

There is a lanare and a laurell; and these belong to a squire.

There is a merlyon; and that hawk is for a lady.

There is an hoby; and that is for a young man.

There is a goshawk; and that hawk is for a yeoman.

There is a tercell; and that is for a poor man.

There is a spave-hawk; she is an hawk for a priest.