Or by the difference of their aArmings knowne,
[Or by their Colours; for in Ensignes there,]
[Some wore the Armes of their most ancient Towne,]
[Others againe their owne Diuises beare],
There was not any, but that more or lesse,
Something had got, that something should expresse.
b Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood.
c An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror.
First, in the bKentish Stremer was a Wood,
Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword,