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both of their hawks and of the fowls that their hawks fliall flay. 

 Therefore this book following in a due form fhows very knowledge 

 of fuch pleafure to gentlemen and perfons difpofed to fee it." 



Prologue to Spi#tre00 'Barneg' Compilation on Bunting, 



" Likewife, as in the Book of Hawking aforefaid are written and 

 noted the terms of pleafure belonging to gentlemen having delight 

 therein, in the fame manner this book following fhoweth to fuch gentle 

 perfons the manner of Hunting for all manner of beafts, whether they 

 be beafts of Venery, or of Chace, or Rascal. And alfo it fhoweth all 

 the terms convenient as well to the hounds as to the beafts aforefaid. 

 And in certain there be many diverfe of them as it is declared in the 

 book following." 



Prologue to tfje TBoofe of Coat armour* 



" Here in this book following is determined the lineage of Coat 

 Armours : and how gentlemen fhall be known from ungentle men, and 

 how bondage began firft in angel and after fucceeded in man kind, 

 as it is here mowed in procefs, both in the childer of Adam and alfo 

 of Noe, and how Noe divided the world in three parts to his three 

 fons. Alfo there be fhowed the nine colours in Arms figured by the 

 nine orders of Angels, and it is fhowed by the forefaid colours which 

 be worthy and which be royal ; and of regalities which be noble and 

 which be excellent And there be here the vertues of Chivalry, and 

 many other notable and famous things, to the pleafure of noble perfons 

 lhall be fhowed, as the works following witneffes, whofoever liketh to 

 fee them and read them, which were too long now to rehearfe. And 

 after thefe notable things aforefaid followeth the Blafmg of all manner 

 Arms in Latin, French, and Englifh." 



So wrote the fchoolmafter. Let us now fee what kind of book 

 this is typographically. 



