HERALDRY. 
amet gr the arms of nee = ftill varied from thofe of the 
r Henry an is of opinion, that they are of 
‘till more modern senor in this kingdom ; for, fpeaking of 
the antiquity generally allowed to the ufage of arms in 
England, he obferves, that ‘ this nation ae for fome 
hundreds of years harrafled with wars, in the ftorm of foreign 
aflaults, and civil commotions, there is little reafon to be 
‘over-confident i in matters of pedigree and arms beyond 4 
ears ;” and he even exprefles his doubt, whether they are 
entitled to that antiquity, by adding ; “ Nefcio an ea pror- 
fus antiquitate.”’ 
Blazon, or the a rt of blazoning of arms, is a fubject 
of importance in the fcience of hera ry and it contifts 
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~ “tn the knowledge of thofe colours and ls which are 
proper to be ufed, and of the feveral parts, lines of par- 
tition, ordinaries, and oe. of which the coat is com- 
pofed, [he colours and metals, for an account of which 
fee CoLour in Heraldry, are pasta blazoned by tinc- 
tures ; and, accerding to the fentiments of fome refiners in 
the art, the arms of gentlemen, efquires, rps 9 and baro- 
nets, are to. be blazoned by tinétures, thofe of nobles by 
recious ftones, - thofe of fovereign cease “Kings and 
emperors, by a anets. [he two metals, or and argent, 
and the four colours, yellow, white, black, and red, are the 
feveral penne of aha the fields, and all charges of 
particular, sichebal, or fixed terms, are all comprehended 
under the word “ Proper.’’ As to all the tinétures, 
‘feldom, if ever, ufed, either for fields, or charges, althoug 
they are ranked wens thofe, to which fome whimfical 
heralds have given. myttical an and repretenting. 4 
he 
the moral, political, and military v e who origi- 
nally bore their arms fo coloured or ‘io a ‘White, they 
fay, denotes chaftity ; 3 black, ceatteney blue, lo oyalty, &e. 
but the mere mention of thefe ri aiegktins’ fancies is fufficient. 
In blazoning a _ of arms, you are to begin wit nth the 
Hatton, zure, a chever a Sebeeen three 
— or,” ae Naw ied “aie. both the cheveron and garbs 
you have mention es that are 
When 
ie ei the field, then tha t are 
ft 
ea ieiane alwa secs interp ib fale « 
that is, according to their ares n generous qualities 
and fo as may red o the honour of the 
‘Thus the fox, being pace witty, and Arg Srey to 
Hiching for his prey ; 1f this be the charge of an efeutcheon, 
we are to conceive the quality reprefented to be his wit and _ 
oe not his theft. 
Guillim adds, that all favage beaits are to be figured in 
r fiercelt action ; as, a lion erected, his mouth wide open, 
» he is faid to be ram- 
arte to be pourtrayed going, as it were, pede- 
form of ation, faith C Penis fits their 
x = 
oe of 
natural dif ponves and is termed pafant. The gentler kinds 
are to be fet h in their noblett and moft advantageous 
action ; 5. ASA horfe running or vaulting, a greyhound courf- 
ing, a deer tripping, a lamb going w ith fmooth and ealy 
ce, &c. 
Every animal is to be moving or looking to the right 
fide of the fhield; and it isa general rule, ert the right 
foo t be placed fo spiay becaule the right fide is reckoned 
the beginning of mo add, that the upper part is 
nobler than. the ag ; "fo that things PP dere: either to 
look up or down, ought rather to defigned looking up- 
wards. It mult be noted, that notw ithftandin thefe folemn 
precepts of Guillim, and the other matters of armoury, we 
find by experience, that there are lions paflant, couchant, 
and ‘dormant, as well as rampant, an that _moft 
arms look down, and not up. tongues and claws of 
all beaits are in heraldry generally sepiiienied as of a different 
colour from that of their bodies, and are termed /angued and 
armed, and, therefore, thite words fhould be always men- 
tioned in la zon tis a rule, that when any bealt is 
loured aztire, the tongue oe claws muit be gules; ae vice 
verfd, unlefs it is otherwile pa in the grant of arms. 
When any beaft proceeds from the bottom of a chief, fefs, 
&c. they are eee Edgaents and when it proceeds from the 
fefs or ordinary, it is termed naiffant. 
Eirds are a pate a more honourable beset than fith ; 
and wild and ravenous birds than tame ones 
ae) 
FS) 
umbered as far as 
are to 
hey: are termed di Zo eagle = th wi 
and legs extended, is called difplayed. 
ing behind them, they, as spre ape ee 
All birds, except birds ,_having their beaks and 
f legs of a cslour different Gon ie er their bedy, are Cone 
membered, and as to their claws and talons, armed. Birds 
on wing are faid to be volani. 
4c the Eisen of fowls much ohersetn fight, if the 
dy ab si not difplayed, they are faid to be borne clofe 3 ¢§™ 
he an eagle, a pa Re ora fwallow, cof. In the a 
otis Siac $end da foead fe any action or pon 
which nature does ant ordinarily incline it, fuch 
eo Bek nam pier rwife not. ae 
are of t lt i of lefs efteem in a coat mous 
beatts and fowls, as being pofterior to them the order of 
creation; but they fometimes. become fo dignified by 
perfons or families who bear them, as to be. preferable od 
many birds or beaits. 
Fith are borne different ways; upright, embowed, | 
— eats furmounted of ‘each athae, fretted, tt 
sie 
Ault th bars feeding fhould be termed devouring. 
Fith, when placed in ‘a horizontal dire@tion, ae 
fwimming, are to be naiant; and when 
— 
‘aeons fo that the head is in chief, and hale 
bafe, they are faid to be Aauriant, that is, a 
in 
Beale likewife comprehends what 
folemn cavaleades, ng 
monies at. coronations, inftalments, creatie 
rals, nuptials, &c. 
