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propriate emblem of attention and watchfulnefs. The 
word lodged is exclufively applied to this particular 
bearing, which is moft elegantly exemplified in the 
following lines: 
The ftag fprtuig up on Cheviot-Fell, 
Spread his broad noftril to the wind. 
Lifted before, afide, behind ; 
Then couch’d him down befide the hind, 
And quak’d among the mountain fern, 
To hear that found fo dull, fo ftern. Marmion, C. ii. 
Fig. 155. Sable, in chief two fwallows volant, in bafe a 
fxoan argent. Here the Iwallow preferves its original 
name and Ihape ; and we mu ft obferve, by the way, that 
when two or more charges are of the lame tirifcfture, the 
name of that thythire is mentioned only once ; and that 
after the name of the la ft charge that partakes of it. 
Fig. 156. Argent, a talbot's head-fable. This noble dog 
is of the ancient Englilh breed, and holds a place here 
on account of his fidelity to his mafter.—And we might 
here remark, that nearly all the virtues and amiable 
qualities of man living in fociety have been fymbolized 
and pourtrayed by the hand of heraldry, in the fubfti r 
tution of appropriate objeiSts in natural hiftory ; and 
that confequently the ftudy of. this fcience, belides its 
other advantages, has a direct and strong ten¬ 
dency TO MELIORATE OUR HEARTS, AS WELL AS 
TO ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS. ■ 
Fig. 157. Vert, a Tau argent. This figure has long 
been taken for the letter T, but from a manifeft error. 
The fa£t is this : St. Anthony, the firft hermit of the 
defects of Theba'fs, founded a congregation of monks, 
who were bound to obferve the rules he had framed for 
them. They were-often to be met with in Egypt, where 
they were entrufted with the care of the hofpitals for 
the wounded and lame crufaders. They carried, ditched 
on their garments, a figure allufive to the miniftry of 
charity which they exercifed toward the maimed and 
decayed warrior: and this wrs not a letter, but a crutch ; 
which having.the Ihape of the letter T, was foon mif- 
taken by the ignorant, who even in allufion to it called 
the friars of the order of St. Anthony by the name of 
Theatins-, a convent of that order gave its name to one 
of the Quais at Paris. 
Fig. 158. Or, a thunderbolt proper. The wings denote 
the rapidity, and the zigzag lines the form and figure* 
of the lightnings in the clouds. This emblem of de- 
flrudtion was often engraven on Roman ftiields, as may 
be afeertained by the infpettion of ancient fculptures. 
We read in Virgil, when he fpeaks of both the Scipios: 
Quis Gracchi genus ? aut geminos, duo fulmina belli, 
Scipiadas, cladern Libya? din, vi. 844. 
Who can omit the Gracchi ? who declare - 
The Scipios’ worth, thofe thunderbolts of war, 
The bane of Carthage ? ; V. Pope. 
Thus the Mantuan poet confirms the propriety of,in. 
troducing this bearing in modern coats of arms. 
Fig. 159. Purpure, a fea-lurtle argent. The attack on 
fome city by the clofe target-roof, in which the warrior 
may have been engaged, found a lafting memorial in this 
bearing; fince they called tejludo, (a tortoife or turtle,) 
this manner of uniting or hooking ftiields to ftiields, 
which enabled,them to approach the walls in defiance of 
the burning pitch, ftones, &c. which the befieged threw 
inceflantly on the befiegers. Virgil fays: 
-—— -omnes 
Perre libet fubter denfa teftudine cafus. JEn. ix. 513. 
Fig. 160. Argent, in chief two Jumps of trees erafed, in bafe 
on a mount a tree proper. Thefe three bearings ought to 
be delineated as exhibited in our engraving. They 
were intended to reprefent the revival of a title, or 
when, after having lain long dormant, it has been al¬ 
lowed to be borne again. The little fprig coming out 
of one oftjie charges is exprelfive of the meaning. 
Fig. 161. Sable, in chief two trefoils flipped or, in bafe a 
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trefoil double Jipped argent'. The trefoil is the trifolium of 
the Latin, the trejfle of the French, and the plant com¬ 
monly called clover. 
Fig. 162. Or, a trident fable. The naval power has 
been often deTignated by the trident. The ancient poets 
furnifti us with numberlefs instances of it. This fymbol 
is often placed in the hand of Britannia, as it is con- 
ftantly in that ot Neptune; and indeed we might write 
under it this quotation from the firft book of Virdl’s- 
j^Eneid: 
Maturate fugam regique hac dicitc vejro ; 
Non illi imperium pdagifavumque tridentem 
Sed mihiforte dhtum. 
' By fatal lot-to me 
The liquid empire fell, and trident of the fea. Pope „ 
Fig. 163. Gules, two trumpets paleways or. This warlike 
inftrument, whole blaft laid proftrate the walls of Jeri¬ 
cho, is of the higheft antiquity. 
Fig. 164. Argent, a pair of wings'gules. This is called 
in French, unvol\ and when a wing only, un demi-vol. 
This bearing originated in the fport of hawking. 
Vig. 165. Sable, an unicorn argent, armed, maned, and 
hoofed, or. This fabulous animal is of a form between 
the horfe and the cloven-hoofed quadrupeds, it is men¬ 
tioned in the Bible; but commentators are of opinion 
that the rhinoceros was meant by the word unicorn. 
Fig. 166. Argent , three water-budgets fable. Wonderful 
are the alterations which this figure has undergone from 
the fancy of different herald-painters; It is now more 
like the yoke to which the budgets are fufpended, than 
the budgets themfelves. Some 1 ‘pell the word bouget. 
Fig. 167. Gules, in chief two Wilkes or, in bafe a °wolf's- 
head couped argent. The welke, or whelk, is a Ihell of a 
beautiful form, and of a conic Ihape, tinged with lively 
nuances of colours.—See ConcHology, vol. v. p. 27. 
The wolf has been completely hunted out of this illand ; 
and the perfeverance which this laborious chace gave 
to the ancient Englilh, probably fuggefted the propriety 
of bearing a wolf, or of any parts of this voracious de¬ 
predator on the Iheepfold. 
Fig. .168. Or, a wivern vert. This fabulous creature 
has been already explained. There is an old legendary 
ftory of a wivern and the fairy Merlufma of the caftle 
of Lufignan in France, which thole may confult who are 
fond of fables founded on improbability. 
In the defeription of our Plates, as well as in the De¬ 
finitions of Heraldic Terms, we have mentioned and ex¬ 
plained all the principal and fubordinate ordinaries, and 
a furticient number of charges to enable the young 
ftudent in heraldry to become foon a proficient in the 
fcience. Bin when we confider that all thofe figures, 
varied by their outlines, combined with each other, and 
differenced by the fevenfold power of the metals and 
colours, can be multiplied nearly ad infinitum, the mind 
is ftruck with aftonilhment, and, were it not for the fuc* 
cefsful helps we receive from heraldry and her fyftema- 
tical rules; how few would be capable of acquiring a 
competent knowledge of the art ? Yet, aided by thefe 
claflifications, the mind threads its way through the 
moft intricate mazes of pedigrees, and, by attaining the 
point it had in view, loon reaps the fruit and reward of 
its labours. 
To confirm what we have juft faid, and to give the 
reader a faint idea of the imme'nfe number of combina¬ 
tions which may be obtained by adding, or changing, 
the devices of any charge or ordinary in a coat of arms, 
we have calculated that a fingle fefs, combined with 
the feven tin&ures of the Ihield, produces 20 changes.— 
If varied by the fixteen outlines of divilion, as given in 
the Heraldry Plate I. it will amount to 320.—If the 
Ihield is divided per pale, and tinftured accordingly, 
the number produced muff be 13,440.—If we divide the 
field per fefs alfo, the combinations will increaie to the 
laft number multiplied by 42, that is 564,480; and if 
we place a roundel on the fefs, from the bezant in fuc- 
5 U ceflion 
