Hereward; the Saxon patriot: a history of his life and character; with a record of his ancestors and descendants, AD445 to AD1896 . Chapter viij. The Evidence of the Heralds. Arms and the man, I sing. Drydens Virgil. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth eer gave;Await alike the inevitable hour, The path of glory leads but to the grave. Grays T is a common experience to find heraldicworks decry all illustrations in arms anteriorto the Norman Conquest in England, andthe reign of Hugues Capet in France, who iscredited with the introduction of chiv
Hereward; the Saxon patriot: a history of his life and character; with a record of his ancestors and descendants, AD445 to AD1896 . Chapter viij. The Evidence of the Heralds. Arms and the man, I sing. Drydens Virgil. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth eer gave;Await alike the inevitable hour, The path of glory leads but to the grave. Grays T is a common experience to find heraldicworks decry all illustrations in arms anteriorto the Norman Conquest in England, andthe reign of Hugues Capet in France, who iscredited with the introduction of chivalry, animproved system of armour, and an exten-sion of the mechanical arts. He is also saidto have established the law of hereditary succession in tidesand dignities, and therewith the family system of he may have resuscitated some of these mattersfrom the confusion resulting from the decadence of theRoman Empire. In that kingdom no privilege was esteemedmore highly than that of hereditary right, and by Roman lawat least one-fourth of the family property must be left to thechildren.^ As to the use of armour and armorial ensigns, the 1 See Studies of Roman Law by Lord Mackenzie, Falcidian portion. 9 66 Herewardi Arbor Gentis. references to them in the Greek and Latin epic poems occurfrequently. In the /Eneid, Book viii., Hne 588, we have : chlamyde et pictis c
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