The antient usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly call'd arms With a catalogue of the present nobility and baronets of England . great wildom of our anceftors, and ourown imperfe6lions in this point, for want ot dueGonfideration: which was done at the firft bychanging of the device born into other colors only;but wh en that would notXufficc for the numberof leaders f many times all of one houfe J thenwere they forced to vary their marks by addingof either Barsj Bends^ cheurons, cheefes^ quarters^Borders^ labels^ lofinges^ or llich like, and veryleldome fhould you fee in th
The antient usage in bearing of such ensigns of honour as are commonly call'd arms With a catalogue of the present nobility and baronets of England . great wildom of our anceftors, and ourown imperfe6lions in this point, for want ot dueGonfideration: which was done at the firft bychanging of the device born into other colors only;but wh en that would notXufficc for the numberof leaders f many times all of one houfe J thenwere they forced to vary their marks by addingof either Barsj Bends^ cheurons, cheefes^ quarters^Borders^ labels^ lofinges^ or llich like, and veryleldome fhould you fee in thofe times crejjant,TKoUety or iuch like (mall thing born iror a ; and if any did, yet was the lame fb largeand fair that it might be fecn as well as any o-ther device which fhould be in the Shield or Ban-ner. And for the proof, I will give you the ex-ample but of one houfe onely for your betterinformation (though I could do the like of manyothers ) namely, that of the BaJ/hs, who indeedfin my judgment ) varied their marks of honouf ^very finely and that upon good refpc6i: : For *Fix„ in the Toem mentioned in the marg^rttof In Bearing of Arms. 19 Fox Ralph BaJJit, ^the Ton ofThurftine who came in withtheConquerour; which i^^M( as it is faid ) devifed the Lawoi Franke pledge, and many o-ther good laws, being Judi-ciarius AngUa-, having four VI. A A AT- fT ^^ ^^^^ Thurfime, Thomas,Richard, 2,n^Nuholas, the firit and laft bothfaihng; the jlTue of the one being extinc% andthe other overthrown by Handing againft Kin^Henyy the fecond with King Ste^el-, The fonof rW. went away with his ancellors markwithout diihnaion ( being mdtegold and red ) But the Tons of Richard Bajjkbeing advanced by their mo^ther Mauld, the daughter ^/r9 -^^^^Knight,varied the marks of the faidGeffrey in this manner : firff,-K,^ Geffrey Lord of Witering the eldeft fon of i^/V-5W Baffet and the faid Matdd,fTurnaming himrelfi?^^<?//j the progeny of himbare^o/i three piles red^
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