Peacham's Compleat gentleman, 1634 . a Treyfoile in thehand j the tender age flieweth the Infancy of Hope; thefmiling cheere,thefweetnes and pleafure flie apprehendethin her thoughts; Handing on tiptoe, Iheweth her vn-certaintie and vnfteadinefle : the long and wide robe de-clareth, fhee never pincheth or bindeth her conceit, butalloweth her imagination the largeft fcope : the Trefoileiignifiethjit is alwayes fpring with her, whofe colours whiteand greene, fliee is clad in. He beareth Gules,three Fer-maulx Or by the name of Gun-toriy the Buckle is a bearingboth ancient and honourable,not onely
Peacham's Compleat gentleman, 1634 . a Treyfoile in thehand j the tender age flieweth the Infancy of Hope; thefmiling cheere,thefweetnes and pleafure flie apprehendethin her thoughts; Handing on tiptoe, Iheweth her vn-certaintie and vnfteadinefle : the long and wide robe de-clareth, fhee never pincheth or bindeth her conceit, butalloweth her imagination the largeft fcope : the Trefoileiignifiethjit is alwayes fpring with her, whofe colours whiteand greene, fliee is clad in. He beareth Gules,three Fer-maulx Or by the name of Gun-toriy the Buckle is a bearingboth ancient and honourable,not onely with vs here inEngland, but alfo in France. Witneile the Coate Armourof Lewes fire de GraviUey aliasGirardvile Admirall of France^Anno 1483. which is the famewhich Gunton beareth, theFrench deriving the word Fermaulx from firmus doethereby declare the nature and office of the Buckle, itbeing the true Embleme of Fidelity and Conftancy, andMars keeping the Field may conioynd properly importfome trufty fervice in the time of Warre. He. Of Exercife of the Body. 213
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