Peacham's Compleat gentleman, 1634 . iant Azure; if hee flood in Feffehe were naiant or fwimming; theDolphine is to be reckoned amongthofe Creatures which are <pi\6,v-Opioita, or friendly to man. Forhee will follow a fliip at Sea manyleagues, to enioy the fight of painters commonly draw himcrooked and bending, when he is as ftraight a Fifli as any other. Hee is borne (of thefe colours) naiant by the Dolphine of France. He beareth Gules, threeKeyes Silver betweene as manyFlower-de-luces, Or: had thefield beene ^z.«rf,I would havefuppofed it to have been theArmes of fome great City or
Peacham's Compleat gentleman, 1634 . iant Azure; if hee flood in Feffehe were naiant or fwimming; theDolphine is to be reckoned amongthofe Creatures which are <pi\6,v-Opioita, or friendly to man. Forhee will follow a fliip at Sea manyleagues, to enioy the fight of painters commonly draw himcrooked and bending, when he is as ftraight a Fifli as any other. Hee is borne (of thefe colours) naiant by the Dolphine of France. He beareth Gules, threeKeyes Silver betweene as manyFlower-de-luces, Or: had thefield beene ^z.«rf,I would havefuppofed it to have been theArmes of fome great City orport Towne in France-^ thofeKeyes borne as a figne of thegreat truft they were put in,and as a remembrance of theirfidelity. Hee beareth empaled, thefirfl: Argent on a bend Gulescotized Sable, 5. wings em-paled of the firfl: (with a mulletfor a difference) by the nameof Wingfie/d,the fecondpearlebetweene three Talbots paf-fant of the Diamond, a Che-veron of the Ruby, by thename of Talbot. I giue youmore inftances of empale-p ments:. 21 o The praHice of BlaX^pnry. ments: becaufe I defire you fliould bee better acquaintedwith the fame. This Coate of Talbot belongeth vnto the Right wor-fliipfull Mafter Thomai Talbot^ Dodourof the Civill Law,of Millers Hall in Wimondham, in the County of Horfolke^a very learned and honefl Gentleman. \^ilie explained. ? 000
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