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water_n	fish_n	great_a	sea_n	3,519	5	6.8793	4	false

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A16477	VVorkes of armorie deuyded into three bookes, entituled, the concordes of armorie, the armorie of honor, and of coates and creastes, collected and gathered by Iohn Bossewell Gentleman.	Bossewell, John, heraldic writer.; Legh, Gerard, d. 1563. Accedens of armory.	1572 (1572)	STC 3393; ESTC S106250	105,447	190

obijcit pro capite ferientibus No beaste moueth the tongue so quickely as the Serpent dothe so that thereby he seemethe to haue twoo or three tongues when it is but one Serpentes autem diu viuere dicuntur adeo vt deposita vetere tunica senectutem deponere atque in iuuentutem redire perhibeantur It is saide that a Serpente dare not touche a naked man Plurimis verò eorum aduersatur saliua hominis There is a little Serpente whiche of somme is called a Sacer whiche greate Serpentes and mightie flee and auoide He is but one cubite longe Species hirsuta Quicquid momorderit continuò circiter putrescit The Delphine hath y e name because he foloweth mannes voice or for y t he wil harken delight to hearethe tune of the Simphoni and therfore he is called a Symphone because he hath great liking in harmonie No fish in y e sea is more swift then the Delphin For oftentimes they are sene to leape ouer ships whose leaping so playing in the sea betokeneth that some tempest is at hand Hi propriè Simonides nominantur Est Delphinum genus in Nilo dorso serrato qui Crocodylos tenera ventrium secātes interimunt The Delphine is most meke louing gentle not only towards his own kind but also towardes men childrē When as Arion that excellent Musition plaier of y e Lute shoulde haue bene drowned for his money whiche he had gotten by his art of the shipmen which should haue caried him into his countrey The Delphins which a litle before he was cast into y e sea had heard him so swetely play vpon his Lute receiued him one of them taking him vpō his backe brought him safe vnto the shoare Leonicus de var. Histor. Li. 1. ca. 53. dothe reporte that he sawe a Delphine quickly to come at the accustomed call of a childe and to take him on his backe and oftentimes so to carrie him throughe the sea Collati in se beneficij memor This noble fish knoweth by y e smell if a man drowned in the sea did eate of his kind And if the deade man hath eaten thereof he then eateth him anone But if he did not eate he mightily defendeth and kepeth his body from deuouring of other fishe and shewinge it he bringeth the corpse to some cliffe or drie lāde with all hys power Their loue also towardes theire owne kynde manifestly appeareth in that one of them beyng taken at Caria a great multitude of other Delphynes came together vnto the hauen taried there vnto the fisherman whiche did take the Delphyne let him loose againe whome they all receaued ioyfully and so returned with hym into the Sea Paruos item Delphinos magnus aliquis semper comitatur custodiae causa The fielde is verte a whale nayante Argente pellette Sable Thys fishe is called a whale for hys hugenes or greatnes of bodie which is as it were a mountaine or hill Suche was the whale that swalowed Ionas the Prophete hys wombe or belly was so greate that it might bee called hell For the Prophete sayeth Clamaui de tribulatione mea ad Dominum exaudiuit me de ventre inferi U. Beareth Golde a Balene hariante Azure The Balene is a fishe greate and huge moche like to the whale is so called because of hys outcasting and shedinge of water for they throwe water hyer than other great fishes of the Sea Such a like fishe or rather a monstre called Balaena appeared aswell in the sight of the Tyrians as the Macedons at the siege of Tyre whiche liynge vpon hys backe aboue the water came towardes the mole or pere whiche Alexander the great had caused to bee made agaynste the citie of Tyre and beatyng the water he lifted vp hymselfe at the head of the Mole and immediately diued vnder the water agayne some tyme appearyng aboue and sometyme vnderneath and when he came nere the walles of the citie vanished out of sighte The fielde is of the Dragons heade a Belue Lune Thys is a great fishe in the Sea and is called Belua He casteth out water at hys iowes with vapoure of good smell and other fishe when they fele the same pursue hym whotely and delityng after the smell they enter and come in at his iowes whom he deuoureth so fedeth hymselfe with thē The water Horsse of the Sea is called an Hyppotame for that hee is like an Horsse in backe mayne and neaynge rostro resupinato a primis dentibus cauda tortuosa vngulis binis He abideth in the waters on the daye and eateth corne by nyghte hunc Nilus gignit W. Hys fielde is Mercurie a Crocodyle d'Ermyne The Crocodile is so called because he is of the coloure of Safron Hee lyueth partely on water partely on lande is in fashion like a Dragon but he hath small eyes verie long teeth like to a sawe and lacketh a tōgue and moueth onely th'ouermost iawe not the nether and hath greate nayles and stronge on hys fete there hath ben seene of thē twenty fote longe and the skynne of hys backe is vnpenetrable Hee deuoureth not onelye men but also beastes Hunc pisces quidam serratam habentes cristam tenera ventrium desecantes interimunt Enydros a lyttle beaste so named for that he frequenteth the waters is enemye to the Crocodile whome yf hee finde slepyng he first tombleth and waloweth hym selfe in dirte and myer and so entreth through hys mouth into hys belye and fretynge or persinge all hys inwarde partes hee commeth forth on lyue oute of hys bowels leauinge hym dead He liueth longe and groweth bigger and bigger as longe as he lyueth The fielde is verte on a scocheon golde a Phagiō nayante gules Thys fishe the Grecians call fagrum because he hath so harde teth that he eateth oysters in the Sea And therfore he is also called Dentrix for the multitude and greatenes of hys teeth and as it were a fishe strongely toothed He beareth Argente three Mullettes nayante propre A Mullet is a fishe of meane quantitie hauyng two barbes or wartes on the nether lyppe the coloure toward grene with some yealowe lynes The fielde is of the Sunne a Uermante Iouis A Uermante is a fishe of color blue and is in lengthe lx cubites which hath suche strength that when Elephantes doe come into the water and do dryncke hee will take one of them by the nose and plucke hym into hym Y. Beareth verte a Muscule nayante betwene two barres gemewes d'Argente Thys is a lyttle fishe whiche guydeth the whale that he doe not runne on the rockes The fielde is of the Iacinthe a pyle in poynte d'Ermyne betwene two Zyphes hariante Lunae This is a fishe whiche is named a sworde fishe and hath in his nose a bone like to the scaberde of a Sworde ▪ There is an other fishe named in Latyne Gladius and

Cydaris Our Sauiour Iesus as the Scriptures doo witnesse was borne in the Cittie of Dauid called Bethelem distante from Ierusalem sixe myles and was firste called Euphrata and signifieth in the Hebrewe tongue the House of Breade Wherefore the Prophete saithe in his Psalme Ecce audiuimus eam in Euphrata c. Loe we haue hearde of the same at Enphrata and founde it in the Woode The further interpretation hereof I leaue to Diuines The Ramme here diuised for y e Crest is quarterly parted S. and Ermyne armed vnguled d'Or He is a noble beaste and best knowne in this Realme Laberius the Poete calleth them Reciprocornes for the turning backeward and eftsoones forwarde of their hornes They are also called Lanicules because they haue their skynne couered with woll Some reporte affirme that of Rammes hornes buried or hidde in the grounde is broughte forthe an Herbe called Asparagus in Englishe Sperage Christe was called Aries a Ramme Propter Principatum for his Soueraignetie and Dominion The Ringe is the most principall ornamente to beautifie the hand of man or woman But in wearing of them oftentimes is found detestable prid offence and displeasure bothe to God and Man Are not oftentimes gemmes therein enclosed whiche stir prouoke the wearer thereof to filthye lust abominable vices are not oftener in place of stones which are called pretious known to be enclosed familiar diuels seruing to worke nothing that is good and godly but contrary altogether bothe to grace godlinesse God graunte that no Christian man be founde to weare suche Ringes I reade in a prophane history that Gyges seruant to Caudales kinge of Lydea had a Ringe of suche vertue that when the broder part therof was turned to the palme of his hande he was seene of no man but he might see all thinges and when he turned the Ringe of the contrary part he was him selfe seene openly By the meane wherof he slue Caudales and committed adultrie with his wife and so of a lasie shepheard he was made a cursed kinge The byrde called an Osprey is of suche whitenesse on his breaste and winges that when he houereth ouer any runnynge water or fishe Poole all the fishe therein turneth vp theire bellies and so he taketh his praye Hee is taken to be a kynde of Eagles that haunteth aboute the Sea The Bergander is a byrde of the kinde of Geese somewhat longer and bigger then a Ducke liuing in the water breeding sometime in Conye holes sometime in hollowe places in Rockes This byrd is here figured bearing the herbe Hiacinthe with the floure proper It hathe leaues like a Porret an hande breadth in height lesse then a maydes little finger grene of colour y e toppe lying down ful of purple floures and the roote rounde The floure springeth out in spring time with the Uiolet and before the Rose It is commonly called here in Englande Crowetoes The Creste here seene is an Erodye Golde Guttie set on a Torce Siluer Gules Calepine saithe that the byrd Erodius is the greatest fowle that flyeth ouercommeth and deuoureth the Eagle Other write that in time of treadinge he sweateth bloude The fielde of thys Cote Armoure is verte three cuppes couered in Pale betwene ij flasques d' Or charged with two clustres of grappes propre And to the Creste vppon the helme a kynges heade with a Diademe crowned set on a Chapeau Sable turned vp Ermyne manteled verte dobled Argente cotized of two Equicerues propre thys Apothegme added sato prudentia maior The torne corpse of Pentheus and the cause of hys death sufficiently displayeth all the sayde ensignes who as the fables do reporte was kynge of the Thebanes whose father was called Echion and hys mother Agaue Thys Pentheus despised the Sacrifice of Bacchus the god of wyne or the droncken god wherefore hys owne mother Agaue cut of hys heade and hys sisters with the other companye of women which than did celebrate the feaste and sacrifice of the sayde Bacchus and tore hys bodye all to pieces The Equicerne as I reade is a beaste in the Oriente forma cerui aequi compositum in forme or shape of an harte and an horse ioyned together hauing hornes a longe mayne to the shoulders a bearde vnder hys chynne like vnto the goate and fete rounde clouen like an harte is as greate as an harte Thys Beaste is founde in Indie about great ryuers He hath a tayle lyke an Olyphante in colour blacke or baye For the Creste it is thus assigned vpon the helme on a wreathe d'Or and Sable a Cardnell volante beaked and legged Argente all the reste proper manteled verte dobled Argente Thys lyttle byrde is here figured gesante a seade of the thistle for that she lyueth by the seades of them vnde illi inditum nomen She hath a redde heade yealowe winges distincte with white and blacke Cardnales imperata faciunt autore Plinio nec voce tantum sed pedibus ore pro manibus They are taught to do anye thing not onely with y e voice but also with the fete and byll in steade of handes Thys Poesie is also added Tendit in ardua virtus The Tarandule is a beaste cōmōly called a Buffe which is like an Oxe but that he hath a bearde like a Goate Medusa a Ladie of whom fables do reporte that by Minerua her heares were tourned into Adders and they whiche beheld her were tourned into stones whom Perseus that noble knyght afterwarde slewe Almighty God being greatly displeased with the pryde of Nabuchodonozor for that hee woulde haue his image honored for god sodeinly transformed him into an horrible mōstre hauing the heade of an Oxe the feete of a Beare and the tayle of a Lyon who dyd eate hey as a Beaste And after he had donne penaunce in that forme God beyng moued with mercie and accepting for hym the continual prayers of Daniel the prophete restored hym to hys pristinate forme who afterwarde lyued wel and commaunded that the very god of heauen should bee onely honored Whoso should beare these ensignes let hym onely feare serue obey and giue al prayse honor and glory to God for euer and euer Thys Byrde deuised for the creaste hath a long bill and redde legges whiche drincketh as though it dyd byte the water She dippeth all her meate in the water also quem pede ad rostrum veluti manu affert that is whiche she conueyeth to her bill as with an hande She is moste estemed in Concagena a parte of Syria and is taken of some to bee the Pellycane ▪ The Icon or forme of the same birde I haue caused thus to bee figured portant a water Rose propre This Eagle also in the breste is charged with a mans harte propre wherein ys conteyned a deuyne misterye B. Beareth on a torce Perle and Rubye a Meleuete Saturne beaked and membred Veneris Thys Byrde is otherwise called Onocrotalus and is like to a Swanne

whiche putting hys heade into the water brayeth like an Asse Whatsoeuer hee eateth hee gathereth it together in hys iawes holdeth it there longe before hee swaloweth it downe and that hee doth especially in fliyng from the water I reade that Darius kyng of Persia what tyme he went into Scythia ●yght hys pauiliōs at the heade of a Ryuer in Thracia called Thearus where hee abode thre dayes and deliting at the most pleasaunts water of the Ryuer hee sett in the same place a Pillor grauen with Lettres of Greke declaryng hys beyng there with commendation of the water Here are to be seene on this Pyllor three especiall Greke Letters Theta Tau and Ypsilon euery one conteyning in it selfe a misterie to Grecians well knowen Thys Byrde is called in latyn Platalea she followeth water foules that do take fishes and doth pecke them so on the heade that they let go theire praye whiche she taketh and liueth therewith Whan it was layde vnto Lysander kyng of Lacedemonia for a reproche that he gott more by subteltye than by prowes hee smylinge sayde vbi quòd vellet non assequeretur Leonis exunium ibi vulpinum ap plicandum esse The meaninge whereof is thys that where the Lyons skynne doth not a●ayle a man must tye or sowe a Fox skynne vnto it Quo non perueninet Leonina pellis vulpinam assuendam esse quod sic lucidius dixeris vbi virtus non satis potest adhibenda est astutia Thys Byrde is moste commonly seene in the Alpes and hath feete roughe as it were with the heare of an hare wherof shee taketh her name and is called Lagopus Nam Lagos Grecè dicitur lepus Latinè the residue of her bodie is all whit and of the bygnes of a Doue It neuer eateth but in place where it was bredde and neuer will bee made tame Pli. Ye may call it proprely an hare birde Thys is a Fishe in the riuer of Ganges and in Latyn is called Vermis is in lēgth lx cubites beynge blew in coloure which hath such strēgth also that whan Oliphantes come vnto the water to drinke heewill take one of them by the nose and plucke hym into hym Little Zacheus clymed vp into suche a tree to see oure Sauioure Iesus Christe in the waye there as he was to passe by Th'euangeliste called it a wylde figge tree but ryghtely as it is ther named a Sycamore because it bringeth forthe sigges of the owne ryghte kynd that other figge trees bee of by reason thereof it is also called a figge of Egipte yet in leafe it ressembleth y ● Mulberie tree frequens est apud Rhodium locis frumentarijs It hathe aboundance of mylke whose frute commeth not out at the toppes of the boughes as figges do sed ex ramis ipsis .i. out of the same boughes and is swete like a wilde figge Grana eius sunt minora granis ficum Nec maturescunt nisi radantur instrumento ferreo Thys Byrde in Latyne is called Merula Isidore sayeth that of auncient and olde tyme she was called Medula eo quòd moduletur because she singeth others sayeth he call her Merula quia sola volat because she flyeth alone and lyueth as it were sole shee hath a yealowe beake and is alwayes seene flye alone and feadeth so lykewise from a blacke coloure she groweth to bee redde she singeth pleasauntly in the Sommer in wynter she stamereth ci●ca Solsticium muta Thys Byrde sayeth Isidore whereas in all places shee is blacke yet in Achaya she ys white I reade that Pithyus a Lydian was so ryche and had suche aboundance of Golde that hee receaued Zerxes king of Persia with all hys whole Armye which was innumerable and that with great magnificence and that hee gaue to Darius father to Zerxes a Playne tree of Golde and a vyne of the same mettall Thys herbe is of suche vertue that it will not suffer thē that taste of it to be hongrye Plinye calleth the sayde byrde Merops which by an other name is called Apiastra because hee doth eate bees Thys birde hath a large bill and redde legges and whose nature it is to kepe theire parentes whiche neuer come abroade and to norishe them as them selfe were norished beyng yong The Sickle hath in it a spiritual mysterye the whyche ys most godly expounded by that famous clearke Erasmus of Roterodame in hys paraphrase vpon the fowerth chapiter of S. Markes Gospel Therefore who so desireth th'exposicion therof let hym resorte to that place Rauens are enemyes to Bulles whom when they espie alone they doe strongly assayle and of all the bodye they desire moste hys eyes They are enemies also to the Cameleon and kyll hym Enemye to them is a lyttle Byrde called Easalon which breaketh theire egges The Rauen is a noble token to bee borne in cote Armoure or creste Thys little byrde before spoken of is of the kynde of haukes quae apparet omni tempore She is otherwise called Butco the least of the kynde of Bussardes but more white industrious after her praye It is written that thyse kynde of Hauke called the Bussarde hath three stones Her Byrdes bee destroyed by the Foxe and likewyse she kylleth the Foxes whelpes yf she maye come by them The Tarandre is a beaste in bodie like to a great Oxe hauing an heade like to an harte and hornes full of braunches the heare roughe and of the colour of a Beare The Pyne apple in Latyne is called Strobylus The sayde Escaloppe is charged sufficiently ynough althoughe it hathe pleased some to charge greater tokens thereon and the same hauing lyfe wherewith I can not like nor as yet ●an fynde eyther aucthoritie or reason for the same Thys Haucke is of a noble prise to all Faukeners well knowne therefore for me they shall not onely describe the nature but also gyue the commendacion therof Yet in parte I wyll shewe that rapit praedam non modo sedentem in sublimi sed etiam volantem in aperto Hee is called in Latyne Accipiter hicrax Alexander the greate kyng of Macedonia for that on the night seazon hee woulde not committe his armie to the aduenture of Fortune as lōge as he slept hymselfe vsed this experience when he laide him downe to take hys reste A brasen pott was put vnder hys elbowe and afterwarde hee put foorth hys arme out of the bedde held in his hand a siluer ball that when dead slepe shoulde louse the strength of hys synewes the ringing or sounde of the ball when it fell might so breake hys slepe awake hym Hoc quidem documentum Regem illum excellentissimum a Gruibus accepisse arbitratur quae nocturnas excubias semper exercent ne a somno decipiantur lapillum altero pede sustinent quo lapso vel plaga in extensum pedem accepta vel sono decident is calculi expergefiunt The sence hereof is brefely declared in Latyne as next aboue appeareth Thys Apothegme added also Plus vigila