I have here Endeavoured to put much in a little roome, and to be as short as I could in giveing you a method to blazon any Coate whatsoever. (I hope it wil not seeme hard) all the Colours are hatcht according to the first seaven Escocheons, and taken care to name every Charge at least once as for example.

In the Crosses I haue named the first a plaine Crosse, and then haue named no more but the Alterations, as wavy or Ingrayled &c. and soe of a Saltire and bend, and soe of Lions, I haue done the like of all other cha­rges, but if any other charge accompany a Lion, or other charge then the Lion is not named, but the other things that are found. As S. ^r John Hoskins Coate (of Herefs) is written over between (Party per pale the Cheveron and the Lions are named in other places) therefore I say between, that is Party per pale azure and Gules, a Cheveron betweene 3 lyons Rampant or.

Or thus he beareth argent 3 lozanges in ffesse Gules, within a Bordure sable, by the name of Mountagu, of which there are severall noble Familys. you see the bordure must be named, and if it be invecked ingrayl­ed waved &c. it must be expressed, if entoyre, you must say of so many bezants, if Enaleurō of so many birds. To Blazon you must begin with the Feild, and say he bear­eth Or Argent or Gules &c. and then name the Charge and the Charge charged, nameing their true position number and figure, and for a better rule, observe that all com­mon Charges in the mixt bearings are borne in vpon or with Cheife, Pale, bend, Cheveron, Crosse, Saltier, Canton Fess Giron, Pile, Escocheon, bordure, or orle, or one Commō Charge in vpon or with another

Observation. in Heraldry, the rule is never to put Metall upon Metall, nor Colour vpon Colour, other­wise the Armes are ffalse.

Of Termes in Heraldry, Lions, Griffons, W [...]lues, and Beares. are Rampant if Exactly in pale but if more bend wayes Lyons, Wolves, and Be [...]res are Saliant, Griffons sergreiant, lyons ^are also [...]gued and Armned Gules, or Azure or, the like. Griffons are arm­ed, E ^agles likewise, Swans membred, Hawkes are Iessed and Belled, Cocks are armed Cressed and Velloped, Capons are armed Cressed, and Iow­lopped, All these things are to be expr ^essed when they are mett with (that is) when the tongues bills and Claws are found of differing Colour from the body.

And when any liveing creature pro [...]eed from the bottom of any ordinary, it is [...] and when o [...]er two Colours, then Ies [...] when it proceeds from the middle of any ordinary or common Charge, it is said, naissant

of Furrs, Ermine is white, powdered [...] black. ermines is black powdered with white. Ermynois is yellow, powdered with black Pean [...] black, pow­dered with yellow. vayre is of argent, or Azure, but if of other Colours, it is to be express [...]d vayre of such colours.

Fesse, Bend, and Cheveron, have their d [...]es as you see in their order.

Their proportion, is thus, the Pale occu [...]ieth a Fifth part of the escutcheon but if charge [...] part the bend likewise, the fesse chiefe [...]nd saltier likewise, the pallet is halfe the Pale, [...] the fourth part, the Barr halfe the fesse & [...] Baronetts have allways the addition of [...] sinister hand gules, to their coate, and single Ladys beare their Coates in the forme of a Lozange.

Any Gentleman that beares a Coate may im­p [...]le his wives Coate with it as [...] as shee liv­eth, and if shee be an hei [...] [...] and his heires for ever, and soe it come [...] [...] [...]y persons of Quality have many [...] to blazon them you must say he beareth quarterly of 4 6 or 8 Coates, begining at y ^e first and soon to y ^e last.