This present boke shewyth the manere of hawkynge [and] huntynge and also of diuysynge of cote armours. It shewyth also a good matere belongynge to horses: wyth other co[m]mendable treatyses. And ferdermore of the blasynge of armys: as here after it maye appere.

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This present boke shewyth the manere of hawkynge [and] huntynge and also of diuysynge of cote armours. It shewyth also a good matere belongynge to horses: wyth other co[m]mendable treatyses. And ferdermore of the blasynge of armys: as here after it maye appere.
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Berners, Juliana, b. 1388?
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[Enprynted at westmestre :: By wynkyn the worde,
the yere of thyncarnac[i]on of our lorde. M.CCCC.lxxxxvi. [1496]]
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Falconry -- Early works to 1800.
Hunting -- Early works to 1800.
Heraldry -- Early works to 1800.
Fishing -- Early works to 1800.
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"This present boke shewyth the manere of hawkynge [and] huntynge and also of diuysynge of cote armours. It shewyth also a good matere belongynge to horses: wyth other co[m]mendable treatyses. And ferdermore of the blasynge of armys: as here after it maye appere." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16392.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.

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¶Of a nother manere crosse yt is callyd a crosse croslet.

YEt foloweth a nother crosse whiche is called a crosse cros¦sit or croslet. and it is callyd cross it for in euery ende it is crossid as here apperyth.

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms
But this crosse is not soofte born in armes by himself as other crosses / ne¦uertheles many tymes it is born in dyminutiues that is to saye in lytyll crosses crossyd / And then̄ tharmes are powdryd wyth lytyll crosses crucya¦tyd. And ye shall saye thus of hym that beeryth thyse armes: Latine: ¶Ille portat vnam crucem cruciatam de argento in campo afored: Gallice sic: ¶Il porte de asur vne croys dargent: Anglice sic: ¶He beeryth asure & a crosse crosset of syluer. ¶And whan suche crosses are born and

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put in armes as I sayd afore in dimynutyues & wythoute ony certen nombre / thenne they are callyd in frensshe crossettes

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