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.

¶Of a crosse flory patent vmbratyd & perforatyd /

NEuertheles after some men this shadowed crosse other∣whyle is percyd merueyllously as it folowyth here:

[illustration] blazon or coat of arms

and thenne it is called a crosse flory patent vmbratyd & per∣forated: for it accordeth wyth the crosse precedyng except the percynge in the myddes of the sayd sha¦dowe. ¶And thenne it shall be sayde that he the whyche beeryth this crosse (Latine) Portat vnam crucem floridam patentem vmbratam perforataz cum rubio in campo aureo (Et gallice sic) ¶Il por¦te dor vne croys patee floretee vmbree & parte de geules (Anglice) ¶He beeryth of golde a crosse patent flurry shadowed & percyd wyth gowles.

BLasours must beware of thyse armes vmbratyd / of the whyche many rules ben shewed afore. But for the bla∣syng of thyse certen armes some ygnoraunt men of this crafte take the rule goynge afore: that it to wyte of the colours transmuted as ye sawe afore. But there ben certain nobles and gentylmen in Englonde the whyche beere shadowes dyuers in theyr armes: as Lyon Antlop & other. and they that beere thyse armes / and it be a lyon: ye shall saye in latyn (Portat vnum leo¦nem vmbratum in campo aureo) Gallice ¶Il porte dor et vng¦lyon vmbree (Anglice) ¶He beeryth of golde & a lyon vmbra∣tyd. ¶And men saye that suche persones as bere thyse vmbra∣tyd armes had theyr progenytours beerynge the same not vm¦bratyd but hole But the possessyons & the patrymonyes des∣cended to other men. thenne the neuewes or kynnesmen liuyng in good hope & trustynge to haue the possessions of theyr pro∣genytours: bere theyr armes vmbratyd. alle other dyfference aforsayd leuynge. for whan they haue that patrimony: y^t they

they trustyd on. soone they maye beere that lyon or other beest of the same colour the whyche theyr progenytours bare. and it is better to beere those armes vmbraryd: than holy to leue the∣yr progenytours armes.