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 armys barryd & of labellys born̄ in armys.

FYrste note well tharmes of the fad{er} as he¦re /

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& thenne the dyfferences as it shall be shewyd. For certen there ben dyuers no∣ble men whiche bere labellys in theyr armys as it shall be shewyd in fygure after. For whyche it is to be knowe y^t suche labellis are not properly called signes in armes but differences of signes: that whan it is so y^t ony noble man hath many leyffull getyn so¦nes / then̄ the fyrste sone whyche is his fad{er}s hey∣re: shall bere the hole armys of his fad{er} wyth som̄ lytyl dyfference: as here / to whom specyally is ye uen a mone encreasynge. For y^e fyrste sone is in hope of augmentacōn & encreasynge of his pa∣trymony. And this dyfference maye be some ly∣tyll molet or a crosse croslet or suche a lyke dyfference.

¶The seconde brod{er} shall bere the hole armes of his fader wyth .iij. labellis to the dyfference & in to the sygne y^t he is the thyrde y^t bereth those ar¦mis.

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¶Also the thirde brod{er} yf there be ony shal bere .iiij. labellys in token y^t he is the fourth that beryth those armis of whom the fader is the firs¦te. the heyre is the seconde. & the seconde brod{er} is the thyrde y^t berith those armes. And so folowith y^t the thyrde brod{er} shall bere foure labellis: as it aperyth in this fygure /

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And so forth yf there ben mo bredern ye shall encreace your labellys after the fourme afore rehercyd. ¶And the sones of those same bred{er}n shal bere the same labellis. And in case that the seconde brod{er} whyche beryth thre labellys haue two sonys / certenly the elder soneof those two whiche is heyre to his fader shall be¦re the hole armys of his fader: with also many la¦bellys as his fad{er} dyde / wyth a lytyll dyfference: as here it apperith in this scochon.

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And his secon¦de brod{er} shall bere the hole armys of his fad{er} with the same labellis as his fader bare & no mo with a bordure: as here in this fygure nexte folowingit shall be shewed /

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and as it is reherced in the cha¦pytre of bordurys.

¶And yf there be the thirde broder then̄ he shal bere his fad{er}s armys wyth the same labellys & a bordure of a nother colour to y^e difference of his broder: as it shall be shewyd in this scochon next ensewynge.

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¶And the thyrde chyldren of those men shall be¦re their dyfference not in their faders armes / but in bordurys and dyuysyons dyuerse.

¶And lyke as the chyldren of the seconde brod{er} berynge thre labellys are diuydyd & dyfferyd bi their signes & bordur / So y^e child{er}n of y^e thirde bro¦der berynge foure labellis: bere y^e same armys y^t theyr fad{er} dyde & also many labellis. And they are differid bi their signes & bor¦dures: as afore is rehercid & dyuers other / As other whyle a ly¦on rampyng one parte redde a nother blacke.

NOw certaynly of all the sygnys whyche are founden in armys: as of flourys leeuys and other merueylous to∣kens / I can not declare here there ben so many. But ye shal knowe generally that for al tharmys whyche lyghtly ony man hath seen in his dayes: ye haue rules suffycyent as I byle¦ue to discerne & blase ony of theym / and it be so that ye be not in youre mynde to hasty or to swyfte in the dyscernynge Nor ye maye not ouerrenne swyftly the forsayd rules / but dylygently haue them in your mynde. and be not to full of conceytes. For he y^t woll hunte .ij. harys in one hour: or one whyle one / a nother whyle a nother Lyghtly he lesyth bothe. Therfore take hede to the rules. yf so be that thei ben not a generall doctrine: yet shall they prouffyte for this scyence gretly.