The science of herauldry, treated as a part of the civil law, and law of nations wherein reasons are given for its principles, and etymologies for its harder terms.

CHAP. XI· Of the PALE. (Book 11)

THe Pale is that ordinary, which stands perpendicular in the Shield: and it comprehendeth in the opinion of all, the third part of the Shield. A Pal∣let is, as says Guilims, The half of the Pale, and an Endorse is the fourth part of the Pallet.

The French say. That Souldiers of old carry'd Pales of wood to encamp them, which they fixt in the earth, and as Varenus observes, they are be∣stow'd on him who empai'd a City for its defence. For Palus signifies these Pales with which Cities or Camps were guarded L. 1 68. f. de verb signifi. Pali & Perticae in numerum mat••eriae re••igendae sunt, & ideo lignorum appellatione non continentur and, Aul. Gell. Lib. 5. c. 6▪ observes, That Castra & fossarum supercilia palis precinger•• moris fuit.

Betwixt these they fixt or ty'd small rods, and therefore the French ex∣press no diminutive of a Pale, but a Verget, which is their ordinary word for a small rod; and we should call it a rod, and what the English call an Endorse, they call a Pale charg'd with another little Pale or Verget. But I believe Endorse is also an old French terme, and signifies to put upon the back of any thing, in dorso; and therefore Executions of Summonds are call'd Indorsations in Scotland, because they are writ upon the backs of the Summonds.

If there be more Pales, they are numbred as Pales, four or eight; But if there be only six pales, then the French say simplie palé arg. and azur, &c.

The description of the PLATE belonging to the 11. and 13. Chapters

I.

* 1.1ARgent a pale sable; this is quartered in the second place with the Coat of Mar, being, azure a bend betwixt six cross Cross∣lets fitched or.

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* 1.2Argent a pale Gules quartered in the second place with his paternal Coat by the name of Carnegie, Or, an Eagle displayed Azure armed and membred sable.

II.

Or, a pale Engrailed Sable.

Parted per fess Gules and Ermine, a pale counterchanged, and three Mascles, two in chief and one in base Or.

III.

* 1.3Argent three pallets (or pales) Gules: Some will have it pallé of six,

* 1.4Or, three pallets Gules, over all on a cheveron engrailed Azure, als many Buckells of the first,

IV.

Azure a pallet Argent. V.

Or, an Endorse Gules. VI.

* 1.5Argent a Shak-fork sable. This is called a Shak-fork with us, and should not touch the corners of the Escutcheon. It relates to some office about his Majesties stables, this being an instrument whereby hay is thrown up to horses: And some think that it was given to the Fami∣ly of Glencairn as Master of horses to one of our Kings; But the French call it, une pairle from the Latine parilis, though a late Author makes it to be pallium Archiepiscopale, albeit it differs from that in somethings, as it is described by Innocent c. de pallo 62. Sometimes also the letter Y is taken for it, as in the Arms of the Town of Yssodun, who took this for their Arms, as the first letter of the name of their Town, Menest. art. du blazon. paege 168.

VII.

* 1.6Pallé of six (Or simplie according to the French pallé) Gules and Argent, on a bend azure three Cusheons Or.

* 1.7Pallé of six sable and Or: Guarterly quartered with the Coat of Stewart:

Or a fess checkie azur and argent, and with the Coat of Murray,

Azure, three starrs within a double Tressure counterflow∣red, Or.

* 1.8Pallé of six argent and sable, on a fesse of the first, three mollets as the second.

VIII.

Gules two Flanches Ermine.

IX.

By the French, d'azur au pal d' or bordé de gueules: By us, azur, a pale Or imbordured Gules.

X.

* 1.9Argent a face (or fesse) Gules: Now quartered in the Atchievement of the Lord Melvill, who gives Gules three Crescents argent, within a bordur of the second, charged with eight roses as the first, likewise by the name of Melvill.

* 1.10Argent a fesse Azure.

Argent a fesse azure, within a Tressure counterflowred Gules.

* 1.11Gules a fesse checkie argent and azur, as his paternal Coat, quar∣tered with the Coat of Abernethie.

Or a fesse checkie azure and argent.

* 1.12Argent a fesse azure, betwixt two crosse Crosslets in chief, and a mollet in base sable, within a bordur Gules.

XI.

Argent a fesse wreathed azure and Gules.

The same within a bordur of eight Crescents.

XII.

Or three barrs waved Gules

Argent three barrs sable.

* 1.13Ermine three bars gules

Notes

• * 1.1

  Areskine or Erskine Earl of Mar.
• * 1.2

  Carnegy Earl of Northesk, as an Coat of augmen∣tation by the title of Northesk. Sawers. Esplin.
• * 1.3

  Lord Ruthven.
• * 1.4

  Skirven of that ilk.
• * 1.5

  Cunning∣ham Earl of Glen∣cairn.
• * 1.6

  Lundie of that ilk.
• * 1.7

  Murray Marquess of Athol.
• * 1.8

  Jaffray of Kingswells
• * 1.9

  Melvill of Raith.
• * 1.10

  Charters of Hemps∣field.

  Charters of Kilfaunes.
• * 1.11

  Lindsay Earl of Crawfurd. Stewart.
• * 1.12

  Sir Willi∣am Sharp of Stonnyhill. Carmich∣ael Lord Carmich∣ael.

  Carmich∣ael of Bal∣linblae.

  Drumond Earl Pearth Auchinlek of that ilk.
• * 1.13

  Fothring∣ham of Powrie.