The gentlemans exercise, or, An exquisite practise : as well for drawing all manner of beasts in their true portraitures, as also the making of all kinds of colors, to be used in limming, painting, tricking, and blazon of coates, and armes, with divers other most delightfull and pleasurable observations for all young gentlemen and others : as also serving for the necessary use and generall benefit of diuers trades-men and artificers ... (1634)
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643? · London : Printed [by J. Legat] for I.M[arriott]. and are to bee sold by Francis Constable at the signe of the crane, in Pauls Church-yard · leaf 158
ince hath named it in Latine Bendayithathafift part of the Efcotcheon, beginning fromthe dexter part, or the right corner of the left, theSpecies or kinds it containeth, arebendlets whichare, if there be many, a Cotize, which is the thirdpart of the bend, and a bafton, which is like, and thefame… … Lijj. 3. Blazmng Armts. 1^5: Ctf/w. I have beard fay that a bend finifter is themarkeof aBaftard, it hath beene taken fo, but Ihope you will not make that proportion, converti-bilis: For 1 have knownc itborne by fome lawfully borne,whofe anceftors before themwere legitimate. Eud. Here is a bend…
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