The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 150
en thusonce openly proclaimed, he was permitted thenceforth tobear on his helmet two Horns, which signified that his Armshad been duly Masened, thereby rendering a subsequentexamination unnecessary: and thus wefind that the Crests of German Nobles arefrequently placed between two Horns, asin the… … 144 HANDBOOK OF HEBALDBY. of Heraldry. Iden, after killing Jack Cade, the rebel, isthus made by Shakespeare to apostrophise his sword: I will hallow thee for this thy deed;Neer shall this blood be wiped from thy point;But thou shalt wear it as a Heralds coat,To emblaze the honour that thy master…
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