a Vulturewith a womans head and breast, borneas Arms by the City of Nuremberg :the Martlet, which is a Swallowwithout feet, as in the Arms of Deedes(fig. 202), and the Allerion, which isan Eagle destitute of feet and wings.The Martlet is a very common Bearing,and constitutes the Mark of Distinction… … 102 Handbook of Heraldry upon his arrow, and therefore assumed in his shield, Or :on a Bend ovules, tlwee Allerio?is argent.^ It has been con-jectured, however, that the House of Loraine did not])ear this charge on their Escutcheon on account of theexploit of their ancestor narrated by Camden, but…
Heraldry
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