Heraldry.

his work seems to be really and truly the basis of others , such as John Bossewell ' s " Workes of Armorie , " 1572 ; Sir John Feme ' s " Blazon of Gentrie , " 1586 ; William Wyerley ' s "The True Use of Armory , " 1592 ; and the " Gentleman ' s Academie , " by Gervase Markham , 1595 . Dr . Johnson uses this last work . Some of us may also have seen Sir William Segar ' s " Honor Militarie ancl Civil" and Bolton ' s "Elements of Armories" 1610 as

, , , well as Thomas Miller ' s " Catalogue of Honor , " 1612 . Dallaway mentions a scarce book in the Herald ' s College Library , called the " Mirrour of Majestie , " & c , London , 1618 , without an author ' s name . Page 32 has the arms of the Earl of Dorset with these lines : —

'Tis true your various bend thus quarterly Of honour and of virtue truilie claimed Described , points out the great antiquitie By you who have preserved them free unmanned Let none that ' s generous think his time ill spent To imitate your worth so eminent .

There are few of my readers who interest themselves in such studies who have not heard of John Guillim ' s " Display of Heraldry , " 1610 , though it has been asserted that the main part of his work was really written by a certain John Bareham , Fellow of Corpus Christi College , Oxford , and Rector and Dean of Bocking , Kent . This well-known work has gone through many editions , and in " Rob Roy " Die Vernon makes belief in " old Guillim " part

of the " creed" of " Cub Castle , " hazy as it was at the best . The ori ginal MS . of this Avork , dedicated to King James I ., was once in the library of Naivorth Castle .. In the fourth edition , which has the name of a certain " Francis NoAver , " who styles himself " student in heraldry , " though Dallaway dubs him a " sign painter , " and which is dedicated to " none but gentlemen , " ive have the following Latin lines descri ptive of the heraldic literature so far

generally known , though , curiously enough , Gervase Markham is forgotten : — Armorum primus Wynkenthewardins artem Protulit , et * trinis Unguis lustravit eandem , Accedit LEGHUS ; concordat perbene BOSWELL Armorioque ; suo veri dignatur honoris Clarorum clypeis et ivistis ornat eumque Pulohre nobilitat generis blazonia FEBXI , Armornm propriam docnit Wyrleius et artem ; At tn prce ceteris GDILLIME .

Subsequently to Guillim we have , as many of my readers know , Brookes ' s "Catalogue , " 1619 ; Vincent ' s "Discovery of Errors , " & e ., 1622 ; York ' s " Union of Honour , 1640 ; Doddridge ' s " Honour Pedigree , " 1652 ; Nicholas Upton ' s " De Studio Militari , " 1654 ; Spelman ' s " Aspilogia , " 1654 ; Waterhouse ' s " Discourse ancl Defense of Arms , " & c , 1660 ; Morgan ' s " Sphere of Gentry , " 1661 , and his " Armilogia , " 1666 ; Holmes' "Accademie of Armorie , "

( undated ); Gore ' s " Catalogue Script de re Heraldica , " 1668 : Philpot ' s "Ori gin and Growth of Heraldry , " 1672 ; Carter ' s "Analysis of Honour , " 1673 ; Dugdale ' s " True Use of Armoury , " 1681 ; Nisbet ' s " System of Heraldry , " 1722 ; Cotes' "Dictionary of Heraldry , " 1725 , which I constantly use ; Porney ' s " Grammar of Heraldry , " ancl Edmondson ' s "Complete Body of Heraldry , " 1780 . In 1793 , Dallaway published his fine work , dedicated to the

Duke of Norfolk , entitled "Inquiries into the Ori gin ancl Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England , " & c . From this work I have taken most of the "facts" which make up this little humble compilation , ancl ivhich I intend simply as a reminder of a most interesting study , and as a help to other " non-experts " like myself . There are many other books , English , and forei gn especiall y , which will occur to my reader , some of which I know and possess myself ; but I have preferred to keep to English heraldry . I conclude