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all its branches. The crest, or bearing, of a warrior was often used as a nomme de guerre. Thus Richard III. acquired his well-known epithet, the Boar of York. In the violent satire on Cardinal Wolsey, commonly, but erroneously, imputed to Dr Bull, the Duke of Buckingham is called the Beautiful Swan, and the Duke of Norfolk, or Earl of Surrey, the White Lion. As the book is extremely rare, and the whole passage relates to the emblematical interpretation of heraldry, it shall be here given at length.
The descripcion of the armes.
Of the proude Cardinall this is the shelde,
Borne up betwene two angels of Sathan;
The sixe blouddy axes in a bare felde,
Sheweth the cruelte of the red man,
Which hath devoured the beautifull swan,
Mortall enmy unto the whyte lion,
Carter of Yorcke, the vyle butcher’s sonne.
Of the proude Cardinall this is the shelde,
Borne up betwene two angels of Sathan;
The sixe blouddy axes in a bare felde,
Sheweth the cruelte of the red man,
Which hath devoured the beautifull swan,
Mortall enmy unto the whyte lion,
Carter of Yorcke, the vyle butcher’s sonne.
The sixe bulles heddes in a felde blacke,
Betokeneth bys stordy furiousnes,
Wherfore the godly lyght to put abacke,
He bryngeth in his dyvlisshe darcnes;
The bandog in the middes doth expresse
The mastif curre bred in Ypswitch towne,
Gnawynge with his teth a kinges crowne,
Betokeneth bys stordy furiousnes,
Wherfore the godly lyght to put abacke,
He bryngeth in his dyvlisshe darcnes;
The bandog in the middes doth expresse
The mastif curre bred in Ypswitch towne,
Gnawynge with his teth a kinges crowne,
The cloubbe signifieth playne hys tiranny,
Covered over with a Cardinal's hatt,
Wherin shal be fulfilled the prophecy,
Aryse up Jacke, and put on thy salatt,
For the tyme is come of bagge and walatt.
The temporall chevalry thus throwen doune,
Wherfor prest take hede, and beware thy crowne.
Covered over with a Cardinal's hatt,
Wherin shal be fulfilled the prophecy,
Aryse up Jacke, and put on thy salatt,
For the tyme is come of bagge and walatt.
The temporall chevalry thus throwen doune,
Wherfor prest take hede, and beware thy crowne.
