Excerpt from An Essay to Heraldry: In Two Parts; The First Containing (in a Concise but Methodical Method, by Rules and Explanations of Bearings) The Body of Heraldry; The Second, Honour Civil and Military The Part is a'trearife of the No ity and Gentry of Eng-3 land aato their Priviledges, Dig nities, wc: And for Examples of Bearings I have inferted Atchieve ments of each Degree compleat, that is, with all the external orna ments as Mantle, Helmet, Crei't, Motto and Supporters hav ing given your Honour's atchi'evej them for. The Example of an Barig. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.