A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany Volume I Part 21

And the[AZ] cite dide faste encrece Of brede and wyne, fisshe, and fflesshe.[BA]

And thus oure gracious liege Made an ende of his seege.

And alle that[BB] haue hirde this redynge[BC]

To his[BD] blisse criste you brynge, That for vs deide vpon[BE] a tre, Amen sey[BF] we alle, pur cherite!

_There was many a getoun gay_.] The following particulars relative to the _getoun_ appear in MS. Harl. 838. "Euery baronet euery estat aboue hym shal have hys baner displeyd in y'e field yf he be chyef capteyn, euery knyght his penoun, euery squier or gentleman hys _getoun_ or standard." "Item, y'e meyst lawfully fle fro y'e standard and _getoun_, but not fro y'e baner ne penon.". "Nota, a stremer shal stand in a top of a schyp or in y'e fore-castel: a stremer shal be slyt and so shal a standard as welle as a _getoun_: a _getoun_ shal berr y'e length of ij yardes, a standard of iii or 4 yardes, and a stremer of xii. xx. xl. or lx. yardes longe."

This account is confirmed by MS. Harl. 2258, and Lansd. 225. f. 431. as quoted by Mr. Nicholas, in the Retrosp. Rev. vol. i. N.S. The former of these MSS. states: Euery standard and _Guydhome_ [whence the etymology of the word is obvious] to have in the chief the crosse of St. George, to be slitte at the ende, and to conteyne the creste or supporter, with the posey, worde, and devise of the owner." It adds, that "a guydhome must be two yardes and a halfe, or three yardes longe." This rule may sometimes have been neglected, at least by artists, for in a bill of expences for the Earl of Warwick, dated July 1437, and printed by Dugdale, (Warw. p. 327.) we find the following entry; "Item, a _gyton_ for the s.h.i.+ppe of viij.

yerdis long, poudrid full of raggid staves, for the lymnyng and workmans.h.i.+p, ijs." The Grant of a _guydon_ made in 1491 to Hugh Vaughan, is preserved in the College of Arms. It contains his crest placed longitudinally. _Retrospective Review, New Series_, vol. i. p. 511.

[E] _bewesyns_.

[F] _came_.

[G] _worthy_ deest.

[H] A species of banner or streamer. See Note.

[I] _n.o.ble_.

[J] _were_.

[K] Trumpeters.

[L] Trumpets.

[M] _that_.

[N] cryed.

[O] _were_.

[P] _with nose_.

[Q] _were_.

[R] _patrons_.--Workmens' models or figures. _Patrone_, forme to werke by. _Prompt. Parvul_. MS. Harl. 221. There is probably here an allusion to the waxen or wooden effigies placed on the hea.r.s.e of distinguished personages.

[S] _as dede thyng they were peynte_.

[T] _in_.

[U] _to fare_.

[V] as _deest_.

[W] _as cartes led awey_.

[X] _Vnto_.

[Y] In MS. Harl. 753, a break is here made, and a large capital letter introduced.

[Z] _to_ deest.

[AA] _sithe_.

[AB] _vp he_.

[AC] _atte porte kauxoz_.

[AD] _atte_ porte.

[AE] _that stounde_.

[AF] Crosses.

[AG] xliiij.

[AH] _religiouns_.

[AI] _atte porte hauxoz_.

[AJ] The remainder, of this, and the two following lines are omitted.

[AK] _Thanked_.

[AL] _they seyde our lord so free_.

[AM] _vnto_.

[AN] _the_ deest.

[AO] _to_.

[AP] _As_.

[AQ] Poitrell, breast plate.

[AR] _hangyng_.

[AS] _dide_ deest.

[AT] _the_ chere.

[AU] The chaplains of his household. Lat. _capella_.

[AV] _atte_ dore, _there_ deest.

[AW] _afore_.