a grete people of armed men. for shall not be called a man of armys by his armoure but by his coot of worship that he casteth on a bone his armour. Alsoe so telle howe many leons ben (blotted out) armys ye shall knowe that ther (blotted out) XV leo'ns in armys. That is to saye a leon and a leo'n rampannt / a leo'n saliannt / a leo'n passannt / a leo'n sea'nt / a leo'n dormannt / a leo'n cowchannt / a leo'n <budosed> / a leo'n mordannt / a leo'n coupe counter channged / a leo'n coupe /a leo'n regardannt / a leo'n 2 nombre and a leo'n coward. a great person of armed men, for a knight is not known by his armor but by the coat of worship which he places upon his armor. Also, know how many lions there are in armory, there are fifteen lions in armory. That is to say, a lion, a lion rampant, a lion salient, a lion passant, a lion sejant, a lion dormant, a lion couchant, a lion <>, a lion striking, a lion counterchanged in bend, a demi-lion, a lion regardant, two lions and a lion coward.

  A Leon/Lion         A Leon rampant/Lion rampant        A Leon Sehant/Lion Salient
Lion                       lion rampant                              lion salient      


A Leon passant/Lion passant    A Leon Seant/Lion Sejant     A Leon regardant/Lion Regardant

lion passant                         lion sejant                               lion regardant      
A Leon dormant/Lion dormant      A Leon Cochannt/Lion Couchant      A Leon <nuorsete>/Lion rampant sinister

                         lion couchant                               lion sinister    

A Leon Copé/ A demi-lion         A Leon copé counterchanged/             A Leon coward/Lion coward
Lion rampant counterchanged per bend.

demi-lion                            lion counterchanged                             lion coward      


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