Chapter 17, Item 16a
Degrees in helmets
Now for as much as with vs the nobles are diuided into two orders, as Nobiles maiores, the Greater nobles, which are Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, Barons, and Banerets: and into Nobiles Minores, lesser nobles, as Barronets, Knights, Squires and gentlemen, and that to those peculiar degrees there are allotted sundry formes of helmets, wherby there seuerall states are discerned; I shall therefore in the next place exemplifie their seuerall fashions beginning with the Inferior sort, and so Ascending to the highest degree. As for example, ...
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Chapter 17, Item 26a
Helmet parts
The seuerall parts of an Helmett
The Head peece and hinder part of head peece.
The Crest.
The Socket for the feather.
The open of the helmett.
The Bever that covers the face.
The Visures or holes - the Bever to see through.
The stay of the Bever, the button that holds it vp.
The Button on which the Bever turnes.
The Chin of the Helmett.
The Hooks and clasps, that holde the two sides together.
The Neck, which opens either side to receiue the head in.
The Joynts of the neck.
The Gorgett, that part as comes down to the shoulders.
The pin heads and pins that the Joynts turn vpon.
The studds and garnish, the adorning of the helmet with nayles heads wrought with flowers, chased worke, and wreathed filletts.
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Chapter 17, Item 35a
Armour parts
The seuerall parts of Armour for the hands armes and shoulders.
The Gauntlett is Armour for the hand, whose seuerall parts see in numb. --- [sic]
An Arme gauntlett, is such whose wrist and Arme Armour is all of a peece and reacheth ouer the elbow.
Vambraces, are the Armour for the Armes.
Pouldrons, are Armour for the shoulder ...
A Gorget, this compassed the neck about, and lay vpon the shoulders.
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