Plough
XVIII. He beareth a Plough, or Plow;
[with] the Suck and culter.
It was wont in Ancient times, when Cities were to be
Built, to limit out the Circuit thereof, by drawing of
a Furrow with a Plough; so it was also used when
they intended the final Destruction of a City to Plow
it up, and to sow it with Salt, as we may Read Judg.
9 45. But now it is an Instrument used only for Husbandry, as Agriculture or Tillage of Land.
Hedging bill
Image from published plateIn the chief of this quarter is the head of an Hedging Bill sans Handle, which is made generally with a Socket to put it in.
Related text(s) Plough parts Plowing terms
Coulter
XIX. He beareth a Culture (or a Plow
Culter, or Cooter vulgarly; or a Plow Knife).
Sough
XX. He beareth a Sough (or Suck).
This is a Sough in its full
Aspect, in which you may see the rising on the sides;
wherein no more but the rising of the sides is visible; ...
Sough fore-shortened
Image from proof plate... The other Sough in the chief, being set sideways to sight, wherein no more but the rising of the sides is visible, which kind of draught of a Sough is termed a Sough fore-shortened.
Sough
XXI. He beareth a demy Sough, and an
Hay hook, [with] the Handle.
Hay hook
The Hay Hook is an Instrument that is used in
Husbandry for the pulling out of Hay made either in
a Rick, Stack, or Mow, when they are about to
Fodder their Cattel and Beasts. The Dutch make their
Soughs flat, without any turning up in the edges.
Hay hooks
XXII. These are two other ways of drawing the
Hay Hook, which in Dutch and German Coats I have
often seen so made, of whom I shall say no more, but
tell you one is a plain Staff, the other with an Handle made by Nature, which is a little Branch growing out of the side Fork like.
Turning cratch
XXIII. He beareth on a Pole
a Turning Cratch.
Ladder
XXIV. He beareth a Ladder.
In a Ladder there is only the two sides, and the
overthwart pieces, which are termed gangs, or
staves, or foot staves; the length of a Ladder is
mentioned by its Staves, as a Ladder of 6,8,10, or
12 gangs or staves; not to say of 3,4, or 5 yards or
foot long.
Seigh
Image from proof plateIn the dexter chief is a kind of Wooden Dish with a large round hole in the bottom of it with a Rim about it, which is by Milk Women called a Seigh; and having a Cloth tied about the hole, Milk runs through it, which takes away all the hairs from the Milk; this in our Country is termed Seighing of Milk.
Cheese ladder
XXV. He beareth a Cheese Ladder.
This is a thing in frequent use with Dairy people; and
without it Cheese cannot be conveniently made, for it
serveth to lay over the Cheese Tub for the Cheese
Fat to rest upon, while the Dairy Woman presseth
the Whay out of the Cruds in the Cheese-Fat, into
the Tub.
Churn with the staff
XXVI. He beareth a Churn covered, with
the Staff therein. [See]
before chap.5. numb.70.
Churn staff bottom
Image from published plateIn the Sinister chief, is the bottom of a Churn-Staff.
Milk pail
XXVII. He beareth a Milk Pail.
This is the Badge and Cognizance of the Milk-Maids,
Whom I have heard give this sort of Vessel several denominations; of some it is called a Pail, a Cruck,
an Eshon, of others a Bouk.
Cheese tub
XXVIII. He beareth a Cheese Tub covered.
Pikel grains
Image from published plateIn the chief is set a Pikel grains, with a Tang, which is only to shew you the form of both this, and that mentioned numb.7.
Related text(s) Dairy terms
Harrows
XXIX. He beareth three Harrows conjoined to a With or Wreath.
Harrow pinned
XXX. He beareth an Harrow pinned. In former
times Husbandmen made all these Instruments three
square, as in the foregoing example; but now this form
is only in use, whose several parts are,
The Harrow Bulls, the holes where the Nails go in.
The Slotes, the cross pieces.
The Harrow Tiles, or Pins, or Tushes, are the Iron Nails.
The Hook, is that as fastens the Horse to them.
Couples, are when two Harrows are tyed together.
Ox yoke
XXXI. He beareth a Yoke, (an Oxe Yoke,
with a Chain and Hook pendant thereunto),
This an Instrument
of Subjection, by which Oxen used to the Yoke are
tyed together to draw either in the Plough or Cart)
It is an Emblem of Servitude and Patience, Submission
and Obedience; so on the contrary, the refusingor casting off of the Yoke is a token of Freedom, as we find
mentioned in several places in Scripture, as Gen.27.40.
Lev.26.13. Isa.10.27. Sometimes of Rebellion and
Disobedience, as in Jer.5.5. Psal.2.2.
Related text(s) Ox yoke parts
Copsole
XXXII. He beareth a Cop-sole and pin,
with its Chain.
This is very often by old Heralds termed a Dog-Couple, but very improperly. I should rather take
it for a Shakle and Bolt.
Yelve
In the dexter Base of this square, is the form of a
Yelve or Dung Fork.
Swingle tree
XXXIII. He beareth the Swingle Tree of
a Coach Pole.
These are made of wood and are fastned by Iron hooks stables chains and pinns to the Coach pole, the the which the Horses are fastned by their Harnish when there is more than two to draw the Coach. see cha.9. num. 162 [correctly, 161b]. Some call this the Pin Swingle Tree, with its Spring Trees.
Pikel
In the Base of this quarter is set a Pikell or Pitchfork Grains, with three points.
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