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The Yra&tce os Blazonry:
Swords in Saltier Argent, their Hilts and Pomels ex-
tending towards the baseof the Escotcheon,Or : then
secondly he beareth Sable, a FelTe betwixt 3. Shel-
drakes Argent : what these Sheldrakes are, their na-
ture and properties, and upon what reasons chose for
a bearing in Armory,is notnecessary to inquire; The
Ornithologists will easiiy tell you the former, and the
Heralds the later : But for the Coat it self, it is very
fair and Noble,and belongeth to that antient and opu-
lent Family of the Sheldons now of Beoly in the County
oiVVorcejier(whereof this Learned and Pious Prelate
is a generous Branch) but formerly of Sheldon in the
County of Warwick[, where ( as the learned and ju-
dicious Antiquary Mr. Dugdall tells us ) that old Fa-
mily ssourilhed long ago, till the time of Edward the
third and where they have very fair possessions at
VVesson , Which ford, Ditchsor d-E rally , BarcheJiony
SkiltSi and many other Lord/hips and Mannors to this
day. But certainly alUhe PosTeslionsand Honours they
enjoy cannot give more splendor and renown to the
name and Family of Sbeldon}than this excellent Bilhop
doth ; of whom we may say, as he said of Paulinus Bi-
shop of Nola, Ita qatsivit ex woribw clarixatem, Ac Ji
mllam babuijfet ex gettere3 He doth so innoble himself
by his own proper Virtues, as if he disdained to be
beholden to those borrowed ones of his Ancellors,
whileil his great Learning, Prudence and Virtue, have
made him long eminent and venerable, both in the
llniverlity of Oxsord, and in the Court of England
(those two most conspicuous stages and prospe&s os
truest worth) and now after many sufferings and per-
secutions, are deservedly rewarded with the nearest
Ecclesiastical attendance upon his sacred Majesty, and
thefirst Bissioprick os this Kingdom, wherein, like a
true and faithful Pallor, he now watcheth over the
greateth and goodlieth part of the flock, and (lands
in the highest watch-tower of this Church, as one moft
richly accomplished and qualisied t© feed and govern
Swords in Saltier Argent, their Hilts and Pomels ex-
tending towards the baseof the Escotcheon,Or : then
secondly he beareth Sable, a FelTe betwixt 3. Shel-
drakes Argent : what these Sheldrakes are, their na-
ture and properties, and upon what reasons chose for
a bearing in Armory,is notnecessary to inquire; The
Ornithologists will easiiy tell you the former, and the
Heralds the later : But for the Coat it self, it is very
fair and Noble,and belongeth to that antient and opu-
lent Family of the Sheldons now of Beoly in the County
oiVVorcejier(whereof this Learned and Pious Prelate
is a generous Branch) but formerly of Sheldon in the
County of Warwick[, where ( as the learned and ju-
dicious Antiquary Mr. Dugdall tells us ) that old Fa-
mily ssourilhed long ago, till the time of Edward the
third and where they have very fair possessions at
VVesson , Which ford, Ditchsor d-E rally , BarcheJiony
SkiltSi and many other Lord/hips and Mannors to this
day. But certainly alUhe PosTeslionsand Honours they
enjoy cannot give more splendor and renown to the
name and Family of Sbeldon}than this excellent Bilhop
doth ; of whom we may say, as he said of Paulinus Bi-
shop of Nola, Ita qatsivit ex woribw clarixatem, Ac Ji
mllam babuijfet ex gettere3 He doth so innoble himself
by his own proper Virtues, as if he disdained to be
beholden to those borrowed ones of his Ancellors,
whileil his great Learning, Prudence and Virtue, have
made him long eminent and venerable, both in the
llniverlity of Oxsord, and in the Court of England
(those two most conspicuous stages and prospe&s os
truest worth) and now after many sufferings and per-
secutions, are deservedly rewarded with the nearest
Ecclesiastical attendance upon his sacred Majesty, and
thefirst Bissioprick os this Kingdom, wherein, like a
true and faithful Pallor, he now watcheth over the
greateth and goodlieth part of the flock, and (lands
in the highest watch-tower of this Church, as one moft
richly accomplished and qualisied t© feed and govern