

Not that I’m certain that an heraldic lion, even without the shield, is all that much of an improvement over the faux coat of arms. But what do I know?
Sogliardo: […] by this Parchment Gentlemen, I have ben so toil’d among the Harrots [Heralds] yonder, you will not belieeve, they doe speake the straungest language, and give a man the hardest termes for his money, that ever you knew.
Carlo: But ha’ you armes? Ha’ you armes?
Sogliardo: Yfaith, I thanke God I can write myself Gentleman now, here’s my Pattent, it cost me thirtie pound by this breath.
Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour (1599)
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