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[s.n.] · 1559

that the shield is divided into two equal parts by width by two lines, red and white, which occupy the lower place, of which the lower part is azure, having depicted an elephant, saffron or golden, whose shoulders are covered by a cloth or caparison of the same color, with this motto inscribed around the borders or fringes: ALIT HONOS HEROEN Honor nourishes the hero. The upper part of the shield, however, is distinguished equally by length by two lines, namely red and white, occupying the left place, with the left area being azure, and there is a herald, clothed in a golden cloak or a tunic of the kind that heralds are accustomed to use, with a black double-headed eagle displayed on his breast, holding a caduceus in his left hand, while the right hand rests on his thigh, with his head bare and bound around the temples with a laurel iron, and saffron ribbons flowing down from the back of the head. The right part, however, contains your aforementioned paternal insignia, namely an area which is divided obliquely into two parts from the upper angle to the lower right, the upper of which is of sky-blue color and represents in its middle a white rose, while the lower is golden and contains within itself a trunk or stem of the same rose depicted in such a way that it suggests the letter P. Let an open tournament helmet be placed upon the shield, with a golden crown, and adorned with saffron or golden and azure tassels or labels, flowing softly