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23 The accompanying example (Fig. 90) would be blazoned, Barry of six, argent and qules; ten hurtes in orle.

Observe the difference between ' in and ' on.' The former denotes that charges are to be arranged in the position of any specified ordinary, while the latter implies that they are to be blazoned on the ordinaries themselves. (Compare Fig.90 and the first and fourth quarters of Fig. 175.)

All the honourable ordinaries (but not their diminutives, except the pallet), the pile, quarter, canton, bordure, inescuteheon, lozenge, pall, and flanches, may be charged.

ROUNDLES AND GUTTÆ. Roundles are small balls or bosses, which are charged upon a shield. There are generally reckoned in be seven, which are distinguished from each other by their several tinctures.

1. The Bezant, or. Fig. 91.

2. The Plate, argent. Fig. 92.

3. The Torteau (pl. torteaux), gules. Fig. 93.

4. The Hurte, azure. Fig. 94.



5. The Pellet, or Ogress, sable. Fig. 95.

6. The Pomme, vert. Fig. 96.

7. The Fountain, Barry of six, wavy, argent and azure. Fig. 97.