The commonest occurrences were heralds of death and doom.
Then all signed their names in the church books, and the trumpeters and heralds made music for them.
The coat of arms, devised for me by the Royal heralds, was of great size, and rich colours, and full of bright imaginings.
But the heralds said that it looked a mere sign-board, without a good motto under it; and the motto must have my name in it.
There, at least, the Heralds' College itself might allow that we all of us have the same pedigree, and are direct descendants of Eve and Adam, whose inheritance is divided amongst us.
In the centre appeared a round such as might be taken for the sun, while here and there, "in the field," as heralds say, were lesser orbs which from their size and position could represent smaller worlds circling about it.
There were troops of guards mounted on horseback and splendidly caparisoned--there were bands of music, and heralds, and great officers of state, bearing successively, on cushions ornamented with gold and jewels, the imperial mantle, the globe, the sceptre, and the crown.