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Aug. 15th, 2011
Scroll Text for Sir Oscad de Segovia
Aug. 15th, 2011 02:01 pmBecause a couple of people asked, here is the text of Sir Oscad's scroll. I did not have his blazon when I wrote it, but I know Eva added it when she actually inscribed the text.
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Sir Lucan, by grace and valor king of the East and Emperor ever agust, and Jana, lady of the Rose and of the Garnet, by the said grace King and Queen of Ostgardr and Owlsherst, An Dubhaigeainn and Ar-n-Eilean-ne, Ruantallan and Seashire, Coldwood and Malagentia, Carolinga, and all those lands encompassed there between, count and countess of the East, Duke and Duchess, and Prince and Princess of Tir Mara, Greetings.
Be it manifest and known to all who shall see this public instrument, that here on the site of the Great Pennsic War, in the month of August, in the XLVI year since the founding of the world, in the presence of our Counts and Countesses, Barons, Chatelaines, members of our council, of the very exalted and very powerful princes here assembled, and the combined might and valor of the Knights and Masters of Arms of the Known World,
that our noble and faithful Oscad de Segovia, having done nothing unbeseeming an honest man or done anything unworthy of his place, striving always and in all things to behave in a gentle, righteous, and just manner, who hath for many years given good and faithful service to the Kings and Queens of the Middle and the East, being, as he is, a noble companion of the Dragon's Tooth, the Red company, and the Gold Mace, and of the Order of the Tyger's Combattant, holder of the Purple Fret and the Doe's Grace, and many other worthy and well-deserved decorations of esteem besides, having many and often times on the field of battle and in other places and at other times proven by act and deed his prowess and bravery, and given the word of these witnesses here presented, who, with public declaration and testimony, swearing in the presence of our nobles with all the solemn forms to his fitness, gentility, service, talents, gifts, and chivalric virtues,
Therefore, having seen and understood the testimony here given, and every part and parcel of it, and being certain and assured by our Noble Companions of the Order of Chivalry of his fitness, and being certain and assured of everything set forth herein, and desiring to observe and fulfill our duty to recognize, elevate, and reward those persons whose deeds of valor and chivalry are commended unto us, thus do we, Lucan and Jana, confirm, approve, and ratify, in good faith and without deception, this instrument as outward token and memorial of the elevation of our Noble Oscad de Segovia as a Companion of Our order of Chivalry, and further do we award, grant, ratify, confirm, and give unto him and for his sole use arms by Letters Patent, to whit: ----------. and further do we give, grant, and approve unto him all those very ancient rights, and each of them and every one of them that are due to him as a companion of this order, asking only that he shall, forever and ever, keep, observe, and fulfill, really and effectively, in good faith, renouncing all deception, mental reservation, and subterfuge, those duties and responsibilities which now become his.
All the foregoing, and every part and parcel of it, promised and affirmed by us, and being entirely binding on our heirs, according as it shall be enacted, ordained, adjudged, and determined by them, just as, and as completely as if it had been enacted, determined, and concluded by them themselves, that they, jointly and severally, will keep, observe, and fulfill all the aforesaid, and each part and parcel of it, really and in fact, this instrument shall nevertheless be and remain firm, stable, and valid, forever and ever. Therefore, in testimony of truth, We made this our sign here, which is thus:
Source Material: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/16th_century/mod003.asp
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Sir Lucan, by grace and valor king of the East and Emperor ever agust, and Jana, lady of the Rose and of the Garnet, by the said grace King and Queen of Ostgardr and Owlsherst, An Dubhaigeainn and Ar-n-Eilean-ne, Ruantallan and Seashire, Coldwood and Malagentia, Carolinga, and all those lands encompassed there between, count and countess of the East, Duke and Duchess, and Prince and Princess of Tir Mara, Greetings.
Be it manifest and known to all who shall see this public instrument, that here on the site of the Great Pennsic War, in the month of August, in the XLVI year since the founding of the world, in the presence of our Counts and Countesses, Barons, Chatelaines, members of our council, of the very exalted and very powerful princes here assembled, and the combined might and valor of the Knights and Masters of Arms of the Known World,
that our noble and faithful Oscad de Segovia, having done nothing unbeseeming an honest man or done anything unworthy of his place, striving always and in all things to behave in a gentle, righteous, and just manner, who hath for many years given good and faithful service to the Kings and Queens of the Middle and the East, being, as he is, a noble companion of the Dragon's Tooth, the Red company, and the Gold Mace, and of the Order of the Tyger's Combattant, holder of the Purple Fret and the Doe's Grace, and many other worthy and well-deserved decorations of esteem besides, having many and often times on the field of battle and in other places and at other times proven by act and deed his prowess and bravery, and given the word of these witnesses here presented, who, with public declaration and testimony, swearing in the presence of our nobles with all the solemn forms to his fitness, gentility, service, talents, gifts, and chivalric virtues,
Therefore, having seen and understood the testimony here given, and every part and parcel of it, and being certain and assured by our Noble Companions of the Order of Chivalry of his fitness, and being certain and assured of everything set forth herein, and desiring to observe and fulfill our duty to recognize, elevate, and reward those persons whose deeds of valor and chivalry are commended unto us, thus do we, Lucan and Jana, confirm, approve, and ratify, in good faith and without deception, this instrument as outward token and memorial of the elevation of our Noble Oscad de Segovia as a Companion of Our order of Chivalry, and further do we award, grant, ratify, confirm, and give unto him and for his sole use arms by Letters Patent, to whit: ----------. and further do we give, grant, and approve unto him all those very ancient rights, and each of them and every one of them that are due to him as a companion of this order, asking only that he shall, forever and ever, keep, observe, and fulfill, really and effectively, in good faith, renouncing all deception, mental reservation, and subterfuge, those duties and responsibilities which now become his.
All the foregoing, and every part and parcel of it, promised and affirmed by us, and being entirely binding on our heirs, according as it shall be enacted, ordained, adjudged, and determined by them, just as, and as completely as if it had been enacted, determined, and concluded by them themselves, that they, jointly and severally, will keep, observe, and fulfill all the aforesaid, and each part and parcel of it, really and in fact, this instrument shall nevertheless be and remain firm, stable, and valid, forever and ever. Therefore, in testimony of truth, We made this our sign here, which is thus:
Source Material: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/16th_century/mod003.asp