charges on the ordinary.


II.

When an honourable ordinary or some one figure is placed upon another,
whether it be a fess, chevron, cross, &c., it is always to be named
after the ordinary or figure over which it is placed, with either the
words surtout or overall.


III.

In the blazoning such ordinaries as are plain, the bare mention of
them is sufficient; but if an ordinary should be formed of any of the
curved or angular lines, such as invected, indented, &c., the lines
must be named.


IV.

When a principal figure possesses the centre of the field, its
position is not to be expressed; it is always understood to be in the
middle of the shield.


V.

When the situation of a principal bearing is not expressed, it is
always understood to occupy the centre of the field. Ex. See Azure, an