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Unto the Heralds of the Rialto, doth Thomas Ignatius Perigrinus send his 
humble greetings,

Good Heralds, I crave from you a boon of help and advice, in a matter most
sore vexing, but now sore pressed upon me as well.   For one score years less 
one year I have been priviledged to call myself a member of our fair Society.
In antique days long passed by I twice did assay to create and register 
a device with our College of Heralds, and twice I was rebuffed in a fashion 
most discouraging.  And thus I said unto myself, let this pass, for it is
a matter of no import to a simple scholiard.

But now, their Most Gracious Majesties Trelon and Varia have elevated me with
an Award of Arms, and so I am now charged to consult with the College and
it's Heralds, to choose and register a device.   I fear me that I would ne'er
disobey these two most Magnificent and Gracious Magesties, and so once
again into the fray I throw my poor wit, against the massed nay-saying might
of the College of Heralds.

My Lords, pray, take pity upon this poor scholiard, who had found comfort
in humility in the eyes of man and God, and pray, help me in this my quest.

I have thought long and hard, and I find that an I wert to be represented
by any device, it should not be a lordly one of stars, or moons, or ermine,
or gold.  My device should, I think me, reflect my humble origins and
remind me that even though ennobled, it is not by my hand but by the Hands
of Their Most Gracious Magesties.  I remain a simple scholiard, who hath
been elevated from the ranks of common joyners and turners.

Thus, I would ask, would a simple woodplane proper, upon a single tincture,
find favour before the College of Arms?

I fear me to seal this missive, for twice I have addressed the College of Arms
with desire in heart, and twice have my desires been dashed. But mayhaps
God in his wisdom hath decided that a dozen years and more of humilty
has served to cleanse my heart, and so mayhaps this small boon may be
granted unto His now repenetent and humble servant.  And so, in hope,
but moreso in humilty, I remain,

Thy Humble and Obedient Servant
Thomas Ignatius Perigrinus