The
following is a direct translation from the classical genealogical
and heraldic reference "Herbarz Polski" by Kasper
Niesiecki, S. J., Lipsk edition, 1839-1846. Translated by William F.
Hoffman.
A true Lubicz, i. e., it should have a
white Horseshoe, its ends turned downward, with two crosses, one
above the horseshoe, the other inside it, but below this is added
a yellow half-moon encompassing the horseshoe, edges pointed
upward, on a blue field, with three ostrich feathers on the helm.
Bielski, fol. 134. Paprocki o herbach, fol. 345. In Stromat.
Okolski tomo 1. fol. 67. From the similarity of these arms
to those of Lubicz, all conclude that one of the Lubicz clan
earned them on the following occasion. When spies warned him in
the dead of night of nearby enemies, he attacked them so safely
that the passing night held no threat of danger. He fell upon the
foe, soundly asleep, and mowed them down; and the rising moon
helped him to this victory, so a Mazovian prince added it to his
ancestral arms and named him "Bozawola." Rev. Rutka
derives from a certain manuscript the occasion of these arms'
bestowment in the days of the Polish prince Krakus, when the
Commander fortunately led all his people across the frozen Danube
to Moguncya [Mainz], for which he was awarded these arms.
Bearers of these Arms:
Gasecki, Gosciminski, Jemielicki, Komorowski, Ostrowice,
Reymunt, Rzeczkowski
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