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This distinction between charges bendwise (or bendways) and charges in bend should be carefully noted.— The Handbook to English Heraldry
If a field be divided by lines drawn bendwise, and also by others drawn either vertically or horizontally, it is “_paly bendy_,” as No.— The Handbook to English Heraldry
Charges set diagonally on the field of a Shield, in the position in which a bend would occupy, are said to be “_in bend_” and are arranged in the same manner: but it would be quite possible to have three or more charges each disposed bendwise; but yet, nevertheless, when taken together occupying the position of a fesse and therefore described also as in fesse.— The Handbook to English Heraldry
_ If a field be divided by lines drawn bendwise, and also by others drawn either vertically or horizontally, it is “_paly bendy_,” as No. 118, or “_barry bendy_,” as No. 119.— The Handbook to English Heraldry

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