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an Dlugosz, a Polish mediaeval historian, described families bearing Jelita as: clan born in Poland men are modest devoted to dogs and hunting.

The war-cry for this arm is "Jelita" or "Nagody" 

Arms: Gules, three lances, or, two in solitaire points to chief, one in pale, point to base. Argent. For a crest: out of a ducal coronet a demi-goat rampant proper.

There should be three lances of gold (or yellow), displayed in the design of a star on a red field, so that two on the sides are shown with their ends and points upward and the center lance with its point straight downward. on the helmet is a demi goat leaping with its forepaws upward, facing to the right, with horns on its head.

asper Niesiecki describes the creation of the Jelita arms: All date the origins of the arms as described here to the year of our Lord 1331. After Wladyslaw Lokietek defeated 40,000 Teutonic Knights in such triumph that of his people only some forty fell on the field [this is a reference to the battle of Plowce - Ed.], the next day he was riding around the battlefield, when among the Polish corpses he came upon one of his knights, Floryan Szaryusz, who, having fought valiantly in this battle and been weakened by many wounds, was pushing his bowels back inside with his own hand. [In Polish the word jelita means "bowels, guts."] The King saw him and in compassion said to his attendants, "Oh, the torment that this valiant soldier is suffering!" And he, gathering almost his last strength, answered, "What the King sees does not afflict and torment me so much as the evil neighbor who lives in the same village as I do." "Do not worry, if you recover from this blow, I will free you from this neighbor's captivity," said Lokietek, and did free him and gave him a lord's estate. Some understand that his ancestral arms had a goat on the helmet, and that he [the King] added to the shield the three lances with which he had seen him pierced.  Jelita
The Zamoyski family has on their Jelita arms the motto: "It Hurts Less"

amilies using these Arms:

Agewski, Alkiewicz, Anszeński, Antonowicz, Aszeński, Białecki, Bielski, Bielawski,  Bielczewski, Bielski, Bielski-Saryusz, Biesiad, Biesiadecki, Biesiadowski, Biesiadzki, Bilczewski, Bliżyński, Bobrykiewicz, Boglewski, Bohyła, Bonin, Borzemski, Borzobochaty, Borzobohaty, Borzyński, Brodecki, Bukowiński, Bury, Chaiński, Chilchen, Chorążyna, Cielimoński, Cielmowski, Cieskanowski, Cieszanowski, Czeczel, Czeluściński, Czerkas, Czerkawski, Czermiński, Czerniński, Czop, Czubka, Dąbrowski, Dembowski, Dębowski, Dobryński, Dobrzyński, Dubowieski, Dyss, Dzibałtowski, Dzidowski, Dzaiduski, Dziduski, Dzięciątko, Dzieciątkowski, Dziewałtowski, Dziugłowski, Dziwisz, Dzyryłł, Fanuel, fanuelli, Francuz, Frank, Gajewski, Gawlikowski, Gawłowski, Gdeszycki, Geometer, Gerdut, Gielitko, Gierdud, Gierecki, Giertut, Gierzyński, Gieszyński, Girzyński, Glora, Głowa, Głowaczewski, Godell, Godzianowski, Godziewski, Goliszewski, Gołocki, Gomoliński, Gorlewski, Gorliwski, Halczyniecki, Hałowski, Held, Helt, Hilchen, Idaszewski, Inowłodzki, Iskrzycki, Iwonia, Jackiewicz, Jajkowski, Jakliński, Jakowicki, Jankiewicz, Jaykowski, Jelita, Jelitowski, Jerzbutowicz, Kaczorowski, Kalina, Kaliński, Kalisz, Kamisowski, Kamocki, Kamyszowski, Kaufman, Kicki, Kiliziński, Kisielewski, Kluszczyński, Kobielski, Kochlewski, Komornicki, Kopijewicz, Koprzywnicki, Korytko, Korytkowski, Korytnicki, Korzyński, Kossowski, Koślarowski, Kotlicki, Koziarowski, Kozierowski, Koźlarowski, Koźloróg, Kórzyński, Kraiński, Krasieński, Kuncewicz, Kusiecki, Kuropatnicki, Lasochowski, Lasota, Leniecki, Libicki, Libidzki, Litosławski, Litwinowicz, Litwiński, Lneżeliński, Lochiński, Lochński, Lochtyński, Lubicki, Luczeliński, Luczyliński, Luczywiński, Lutkowicz, Lutosławski, Lutostański, Lutoszewski, Łącki, Łapczyński, Łapiński, Łaźnicki, Łaziński, Łazniński, Łaźniński, Łażnicki, Łochyński, Łochiński, Łodykowski, Łohyński, Łuczyliński, Łuczywiński, Łukowski, Madurowicz, Majeranowski, Makowski, Malecki, Maljewski, Małachowski, Małecki, Manikowski, Marcinowski, Marzęcki, Matesilański, Matesylański, Matkiewicz, Micewicz, Michałowski, Michaniewski, Miczewicz, Mierski, Mietelski, Mirski, Misiewicz, Misiewski, Misiowski, Missiewicz, Mniński, Mniszek, Modrzewski, Mojaczewski, Mojkowski, Mokrski, Mongin, Morawicki, Morowiński, Morozewicz, Mrowiński, Myszeyko, Myśliborski, Natalis, Neronowicz, Niernoowicz, Nowosielecki, Pacanowski, Pachołowiecki, Paczanowski, Paderewski, Pagiewski, Pajewski, Paprocki, Pastękalski, Paczlewicz, Pierlicki, Pieczkowski, Pieniążek, Pietuch, Pijakowski, Piwakowski,  Podsękalski, Pokrzywnicki, Popczyński, Postękalski, Pratkowski, Promieński, Promnicki, Proszczyński, Prumieński, Pudelski, Raciborowski, Radogoscki, Radogoski, Radoszkowski, Rajczenko, Rajski, Rampalski, Rayski, Remiesz, Remiszewski, Reszczewski, Romaszewski, Romer, Romiszewski, Romiszowski, Rospąd, Rospęd, Rozdziałowski, Różnowski, Rudlicki, Rychcicki, Rychczycki, Salecki, Saryusz, Sczukocki, Secygniewski, Secygniowski, Serny, Sędzigniewski, Sielnicki, Sietecki, Silnicki, Skąpski, Skokowski, Skorkowski, Skórkowski, Skórkowski-Saryusz, Skrzynicki, Sliwicki, Sławianowski, Sławianowski Bonin-Saryusz,  Słowiński, Słupski, Sokolnicki, Sokołowicz, Stanowski, Stawirejski, Staworski, Stawowski, Stokowski, Strumieński, Suchoczaski, Swarpłowicz, Sypniowski, Suroczyński, Szczekocki, Szczepankiewicz, Szczerbicz, Szczukocki, Szubalski, Szydłowski, Szypieński, Tarnowski, Tchórznicki, Tchórzowski, Terlikowski, Ul, Wągleszyński, Węgleszyński, Wielądek, Wielkołucki, Wieloch, Wielołucki, Wierzejski, Wierzeyski, Wilczkowski, Wilkoszewski, Wilkowski, Wilner, Witowicz, Wojciechowski, Wolski, Wolski-Saryusz, Worszyło, Woyciechowski, Wrburt, Wrbut, Wrzesiński, Wrzeszyński, Wyłaski, Wyrzejski, Wyrzyski, Zakrzewski, Zakrzowski, Zaleski, Zalewski, Zamojski, Zamoyski, Zawisza, Zbojeński, Zalecheński, Zieliński, Zieliński-Saryusz, Żarkowski, Żelawski, Żelecheński, Żelesiński, Żeleziński, Żeleżyński, Żeromski     (352 families)

  Krzysztof Dobrzyński