1896, John Woodward, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 205:
Sometimes several annulets are borne in a concentric series, and are then called vires; Sable , two concentric annulets or, is the coat of the ALBIZZI. PAFFY of France bears: Argent, two vires gules; and Azure, three vires or[…]
1823, George Crabb, Universal Technological Dictionary: Or Familiar Explanations of the Terms Used in All Arts and Sciences, Containing Definitions Drawn from the Original Writers, and Illustrated by Plates, Diagrams, Cuts &c, page 13:
Gules, three vires, or annulets within one another, argent.
1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 603:
Vires, (fr.) : a term derived from the Latin viria, and applied to a series of annulets conjoined[…]
