Costume in England: GlossaryG. Bell and sons, 1896 |
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... rich in decoration , that Stephen Gosson thus alludes to them : - " These aprons white of finest thread , So choicelie tide , so dearly bought ; So finely fringed , so nicely spred ; So quaintlie cut , so richlie wrought ; Were they in ...
... rich in decoration , that Stephen Gosson thus alludes to them : - " These aprons white of finest thread , So choicelie tide , so dearly bought ; So finely fringed , so nicely spred ; So quaintlie cut , so richlie wrought ; Were they in ...
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... rich point - lace was used for edging . The large laced neck- cloth of the latter end of the reign of Charles II . succeeded the band in fashionable society . Lord Rutherford , in a letter to the Earl of Lauderdale in 1661 ( Camden Soc ...
... rich point - lace was used for edging . The large laced neck- cloth of the latter end of the reign of Charles II . succeeded the band in fashionable society . Lord Rutherford , in a letter to the Earl of Lauderdale in 1661 ( Camden Soc ...
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... Rich's Memoirs , " temp . Charles I. , vol . vii . , Camden Soc . N.S. , a constable is mentioned as having a hedge bill under his arm , a usual thing for constables to carry . " 66 66 The country bill - hook of to - day , if mounted on ...
... Rich's Memoirs , " temp . Charles I. , vol . vii . , Camden Soc . N.S. , a constable is mentioned as having a hedge bill under his arm , a usual thing for constables to carry . " 66 66 The country bill - hook of to - day , if mounted on ...
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... rich India . " A Merry Knack to Know a Knave . " In homely gray , Instead of bisse and purest pall , Now all thy clothing must be . " Patient Grissel , 1619 . BLACKING . In the middle ages the shoes and boots do not appear to have been ...
... rich India . " A Merry Knack to Know a Knave . " In homely gray , Instead of bisse and purest pall , Now all thy clothing must be . " Patient Grissel , 1619 . BLACKING . In the middle ages the shoes and boots do not appear to have been ...
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... rich bliaut ; and in another ( " Roman de Parise la Duchesse M.S. " ) a lady is said to have been clothed in linen , with a bliaut dyed in grain . In one of the Tower Rolls ( " Rot . Claus . memb . " 12 ) there is an order from King ...
... rich bliaut ; and in another ( " Roman de Parise la Duchesse M.S. " ) a lady is said to have been clothed in linen , with a bliaut dyed in grain . In one of the Tower Rolls ( " Rot . Claus . memb . " 12 ) there is an order from King ...
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