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The Parsons Tale 198
To Speak of the horrible disordinate scantnesse of Clothing as [been? those Cutted Sloppes of [harsselines?] that through their Shortness cover not the shamfull members of manne to wicked [entent]? alas some of them shewe the Basse of their [Shap]? & the horrible [Swile?] membres that seemeth like to the malady of the Hernia in the wrapping of their Hosen & also the Buttockes of them fare as if they were the hinder Parts of a She Ape in the full of the mone & moreover the wretched Swolen membres that they shew, through disguising, in deporting of their Hosen in White & Red Someth that halfe their Shamfull privy member were Flain. & if so be they deporte their hosen in other Colors as is White & blew or White & Black or Black & Red & so forth than seemed [this] as by variance of Color that the half of their Privy members ben Corrupt by the Fire of St anthony of the hinder Part of their Buttockes it is Full horrible for to See
1400 Stowes Chronicle by Stowe P. 327
at this time was used Exceeding Pride in Garments, Gowns with deep & broad Sleeves commonly Called Poke Sleeves The Servants wore them as well as their master & what they stole they hid in their Sleeves whereof Some hung down to the feet & at Least to the knees full of Cuts & Jagges Whereupon Hoclure made these verses
now hath the Lord little need of Bro[omes?] &c
1462 3d Edwd 4th an act was [Parst] to Compell decency in clothing no Person to wear any Boulsters of Cotton or Stuffe in the array of their bodies no Person to wear Gown Jacquet or Cloak but of such Leng[th] as when standing upright the same should Cover his Buttocks & no man to wear Shoes having Pipes having Pikes more than two inches in Leng[th]
Stow Howes 417