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Dresses mentioned in chaucers Canterbury Tales
The Knight of fustian he wered a Gipeon
75 alle besmattred with his habergeon
The Squire Embroiderd was he, as it were a mede
93 alle full of fresh floures white & Rede
Short was his Goune with sleves long & wide
Yeman he was cladde in Cote & hode of Green
103 a not-hed had he
upon his arm he wore a Gay
and by his side a sword & Bokelere and on the other side a gay daggere
harnesed well & sharpe as Point of spire
a Christopher on his brest of Silver shene
an Horne he bare the Baudrick was of Grene
Prioress full Semely her wimple ypinched was
157 full fetise was here cloke
of Small Corall aboute here arm she bore
a pair of bedes gauded all with Green
& thereon hange a broche of gold full shene
on which was first y written a crouned A
& after amor vincit omnia
Monk I saw his Sleves purfiled at the hand
193 with Grys & that the fairest of the Land
& for to fasten his hood under his chin
he had of Gold ywrought a Curious Pin
a Love Knote in the greeter end there was
Priest his head was balled & shone as any glas
233 his typet was ay filled full of knives
& pinnes for to give fayre wives
of Double worsted was his semicope
that round was as a belle out of the Press
Merchant a merchant was there with a forked bearfd
in mottelee
272 & on his heed he had a Flandrish bever hat
his bootes clasped fayre & fetisley
Clerk full thred bare was his overest Courtepy
292
Sergeant he Rode but homely in a medlee cote
330 Girt with a seint of silke with barres small
Shipman all in a gowne y faldiny to the knee
393 a dagger hanging on a las had he
about his Necke under his arm adoun
Dr of Physic in sanguin & in Perse he clad was alle
441 Lined with taffata & with sandall
Wife of Bath her covercheifs weren full fine of Ground
455 I dorste swere they weyeden a Pound
That on a Sunday were upon her hede
here hosen weren of fin Scarlet Rede
Ful strate ytyed & shoes full moist & New
upon an ambler esily she sat
ywimpled well & in here hede a hat
as brode as is a Bokeler or a Targe
a Fine mantel about her hippes Large
& on here feet a Pair of Spores Sharp