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No.  2                                          Gorget

1377.  in the Reign of Rich 2nd the Ladies wore a Gorget called a 
          chevesail for as yet they used no band about their
          neck. [Camdens Remains?] p 255. this no doubt was a necklace
           about the neck of gentl' entail was [shet?]  the [indecipherable]
          chevesail, in which there were full [indecipherable] Plenty of     
         [indecipherable] clere &  fair to view.

1625  The [indecipherable] medal of Ch 1 & Henrietta maria Figues in Evelyn                                                                       The Queens dress is they [describe?] " her hair Curld up Short,                                     with  Something like a knot of Ribband  on the top about her Shoulders a          band  or Gorget Planted  & Standing up Spread like a Fan p 106

           

   
         Gorget  a womans neckdress  Baileys dict
         Gorgerette - Quelques Femmes disent Gorgettes petit Linge ou Collet qu            vert a Couvrir une partié de la Gorge des Femmes  Functiere Dict
1580  Gorget  a kercheif wherewith women Cover their Pappes  Alveary
         Gorget  Neckercheif palsKoller Colli  Collare,  hals doeck  neck cloth
         hals -bergh, hals Ringh  Neck ring  Arma Calle  Neck armor  Minshau
         Gorge  throat [It?] should be a dress of the neck not of the Breast
         Gorgerina  Collare militare  Colli armatura  Span.
         Gorget or Neck Whisk  Randle Holm Ch. 2 Pl. 16 Fig 6.7
         Whisks to be worn with a Gown Do  ch 3  p 98.
         Gorgets Round Dresses Plaited to be deep about womens Necks  Do.

                   mercurius publicus  No 18. May 8 1662
         advertisement, alambrick Whisk with a Flanders Lace about ¼ of a yard             Broad & a Lace turning up about an inch broad, with a Stock in the neck
          &  a strap hanging down before was Lost on Sabaprit 26 between the New
          Palace & Whitehall  20 Shl. Reward
 1530  {Neckcoller Collet                       }
          {Neccoller for a woman Gorgias   } Palsgrave 

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