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No. 4 Kirtle
in Early times we frequently Read of kirtles The Kirtle was the outward body garment of a woman & seems to have been a kind of [pelquet?] unconnected with the Peticoat
1533 in the Ceremony of the Coronation of Anne Boleyn The Queen is Said to have worn a Circoat at the Entertainment the Ladies are said to have dind in their Kirtles hence we may deduce that circoate or surcoat more properly was occasionaly usd in the same sence as Kirtle
1554 The Kirtle of Queen mary is tight to her body & neck the Sleeves Loose but not wide her head dress is Remarkable See her Great Seal in Sandford
1583 they have Kyrtles as the Call them of Silk velvet Taffetie Grograin or scarlet borderd with Gards Lace & Fringe Stubbes anat. of abuses
note these Kyrtles were worn with gownes
Kirtle Surcot, cotelle alveary
1526 Sir John Nevile Gave to his daughter on her marriage 7 yards of black Satten for her Kirtle Roll of Cures p. 171.
1510 Cluniculum an pole or a Spayre of a womans Kyrtle ortus verberum
Kirtle Couvre-tle couvre-cle The i forbids this
Kercheif in French Couvre-chef meant originaly a peice of Linnen usd to Cover the head Kirtle meant the upper Garment of the Body. no Doubt it was orginaly [derwd?] for couvrie the words Cover & Tail present themselves but cannot be right