[89] Hallynge—Tapestry.
[90] Faythtes—feats, facts.
[91] Brothered—embroidered.
[92] Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ.
[93] “Fifteen acres were covered with the bodies of slaughtered Saracens; and so furious were the strokes of Sir Guy, that the pile of dead men, wherever his sword had reached, rose as high as his breast.”—Ellis, vol. ii.
[94] Harl. MSS. 1419.
CHAPTER XIII.
NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.—PART I.
“What neede these velvets, silkes, or lawne,
Embrodery, feathers, fringe and lace.”
Bp. Hall.