Worn by Alexander Ross, 1655.
Cathedral beard.
Born in London, 1527; died, 1608. An English mathematician, astrologer, physician, author, and magician. He wrote seventy-nine books, mostly on magic. His “pique-a-devant” beard might well “a man’s eye out-pike.”
[IRON AND LEATHER PATTENS, 1760]
Owned by author.
[OAK, IRON, AND LEATHER CLOGS]
In Museum of Bucks County Historical Society, Penn.