Æstivos penetrent oneraria carbasa fluctus.—Rutilius, i. 221.
Postquam tua carbasa vexit—Oceanus.—Val. Flaccus, i.
Necdum aliæ viderunt carbasa terræ.—Ibid.
Valerius Flaccus also introduces muslin among the elegances in the dress of a Phrygian from the river Rhyndacus.
Tenuai non illum candentis carbasa lini,
Non auro depicta chlamys, non flava galeri
Cæsaries, pictoque juvant subtemine braccæ. vi. 228.
No aid to him his chlamys white as snow,
Muslin with gold enrich’d, his yellow curls
Of artificial hair, and figured pantaloons.