“The which was fastened underneath.”
Shakespeare in The Tempest (Act IV, Scene 1) makes Iris say—
“You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary
“Come hither from the furrow, and be merry;
“Make holyday: your rye straw hats put on
“And these fresh nymphs encounter every one
“In country footing.”
In A Lover’s Complaint, the immortal bard still further emphasizes the use, which apparently was fairly general, of the straw hat—
“Upon her head a platted hive of straw