“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