In Eastward Ho, 1605, proud Gertrude says: "Smocks of three pound a smock, are to be born with all."
"Bartholomew Fair." 1614.
"She shewed me gowns and head tires,
Embroidered waistcoats, smocks seam'd thro' with cut-works."
—Beaumont and Fletcher, "Four Plays in One." 1647.
"Who would ha' thought a woman so well harness'd,