A lovyere and a lusty bachelor, lover
With lokkès crulle, as they were leyd in presse. curly locks
Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse....
Singinge he was, or floytinge, al the day; playing the flute
He was as fresh as is the month of May.
Short was his goune, with slevès long and wide,
Well coude he sitte on hors and fairè ride.
Chaucer (Canterbury Tales—Prologue).
With a waist and with a side