“Cloth of frise, be not too bold
That thou be match’d with cloth of gold.”
This parti-coloured garment was on the other side of gold, with the motto,—
“Cloth of gold, do not despise
That thou be match’d with cloth of frise.”
Besides mottoes, cyphers and monograms were the fashion, embroidered with heraldic devices. These particulars we find in Hall’s account of the tournament, with a detailed description of the golden tent in which the monarchs met, and which gave its name ever after to the plain near Guisnes, where the jousts were held. What we read of its construction recalls the Alexandrian erections, of which I have spoken already, as well as their hangings and embroideries.
Pl. 81.
English Specimens of Spanish Work. Time of Henry VIII. Lord Middleton’s Collection.
Pl. 82.