Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 232
uttoned up the front. For riding and sport the ladies wore the hood, andsometimes a broad round hat over it, or the peakedhat. The countrjrwoman wore an ill-fitting gownwith tight sleeves, an apron, and an open hood. Imagine London in the year of the third greatpestilence, 1369. It is October, and… … EDWARD THE THIRD 121 the pestilence is over; John Chichester, the Mayor,is riding through the streets about some greataffairs; many knights and ladies pass by. It israining hard after the long drought of the summer,but, despite the rain, many citizens are abroad tosee the doings in the City, and…
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