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Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)

Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 220

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doublets, three horsemens coats, frize jer-kines, three cassocks, two cloaks. Of course we turn to Stubbes to see what he cansay for or against doublets. His outcry here isagainst their size; and those who know the greatpease-cod-bellied doublets of Elizabeths day willagree with him that they look… … The Evolution of Coats and Waistcoats 167 Their coates and jerkins as they be diuers in coloursso be they diuers in fashions ; for some be made with col-lars, some without, some close to the body, some loose,which they call mandilians, couering the whole body downto the thigh, like bags or sacks,…

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