Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX (1903)
Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 286
Nowe~a-dayes, John Skelton, 1548. The Turk in linen wraps his headThe Persian his in lawn, too,The Russ with sables furs his capAnd change will not be drawn to. The Spaniards constant to his blockThe Frenchman inconstant ever;But of all felts that may be feltGive me the English beaver. The German… … NY student of English history andletters would know that caps wouldpositively be part of the outfit ofevery emigrating Englishman. A capwas, for centuries, both the enforced and desired headwear of English folk of quiet lives.Belgic Britons, Welshmen, Irish, Anglo-Saxons, Danes, and Normans all had…
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