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History of British costume / [J.R. Planché].

  • James Planché
Date:
1834
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: History of British costume / [J.R. Planché]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    errr FELELELOC i a iz = = [) pale ae Irish gentleman and woman, from Speed’s Map of Ireland. to cut off their glibbs and long hair, to convert their mantles into cloaks (as then worn in England), and to conform themselves to the manner of England in all their behaviour and outward forms. The order from the Lord Deputy Chichester, in his instructions to the Lord President and Council of Munster, to punish by fine and imprisonment all such as shall appear before them in mantles and robes, and also to expel and cut all elibbs, is dated May 20th, 1615. For some years this statute was rigorously en- forced, but Charles I. in the tenth year of his reign caused an act to be passed at Dublin, ‘for repeale of divers statutes heretofore enacted in this kingdom of Ireland,” and once more permitted the beard to flourish on the upper lip, allowed the use of gilt bridles, peytrels, and other harness, and left the