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Updated: May 14, 2025

All in a woodman's jacket he was clad Of Lincoln greene, belayed with silver lace; And on his head an hood with aglets sprad, And by his side his hunter's horne he hanging had. "Buskins he wore of costliest cordawayne, Pinckt upon gold, and paled part per part, As then the guize was for each gentle swayne.

Thomas Bulfinch - The Age of Chivalry

Tender and intimate days these, but the strain of them told on both husband and wife. Things were at this point on the particular dark afternoon that found Anne with the two children at the window. All three were still staring out into the early dusk when Helma came in from the kitchen with an armful of damp little garments: "Ef aye sprad dese hare, dey be dray en no tayme?" suggested Helma.

Kathleen Thompson Norris - Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby

All in a woodman's jacket he was clad Of Lincoln greene, belayed with silver lace; And on his head an hood with aglets sprad, And by his side his hunter's horne he hanging had. "Buskins he wore of costliest cordawayne, Pinckt upon gold, and paled part per part, As then the guize was for each gentle swayne.

Thomas Bulfinch - Bulfinch's Mythology