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One hand was covered with a gauntlet of canary-colored kid, perfumed to a degree that would shame any belle of to-day, the other, which rested lightly on his sword-hilt, flashed with a splendid opal, splendidly set. That he was a courtier of rank, was apparent from his rich attire and rather aristocratic bearing and a crowd of hangers-on followed him as he went, loudly demanding spur-money.
There, a party of choristers, attended by a troop of boys, were pursuing another gallant, who had ventured into the cathedral booted and spurred, and were demanding "spur-money" of him an exaction which they claimed as part of their perquisites. An admirable picture of this curious scene has been given by Bishop Earle, in his Microcosmographia, published in 1629.
You must be ready with your round sum to the chancellor, and your spur-money and your fee to the heralds, and largess to the crowd." "Mother, the dowry," said Ebbo. "At your service, my son," said Christina, anxious to chase the cloud from his brow.
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