 ... before, open on both sides, with a square collar, winged at the shoulders ; a stately garment, of old time commonly worne of noblemen and others, both at home and abroad in the wars ; but then (to wit, in the...  Life of Sir William Wallace of Elderslie - Page 145by John Donald Carrick - 1830 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rev. John Walker - 1806 - 282 pages
...arms embroidered or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coate of annes might he kuowne from others : but now these tabards are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called their coates of armes in service. For the Inne of the Tabard, Geoffrey Chaucer Esquire, the most famous poet... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 626 pages
...the shoulders : a stately garment, of old time commonly worne of noblemen and others, both at hone and abroad in the wars ; but then (to-wit, in the...curious : — " This Jhon the Balliol on purpos He tuk, and brow'cht hym til Mwnros ; And in the castell of that Town, That than wes famous in renown, This... | |
 | William Hone - 1828 - 468 pages
...in the waires,) their armes embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of armes might bee knowne from others : but now these...are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called their coats of armes in service." Stowe then quotes Chaucer in commendation of the " Inné of the Tabard... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 924 pages
...in the waires,) their armes embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of armes might bee knowne from others : but now these...are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called their coats of armes in service." Stowe then quotes Chaucer in commendation of the " Inné of the Tabard... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 922 pages
...in the warres,) their armes embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of armes might bee knowne from others : but now these...are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called their coats of armes in service." Stowe then quotes Chaucer in commendation of the " Inné of the Tabard... | |
 | William Hone - 1838 - 890 pages
...in the waires,) their armes embroidered, or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coat of armes might bee knowne from others : but now these...are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called their coats of armes in service." Stowe then quotes Chaucer in commendation of the " Inne of the Tabard :"... | |
 | George Grant (Author of Panorama of Science.) - 1849 - 322 pages
...warres) their armes embroidered, or other•wise, depict upon them, that every man by his coat of arms might bee knowne from others: but now these tabards are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called the coates-of-armes in service." The " steylle capleyne," or iron hat, which had a rim and convex crown,... | |
 | John Walker - 1809 - 274 pages
...their arms embroidered or otherwise depict upon them, that every man by his coate of armes might be knowne from others : but now these tabards are onely worne by the heralds, and bee called their coates of armes in service. For the Inne of the Tabard, Geoffrey Chaucer Esquire, the most famous poet... | |
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