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IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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shaped hat is trimmed with bands of braid buttoned with gold, with two feathers waving at one side.

Another edition of the helmet-shaped hat, far less successful, however, in the interests of beauty,

THE CAPE WITH BUTTONED SLEEVE.

decorates the right-hand figure, which bears round the neck a wonderful ruff, and gives a capital idea of a strange form of cape buttoned down the sleeve, gathered slightly in the process, and bordered with a band of plain colour.

Fair and sweet looks the maiden on page 58 beneath the kilted frill of her cap, and her little