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:>V Scarlet for the Lining of her Hood. The Sovereign’s^ Mother had allow’d her one whole Piece, and a doublem Proportion of Scarlet; but from the large Quantity it'ji i\ i s conceiv’dlhe had Two Robes and Hoods made at thist(, H time: Befides, the particular Number are but Eleven‘ Perfons, and cannot elfe reach the Total of the Robesthat were made up and exprefly fet down to be Twelve,"td, i The Dutchefs of Lancafier had the Allowance of Half'%■ aPiece, and Half an Ell of Scarlet 5 the Countefs ofift- Cambridge Seven Ells of Cloth and Half an Ell of. • Scarlet, and the reft of theLadies the fame Proportion ofOntif Cloth with the Knights-Companions, i. e. each Five! ffo f[ Ells a-piece, and Half an Ell of Scarlet. According tohe Qn their Cloth was alfo their Proportion of Minever 3 theTidin Queen’s Allowance was Two Furs, each containingThree Hundred Bellies of pure Minever 5 the Sove-theii teign’s Mother had twice that Proportion, the Dutchefs. of Lancafier , and Countefs of Cambridge had the fame

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Against the Feaft of St. George, Anna. 11. R. II.there were prepared Fifteen Robes and Hoods for theQueen and other Ladies, of the fame Livery and fuitwith the Sovereign and Knights-Companions, w.White long Cloth, and Blue Cloth for the Lining oftheir Hoods, bearing the fame Proportion in all Thingsas the former, Anno 13. Rich. II. the Ladies Robesand Hoods were Sanguine Cloth, and the Lining oftheir Hoods Cloth in Grain. And in the 19th Rich. II.they were Blue Cloth, and long Cloth in Grain forLining their Hoods. In both thefe Years we find theDutchefs of Acjuitaine had double the Proportion ofCloth allow’d her (as had alfo the Dutchefs of Yorkf)vh. Fourteen Ells, (the Queen having then but theformer Allowance of Eight Ells) and yet 'her Proportionof Lining, both for the Robe and Hood, was no morethan allow’d the Queen,

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