Garter
LXXXVIII. He beareth a Garter Nowed
Buckled, Edged and Studded by the
name of Garter.
Roman hose
LXXXIX. He beareth a Roman Hose, or
Stockin, turned down and garnished.
They are by the Romans termed Startops, because they cover but half the Leg and Foot; of us they are called Buskins and Gamashes, and are either Laced, Buttoned or Buckled down the out-sides of the Legs, and reach only to the Instep of the foot] seldom past the middle.
Gartered hose
XC. He beareth an Hose, Gartered,
and thigh, to shield them from the Summers heat and Winters cold.
a Midlegg Hose;
this may be termed an Half Hose, or an Hose couped below the Knee,
for generally they are made to draw above it to the middle of the thigh or thereabouts.
Shoe sole
Image from published plateIn the Sinister Base of this square, is placed a Shooe sole, or the Bottom of the Shooe.
Star top
XCI. He beareth a Leg in full Aspect couped under the knee, adorned with a Roman
Hose, or Startop, turned down and garnished.
And called a Roman Leg, by reason it is in
the Roman Dress, and so all other Legs and Feet
are to be termed according to the countrey fashion they
are in, see numb.90, 92, 93. Legh terms this Hose that
is worn but to the middle of the Leg, and turned down
again, a Startuppes, pag.40.
Boot
XCII. He beareth a Boot, the Top
turned down, Soled.
In the Boot there is several parts.
The Top, and it may be either large or narrow, it is of two pieces.
The Boot Leg is one entire piece, sowed up the Calf or Shin, or out-side of the Leg.
The Spur Leathers, and they are two, the over and under Leather.
A Sashune or Shashune, is stuffed or quilted Leather, to be bound about the small of the Leg, of such as have long heels, to thicken the Leg that the Boot may fit streight, and be without wrinkles.
The foot of the Boot with its parts, see in the shooe, numb.96.
The Straps are those Leathers sowed within the Boot on each side to draw them on.
Gamash
XCIII. He beareth a Moores Leg couped below the Knee, the Gamash, Buskin, or
Startop, turned down. In this Leg
I do confess my Engraver was much mistaken, having made it I cannot tell what; but I did design it for this Blazon (which I hope the candid Reader will either understand what I mean, or pass it by as a Slip of the Tool (for as the Tongue and Pen had its Errours, sic Sculptor habet Scalpturum, yet pardonable.) He beareth a Roman Leg couped beneath the Knee Sandall, Startop, turned down and garnished.
Irish brogue
XCIV. He beareth an Irish Broge,
and an Island Shooe. They are of some
termed Dutch Shooes, for such turnup Noses their
shooes have, which they use to slide and slee with on
their Skades.
Island shoe
Sandals
XCV. He beareth two Sandals, [with] Buckles or Tyes.
This was the ancient way of securing the feet of Travellers from the hardnes of the Country passage; and consisted of nothing else; but a Sole (either of Leather or Wood,) to which was made fast 2 or 3 Tyes or Latches, which was Buckled on the top of the foot; the better sort adorned these Latches with Imbrauthered work, and set them with Stones.
Shoe
XCVI. He beareth a Shooe, [with] Sole
[and] the Roses, Knots, or Tyes; ...
Clog
... in base a
Clog or Countrymans shooe, Sole.
Galoshes
He beareth a Galotia. This is a kind
of false shooe, or a case for a shooe, to keep them clean
in foul Weather.
see the form of the Galotia,
cap.5.numb.70.
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Slipper
He beareth a Slipper (or a Pantable,)
what a Slipper is, I need not much describe, being a thing of so common a use amongst us. See
its form cap.5.numb.71.
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Patten
He beareth two (or a pair of) Patens,
and a Padle Iron; what
the Paten is, your Gentlewomen will tell you; it is a
thing of Wood like a Shooe sole, with Straps over it,
to tye over the shooe, having an Iron at the bottom, to
raise the wearer thereof from the Dirt; by means whereof clean shooes may be preserved though they go in
foul Streets; see its form and fashion cap.5.numb.71.
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