Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton; Wilton, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton [Editor]: The art of needle-work from the earliest ages: including some notices of the ancient historical tapestries (London: Henry Colburn Publishers, 1841)

NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.

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The 1 Garment of Gude Ladyis ’ is a lecture of a
most beguiling kind, and an exquisite picture.
“ Wald my gud lady lufe me best,
And wirk after my will,
I suld ane garment gudliest
ar mak hir body till.
Of he honour suld be her hud,
Upoun hir heid to weir,
Garneist with governance so gud,
Na demyng * suld hir deir.f
“ Hir kirtill suld be of clene Constance,
Lasit with lesum lufe,
The mailyeis J of continwance
For nevir to remufe.
“ Her gown suld be of gudliness,
Weill ribband with renowne,
Purfillit § with plesour in ilk place,
Furrit with fyne fassoun.||
“ Her belt suld be of benignitie,
About hir middill meit;
Hir mantill of humilitie,
To tholl^f bayth wind and weit.
“ His hat suld be of fair having**,
And her tepat of trewth,
Hir patelet f f of gude pausing,
Hir hals-ribbane of rewth.
“ Hir slevis suld be of esperance,
To keip hir fra dispair ;
Hir gluvis of the gud govirnance,
To hyd hir fingearis fair.

* Demyng—censure.
J Mailyeis—network.
|| Fassoun—address, politeness.
** Having—behaviour,

f Deir—dismay.
§ Pu.rjilld-—furbelowed.
Tholl—endure.
ft Patelet—run.