women of the time of Henry IV.}]

A fourth wears a very loose houppelande, encircled about the waist
with a broad belt, the tongue of which hangs down and has an
ornamented end. This houppelande falls in great folds from the neck to
the feet, and is gathered into the neck; it has loose, but not wide,
sleeves, falling just below the elbow. The gown is worn over a
cotehardie, the sleeves of which show through the other sleeves, and
the skirt of which shows when the gown skirt is gathered up.

[Illustration: {Two women of the time of Henry IV.}]

The fifth lady also wears a cotehardie with a skirt to it; she wears
over it a circular mantle, buttoned by three buttons on the right
shoulder, and split from there to the edge on both sides, showing the
dress; the front semicircle of the cloak is held to the waist by a
belt so that the back hangs loose. Her hair is in a caul.

The sixth is in a very plain dress, tight-fitting, buttoned in front,
with full skirts. She wears a white linen hood which shows the shape
of the caul in which her hair is imprisoned.

So is this queer old round sung, 'Sumer is icumen in.'

Afterwards, perhaps one of these ladies, wishing to get some spite
against one of the gentlemen, will ride away in a heavy riding-cloak,
the hood over her head and a peaked hat on that, and she will call
upon a witch. The witch will answer the rapping at her humble door,
and will come out, dressed in a country dress--just an ill-fitting
gown and hood, with some attempt at classical ornament on the gown,
or a cloak sewn with the sacred initials thrown over her back. These
two will bargain awhile for the price of a leaden image to be made in
the likeness of the ill-fated gentleman, or, rather, a rough figure,
on which his name will be scratched; then the puppet will be cast into
the fire and melted while certain evil charms are spoken, and the
malicious accident required to befall him will be spoken aloud for the
Devil's private ear. Possibly some woman sought a witch near Evesham
in the year 1410, and bought certain intentions against a tailor of
that place, Badby by name; for this much is certain: that the tailor
was burnt for Lollardy ten years after the first victim for Lollard
heresy, William Sawtre.

HENRY THE FIFTH

Reigned nine years: 1413-1422.

Born 1388. Married, 1420, Katherine of France.

THE MEN

[Illustration: {A man of the time of Henry V.}]

I think I may call this a tr