the ferned forest floor

John told us he had lost his job, which put a damper on the celebrations.

'And he took one handes pike,' Titus continues,' and this exate an other, to wind about the windles (windlass), to bring the cable in and way the anker.'

The old tunic, overtunic and cyclas were too sad and simple for the new fashions, so now strange and brilliant cotehardies, pourpoints, courtepies, paltocks, hanselines and many other wondrous garments, particoloured or diapered, with with looped, embroidered or escalloped edges, flamed and glittered round the King.