times carrying their goods and canoes across rapids, which are parts of the river greatly quickened by the descents, and over land to a riyer, up which they will proceed many leagues. If they do not meet with any Indians, it obliges them to return again to the lake, and proceed westward. The goods they take with them to barter for skins, confift chiefly of brandy, tobacco, a fort of duffle blanket, guns, powder, and balls, kettles, hatchets, and tomahawks, as likewife looking-glaffes, vermillion, and various other paints; and, according to any article that an Indian has a defire or an ufe for, he will give ten times its value in fkins, They are moft eager after powder, ball, paint, brandy, and tobacco. Thefe traders traverse vaft lakes and rivers with incredible industry and patience, carrying their goods among nations in the remoteft parts of America. They are generally ab1ent from their families about three years, before their departure make a will, and fettle all their affairs, many of them, with their whole party, having been put to death by the Indians, either for the ftores they carry with them, or to revenge the death of fome of their nation, who has been killed by the bursting of a gun that has been fold to them, which is frequently the cafe, they being by no means proof. The Indians do not wait for those traders who fold the gun, but take their revenge upon the first they meet with. Here I muft obferve to you, that the guns which are fold to the Indians are fitted up in a very neat manner, to attract the notice of these poor creatures, and frequently, after having been fired five or fix times, they burft, and the unfortunate purchafer is either killed, or loses an hand or an arm. Thefe traders are certainly the best judges, but I cannot help thinking it both cruel and impolitic. Curious Wardrobe Account of Henry VIII. containing fome particulars refpecting the Drees in his Reign. HENRY R. W EE wolle and com'ande you, that of our treasure and money being in youre cuftodie and keeping, Ye furthwith upon the fight herof contente and paye unto alle theife parfons whofe names followe, for fuch parcelis of ftuffe and workmanship as p'ticularie enfue, that is to wite; ffyrfte, to John Malte oure Tillor, for making af a jacquette of yalowe fatten, enbrowdered with Venyffe golde, cutte and lyned with fatten, s'cennette, and frife, the yalowe fatten of oure ftore, and alle the lyning of oure greate warderobe. It'm, fourtene buttons of gold, employed to a dublette of white fat By the King. ten cutte and fringed with golde, the buttons of oure great warderobe, and alle the refidue of oure owne ftore. It'm, for eight and twentye buttons of golde employed to two like dublettis of our store, and the buttons of our great warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of yallowe fatten enbrowdered with golde of oure ftore, lyned with farcenette, fuftian, and creefte clothe, and alfo the ventes lyned with farcenette, of our greate warderobe. It'm för making of a jaquette of yalowe damaske enbrowdered with golde of oure ftore, lyned with yalowe fatten and cotton of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of yalowe damaske, enbrowdered with golde of our ftore, lyned as welle with yalowe farcenette, fuftian, and creefte clothe, as alfo with white farcenette, of our greate warderobe. It'm for eight and twentye buttons of golde employed as well to the faid dublette of yalowe fatten, as alfo to the forfaide dublette of yalowe damaske, all oure greate warderobe. It'm for one yarde and a halfe of yalowe fatten employed to the p'formance of the faidé dublette and jacquette of like fatten, of our greate warderobe. It'm for making of a clooke of fkarlette with a brode garde of right crymfen velutte, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe ellis of yalowe farcenette, fyxe ellis of carnacion-coloured farcenette, and three ellis of white farcenette delyuered to William Crofton, oure hoofyar, for lyning of oure hoofe, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe yardis of white flanelle, delyuered for oure ufe into the'warderobe of our roobis, all of our greate warderobe. It'm for one dufsen brushes, and one dufsen and a halfe of rubbers delyuered to like ufe into oure faid warderobe of our roobis, all of our great warderobe. It'm for making of a jacquette of black veluette, enbrowdered with lace of oure ftore, and lyned with fatten of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a jacquette of black veluette embrowdered with Venyffe golde of oure ftore, lyned with fatten and cotton of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a fhamewe of black printed fatten embrowdered with damafke golde, and furred with luzardis of our ftore, the bodies and fleevis lyned with bokerham of our greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of carnacion-coloured fatten, embrowdered with damafke golde of our store, cutte and lyned with carnacion coloured farcenette, fuftian, and creafte clothe, and the ventes with white farcenette of oure faid dublette, alle of our greate warderobe. It'm for fourtene buttons of golde, employed to oure faid dublette, all of our greate wardrobe. It'm for making of a ryding cootę of grene clothe, with a brode garde of greene veluette, fette on with lace, and lyned with grene fatten, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a fhort coote of grene clothe, with a brode garde of grene veluette fette on with lace, and lyned with grene fatten, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a clooke of grene clothe, with a brode garde of grene veluette fett on with lace, all of our greate warderobe. I'm for making of a hatte of green veluette, lyned with grene farcenette, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for two boultis of threede blacke and greye delyuered for oure ufe into the warderobe of our roobis, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for halfe a pounde of threede of fondrye colours in like manner delyuered for oure ufe, into the warderobe of oure faide roobis, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for tranflating of a gowne of blacke veluette, and newe lyning of the fame with clothe of golde, all of oure ftore. It'm for making of a jacquette of carnacioncoloured veluette enbrowdered with golde of oure ftore, lyned with carnacion-coloured fatten, and cotton of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of carnacioncoloured veluette, enbrowdered with damafke golde of oure ftore, lyned with carnacion-coloured farcenette, fuftain, and creefte clothe, and the ventes with white farcenette of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fourtene buttons of golde employed to the fame dublette, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a dublette of white fatten, cutte and fringed with Venyffe golde of oure Store, tore, lyned with white farcenette, for making of foure ftomachers of fuftian, and creeste clothe, the ventes fatten, of carnacion, crymfon, white, likewife lyned with farcenette of and blacke coloures, everye of them oure greate warderobe. It'm for lyned with the same satten, alle of fourtene buttons of golde employed oure greate warderobe. It'm for to the fame dublette, alle of oure making of a hatte of grene veluette, greate warderobe. It'm for making embrowdered with grene filk lace, of a ryding coote of grene veluette, and lyned with grene farcenette, all enbrowdered with lace of grene filk, of our greate warderobe. It'm for and lyned with grene fatten, alle of making of three cappies of veluette, oure greate warderobe. I'm for the one yalowe, the other orange comaking of a coote of grene damaíke, loure, and the third grene; everye with a brode garde of grene veluette of them lyned with the fame veluette, fet on with lace, lyned with grene alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm damaske fatten of Brudgies, and cot- for making of fyxe halfe cafes of yaton, alle of oure greate warderobe. lowe cotton for the clene keping of It'm for making of two peticootes oure riche clookys, alle of oure of white taffata, lyned with the fame greate warderobe. It'm for halfe a taffata, alle of oure greate warde- yarde of white fatten, and halfe a robe. It'm for making a gwne of yarde of grene fatten, delyuered for white damafke embrowdered and oure ufe into the warderobe of oure lyned with white veluette of oure roobis, alle of oure greate warderobe. ftore, the fleeves lyned with boker. It'm for fatten of fundrye colours, emhain of oure greate warderobe. It'm ployed to the baggis of alle oure forefor making of a gowne of crymfen named-cootes and jaquettes, of oure printed latten, enbrowdered and greate warderobe. It'm for twentye Lyned with crymfen veluette, all of yardis three quarters and a halfe of oure ftore, the fleeves: lyned with grene fatten, delyuered by oure combokerham, of oure greate warderobe. mandemente, to our dereft wyffe the It'm for making of a Spany the clooke Queene, alle of oure greate wardeof crymfen clothe of golde, enbrow robe. It'm for thurteen yardis and dered and lyned with crymfen vel- a halfe and halfe a quarter of grene arit, alle of oure ftore. It'm for clothe of golde checked, likewise demaking of a Spany the clooke of lyuered by our fame com'andemente, grene tynfelle, enbrowdered and to oure faid wyffe, alle of oure forelyned with grene veluette, alle of named greate warderobe. It'm for oure flore. It'm for making of a making of a long gowne of unwa Spanyihe clooke of purple caffe da- tered chamblette, edged with the malke, enbrowdered and lyned with fame chamblette, furred with conye purple veluette, all of oure ftore. and lambe, alle of oure great wardeIt'm for making of newe bodye to a robe, for Culpepir our page. It'm riche dubblette of crymfen fatten of for making of a coote of blacke lukys oure store, lyned with fuftian, and veluette, with a brode garde of the the ventes with farcenette of our fame veluette, fette on with foure lagreate warderobe. It'm for four- ces of filk, lyned with purple farcetene buttons of golde employed to nette and fryfe, aile of oure greate the fame dublette, all of our greate warderobe, for oure faid page. It'm warderobe. It'm for making of a for making of a dublette of blacke coote with the fleevis of purple fat- lukys veluette, lyned with purple far ten of our store, garded with purple cenette, fuftian, and canvas, alle of veluette, lyned with fatten and cot- oure greate warderobe, for oure same ton of our greate warderobe. It'm page. It'm for making of a doub lette lette of blacke fatten, edged with and lyned with fryfe, alle of oure greate warderobe, for our faid foole. It'm for making of a dublette of fuftian, lyned with cotton and canvas, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure fame foole. It'm for making of a coote of grene clothe, with a hoode to the fame, fringed with white crule lyned with fryfe and bokerham, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure foole aforefaid. It'm for making of a do coote with a hoode of grene clothe, fringed with crule of red and white colours, and lyned with bokerham, alle of oure greate warderobe, for oure faid foole. To Thomas Addington, oure skynner for furring of a frocke of blacke fatten enbrowdered with golde, with twelve lufarne fkynnes, paries and four of leopardes woomes, alle of our greate warderobe. It'm for furring of a paire of buskynnes, with twelve white lambe skynnes, and fyxe blacke conye fkynnes, all of oure greate warderobe. To Leetice Worfop, oure filkewoman, for two pecis of reabande, the one white, and the other red, containing togeder in length one and fourtye yardes, and either peice in bredth three nayles for oure fockis, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for four pecis of coleyne reabande of div'fe colours containing togeder in length, fyve-score yardis, and everye pece in bredith three nayles, for oure gurdiles, all of oure greate warderobe. It'm for three pecis of cappe reabande, and fyxe pecis of Venyffe reabande, pennye bredith of div'fe colours and for div'fe purpofes, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe pecis of gartering reabande of div’se colours containing togeders in length, one hundrith, one and fourtye yards and a halfe, alle of oure great warderobe. It'm for fyve grooffe and a halfe of reabande poyntes of feveralle colours, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of one daire of hoofe of carnacion coloured 4 carfye, darfye, upper focked with carnacion-coloured veluette, cutte and enbrowdered with golde, and lyned as well with carnación-coloured farcenette, as alfo with fyne white clothe, the veluette and farcenette of oure ftore, the carnacion clothe, and white clothe of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making a pair of hoofe of white carfye upper ftocked with white fatten, cutte and fringed with golde, and lyned as well with white farcenette as alfo with fyne white clothe, the fatten and farcenette of oure ftore, the white carfye and white lynyng of oure greate warderobe. It'm for tranflating, as well of a paire of upper ftockis of purple veluette embroidered with golde and tuffed with cameryke of oure fore, as alfo for making of a newe paire of nether stockis of blacke carfye to the fame togéders with one Ivnying of the fame upper ftockis with fyne white clothe, the black carfye and white lynyng of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a paire of hoofe of grene clothe upper ftocked with grene veluette, fringed with golde, and lyned as welle with grene farcenette as alfo with fyne white clothe, the veluette of oure ftore, the grene clothe, farcenette, and white lynyng, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of a paire of hoofe of orange-coloured clothe upper ftocked with veluette of the fame coloure, fringed with filver, and lyned as well with orange-coloured farcenette a alfo with fyne white clothe, the veluette of oure flore, the orange-coloured clothe farcenette, and white lynyng of our greate warderobe. I'm for à paire of boote hoofe of black clothe with two paire fockis of the fame clothe, alle of oure greate wardetobe. It'm for two yardis of black clothe delyuered to Henrye Cornelys our cordewaner, for the lynyng of oure bulkynnes, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for halfe a yarde VOL. X. No. 57. Y of white clothe delyuered for oure roobis, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for a pair of nether stocks of yalowe clothe likewife delyuered for oure ufe into the faid warderobe of oure robis, of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of foure fockis for out ufe, whereof one of taffata, and three of Geneva clothe, everye of them embrowdered with filke and lyned with karlette, alle of ourè greate warderobe. It'm for thirtie paire of hofe, and thirtie paire of bafe fockis of fyne lynnen clothe for oure ufe, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for two paire of hoofe of blewe clothe, gardid with red and blacke clothe, alle of oure greate warderobe, for William Som'er oure foole. To Henrye Johnfone, our cordewaner for twentie yardis of veluette of dyv'fe colours, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for making of three paire of velvette bufkynnes, and nyne and thirtie paire of veluette fhooys of fondrye colours for oure ufe, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fyxe paire of English lether bootys, and fyxe paire of Spanyfhe lether bufkynnes, alle of oure greate warderobe. It'm for fooling of fyxe paire of fhooys with feltys, to pleye in at tennyes, of oùre greate warderobe! To William Sporyar, for foure and, twentie pair of fpores, whereof twelve paire of veluette, and twelve paire of lether, alle of oure greate warderobe. And these our L'res, fhall be unto you a fufficiente warrante and difcharge anémpfte us at all tymes hereaftir in this behalfe. Geven undre oure figne manuelle, at oure caftille of Wyndefore, the xxviijth daye of June, in the xxvij yere of oure reigné. To oure truftie and right well beloved counfaillor the Lorde Windfore, Keper of oure greate warderobe. HENRT. |