"An Haberdasher, and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Deyer, and a Tapiser, Were alle yclothed in o livere, Of a solempne and grete fraternite. Ful freshe and newe hir gere ypiked was; Hir Knives were ychaped not with bras, But all with silver wrought ful clene and wel, CHAUCER.-Prologue to Canterbury Tales. |