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of good durability reinforced fustian, with sarge breeches, trimmed with a single braid & stockings of the same. The summer one is of light camelot[1] cut out in openwork, with three stockings, two of white canvas, & the third of tynne,[2] marroquin[3] shoes every month, two hats of the color of the clothes, one strong, the other light, decorated with pennaches[4] & a medal of gilded silver, in which is the image of the Prince. Every year their clothing is changed in color, as much as the variety & change delights, distinguishing them according to the three ages. In addition, they are given twelve shirts, twenty & four pairs of slippers, & as many handkerchiefs, with garters, esguillettes[5] & belts according to their clothes, all for six score livres per head for each year, which are paid every six months by the Treasurer General. And even if it were the son of the King, he would not dare to wear another dress without being accused of presumption, glory & arrogance, & as for being banished from the Academy, & declared unworthy of ever being able to possess any charge: For what is done with them is to teach them frugality, good housekeeping, & to make themselves |
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1. Camelot: Same as "camlet", a European fabric of silk and wool.
2. "Tynne", no definition found... 3. Marroquin: "Spanish leather (made of goat skin) or goat leather not tanned." (Cosgrave, 1611) 4. Pennaches: AKA, "Panache", "an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet." (Merriam-Webster) 5. Esguillette, saiguillettes, an ornament on some military and naval uniforms, consisting of braided loops hanging from the shoulder and on dress uniforms ending in points. |