'Root-ti-toot, rootity-toot!' There, by the corner of the quiet square, is a tall box covered with checkered cloth. Above a man's height is an opening, and on a tiny stage are two figures, one in a doublet stiffened out like a pea pod, with a ruff hanging loose about his neck, bands at his wrists, a cap on his head--Punch. The other with a linen cap and a ruff round her neck--Judy. Below, on the ground by the gentleman who bangs a drum and blows on the pan-pipes stuck in his muffler, is a dog with a ruff round his neck--Toby. And we know--delightful to think of it--that a box hidden by the check covering, contains many curiously dressed figures--all friends of ours. The world is certainly curious, and I suppose that an Elizabethan revisiting us to-day would find but one thing the same, the humour of the harlequinade and the Punch and Judy show. Now let us get to the dull part. If you wish to swim in a sea of allusions there are a number of books into which you may dive-- 'Microcynicon.' 'Pleasant Quippes for Upstart Newfangled Gentlewomen.' Hall's 'Satires.' Stubbes' 'Anatomie of Abuses.' 'The Cobbler's Prophesie.' 'The Debate between Pride and Lowliness.' 'The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head Vaine.' 'The Wits Nurserie.' Euphues' 'Golden Legacie.' 'Every Man out of his Humour.' If you do not come out from these saturated with detail then you will never absorb anything. For the shapes, the doublet was a close-fitting garment, cut, if in the Italian fashion, down to a long peak in front. They were made without sleeves, like a waistcoat, and an epaulette overhung the armhole. The sleeves were tied into the doublet by means of points (ribbons with metal tags). These doublets were for a long time stuffed or bombasted into the form known as 'pea's cod bellied' or 'shotten-bellied.' The jerkin was a jacket with sleeves, and was often worn over the doublet. The sleeves of the jerkin were often open from shoulder to wrist to show the doublet sleeve underneath. These sleeves were very wide, and were ornamented with large buttons. [Illustration: {A man of the time of Elizabeth; a travelling cloak; a jerkin}] The jornet was a loose travelling cloak. The jumper a loose jerkin, worn for comfort or extra clothing in winter. Both doublet and jerkin had a little skirt or base. [Illustration: {Three types of doublet; two types of epaulette}]