can be turned at will. The upper plates that are fastened by these pins are pierced with narrow oblong slits through which the flat head of the pin can be passed; a turn at right angles locks the two plates closely. No. 6 is an ingenious contrivance found on 1086, Wallace Collection. The armour plate is bossed upwards to form a covering for the free end of the strap when buckled, to prevent the chance of this loose piece of leather being cut off or of hindering the wearer in any way. [Illustration: FIG. 34. Bracket for jousting-sallad and reinforcing bevor, Dresden, C, 3, 4.] On Fig. 34 is shown the support for the jousting-sallad, without which it was always liable to be struck off. It is screwed with wing nuts to the crest of the sallad and to the back of the cuirass. The reinforcing piece for face and breast of the same nature as the mentonnière and grand-guard. These various methods of fastening plates together can be only studied to advantage by careful examination of actual suits, and even here there is always the chance that they may be modern restorations. Perhaps the most elaborately contrived suit in existence is that made for Henry VIII for fighting on foot in the lists (Tower, II, 28). This covers the wearer completely with lames back and front, and allows as much movement as is possible in a suit weighing 93 lb. (Plate VIII). It is composed of 235 separate pieces, all of different form. There are similar suits in the Musée d’Artillerie, Paris (G, 178, 179) of a more ornate character. The cuisse of one of these suits is shown on Plate XI and the inside of the cuisse of the Tower suit on Plate IX. While dealing with this question of the pieces that compose a suit, it should be noted that the “Leicester” suit in the Tower (II, 10) is made up of 194 pieces, and a suit at Madrid (A, 164, the “Muhlberg” suit of Charles V) requires one mounted and six unmounted figures to show it off completely. [Illustration: _PLATE XIV_ PARADE ARMOUR 1. FOR KING SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL, BY ANTON PEFFENHAUSER, 1525-1603 2. FOR CHARLES V, BY BARTOLOMEO CAMPI, 1546] THE MAKING OF ARMOUR IN ENGLAND, FROM CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS 1321. Edward II sends David le Hope, armour-smith, to Paris to learn the method of making sword-blades for battle. 1322. Regulations concerning the covering of helmets with fabric and the selling of old and broken helmets. _Arm. Co., Lond._ (see Appendix A). 1347. Regulations of the Heaumers’ Co. _City of London Letter Book, F, fol. cxlii_ (see Appendix B). 1355. The Mayor and Sheriffs of London ordered to appraise the armour in the armourers’ shops. _Rymer, III, v_, 817. 1365. The armourers of London are in full work, but the results are not satisfactory. The King (Edward III) insists on proof or trade marks. “Certa signa sua super omnibus operationibus suis ponant.” _Rymer, III_, 772. 1386. Armourers are forbidden to increase the prices of their wares. _Rymer, III_, 546.