Of fustyan he wered a gipoun Alle sysmoterud with his haburgeoun. This extract shows clearly the need for the barrel and sand. The mail had evidently rusted with rain and perspiration, and left stains and marks on the quilted undergarment. We find the term “rokked” used in the poem of _Syr Gawayn_, which means cleaned by rolling. 1372. Froissart _uses the expression_ a rouler leurs cottes de fer. 1417. _Inventory of Winchester College._ i barelle pro loricis purgandis. 1423. _Roll of Executors of Henry Bowet, Archbishop of York, Oct. 20._ j barrelle cum suis pertinentiis ad purgandos loricas et alia arma de mayle. 1467. _Howard Household Book._ (_Dom. Expenses in England_, 416). 9d. to an armerer at Pawles Cheyne for an harneys barelle. 1513. _Earl of Northumberland’s Equipage_ (see also page 30). a paommyshe. Eight yards of white blaunkett for trussing of my Lord’s harnes in. The pumice was for cleaning off the rust, and the blanket was used for packing the armour when in store or on a journey. 1515. _King’s Book of Payments, Record Office, under various payments to armourers._ Oct. 11. Payment to Adrian Brand for hire of his mill house for cleaning the king’s harness, 26s. 8d. the month. 1517. April. Wm. Gurre, armourer, making clean of certain harness, bockeling & ledering of 400 Almain rivets for the Armoury at Eltham £24 7 8. The “bockeling & ledering” of course refers to the fitting of new leather straps and buckles. The Almain rivet was the half-suit of the foot-soldier and has been explained on page 52. 1520. April. William Gurre for scouring 1000 pr. of Almain rivets at 12d. a pair. 1530. Hans Clerc armorer for furbishing and keeping clean the king’s armour in the armoury in the Tilt yard at Greenwich which John Diconson late had at 6d. a day. Thos. Wollwarde for keeping & making the king’s harnes att Windsor & York Place 30s. 5d. 1567. _S.P.D. Eliz., Addenda xiii_, 101. Payments are made in this entry to paint black various corselets which had become “fowle and rustie” and had “taken salt water in the sea” at a charge of 5d. each. [Illustration: _PLATE XX_ ARMOUR OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES, BY WILLIAM PICKERING, 1591-1630]