The pauldrons are very beautiful, and laminated at the shoulders and upper arm. The rerebrace and vambrace are finely formed and ornamented; the former is laminated. The coudières are pointed at the elbows, with side-guards which continue round the arms. The gauntlets are articulated, with thumb-plates, and a salient ridge runs across the knuckles. One of them, like the gorget, is of a more recent date than the main portion of the suit. The cuirass is specially long and handsome. A broad piping borders the top and arm-holes. A tapul runs down the centre, projecting in a hump towards the middle. On the right side is a lance-rest, and on the left are holes for affixing a grand-guard. The lower portion of the cuirass consists of three narrow laminated plates, running almost horizontally, and fastened together by brass-headed rivets, which were originally gilded. The tassets are riveted to the bottom rim of the cuirass. These pieces consist of ten lames, with gilded rivets. A special feature is that the tassets can be shortened or lengthened at pleasure, the last four lames being detachable--clearly an arrangement for fighting on foot or on horseback. Other examples of this kind have already been given. The upper section is complete in itself with an ornamental rim, as is the lower one. This is a contrivance often met with in the second half of the sixteenth century. The attachment is accomplished by a screw catch and sliding rivet. The backplate, which terminates in a garde-de-reine, has a piped border round the top and shoulders, and there are two lames at the bottom. The cuisse, like the tasset, is in two sections, with similar means of attachment. The genouillières are attachable to the jambs by catch and sliding rivets. The knee-guards are small. The jambs are banded down the centre, in a line with the genouillières and cuisses. The sollerets are the variety styled “bec-de-cane,” being almost the shape of the foot. Both jambs and sollerets must be classed with the gorget and one gauntlet as restorations; they are all most beautifully done. Some details will be clearly seen in Fig. 34. [Illustration: Fig. 34.--Some details of the Suit at Alnwick Castle.]