cap-a-pe

I am courtier cap-a-pe; and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business there: whereupon I command thee to open thy affair.

The Winter’s Tale 2004

I am courtier, cap-a-pe, and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business there: whereupon I command thee to open thy affair.

Act IV. Scene III. The Winter’s Tale 1914

To our utter astonishment, confusion and dismay, instead of marching firmly forth armed "_cap-a-pe_" with nodding plume, and his bright and trusty steel girt round his loins, eager for the fight; lo and behold! he crept slowly and solemnly along, clad in a _long flannel dressing gown and a pair of scarlet slippers_.

Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 Henry Hunt 1804

I am courtier cap-a-pe; and one that will either push on or pluck back thy business there: whereupon I command thee to open thy affair.

The Winter's Tale 1610

s round as a ball, without head, without tail, lclos'd cap-a-pe in a ftrong coat of mail, nd thus William Wood to my fancy ap - pears

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin 1768