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• The painted figure above it represents the Bishop vested in chimere and rochet, enveloped in a rich mantle, with the cross of St. George, encircled by the Garter and motto of the Order, "Honi soit qui mal y pense," embroidered on the left shoulder--insignia to which Lancelot Andrewes was entitled as Bishop of Winchester and Prelate of the Order. —  Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See
• As he stood at the council-table Melville seized the Archbishop by the sleeves of his rochet, and shaking them in his manner, called them Popish rags and marks of the beast. —  History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660
• When the Bishop of Moray preached before Charles in his rochet, on the king's visit to Edinburgh in 1633, it was the first instance of its use since the Reformation. —  History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) Puritan England, 1603-1660
• The habit consisted of a black cassock with a white rochet, over which a black cloak and hood were worn, thus leading to their familiar name of the Black Canons--not to be confused with the Black Friars_, a Dominican Order of mendicants, introduced at St. Bartholomew's Priory under Queen Mary. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less
• The history of the chimere and rochet has been truly tragic Church Paper. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-25

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