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His page that had the Dutch toong, going about the towne to change gold, and buy vittels, bewraied him, hauing by chance the kings gloues vnder his girdle: wherevpon comming to be examined for feare of tortures confessed the truth.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First Raphael Holinshed
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In somer kepe your necke and face from the sonne; vse to [d] wear gloues made of goote skyn, perfumed with Amber degrece.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Sir Thomas Mildmay, standing at his Parke pale {7: 7}, receiued gently a payre of garters of me; gloues, points {7: 9}, and garters, being my ordinary marchandize, that I put out to venter for performance of my merry voyage {7: 9}.
Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833
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Stole, a Maniple, a Tunicle of violette in graine fringed, his gloues, ringe, and chesible or vestimente, a Sudari, a cope, a mitre and a crosse staffe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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We bought fiue Canoas of them: we bought their clothes from their backs, which were all made of seales skinnes and birds skinnes; their buskins, their hose, their gloues, all being commonly sowed and well dressed: so that we were fully perswaded that they haue diuers artificers among them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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I have also supplyed your sister and brother, with the children, with what was sutable, and it has been thought most advisable to send only a ring and a pair of gloues to Madam Winthrop.
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The gloues are in the midle of the hollon, and the ring fastened to the little finger of them for Madam.
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The 11. of this moneth there came fiue of them to make a new truce: the master of the Admiral came to me to shew me of their comming, and desired to haue them taken and kept as prisoners vntill we had his anker againe: but when he sawe that the chiefe ringleader and master of mischiefe was one of the fiue, he then was vehement to execute his purpose, so it was determined to take him: he came crying Iliaout, and striking his brest offered a paire of gloues to sell, the master offered him a knife for them: so two of them came to vs, the one was not touched, but the other was soone captiue among vs: then we pointed to him and his fellowes for our anker, which being had, we made signes that he should be set at libertie:
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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thes gloues were geuen me whan I hyr sowght; they be nat white, but rede and wan,
Quia Amore Langueo Anonymous 1917
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2175: That her old gloues were on, but twas her hands:
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