wholly of silk, often crimson, interwoven with gold and silver thread,
and embroidered. _Tarsien_; Silken stuff from Tartary.

_Athenian diamond_; A few very fine early gems ascribed to Athens, are
executed wholly with diamond-point.

_The snow-bright fleeces_; Those of Leominster were very long famous.

_Devonian vales_; The ancient mining region west of Tavistock.

_Dustyfoot_; Old name for pedlar.



CRECY


August 26: 1346

At Crecy by Somme in Ponthieu
High up on a windy hill
A mill stands out like a tower;
King Edward stands on the mill.
The plain is seething below
As Vesuvius seethes with flame,
But O! not with fire, but gore,
Earth incarnadined o'er,
Crimson with shame and with fame!--
To the King run the messengers, crying
'Thy Son is hard-press'd to the dying!'