Cloathing

Now perform the religious ceremonies; array me in new and delicate cloathing; perfume me with coſtly eſſences; and, having placed me and the phyſician in a mohaffa,ᶜ throw over it an embroidered covering.

From others he ſhall ſtand in need of nothing, / Yet on his Brothers ſhall depend for Cloathing.

I bound my laquay Tho. Headly apprentice to a carpenter, giving with him five pounds and new cloathing

Therefore thoſe that uſe themſelves to a mean in Cloathing have better Appetites, are longer breath’d, ſtronger, and not ſo apt to receive Injuries by every ſmall accident, as thoſe that inure themſelves to very warm Cloathes, hot Houſes, an idle soſt Life, and the like Effæminacies.

Thus (c) Pſellus in his Commentary on the Chaldaick Oracles, ſaith, the Chaldees give the Soul two Cloathings; one of the ſpiritual Body, weaved out of that which is ſubject to ſenſe; the other a ſhining, thin body, not ſubject to the Touch, which they call the Superficies; […]

[M]any of the poor diſtreſſed People, being bereft of their Habitation, came into England, vvhere the King, in Compaſſion of their Condition, and alſo, conſidering that they might be beneficial to his Subjects, by instructing them in the Art of Cloathing, firſt placed them about Carliſle in the North, and after removed them into South-VVales, vvhere their Poſterity hath ever ſince remained.

XXII. And be it further enacted, That the said non-commissioned officers and privates shall be furnished with necessary arms, ammunition and accoutrements at the expence of the state, which arms and accoutrements shall be delivered to the inspectors of the said prison at the expiration of their several terms of service, and shall wear such uniform as the person administering the government for the time being shall direct, and shall also annually receive the following articles of uniform cloathing, to wit: One hat, one coat, one watchcoat, one vest, two pair of woolen and two pair of linen overalls, four pair of shoes, four shirts, four pair of socks, one blanket, one sock and clasp and one pair of buckles.

Bounty cloathing is to be allowed, in the firſt inſtance, to the corps of Ordnance Drivers, according to the uſage of the Service, and with the bounty cloathing each individual is to be ſupplied on the formation of the corps with a blue turban and a red cummerbund at the coſt of the Government.