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INTRODUCTION
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Diversarum Gentium Armatura Equestris, 1617.

Ornatus Muliebris Anglicanus. By Wencelaus Hollar. 4to. London, 1640.

A Collection of the Dresses of different Nations, ancient and modern. 2 vols. 4to. Published by Thomas Jefferys. London, 1757.

Horda Angel Cynan. By Joseph Strutt. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1774–76.

Dress and Habits of the People of England. By ditto, 2 vols. 4to. London, 1796–99.

Regal and Ecclesiastical Antiquities. By ditto. 1 vol. 4to. London, 1773–93.

Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland. By Charles Hamilton Smith, Esq. 1 vol. fol. London, 1814.

Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands. By S. R. Meyrick, LL D. & F.S.A.; and C. H. Smith, Esq. 1 vol. fol. London, 182l.

A Critical Enquiry into Ancient Arms and Armour. By S. R. Meyrick, LL.D., &c. 3 vols. fol. London.

Encyclopædia of Antiquities. By the Rev. T. D. Fosbrooke, M.A. F.S.A. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1825.

Illustrations of British History. 2 vols. 12mo. By Richard Thomson. Published in Constable's Miscellany, Edinburgh, 1828.

Engraved Illustrations of Antient Armour from the Collection at Goodrich Court. By Joseph Skelton, F.S.A. With the descriptions of Dr. Meyrick. 2 vols. 4to. London and Oxford, 1830.

The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain. By Charles Alfred Stothard, F.S.A. Fol. London, 1833.

Walker's History of the Irish Bards. 2 vols. 8vo.

Logan's History of the Gael, 2 vols. 8vo.

To preclude the necessity of long references we here subjoin a list of the principal authorities quoted in this work. Some of them being in manuscript, many of rare occurrence, many not contained even in public libraries, except in some voluminous collection of historians, so that the inquirer may lose much time in seeking for them, unless he knows the exact