He wore a wide-leaved, loosely shaped hat of dark felt, with a silken cord round the crown,--such as had been worn by the Beggars in the early days of the revolt.

A high ruff encircled his neck, from which also depended one of the Beggars' medals, with the motto, '_Fideles au roy jusqu'a la besace_,' while a loose surcoat of gray frieze cloth, over a tawny leather doublet, with wide slashed underclothes completed his costume.

[1] "Gerard presented himself at the doorway, and demanded a passport.

The Princess, struck with the pale and agitated countenance of the man, anxiously questioned her husband concerning the stranger.

The Prince carelessly observed, that 'it was merely a person who came for a passport,' ordering, at the same time, a secretary forthwith to prepare one.