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 illustration in the same Psalter we see Goliath clothed in a mail hauberk of great completeness: indeed, his war apparel might, from its character, be easily associated with the first quarter of the XIIIth century, yet his legs are unarmoured (Fig. 85).

Other good examples of the use of the hauberk as the sole armament without the chausses may be mentioned. One is in the illustration taken from Titus Lit. dxvi, j. 6, where the figures, though they are mythical, are habited in what appears very real and ample coats of mail (Fig. 86). The hauberks are in every respect similar in cut to those we have already been discussing, but they fall below the knee, and show much wider sleeves. Their conventional representation is certainly that of interlinked chain mail, although it is rather untidy and weak in the drawing. The manuscript with these illustrations may be assigned to the third quarter of the XIIth century; so that it will be noticed with interest that the legs of the combatants are unarmoured. This is also the case with the figures in the illustration chosen from Harl. Roll 76, Cotton MS. Nero. Here it will be observed, however, that the hauberks are short but that the legs are still represented bare save for what appears to be a buskin boot. In this illustration we see, however, a new and advanced departure in the shape of the helmet (Fig. 87).

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In our reference to the hauberks of the invaded English, on pages 6