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cloak, not of steel from the earth but of the plumage of the birds of the air, was quite 

 the equal in imposing majesty of any knight of the Holy Roman Empire that ever 

 weilded lance. 



But to return to a matter that this fine helmet suggests. It was the cherished 

 armor of a king as noble as any of the Hawaiian line, and j-et it is not all 3'ellow, as 

 one or two authors claim that the helmet of a king should always be: it is of red as 

 are the most of those which retain any of their original feathers, and not a single one 

 of all is exclusively yellow. 



FIG. 42. SMALL FEATHER CAPE. 



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