290 



Phyfical and Mifcellaneous 



cerud. 



The Peplus 

 i^c of the 

 Aiitieiits. 



Yards long and five or fix Foot broad, ferving the Kahyle and 

 y4rabiox a compleat Drefs in the Day, and fiar hisBed and Cover- 

 ing in the Night. It is a loofe but troublefome Kind of Gar- 

 eafiydifcon- iTient , bcing frequently difconcerted and falling upon the 

 Ground, fo that the Perfon who wears it, is every moment ob- 

 liged to tuck it up , and fold it anew about his Body. This 

 ihews the great Ufe there is for a Girdle in attending any adive 

 Employment, and in Confequence thereof, the Force of the 

 Scripture Injunction, alluding thereunto, of hamng our Loym 

 girded'. The Method of wearing thefe Garments ^ with the 

 Ufe they are at other Times put to, in ferving for Coverlets 

 to their Beds, fliould induce us to take the finer Sorts of them 

 at leail, fuch as are wore by the Ladies and Perfons of Di- 

 ftin6tion, to be the Teplus of the Antients. It is very pro- 

 bable likewife , that the loofe folding Garment (the Toga ' I 

 take it to be ) of the Romans, was of this Kind : for if the 

 Drapery of their Statues is to inftruft us. This is adually no 

 other than what the Arabs appear in, when they are folded 

 up in their Hjkes. Inftead of thQFihula, they joyn together, 

 with Thread or a wooden Bodkin, the two upper Corners of 

 this Garment, which being firft placed over one of their Shoul- 

 ders, they fold the reft of it afterwards round their Bodies. 



The Burnoofe, (as they call their Cloak or upper Garment;) 

 is likewife made in thefe T)ou-iA/ars and 'Bafl)kras : though 

 there are Looms, both for It and the Hyke , in moft of the 

 Towns and Villages. It is of one Piece, ihaped like the Gar- 



I T[\\x% ιάοίζωηνμι is ufcd Luke 17. 8. Acls 12. 8. Efh. 6. 14. Rev. i. 13. and 15•. 6. And 

 ίνΛζωηυμι \ Pet. I. ij. 2 K'tn^s 4. 2p. and 9. I. &c. Eu-sSyseTey joyncd with αμαρτία Heb.iz.i. 

 i. e. Sin which is fo well fitted to gird us in, is alfo well illuftrated by theFaihion, and Manner 

 of wearing thcfe Garments. 2 J. Pollux (1. 7. c. 13.) defcribes the Ufe of the Πί^τλοί- to 

 be hJiuJeu -n ij ί97?«λλί£;ζ, αά induendum & inflernendum : and in the latter of thefe Significa- 

 tions it is ulcd by Homer. II. E. v. 194. 



Αμφί τήιΚοι 



ni'nitifreu. 

 The Scholiaftupon 11. E. v. 734. makes the Peplus to be a Garment that was fitted to the 

 Body by a Fibula, juft as the Hjke is, of (fays he) »'« wsc/iOiitj, «λλ' imfoyayn : and fo Callimach. 

 in Lavacr. Pallad. \\ 70. ^n>\'j ■..-,:.,. n'-, 



JUitatius upon Statius's Thebais v. loi. calls it VefisCaniidd. That it was alfo a large Gar- 

 ment, hanging down to the Feet, &c. appears from the following Epithets that are given 

 to it by the Antients. Thus Euripides (in Bacch. v. 40.) calls them 'j'tirMi rreA'fBf. /Efchylus 

 (in Chosph. v. 1000. ) -miin^m 'ji-Trhnf. Homer (in II. Z. v. 442.) «λχίίπττίτλίίί j and again Od.^. 

 V. ^o^.-rnvvm-rMy. 3 Toga did:a, quod Velamento fui corpus tcgat atque operiat. Eft aucem 

 pallium purum forma rotunda & fufiore, & quafi inundante finu & fub dextro veniens, 

 fuper humerum ftniftrum ponitur : cujus fimilitudinem in operimcntisfimulachrorum vel piftu- 

 rarum afpicimus, eaiquc ftatuas togatas vocamus. Menfura Togs iuftae, fi fex ulneas habear. 

 Ifid, Orig. 1. 19. cap. 24. 



nient 



The Bur 

 noofe. 



