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In Front of the Gallery^ 



Above the figure on horseback, is a suit of 3Ia7?i€- 

 luke Armour and Accoutrements, consisting of a Coat 

 of Mail and Helmet: a Shield made of the skin of 

 a Rhinoceros ; an elegant and curious Gun, and a 

 magnificent Sabre and Battle Axe. The Coat of 

 Mail is made nearly in the same manner as the 

 Hauberk, only the work is more beautiful : the col- 

 lar is of crimson velvet, on which in gold studs is 

 written in Persian the following characters : — ''All 

 Fatinia Husain Alia Mohammed." On the breast is 

 a Talisman, or Charm, to preserve the wearer's life. 



The stock, lock, and barrel of the musket is 

 richly ornamented, and mounted with silver. This 

 curious piece was taken from the Turks by Count 

 Orlow, the Russian General ; afterwards exchanged 

 with an English gentleman for a fine horse : the gen- 

 tleman presented it to the Right Hon. Lord Paget, 

 who gave it to the Lichfield Museum, from whence it 

 was purchased by the present Proprietor. 



Near these is the Hauhergeon or Norman Suit of 

 3Iail. This is made in the same manner as the Hau- 

 berk, only it is without sleeves, and reaches no lower 

 than the waist. By the statute of Winchester, pass- 

 ed in the thirteenth year of the reign of Edward L 

 every man possessing lands to the yearly amount of 

 fifteen pounds, and forty marks in goods, was obliged 

 to keep in his possession an Haube'rgeon, an uon head- 

 piece, a sword, a knife, and a horse. 



On the opposite side of the Mameluke Armour, is 

 a curious ancient Buff Suit, about the time of Charles 



