682. _the newe Iet_, the new fashion, which is described in ll. 680-683.

'Also, there is another newe _gette_,

A foule waste of clothe and excessyfe,

There goth no lesse in a mannes typette

Than of brode cloth a yerde, by my lyfe.'

Hoccleve, De Regim. Principum, p. 17.

'_Newe Iette_, guise nouelle'; Palsgrave. [56]

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