"..On the contrary, he was a mountain of flesh, a great barrel of a fellow, whose arms and legs were as thick as tree limbs, and with a tublike belly before all...Upon his head was a hat which seemed to have been split into two, like the points on a cock's comb. At the end of these points hung bells. Moreover, the flaps of his hat came down along both sides of his face, encircling it, then tied below, making his cheeks plump. As for his face, most striking was a bushy beard of such a ruddy red it seemed as if the lower part of his face was aflame. He also had a large, red, and fleshy nose and hairy eyebrows of the same hue, as well as a cherry-lipped mouth big even for such a face as his. He wore a wide sleeved tunic of black, and ankle length hose with a different color for each leg, one blue, the other red, though the colours were faded. His brown leather boots were long and somewhat pointy at the tips. Yet, for all this rare Colour, his clothing was ragged, torn, and patched in many parts, enough so that I could see his dirty, hairy skin in several spots." Page 71-72, chapter 16, of Crispin: The cross of lead.
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