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Bardiac: I actually hadn't considered the "bismotered" clothing as reflecting inner sinfulness.
A Verray Parfit, Gentil, (Desperately Poor? Greedy? Penitent?) Knyght Heo 2006
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I've always sort of assumed he was bismotered with blood from his battles, and didn't really take that idea further.
A Verray Parfit, Gentil, (Desperately Poor? Greedy? Penitent?) Knyght Heo 2006
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I was taught that it might contribute to a reading that if outward appearance reflects inward being, as was the prof's theory of medieval lit clothing a bismotered habergeon might indicate an inward uncleanliness or sinfulness, and that he's on pilgrimage because of it.
A Verray Parfit, Gentil, (Desperately Poor? Greedy? Penitent?) Knyght Heo 2006
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Thei have been bismotered by the over-reliaunce on documentz of a tyme that ys excessifly concerned wyth historical record.
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