_ 176 _ accompanied, and they sit in groups at the doors of their neighbours to do embroidery. Their dress is better than that of Venetian women. They wear long cloaks, embroidered and starched, all in white. On their heads, they wear coifs with facings in velvet or black satin, with the front part sewn with gold, silver or pearls, and behind something like a tail comes out of the coif, made of the same velvet or satin, a palm long, embroidered, which they fold on top of the head. They wear striped skirts and over them more skirts with small objects sewn on to them. They wear half-breeches in black cloth, with shoes or very dirty slippers, and these make them look very ugly. Item: I left Lyons in a train of horses bound for La Rochelle for six cruzados, and we slept four leagues from Lyons in a village called [Talexion]. On the next day, we travelled past many villages and farms and arrived in a small city, five leagues from there, called Roanne. On the next day, we travelled six leagues from here to a small place called [Landrèvre]. We ate small repasts without dismounting, from the morning until we arrived where we were to sleep. On the next day, we travelled six leagues to a citadel surrounded by a wall, with good houses of stone and brick, called Lozon-en-Auvergne.
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