Then, drawing the knight's own misericorde, he cut the laces of his bascinet and plunged the dagger into his Adversary's throat.

In this illustration appears also the gorget of plate that was worn over the throat and chin with the bascinet.

The wearing of the bascinet, salade, burgonet, and like helmets needs no detailed description.

First, the Italian "celata" (Fig. 594), which seems originally to have been a modification of the bascinet.