The hair-of-the-dog Catholic sword described does sound formidable, but what power is held in the cloven hair & gilded bedspread with which he robes himself in that picture?
I know from experience that waving about a sexy leg of silk with ribbons in a fight can give you the upper hand, but the cloven hair? I expect a crossbowman could make use of it if hidden behind the venerable gentleman, or under his voluptuous bed-capes?
