Line-up of the town militias. To the left a priest is giving absolution to a man-at-arms, wearing the typical protective clothing consisting of a skullcap and a mail coif. In rare cases a mail hauberk was worn (these were very expensive) over a thickly padded gambeson. Most of the men wear gloves with mail on them. All are wearing a jupon with a uniform colour configuration according to what town or guild they belong to. The range of arms comprises pikes, goedendags (a heavy wooden pole with an iron reinforcement ring and a central pin on top), swords and falchions.