Assistant Captain of the Quiver Bearers

"It is most unseemly for an Assistant Captain of the Quiver Bearers to make his night patrol in a hunting costume. And, if he wanders outside the women's quarters, ostentatiously clad in his terrifying red cloak, people will be sure to look down on him. They disapprove of his behaviour and taunt him with remarks like 'Are you searching for someone suspicious?'"

Sei Shonagon, The Pillow Book, (11th Century).

[Translated by Ivan Morris.}