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00:00I think, if I had to choose one for you, I'd rather like that one.
00:05See, these ones are nice. They're less intimidating.
00:07They're more kind of, hey, I'm here.
00:09Well, he's happy because I fed him, but he does get a little agitated
00:12if he goes too long without food or milk. Warm milk.
00:26Leave him wanting less.
00:28Hi, guys. Rob Brydon and Henry Ashton here from Prime Video's new show, My Lady Jane.
00:33Today, we'll be talking you through our amazing collection of,
00:37you didn't see this coming, cod pieces.
00:40And for those who don't know, a cod piece was an article of clothing
00:43that men would wear to protect their wealth.
00:44Whoa, we understand.
00:47Yes.
00:48We have some of these ready.
00:50Should we start with the ones we're wearing right now?
00:52So, I'm wearing a rather pointy number today
00:55in a rather fetching lavender, fog-type colour.
00:59I think people may well watch this and think, well, were these things real?
01:02Did they actually? They did.
01:04They would wear these cod pieces.
01:07I don't know if you can get in close and have a look at him.
01:09He's a cheeky little chap, isn't he?
01:10We've got a selection of them here. Let's show people.
01:13Should we start with the normal ones first?
01:14Yes.
01:15That's mine.
01:16That is yours.
01:16That is mine. Yeah.
01:17That's the biggest one I have.
01:19And I wore this to Guilford and Jane's wedding.
01:23Did you?
01:23Yes, lovely blue, sort of like a light blue colour.
01:27This one, I think, this one is rather...
01:29That's mine.
01:30Is that yours as well?
01:31That's mine too.
01:33There isn't a smell, but if it did smell, it would smell of lavender.
01:36This is very much an old lady's cod piece,
01:39although ladies didn't wear cod pieces,
01:41but you could imagine Miss Marple wearing that.
01:44Yeah, it is quite frilly, isn't it?
01:46What were they to signify, Henry?
01:48So, apparently, they're very, very popular.
01:50They started, and this is quite disgusting,
01:53people would have...
01:57padding and material to stop...
02:03Is that not normal?
02:08Anyway, so that's how it started.
02:10So, you had these big, big bulges in the front,
02:12and then it turned into, as anything does
02:13when nobles are wearing something,
02:15it became a fashion,
02:16and then it became kind of a mark of masculinity.
02:19You would have these big shoulder pads
02:21and big cod pieces to show how much of a man you were.
02:26Different times, Henry, different times.
02:27These are all...
02:28That's lovely, that one.
02:29This is... that was one of mine.
02:31Those are yours.
02:32I wore that.
02:32I have a golden outfit that I wear in some of the episodes.
02:36This is a sort of a leather...
02:41That is... that's like a box, isn't it?
02:42That is like a box or a cup.
02:44Yeah.
02:46Come in.
02:48Hello, can somebody get that?
02:51I'm on the loo, could you get it?
02:54It's a delivery.
02:54Leave it by the bins.
02:56So, that's a leather one.
02:57So, I feel like this would have been...
02:58Because they wore it in war as well.
03:00So, when they went to battle,
03:02they would obviously protect their pieces with their cod pieces.
03:05And some of them were pretty, pretty large.
03:08Like, you could almost impale someone with it.
03:11If you think that's large, wait till you see this.
03:17Look at that.
03:19What is that, a gorilla?
03:20A dog?
03:21I think it's a dog.
03:21It's a dog.
03:23Wow, can you see that up close?
03:26And how solid is that, Henry?
03:28That's wood.
03:29I think it was safe to say that is for intimidation, isn't it?
03:32Because if you saw someone wear that, you'd think they might bite you with it.
03:36I mean, he enters the room about a minute before the person wearing him, doesn't he?
03:40That is impressive.
03:42Well, there we are.
03:43I mean, this has been an invaluable opportunity to get to know the cod pieces.
03:48If this is your idea of fun, My Lady Jane has cod pieces by the dozen.
03:54It does.
03:54We're the only people that tend to wear them.
03:56Yes, but we wear a lot of them.
03:58Oh yeah, many different types.
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