Sentence:  <!--The collonell, although he was not convinc'd of anie misbecoming bravery in the suite he wore that day, which was but of sad colour'd cloth trimm'd with gold, and silver poynts and buttons; yet because he would not appear offensive in the eies of religious persons, the next day he went in a plaine black suite, and so did all the other gentlemen, but -->Harrison came that day in a scarlett coate and cloake, both laden with gold and silver lace, and the coate so cover'd with <WSD>clinquant</WSD>, that scarcely could one discerne the ground,<!-- and in this glittering habitt, sett himselfe just under the speaker's chaire; which made the other gentlemen think that his godly speeches, the day before, were but made that he alone might appear in the eies of strangers.--> 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  tinsel; glitter