1645 J. Howell vi. xlvii. 71 The said Town of Hamelen was annoyed with Rats and Mice; and it chanc'd, that a Pied-coated Piper came thither.
c1775 215 This city was annoyed with rats and mice, it happened that a pied-coated piper came thither.
1803 H. Downman (ed. 6) 220 Not only the poor hind who guides the plough, But the pied-coated beggar.