Possible Clues:

• Soft material in the view of duke lacking measure of weight
• Got up to lag water source in absorbent material
• Material that hurt in revealing
• Became upset about intimate rubbing down
• Bathrobe fabric
• Top less soft and flowing, as bathrobe fabric
• Measure of material in drawing cloth
• Fabric given to army commander is short of weight
• Absorbent cloth
• That stuff is just a bit thick - Ow! - in relation to this