The British nation a history / by George MWrong . IoKTlnN OF ilAUDON , Showing in greater detail a part of tlie Elizabethan fa(,-a(.le and of the terraced garden. looked upon as a mark of breeding, but those of lowerrank who swore were fined. Immorality was certainlymore open and sliameless then than now. There weregross scenes in the London streets, and from unbridled THE ENGLAND OF ELIZABETH 333. profligacy some of the finest spirits of the time sank, weknow, to early graves. As much could, no doubt, be saidof portions of modernEnglish society, but un-der Elizabeth ethicalstandards were
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . IoKTlnN OF ilAUDON , Showing in greater detail a part of tlie Elizabethan fa(,-a(.le and of the terraced garden. looked upon as a mark of breeding, but those of lowerrank who swore were fined. Immorality was certainlymore open and sliameless then than now. There weregross scenes in the London streets, and from unbridled THE ENGLAND OF ELIZABETH 333. profligacy some of the finest spirits of the time sank, weknow, to early graves. As much could, no doubt, be saidof portions of modernEnglish society, but un-der Elizabeth ethicalstandards were not high,and this may account forsome of the narrownessand rigidity of the Puri-tans, who, like the earlyChristians, found them-selves in revolt againsta surrounding world,which paid little heed «toChristian morals. A writer of the timecalls it an age of was an ill-regu-lated taste for splendoursuch as Henry YIIIshowed on The Field of the Cloth of Gold. Wolseykept eight hundred servants in York House, and wassurrounded by a pompous array whenever he went appear the better figures, men padded theirstockings to show good calves, wore thickcork soles to seem taller, and adorned themselves withbracelets and ear-rings. Extravagance in dress showedgreat extremes. A single pair of the short breeches knownas trunk hose cost £100. Coats were often slashed and ofbrilliant colours. Men
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