The British nation a history / by George MWrong . a: (Br^ CD ?i ^ O cs O^ ; 4> .- v: -c 3 K o - r- — a d ^s^^ ^-^> -- x Lv„,^i,.4j^ ^-1: _; ,0 a 5 ,xi < -4- ^&-= 5 ^ C3 -fc^ * r-: a^ ?: c; ;; • r-. 5_=J: M u _ -^ ^ 3 I-—< ii *-~ ^ C —— 2 0 ^ 0 5- — Z^ a a i 7: 5 j ^ = ti .0 y ;§ ^ alterearlibylmod X <0 J3 H 331 332 THE BRITISH NATION The roads were still so bad that carriages were almostunknown; a team of six horses was sometimes used foreven a two-wheeled cart, but towards the endmorair^ of the reign the pavements in London im-proved, and some carriages were to be seen inth
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . a: (Br^ CD ?i ^ O cs O^ ; 4> .- v: -c 3 K o - r- — a d ^s^^ ^-^> -- x Lv„,^i,.4j^ ^-1: _; ,0 a 5 ,xi < -4- ^&-= 5 ^ C3 -fc^ * r-: a^ ?: c; ;; • r-. 5_=J: M u _ -^ ^ 3 I-—< ii *-~ ^ C —— 2 0 ^ 0 5- — Z^ a a i 7: 5 j ^ = ti .0 y ;§ ^ alterearlibylmod X <0 J3 H 331 332 THE BRITISH NATION The roads were still so bad that carriages were almostunknown; a team of six horses was sometimes used foreven a two-wheeled cart, but towards the endmorair^ of the reign the pavements in London im-proved, and some carriages were to be seen inthe streets. In society there was little of refinement inour modern sense. Elizabeth spat upon a courtier whoseattire did not please her; she boxed anothers ears, and shetickled the back of the Earl of Leicester when he kneltbefore her to receive his earldom. From the queen jdownthrough the upper classes swearing was fashionable and. 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
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