. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . essafter ye Persian mode. He says modestly, I donot impute to this my discourse the change whichsoone happend; but it was an identity I could notbut take notice of. Rugge in his Diurnal describes the novel dresswhich was assumed by King Charles and the wholecourt, due notice of a subject of so much importancehaving been given to the council the previous month ;and notice of the kings determination never tochange it, which he kept like many another of hispromises and resolutions. It is a close coat of cloth pinkt with a white taffetyunder t
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . essafter ye Persian mode. He says modestly, I donot impute to this my discourse the change whichsoone happend; but it was an identity I could notbut take notice of. Rugge in his Diurnal describes the novel dresswhich was assumed by King Charles and the wholecourt, due notice of a subject of so much importancehaving been given to the council the previous month ;and notice of the kings determination never tochange it, which he kept like many another of hispromises and resolutions. It is a close coat of cloth pinkt with a white taffetyunder the cutts. This in length reached the calf of theleg; and upon that a sercoat cutt at the breast, which hungloose and shorter than the vest six inches. The breechesthe Spanish cutt; and buskins some of cloth, some ofleather but of the same colour as the vest or garment; ofnever the like garment since William the Conqueror. Pepys we have seen further explained that it wasall black and white, the black cassock being close to 186 Two Centuries of Costume. Three Cassock Sleeves and a Buff-coat Sleeve. the body. The legs ruffled with black ribands likea pigeons leg, and I wish the King mav keep itfor it is a fine and handsome garment. The newswhich came to the English court a month later thatthe king of France had put all his footmen and ser-vants in this same dress as a livery made Pepysmightie merry, it being an ingenious kind ofaffront, and yet makes me angry, which is as curi-ous a frame of mind as even curious Pepys couldrecord. Planche doubts this act of the king ofFrance ; but in The Character of a Trimmer the storyis told in extenso — that the vests were put on atfirst by the King to make Englishmen look unlikeFrenchmen ; but at the first laughing at it all ranback to the dress of French gentlemen. Theking had already taken out the white linings as tis like a magpie ; and was glad to quit it I donot doubt. Dr. Holmes — and the rest of us —have looked askance at the word
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