. History of lace . This shirt five times victorious I have fought under,And cut through squadrons of your curious Cut-work,As I will do through mine. ^^ In the Eoundhead army he will scarce deign to comb hiscropped locks. All is now dingy, of a sad colour, soberly incharacter with the tone of the times. l[ Bartholomew Fair. 1614. She shewed ine gowns and headtires,Embroidered waistcoats, smocks seamdthro with cut-works. —Beaumont and Fletcher, Four Plays in One. 1647. TO 41 Who would ha thought a woman so well harnessd. Or rather well caparisond, indeed, That wears such petticoats, and lace t
. History of lace . This shirt five times victorious I have fought under,And cut through squadrons of your curious Cut-work,As I will do through mine. ^^ In the Eoundhead army he will scarce deign to comb hiscropped locks. All is now dingy, of a sad colour, soberly incharacter with the tone of the times. l[ Bartholomew Fair. 1614. She shewed ine gowns and headtires,Embroidered waistcoats, smocks seamdthro with cut-works. —Beaumont and Fletcher, Four Plays in One. 1647. TO 41 Who would ha thought a woman so well harnessd. Or rather well caparisond, indeed, That wears such petticoats, and lace to her smocks,Broad seaming laces.—Ben Jonson,The Devil is an Ass. 1616. A suite of russet laced all overwith silver curie lace.— Expenses ofRobt. Sidnev, Earl of Leicester. 1. ^ This comes of wearing Scarlet, gold lace and cut-works; your fine garteringWith your blown roses. —The Devil is an Ass. ^ Notes from Blacl- Fryers. Jasper Mavne. Amorous 8 The Little French Lawyer. Plate James Harrington, Author of Oceana, 1611-1677. Between Gerard Honthorst. National Portrait Gallery, Photo by Walker and Cockerell. Jd face jiKijc :i:il. THE COMMONWEALTH 33: THE COMMONWEALTH. The rule of the Puritans was a sad thiie for lace-makers,as regards the middle and lower classes : every villagefestival, all amusement was put down, bride laces andMayings—all were vanity. With respect to the upper classes, the Puritan ladies, aswell as the men of birth, had no fancy for exchanging therich dress of the Btuart Court for that of the Thomas Fairfax, father of the General, is described aswearing a buff coat, richly ornamented with silver lace,his trunk hose trimmed with costly Flanders lace, hisbreastplate partly concealed by a falling collar of the samematerial. The foreign Ambassadors of the Parliamentdisdained the Puritan fashions. Lady Fanshaw describesher husband as wearins; at the Court of jMadrid,*on someState occasion, his lin
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