Ontario High School History of England . inthe huge beds, hung also with tap-estry, soft pillows had displaced theformer log of wood. Rooms were often decorated with flowers or greenSoldier with Caliver (a , , , , i,. , , WEAPON SIMILAR TO THE boughs, aud swect-smellmg herbsMusket), time ok Eliza- were strewn on the floors.^^^^ Social life.—The roads were still Note the curved stock, and ^^ j^^^j ^^^^ Carriages were almost the huge trigger, pulled by /. • i the whole hand. uuknown; a team of SIX horses was sometimes used for even a two-wheeled cart. However, towards the end of the reign, thepa
Ontario High School History of England . inthe huge beds, hung also with tap-estry, soft pillows had displaced theformer log of wood. Rooms were often decorated with flowers or greenSoldier with Caliver (a , , , , i,. , , WEAPON SIMILAR TO THE boughs, aud swect-smellmg herbsMusket), time ok Eliza- were strewn on the floors.^^^^ Social life.—The roads were still Note the curved stock, and ^^ j^^^j ^^^^ Carriages were almost the huge trigger, pulled by /. • i the whole hand. uuknown; a team of SIX horses was sometimes used for even a two-wheeled cart. However, towards the end of the reign, thepavements in London improved, and some carriages wereto be seen. Manners were not refined; Elizabeth spatupon a courtier whose attire did not please her; she boxedanothers ears; and she tickled the back of the Earl ofLeicester, when he knelt before her to receive his the queen down through the upper classes, swearingwas fashionable and looked upon as a mark of was more open and shameless then than it is THE ELIZABETHAN AGE 247 There were gross scenes in the London streets, and, fromunbridled profligacy, some of the finest spirits of the timesank, we know, to early graves. This slackness in moralsmay account for some of the narrowness and rigidity ofthe Puritans, who, like the early Christians, found them-selves in revolt against a surrounding world, which paidlittle heed to Christian standards. Dress.—A writer ofthe time calls it an ageof sham. Men paddedtheir stockings to havethe appearance of goodcalves, wore soles of thickcork to appear taller, andadorned themselves withbracelets and in maledress went to great ex-tremes. In one instancea single pair of the shortbreeches, known astrunk-hose, cost £ were often slashedin order to show richlinings, and these were ofbrilliant colours. Menwore great plumes andfeathers of divers colours in their hats. The women followed the vain Elizabeth toridiculous lengths; th
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