. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . rte let me parlye a little with thee abouttrifles, for when I am present with thee, my speeche is preiudicedby thy presence which drawes my mind from itselfe ; I supposenow, upon thy unkles cominge there wilbe advisinge £ff counsel-linge of all hands ; and amongst many I know there wilbe some,that wilbe provokinge thee, in these indifferent things, as matterof apparell, fashions and other circumstances ; I hould it a ruleof Christian wisdome in all things to follow the soberest exa?nples ;I confesse that there be some ornaments which for V
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . rte let me parlye a little with thee abouttrifles, for when I am present with thee, my speeche is preiudicedby thy presence which drawes my mind from itselfe ; I supposenow, upon thy unkles cominge there wilbe advisinge £ff counsel-linge of all hands ; and amongst many I know there wilbe some,that wilbe provokinge thee, in these indifferent things, as matterof apparell, fashions and other circumstances ; I hould it a ruleof Christian wisdome in all things to follow the soberest exa?nples ;I confesse that there be some ornaments which for Virgins andKnights Daughters &c may be comly and tollerrable wch yet insoe great a change as thine is, may well admitt a change allso;I will medle with noe particulars neither doe I thinke it shallbe needfull; thine own wisdome and godliness shall teach theesufficiently what to doe in such things. I knowe thou wilt notgrieve me for trifles. Let me intreate thee {my szueet Love) totake all in good part. — John Winthrop to Margaret Tyndale, CHAPTER II DRESS OF THE NEW ENGLAND MOTHERS HAVE expressed a doubt that thedress of Cavalier and Puritan varied asmuch as has been popularly believed ;I feel sure that the dress of Puritanwomen did not differ from the attireof women of quiet life who remained in the Churchof England; nor did it vary materially either inform or quality from the attire of the sensible fol-lowers of court life. It simply did not extend to theextreme of the mode in gay color, extravagance, orgrotesqueness. In the first severity of revolt overthe dissoluteness of English life which had shownso plainly in the extravagance and absurdity of Eng-lish court dress, many persons of deep thought(especially men), both of the Church of Englandand of the Puritan faith, expressed their feeling bya change in their dress. Doubtless also in some theextremity of feeling extended to fanaticism. It isalways thus in reforms; the slow start becomessuddenly a violent rush whic
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