Readings in English social history from contemporary literature . Leicester Hospital, Warwick. Hatfield House ENGLAND UNDER THE TUDORS 57 like. ... I ha\e met with some ... in London sodisguised that it hath passed my skill to discern whetherthey w^ere men or women. . Certes of all estates our merchants do least alter theirattire, and therefore are most to be commended ; for albeitthat which they wear be very fine and costly, yet in formand colour it representeth a great piece of the ancientgravity appertaining to citizens and burgesses, albeit theyounger sort of their wives, both in attire an
Readings in English social history from contemporary literature . Leicester Hospital, Warwick. Hatfield House ENGLAND UNDER THE TUDORS 57 like. ... I ha\e met with some ... in London sodisguised that it hath passed my skill to discern whetherthey w^ere men or women. . Certes of all estates our merchants do least alter theirattire, and therefore are most to be commended ; for albeitthat which they wear be very fine and costly, yet in formand colour it representeth a great piece of the ancientgravity appertaining to citizens and burgesses, albeit theyounger sort of their wives, both in attire and costly house-keeping, cannot tell when and how to make an end. . .I might here name a sort of hues devised for the nonce,wherewith to please fantastical heads, as . . peas-porridgetawny, popingay blue, lusty gallant, the devil-in-the-head(I should say the hedge), and such like. . (8) Houses and Furniture. The greatest part of our building in the cities and goodtowns of England consisteth only of timber ; for as yetfew of the houses of the commonalty (except here andthere in t
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