. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . Dr. William Dr. John Dee. 1600. Dr. Dees extraordinary beardI can but regard as an affecta-tion of singularity, assumeddoubtless to attract attention,and to be a sign of unusualparts. Aubrey, his friend, callshim a very handsome man ;of very fair, clear, sanguine com-plexion, with a long beard aswhite as milke. He was talland slender. He wore a gownelike an artists gowne; withhanging sleeves and a slitt. Amighty good man he was. The 358 Two Centuries of Costume wort] lt artist then meant artisan ; and in this refer
. Two centuries of costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX . Dr. William Dr. John Dee. 1600. Dr. Dees extraordinary beardI can but regard as an affecta-tion of singularity, assumeddoubtless to attract attention,and to be a sign of unusualparts. Aubrey, his friend, callshim a very handsome man ;of very fair, clear, sanguine com-plexion, with a long beard aswhite as milke. He was talland slender. He wore a gownelike an artists gowne; withhanging sleeves and a slitt. Amighty good man he was. The 358 Two Centuries of Costume wort] lt artist then meant artisan ; and in this refer-ence means a smock like a workmans. A name seen often in Winthrops letters is thatof Sir Kenelm Digby. He was an intimate corre-spondent of John Winthrop the second, and itwould not he strange if he did many errands forWinthrop in England besides purchasing portrait, and a lugubrious one it is, is one ofthe tew or his day which shows an untrimmedbeard. Aubrey says of him that after the death ofhis wife he wore a long mourning cloak, a highcornered hatt, his beard unshorn, loo
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