7) speaks of
a 'Spanish leather jerkin,' and
Middleton
(_Father Hubburd's Tales_,
_Wks.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
4. 71, 2 Spanish pumps Of perfum'd leather.= Pumps are
first mentioned in the sixteenth century (Planche). A reference
to them occurs in _Midsummer Night's Dream_, 1593-4, 4. 2. They
were worn especially by footmen.
Spanish leather was highly esteemed at this time. Stubbes (_Anat. of
Abuses_, Part 1, p. 77) says: 'They haue korked shooes, pinsnets,
pantoffles, and slippers, ... some of spanish leather, and some of
English lether.' Marston (_Dutch Courtezan_, _Wks._ 2.
7) speaks of
a 'Spanish leather jerkin,' and
Middleton
(_Father Hubburd's Tales_,
_Wks.
_ 8. 70) of 'a curious pair of boots of King Philip's leather,'
and a little farther on (_Wks._ 8. 108) of Spanish leather shoes.
Fastidious Brisk's boots are made of the same material (_Ev. Man
out_, _Wks._ 2. 147). Cf. also Dekker, _Wks._ 2. 305.
Perfumes were much in fashion, and Stubbes' _Anatomy_ has a great
deal to say on the subject. We hear of perfumed jerkins in Marston's
_Malcontent_ (_Wks._ 1.
