Perfumes were much in fashion, and Stubbes'
_Anatomy_
has a great
deal to say on the subject.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
' 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. 314) and in _Cynthia's Revels_ (_Wks._ 2.
325). Spanish perfume for gloves is spoken of in the latter play
(p. 328) and in the _Alchemist_ (_Wks._ 4. 131) 'your Spanish
titillation in a glove' is declared to be the best perfume.
=4. 4. 77, 8 The Guardo-duennas, such a little old man,=
=As this.= Minsheu gives the definition: 'Escudero, m. An
Esquire, a Seruingman that waits on a Ladie or Gentlewoman,
in Spaine neuer but old men and gray beards.'
