30, 1620, says that the king saw one window
'full of gentlewomen or ladies, all in yellow bandes,' whereupon he
called out 'A pox take yee,' and they all withdrew in shame.
'full of gentlewomen or ladies, all in yellow bandes,' whereupon he
called out 'A pox take yee,' and they all withdrew in shame.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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Yellow starch must have come into fashion not long before this play
was acted, for in the _Owle's Allmanacke_, published in 1618, it is
said: 'Since yellow bandes and saffroned chaperoones came vp, is not
above two yeeres past. ' This, however, is not to be taken literally,
for the execution of Mrs. Turner took place Nov. 14, 1615. Of her
we read in Howell's Letters 1. 2: 'Mistress _Turner_, the first
inventress of _yellow Starch_, was executed in a Cobweb Lawn Ruff
of that colour at _Tyburn_; and with her I believe that _yellow
Starch_, which so much disfigured our Nation, and rendered them so
ridiculous and fantastic, will receive its Funeral. ' Sir S. D'Ewes
_(Autobiog. _ 1. 69) says that from that day it did, indeed, grow
'generally to be detested and disused. ' _The Vision of Sir Thomas
Overbury_, 1616 (quoted in Amos, _Great Oyer_, p. 50) speaks of
----that fantastic, ugly fall and ruff
Daub'd o'er with that base starch of yellow stuff
as already out of fashion. Its popularity must have returned,
however, since Barnaby Riche in the _Irish Hubbub_,1622, p.
40, laments that 'yellow starcht bands' were more popular than
ever, and he prophesies that the fashion 'shortly will be as
conversant amongst taylors, tapsters, and tinkers, as now they
have brought tobacco. '
D'Ewes also in describing the procession of King James from Whitehall
to Westminster, Jan.
30, 1620, says that the king saw one window
'full of gentlewomen or ladies, all in yellow bandes,' whereupon he
called out 'A pox take yee,' and they all withdrew in shame. In _The
Parson's Wedding_, printed 1664, _O. Pl. _ 11. 498, it is spoken of as
out of fashion. Yellow starch is mentioned again in 5. 8. 74. 5, and
a ballad of 'goose-green starch and the devil' is mentioned in _Bart.
Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 393. Similarly, Nash speaks in _Pierce Pennilesse_,
_Wks. _ 2. 44. of a 'Ballet of Blue starch and poaking stick.
Yellow starch must have come into fashion not long before this play
was acted, for in the _Owle's Allmanacke_, published in 1618, it is
said: 'Since yellow bandes and saffroned chaperoones came vp, is not
above two yeeres past. ' This, however, is not to be taken literally,
for the execution of Mrs. Turner took place Nov. 14, 1615. Of her
we read in Howell's Letters 1. 2: 'Mistress _Turner_, the first
inventress of _yellow Starch_, was executed in a Cobweb Lawn Ruff
of that colour at _Tyburn_; and with her I believe that _yellow
Starch_, which so much disfigured our Nation, and rendered them so
ridiculous and fantastic, will receive its Funeral. ' Sir S. D'Ewes
_(Autobiog. _ 1. 69) says that from that day it did, indeed, grow
'generally to be detested and disused. ' _The Vision of Sir Thomas
Overbury_, 1616 (quoted in Amos, _Great Oyer_, p. 50) speaks of
----that fantastic, ugly fall and ruff
Daub'd o'er with that base starch of yellow stuff
as already out of fashion. Its popularity must have returned,
however, since Barnaby Riche in the _Irish Hubbub_,1622, p.
40, laments that 'yellow starcht bands' were more popular than
ever, and he prophesies that the fashion 'shortly will be as
conversant amongst taylors, tapsters, and tinkers, as now they
have brought tobacco. '
D'Ewes also in describing the procession of King James from Whitehall
to Westminster, Jan.
30, 1620, says that the king saw one window
'full of gentlewomen or ladies, all in yellow bandes,' whereupon he
called out 'A pox take yee,' and they all withdrew in shame. In _The
Parson's Wedding_, printed 1664, _O. Pl. _ 11. 498, it is spoken of as
out of fashion. Yellow starch is mentioned again in 5. 8. 74. 5, and
a ballad of 'goose-green starch and the devil' is mentioned in _Bart.
Fair_, _Wks. _ 4. 393. Similarly, Nash speaks in _Pierce Pennilesse_,
_Wks. _ 2. 44. of a 'Ballet of Blue starch and poaking stick.
