42), rich merchants and
aldermen
(Glapthorne,
_Wit for a Constable_, _Wks.
_Wit for a Constable_, _Wks.
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393, we
read: 'Northampton was his mortal enimie for beating, on a St.
George's day, one of his attenders. ' Pepys speaks of there being
bonfires in honor of St. George's Day as late as Apr. 23, 1666.
=3. 3. 166 chaines? PLV. Of gold, and pearle. = The gold chain was
formerly a mark of rank and dignity, and a century before this it
had been forbidden for any one under the degree of a gentleman of two
hundred marks a year to wear one (_Statutes of the Realm_, 7 Henry
VIII. c. 6). They were worn by the Lord Mayors (Dekker, _Shomaker's
Holiday_, _Wks. _ 1.
42), rich merchants and aldermen (Glapthorne,
_Wit for a Constable_, _Wks. _, ed. 1874, 1. 201-3), and later
became the distinctive mark of the upper servant in a great family,
especially the steward (see Nares and _Ev. Man out_, _Wks. _ 2. 31).
Massinger (_City Madam_, _Wks. _, p. 334) speaks of wearing a chain
of gold 'on solemn days. ' With the present passage cf. _Underwoods_
62, _Wks. _ 8. 410:
If they stay here but till St. George's day.
All ensigns of a war are not yet dead,
Nor marks of wealth so from a nation fled,
But they may see gold chains and pearl worn then,
Lent by the London dames to the Lords' men.
read: 'Northampton was his mortal enimie for beating, on a St.
George's day, one of his attenders. ' Pepys speaks of there being
bonfires in honor of St. George's Day as late as Apr. 23, 1666.
=3. 3. 166 chaines? PLV. Of gold, and pearle. = The gold chain was
formerly a mark of rank and dignity, and a century before this it
had been forbidden for any one under the degree of a gentleman of two
hundred marks a year to wear one (_Statutes of the Realm_, 7 Henry
VIII. c. 6). They were worn by the Lord Mayors (Dekker, _Shomaker's
Holiday_, _Wks. _ 1.
42), rich merchants and aldermen (Glapthorne,
_Wit for a Constable_, _Wks. _, ed. 1874, 1. 201-3), and later
became the distinctive mark of the upper servant in a great family,
especially the steward (see Nares and _Ev. Man out_, _Wks. _ 2. 31).
Massinger (_City Madam_, _Wks. _, p. 334) speaks of wearing a chain
of gold 'on solemn days. ' With the present passage cf. _Underwoods_
62, _Wks. _ 8. 410:
If they stay here but till St. George's day.
All ensigns of a war are not yet dead,
Nor marks of wealth so from a nation fled,
But they may see gold chains and pearl worn then,
Lent by the London dames to the Lords' men.
