= The
readings
of 'Whalley and Gifford are distinctly
inferior to the original.
inferior to the original.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
= The French hood was still worn by
citizens' wives. Thus in the _London Prodigal_, ed. 1709:
No _Frank_, I'll have thee go like a _Citizen_
In a Garded Gown, and a _French_ Hood.
When Simon Eyre is appointed sheriff, his wife immediately inquires
for a 'Fardingale-maker' and a 'French-hood maker' (Dekker, _Wks. _
1. 39). Strutt says that French hoods were out of fashion by the middle
of the 17th century (_Antiq. _ 3. 93). See the frequent references to
this article of apparel in _Bart. Fair_. It is interesting to notice
that the hoods are worn at dinner.
=1. 1. 106, 7.
= The readings of 'Whalley and Gifford are distinctly
inferior to the original.
=1. 1. 112, 3 Car-men Are got into the yellow starch. = Starch was
introduced in the age of Elizabeth to meet the needs of the huge
Spanish ruff which had come into favor some years before (see
_Soc. Eng. _, p. 386). It was frequently colored. In Middleton and
Rowley's _World Tossed at Tennis_ five different colored starches are
personified. Stubbes says that it was 'of all collours and hues. '
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.
citizens' wives. Thus in the _London Prodigal_, ed. 1709:
No _Frank_, I'll have thee go like a _Citizen_
In a Garded Gown, and a _French_ Hood.
When Simon Eyre is appointed sheriff, his wife immediately inquires
for a 'Fardingale-maker' and a 'French-hood maker' (Dekker, _Wks. _
1. 39). Strutt says that French hoods were out of fashion by the middle
of the 17th century (_Antiq. _ 3. 93). See the frequent references to
this article of apparel in _Bart. Fair_. It is interesting to notice
that the hoods are worn at dinner.
=1. 1. 106, 7.
= The readings of 'Whalley and Gifford are distinctly
inferior to the original.
=1. 1. 112, 3 Car-men Are got into the yellow starch. = Starch was
introduced in the age of Elizabeth to meet the needs of the huge
Spanish ruff which had come into favor some years before (see
_Soc. Eng. _, p. 386). It was frequently colored. In Middleton and
Rowley's _World Tossed at Tennis_ five different colored starches are
personified. Stubbes says that it was 'of all collours and hues. '
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.
