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THE TOILETTE IN ENGLAND.
which he will never alter. It will be a vest I know
not well how ; but it is to teach the nobility thrift,
and will do good.
“ 14>th.—This day the king begins to put on his
vest; * * * being a long cassocke close to the body, of
black cloth, and pinked with white silk under it, and
a coat over it, and the legs ruffled with black riband
like a pigeon’s leg; and upon the whole I wish the
king may keep it, for it is a very fine and handsome
garment. Lady Carteret tells me the ladies are to
go into a new fashion shortly, and that is, to wear short
coats above their ankles; which she and I do not like,
but conclude this long trayne to be mighty graceful.
“ l^th.—The court is all full of vests, only my
Lord St. Alban’s not pinked, but plain black ; and
they say the king says the pinking upon white makes
them look too much like magpyes, and therefore hath
bespoke one of plain velvett.
“ Nov. %%d.—Mr. Batelier tells me the news, how
the King of France hath, in defiance to the King of
England, caused all his footmen to be put into vests,
and that the noblemen of France will do the like;
which, if true, is the greatest indignity ever done by
one prince to another.
“ May V^th.—Up, and put on my new stuff suit,
with a shoulder-belt according to the new fashion,
and the hands of my vest and tunique laced with silk
lace of the colour of my suit.
“ 3C7/i.—Up, and put on a new summer black
bombazin suit; and being come now to an agreement
with my barber to keep my periwig in good order, at
QQs. a-year, I am like to go very spruce, more than
I used to do.
THE TOILETTE IN ENGLAND.
which he will never alter. It will be a vest I know
not well how ; but it is to teach the nobility thrift,
and will do good.
“ 14>th.—This day the king begins to put on his
vest; * * * being a long cassocke close to the body, of
black cloth, and pinked with white silk under it, and
a coat over it, and the legs ruffled with black riband
like a pigeon’s leg; and upon the whole I wish the
king may keep it, for it is a very fine and handsome
garment. Lady Carteret tells me the ladies are to
go into a new fashion shortly, and that is, to wear short
coats above their ankles; which she and I do not like,
but conclude this long trayne to be mighty graceful.
“ l^th.—The court is all full of vests, only my
Lord St. Alban’s not pinked, but plain black ; and
they say the king says the pinking upon white makes
them look too much like magpyes, and therefore hath
bespoke one of plain velvett.
“ Nov. %%d.—Mr. Batelier tells me the news, how
the King of France hath, in defiance to the King of
England, caused all his footmen to be put into vests,
and that the noblemen of France will do the like;
which, if true, is the greatest indignity ever done by
one prince to another.
“ May V^th.—Up, and put on my new stuff suit,
with a shoulder-belt according to the new fashion,
and the hands of my vest and tunique laced with silk
lace of the colour of my suit.
“ 3C7/i.—Up, and put on a new summer black
bombazin suit; and being come now to an agreement
with my barber to keep my periwig in good order, at
QQs. a-year, I am like to go very spruce, more than
I used to do.