The English gentlewoman, drawne out to the full body : expressing, what habilliments doe best attire her, what ornaments doe best adorne her, what complements doe best accomplish her (1631)
Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673 · London : Printed by B. Alsop and T. Fauucet, for Michaell Sparke ... · leaf 50
^:fcd!j^dfc^c:lMb^.^fcocJb, I ^^^^RE^- THE ENGLISH Gentlewoman. Argument.T^tfNeceflity*/ Apparell; OftheVkand Abufc«^ Apparrfl; T0O meantilfy tvhich the V^e may be in-utrted to Abufe; That Apparell mofl c0tMly,rt;kich cott->ferres9nthe WcjLr€rnfofin4twe beiuty, and mofi ho-nonren her Qountreym … Apparell. AD Adam neucr com-mittcdy7«»?, he had ne-uer needed ^gge-leauestocouerhis^^wtf. Sinn^ade him flyeto thegroue for flielter, andfliarae compelled him ;to play the artlefle Tay-1ler, and through mccrc ;necejfuj to make him a |Couer. Well enough Iwas he before that time attyred, albeit naked;…
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