soun.[104]

"Her belt suld be of benignitie,
About hir middill meit;
Hir mantill of humilitie,
To tholl[105] bayth wind and weit.

"Hir hat suld be of fair having[106],
And her tepat of trewth,
Hir patelet[107] of gude pansing,
Hir hals-ribbane of rewth.

"Hir slevis suld be of esperance,
To keip hir fra dispair;
Hir gluvis of the gud govirnance,
To hyd hir fingearis fair.

"Hir schone suld be of sickernes[108]
In syne that scho nocht slyd;
Hir hois of honestie, I ges,
I suld for hir provyd.

"Wald scho put on this garmond gay,
I duret sweir by my seill,
That scho woir nevir grene nor gray
That set hir half so weill."

FOOTNOTES:

[95] Lady's Magazine.

[96] Bugg--buge, lamb's furr.--Dr. Jamieson.

[97] Ancassin and Nicolette.

[98] The first instance in which the name of this stone is
found.--Miss Lawrence.

[99] The Knyght of the Toure.

[100] _Demyng_--censure.

[101] _Deir_--dismay.

[102] _Mailyeis_--network.

[103] _Purfillit_--furbelowed.

[104] _Fassoun_--address, politeness.

[105] _Tholl_--endure.

[106] _Having_--behaviour.

[107] _Patelet_--run.

[108] _Sickernes_--steadfastness.

CHAPTER XIV.

NEEDLEWORK IN COSTUME.--PART II.

"And the short French breeches make such a comelie
vesture that, except it were a dog in a doublet, you
shall not see anie so disguised as are my countriemen of
England."

Holinshed.

"Out from the Gadis to the eastern morne,
Not one but holds his native state forlorne.
When comelie striplings wish it were their chance
For Cenis' distaffe to exchange their lance;
And weare curl'd periwigs, and chalk their face,
And still are poring on their pocket glasse;
Tyr'd with pinn'd ruffs, and fans, and partlet strips,
And buskes and verdingales about their hips:
And tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace."

Bp. Joseph Hall.

"They brought in fashions strange and new,
With golden garments bright;
The farthingale and mighty ruff,
With gowns of rich delight."

A Warning-Piece to England.

The queen (Anne Neville) of Richard III. seems to have been somewhat
more regally accoutred than those of her royal predecessors to whom we
referred in the last chapter. Among "the stuff delivered to the queen