There be some things in him that answer
for his waggeries: he will come when you call him, go when you bid
him, and shut the door after him; he is faithful and stout, and a
lover of his master. He is a great enemy to all dogs, if they bark
at him in his running; for I have seen him confront a huge
mastiff, and knock him down. When you go a country journey, or
have him run with you a-hunting, you must spirit him with liquor;
you must allow him also something extraordinary for socks, else
you must not have him wait at your table; when his grease melts in
running hard, it is subject to fall into his toes. I send him to
you but for trial, if he be not for your turn, turn him over to me
again when I come back..."
Dress was not as elaborate as in Elizabethan times. For instance,
fewer jewels were worn. Ladies typically wore a brooch, earrings,
and pearl necklaces. Men also wore earrings. Watches with
elaborate cases were common. Women's dresses were of satin,
taffeta, and velvet, and were made by dressmakers. Pockets were
carried in the hand, fastened to the waist by a ribbon, or sewn in
petticoats and accessible by a placket opening. The corset was
greatly reduced. Women's hair was in little natural-looking curls,
a few small tendrils on the forehead with soft ringlets behind the
ears, and the back coiled into a simple knot. Men also wore their
hair in ringlets. They had pockets in their trousers, first as a
cloth pouch inserted into an opening in the side seam, and later
sewn into the side seam.
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