June 2019
1 year ago
Sogliardo: […] by this Parchment Gentlemen, I have ben so toil’d among the Harrots [Heralds] yonder, you will not belieeve, they doe speake the straungest language, and give a man the hardest termes for his money, that ever you knew.
Carlo: But ha’ you armes? Ha’ you armes?
Sogliardo: Yfaith, I thanke God I can write myself Gentleman now, here’s my Pattent, it cost me thirtie pound by this breath.
Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour (1599)
I like the hat. I would wear such a hat.
ReplyDeleteIt is my understanding that under Cromwell's administration, you pretty much _had_ to wear such a hat.
ReplyDelete"And on and after January 1, 1655, by order of Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, it is hereby forbidden to enjoy _anything_."