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 / [Richard Brathwait].

  • Richard Braithwaite
Date:
1631
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Credit: 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 / [Richard Brathwait]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i. Sine bis t Ge | certained, anid upon due obfervance of his inte | eritie approved, then upen approvement.of | Pe his more pjercive judgement, he became genc- |. ear rally received. Out of thele-refpedcts, my moft | ad Honourable Lady; I becaine fo encouraged, as. : Thave prefumed to préferre mato your fervice jan ENGLISH GENTEEWOMAN, one of the fame Countrey and Family, a defer- ving fifter of fo generous a brother: Or (if you will ) a pleafing Spoufe to fo gracious a Lover. -Whom, if your Honourthall be but pleafed to ‘entertaine, (and your noble Candor 1s fuch, as the cad expe nothing leffe) you thall finde | excclilently graced with fundry fingular quali- ties, beautified with many choice endowméeiits, aad fo richly adorned with divers exquifite rnaments, as her arcendance fhall be no dero- garion to your Honour, not fo’ touch te yout a nblemifh’d Se/fe,to reraine her in your favour: | ure Tam, the fweetneffe of her temper, forts and fureswell with the quality or difpofition of your Honour: For fhee Loves withour ny | Painted prerences-to bee really vertuous, wich- out popular applaufe to be affably gracious, Without any glorious gloffe to bee fincerely | , éeatous. Her Education hath fo enabled her, ees > Ee © §5 GQ a Pe tA aa ee BT liver her judgement conceivingly of moft per- fons, and difcourfe moft delightfully of all | fafhtons, Shee hath beene fo well Schooled in | the Difcipline of this Age, as thea onely de- Bote fires me: ee