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or where shall we behold the Comlinesse of his first Composure, when he is now daily •ransforming himself ( Proteus like) into a strange Variety of Fantastick F•s•ious? And how strangely is he bewitcht with this Vanity, that whereas he should in Reason shape his Apparel to his Body, h• seemes to go about to shape his Body to his Appar•l! How ridiculous world it be to see a man stick his Body with Peacock• Plume and Ostrich Feathers, and then Pride himselfe in the pleasing variety of their curious colours! And is it not every whit as absurd and beggarly for a Person of quality to carry a Pedlers Shop about the streets of the City, leading (as it were) his Pride in Triumph, and making an open show of the spoiles of the silkworme? And as if the costlinesse of the matter did contend with the Curiosity of the Fashion, how do the Gallants of the Times lay out their Riches and Revenues for the maintenance of their Pride of Apparel! How do they trample with disdaine upon the Poore of the Countrey, treading them under feet, |
or where shall we behold the Comeliness of his First Composure, when he is now daily •ransforming himself (Proteus like) into a strange Variety of Fantastic F•s•ious? And how strangely is he bewitched with this Vanity, that whereas he should in Reason shape his Apparel to his Body, h• seems to go about to shape his Body to his Appar•l! How ridiculous world it be to see a man stick his Body with Peacock• Plume and Ostrich Feathers, and then Pride himself in the pleasing variety of their curious colours! And is it not every whit as absurd and beggarly for a Person of quality to carry a Pedlars Shop about the streets of the city, leading (as it were) his Pride in Triumph, and making an open show of the spoils of the silkworm? And as if the costliness of the matter did contend with the Curiosity of the Fashion, how do the Gallants of the Times lay out their Riches and Revenues for the maintenance of their Pride of Apparel! How do they trample with disdain upon the Poor of the Country, treading them under feet, |
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