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(Sheffield.)—Quotes from Coryate’s Crudities, in illustration of a note in McKerrow’s edition of Nashe.
(Undated. Postmarked at Sheffield on 31 Oct. 1912.)
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Nashe II 281 ll. 27, 28 note. {1}
Coryate’s Crudities (1611) p. 258 bot—Gentlemen of Venice ‥ when they goe abroad ‥ doe weare gownes
p. 259 [Apart from the Venetian Knights who weare red apparell under their gownes] {2} ‥ The colour that they most affect and use for their other apparel, I mean doublet, hose, and jer-kin, is blacke: a colour of gravity and decency.
[Direction:] Dr McKerrow | 4 Phoenix Lodge Mansions | Brook Green | Hammersmith | London W
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Postmarked at Sheffield at 6.15 a.m. or p.m. on 31 October (the year and part of the time are wanting).
{1} The reference is to a note on The Unfortunate Traveller.
{2} The square brackets are original.