"Theodorus. Have they not also houses to set their ruffes in, to trim them and to trick them, as well as to starch them in?
"Amphilogus. Yea, marry have they, for either the same starching houses do serve the turn, or else they have their other chambers and secret closets to the same use, wherein they tricke up these cartwheeles of the divels charet of pride, leading the direct way to the dungeon of hell."
Stubbes, Anatomy of Abuses.
VII
COLLARS AND CUFFS
It is to be understood that the terms "collar" and "cuff" are here only intended to refer to those of linen, lace, or similar material, which are more or less separate from the rest of the costume. A "collar" is simply a neck-band, and may be of any material; in the case of Gurth, "born thrall of Cedric the Saxon," it was of iron, and was the symbol of his servitude. The term "collar" is also applied to certain articles of jewellery—
"The collar of some order, which our King
Hath newly founded, all for thee, my soul."