Footnotes:
[53] Upon the other hand, a notice dated 1562 says that at that time Spanish-made black lace was largely used at the Court of England.
[54] “Pour les femmes, elles ne sortent point qu'emmantelées d'une mante noire comme le deüil des dames de France, et elles ne se montrent qu'un œuil, et vont cherchant et agaçant les hommes avec tant d'effronterie, qu'elles tiennent à affront quand on ne veut pas aller plus loin que la conversation.”—Bertaut de Rouen; Journal du Voyage d'Espagne, p. 294.
[55] Blonde, I need hardly state, is silk-lace. It can always be distinguished by the glossy surface.
[56] This is incorrect. It was sometimes worn longer.
[57] A letter from Vargas y Ponce to Cean Bermudez, dated 1797, says that in this year there existed at Murcia a school for making blondes, owned by one Castilla. “He does good work, teaches well, and has executed blondes for the Queen, which are well spoken of.”
[58] Tour in Catalonia in 1787; Vol. I., p. 644, etc.