A. S. Cole, Ancient Needle-point and Pillow-Lace.
This ordinance even extended to foreign courts. We read in the Mercure Galant, 1679, of the Spanish ambassadress, "Elle etoit vestue de drap noir avec de la dentelle de soye; elle n'avait ni dentelle ni linge autour de sa gorge."
Mercure François.
They have also provided—
| "14 ruffs & 14 pairs of cuffs laced, at 20s. | £14 |
| For lacing 8 hats for the footmen with silver parchment lace, at 3s. | £1 4s." |
Extraordinary Expenses of his Highness to Spain, 1623. P. R. O.