and in the Faithful Shepherdess of Beaumont and Fletcher, Amaryllis speaks of
"The primrose chaplet, tawdry lace and ring."
A passage already quoted in Much Ado about Nothing shows us that, in Shakespeare's time, the term "to lace" was generally used as a verb, denoting to decorate with trimming. Margaret, the tiring woman, describes the Duchess of Milan's gown as of "Cloth o' gold, and cuts, and laced with silver."
Much Ado about Nothing.
New Year's Gifts of Mrs. Wyngfield, Lady Southwell, and Lady Willoughby.—Nichols' Royal Progresses.
"Mrs. Edmonds. A cushion cloth of lawn cutwork like leaves, and a few owes of silver."—New Year's Gifts.