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exportation of woollen manufactures by several 100,000/. perannum.” 63

Men looked upon lace as a necessary article to their wives’equipment. Addison declares that when the china mania firstcame in, women exchanged their Flanders lace for punch-bowlsand mandarins, thus picking their husbands’ pockets, who is oftenpurchasing a huge china vase when he fancies that he is buying afine head for his wife. 64 Indeed, they could scarcely grumble, asa good wig cost from forty to fifty guineas—to say nothing of theirown lace ties and ruffles. Only an old antiquary like Sir ThomasClayton could note down in his accounts:—“ Lace and fal-lalls, 65and a large looking-glass to see her old ugly face in—frivolousexpenses to please my proud lady. ”

83 “A Discourse on Trade,” by JohnCary, merchant of Bristol, 1717.

Again : “ What injury was done by theAct 9-10 Will. III. for the more effectualpreventing of importation of foreign bonelace, doth sufficiently appear by the pre-amble to that made 10-12 of the sumoreign for repealing it three months afterthe prohibition of our woollen manufac-tures in Fhmders (which was occasioned

by it) should be taken off; but I don’tunderstand it to bo yet done, and it mayprove an iuevitable loss to the notion ”

« “Lover,” No. 10, 1714.

83 The ornamental ribbons worn aboutthe dress : “ His dress lias bows, and finefallals.”— Evelyn. Sometimes the termappears applied to the fontanges orcommode. We read (1691) of “herthree-storied Fladdal.”