placed there after the famous battle of Arques gained by Henry over
the Duke of Mayenne in 1589.

[31] The blue gown and red petticoat; or vice versa.

[32] [I am anxious that the above sentence should stand precisely as it
appeared in the first edition of this work; because a circumstance has
arisen from it, which could have been as little in the anticipation,
as it is in the comprehension, of the author. A lady, of high
connections, and of respectable character, conceived the passage in
question to be somewhat indecorous; or revolting to the serious sense
entertained by all Christians, and especially by CHRISTIAN MINISTERS,
of the mode of devoting the Sabbath day. In consequence, being in
possession of a copy of this work, she DIVIDED it into two; not being
willing to sully the splendour of the plates by the supposed impurity
of such a passage:--and the prints were accordingly bound APART. The
passage--as applied to the FRENCH PEOPLE--requires neither comment nor
qualification; and in the same unsophisticated view of religious
duties, the _latter_ part may be as strictly applied to the
ENGLISH.]

[33] The dress of the _sailors_ is the same as it was in the XIVth
century; and so probably is that of the women. The illuminations in
Froissard and Monstrelet clearly give us the Norman cauchoise.




LETTER IV.