...that her maidenly apparel which she used in King Edward's time made the noblemen's wives and daughters ashamed to be dressed and painted like peacocks, being...that ever Paul or Peter wrote, touching that matter." * The first opening charms of youth Elizabeth well knew required no extraneous adornments, and her...

...might see that her body carried that which her heart misliked. I am sure that her maidenly apparel, which she used in King Edward's time, made the noblemen's daughters and wives to be ashamed to be dre.*sed and painted like peacocks, being more moved with her most virtuous example than with all that...