But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town!

The military gorget is an ornamental and symbolic reminder of the neckplate on a suit of armor, and was originally worn in conjunction with a nape plate at the back of the neck. Between 1650 and 1700, the nape plate was ...

Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, / Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.

For there is no Sober, Honest, and Discreet man, but will make choice of one, that hath Gained the Reputation of a Good and Complete Servant, for his Wife, rather than one who can do nothing but Trick up her self fine, and like a Bartholomew Baby is fit for nothing else but to be looked upon.