Their apparel was rich, but too light and courtezan-like for such great ones. Instead of vizzards, their faces and arms up to the elbows were painted black ; which was disguise sufficient, for they were hard to be known ; but it became them nothing so... The popular encyclopedia; or, 'Conversations Lexicon': [ed. by A. Whitelaw ... - Page 103 by Popular encyclopedia - 1877 Full view -
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