AFTER my father had debated the affair of the breeches with my
mother,—he consulted _Albertus Rubenius_ upon it; and _Albertus
Rubenius_ used my father ten times worse in the consultation (if
possible) than even my father had used my mother: For as _Rubenius_ had
wrote a quarto _express, De re Vestiaria Veterum_,—it was _Rubenius_’s
business to have given my father some lights.—On the contrary, my
father might as well have thought of extracting the seven cardinal
virtues out of a long beard,—as of extracting a single word out of
_Rubenius_ upon the subject.
Upon every other article of ancient dress, _Rubenius_ was very
communicative to my father;—gave him a full satisfactory account of
The Toga, or loose gown.
The Chlamys.
The Ephod.
The Tunica, or Jacket.
The Synthesis.
The Pænula.
The Lacema, with its Cucullus.
The Paludamentum.
The Prætexta.
The Sagum, or soldier’s jerkin.