The head-dresses of females in the reign of Henry the Sixth closely
resembled the _cauchoises_ still worn by those of Normandy; and which
excited the displeasure of Dan John in so great a degree as to have
induced him to invoke the aid of his Muse in effecting their
abolition. It seems no subject escaped that eternal scribbler's
attention; and if his abilities had equalled his disposition, he would
probably have become the Juvenal of his age. Upon this occasion,
however, he appears to have soared on rather a higher wing than usual;
and the moral of his lay is the truism which has since been so
beautifully expressed, that loveliness
"Is when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most."