If Gella's beauty be examinèd,
She hath a dull, dead eye, a saddle nose,
And[71] ill-shap't face, with morphew ouer-spread,
And rotten teeth, which she in laughing shows;
Briefly, she is the filthiest wench in towne,
Of all that doe the art of whoring use:
But when she hath put on her sattin gowne,
Her cut[72] lawne apron, and her velvet shooes,
Her greene silke stockins and her petticoat
Of taffaty, with golden fringe a-round,
And is withall perfumed with civet hot,[73]
Which doth her valiant stinking breath confound,--
Yet she with these additions is no more
Than a sweet, filthy, fine, ill-favoured[74] whore.
[Footnote 71: The other editions, as Isham and MS., 'an.' G.]
[Footnote 72: MS. 'cut.' D. [This is unquestionably the right word,
not 'out.' Whether 'cut-lawne apron' meant curiously shaped like
"the sleeves curiously cut" of Katharine's dress: or whether it was
cut-wove lawn, lawn embroidered by cutting out holes and sewing them
round, seems uncertain,--probably the latter. G.]]
[Footnote 73: MS. 'sweete.' D.]
[Footnote 74: Isham again badly 'ilfauoted.' G.]