WRIGHT - An account of his excellence - 1688 copia

32 Lace, fix rows deep : The others , being runnin g Foot-men , and Grooms , had Coats , and Bree - che s laid over , with the fame Lace: And blew filk Stockings , black Hats , edg'd with a broad Gold- galoon , and gil t Swords . Befides thefe , and four Valets de Cham- I he, ( with unde r officers , of al l forts ) his Ex - cellenc e had Fifteen Gentleme n of Fafhion , who waited in his Lordfhip s Ante-chamber , to atten d in giving, and receivin g VifitS; nor wer e thef e of mean conditio n 5 ther e being among them, of the XJrfini, Spinola, and Bentweglio Families ; fb tha t 'tis no wonde r tha t the very wage s his Lordfhi p paid, reckonin g the board wage s of the Italian Servant s (for the y eat ufuall y at their own hou - ies ) came to nea r 2500 pound per annum. The Palace it felf, confiderin g it's Sci - tuation , Grandeur , Painting , Sc. is repute d the bef t in Rome, and was by tha t Princ e (a lover of the Englijb Nation ) as well furnifht , with Da - . mask, Velvet , and Embroidery , asCoft , or Art , could