'And lest it should fall down, it is underpropped with forks, wyres, & I can not tel what, rather like grim stern monsters, than chaste christian matrones.'
Philip Stubbles. 1st March 1583. Stationers Register.The Anatomie of Abuses. 1583
My own interpretations of this is that if the hair style falls down than the hair hasn't been propped up enough using the items suggested; Forks and Wyre. Therefore if the hair has fallen down then the men will regard that woman as a 'Grim stern monster' rather then the 'Chaste christian matrone' that women strived to be like, because of Queen Elizabeth I. As men also took pride in their appearance it completely makes sense that they would view a woman with underpropped hair as a monster; who would want to be seen with that, rather than a pure, modest lady?
My own interpretations of this is that if the hair style falls down than the hair hasn't been propped up enough using the items suggested; Forks and Wyre. Therefore if the hair has fallen down then the men will regard that woman as a 'Grim stern monster' rather then the 'Chaste christian matrone' that women strived to be like, because of Queen Elizabeth I. As men also took pride in their appearance it completely makes sense that they would view a woman with underpropped hair as a monster; who would want to be seen with that, rather than a pure, modest lady?
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