Note 109* — FIRST DISCOURSE (continued 4)
A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson translation
[109] P. 200:
◆The vogue of drawers dated from about 1577; three years later the hoop was in great favor and served to do away with the petticoat. Brantôme probably means that the lady discards the petticoat and wears the hoop over the drawers.