Note 41 — Chapter XVI · REIGN OF LOUIS XIV. (CONTINUED). 1705 TO 1715.
Frances Cashel Hoey translation
“A woman in ‘pretintaille’ and ‘fontange’ Thinks herself as beautiful as an angel; But this vain falbala, by its vast size, Makes her as big as a tower; And all this set-out inflates and stuffs her up, Until she resembles a fat turkey.”