Note 466a — HISTORY OF LYNN. PART III. (continued 3)

This article may be considered as a rule for preserving good manners at the guild. The prohibition of coming there barefooted, is a plain indication, that it was common then, even for those of the better sort, to go about ordinarily without shoes and stockings. The case is very different now: and yet it may be questioned, if we live happier than they did. The former article contains directions for the conduct of the brethren and burgesses at Stirbich and other such fairs.