Note 904 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
gummed] “Velvet and taffeta,” says Nares, “were sometimes stiffened with gum, to make them sit better.” Gloss. (in Gumm’d velvet.)—Brathwait gives another reason for the use of gum;
“If a penurious Master have a mind
To Satten-face his doublet, &c.
. . . . . . . . . .
Yet I confesse this Remnant that he bought
Such a commoditie ’twas good for nought,
Being gumm’d throughout to make it neatly shine,
Which gave content unto this spruce Divine.”
Honest Ghost, 1658, p. 189.