R. G. T. MADISON, WIS., April, 1897. XXIII (concluded) LE JEUNE'S RELATION, 1634 PARIS: SEBASTIEN CRAMOISY, 1635 Chaps. x.-xiii., and Index, completing the document; Chaps. i.-ix. appeared in Volume VI. [164] CHAPITRE X. DE LEURS HABITS & DE LEURS ORNEMENTS. C'ESTOIT la pensée d'Aristote, que le mõde auoit fait cõme trois pas, pour [165] arriuer à la perfection qu'il possedoit de son temps. Au premier les hommes se contentoient de la vie, ne recherchants purement & simplement que les choses necessaires & vtiles pour sa conseruation. Au second ils ont conjoint le delectable auec le necessaire, & la bienseance auec la necessité. On a trouué premierement les viures, puis les assaisonnements, on s'est couuert au cõmencement contre la rigueur du temps, & par apres on a donné de la grace & de la gentillesse aux habits, on a fait des maisons aux premiers siecles simplement pour s'en seruir, & par apres on les a fait encore pour estre veuës. Au troisiéme pas les hommes d'esprit voyans que le monde iouyssoit des choses necessaires & douces pour la vie, ils se sont a donnez à la contemplation des choses naturelles, & à la recherche des sciences, si bien que la grande Republique des hommes s'est petit à petit perfectionnée, la necessité marchant deuant, la bien-seance & la douceur venant apres, & les sciences tenant la dernier rang. [164] CHAPTER X. ON THEIR CLOTHES AND ORNAMENTS. IT was the opinion of Aristotle that the world had made three steps, as it were, to [165] arrive at the perfection which it possessed in his time. At first men were contented with life, seeking purely and simply only those things which were necessary and useful for its preservation. In the second stage, they united the agreeable with the necessary, and politeness with necessity. First they found food, and then the seasoning. In the beginning, they covered themselves against the severity of the weather, and afterward grace and beauty were added to their garments. In the early ages, houses were made simply to be used, and afterward they were made to be seen. In the third stage, men of intellect, seeing that the world was enjoying things that were necessary and pleasant in life, gave themselves up to the contemplation of natural objects and to scientific researches; whereby the great Republic of men has little by little perfected itself, necessity marching on ahead, politeness and gentleness following after, and knowledge bringing up the rear.