The occupants of Bacon's idealistic culture in the New Atlantis utilized apparel to set assigned individuals of diverse statuses. “He was a man of middle stature and age…clothed in a robe of fine black cloth…white linen down to the foot…and a sindon or tippet of the same about his neck.” (Bacon 17) Not long after his attendants are portrayed with “white satin loose coats up to the mid-leg, and stockings of white silk; and shoes of blue velvet” (17). The point of interest to the Kings and his orderly's clothing communicates the attention on the significance of dress in Bensalem. Bensalem is an unknown island that is non-existent to different nations. Like the natives of Bensalem the Masons keep their general public and the data that they know
