without welt or guard

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  Plain(ly) or straightforward(ly); without embellishment(s).
 * 2) * 1657 (published), The history of the most renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and his trusty squire Sancho Pancha now made English according to the humour of our modern language and adorned with copper plates by J.P., part 1, book 4, chapter IV:
 * [...] without Flattery or Dissimulation, but relate the Story without Welt or Guard, that these People, who are all Persons of Quality, may understand the want of [...]
 * 1) * 1657 (published), The history of the most renowned Don Quixote of Mancha and his trusty squire Sancho Pancha now made English according to the humour of our modern language and adorned with copper plates by J.P., part 1, book 4, chapter IV:
 * [...] without Flattery or Dissimulation, but relate the Story without Welt or Guard, that these People, who are all Persons of Quality, may understand the want of [...]