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 and Sentimejits. 315 And again, in the fame romance (vol. ii. p. 223), we are told, in ipeaking of the fultan of " Damas," that his horfe was well furniflied in this ^ Hys crouper keeng al fulle off belles^ And hys peytrel, and hys arjoiin ; Three myle myghte men here the joun. The bridle, however, was the part of the harnefs ufually loaded with bells, and, according to Chaucer, it was a vanity efpecially atfeded by the monks 3 for the poet tells us of his monk, that — Whan he rood, men m'lglit lih bridel lieere Gyngle in a ivli'ijilyng ivynd Jo cleere. And eek as loiude as doth the chapel belle.- — Cant. Tales, 1. Iti'J. The rider is feldom furnillied with a whip, becaufe he urged his fteed forward with his fpurs ; but female riders and perfons of lower degree have often whips, which generally confift of feveral lailies, each having ufually a knob at the end. Such a whip is feen in our cut No. 213, taken from a manufcript of the thir- teenth century in the Britilli Mufeum (MS. Arundel. No. 91), which repre- fents a countryman driving a horfe of burthen ; and he not only ufes the whip, but he tries further to urge him on by twitting his tail. A whip with one lalh — rather an unufual example — is in the hand of the woman driving the cart in our cut No. 214, which is taken from a manufcript of the romance of " Meliadus," in the French National Library (No. 6961), belonging to the fourteenth century. The lady here is alio evidently riding allride. The cart in which llie is carrying home the wounded knight is of a limple and rude contlruttion. As yet, indeed, carriages for travelling were very little in ufe ; and to judge by the illuminations, they were only employed for kings and very powerful nobles in ceremonial proceflions. The No. 213. A Horjeiuhip.