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 and Sentiments. 367 might ferve for all the company; but the alternative again was of courfe to fpit the water out upon the floor. Again, in one of thefe codes, the learner is told that when he makes fops in his wine, he muft either drink all the wine in the glafs, or throw what remains on the floor : — Enfant, fe tu fa'iz en ton •verre Soiippes de fin aucuncment. Boy tout le -vin entierement, Ou autrement le ge&e a terre. Or, as it is expreflTed in another limilar code more briefly — Se tu fah fouppcs en ton -verre. Boy le -vin ou le gette a terre. There can be no doubt that all this muft have made an extremely dirty floor. Another rather naive direftion fhows that no more attention was paid to the cleanlinefs of the benches and feats ; it is confidered neceflTary to tell the fcholar always to look at his feat before he fits down at table, to aflfure himfelf that there is nothing dirty upon it ! — Enfant, prens de regarder peine Sur lejiege ou tu tejierras, Se aucune chofe y -uerras Siui folt defhonnefle ou 'vilainc. The fireplace at the fide of the hall, with hearth and chimney, were now in general ufe. An example is given in our laft cut 3 another will be feen in our cut No. 339, and here, though evidently in the hall, and a monaftic hall too, the procefs of cooking is purfued at it. The monks appear to be taking a joyous repaft, not quite in keeping with the ftri6l rule of their order, and the way in which they are conduding themfelves towards the women who have been introduced into the monafl:ery does not fpeak in favour of monaftic continence. This picture is from a manufcript bible, of the fifteenth century, in the National Library at Paris (No. 6829). Manners at table appear to have been lofing fome of the ftriftnels and ftirthefs of their ceremonial, while they retained their rudenefs. The bowl of water was carried round to the guefts, and each waflied his hands before