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 400 Hiftory of Domejiic Manners He ivent unknoivn of any ivight. No more lu'ith him but his efquire. And ivhen he came her chamber near. Full pri-vily there can hejland^ To caufe the lady to appeare He made a fign with his right hand. And ivhen the lady there him loiji, She ivas as glad as Jhe might be ; Charcoals in chimneys there ivere caji. Candles on Jiicks Jianding full high. She opened the ivickett, and let him in, Andfaid, " Welcome, lord and knight fee free T'' A rich chair ivas jet for him, And another for that fair lady ; They ate the f pice, and drank the ivine. He bad all things at his intent. The defcription given in thefe lines agrees perfe6tly with the repre- fentations of chambers in the iUuminated manufcripts of the latter part No. 256. Interior of the Chamber. of the fifteenth century, when the fuperior artiftic Ikill of the illuminators enabled