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 and Sentiments. 39 And in the metrical legend of St. Juliana, the evil one boafts : — Jume ic larum geteah, fotne I by luiles have draivn^ te geji'ite fremede, to Jir'ife prepared, i>cvt hyfceringa that they fuddenly eald-af'poncan old grudges ednhvedan, ha-ve rene^ued, beore druncne ; drunken with beer ; ic him byrlade I to them poured ivreht ofivege, dijcord from the cup, >aet hi in ivin-fale Jo that they in the jocial hall Yurh fweord-gripe through gripe ofjkvord Jaiule forletan the foul let forth of flmsc-homan. from the body. — Exeter Book, p. 271. There were other amufements for the long evenings belides thofe which belonged efpecially to the hall, for every day was not a feaft-day. The hall was then left to the houfehold retainers and their occupations. But we muft now leave this part of the domeftic eftablifliment. The ladies appear not to have remained at table long after dinner — it was fomewhat as in modern times — they proceeded to their own fpecial part of the houfe — the chamber — and thither it will be my duty to accom- pany them in the next chapter. I have defcribed all the ordinary fcenes that took place in the Anglo-Saxon hall.