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44 of June. Then I would have a chair with a cushion beneath me, and a pillow under each elbow," &c. Y Paun Bach then goes on to describe the entertainment he desires to have. The fire is to be of ashen billets, without smoke or sparks; and the supper is to consist of wine, and swans, and bitterns, and sundry spiced collops besides; and the servants, all dressed in one livery, are to ply him continually with ale, and urge him to drink, for his own good and the honour of his entertainers.

In France, the practice of strewing rushes on the floor was also prevalent. We find the Seigneur Amanieu des Escas giving his instructions to the young men of his household on the Art of Love, "dans sa salle bien jonchée."—Ponies Provençales, cited by Ste. Palaye, I. 453.