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Chapter 14

           "InHeaven’sname,"saidhe,"towhatpurposeservetheseabridgedcloaks?Ifweareinbedtheyarenocover,onhorsebacktheyarenoprotectionfromthewindandrain,andwhenseated,theydonotguardourlegsfromthedamporthefrost."

           Nevertheless,spiteofthisimperialobjurgation,theshortcloakscontinuedinfashiondowntothetimeofwhichwetreat,andparticularlyamongtheprincesoftheHouseofAnjou.TheywerethereforeinuniversaluseamongPrinceJohn’scourtiers;andthelongmantle,whichformedtheuppergarmentoftheSaxons,washeldinproportionalderision.

           Theguestswereseatedatatablewhichgroanedunderthequantityofgoodcheer.ThenumerouscookswhoattendedonthePrince’sprogress,havingexertedalltheirartinvaryingtheformsinwhichtheordinaryprovisionswereservedup,hadsucceededalmostaswellasthemodernprofessorsoftheculinaryartinrenderingthemperfectlyunliketheirnaturalappearance.Besidesthesedishesofdomesticorigin,therewerevariousdelicaciesbroughtfromforeignparts,andaquantityofrichpastry,aswellasofthesimnel-breadandwastlecakes,whichwereonlyusedatthetablesofthehighestnobility.Thebanquetwascrownedwiththerichestwines,bothforeignanddomestic.

           But,thoughluxurious,theNormannobleswerenotgenerallyspeakinganintemperaterace.

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