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dafhes. The twelfth place was given to the fhyfi- 

 cian^ or rather the furgeon. For flight wounds of 

 the perfons attendant on the court, he had as a fee 

 that part of their garment which had been ftained 

 by their blood. He had, however, an allowance in 

 money, of a hundred and eighty pence, for more 

 ferious injuries. The porter was reckoned among 

 the officers of the court. This perfonage provided 

 draw for all the beds, and kindled all the fires in 

 the palace. He was obliged to know the face of 

 every man who was entitled to admilTion into the 

 royal hall. One .of his perquifites was, of the fv/ine 

 that palTed through the gate, any fow that with one 

 hand he could lift up by the bridles, fo that her feet 

 fhould be as high as his knees. He was alfo entitled 

 to every animal without a tail that paffed through 

 the gate : — and, at each of the three great feftivals, 

 he was allowed to drink three horns of an highly 

 valued hquor, called " the Twelve Apcftles." Among 

 the remaining omcers I find the majler of the hounds^ 

 the butler, the cook, the lamplighter, and the chamber- 

 maid. 



In this eftablifhment v/e obferve tlie mailer of the 

 hawks, the chief groom, the poet laureat, the lamp- 

 lighter, and the cook, all ranked immediately among 

 the great officers of fiate. Such a precedence was 

 naturally given them in a court, generally devoted, 

 as all originally vv^jre, and as in all illiterate ages 

 ever Vviii be, to the pleafures of the feafl, and the 

 diverfions of the chace. 



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