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bed, and his wounded men in great number lying in a cocherie ^ 

 above the degree near the high table, all in breadth of his hall, 

 all gored and wallowing in theire owne blood. He likewife {aw 

 the gentleman's milch kine brought to the hall doore, and their 

 milk carried hot from the kine, to the wounded men, by them to 

 be d run eke for the reftoring of their blood. 



Howell Vaughan, upon his death-bed, did fay, " that this 

 f* quarrell mould never be ended while his mother lived ; and 

 " looked upon her hand." Which was true indeed ; for me per- 

 fecuted eagerly all her time, and John Owen was kept in prifon 

 feven years in Carnarvon caftle, for foe long me furvived her 

 fonne, and his life was faved with much ado. After her death the 

 feude was compounded jor b . 



John Owen and his followers were exceedingly fore hurt in that 

 bickering; foe that returning to his father's houfe from the fray, 

 and his aged father fitting or walking before the doore of his houfe, 

 and feeing his fon and his company all hacked, wounded, and 

 befmeared with their owne blood, he faid unto them, Drivg yufr 

 drefn yma, a •wnaethoch ehwl eich gweth ; which is as much as to 

 fay, " You are in an ill-favoured pickle. Have you done nothing 

 " worthy yourfelves r" " the fonne, "I feare me wc 



s This term feems to be derived from an old French word coucherie ; it 

 may therefore fignify a long boarded bed, placed with a proper inclina- 

 tion from the fide of the room, which was the common dormitory of the 

 fervants. A Ihelf of boards thus difpofed might anfwer the purpofe of 

 what in England was formerly called a pallet, and fianting Ihelves of 

 this fort are fometimes ufed in barracks for the foldiers to lleep upon, 

 As for what is mentioned of its being above the degree near the high table, 

 it is well known that the principal table in an ancient hail is always railed 

 a ftep or two, as it continues to be in moft colleges. 



h Such compofitions were common in Wales before the Statutes of 

 Henry the Eighth. 



Kj 'ii probably ufed here for ay 9 as it is throughout the folio editions 

 of Shakfpeare. P. 



