MISCELLANEA. 
410 
There is a long deep trough in the yard, holding water for the 
horses, to which this horse goes alone with his mouth full of 
corn, which he saves from its supply. When he reaches the 
trough, he lets the corn fall near it on the ground ; and when the 
young swine approach to eat it (for the old ones keep aloof), he 
suddenly seizes one of them by the tail, and pops him into the 
trough ; then capers about the yard, seemingly delighted with 
his frolic. The noise of the pig soon brings the men to its 
assistance, who know from experience what is the matter ; while 
the horse indulges in all sorts of antics, by way of horse-lauglis , 
and then returns quietly to the stable . — Morning Herald . — 
Credat qui vult . 
Horrible Barbarity. 
In 1174, Henry II of France called together the seigneurs of 
Languedoc, in order to mediate a peace between the Count of 
Toulouse and the King of Arragon. As Henry, however, did 
not attend, the nobles had nothing to do but to emulate each 
other in wild magnificence, approaching to insanity. Among 
other instances, the Count Urgel sent to the meeting a diadem, 
worth 4000 modern pounds, to be put on the head of a worthless 
buffoon. The Count of Toulouse sent a donation of £4000 to 
a favourite knight, who distributed it among all the poorer 
knights who attended the meeting. The Seignor Guillaume 
Gios de Mertel gave an immense dinner, the viands being all 
cooked by the flame of wax-candles. Count Bertrand Remboult, 
however, attracted the loudest applause ; for he set the peasants 
about Beaucaise to plough up the soil, and then he sowed it with 
small pieces of money to the amount of 1500 English guineas. 
Piqued at this princely prodigality, and determined to outdo his 
companions, the Lord Raymond Vernons ordered thirty of his 
most beaqtiful and valuable horses to be tied to stakes and sur- 
rounded with dry wood. He then heroically lighted the pile 
himself, and consumed his favourites alive. 
Prices of Poultry, 8tc. for the Household of 
Henry VIII. 
“ Capons of growth ye best, ye pece 20d ; capons good, ye 
pece 14d ; capons ye pece 8d ; hens of growth, ye pece 7d ; 
grene gesse from Ester tell Mydsomer, ye pece 7d ; gesse 
grett, from Mydsomer tell Shroftyde, ye pece 8d ; pegyons, the 
dozen, 8d ; rabbets socars the dozen, 18d ; Connys tell Hallontyd, 
