neatly dressed, clean-washed, careful of fire and candle, attentive to his master, light of ear, looking out for things that will please. The Chamberlain must prepare for his lord a clean shirt, under and upper coat and doublet, breeches, socks, and slippers as brown as a waterleech. In the morning, must have clean linen ready, warmed by a clear fire. 864 Clenli clad, his cloþis not all to-rent; To youre mastir looke ye geue diligent attend aunce; 868 be curteyse, glad of chere, & light of ere in euery semblaunce, 872 euer waytynge to pat thynge pat may do hym plesaunce: to these propurtees if ye will apply, it may yow welle avaunce. Se that youre souerayne haue clene shurt & breche, a petycote, a dublett, a longe coote, if he were suche, his hosyn well brusshed, his sokkes not to seche, his shon or slyppers as browne as is pe waturleche. In þe morow tyde, agaynst youre souerayne doth ryse, 876 wayte hys lynnyñ þat hit be clene; þeñ warme hit in pis wise, by a clere fyre withowt smoke / if it be cold or frese, and so may ye youre souerayñ plese at þe best asise. H. Ord. p. 31-2. He has only to see that the men under him do the work mentioned in these pages. See office of Warderobe of Bedds, H. O. p. 40; Gromes of Chambyr, x, Pages of Chambre, IIII, H. O., p. 41, &c. The arraying and unarraying of Henry VII. were done by the Esquires of the Body, H. Ord. p. 118, two of whom lay outside his room. 1 A short or small coat worn under the long over-coat. Petycote, tunicula, P. P., and '.j. petticote of lynen clothe withought slyves,' there cited from Sir J. Fastolfe's Wardrobe, 1459. Archæol. xxi. 253. subucula, le, est etiam genus intimæ vestis, a peticote. Withals. rises, he gets Agayne he riseth vp, make redy youre fote shete When his lord 880 in pis maner made greithe/ & þat ye not forgete ready the footfurst a chayere a-fore pe fyre / or som oper honest puts a cushioned sete sheet; chair before the fire, [Fol. 184 b] Withe a cosshyn þer vpрoñ / & a nopur for the a cushion for the feete/ feet, aboue þe coschyñ & chayere pe said shete ouer and over all sprad 884 So pat it keuer pe fote coschyñ and chayere, rizt as y bad; spreads the footsheet; kerchief ready, Also combe & kercheff / looke pere bothe be had has a comb and youre souereyn hed to kymbe or he be graytly and then clad: Than pray youre souereyn with wordus man- asks his lord suetely 888 to com to a good fyre and aray hym ther by, to come to the fire and dress while and there to sytt or stand / to his persone ples- he waits by. auntly, and ye euer redy to awayte with maners metely. Furst hold to hym a petycote aboue youre brest 1. Give your and barme, 892 his dublet þañ aftur to put in boþe hys arme, 1 master his under coat, 2. His doublet, his stomachere welle y-chaffed to kepe hym fro 3. Stomacher well harme, warmed, his vampeys and sokkes, pañ all day he may go 4. Vampeys and warme; Vamps or Vampays, an odd kind of short Hose or Stockings that cover'd the Feet, and came up only to the Ancle, just above the Shooe; the Breeches reaching down to the Calf of the Leg. Whence to graft a new Footing on old Stockings is still call'd lamping. Phillips. Fairholt does not give the word. The Vampeys went outside the sock, I presume, as no mention is made of them with the socks and slippers after the bath, 1. 987; but Strutt, and Fairholt after him, have engraved a drawing which shows that the Saxons wore the sock over the stocking, both being within the shoe. Vampey of a hose-auant pied. Vauntpe of a hose-uantpie.' Palsgrave. A.D. 1467, 'fore vaunpynge of a payre for the said Lew vj.d.' p. 396, Howard Household Book. socks, 5. Draw on his socks, breeches, and shoes, 6. Pull up his breeches, 7. Tie 'em up, 8. Lace his doublet, 9. Put a kerchief round his neck, 10. Comb his head with an ivory comb, 11. Give him warm water to wash with, 12. Kneel down and ask him what gown he'll wear: 13. Get the gown, 14. Hold it out to him; 15. Get his girdle, 15. His Robe (see 1. 957). 17. His hood or hat. 18. Before he goes brush him carefully. Before your lord goes to church, Then drawe on his sokkis / & hosyn by the fure, 896 his shon laced or bokelid, draw them on sure; Strike his hosyn vppewarde his legge ye endure, þen trusse ye them vp strayte / to his plesure, Then lace his dublett euery hoole so by & bye; on his shuldur about his nek a kercheff pere must lye, 900 and curteisly þañ ye kymbe his hed with combe of yvery, and watur warme his handes to wasche, & face also clenly. Than knele a down on youre kne / & pus to youre souerayn ye say 904 "Syr, what Robe or govñ pleseth it yow to were to day?" Suche as he axeth fore / loke ye plese hym to pay, pan hold it to hymn a brode, his body per-in to array; his gurdelle, if he were, be it strayt or lewse; 908 Set his garment goodly / aftur as ye know þe vse ; take hy hode or hatt / for his hed cloke or cappe de huse; So shalle ye plese hym prestly, no nede to make excuse Whepur hit be feyre or foule, or mysty alle withe reyn. 912 Or youre mastir depart his place, afore pat pis be 916 seyn, to brusche besily about hymn; loke all be pur and playň wheþur he were saten/sendell, vellewet, scarlet, or greyñ. Prynce or prelate if hit be, or any oper potestate, or he entur in to pe churche, be it erly or late, perceue all þynge for his pewe pat it be made see that his pew is made ready, preparate, bope cosshyn/carpet / & curteyn / bedes & boke, cushion, curtain, forgete not that. &c. Thañ to youre souereynes chambur walke ye in Return to his hast; 920 all pe clopes of pe bed, them aside ye cast; bedroom, throw off the clothes, pe Fethurbed ye bete / without hurt, so no beat the featherfeddurs ye wast, bed, Fustian' and shetis clene by sight and sans ye see that the fustian tast. and sheets are clean. Kover with a keuerlyte clenly/pat bed so Cover the bed manerly made; with a coverlet, 924 pe bankers & quosshyns, in pe chambur se pem spread out the feire y-sprad, bench-covers and cushions, bope hedshete & pillow also, pat pe[y] be saaff set up the head vp stad, the vrnelle & basoñ also that they awey be had. Se the carpettis about þe bed be forth spred laid, & sheet and pillow, remove the urinal and basin, [Fol. 185.] lay carpets round the bed, and with 928 wyndowes & cuppeborde with carpettis & others dress the cosshyns splayd; Se per be a good fyre in pe chambur conveyed, Se windows and cupboard, have a fire laid. e pe privehouse for esement 2 be fayre, soote, & Keep the Privy sweet and clean, clene, 932 & pat pe bordes per vppoñ / be keuered withe cover the boards clothe feyre & grene, 1 Henry VII. had a fustian and sheet under his feather bed, over the bed a sheet, then the over fustian above,' and then 'a pane of ermines' like an eider-down quilt. A head sheete of raynes' and another of ermines were over the pillows. After the Ceremony of making the bed, all the esquires, ushers, and others present, had bread, ale, and wine, outside the chamber, and soe to drinke altogether.' H. Ord. p. 122. 2 A siege house, sedes excrementorum. A draught or priuie, Zatrina. with green cloth, so that no wood shows at the hole; put a cushion there, and have some blanket, cotton, or linen to wipe on; have a basin, jug, and towel, ready for your lord to wash when he leaves the privy. & pe hoole / hym self, looke per no borde be sene, peron a feire quoschyň / pe ordoure no mañ to tene looke per be blanket / cotyñ / or lynyň to wipe pe nepur ende1; 936 and euer when he clepithe, wayte redy & entende, basoun and ewere, & on your shuldur a towelle, my frende 2; In his wise worship shalle ye wyn / where pat euer ye wende The Warderobez. N pe warderobe ye must muche entende besily I the robes to kepe well / & also to brusche pem clenly; . with the ende of a soft brusche ye brusche pem clenly, and yet ouer moche bruschynge werethe cloth lyghtly. lett neuer wollyñ cloth ne furre passe a seuenyght to be vnbrosshen & shakyň / tend perto aright, for moughtes be redy euer in pem to gendur & alizt; perfore to drapery / & skynnery euer haue ye a sight. 1 An arse wispe, penicillum, -li, vel anitergium. Withals. From a passage in William of Malmesbury's autograph De Gestis Pontificum Anglorum it would seem that water was the earlier cleanser. 2 In the MS. this line was omitted by the copier, and inserted in red under the next line by the corrector, who has underscored all the chief words of the text in red, besides touching up the capital and other letters. · See the Warderober,' p. 37, and the office of Warderobe of Robes,' in H. Ord. p. 39. |