a court, and the horse which shall be given to the jester, for the end of its halter is to be bound to its two testicles and so it is to be given. He has the fill of the vessel, of which the king shall drink, from the steward, and the second from the chief of the household, and the third from the queen. He has his land free ; and a horse always in attendance he has from the king, and two shares of the provender for it. The place of the chief groom, and the grooms with him, is the column next to the king. To a chief groom it pertains to distribute the stables and the provender of the horses. He has a third of the dirwy and camlwrw of the grooms. He has the king's caps if there be fur thereon ; and his spurs, if they be gilded or silvered or lacquered, when they shall be discarded. He has a mess of food and a hornful of ale for his provision.
[1]A page of the chamber owns all the old clothes of the king except his vesture in Lent. He has his bed clothes and his mantle and his coat and his shirt and his trowsers and his shoes and his stockings. There is no fixed place for the page of the chamber in the hall, as he keeps the king's bed; and he carries his messages between the hall and the chamber. He has his land free, and
- ↑ V 9 b 3
