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  • [695] The Ewerer strains water into his basins, on the upper one of which is a towel folded dodgily.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Kneel, the Ewerer to do so, on giving water to any one, 199/653.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • The Ewerer strains water into his basins, on the upper one of which is a towel folded dodgily.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • [655] The Ewerer shall cover the lord’s table with a double cloth, the lower with the selvage to the lord’s side; the upper cloth shall be laid double, the upper selvage turned back as if for a towel.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Carver pours water into the lower; then he puts the lower into the upper, and empties both, takes them to the Ewerer, returns to the lord’s table, lays 4 trenchers for him, with 1 above.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Two knights hold the towel before the lord’s sleeves, and hold the upper basin while the Carver pours water into the lower; then he puts the lower into the upper, and empties both, takes them to the Ewerer, returns to the lord’s table, lays 4 trenchers for him, with 1 above.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • The Ewerer shall cover the lord’s table with a double cloth, the lower with the selvage to the lord’s side; the upper cloth shall be laid double, the upper selvage turned back as if for a towel.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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