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lions and gold гoses, and the cscutcheons of the aгms of Moгtimer and Ulster." This outfit must lшve re­ semЫed а Parisiaп " fiгst class " funeгal ! The wido,v of Henry II. slept in а sol't of mouгning couch of Ыасk velvet, which must have made her feel as if she too were laid out for her o,vn buгial ! А child's bedquilt ,vas found шentioned in an iпven­ tory of furniture at tl1e Ргiогу of Dшham, in 1446, which ,vas embгoide1·ed in the four соrпегs witl1 the Evangelistic symbols. In the " Squier of J.;owe De­ gree," а fifteenth century romance, there is allusion to а bed, of which the head sheet is described '' with diamonds set and rubles bright." The king of England, in 1388, refers, in а letter, to " а bed of gold cloth." Wall hang­ ings in bedrooms werc also most elaborate, and the effect of а chamber adorned with gold and needlewшk must have been fairly regal. An embroiderer named Delobel made а set of furnishings for the bedгoom of Louis XIV. the woгk upon which occupied tl1ree years. The subject was tl1e Triumpl1 of Venus. In South Kensington Museum there is а fourteenth century linen cloth of Geгman workmanship, upon which occurs the legend of the unicorn 1 running for pгotection to а maiden. An old Bestiary descгibes ho,v the unicorn, ог as it is there called, the " шonocerus," н is an animal which has one horn on its head: it is caught Ьу шeans of а virgin." The unicoгn апd virgin, with а hunter in pursuit, is quite а favourite Ьit of symbolism in the middle ages.