Note 262 — Chapter IX
Reading edition
See the cases of David and Abigail falling at his feet (1 Sam. xxv. 23); Mephibosheth (2 Sam. ix. 6) falls on his face and “does reverence”; Absolom (Ibid. xiv. 33) bows himself on his face to the ground before the king; Bath-sheba (1 Kings i. 16-31) “bowed and did obeisance.” But Mr. Duncan (vol. i. p. 221) was “much surprised as well as disgusted with such absurd abject humiliation.” He apparently knew more of the bridoon than of the Bible.