Note (return) — THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS.

The breakfast was served in cups and porringers of silver, set on a magnificent gold tray, and consisted chiefly of milk made thick with honey, peeled barley, cherries dried in the sun, and preserved barberries. The bread was of the mias cakes, composed of rye-flour, cream, orange-water, and new-laid eggs;5 and the whole was distributed among the guests by Guillaume; the host himself having been compelled to take his seat at table by the Count.