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...in common but the bed ; I permitted this to be done for three days, but on the fourth, I placed th« four Kings at an upper table, the minstrels at another below, and the servants at a lower still. The Kings looked at each other and refused to eat, saying that I had deprived them...

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...drink from their cups. They told me this was a praiseworthy custom of their country, where every thing was in common, but the bed. I permitted this to be...explained to them that it would be neither decent nor honorable to continue it, they good-humoredly gave it up. When they were afterwards knighted, and dined...