Beds and baskets  Book III, Chapter 14, Section 1f
 



Bed
 80. He beareth a Bed Royall, the vallance, curtaines (turned about the posts) and counter pane laced and fringed about: with a foote cloth of Turky worke about it: the Tester adorned with plumbes, according to the colours of the bed.

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Bed
 81. He beareth a Bed with the head to the dexter side: blankett or Cadow or Rug: or couering: the sheets turned downe, and boulster: this is a Bed prepared for to lodge in, but hauing no Tester. Such are termed Truckle beds, because they trundle under other beds: or being made higher with an head, so that they may be set in a chamber corner, or vnder a cant roofe, they are called a field Bed or cant Bed. If it be soe, that it may haue a canapy ouer it (that is a halfe tester) then it is termed a Canapy Bed: to which bed belongs curtaines and Vellence.



Bedstaff
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In the base of this square ly's a Bed staffe, of some termed a Burthen staffe.


Voider
 82. He beareth a Voyder Baskett, or a night Baskett.
These kind of Basketts are made of prepared straw, or Owsier Twiggs made white, they are very neately made with a round foote and 3 or 4 eares or handles, some on the sides, others on the tope; they are not very deepe, but in the sides flang, or fall outwards from the bottome. They are much used by nurses, and waiting women, to put either childrens, or their mistrises night, and day cloaths in.


Clothes basket
 83. He beareth a cloathes Basket, or a Burthen Baskett, or Twiggen Baskett, with the Bottome vp.
Of these kind of Basketts there are two sorts, the one is made of sticks and Twiggs platted and wouen togather, these are rough made Basketts, and are for euery common use in an house, as for the carrying of coales, dirt, and anything of Burthen; It is with vs commonly called a coale, or dirt Baskett.
The second, is made of more finer stuffe, the Rime and handles platted with shaved wood, the round bottome the like, woven very strongly togather: in which is carried all sorts of washed cloathes, with other necessaries that are to be cleanely transported from place to place. These are termed splenten Basketts.
These kind of Basketts in former tyms were called Fanys.


Hand basket
 84. He beareth an hand baskett. This is soe called from its handles to carry it by: such Basketts are made of straw, or Rushes, and such like, which are by art dyed into any colour.


Twiggen basket
 85. He beareth a round Twiggen baskett, with two eares, but this kind of round baskett eared, is best termed a fruite Baskett, from its office: for it is very often borne in Armes full of fruite, as apples, peares, Grapes, and other fruit: or flowers, as I haue shewed before in lib. 2. Chap, 4. numb, 117. This baskett is of the same forme and fashion (saue the addition of handles) as that mentioned numb: 33.
[ On H2026 f.79v, it is described as a salt basket.]


Twiggen basket
 86. He beareth a round Twiggen Arme baskett, with a foote. This is a kind of Baskett, with a foote, that is narrow at the bottome, and broad at the top: some haueing a lid or couer of Twiggs, all haue a round handle extending from one side to the other, by which it is carries in the hand, on the Arme, or by a Staffe, on the shoulder. Yeomen and farmers wiues call it an egge Baskett for in it they usually carry egges and Butter to the Markett. Se the other kind numb 87. and the like ca:16, numb.102.


Egg basket
 87. He beareth an egge Baskett, or a Butter Baskett. But it is best known by the name of a dary mans hand Baskett: it being a long square and deepe baskett, (some haueing rimes about the bottome) with two lids opening from a pertition ouer crosse the middle of it: from whence goeth a semicircular handle from one side to the other by which it is transported into one place from another.


Portmanteau
 88. He beareth a port-Mantle and an Arke. These are two necessary things, the one to preserue things in Travaile; and the other to keepe things at home safe: but off these severally.
The Port Mantle, of some termed a Bugett, or Snapsack, or Snapbag is all made of tanned Leather haueing Buckles, Strappes, Staples, lock, and chaine, to secure the same: with other things about it, In it all usefull goods for travaile are carried, either on horse back, or otherwise by coach, waggon or cart. The termes of each part of the Portmantu, or Portmantle, se cap:3. numb:34.


Ark
 The Arke, or safe, is a kind of little house made of wood and couered with haire cloth, and so by two rings hung in the midle of a Rome, thereby to secure all things put therein from the cruelty of devouring Rats, mice, Weesels, and such kind of Vermine. Some haue the pannells of the Arke made all of Tyn, with small holes for aire; others of woode.


Covered cup
  89. He beareth a couered cup. Se other formes of cups numb. 23, 26. and cha.16. n.105. 112. 128. [The second image does not match any of the plate squares closely.]


Kettle
 90. He beareth a Kettle. There are some which call it a hanging Kettle, from the Iron hookes it hangs by: the french call it a caldron, but in our countrey these kind of round bellyed pans, or if they be flatt-bottomed, haueing such a handle fastned to it, to rise and fall vpon the rime of the pann is called a Kettle: be it bigg, or a little Kettle. If it haue no handle or hoope to hang it by, it is no other then a pan.


Stand
 91. He beareth a Stand.
This is a little round table, set vpon one pillar, or post, which in the foote branches it selfe out into three or foure feete or toes, after the maner of Catuses, for it fast and stiddy standing. It is used for to set a Bason on whilest washing, or a candle to read by, with many other uses for a chamber.
Some call it a dressing table: (they are also made square, sexagon, and octagon, 6 or 8 square in the table part).


Andiron
 92. He beareth an And-Iron, or Land Iron. These are things made of Brasse, which are sett on each side the Chimney more for Ornament then profit.


Tub, turnell or fate
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93. He beareth a Tub [with] hoopes. This containeing halfe a Barrell of water, or something lesse, is called a Tub; if lesse a Tubnell, that is vulgarly a Turnell: if larger, then it is, a Fate, or Vate.


Posnet
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94. He beareth a Possnett. This vessell or Instrument for boileing, is the same in bodily shape, to the flesh pott, before spoken off numb:38., saue that in place of the two eares, it hath a long handle, to set it one, and take it of the fire.


Chafer
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The chaffer is in forme like this, saue it hath no feete, but a flat bottome: and in stid of a streight handle, it bends downe, and is made fast to the side of the belly like the handle of a Jugge. Those chaffers that haue round bottomes haue 3 long feete to secure the bottome of the chaffer from bruiseing.


Smoothing iron
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95. He beareth a smoothing Iron, or a Landresses Iron.


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