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Of
this
fickle
temper
he
gave
a
memorable
example
in
Ireland
,
when
sent
thither
by
his
father
,
Henry
the
Second
,
with
the
purpose
of
buying
golden
opinions
of
the
inhabitants
of
that
new
and
important
acquisition
to
the
English
crown
.
Upon
this
occasion
the
Irish
chieftains
contended
which
should
first
offer
to
the
young
Prince
their
loyal
homage
and
the
kiss
of
peace
.
But
,
instead
of
receiving
their
salutations
with
courtesy
,
John
and
his
petulant
attendants
could
not
resist
the
temptation
of
pulling
the
long
beards
of
the
Irish
chieftains
;
a
conduct
which
,
as
might
have
been
expected
,
was
highly
resented
by
these
insulted
dignitaries
,
and
produced
fatal
consequences
to
the
English
domination
in
Ireland
.
It
is
necessary
to
keep
these
inconsistencies
of
John
's
character
in
view
,
that
the
reader
may
understand
his
conduct
during
the
present
evening
.
In
execution
of
the
resolution
which
he
had
formed
during
his
cooler
moments
,
Prince
John
received
Cedric
and
Athelstane
with
distinguished
courtesy
,
and
expressed
his
disappointment
,
without
resentment
,
when
the
indisposition
of
Rowena
was
alleged
by
the
former
as
a
reason
for
her
not
attending
upon
his
gracious
summons
.
Cedric
and
Athelstane
were
both
dressed
in
the
ancient
Saxon
garb
,
which
,
although
not
unhandsome
in
itself
,
and
in
the
present
instance
composed
of
costly
materials
,
was
so
remote
in
shape
and
appearance
from
that
of
the
other
guests
,
that
Prince
John
took
great
credit
to
himself
with
Waldemar
Fitzurse
for
refraining
from
laughter
at
a
sight
which
the
fashion
of
the
day
rendered
ridiculous
.
Yet
,
in
the
eye
of
sober
judgment
,
the
short
close
tunic
and
long
mantle
of
the
Saxons
was
a
more
graceful
,
as
well
as
a
more
convenient
dress
,
than
the
garb
of
the
Normans
,
whose
under
garment
was
a
long
doublet
,
so
loose
as
to
resemble
a
shirt
or
waggoner
's
frock
,
covered
by
a
cloak
of
scanty
dimensions
,
neither
fit
to
defend
the
wearer
from
cold
or
from
rain
,
and
the
only
purpose
of
which
appeared
to
be
to
display
as
much
fur
,
embroidery
,
and
jewellery
work
,
as
the
ingenuity
of
the
tailor
could
contrive
to
lay
upon
it
.
The
Emperor
Charlemagne
,
in
whose
reign
they
were
first
introduced
,
seems
to
have
been
very
sensible
of
the
inconveniences
arising
from
the
fashion
of
this
garment
.
"
In
Heaven
's
name
,
"
said
he
,
"
to
what
purpose
serve
these
abridged
cloaks
?
If
we
are
in
bed
they
are
no
cover
,
on
horseback
they
are
no
protection
from
the
wind
and
rain
,
and
when
seated
,
they
do
not
guard
our
legs
from
the
damp
or
the
frost
.
"
Nevertheless
,
spite
of
this
imperial
objurgation
,
the
short
cloaks
continued
in
fashion
down
to
the
time
of
which
we
treat
,
and
particularly
among
the
princes
of
the
House
of
Anjou
.
They
were
therefore
in
universal
use
among
Prince
John
's
courtiers
;
and
the
long
mantle
,
which
formed
the
upper
garment
of
the
Saxons
,
was
held
in
proportional
derision
.
The
guests
were
seated
at
a
table
which
groaned
under
the
quantity
of
good
cheer
.
The
numerous
cooks
who
attended
on
the
Prince
's
progress
,
having
exerted
all
their
art
in
varying
the
forms
in
which
the
ordinary
provisions
were
served
up
,
had
succeeded
almost
as
well
as
the
modern
professors
of
the
culinary
art
in
rendering
them
perfectly
unlike
their
natural
appearance
.
Besides
these
dishes
of
domestic
origin
,
there
were
various
delicacies
brought
from
foreign
parts
,
and
a
quantity
of
rich
pastry
,
as
well
as
of
the
simnel-bread
and
wastle
cakes
,
which
were
only
used
at
the
tables
of
the
highest
nobility
.
The
banquet
was
crowned
with
the
richest
wines
,
both
foreign
and
domestic
.
But
,
though
luxurious
,
the
Norman
nobles
were
not
generally
speaking
an
intemperate
race
.
While
indulging
themselves
in
the
pleasures
of
the
table
,
they
aimed
at
delicacy
,
but
avoided
excess
,
and
were
apt
to
attribute
gluttony
and
drunkenness
to
the
vanquished
Saxons
,
as
vices
peculiar
to
their
inferior
station
.
Prince
John
,
indeed
,
and
those
who
courted
his
pleasure
by
imitating
his
foibles
,
were
apt
to
indulge
to
excess
in
the
pleasures
of
the
trencher
and
the
goblet
;
and
indeed
it
is
well
known
that
his
death
was
occasioned
by
a
surfeit
upon
peaches
and
new
ale
.
His
conduct
,
however
,
was
an
exception
to
the
general
manners
of
his
countrymen
.
With
sly
gravity
,
interrupted
only
by
private
signs
to
each
other
,
the
Norman
knights
and
nobles
beheld
the
ruder
demeanour
of
Athelstane
and
Cedric
at
a
banquet
,
to
the
form
and
fashion
of
which
they
were
unaccustomed
.
And
while
their
manners
were
thus
the
subject
of
sarcastic
observation
,
the
untaught
Saxons
unwittingly
transgressed
several
of
the
arbitrary
rules
established
for
the
regulation
of
society
.
Now
,
it
is
well
known
,
that
a
man
may
with
more
impunity
be
guilty
of
an
actual
breach
either
of
real
good
breeding
or
of
good
morals
,
than
appear
ignorant
of
the
most
minute
point
of
fashionable
etiquette
.
Thus
Cedric
,
who
dried
his
hands
with
a
towel
,
instead
of
suffering
the
moisture
to
exhale
by
waving
them
gracefully
in
the
air
,
incurred
more
ridicule
than
his
companion
Athelstane
,
when
he
swallowed
to
his
own
single
share
the
whole
of
a
large
pasty
composed
of
the
most
exquisite
foreign
delicacies
,
and
termed
at
that
time
a
"
Karum-Pie
"
.
When
,
however
,
it
was
discovered
,
by
a
serious
cross-examination
,
that
the
Thane
of
Coningsburgh
(
or
Franklin
,
as
the
Normans
termed
him
)
had
no
idea
what
he
had
been
devouring
,
and
that
he
had
taken
the
contents
of
the
Karum-pie
for
larks
and
pigeons
,
whereas
they
were
in
fact
beccaficoes
and
nightingales
,
his
ignorance
brought
him
in
for
an
ample
share
of
the
ridicule
which
would
have
been
more
justly
bestowed
on
his
gluttony
.
The
long
feast
had
at
length
its
end
;
and
,
while
the
goblet
circulated
freely
,
men
talked
of
the
feats
of
the
preceding
tournament
,
--
of
the
unknown
victor
in
the
archery
games
,
of
the
Black
Knight
,
whose
self-denial
had
induced
him
to
withdraw
from
the
honours
he
had
won
,
--
and
of
the
gallant
Ivanhoe
,
who
had
so
dearly
bought
the
honours
of
the
day
.
The
topics
were
treated
with
military
frankness
,
and
the
jest
and
laugh
went
round
the
hall
.
The
brow
of
Prince
John
alone
was
overclouded
during
these
discussions
;
some
overpowering
care
seemed
agitating
his
mind
,
and
it
was
only
when
he
received
occasional
hints
from
his
attendants
,
that
he
seemed
to
take
interest
in
what
was
passing
around
him
.
On
such
occasions
he
would
start
up
,
quaff
a
cup
of
wine
as
if
to
raise
his
spirits
,
and
then
mingle
in
the
conversation
by
some
observation
made
abruptly
or
at
random
.
