'Will you then execute some commissions for me? Meaning to make Monkton Castle (which is uninhabited at present) my residence, I wish to furnish it according to the style of the times it was built in. You must, therefore, bespeak, at the best shops, such articles as I shall now enumerate.
'First. Antique tapestry sufficient to furnish one entire wing.
'Second. Painted glass enriched with armorial bearings.
'Third. Pennons and flags, stained with the best old blood;—Feudal if possible.
'Fourth. Black feathers, and cloaks for my liveries.
'Fifth. An old lute, or lyre, or harp.
'Sixth. Black hangings, curtains, and a velvet pall.
'Seventh. A warder's trumpet.
'Eighth. A bell for the portal.
'Besides these, I shall want antique chairs, tables, beds, and, in a word, all the casts-off of castles that you can lay hands upon.