When iron and lead like cork shall swim.
CHAPTER XXIII
THE BLACK DEATH, AND THE PEASANTS' REVOLT
In those days, the great men of the land were rich and they dressed gaily in silk and fur, gorgeous were their jewels, and their scabbards were decked with beauteous workmanship. From their bridles jangled the merry bells, as they followed their hounds to the hunt.
The court too was magnificent. The King gave bounteous feasts and there were many dishes set before the guests.
"There came in at the first course, before the King's self,
Boars' heads on broad dishes of burnished silver,
Flesh of fat harts with noble furmenty,
And peacocks and plovers on platters of gold,