 was used, was formerly imported from Holland and Flanders. Queen
Catherine, when she wanted a salad, was obliged to despatch a messenger thither
on purpose. - Hume's History of England, vol. iii. p. 314.
 
5 Attainder of Norfolk. The house of peers, without examining the prisoner,
without trial or evidence, passed a bill of attainder against him and sent it
down to the commons ... The obsequious commons obeyed his [the king's]
directions; and the king, having affixed the royal assent to the bill by
commissioners, issued orders for the execution of Norfolk on the morning of the
twenty-ninth of January, [the next day.] - Hume's History of England, vol. iii.
p. 307.
 
6 The Loving-Cup. The loving-cup, and the peculiar ceremonies observed in
drinking from it, are older than English history. It is thought that both are
Danish importations. As far back as knowledge goes, the loving-cup has always
been drunk at English banquets. Tradition explains the ceremonies in this way:
in the rude ancient times it was deemed a wise precaution to have both hands of
both drinkers employed, lest while the pledger pledged his love and fidelity to
the pledgee, the pledgee take that opportunity to slip a dirk into him!
 
7 The Duke of Norfolk's Narrow Escape. Had Henry VIII survived a few hours
longer, his order for the duke's execution would have been carried into effect.
»But news being carried to the Tower that the king himself had expired that
night, the lieutenant deferred obeying the warrant; and it was not thought
advisable by the Council to begin a new reign by the death of the greatest
nobleman in the kingdom, who had been condemned by a sentence so unjust and
tyrannical.« - Hume's History of England, vol. iii. p. 307.
 
8 He refers to the order of baronets, or baronettes, - the barones minores, as
distinct from the parliamentary barons; - not, it need hardly be said, the
baronets of later creation.
 
9 The lords of Kingsale, descendants of de Courcy, still enjoy this curious
privilege.
 
10 Hume.
 
11 Hume.
 
12 The Whipping-Boy. James I and Charles II had whipping-boys, when they were
little fellows, to take their punishment for them when they fell short in their
lessons; so I have ventured to furnish my small prince with one, for my own
purposes.
 
13 Character of Hertford. The young king discovered an extreme attachment to his
uncle, who
