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lady, and after each kiss to wipe the knight’s mouth with
a handkerchief—the knight must carry the candle through
the penance and preserve a grave countenance.

 

JOURNEY TO ROME.

27. Tue person whose forfeit is called, must go round
to all in the company, to tell them that he is going on a
journey to Rome, and that he will feel great pleasure in
taking anything for his Holiness the Pope. Every one
must give something to the traveller. (The more cumber-
some or awkward to carry the more fun it occasions.)
When he has gathered all, he is to carry the things to
one corner of the room and deposit them, and thus end
his penance.

28. Stne the laughing gamut, without pause or mis-
take, thus:

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