Some of the company had been so considerate as to send for a pound
of candles, that we might not sit all night in the dark, and having
lighted divers of them, and placed them in several parts of that
large room, we kept walking to keep us warm.
After I had warmed myself pretty thoroughly and the evening was
pretty far spent, I bethought myself of a lodging; and cast mine eye
on the table which stood in the bay window, the frame whereof
looked, I thought, somewhat like a bedstead. Wherefore, willing to
make sure of that, I gathered up a good armful of the rushes
wherewith the floor was covered, and spreading them under the table,
crept in upon them in my clothes, and keeping on my hat, laid my
head upon one end of the table's frame, instead of a bolster.
My example was followed by the rest, who, gathering up rushes as I
had done, made themselves beds in other parts of the room, and so to
rest we went.
I having a quiet easy mind, was soon asleep, and slept till about
the middle of the night. And then waking, finding my legs and feet
very cold, I crept out of my cabin and began to walk about apace.
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