Big bed of goods
The Great Bed of Ware ( English Great Bed of Ware ) is a three-meter-wide bed with oak -Pfosten, decorated with inlays , which was originally located in a hostel in Ware , England , was located. It's noteworthy because it is said to be able to sleep at least four couples on it. It was mentioned by William Shakespeare , among others, in What You Want :
“Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and full of invention; taunt him with the license of ink; if thou 'thou'st' him some thrice, it shall not be amiss; and as many lies as will lie in thy sheet of paper, although the sheet were big enough for the bed of Ware in England, set 'em down; go about it. Let there be gall enough in thy ink; though you write with a goose pen, no matter. About it. "
Because the bed became famous after the publication of this work, many users of the bed carved their names on the posts. The bed, which is believed to have been built around 1590, is currently in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London .
literature
- Lucy Worsley: If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home . Faber and Faber Limited, London 2011, ISBN 978-0-571-25953-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lucy Worsley: If Walls Could Talk: An intimate history of the home . P. 9.