. A short history of England and the British Empire. orts and luxuries thanthey had earlier enjoyed. The increasing knowledge of howthe world lived beyond the seas of Britain was also Elizabethana potent factor. It is said that three changes in homes-the English home were peculiarly evident in the days of Eliza-beth : the houses that were built were more comfortable; thebed rooms were better and more richly furnished ; and the table-ware showed marked In earlier times all the houses except the more pretentiousones were built with an open hearth in the middle of the prin- 1 Cheyne
. A short history of England and the British Empire. orts and luxuries thanthey had earlier enjoyed. The increasing knowledge of howthe world lived beyond the seas of Britain was also Elizabethana potent factor. It is said that three changes in homes-the English home were peculiarly evident in the days of Eliza-beth : the houses that were built were more comfortable; thebed rooms were better and more richly furnished ; and the table-ware showed marked In earlier times all the houses except the more pretentiousones were built with an open hearth in the middle of the prin- 1 Cheyney, No. 191 (Erasmus); Gardiner, 464-468; Kendall, No. 67 (Harrison). 293 294 THE AGE OF ELIZABETH cipal room and around this hearth the family gathered in coldweather; here, too, the meals were cooked. The smoke foundits way out through a lanthorn in the roof as in the Anglo-Saxon houses, and it was counted no annoyance to have itcollect in the room. But in the queens day men built fire-places with chimneys, to the great disgust of their elders who. Ann Hathaways Cottage, StratfordFrom a photograph by W. H. Dudley. missed their old discomforts. The windows, too, were beingimproved by the substitution of glass for horn and lattice. InFurnishings. the sleePin& rooms pillows became more commonand the straw pallets gave place to more comfort-able bedding. Articles of pewter and tin took the place of theolder wooden bowls and spoons on the table; in the wealthierhouseholds silver ware was also coming into use. Carpets, too,were now regarded with much more favor than earlier. Considerable change is also seen in the matter of food and clothing. Earlier custom had called for four meals daily, but Food and in Tudor times the number was reduced to two : and each one (except here and there some young hungrie stomach that cannot fast till dinner-time) contenteth ENGLISH INTEREST IN THE NEW WORLD 295 himself with dinner and supper only. The Venetian tradehad brought to England the luxuries
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