ABSTRACT
1 The office of steward of the household has fallen into disuse nowadays. This work always used to be entrusted to someone well known and respected, for a person whose duties concern the royal palace, the kitchen, cellars and stables, the king’s children and his retainers, must have monthly, nay daily access to The Lofty Throne for discourse with the sovereign: indeed he should present himself at any hour of the day to offer reports, to ask advice and to render account of all his arrangements and transactions. So he needs to command complete respect in order to be able to do his work and discharge his duties successfully.
