John Trapp on Job 41:30

Verſe 30.Acumina teſtacea. Sharp ſtones are under him] Heb. Sharp pieces of the potſheard, which prick him no more than if he lay upon the ſofteſt couch[illegible: 1 letter]; ſo hard is his belly.

He ſpreadeth ſharp-pointed things upon the mine] When he might lye ſofter, he ſcorns it: as our hardy forefathers ſome two or three hundred years agoe. who ordinarily lay upon ſtraw-pallets covered with canvas, and around log under their heads inſtead of a bolſter.Hollinſhed. As for pillows, they ſaid they were fit only for women in childbed, &c.