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Chapter 40

           Horseandmanwenttotheground;yetthesituationoftheKnightoftheFetterlockcontinuedveryprecarious,ashewaspressedclosebyseveralmencompletelyarmed,andbegantobefatiguedbytheviolentexertionsnecessarytodefendhimselfonsomanypointsatnearlythesamemoment,whenagrey-gooseshaftsuddenlystretchedontheearthoneofthemostformidableofhisassailants,andabandofyeomenbrokeforthfromtheglade,headedbyLocksleyandthejovialFriar,who,takingreadyandeffectualpartinthefray,soondisposedoftheruffians,allofwhomlayonthespotdeadormortallywounded.TheBlackKnightthankedhisdelivererswithadignitytheyhadnotobservedinhisformerbearing,whichhithertohadseemedratherthatofabluntboldsoldier,thanofapersonofexaltedrank.

           "Itconcernsmemuch,"hesaid,"evenbeforeIexpressmyfullgratitudetomyreadyfriends,todiscover,ifImay,whohavebeenmyunprovokedenemies.OpenthevisorofthatBlueKnight,Wamba,whoseemsthechiefofthesevillains."

           TheJesterinstantlymadeuptotheleaderoftheassassins,who,bruisedbyhisfall,andentangledunderthewoundedsteed,layincapableeitherofflightorresistance.

           "Come,valiantsir,"saidWamba,"ImustbeyourarmoureraswellasyourequerryIhavedismountedyou,andnowIwillunhelmyou.

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