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Chapter 11
WhichhearingyoungStephenwasamarvellousgladmanandheaverredthathewhostealethfromthepoorlendethtotheLordforhewasofawildmannerwhenhewasdrunkenandthathewasnowinthattakingitappearedeftsoons.
ButsirLeopoldwaspassinggravemaugrehiswordbycausehestillhadpityoftheterrorcausingshriekingofshrillwomenintheirlabourandashewasmindedofhisgoodladyMarionthathadbornehimanonlymanchildwhichonhiseleventhdayonlivehaddiedandnomanofartcouldsavesodarkisdestiny.Andshewaswondrousstrickenofheartforthatevilhapandforhisburialdidhimonafaircorseletoflamb’swool,thefloweroftheflock,lesthemightperishutterlyandlieakeled(foritwasthenaboutthemidstofthewinter)andnowsirLeopoldthathadofhisbodynomanchildforanheirlookeduponhimhisfriend’ssonandwasshutupinsorrowforhisforepassedhappinessandassadashewasthathimfailedasonofsuchgentlecourage(forallaccountedhimofrealparts)sogrievedhealsoinnolessmeasureforyoungStephenforthathelivedriotouslywiththosewastrelsandmurderedhisgoodswithwhores.
AboutthatpresenttimeyoungStephenfilledallcupsthatstoodemptysoasthereremainedbutlittlemoiftheprudenterhadnotshadowedtheirapproachfromhimthatstillplieditverybusilywho,prayingfortheintentionsofthesovereignpontiff,hegavethemforapledgethevicarofChristwhichalsoashesaidisvicarofBray.Nowdrinkwe,quodhe,ofthismazerandquaffyethismeadwhichisnotindeedparcelofmybodybutmysoul’sbodiment.
