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Chapter 10

           Commendmetothenobleknights,yourmasters,andsay,Ishoulddoilltodeprivethemofsteedsandarmswhichcanneverbeusedbybravercavaliers.IwouldIcouldhereendmymessagetothesegallantknights;butbeing,asItermmyself,intruthandearnest,theDisinherited,Imustbethusfarboundtoyourmasters,thattheywill,oftheircourtesy,bepleasedtoransomtheirsteedsandarmour,sincethatwhichIwearIcanhardlytermmineown."

           "Westandcommissioned,eachofus,"answeredthesquireofReginaldFront-de-Boeuf,"toofferahundredzecchinsinransomofthesehorsesandsuitsofarmour."

           "Itissufficient,"saidtheDisinheritedKnight."Halfthesummypresentnecessitiescompelmetoaccept;oftheremaininghalf,distributeonemoietyamongyourselves,sirsquires,anddividetheotherhalfbetwixttheheraldsandthepursuivants,andminstrels,andattendants."

           Thesquires,withcapinhand,andlowreverences,expressedtheirdeepsenseofacourtesyandgenerositynotoftenpractised,atleastuponascalesoextensive.TheDisinheritedKnightthenaddressedhisdiscoursetoBaldwin,thesquireofBriandeBois-Guilbert."Fromyourmaster,"saidhe,"Iwillacceptneitherarmsnorransom.Saytohiminmyname,thatourstrifeisnotendedno,nottillwehavefoughtaswellwithswordsaswithlancesaswellonfootasonhorseback.Tothismortalquarrelhehashimselfdefiedme,andIshallnotforgetthechallenge.

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