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Chapter 16

           Havingmadethisgoodlyprovisionforwashingdownthesupper,heseemedtothinknofartherceremoniousscruplenecessaryonhispart;butfillingbothcups,andsaying,intheSaxonfashion,"Waeshael,SirSluggishKnight!"heemptiedhisownatadraught.

           "Drinkhael,HolyClerkofCopmanhurst!"answeredthewarrior,anddidhishostreasoninasimilarbrimmer.

           "HolyClerk,"saidthestranger,afterthefirstcupwasthusswallowed,"Icannotbutmarvelthatamanpossessedofsuchthewsandsinewsasthine,andwhotherewithalshowsthetalentofsogoodlyatrencher-man,shouldthinkofabidingbyhimselfinthiswilderness.Inmyjudgment,youarefittertokeepacastleorafort,eatingofthefatanddrinkingofthestrong,thantolivehereuponpulseandwater,orevenuponthecharityofthekeeper.Atleast,wereIasthou,Ishouldfindmyselfbothdisportandplentyoutoftheking’sdeer.Thereismanyagoodlyherdintheseforests,andabuckwillneverbemissedthatgoestotheuseofSaintDunstan’schaplain."

           "SirSluggishKnight,"repliedtheClerk,"thesearedangerouswords,andIprayyoutoforbearthem.Iamtruehermittothekingandlaw,andwereItospoilmyliege’sgame,Ishouldbesureoftheprison,and,anmygownsavedmenot,wereinsomeperilofhanging."

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