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Chapter 27

           Giles,"hecontinued,"hangthefranklin’sgloveuponthetineofyonderbranchedantlers:thereshallitremainuntilheisafreeman.Shouldhethenpresumetodemandit,ortoaffirmhewasunlawfullymademyprisoner,bythebeltofSaintChristopher,hewillspeaktoonewhohathneverrefusedtomeetafoeonfootoronhorseback,aloneorwithhisvassalsathisback!"

           TheSaxonprisonerswereaccordinglyremoved,justastheyintroducedthemonkAmbrose,whoappearedtobeingreatperturbation.

           "ThisistherealDeusvobiscum,"saidWamba,ashepassedthereverendbrother;"theotherswerebutcounterfeits."

           "HolyMother,"saidthemonk,asheaddressedtheassembledknights,"IamatlastsafeandinChristiankeeping!"

           "Safethouart,"repliedDeBracy;"andforChristianity,hereisthestoutBaronReginaldFront-de-Boeuf,whoseutterabominationisaJew;andthegoodKnightTemplar,BriandeBois-Guilbert,whosetradeistoslaySaracensIfthesearenotgoodmarksofChristianity,Iknownootherwhichtheybearaboutthem."

           "YearefriendsandalliesofourreverendfatherinGod,Aymer,PriorofJorvaulx,"saidthemonk,withoutnoticingthetoneofDeBracy’sreply;"yeowehimaidbothbyknightlyfaithandholycharity;forwhatsaiththeblessedSaintAugustin,inhistreatiseDeCivitateDei"

           "Whatsaiththedevil!"interruptedFront-de-Boeuf;"orratherwhatdostthousay,SirPriest?Wehavelittletimetoheartextsfromtheholyfathers."

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