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Chapter 40

           "Forwhatartthoucastdown,madPriest?"saidRichard;"artthouafraidthydiocesanshouldlearnhowtrulythoudostserveOurLadyandSaintDunstan?—Tush,man!fearitnot;RichardofEnglandbetraysnosecretsthatpassovertheflagon."

           "Nay,mostgracioussovereign,"answeredtheHermit,(wellknowntothecuriousinpenny-historiesofRobinHood,bythenameofFriarTuck,)"itisnotthecrosierIfear,butthesceptre.—Alas!thatmysacrilegiousfistshouldeverhavebeenappliedtotheearoftheLord’sanointed!"

           "Ha!ha!"saidRichard,"sitsthewindthere?—IntruthIhadforgottenthebuffet,thoughmineearsungafteritforawholeday.Butifthecuffwasfairlygiven,Iwillbejudgedbythegoodmenaround,ifitwasnotaswellrepaid—or,ifthouthinkestIstillowetheeaught,andwillstandforthforanothercounterbuff—"

           "Bynomeans,"repliedFriarTuck,"Ihadmineownreturned,andwithusury—mayyourMajestyeverpayyourdebtsasfully!"

           "IfIcoulddosowithcuffs,"saidtheKing,"mycreditorsshouldhavelittlereasontocomplainofanemptyexchequer."

           "Andyet,"saidtheFriar,resuminghisdemurehypocriticalcountenance,"IknownotwhatpenanceIoughttoperformforthatmostsacrilegiousblow!—"

           "Speaknomoreofit,brother,"saidtheKing;"afterhavingstoodsomanycuffsfromPaynimsandmisbelievers,IwerevoidofreasontoquarrelwiththebuffetofaclerksoholyasheofCopmanhurst.

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