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the true aurum potabile�察�the universal panacea for all diseases�察�thirst�察�and 

short life。    Your life was saved by canary。; 



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     ;Indeed�察  �reverend   father�察─  �said   Sir   Ralph�察   �if   the   young   lady  be   half 

what you describe�察�she must be a paragon�此�but your commending her for 

valour does somewhat amaze me。; 

     ;She can fence�察─�said the little friar�察 �and draw the long bow�察�and play 

at singlestick and quarter´staff。; 

     ;Yet mark you�察─�said brother Michael�察 �not like a virago or a hoyden�察�

or one that would crack a serving´man's head for spilling gravy on her ruff�察�

but   with   such   womanly   grace   and   temperate   self´command   as   if   those 

manly   exercises   belonged   to   her   only�察  �and   were   become   for   her   sake 

feminine。; 

     ;You     incite  me�察─   �said  Sir   Ralph�察    �to  view    her  more    nearly。   That 

madcap      earl   found    me   other   employment       than   to   remark    her   in  the 

chapel。; 

     ;The   earl   is   a   worthy   peer�察─  �said   brother   Michael�察   �he   is   worth   any 

fourteen earls on this side Trent�察�and any seven on the other。; ��The reader 

will please to remember that Rubygill Abbey was north of Trent。�� 

     ;His mettle will be tried�察─�said Sir Ralph。            ;There is many a courtier 

will swear to King Henry to bring him in dead or alive。; 

     ;They must look to the brambles then�察─�said brother Michael。 

       ;The   bramble�察  �the   bramble�察  �the   bonny   forest   bramble�察            �Doth 

make a jest            Of silken vest�察     �That will through greenwood scramble�此�

The bramble�察�the bramble�察�the bonny forest bramble。; 

       ;Plague on your lungs�察�son Michael�察─�said the abbot�察 �this is your old 

coil�此�always roaring in your cups。; 

     ;I know what I say�察─�said brother Michael�察 �there is often more sense 

in an old song than in a new homily。 

       The   courtly   pad   doth    amble�察   �When   his     gay   lord   would    ramble�此�

But both may catch                An awkward scratch�察          �If they ride among the 

bramble�此     �The bramble�察�the bramble�察�the bonny forest bramble。; 

       ;Tall   friar�察─ �said  Sir  Ralph�察    �either   you   shoot    the  shafts   of  your 

merriment       at  random�察    �or  you   know     more    of  the   earl's  designs    than 

beseems your frock。; 

     ;Let my  frock�察─�said   brother Michael�察   �answer   for its   own sins。   It   is 



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worn past covering mine。         It is too weak for a shield�察�too transparent for a 

screen�察�too thin for a shelter�察�too light for gravity�察�and too threadbare for a 

jest。 The  wearer  would  be  naught   indeed   who   should   misbeseem  such   a 

wedding garment。 

       But   wherefore does   the sheep   wear   wool�拭           �That   he in   season 

sheared   may   be�察   �And   the  shepherd   be  warm  though   his   flock   be   cool�此�

So I'll have a new cloak about me。; 



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                                 CHAPTER II 



        Vray moyne si oncques en feut depuis que le monde moynant moyna 

de moynerie。RABELAIS。 

        The Earl of Huntingdon�察�living in the vicinity of a royal forest�察�and 

passionately attached to the chase from his infancy�察�had long made as free 

with   the   king's   deer   as   Lord   Percy   proposed   to   do   with   those   of   Lord 

Douglas   in   the   memorable   hunting   of   Cheviot。           It   is   sufficiently   well 

known   how   severe   were   the   forest´laws   in   those   days�察  �and   with   what 

jealousy the kings of England maintained this branch of their prerogative�察�

but    menaces      and   remonstrances       were    thrown     away    on   the   earl�察 �who 

declared that he would not thank Saint Peter for admission into Paradise�察�if 

he   were  obliged   to   leave   his   bow   and   hounds   at   the  gate。    King   Henry 

��the   Second��   swore   by   Saint   Botolph   to   make   him   rue   his   sport�察  �and�察�

having   caused   him   to   be   duly   and   formally   accused�察  �summoned   him   to 

London to answer the charge。 The earl�察�deeming himself safer among his 

own   vassals   than   among   king   Henry's   courtiers�察  �took   no   notice   of   the 

mandate。 King Henry sent a force to bring him�察�vi et armis�察�to court。 The 

earl made a resolute resistance�察�and put the king's force to flight under a 

shower of arrows�此         �an act which the courtiers declared to be treason。                At 

the   same   time�察  �the   abbot   of   Doncaster   sued   up   the   payment   of   certain 

moneys�察      �which     the  earl�察  �whose     revenue     ran   a  losing    race    with   his 

hospitality�察    �had   borrowed      at  sundry   times     of  the   said  abbot�此    �for   the 

abbots and the bishops were the chief usurers of those days�察�and�察�as   the 

end   sanctifies   the   means�察  �were   not   in   the   least   scrupulous   of   employing 

what would have   been extortion in the profane�察�to   accomplish the   pious 

purpose   of   bringing   a   blessing   on   the   land   by   rescuing   it   from   the   frail 

hold of carnal and temporal into the firmer grasp of ghostly and spiritual 

possessors。   But   the   earl�察  �confident   in   the   number   and   attachment   of   his 

retainers�察�stoutly refused either to repay the money�察�which he could not�察�or 

to yield the forfeiture�察�which he would not�此�a refusal which in those days 

was an act of outlawry in a gentleman�察�as it is now of bankruptcy in a base 



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mechanic�察      �the   gentleman     having     in  our   wiser    times    a  more     liberal 

privilege of gentility�察�which enables him to keep his land and laugh at his 

creditor。   Thus   the   mutual   resentments   and   interests   of   the   king   and   the 

abbot concurred to subject the earl to the penalties of outlawry�察�by which 

the   abbot   would   gain   his   due   upon   the   lands   of   Locksley�察  �and   the   rest 

would be confiscate to the king。 Still the king did not think it advisable to 

assail the  earl   in his   own   strong´hold�察 �but   caused   a  diligent   watch to be 

kept over his motions�察�till at length his rumoured marriage with the heiress 

of Arlingford seemed to point out an easy method of laying violent hands 

on the offender。 Sir Ralph Montfaucon�察�a young man of good lineage and 

of an aspiring temper�察�who readily seized the first opportunity that offered 

of recommending himself to King Henry's favour by manifesting his zeal 

in his service�察�undertook the charge�此�and how he succeeded we have seen。 

     Sir Ralph's curiosity was strongly excited by the friar's description of 

the young lady of Arlingford�察�and he prepared in the morning to visit the 

castle�察�under the very plausible pretext of giving the baron an explanation 

of his intervention at the nuptials。 Brother Michael and the little fat friar 

proposed   to   be   his   guides。   The   proposal   was   courteously   accepted�察  �and 

they   set   out   together�察  �leaving   Sir   Ralph's   followers   at   the   abbey。   The 

knight   was   mounted   on   a   spirited   charger�察  �brother   Michael   on   a   large 

heavy´trotting horse�察�and the little fat friar on a plump soft´paced galloway�察�

so correspondent with himself in size�察�rotundity�察�and sleekness�察�that if they 

had been amalgamated into a centaur�察�there would have been nothing to 

alter in their proportions。 

     ;Do you know�察─�said the little friar�察�as they wound

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