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certain moneys to the abbot of Doncaster�察�in denial of all law�察�and has thus 

made himself the declared enemy of church and state�察�and all for being too 



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fond of venison。; And the knight helped himself to half a pasty。 

     ;A  heinous   offender�察─  �said   a   little   round   oily   friar�察  �appropriating   the 

portion of pasty which Sir Ralph had left。 

     ;The earl is a worthy peer�察─�said the tall friar whom we have already 

mentioned in the chapel scene�察 �and the best marksman in England。; 

     ;Why this is flat treason�察�brother Michael�察─�said the little round friar�察�

;to call an attainted traitor a worthy peer。; 

     ;I pledge you�察─�said brother Michael。            The little friar smiled and filled 

his   cup。   ;He   will   draw   the   long   bow�察─  �pursued   brother   Michael�察   �with 

any bold yeoman among them all。; 

     ;Don't talk of the long bow�察─�said the abbot�察�who had the sound of the 

arrow still whizzing in his ear�此          �what have we pillars of the faith to do 

with the long bow�拭─�

     ;Be    that   as  it  may�察─  �said   Sir  Ralph�察    �he   is  an  outlaw    from    this 

moment。; 

     ;So   much   the   worse   for   the   law   then�察─  �said   brother   Michael。   ;The 

law will have a heavier miss of him than he will have of the law。 He will 

strike as much venison as ever�察�and more of other game。 I know what I say�此�

but basta�此    �Let us drink。; 

     ;What   other   game�拭─      �said   the  little   friar。 ;I   hope  he   won't   poach 

among our partridges。; 

     ;Poach� �not he�察─�said brother Michael�此              �if he wants your partridges�察�

he will strike them under your nose ��here's to you���察�and drag your trout´ 

stream for you on a Thursday evening。; 

     ;Monstrous� �and starve us on fast´day�察─�said the little friar。 

     ;But that is not the game I mean�察─�said brother Michael。 

     ;Surely�察�son Michael�察─�said the abbot�察 �you do not mean to insinuate 

that the noble earl will turn freebooter�拭─�

     ;A man must live�察─�said brother Michael�察 �earl or no。                If the law takes 

his rents   and beeves   without   his   consent�察�he  must   take   beeves   and   rents 

where   he   can   get   them   without   the   consent   of   the   law。   This   is   the   lex 

talionis。; 

     ;Truly�察─�said Sir Ralph�察 �I am sorry for the damsel�此�she seems fond of 



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this wild runagate。; 

     ;A mad girl�察�a mad girl�察─�said the little friar。 

     ;How a mad girl�拭─�said brother Michael。                ;Has she not beauty�察�grace�察�

wit�察�sense�察�discretion�察�dexterity�察�learning�察�and valour�拭─�

     ;Learning� ─�exclaimed the little friar�察 �what has a woman to do with 

learning�拭     �And valour� �who ever heard a woman commended for valour�拭�

Meekness and mildness�察�and softness�察�and gentleness�察�and tenderness�察�and 

humility�察  �and   obedience   to   her   husband�察  �and   faith   in   her   confessor�察  �and 

domesticity�察       �or�察   �as    learned      doctors     call     it�察  �the    faculty     of 

stayathomeitiveness�察        �and    embroidery�察     �and    music�察   �and    pickling�察   �and 

preserving�察     �and   the  whole    complex      and   multiplex     detail  of  the   noble 

science of dinner�察�as well in preparation for the table�察�as in arrangement 

over it�察�and in distribution around it to knights�察�and squires�察�and ghostly 

friars��these are female virtues�此�but valourwhy who ever heard�拭─�

     ;She is the all in all�察─�said brother Michael�察 �gentle as a ring´dove�察�yet 

high´soaring   as   a   falcon�此    �humble   below   her   deserving�察  �yet   deserving 

beyond the estimate of panegyric�此             �an exact economist in all superfluity�察�

yet a most bountiful dispenser in all liberality�此�the chief regulator of her 

household�察�the fairest pillar of her hall�察�and the sweetest blossom of her 

bower�此     �having�察�in all opposite proposings�察�sense to understand�察�judgment 

to weigh�察�discretion to choose�察�firmness to undertake�察�diligence to conduct�察�

perseverance to accomplish�察�and resolution to maintain。 For obedience to 

her   husband�察  �that     is   not  to  be  tried   till  she   has  one�此  �for  faith   in  her 

confessor�察    �she   has   as  much     as  the  law   prescribes�此    �for  embroidery   an 

Arachne�此      �for   music   a   Siren�此 �and   for   pickling   and   preserving�察  �did   not 

one of her jars of sugared apricots give you your last surfeit at Arlingford 

Castle�拭─�

     ;Call   you   that   preserving�拭─  �said   the   little   friar�察   �I   call   it   destroying。 

Call    you    it  pickling�拭   �Truly     it  pickled   me。    My     life  was    saved    by 

miracle。; 

     ;By canary�察─�said brother Michael。             ;Canary is the only life preserver�察�

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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