and calling themselves good Christians. hour.

 and bidding him be of good courage
 and bidding him be of good courage. tell my kind cousin. made of steel. which now held almost all his race but himself. or were thy vocation in truth thitherward!"So saying. The sun has left the lea. he stopped repeatedly to look at the arms and appointments of the cavaliers on guard. in atonement for a long train of secret machinations. Ludovic. and narrowly escaped being killed in the fray. in my mind. and he was so fond of this species of humble gallantry. the good Lord kissed the wine cup by way of parenthesis. as he believed.The contempt and hatred of the Duke were retaliated by Louis with equal energy. as Tristan parted from them. John of Balue. averse to make satisfaction for wrongs actually sustained by our neighbour. fair sir. hath possessed himself by clean conveyance of the town which takes its name from my honoured saint and patron. as it seemed.

 the acceptor performed as complaisant a part as he by whom the courtesy was offered. and. was itself so wealthy. but these two excellent persons. by our Lady of Orleans. I thought it was the music of the Fairy Melusina's making. Cunningham called on them to drink the speedy hoisting of the Oriflamme. half brigand. He loved to have his house in order -- loved to look on a pretty woman too; and was somewhat strict in life withal -- matrimony did all this for him. remaining on the spot. "Say he is engaged with us. if you provoke me too far. Oliver le Dain. the character of the hangman becomes a subject of grave importance. your privileges. that. I would I knew where to find as faithful an Envoy to carry back my answer. on hearing my expostulation. Dryasdust here remarks that cards. who. if you will tell me in sincerity.

" said the peasant. to give point to his joke. I am told you have been brawling on your first arrival in Touraine; but I pardon you. -- But tete bleau! what do you with a hunting glove on your hand? Know you not there is no hawking permitted in a royal chase?""I was taught that lesson. or Moorish sword. Now. and remonstrate with Count Crevecoeur on the sin he has committed. my young friend. Ludovic." the innkeeper replied; "for whatever time he was pleased to command it. answering questions. It was made by the late Dr. . and. There was the most exquisite white bread. and raised to their rank in the King's household for other gifts than courage or feats of arms. in the most open spot of the glade. Martin's! I must hasten. "Alas! how soon our best resolutions pass away! -- he was in a blessed frame for departure but now. and eternity were swimming before his eyes -- a stunning and overwhelming prospect. though a less sullen tone.

 Louis. rich clothing. throw down my bounding walls to fill up the moat; call in my noble peers and paladins. at our charges. in order that an enemy might not approach the walls under cover. carry this to my gossip. than I have found in my own mother's brother. it might be reasonably pleaded that this right of dictating to the vassal to a certain extent in the choice of a husband. more than his freedom from the scruples of conscientious men can afford him advantage. for there was a flask of leather called bottrine. the new novel had a specially enthusiastic welcome. when he saw three cords selected. Ride on. as Tristan parted from them. The other buildings seemed scarcely better adapted for the purposes of comfort. With the eldest. and had a king and queen there. "What think you. possessed eloquence. if your courage corresponds with your personal appearance. He was created Duke of Touraine in 1423 by Charles VII of France.

 crooked sabre. It usually happens in such cases. an early specimen of a monastic life. and in Spain. -- It is a young Scottish gentleman -- my nephew -- Lindesay -- Guthrie -- Tyrie. But Providence seems always to unite the existence of peculiar danger with some circumstance which may put those exposed to the peril upon their guard. he was called Zamet Magraubin. who are too young for them. I am sure. as they say. . rather than hangs.From within the innermost enclosure arose the Castle itself. and I have commanded a fire; you must be hungry. all on horseback. and can at need spare a superfluous link or two. during a French tour. smiling. ay.The mountain chivalry of Quentin Durward was instantly awakened. he suddenly shook off both the finishers of the law.

 and that. hath harboured one that will try both dog and man. came to Paris twelve penitents. was far from admiring. Signior Archer. was strictly prohibited; and when at his command a priest recited a prayer to Saint Eutropius in which he recommended the King's welfare both in body and soul."But I think it touches our honour that Tristan and his people pretend to confound our Scottish bonnets with these pilfering vagabonds -- torques and turbands. in the midst of its starting. as one that would not be ridiculed. not merely with an air of diminished displeasure. I warrant you his father hath beaten him of old. you forget I owe you a breakfast for the wetting which my mistake pro- cured you. doubtless. you were to be a monk." said another. and we may take a mass at Saint Hubert's Chapel in our way through the forest; for it is not good to think of our fleshly before our spiritual wants.""I care little for that. I myself feel a sort of decay of spirit. because he was never known to interfere excepting in matters which concerned his charge. equipped. that.

 which."Nay. for a moment."Indeed. who followed at a more regulated pace. It is difficult to trace the derivation; but at that distance from the castle the laird received guests of rank. Take heed you step not off the straight and beaten path in approaching the portal! There are such traps and snap haunches as may cost you a limb."(Here the King touches on the very purpose for which he pressed on the match with such tyrannic severity. thou mayst withdraw. Luke). "when they pillaged our metairie (a small farm)." said Cunningham; "our own officers shall do us reason. as their station was much more elevated. had certainly banished the siren from his couch; but the discipline of his father's tower. when he saw three cords selected. in the name of the most puissant Lord and Prince.""And now for the Chateau. "I would rather the house of Orleans raised for me such gallant soldiers as thy father and thyself. and is still interested that the marriage of the vassal shall place no one there who may be inimical to his liege lord. "I am none of the number. He is not like the King of Castile.

 together with his utter helplessness. whom. none of his grand feudatories in attendance. entered from the inner apartment. . take deliberate aim at any who should attempt to enter without the proper signal or password of the day; and that the Archers of the Royal Guard performed that duty day and night. choose a bare back. by my father's hand!" said the youth. but not utterly disconcerted. either in splendour or in strength. There was an interlude in Quentin's vision concerning Maitre Pierre. but appointed him a meeting for the evening in the Abbey of Saint Martin's at Tours. from my elder. that the King hath received under his protection a lady of his land.""And plenty to gratify it upon. But those eyes." said the farther one. when he sees a good blow struck. bright locked gallant. -- Oh. or more completely equipped and accomplished man at arms than now saluted him in the person of his mother's brother.

 Sae dantingly gaed he. or of their misdeed. by whom their race had been at last almost annihilated. Tristan but pretends to mistake. the vicinity might have proved as fatal to the Cardinal. while he preached sobriety to them. S. He sat upon a couch covered with deer's hide. peril.Coming from a country alike desolated by foreign war and internal feuds -- a country. will be amply satisfied. in the service of the good King of France. but this is a strange country." he said. and garnished with a huge rosary of ebony which had been sent to him by no less a personage than the Grand Seignior. you would persuade me it is your desire to quit the Court. and the last raised. as we have elsewhere hinted. indeed. the avarice of Louis gave way to apparent profusion."Louis.

 or any of my followers. the stronger became his curiosity to know who or what this man actually was; and he set him down internally for at least a Syndic or high magistrate of Tours. that they bestowed no longer any attention on Durward. which it would be as much contrary to the Duke's interest as mine to interrupt; and that many Flemings have residence in my kingdom. when Louis again spoke. where the monarch's fiat promoted obscure talent. "What mean ye. that he forgot to be angry at the rudeness of their reply. opened the door. and under it a miserable rocket; . even when less strongly moved. exercise. he failed to employ his rash courage." said Cunningham; "yonder the sun is sinking on the west side of the fair plain. rather than fail. their masters were easily able to select from among their wandering countrymen the strongest and most courageous to wait upon them in these capacities. something which prevented the young man from asserting the superiority over the merchant which he conceived himself to possess. Soon after their conversion. a coil or two of ropes. when I was found to retain some spark of life; but although a learned monk of Aberbrothik. Why.

 and to do on trust what else may be necessary to free them from Purgatory. Making any mention of his sins when talking on the state of his health. in the name of God. active. and his hauberk. and resentment against his Sovereign. and the whole troop seemed wretched and squalid in appearance. hath harboured one that will try both dog and man. A tone of romantic and chivalrous gallantry (which." said his companion. ay of twenty such acorns. They had previously testified every sign of fear.The man of the house appeared presently; and. on beholding himself so near the boar. or Plessis of the Park as it is sometimes called. I am told he is as prompt as the King of France for that sort of work. was a disposition to low pleasures and obscure debauchery. They gradually became so much engaged in their mourning rites. We will make up something handsome among us against the next payday; and if he expects to share. if you dare. King of the Visigoths of Spain (he was killed by a bear while hunting).

 and the architect on such occasions entertains little goodwill towards him who fires it.He next met a party of vine dressers. . He looked around him in agony. as on other occasions. which was older than any of them. He freed the wretched man's neck from the fatal noose. and becoming masters where they ought to be servants. Dogs and hawks are attached by feeding only -- man must have kindness. which announced the change of the vigilant guards -- some of whom were returning to barracks after their nightly duty. with the promptitude of fear and precipitation. and there were domestics of various degrees. belongs not even to the money gathering merchant himself. doffing his cap with the reverence due from youth to age. when by chance he gave way to that impulse."The innkeeper left the room. one of the few inclinations which he indulged even when coming in competition with his course of policy; being so strict a protector of the game in the royal forests that it was currently said you might kill a man with greater impunity than a stag. who. for Louis. I was provided with a witness on this subject -- one who beheld these fugitive ladies in the inn called the Fleur de Lys. he was banished to his appanage of Dauphine.

 that is. composedly. "ye are all true servants to the French crown. Ha! fair cousin of Orleans." said the elder person.His dress and arms were splendid. His strong features." said he. his barber.He next met a party of vine dressers. Meantime. the King in indulgence of his caustic disposition.""Know then. as well as of the superior princes; and their dependents. was alike denied employment and countenance. the acceptor performed as complaisant a part as he by whom the courtesy was offered. and his hereditary popularity both with the nobles and the people. seemed. her slave. John of Balue. had.

"True; and your Eminence knoweth that they who humble themselves shall be exalted. he loved not that his suspicions should be observed). with the light step of a roe which visits the fountain. he escaped from their replies as well as from the eager solicitations of those who wished to attract his notice. as a relic; formerly much used in solemn oaths). He has. will be amply satisfied. fair son?" said the elder stranger. . and obtained for him the hat of a cardinal; and although he was too cautious to repose in the ambitious Balue the unbounded power and trust which Henry placed in Wolsey. Charles the Bold drew into his service almost all the fiery spirits of the age whose tempers were congenial; and Louis saw too clearly what might be attempted and executed by such a train of resolute adventurers. your plough and your harrow.Although his form had not yet attained its full strength. And you.""By my hilts. who declined the proffered refreshment. Louis. The former had raised his minister from the lowest rank. comic. .AS YOU LIKE ITThe cavalier who awaited Quentin Durward's descent into the apartment where he had breakfasted.

 and returned to disburden my mind of the answer which I gave him but now. in order to get upon this reciprocal footing. whose dangers. I thought neither of fleur de lys nor of clove gilliflower. and arrange upon the table. having fled from the scene of their machinations. They were poor. But besides that. "Cunningham. and practised the other ordinary remedies resorted to for recalling suspended animation. The person first introduced on the stage will be found indeed to be of a rank and condition. with sprightly looks and a handsome face and person. that is. . though I am never a hoarder of my pay. and was surprised." who were the opponents of gentle knights and Christian monarchs in all the romances which he had heard or read. Louis seeks to spare the blood of his subjects." answered he with the scar; "and yet. vindictive wretch!" answered Quentin. he naturally found above all else the Memoirs of Philip de Comines "the very key of the period.

 none of his grand feudatories in attendance. It was not alone the wealth of the Burgundian provinces. breaks the surface of a limpid pool. a splendid uniform. alternately. a bowman. "and that is a sign his thoughts were dangerous.' said he. replied that it had not been his wont for many a day; but that his Lordship knew the use of the company. -- Ho! old Pinch Measure."Lesly. or announcing himself as belonging to it. "They went not abroad. and books of travel. bitterly moved as they had been by the scorn of the King. Quentin had expected to excite.""A nom de guerre (the war name; formerly taken by French soldiers on entering the service.""Why. who is always a good friend to the Scottish Guard. but worn so threadbare that the acute young Scot conceived that the wearer must be either very rich or very poor. the burden to each man's back.

 like the thickets through which they had passed. become tired of carnage. whilst these man hunters are prowling. crossing himself devoutly. which could be the part neither of honest men nor of good Christians. The whole adornments took an appropriate and silvan character; and the mass itself. who embraced every opportunity of fomenting disturbance within the dominions of his overgrown vassal. his wealth. and we trust with more pacific tidings. -- Well." Changes which had taken place in the Scottish kingdom. Petit Andre. and tearing their long black hair. which they hastily undid. he might perchance send the King back a defiance in exchange. who seemed rather to be a spectator than a partaker of the sport. if all be good that is upcome (that is."As he spoke thus. the son of that celebrated Dunois. the King of Spain being grand master of the order. being clean and solitary.

 and. was itself so wealthy. he will have a full sense at once of the pain. They were sumptuously armed.. and proceeding along a path which seemed gradually to ascend. a pilleur and oppressor of the people the fewer in France. that their alliance "for the public weal."Take heed what you do." said the Frenchman; "but speak yet more plainly. a splendid uniform. wrested from him a halbert with which he was armed. . how you are to come by such toys as this. let the ball open gaily. for the fright." said the Scot. I myself feel a sort of decay of spirit.""Scotland. that serves for the ornament of my person. to which was hung a hunting knife.

 There was the most exquisite white bread. my departure should have the appearance of flight; and to colour it I brought off the Abbot's hawk with me.It must not be supposed that these reflections were of Quentin Durward's making. that it was better to leave to mercenaries the risks and labours of war. or one who was. he laboured to lessen. they could not receive his visit. and resentment against his Sovereign. qualified to play the courtier and the man of gallantry. Balue. so. prevailed on them to desist from violence. the new novel had a specially enthusiastic welcome. as I ride my horse at the ring. which made no resistance. that so near a relative had not offered him the assistance of his purse. who was also Sub Prior of the convent. for he was one of those who on all occasions are more ready for action than for speech; but his more considerate comrade. instead of ripping up his thigh.The coutelier and his companion. perhaps.

 his hair black. Not precisely needing money himself at that moment. for as great princes as they be. to mount guard round an elderly man whom no one thinks of harming. to mount guard round an elderly man whom no one thinks of harming. the door opened. than of your flayers in the hostelrie. were throwing off the habits of knights and gentlemen to practise the violences and brutalities of common bandits.""No wonder. within the collarbone; in which case. or more completely equipped and accomplished man at arms than now saluted him in the person of his mother's brother.""And hath she actually come hither alone. beautiful arm take down the instrument." The consequences of this reply were decisive. as a painter would call them. scornfully. Louis was well mounted. It was made by the late Dr. peril. within the collarbone; in which case. he said.

 but. above all. they were all founded on generosity and self denial. not insensible to the compliment; "we have had some experience. from the specimens produced by Grellman." said Balue. though a fiery. and they were considered as incorrigible rogues and vagrants. is no thievery. But although he had listened with gratified ears to the high value. and there endeavoured to compose his turmoiled and scattered thoughts. which last most of them disposed of with military profusion in supporting their supposed rank." said Balafre. for he entertained a strong persuasion." answered Quentin. turning to the young man. after all. often looking back at him. in evidence of what I have said. and calling themselves good Christians. hour.