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So soon as we three were left together, my aunt went to the heart of the matter at once, saying frankly to what end she had come hither, that she knew all that Ann had suffered through Herdegen, and how well she had taken it, and that she had now set her mind on wedding with the Magister.
When she perceived how greatly I was amazed, she besought me, with the same eager haste as I had marvelled at the day before, that I would not contend against a conclusion she had fully weighed; inasmuch as that the Magister was a worthy man whom she could make truly happy. Moreover, his newly-acquired wealth would enable her to help many indigent persons in their need and misery.
He stretched out a calm hand and spoke slowly: 'Madam hostess, he said, 'if ye be jealous of the magister ye may well be jealous, for great beauty and worship hath this lady. Yet she need be little jealous, for this lady was nowadays prized so high that she might marry any man in the land and learned men were little prized.
Under the Dictator there was a Magister Equitum, who was sometimes appointed probably by the Dictator. The whole question of the dictatorship is one of considerable difficulty. No dictator had been appointed for one hundred and twenty years before the time when Sulla was appointed; and his dictatorship and that of Cæsar must not be considered as the genuine office.
He had no need to threaten, for she was of his side. He said that a Magister Udal had reported that she stood in need of Christian aid, and, speaking Latin with a heavy voice, he interrogated her as to her faith. The times were evil: many and various heresies stalked about the land: let her beware of trafficking with them.
"Nevertheless, there lay no appeal from the Roman dictator to the people; which, if there had, might have cost the commonwealth dear, when Spurius Melius, affecting empire, circumvented and debauched the tribunes: whereupon Titus Quintus Cincinnatus was created Dictator, who having chosen Servilius Ahala to be his lieutenant, or magister equitum, sent him to apprehend Melius, whom, while he disputed the commands of the Dictator and implored the aid of the people, Ahala cut off upon the place.
At that she covered her face with her apron, and from beneath it her voice came forth: 'If this Kat Howard come to be queen, shall not the old faith be restored? The recollection of this particular certainty affected the magister like a stab, for, if the old faith came back, then assuredly marriages by friars should again be acknowledged.
And when I would rise from table silent and with drooping head, the Magister would full often beg leave to follow me to my chamber, and comfort me after his own guise. In all good faith would he lay books before my eyes, and strive to beguile me to take pleasure in them as the best remedy against heaviness of soul.
It was at this point that the magister was moved to keep no longer silence. 'Now, by all the gods of high Olympus! he cried out, 'such things shall not be alleged against me. For I do swear, before Venus and all the saints, that I am your man.
'For the sake of your men ... for the sake of the New Learning, which God prosper, I was cast down. The printer grunted surlily: ''Tis known no wench is safe from thy amorousness. How many husbands have broken thy pate? The magister threw the knife on to the table and rose, frostily rustling in his gown. 'I shall bring thee down, ignoble man, he said.