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Johnnie went abroad that evening, down Chepe as far as Cornhill; but Dorothy and the captain preferred to remain indoors, and Mistress Stowe entertained them with stories of the great city, telling of the great changes that had taken place of late years how scores of churches and religious houses had been pulled down and hundreds of priests and monks driven out because of the Reformation.
The records show that he twice represented the borough of Southwark in Parliament, and another ancient document bears witness how he and his wife, Christian by name, were called upon to contribute two shillings to the subsidy of Richard II. These are the dry bones of history; for the living picture of the man himself recourse must be had to Chaucer's verse: "A semely man our hoste was with-alle For to han been a marshal in an halle; A large man he was with eyen stepe, A fairer burgeys is ther noon in Chepe; Bold of his speche, and wys, and well y-taught, And of manhood him lakkede right naught.
There is a Saturnine philosopher, standing at the door of his book-shop, who, I fancy, has a pooh-pooh expression as the triumph passes. Up the Hill of Ludgate around the Pauline Square by the side of Chepe until it reaches our own Hill of Corn the procession passes.
"'When ther any ridings were in Chepe, Out of the shoppe thider would he lepe; And till that he had all the sight ysein, And danced well, he would not come again. "There were always processions, too, in winter as well as in summer, for the people seemed not to mind rain or storm in the least.
After this Jeffreys ordered fresh flagons of wine, and asked Paignton Rob for his story. "Will Master Morgan care for the recital?" queried Rob. "My ears are burning," cried Johnnie. "I seem to have strolled out of Chepe this morning right into America. Stint not a word of thy story if thou hast any desire to please me." "So be it, friends.
Oh, have I not heard enough of the sorcerer from my brother, who works in the Chepe for Master Stokton, the mercer! and Master Stokton was one of the worshipful deputies to whom the old nigromancer had the front to boast his devices." "It is true," said the friar, suddenly.
"My poor friend," said he, kindly, "if you thus love a demoiselle deserving all my reverence, your words and your thoughts bespeak you no unworthy pretender; but take my counsel, good Alwyn. Come not thou from the Chepe come not to the court for a wife. Forget this fantasy." "My lord, it is impossible! Forget I cannot, regret I may.
Oh, have I not heard enough of the sorcerer from my brother, who works in the Chepe for Master Stokton, the mercer! and Master Stokton was one of the worshipful deputies to whom the old nigromancer had the front to boast his devices." "It is true," said the friar, suddenly.
"Do you remember what the Frenchman wrote et pain ne voyent qu'aux fenetres? There is not an enormous difference between me and the tattered rascal of Chepe, for we both stare longingly at what we most desire. And were I minded to hunt the simile to the foot of the letter, I would liken your coquetry to the intervening window-pane, not easily broken through, but very, very transparent, Anastasia."
She was quick enough to notice that her clothing was not quite according to London fashions; but if she were not as gaily dressed as the ladies who stared at her, she had the comforting thought that her cavalier was the best-dressed and handsomest man that walked along Chepe that September day.
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