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Collective works like those of Muratori and du Chesne had not appeared on the market; libraries were restricted to convents; and it was not to be expected that they should know all the chroniclers of the Byzantines, Latins, Lombards, Normans and Hohenstaufen to say nothing of Arab writers like Nowairi, Abulfeda, Ibn Chaldun and Ibn Alathir who throw a little light on those dark times, and are now easily accessible to scholars.
And so he dismissed De Chesne with messages of gratitude but refusal to his master, and sent for Captain King. Together they considered all that the secretary had stated, and King agreed with De Chesne's implied opinion that it was Sir Lewis himself who held the warrant. They sent for him at once, and Ralegh straightly taxed him with it.
Sir Walter stared at him, frowning. "D'ye mean Stukeley?" quoth he, half-indignant already at the mere suggestion. "Sir Lewis, he is your kinsman." De Chesne shrugged. "You should know your family better than I. But who is this Manourie who accompanies you? Where is he come from? What you know of him?" Sir Walter confessed that he knew nothing. "But I know much. He is a fellow of evil reputation.
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