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"Marvels!" cried the Norman. "But surely they bear a stain and stigma, and their fellow-thegns flout them?" "Not a whit why so? land is land, money money. Little, I trow, care we what a man's father may have been, if the man himself hath his ten hides or more of good boc-land." "Ye value land and the moneys," said the Norman, "so do we, but we value more name and birth."
When one of Beowulf's "comrades" saw his lord hard bested "he minded him of the homestead he had given him, of the folk right he gave him as his father had it; nor might he hold back then." Snatching up sword and shield he called on his fellow-thegns to follow him to the fight.
"Marvels!" cried the Norman. "But surely they bear a stain and stigma, and their fellow-thegns flout them?" "Not a whit why so? land is land, money money. Little, I trow, care we what a man's father may have been, if the man himself hath his ten hides or more of good boc-land." "Ye value land and the moneys," said the Norman, "so do we, but we value more name and birth."
But as soon as the approving murmur that succeeded the prelate's speech, had closed, he lifted his head, and answered: "Holy father, and you, Right Worthy my fellow-thegns, if ye could read my heart at this moment, believe that you would not find there the vain joy of aspiring man, when the greatest of earthly prizes is placed within his reach.
But as soon as the approving murmur that succeeded the prelate's speech, had closed, he lifted his head, and answered: "Holy father, and you, Right Worthy my fellow-thegns, if ye could read my heart at this moment, believe that you would not find there the vain joy of aspiring man, when the greatest of earthly prizes is placed within his reach.
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