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"And," observed another Churchman, with malice, "at least the young Earls will be humbled, for they will not sit with the King and their father, as they would in the Hall, and must serve my lord with napkin and wine." "Inprinis," quoth our scholar the abbot, "that will be rare! I would I were by to see.
"Inprinis!" quoth the abbot, puffing out the word with great scorn; "thinkest thou, son of Mammon, that our good King sets his pious heart on gew-gaw, and gems, and such vanities? Thou shouldst take the goods to Count Baldwin of Flanders; or Tostig, the proud Earl's proud son."
Then an abbot rose and looked out of the narrow window, and said with a groan: "Army thou mayst well call it, O King! and foes to us and to thee head the legions " "Inprinis," quoth our abbot the scholar; "thou speakest, I trow, of the wicked Earl and his sons." The King's face changed. "Come they," said he, "with so large a train? This smells more of vaunt than of loyalty; naught very naught."
Here there was a sanctified groan: "Count William himself spoke to me in Latin!" continued the abbot, raising his eyebrows. "Did he? Wonderful!" exclaimed several voices. "And what did you answer, holy father?" "Marry," said the abbot solemnly, "I replied, Inprinis." "Good!" said the young monk, with a look of profound admiration.
Then an abbot rose and looked out of the narrow window, and said with a groan: "Army thou mayst well call it, O King! and foes to us and to thee head the legions " "Inprinis," quoth our abbot the scholar; "thou speakest, I trow, of the wicked Earl and his sons." The King's face changed. "Come they," said he, "with so large a train? This smells more of vaunt than of loyalty; naught very naught."
"That is true," said an abbot; "and an it were not for two things, I should love the Norman better than the Saxon." "What are they, my father?" asked an aspiring young monk. "Inprinis," quoth the abbot, proud of the one Latin word he thought he knew, but, that, as we see, was an error; "they cannot speak so as to be understood, and I fear me much they incline to mere carnal learning."
"Inprinis!" quoth the abbot, puffing out the word with great scorn; "thinkest thou, son of Mammon, that our good King sets his pious heart on gew-gaw, and gems, and such vanities? Thou shouldst take the goods to Count Baldwin of Flanders; or Tostig, the proud Earl's proud son."
"And," observed another Churchman, with malice, "at least the young Earls will be humbled, for they will not sit with the King and their father, as they would in the Hall, and must serve my lord with napkin and wine." "Inprinis," quoth our scholar the abbot, "that will be rare! I would I were by to see.
"That is true," said an abbot; "and an it were not for two things, I should love the Norman better than the Saxon." "What are they, my father?" asked an aspiring young monk. "Inprinis," quoth the abbot, proud of the one Latin word he thought he knew, but, that, as we see, was an error; "they cannot speak so as to be understood, and I fear me much they incline to mere carnal learning."
Here there was a sanctified groan: "Count William himself spoke to me in Latin!" continued the abbot, raising his eyebrows. "Did he? Wonderful!" exclaimed several voices. "And what did you answer, holy father?" "Marry," said the abbot solemnly, "I replied, Inprinis." "Good!" said the young monk, with a look of profound admiration.
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