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Look you, Stephen Pontoys I can forgive Damian now for forgetting his uncle and his own credit, about this wench; for, by my faith, she is one I could have doated to death upon par amours.Ah! evil luck be the women's portion! they govern us at every turn, Stephen," and at every age.
"Let it be old Stephen Pontoys and two of the Chester spears he is as wily as an old fox, and neither hope nor fear will draw him a hairbreadth farther than judgment warrants." Amelot eagerly embraced the hint, and, at his command, Pontoys and two lances started forward to reconnoitre the road before them, and inquire into the condition of those whom they were advancing to succour.
But it is all one to us, Stephen, and we may make some vantage to-day, for these boors have plundered more than one castle." "Ay, ay," answered Pontoys, "the boor to the booty, and the banner-man to the boor, a right pithy proverb. But, prithee, canst thou say why his pageship leads us not forward yet?"
The page was about to continue his angry vindication, when Stephen Pontoys and his followers returned upon the spur. "Wenlock holds out bravely," he exclaimed, "though he is felly girded in with these boors. The large crossbows are doing good service; and I little doubt his making his place good till we come up, if it please you to ride something sharply.
"I warrant Sir Damian is secretary to my pretty lady," answered Stephen Pontoys, "as this springald Amelot is to Sir Damian; and so we poor men must obey and keep our mouths shut." "But our eyes open, Stephen Pontoys forget not that."
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