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Nor, truly, could I have suspected Ramorny of having so much influence over the Prince, after having been accessory to placing him in a situation so perilous, had it not been for my royal kinsman's own confession, alluded to by your Grace, that, if suffered to remain at court, he might still continue to influence his conduct. I then regretted I had advised a fine in place of exile.
The old man will apply all this to the Duchess, as they call her, of Rothsay. Dwining, thou shouldst be a secretis to his Holiness the Pope, who sometimes, it is said, wants a scribe that can make one word record two meanings. I will subscribe it, and have the praise of the device." "And now, my lord," said Ramorny, sealing the letter and leaving it behind, "will you not to boat?"
But the Prince mentioned Sir John Ramorny's; I can take you to his lodgings through bye streets, though it is short of an honest burgher's office, and my time presses." "I will go anywhere; I know I am a scandal and incumbrance. There was a time when it was otherwise. But this Ramorny, who is he?"
"If I might offer my counsel," said the Duke of Albany, who saw that a reconciliation would soon take place betwixt the father and son, "I would advise that Ramorny be dismissed from the Prince's household and society, with such further penalty as his imprudence may seem to merit.
So conscious was Henbane Dwining of this elevation, that, like a keeper of wild beasts, he sometimes adventured, for his own amusement, to rouse the stormy passions of such men as Ramorny, trusting, with his humble manner, to elude the turmoil he had excited, as an Indian boy will launch his light canoe, secure from its very fragility, upon a broken surf, in which the boat of an argosy would be assuredly dashed to pieces.
"Why, there's a willing fiend, that needs neither pushing nor prompting!" said Ramorny. "As I trust I shall need neither in your knighthood's service." "We will go indoctrinate our agent," continued the knight.
Man can see with one eye, hear with one ear, touch with one hand, smell with one nostril; and why we should have two of each, unless to supply an accidental loss or injury, I for one am at a loss to conceive." Sir John Ramorny turned from the Prince with a low groan. "Nay, Sir John;" said the Duke, "I am quite serious.
"This is idle boasting, sir leech," replied Ramorny. "The whole mob of Perth will attend him to the gallows, each more eager than another to see the retainer of a nobleman die, for the slaughter of a cuckoldly citizen. There will be a thousand of them round the gibbet's foot."
"Vulcan was a smith as well as Harry Wynd; he would needs wed Venus, and our chronicles tell us what came of it." "Then long may Lady Venus live and be worshipped," said Sir John Ramorny, "and success to the gallant knight Mars who goes a-wooing to her goddess-ship!" The discourse took a gay and idle turn for a few minutes; but the Duke of Rothsay soon dropped it.
"Robert, third of the name," said the Prince, raising his bonnet as he spoke; "and long may he sway the sceptre!" "True, and amen," answered Ramorny; "but who sways King Robert, and dictates almost every measure which the good King pursues?" "My Lord of Albany, you would say," replied the Prince.
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