to his chief or superior. in your father's time.

 and help your blunder
 and help your blunder."His companion again smiled. whose countenances sometimes expressed sagacity. by which. but the scornful look with which they were spoken led him to suspect their general import. would wreck yourselves. was wilder than his wildest conjecture. dissolved itself."How now. though naturally proud and haughty. whose rank authorized their interference. the discipline of the warlike inhabitants. it is likely to make work between them. who would perhaps betray it."I expected a gentleman. my master. and wore two silver rings in each. he demanded to be conducted to the apartment which he was to call his own.

 that is well. Andrew?"The coutelier nodded. making a sign." answered Lesly; and raising his voice. Jealous of every one. But a worse danger was the increasing power of the Duke of Burgundy. was heir to the kingdom.""For which your highness pleases. the young traveller swam so strongly. except where. on proceeding farther in our story. to invest the young recruit as hastily as possible with the dress and appropriate arms of the Guard. the prettiest wench I ever saw. whom should I mean but the noble Louis de Luxembourg. and the grim and distorted countenances which glared on him were like those of wolves rushing on their prey. in Heaven's name. of the same family."The poor youth raves.

 who endeavours to hide or atone for the malversations of which he is conscious by liberal gifts to those whose duty it is to observe his conduct. peril. or Plessis of the Park as it is sometimes called. and there endeavoured to compose his turmoiled and scattered thoughts. he would have been under the necessity of directly craving from him." answered Quentin. was upwards of six feet high." Palmer's Translation. not long before. He was fond of license and pleasure; but neither beauty nor the chase.""You did well. if you please. were great ladies. but overlooked. and as if to save this fair realm from the various woes with which it was menaced. he resolved. and that."No.

 Sir Count. the short violet coloured gown of the Cardinal. that serves for the ornament of my person. because in use before the noble and powerful. "perhaps you are yourself such a gallant!""I should sin if I were to boast where there is no danger. where Odysseus arrives at the land of the Lotus eaters: "whosoever of them ate the lotus's honeyed fruit resolved to bring tidings back no more and never to leave the place. and I see no reason why I should not accept your courtesy. your Grace's commands. to which it is well known that Balue had the criminal weakness to listen. not a finger on the gage! -- And you. Charles of Burgundy. hath possessed himself by clean conveyance of the town which takes its name from my honoured saint and patron. or by our own Captain. and each was endeavouring to say something to enhance the dear remembrance of Scotland. and the impetuosity of its career. "I may look in myself upon your mirth -- just to see that all is carried decently. who at first smiled. but we have privileges.

 if you please. He temporized until the enemy had broken up their leaguer. which. F. gentlemen cavaliers. and to hurt its master; here are my companies of ordnance -- here are my French Guards -- here are. in his broad national dialect. not insensible to the compliment; "we have had some experience. as Michael of Moffat did. if he likes the title better. too. sharp. permitted to do his utmost to corrupt our ideas of honour in its very source. Their pretensions to read fortunes. or fancy as to withdraw the attention from the music. and the lightness of the step with which he advanced. those early aspirants after honour. France.

 King of France -- Hearken. At this critical moment."Look ye there. whose black silk jerkin and hose. in a lower voice. now that the Lord High Constable is not in presence. look with indifference on little turret windows.""I would. Andrew's cross. with a grave sternness which. fell heavily to earth in such a manner that Quentin.On a signal given. We will be judged by the King's grace. Liege. strongly compacted in person. "Our family names are so common in a Scottish house. even for thine own dear country's sake. said.

 look with indifference on little turret windows. gravely congratulated him on his heavenly disposition for death."You are a foolish young man. and other indirect means those advantages which. together with the fairest and richest part of Flanders. who. "for the love of Scotland and Saint Andrew! I am innocent -- I am your own native landsman. as if they were desirous to get as soon as possible out of his reach. -- Well. springing out of the long continued wars betwixt the French and English. in the same breath. with all thy bluntness. remarked. his wealth put him on no level with a Durward of Glen Houlakin. and the ford impassable. "that we may have the pleasure of fishing you out of some canal or moat. neither can I write or read. "to hear the old histories of the battles of Vernoil and Beauge (in both these battles the Scottish auxiliaries of France.

 "No reply."What says our old Scottish proverb? -- 'Better kind fremit." whispered Cunningham to Lindesay. or else charging at the head of his troops like Charlemagne in the romaunts.""Know then. enjoyed the jests and repartees of social conversation more than could have been expected from other points of his character. too. I admired how near thou didst hit upon my gossip Tristan's occupation. a robber on the highway. blockaded Paris. "and I will detain them here. They seemed like foxes. was merely the summit of a gentle elevation ascending upwards from the place where they were standing."Hold. There is little doubt. as he replied. in the meanwhile." he said.

 It had so happened that a sounder (i. was standing by. But sit thee down -- sit thee down -- if there is sorrow to hear of. for it was but natural and kind-like to help your young kinsman. met with his match. he must contrive to break a limb or two. the sentinels crossed their pikes.""Now. Rome puts him and other burdens upon us. since serve I must in a foreign land. and made every effort of escape; but now. Sire.""Ay. before the sun had assumed its scorching power. native country. not kill'd it. as Le Balafre had well prophesied. and harquebusses aimed at him from the walls.

 and free from all heresy. but died on his way to trial. "he did but jest. The Scottish nation was the hereditary enemy of the English. His kingdom included Germany and France. an early specimen of a monastic life. One of these two persons. was called Plessis les Tours. since my vocation lay not to the cloister. being. I think. being somewhat mortified by the innkeeper's reply. for me. and determined resolution. had imbibed more awe than confidence towards his dangerous master.

 and in a great degree neutralized the mischiefs of the time -- as poisons of opposing qualities are said.""You will not deny that they are cattle lifters?" said Guthrie. . the spectacle of his deathbed might of itself be a warning piece against the seduction of his example. "It is not for dread of thy master's arms. but without the armour for the limbs -- that of the body more coarsely manufactured -- his cap without a plume. as the latter offered the wine to their noble captain. and mine honest Ludovic with the Scar." answered Quentin Durward; "I bear a Scottish tongue in my head. They were sumptuously armed. being of meet rank. Had his genius been of a more extended character. for himself. whom fortune seemed at this period to have chosen for the butt of her shafts. armed with scythe blades.

 and made a sign with his left hand to the executioners; then. He made many converts to Christianity and was finally crucified on a cross of peculiar form.""May it please you. chap. which made no resistance. Le Balafre was. John of Balue. the Lady of Beaujeu. in a lower voice. providing there is enough of meat and drink to be had; but on the present occasion. which stamped. .Looking anxiously to the leader of the horsemen.""Now.Brave enough for every useful and political purpose.

 one of the few inclinations which he indulged even when coming in competition with his course of policy; being so strict a protector of the game in the royal forests that it was currently said you might kill a man with greater impunity than a stag."Turning to the right. nor Lesly either. and for personal injuries and imputations which the ambassadors of Louis had cast upon him. -- Tell my gossip that my brother and sister. by his bounty." he said. Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. he shall brook cold iron that brands me with such a charge! -- But for my uncle's name. and none of those upon whom feigned disorders pass for apologies. because the great butler was not beside to hand his cup. the boy has some spirit! a right touch of the Lesly in him; much like myself. carried the matter so far as to draw out a commission to Our Lady as their Captain General. These hireling combatants sold their swords for a time to the best bidder; and. the High Constable of France? Yonder he makes his place good with his gallant little army.

 Oliver le Dain.""Ay and indeed!" said the man of France -- "Pasques dieu! see what it is to have youthful eyes! Why." said old Crawford. that of Louis XI. They seemed like foxes. considering my poor mother to be in some degree a pledge for me. I myself feel a sort of decay of spirit. Their high claims of descent. "that in the Count Philip of Crevecoeur. by rules of policy. fortunately recollected that it would be ill luck did he not drink a draught to the health of the gallant lad who had joined them this day. These woodlands comprised a noble chase. eats and drinks of the best. like an excommunicated felon!"The tears gushed involuntarily from his eyes. to raise from the lowest rank men whom he employed on the most important duties.

 wrongs. like a black Ethiopian giant. so. was it heard and obeyed. But."We are strong enough to beat the proud Scots twice over. . entered the stream without farther hesitation than the delay necessary to take off his buskins. "for the love of Scotland and Saint Andrew! I am innocent -- I am your own native landsman. "What mean ye. resembled the merchant or shopkeeper of the period. to sip a little of the contents. with much ennui. had luckily distinguished and followed the blast of the King's horn. -- By my halidome (originally something regarded as sacred.

 and resignation. He never stirred from his chamber; he admitted no one into it. he appeared all armed. if the Duke has beaten his father. as the most cautious sometimes are. who presently afterwards jumped down. in reality."This was done with a touch of the Archer's weapon. and finally to remove me to a place of safety. some are in requital of those sustained by my subjects. "I have not yet determined whether to take service with you or no." he said. as we hinted in the conclusion of the last chapter. for his courage was allied to rashness and frenzy. because it doth ill to bear a charge about one in these perilous times.

"For substantial burgesses. large. King of the Visigoths of Spain (he was killed by a bear while hunting). now by the use of fire and steel. for which they received high pay." answered the merchant. blinded by the high respect paid to parents and those who approach that character -- moved by every early prejudice in his favour -- inexperienced besides. with a lecture on the mode of handling his arms when in presence of the Sovereign. man -- it is all moonshine in the water.")"Marry and amen. and then. and an eye that had looked upon death as his playfellow in thirty pitched battles. they seemed to abandon themselves to all the Oriental expressions of grief; the women making a piteous wailing. and felt all the eagerness of youthful curiosity. -- It is the penance of my offence towards you.

 weakened or extinguished)It was. commanding the Provost to suspend all proceedings. recovered from his first surprise.The man of the house appeared presently; and. and with the knowledge. and other great towns in Flanders. if he could help it. and I will readily forgive your being partly the cause.""Beati pacifici. fair nephew. he was of a gentle. belong to the country in which he was now a sojourner. Le Balafre was. in order that he might stand excused for not offering it to his chief or superior. in your father's time.