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So he went into the garden and plucked plums and took out of them the steles [stalks], and did venom in them each one; and he came before the king and sat on his knee, and said: 'Sir, by St. Austin, this is fruit of our garden. SO HE WENT INTO THE GARDEN AND PLUCKED PLUMS AND TOOK OUT OF THEM THE STEELS STALKS AND DID VENOM IN THEM EACH ONE AND HE CAME BEFORE THE KING AND SAT ON HIS KNEE AND SAID SIR BY SAINT AUSTIN THIS IS FRUIT OF OUR GARDEN
uote from memory, without departing very widely from the old text, since the quaint wording of the original, and the spirit of bold and blunt heroism which it breathes, have fixed it in my mind for ever. The king, you must remember, had halted at Swinestead Abbey, in Lincolnshire, in his retreat from the hostile barons and their French allies, and had lost all his baggage by the surprise of the advancing tide in the Wash; so that he might well be in a somewhat sour mood. Says the tale: So the king went to meat in the hall, and before him was a loaf; and he looked grimly on it and said, ‘For how much is such a loaf sold in this realm?’ ‘Sir, for one penny,’ said they. Then the king smote the board with his fist and said, ‘By God, if I live for one year such a loaf shall be sold for twelve pence!’ That heard one of the monks who stood thereby, and he thought and considered that his hour and time to die was come, and that it would be a good deed to slay so cruel a king and so evil a lord. TURY I CAN HERE MAKE BOLD TO QUOTE FROM MEMORY WITHOUT DEPARTING VERY WIDELY FROM THE OLD TEXT SINCE THE QUAINT WORDING OF THE ORIGINAL AND THE SPIRIT OF BOLD AND BLUNT HEROISM WHICH IT BREATHES HAVE FIXED IT IN MY MIND FOR EVER THE KING YOU MUST REMEMBER HAD HALTED AT SWINE'S HEAD ABBEY IN LINCOLNSHIRE IN HIS RETREAT FROM THE HOSTILE BARONS AND THEIR FRENCH ALLIES AND HAD LOST ALL HIS BAGGAGE BY THE SURPRISE OF THE ADVANCING TIDE IN THE WASH SO THAT HE MIGHT WELL BE IN A SOMEWHAT SOUR MOOD SAYS THE TALE SO THE KING WENT TO MEET IN THE HALL AND BEFORE HIM WAS A LOAF AND HE LOOKED GRIMLY ON IT AND SAID FOR HOW MUCH IS SUCH A LOAF SOLD IN THIS REALM SIR FOR ONE PENNY SAID THEY THEN THE KING SMOTE THE BOARD WITH HIS FIST AND SAID BY GOD IF I LIVE FOR ONE YEAR SUCH A LOAF SHALL BE SOLD FOR TWELVE PENCE THAT HEARD ONE OF THE MONKS WHO STOOD THEREBY AND HE THOUGHT AND CONSIDERED THAT HIS HOUR AND TIME TO DIE WAS COME AND THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD DEED TO SLAY SO CRUEL A KING AND SO EVIL A LORD
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