“On my honour, my lord, a simple mistake of the brute45 Bonthron. I did hint to him that a dry beating would be due to the fellow by whom I had lost a hand; and lo you, my knave46 makes a double mistake. He takes one man for another, and instead of the baton47 he uses ...
“I did on my harness,” said Simon, “such as it was; took my mother’s blessing96, a high spirited woman, who spoke of my father’s actions for the honour of the Fair Town. This heartened me, and I felt still bolder when I found myself ranked among the other crafts, all bowme...