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"
It
is
a
formal
letter
of
defiance
,
"
answered
the
Templar
;
"
but
,
by
our
Lady
of
Bethlehem
,
if
it
be
not
a
foolish
jest
,
it
is
the
most
extraordinary
cartel
that
ever
was
sent
across
the
drawbridge
of
a
baronial
castle
.
"
"
Jest
!
"
said
Front-de-Boeuf
,
"
I
would
gladly
know
who
dares
jest
with
me
in
such
a
matter
!
--
Read
it
,
Sir
Brian
.
"
The
Templar
accordingly
read
it
as
follows
:
--
"
I
,
Wamba
,
the
son
of
Witless
,
Jester
to
a
noble
and
free-born
man
,
Cedric
of
Rotherwood
,
called
the
Saxon
,
--
And
I
,
Gurth
,
the
son
of
Beowulph
,
the
swineherd
--
"
"
Thou
art
mad
,
"
said
Front-de-Boeuf
,
interrupting
the
reader
.
"
By
St
Luke
,
it
is
so
set
down
,
"
answered
the
Templar
.
Then
resuming
his
task
,
he
went
on
,
--
"
I
,
Gurth
,
the
son
of
Beowulph
,
swineherd
unto
the
said
Cedric
,
with
the
assistance
of
our
allies
and
confederates
,
who
make
common
cause
with
us
in
this
our
feud
,
namely
,
the
good
knight
,
called
for
the
present
Le
Noir
Faineant
,
and
the
stout
yeoman
,
Robert
Locksley
,
called
Cleave-the-Wand
.
Do
you
,
Reginald
Front
de-Boeuf
,
and
your
allies
and
accomplices
whomsoever
,
to
wit
,
that
whereas
you
have
,
without
cause
given
or
feud
declared
,
wrongfully
and
by
mastery
seized
upon
the
person
of
our
lord
and
master
the
said
Cedric
;
also
upon
the
person
of
a
noble
and
freeborn
damsel
,
the
Lady
Rowena
of
Hargottstandstede
;
also
upon
the
person
of
a
noble
and
freeborn
man
,
Athelstane
of
Coningsburgh
;
also
upon
the
persons
of
certain
freeborn
men
,
their
cnichts
;
also
upon
certain
serfs
,
their
born
bondsmen
;
also
upon
a
certain
Jew
,
named
Isaac
of
York
,
together
with
his
daughter
,
a
Jewess
,
and
certain
horses
and
mules
:
Which
noble
persons
,
with
their
cnichts
and
slaves
,
and
also
with
the
horses
and
mules
,
Jew
and
Jewess
beforesaid
,
were
all
in
peace
with
his
majesty
,
and
travelling
as
liege
subjects
upon
the
king
's
highway
;
therefore
we
require
and
demand
that
the
said
noble
persons
,
namely
,
Cedric
of
Rotherwood
,
Rowena
of
Hargottstandstede
,
Athelstane
of
Coningsburgh
,
with
their
servants
,
cnichts
,
and
followers
,
also
the
horses
and
mules
,
Jew
and
Jewess
aforesaid
,
together
with
all
goods
and
chattels
to
them
pertaining
,
be
,
within
an
hour
after
the
delivery
hereof
,
delivered
to
us
,
or
to
those
whom
we
shall
appoint
to
receive
the
same
,
and
that
untouched
and
unharmed
in
body
and
goods
.
Failing
of
which
,
we
do
pronounce
to
you
,
that
we
hold
ye
as
robbers
and
traitors
,
and
will
wager
our
bodies
against
ye
in
battle
,
siege
,
or
otherwise
,
and
do
our
utmost
to
your
annoyance
and
destruction
.
Wherefore
may
God
have
you
in
his
keeping
.
--
Signed
by
us
upon
the
eve
of
St
Withold
's
day
,
under
the
great
trysting
oak
in
the
Hart-hill
Walk
,
the
above
being
written
by
a
holy
man
,
Clerk
to
God
,
our
Lady
,
and
St
Dunstan
,
in
the
Chapel
of
Copmanhurst
.
"
At
the
bottom
of
this
document
was
scrawled
,
in
the
first
place
,
a
rude
sketch
of
a
cock
's
head
and
comb
,
with
a
legend
expressing
this
hieroglyphic
to
be
the
sign-manual
of
Wamba
,
son
of
Witless
.
Under
this
respectable
emblem
stood
a
cross
,
stated
to
be
the
mark
of
Gurth
,
the
son
of
Beowulph
.
Then
was
written
,
in
rough
bold
characters
,
the
words
,
"
Le
Noir
Faineant
"
.
And
,
to
conclude
the
whole
,
an
arrow
,
neatly
enough
drawn
,
was
described
as
the
mark
of
the
yeoman
Locksley
.
The
knights
heard
this
uncommon
document
read
from
end
to
end
,
and
then
gazed
upon
each
other
in
silent
amazement
,
as
being
utterly
at
a
loss
to
know
what
it
could
portend
.
De
Bracy
was
the
first
to
break
silence
by
an
uncontrollable
fit
of
laughter
,
wherein
he
was
joined
,
though
with
more
moderation
,
by
the
Templar
.
Front-de-Boeuf
,
on
the
contrary
,
seemed
impatient
of
their
ill-timed
jocularity
.
"
I
give
you
plain
warning
,
"
he
said
,
"
fair
sirs
,
that
you
had
better
consult
how
to
bear
yourselves
under
these
circumstances
,
than
give
way
to
such
misplaced
merriment
.
"
