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"
For
fear
of
the
Saxons
?
"
said
De
Bracy
,
laughing
;
"
we
should
need
no
weapon
but
our
hunting
spears
to
bring
these
boars
to
bay
.
"
"
A
truce
with
your
raillery
,
Sir
Knights
,
"
said
Fitzurse
;
--
"
and
it
were
well
,
"
he
added
,
addressing
the
Prince
,
"
that
your
highness
should
assure
the
worthy
Cedric
there
is
no
insult
intended
him
by
jests
,
which
must
sound
but
harshly
in
the
ear
of
a
stranger
.
"
"
Insult
?
"
answered
Prince
John
,
resuming
his
courtesy
of
demeanour
;
"
I
trust
it
will
not
be
thought
that
I
could
mean
,
or
permit
any
,
to
be
offered
in
my
presence
.
Here
!
I
fill
my
cup
to
Cedric
himself
,
since
he
refuses
to
pledge
his
son
's
health
.
"
The
cup
went
round
amid
the
well-dissembled
applause
of
the
courtiers
,
which
,
however
,
failed
to
make
the
impression
on
the
mind
of
the
Saxon
that
had
been
designed
.
He
was
not
naturally
acute
of
perception
,
but
those
too
much
undervalued
his
understanding
who
deemed
that
this
flattering
compliment
would
obliterate
the
sense
of
the
prior
insult
.
He
was
silent
,
however
,
when
the
royal
pledge
again
passed
round
,
"
To
Sir
Athelstane
of
Coningsburgh
.
"
The
knight
made
his
obeisance
,
and
showed
his
sense
of
the
honour
by
draining
a
huge
goblet
in
answer
to
it
.
"
And
now
,
sirs
,
"
said
Prince
John
,
who
began
to
be
warmed
with
the
wine
which
he
had
drank
,
"
having
done
justice
to
our
Saxon
guests
,
we
will
pray
of
them
some
requital
to
our
courtesy
.
--
Worthy
Thane
,
"
he
continued
,
addressing
Cedric
,
"
may
we
pray
you
to
name
to
us
some
Norman
whose
mention
may
least
sully
your
mouth
,
and
to
wash
down
with
a
goblet
of
wine
all
bitterness
which
the
sound
may
leave
behind
it
?
"
Fitzurse
arose
while
Prince
John
spoke
,
and
gliding
behind
the
seat
of
the
Saxon
,
whispered
to
him
not
to
omit
the
opportunity
of
putting
an
end
to
unkindness
betwixt
the
two
races
,
by
naming
Prince
John
.
The
Saxon
replied
not
to
this
politic
insinuation
,
but
,
rising
up
,
and
filling
his
cup
to
the
brim
,
be
addressed
Prince
John
in
these
words
:
"
Your
highness
has
required
that
I
should
name
a
Norman
deserving
to
be
remembered
at
our
banquet
.
This
,
perchance
,
is
a
hard
task
,
since
it
calls
on
the
slave
to
sing
the
praises
of
the
master
--
upon
the
vanquished
,
while
pressed
by
all
the
evils
of
conquest
,
to
sing
the
praises
of
the
conqueror
.
Yet
I
will
name
a
Norman
--
the
first
in
arms
and
in
place
--
the
best
and
the
noblest
of
his
race
.
And
the
lips
that
shall
refuse
to
pledge
me
to
his
well-earned
fame
,
I
term
false
and
dishonoured
,
and
will
so
maintain
them
with
my
life
.
--
I
quaff
this
goblet
to
the
health
of
Richard
the
Lion-hearted
!
"
Prince
John
,
who
had
expected
that
his
own
name
would
have
closed
the
Saxon
's
speech
,
started
when
that
of
his
injured
brother
was
so
unexpectedly
introduced
.
He
raised
mechanically
the
wine-cup
to
his
lips
,
then
instantly
set
it
down
,
to
view
the
demeanour
of
the
company
at
this
unexpected
proposal
,
which
many
of
them
felt
it
as
unsafe
to
oppose
as
to
comply
with
.
Some
of
them
,
ancient
and
experienced
courtiers
,
closely
imitated
the
example
of
the
Prince
himself
,
raising
the
goblet
to
their
lips
,
and
again
replacing
it
before
them
.
There
were
many
who
,
with
a
more
generous
feeling
,
exclaimed
,
"
Long
live
King
Richard
!
and
may
he
be
speedily
restored
to
us
!
"
And
some
few
,
among
whom
were
Front-de-Boeuf
and
the
Templar
,
in
sullen
disdain
suffered
their
goblets
to
stand
untasted
before
them
.
But
no
man
ventured
directly
to
gainsay
a
pledge
filled
to
the
health
of
the
reigning
monarch
.
Having
enjoyed
his
triumph
for
about
a
minute
,
Cedric
said
to
his
companion
,
"
Up
,
noble
Athelstane
!
we
have
remained
here
long
enough
,
since
we
have
requited
the
hospitable
courtesy
of
Prince
John
's
banquet
.
Those
who
wish
to
know
further
of
our
rude
Saxon
manners
must
henceforth
seek
us
in
the
homes
of
our
fathers
,
since
we
have
seen
enough
of
royal
banquets
,
and
enough
of
Norman
courtesy
.
"
