"Number two--seven ells of red Turkey cloth and nine ells of
cloth of gold. Put it down by the other. Good dame, I prythee
give each of these men a bottrine of wine or a jack of ale.
Three--a full piece of white Genoan velvet with twelve ells of
purple silk. Thou rascal, there is dirt on the hem! Thou hast
brushed it against some wall, coquin!"
"Not I, most worthy sir," cried the carrier, shrinking away from
the fierce eyes of the bowman.
"I say yes, dog! By the three kings! I have seen a man gasp out
his last breath for less. Had you gone through the pain and
unease that I have done to earn these things you would be at more
care. I swear by my ten finger-bones that there is not one of
them that hath not cost its weight in French blood! Four--an
incense-boat, a ewer of silver, a gold buckle and a cope worked
in pearls. I found them, camarades, at the Church of St. Denis
in the harrying of Narbonne, and I took them away with me lest
they fall into the hands of the wicked. Five--a cloak of fur
turned up with minever, a gold goblet with stand and cover, and a
box of rose-colored sugar.
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