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By our lady! they
have shown the French at Courtrai and elsewhere that they are as deft
in wielding steel as in welding it."
"And the men of Spain?"
"They too are very hardy soldiers, the more so as for many
hundred years they have had to fight hard against the cursed
followers of the black Mahound, who have pressed upon them from
the south, and still, as I understand, hold the fairer half of
the country. I had a turn with them upon the sea when they came
over to Winchelsea and the good queen with her ladies sat upon
the cliffs looking down at us, as if it had been joust or
tourney. By my hilt! it was a sight that was worth the seeing,
for all that was best in England was out on the water that day.
We went forth in little ships and came back in great galleys--for
of fifty tall ships of Spain, over two score flew the Cross of
St. George ere the sun had set. But now, youngster, I have
answered you freely, and I trow it is time what you answered me.
Let things be plat and plain between us. I am a man who shoots
straight at his mark.


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