From the shields, there is not one of these vessels
which hath not knight or baron aboard. I would mine eyes were
better. How read you this upon the left?"
"Argent and azure, a barry wavy of six."
"Ha, it is the sign of the Wiltshire Stourtons! And there beyond
I see the red and silver of the Worsleys of Apuldercombe, who
like myself are of Hampshire lineage. Close behind us is the
moline cross of the gallant William Molyneux, and beside it the
bloody chevrons of the Norfork Woodhouses, with the amulets of
the Musgraves of Westmoreland. By St. Paul! it would be a very
strange thing if so noble a company were to gather without some
notable deed of arms arising from it. And here is our boat, Sir
Oliver, so it seems best to me that we should go to the abbey
with our squires, leaving Master Hawtayne to have his own way in
the unloading."
The horses both of knights and squires were speedily lowered into
a broad lighter, and reached the shore almost as soon as their
masters. Sir Nigel bent his knee devoutly as he put foot on
land, and taking a small black patch from his bosom he bound it
tightly over his left eye.
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