FORE:The vassals who were to perform homage then prepared to go through the customary form; and an old grey-headed man advanced first from the group to do fealty, and, standing before the baron, pronounced after him the following oath, holding his right hand on the gospels:
FORE:"Was any one present when you gave it?" inquired Calverley, as he turned round and addressed Mary.
FORE:The foreman's face assumed a deeper hue than usual: he looked fiercely at the galleyman, but there was a determination in the weather-beaten face that made him pause ere he spoke. "Galleyman," he at length said, "you knew the business before you came: if you be so fond of saving old witches' lives, why didn't you say so, that I might not now be in this dilemma?""No," said Holgrave, "I would betray no man; but I should not like to harboura man that had"
THREE:"Come, comestick to the truth. I ?un't to blame for Harry."
THREE:Anne was furious when she heard of the invitation.When the yeoman had returned to the castle, and presented the box to Isabella, the evidences it contained, in the dress and crucifix, were so conclusive, that the Earl of Oxford gave a kiss of welcome to the little Ralph.
