What sayest thou for thyself ?" "I say," answered the knight, "that if this be indeed a lady, man never yet held me so long." "Spoken," said the friar, "like one who hath done execution.

Hast thou thy stomach full of steel?
Wilt thou diversify thy repast with a taste of my oak-graff?
Or wilt thou incline thine heart to our venison which truly is cooling?
Wilt thou fight?
or wilt thou dine?
or wilt thou fight and dine?
or wilt thou dine and fight?
I am for thee, choose as thou mayest." "I will dine," said the knight; "for with lady I never fought before, and with friar I never fought yet, and with neither will I ever fight knowingly: and if this be the queen of the forest, I will not, being in her own dominions, be backward to do her homage." So saying, he kissed the hand of Marian, who was pleased most graciously to express her approbation.
"Gramercy, sir knight," said the friar, "I laud thee for thy courtesy, which I deem to be no less than thy valour.

Now do thou follow me, while I follow my nose, which scents the pleasant odour of roast from the depth of the forest recesses.

I will lead thy horse, and do thou lead my lady." The knight took Marian's hand, and followed the friar, who walked before them, singing: When the wind blows, when the wind blows From where under buck the dry log glows, What guide can you follow, O'er brake and o'er hollow, So true as a ghostly, ghostly nose?
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