I must needs, I think, go in disguise, for my way lies wholly through the country of my enemies." "Surely," Cuthbert said, "no potentate could for very shame venture to detain your majesty on your way from the Holy Land, where you have wrought such great deeds.

Were I in your place, I would at once proclaim myself, mount my horse, have my banner carried before me, and ride openly on.

You have, too, another claim, namely, that of being shipwrecked, and even in war-time nations respect those whom the force of God has thrown upon their shores." "I fear me, Sir Cuthbert," Sir Baldwin said, "that you overrate the chivalry of our master's enemies.

Had we been thrown on the shores of France, Philip perhaps would hesitate to lay hands upon the king; but these petty German princelings have no idea of the observances of true chivalry.

They are coarse and brutal in their ways; and though in outward form following the usage of knighthood, they have never been penetrated with its spirit.