He is an excellent forager--" "Ah! That I warrant he is," Maitre Bertram put in; "-- And can cook a dinner or a supper with any man in the army.

I would not part with him on any consideration." "A fellow of that sort, Master Fletcher, is sure to turn out either a rogue or a handy fellow.

I am glad to hear that he has proved the latter.
"Here we are at the house.

At ordinary times we should all be abed and asleep at this hour, but the place is turned upside down since the prince and the Admiral arrived; for every citizen has taken in as many men as his house will hold.

I have four gentlemen and twenty of their retainers lodging here; but I will take you to my own den, where we can talk undisturbed; for there is much to say and to arrange, as to this expedition of yours, in which there is more peril than I should like to encounter.