"You shall follow your sword." Then the poor fellow, scared out of his wits, let go a string of oaths, and vowed to heaven he did but jest, and loved us both like his own brothers, and, would Ludar but unhand him, he might count on him as a friend for life, and so forth.

Even Ludar could not help laughing at the figure he made; and having lifted him a little on to the gunwale, let him down again with a "get you gone then." 'Twas wonderful how the gallant's courage came back as soon as he stood free.
"By my soul," said he, with a gay laugh, "thou'rt a brave lad, and I like thee for 't.

A jest is like marrow in a dog's bone, and life without sport is a camel's track.

Come, thou and I shall be friends, I see; and crack more jokes than one ere this voyage be over.

And, in sooth, Achilles doth well to make proof now and again of the strength of Hercules.