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Chapter 25

           Touchingtheprisonerswehavemade,wedoinChristiancharityrequireyoutosendamanofreligion,toreceivetheirconfession,andreconcilethemwithGod;sinceitisourfixedintentiontoexecutethemthismorningbeforenoon,sothattheirheadsbeingplacedonthebattlements,shallshowtoallmenhowlightlyweesteemthosewhohavebestirredthemselvesintheirrescue.Wherefore,asabove,werequireyoutosendapriesttoreconcilethemtoGod,indoingwhichyoushallrenderthemthelastearthlyservice."

           Thisletterbeingfolded,wasdeliveredtothesquire,andbyhimtothemessengerwhowaitedwithout,astheanswertothatwhichhehadbrought.

           Theyeomanhavingthusaccomplishedhismission,returnedtothehead-quartersoftheallies,whichwereforthepresentestablishedunderavenerableoak-tree,aboutthreearrow-flightsdistantfromthecastle.HereWambaandGurth,withtheiralliestheBlackKnightandLocksley,andthejovialhermit,awaitedwithimpatienceananswertotheirsummons.Around,andatadistancefromthem,wereseenmanyaboldyeoman,whosesilvandressandweatherbeatencountenancesshowedtheordinarynatureoftheiroccupation.Morethantwohundredhadalreadyassembled,andotherswerefastcomingin.Thosewhomtheyobeyedasleaderswereonlydistinguishedfromtheothersbyafeatherinthecap,theirdress,arms,andequipmentsbeinginallotherrespectsthesame.

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