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Chapter 32

           "Iacceptofnosuchpresents,"saidtheKnight;"Iamcontenttotakethycuffasaloan,butIwillrepaytheewithusuryasdeepaseverthyprisonerthereexactedinhistraffic."

           "Iwillprovethatpresently,"saidtheFriar.

           "Hola!"criedtheCaptain,"whatartthouafter,madFriar?brawlingbeneathourTrysting-tree?"

           "Nobrawling,"saidtheKnight,"itisbutafriendlyinterchangeofcourtesy.Friar,strikeanthoudarestIwillstandthyblow,ifthouwiltstandmine."

           "Thouhasttheadvantagewiththatironpotonthyhead,"saidthechurchman;"buthaveattheeDownthougoest,anthouwertGoliathofGathinhisbrazenhelmet."

           TheFriarbaredhisbrawnyarmuptotheelbow,andputtinghisfullstrengthtotheblow,gavetheKnightabuffetthatmighthavefelledanox.Buthisadversarystoodfirmasarock.Aloudshoutwasutteredbyalltheyeomenaround;fortheClerk’scuffwasproverbialamongstthem,andtherewerefewwho,injestorearnest,hadnothadtheoccasiontoknowitsvigour.

           "Now,Priest,"said,theKnight,pullingoffhisgauntlet,"ifIhadvantageonmyhead,Iwillhavenoneonmyhandstandfastasatrueman."

           "GenammeamdedivapulatoriIhavegivenmycheektothesmiter,"saidthePriest;"anthoucanststirmefromthespot,fellow,IwillfreelybestowontheetheJew’sransom."

           SospoketheburlyPriest,assuming,onhispart,highdefiance.

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