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Chapter 33

           "Well,Prior,"saidtheOutlaw,"IwilldetaintheenolongerherethantogivetheJewaquittanceforthesixhundredcrownsatwhichthyransomisfixedIacceptofhimformypay-master;andifIhearthatyeboggleatallowinghiminhisaccomptsthesumsopaidbyhim,SaintMaryrefuseme,anIburnnottheabbeyoverthinehead,thoughIhangtenyearsthesooner!"

           WithamuchworsegracethanthatwherewithhehadpennedthelettertoBois-Guilbert,thePriorwroteanacquittance,dischargingIsaacofYorkofsixhundredcrowns,advancedtohiminhisneedforacquittalofhisransom,andfaithfullypromisingtoholdtruecomptwithhimforthatsum.

           "Andnow,"saidPriorAymer,"Iwillprayyouofrestitutionofmymulesandpalfreys,andthefreedomofthereverendbrethrenattendinguponme,andalsoofthegymmalrings,jewels,andfairvestures,ofwhichIhavebeendespoiled,havingnowsatisfiedyouformyransomasatrueprisoner."

           "Touchingyourbrethren,SirPrior,"saidLocksley,"theyshallhavepresentfreedom,itwereunjusttodetainthem;touchingyourhorsesandmules,theyshallalsoberestored,withsuchspending-moneyasmayenableyoutoreachYork,foritwerecrueltodepriveyouofthemeansofjourneying.

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