If he chooses to bring them up from Nether Forge and lay 'em out in the church-tower , why , they are e ` en so much the nearer to the main road and you are saved a day 's hauling . What a coil to make of a mere act of neighbourly kindness , lad ! '' ' `` I fear I have requited him very scurvily , '' says Sebastian , looking at his knuckles . `` But what of the demi-cannon ? I could do with 'em well , but they are not in the King 's Order . '' ' `` Kindness -- loving-kindness , '' says Sir John . `` Questionless , in his zeal for the King and his love for you , John adds those two cannon as a gift . 'T is plain as this coming daylight , ye stockfish ! '' ' `` So it is , '' says Sebastian . `` Oh , Sir John , Sir John , why did you never use the sea ? You are lost ashore . '' And he looked on him with great love . ' `` I do my best in my station . '' Sir John strokes his beard again and rolls forth his deep drumming Justice 's voice thus : `` But -- suffer me ! -- you two lads , on some midnight frolic into which I probe not , roystering around the taverns , surprise Master Collins at his '' -- he thinks a moment -- `` at his good deeds done by stealth . Ye surprise him , I say , cruelly . '' ' `` Truth , Sir John . If you had seen him run ! '' says Sebastian . ' `` On this you ride breakneck to me with a tale of pirates , and wool-wains , and cow-hides , which , though it hath moved my mirth as a man , offendeth my reason as a magistrate .
So I will e ` en accompany you back to the tower with , perhaps , some few of my own people , and three-four wagons , and I 'll be your warrant that Master John XXXXX will freely give you your guns and your demi-cannon , Master Sebastian . ''
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