`` It likes me not . Y ' are sly indeed , but not speedy . Ye were a laggard ever . '' `` A n't be so , Sir Daniel , here am I , '' cried another . `` The saints forfend ! '' said the knight . `` Y ' are speedy , but not sly . Ye would blunder me headforemost into John Amend-All 's camp . I thank you both for your good courage ; but , in sooth , it may not be . '' Then Hatch offered himself , and he also was refused . `` I want you here , good Bennet ; y ' are my right hand , indeed , '' returned the knight ; and then several coming forward in a group , Sir Daniel at length selected one and gave him the letter . `` Now , '' he said , `` upon your good speed and better discretion we do all depend . Bring me a good answer back , and before three weeks , I will have purged my forest of these vagabonds that brave us to our faces . But mark it well , Throgmorton : the matter is not easy . Ye must steal forth under night , and go like a fox ; and how ye are to cross Till I know not , neither by the bridge nor ferry . '' `` I can swim , '' returned Throgmorton . `` I will come soundly , fear not . '' `` Well , friend , get ye to the buttery , '' replied Sir Daniel . `` Ye shall swim first of all in nut-brown ale . '' And with that he turned back into the hall .
`` Sir XXXXX hath a wise tongue , '' said Hatch , aside , to Dick .
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