Laugh while yet ye may ! '' `` Nay , now , good cousin , '' replied Sir Daniel , with some earnestness , `` think not that I mock at you , except in mirth , as between kinsfolk and singular friends . I will make you a marriage of a thousand pounds , go to ! and cherish you exceedingly . I took you , indeed , roughly , as the time demanded ; but from henceforth I shall ungrudgingly maintain and cheerfully serve you . Ye shall be Mrs. Shelton -- Lady Shelton , by my troth ! for the lad promiseth bravely . Tut ! ye will not shy for honest laughter ; it purgeth melancholy . They are no rogues who laugh , good cousin . Good mine host , lay me a meal now for my cousin , Master John . Sit ye down , sweetheart , and eat . '' `` Nay , '' said Master John , `` I will break no bread . Since ye force me to this sin , I will fast for my soul 's interest . But , good mine host , I pray you of courtesy give me a cup of fair water ; I shall be much beholden to your courtesy indeed . '' `` Ye shall have a dispensation , go to ! '' cried the knight . `` Shalt be well shriven , by my faith ! Content you , then , and eat . '' But the lad was obstinate , drank a cup of water , and , once more wrapping himself closely in his mantle , sat in a far corner , brooding .
In an hour or two , there rose a stir in the village of sentries challenging and the clatter of arms and horses ; and then a troop drew up by the inn door , and Richard XXXXX , splashed with mud , presented himself upon the threshold .
Daniel John Nay Shelton Tut kinsfolk laugh pounds purgeth troth