On it was written : '' The Old Dog goes to Salisbury to be beaten . I have his Kennel . Come quickly . '' ' `` This is worse than poison , '' said De Aquila , very softly , and sucked in his cheeks . Then Gilbert grovelled in the rushes , and told us all he knew . The letter , as we guessed , was from Fulke to the Duke -LRB- and not the first that had passed between them -RRB- ; Fulke had given it to Gilbert in the chapel , and Gilbert thought to have taken it by morning to a certain fishing boat at the wharf , which trafficked between Pevensey and the French shore . Gilbert was a false fellow , but he found time between his quakings and shakings to swear that the master of the boat knew nothing of the matter . ' `` He hath called me shaved head , '' said Gilbert , `` and he hath thrown haddock-guts at me ; but for all that , he is no traitor . '' ' `` I will have no clerk of mine mishandled or miscalled , '' said De Aquila . `` That seaman shall be whipped at his own mast . Write me first a letter , and thou shalt bear it , with the order for the whipping , to-morrow to the boat . '' ` At this Gilbert would have kissed De Aquila 's hand -- he had not hoped to live until the morning -- and when he trembled less he wrote a letter as from Fulke to the Duke , saying that the Kennel , which signified Pevensey , was shut , and that the Old Dog -LRB- which was De Aquila -RRB- sat outside it , and , moreover , that all had been betrayed . ' `` Write to any man that all is betrayed , '' said De Aquila , `` and even the Pope himself would sleep uneasily . Eh , Jehan ? If one told thee all was betrayed , what wouldst thou do ? '' ' `` I would run away , '' said Jehan . `` it might be true . '' ' `` Well said , '' quoth De Aquila . `` Write , Gilbert , that Montgomery , the great Earl , hath made his peace with the King , and that little D'Arcy , whom I hate , hath been hanged by the heels . We will give Robert full measure to chew upon .
Write also that XXXXX himself is sick to death of a dropsy . '' '
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