Hold it , then , for certain , if ye set one foot before another , I will uplift my voice and call the nearest post to seize you . '' `` Ye mock me , '' said Sir Daniel . `` I have no safety out of Holywood . '' `` I care no more , '' returned Richard . `` I let you go east , west , or south ; north I will not . Holywood is shut against you . Go , and seek not to return . For , once ye are gone , I will warn every post about this army , and there will be so shrewd a watch upon all pilgrims that , once again , were ye the very devil , ye would find it ruin to make the essay . '' `` Ye doom me , '' said Sir Daniel , gloomily . `` I doom you not , '' returned Richard . `` If it so please you to set your valour against mine , come on ; and though I fear it be disloyal to my party , I will take the challenge openly and fully , fight you with mine own single strength , and call for none to help me . So shall I avenge my father , with a perfect conscience . '' `` Ay , '' said Sir Daniel , `` y ' have a long sword against my dagger . '' `` I rely upon Heaven only , '' answered Dick , casting his sword some way behind him on the snow . `` Now , if your ill-fate bids you , come ; and , under the pleasure of the Almighty , I make myself bold to feed your bones to foxes . '' `` I did but try you , Dickon , '' returned the knight , with an uneasy semblance of a laugh . `` I would not spill your blood . '' `` Go , then , ere it be too late , '' replied Shelton . `` In five minutes I will call the post . I do perceive that I am too long-suffering .
Had but our places been reversed , I should have been bound hand and foot some XXXXX past . ''
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