Heaven wearies for the avenging o n't ; and you -- the man 's son -- ye go about to comfort and defend the murderer ! '' `` Jack , '' cried the lad `` I know not . It may be ; what know I ? But , see here : This man hath bred me up and fostered me , and his men I have hunted with and played among ; and to leave them in the hour of peril -- O , man , if I did that , I were stark dead to honour ! Nay , Jack , ye would not ask it ; ye would not wish me to be base . '' `` But your father , Dick ? '' said Matcham , somewhat wavering . `` Your father ? and your oath to me ? Ye took the saints to witness . '' `` My father ? '' cried Shelton . `` Nay , he would have me go ! If Sir Daniel slew him , when the hour comes this hand shall slay Sir Daniel ; but neither him nor his will I desert in peril . And for mine oath , good Jack , ye shall absolve me of it here . For the lives ' sake of many men that hurt you not , and for mine honour , ye shall set me free . '' `` I , Dick ? Never ! '' returned Matcham . `` An ye leave me , y ' are forsworn , and so I shall declare it . ''
`` My blood heats , '' said XXXXX .
Daniel Dick Jack Matcham Shelton Ye men sake slew wearies