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Chapter the Thirty-Fourth
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It is not texts will do it — Church artillery1
Are silenced soon by real ordnance2,
And canons are but vain opposed to cannon3.
Go, coin your crosier, melt your church plate down
Bid the starved soldier banquet in your halls,
And quaff4 your long-saved hogsheads — Turn them out
Thus primed with your good cheer, to guard your wall,
And they will venture for’t. —
Old play.
The Abbot received his counsellor with a tremulous eagerness of welcome, which announced to the Sub-Prior an extreme agitation5 of spirits, and the utmost need of good counsel. There was neither mazer-dish nor standing-cup upon the little table, at the elbow of his huge chair of state; his beads6 alone lay there, and it seemed as if he had been telling them in his extremity7 of distress8. Beside the beads was placed the mitre of the Abbot, of an antique form, and blazing with precious stones, and the rich and highly-embossed crosier rested against the same table.
The Sacristan and old Father Nicholas had followed the Sub-Prior into the Abbot’s apartment, perhaps with the hope of learning something of the important matter which seemed to be in hand. — They were not mistaken; for, after having ushered9 in the Sub-Prior, and being themselves in the act of retiring, the Abbot made them a signal to remain.
“My brethren,” he said, “it is well known to you with what painful zeal10 we have
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artillery
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hawking
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brotherhood
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monastery
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toil
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countenance
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pillage
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despoil
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levy
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scoffer
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monk
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despatch
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baron
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monks
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plunder
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warden
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depredation
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turmoil
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