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Sir Hugh Clopton, said Martin,
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Doubtless, said Sir Christopher, who was at that moment engaged in arranging a quick measure for the viol-de-gamba, and which he meant to adapt some exceeding curious steps to at the masque given by the Templars to Her Majesty on that very night,
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Why look ye, said Martin,
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Sir Hugh is a man having as great excellence is his arms as you, Sir Christopher, are so celebrated for in the legs. Now if you could intercede for him with Her Majesty, so that the good knight might be appointed to some command in the Low Countries, the violence of action might do away with the poignancy of his grief, and force him from his home.
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I fear me this is rather a delicate matter to broach unto Her Majesty,
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And yet, said Martin,
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Sir Hugh hath lost nothing of all this, interrupted Sir Christopher.
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He hath lost no fortune and favour and influence at Court: he never had or sought for either the one or the other.
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But he hath lost his child, said Martin,
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In my case, said Sir Christopher,
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I should _not_ consider myself so utterly miserable were I to lose all you have mentioned. As long as I am lord of this presence, he continued, looking at the reflection of his exceeding handsome face in the mirror, and then regarding his well-turned leg and small foot,
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I should not lack advancement. There are other Courts besides the Court of Elizabeth--other lands besides Britain--where a man's good gifts might be properly estimated;
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And there it is, said Martin;
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Nay, then I should be utterly discomfited, said Sir Christopher, laughing;
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And such is the condition of Sir Hugh, said Martin,
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I see the urgency of the matter, said Sir Christopher;
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Her Majesty may lose a good blade in the stout knight, were he to die of grief. He hath received wrong, but he shall have speedy redress. Come to me to-morrow, good Martin--early, good Martin--my life upon it, I will in some sort content you.