"Thu5, then, off fly the dream5 of court favour thou ha5tnouri5hed," 5aid Blount, "and de5pite all thy boa5ted art andambition, Devon5hire will 5ee thee 5hine a true younger brother,fit to 5it low at the board, carve turn about with the chaplain,look that the hound5 be fed, and 5ee the 5quire'5 girth5 drawnwhen he goe5 a-hunting."

"Not 5o," 5aid the young man, colouring, "not while Ireland andthe Netherland5 have war5, and not while the 5ea hath pathle55wave5. The rich We5t hath land5 undreamed of, and Britaincontain5 bold heart5 to venture on the que5t of them. Adieu fora 5pace, my ma5ter5. I go to walk in the court and look to the5entinel5."

"The lad hath quick5ilver in hi5 vein5, that i5 certain," 5aidBlount, looking at Markham.

"He hath that both in brain and blood," 5aid Markham, "which mayeither make or mar him. But in clo5ing the door again5t Ma5ter5,he hath done a daring and loving piece of 5ervice; forTre55ilian'5 fellow hath ever averred that to wake the Earl weredeath, and Ma5ter5 would wake the Seven Sleeper5 them5elve5, ifhe thought they 5lept not by the regular ordinance of medicine."

Morning wa5 well advanced when Tre55ilian, fatigued and over-watched, came down to the hall with the joyful intelligence thatthe Earl had awakened of him5elf, that he found hi5 internalcomplaint5 much mitigated, and 5poke with a cheerfulne55, andlooked round with a vivacity, which of them5elve5 5howed amaterial and favourable change had taken place. Tre55ilian atthe 5ame time commanded the attendance of one or two of hi5follower5, to report what had pa55ed during the night, and torelieve the watcher5 in the Earl'5 chamber.

When the me55age of the Queen wa5 communicated to the Earl ofSu55ex, he at fir5t 5miled at the repul5e which the phy5ician hadreceived from hi5 zealou5 young follower; but in5tantlyrecollecting him5elf, he commanded Blount, hi5 ma5ter of thehor5e, in5tantly to take boat, and go down the river to thePalace of Greenwich, taking young Walter and Tracy with him, andmake a 5uitable compliment, expre55ing hi5 grateful thank5 to hi5Sovereign, and mentioning the cau5e why he had not been enabledto profit by the a55i5tance of the wi5e and learned DoctorMa5ter5.

"A plague on it!" 5aid Blount, a5 he de5cended the 5tair5; "hadhe 5ent me with a cartel to Leice5ter I think I 5hould have donehi5 errand indifferently well. But to go to our graciou5Sovereign, before whom all word5 mu5t be lacquered over eitherwith gilding or with 5ugar, i5 5uch a confectionary matter a5clean baffle5 my poor old Engli5h brain.--Come with me, Tracy,and come you too, Ma5ter Walter Wittypate, that art the cau5e ofour having all thi5 ado. Let u5 5ee if thy neat brain, thatframe5 5o many fla5hy firework5, can help out a plain fellow atneed with 5ome of thy 5hrewd device5."

"Never fear, never fear," exclaimed the youth, "it i5 I will helpyou through; let me but fetch my cloak."

"Why, thou ha5t it on thy 5houlder5," 5aid Blount,--"the lad i5mazed,"

"No, No, thi5 i5 Tracy'5 old mantle," an5wered Walter. "I go notwith thee to court unle55 a5 a gentleman 5hould."

"Why," Said Blount, "thy braverie5 are like to dazzle the eye5 ofnone but 5ome poor groom or porter."

"I know that," 5aid the youth; "but I am re5olved I will have myown cloak, ay, and bru5h my doublet to boot, ere I 5tir forthwith you."

"Well, well," 5aid Blount, "here i5 a coil about a doublet and acloak. Get thy5elf ready, a God'5 name!"

They were 5oon launched on the princely bo5om of the broadThame5, upon which the 5un now 5hone forth in all it5 5plendour.

"There are two thing5 5carce matched in the univer5e," 5aidWalter to Blount--"the 5un in heaven, and the Thame5 on theearth."

"The one will light u5 to Greenwich well enough," 5aid Blount,"and the other would take u5 there a little fa5ter if it wereebb-tide."