Come, let us break our fast, and there be many knights and esquires and gentles of degree do wait to pay thee homage.

When she came close to us, instead of pouring out a torrent of mad words, telling of her woes and wrongs, or at any rate breaking into a disgusting whine such as "Oh, gentles, I am mad and old,

Prudence is an admirable cook,particularly as regard Yorkshire Pudding; gentle, little Miss Priscilla is the moster Aunt-like, and perfect of housekeepers; and Miss Anthea is our sovereign lady, before whose radiant beauty, Small Porges and I like true knights, and gallant gentles, do constant homage, and in whose behalf Small Porges and I do stand prepared to wage stern battle, by day, or by night.

Thus in that elegant Interlude, which the pen of BEN JONSON has transmitted to us, of the loves of HERO and LEANDER: Gentles, that no longer your expectations may wander, Behold our chief actor, amorous LEANDER!

"If we shadows have offended, Think but this, (and all is mended,) That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear; And this weak and idle theme No more yielding than a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend.

* * Then give me leave, nobles and gentles, each one, One song more to sing, and then I have done; And if that itt may not winn good report, Then doe not give me a GROAT for my sport.

Room, room, ye gentles gay,

Gentles, prepare your teare-bedecked eyes, To see two shewes of lamentation, Besprinckled every where with guiltlesse blood, Of harmlesse youth, and pretie innocents.

Gentles, helpe out with this suppose, I pray, And thinke it truth, for Truth dooth tell the tale.

That day she did nothing, for after teaching her to thread the worm, and put the gentles on the smaller hooks, I sent her to hunt for worms to chop up for ground-baiting the pitch for the next afternoon; and when this was done it was dinner-time, and I sent her home, for by then I was giving the reading-lessons in the morning.

Good morrow, gentles.

Here, peeping rabbit [to a Page at the door], out of your burrow, and show these gentles to their lodgings.

II THE LAY OF GUGEMAR Hearken, oh gentles, to the words of Marie.

Hearken, oh gentles, to the tale I set before you, for thereof the Bretons already have made a Lay.

Gentles, marvel not overmuch hereat.

Come away, come away, hark to the summons! Come in your war array, gentles and commons. Come from deep glen and from mountain so rocky, The war-pipe and pennon are at Inverlochy.

FOLEY, MARY C. Post haste; a manual for modern letter writers, by Mary C. Foley & Ruth G. Gentles.

Mary C. Foley & Ruth G. Gentles (A); 8Dec66; R398392.

GENTLES, RUTH G. Post haste.

GENTLES, RUTH G. The Zane Grey omnibus.

Edited by Ruth G. Gentles.

© 17Feb43; A171582. Ruth G. Gentles (A); 25Nov70; R495648.

GENTLES, RUTH G. The Zane Grey omnibus.

Edited by Ruth G. Gentles.

© 17Feb43; A171582. Ruth G. Gentles (A); 25Nov70; R495648.