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The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in ArmsMorris, William

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The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in Arms

Name: The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in Arms
Author: Morris, William

Morris, William

Fantasy fiction

Then Penny-thumb set up his squeak again, but no man hearkened to him,
and each man said to his neighbour that it was well doomed of Bristler,
and neither too much nor too little.  But Folk-might bade Wood-wont to
bring thither to him that which he had borne to the Mote; and he brought
forth a big sack, and Folk-might emptied it on the earth, and lo! the
silver rings of the slain felons, and they lay in a heap on the green
field, and they were the best of silver.  Then the Elder of the
Dale-wardens weighed out from the heap the blood-wite for Rusty,
according to the due measure of the hundred in weed-stuff, and delivered
it unto Bristler.  And Folk-might said:

‘Draw nigh now, Penny-thumb, and take what thou wilt of this gear, which
I need not, and grudge not at me henceforward.’

But Penny-thumb was afraid, and abode where he was; and Bristler laughed,
and said: ‘Take it, goodman, take it; spare not other men’s goods as thou
dost thine own.’

And Folk-might stood by, smiling faintly: so Penny-thumb plucked up a
heart, and drew nigh trembling, and took what he durst from that heap;
and all that stood by said that he had gotten a full double of what had
been awarded to him.  But as for him, he went his ways straight from the
Mote-stead, and made no stay till he had gotten him home, and laid the
silver up in a strong coffer; and thereafter he bewailed him sorely that
he had not taken the double of that which he took, since none would have
said him nay.

When he was gone, the Alderman arose and said:

‘Now, since the fines have been paid duly and freely, according to the
dooming of Bristler, take we off the outlawry from Folk-might and his
fellows, and account them to be sackless before us.’

Then he called for other cases; but no man had aught more to bring
forward against any man, either of the kindreds or the Strangers.




CHAPTER XXXIX.  OF THE GREAT FOLK-MOTE: MEN TAKE REDE OF THE WAR-FARING,
THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.  FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE
CAME.  THE FOLK-MOTE SUNDERED.


NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding
some new matter.  Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:

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The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in ArmsMorris, William

Science

The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in Arms

Morris, William

Fantasy fiction

Then Penny-thumb set up his squeak again, but no man hearkened to him,
and each man said to his neighbour that it was well doomed of Bristler,
and neither too much nor too little.  But Folk-might bade Wood-wont to
bring thither to him that which he had borne to the Mote; and he brought
forth a big sack, and Folk-might emptied it on the earth, and lo! the
silver rings of the slain felons, and they lay in a heap on the green
field, and they were the best of silver.  Then the Elder of the
Dale-wardens weighed out from the heap the blood-wite for Rusty,
according to the due measure of the hundred in weed-stuff, and delivered
it unto Bristler.  And Folk-might said:

‘Draw nigh now, Penny-thumb, and take what thou wilt of this gear, which
I need not, and grudge not at me henceforward.’

But Penny-thumb was afraid, and abode where he was; and Bristler laughed,
and said: ‘Take it, goodman, take it; spare not other men’s goods as thou
dost thine own.’

And Folk-might stood by, smiling faintly: so Penny-thumb plucked up a
heart, and drew nigh trembling, and took what he durst from that heap;
and all that stood by said that he had gotten a full double of what had
been awarded to him.  But as for him, he went his ways straight from the
Mote-stead, and made no stay till he had gotten him home, and laid the
silver up in a strong coffer; and thereafter he bewailed him sorely that
he had not taken the double of that which he took, since none would have
said him nay.

When he was gone, the Alderman arose and said:

‘Now, since the fines have been paid duly and freely, according to the
dooming of Bristler, take we off the outlawry from Folk-might and his
fellows, and account them to be sackless before us.’

Then he called for other cases; but no man had aught more to bring
forward against any man, either of the kindreds or the Strangers.




CHAPTER XXXIX.  OF THE GREAT FOLK-MOTE: MEN TAKE REDE OF THE WAR-FARING,
THE FELLOWSHIP, AND THE WAR-LEADER.  FOLK-MIGHT TELLETH WHENCE HIS PEOPLE
CAME.  THE FOLK-MOTE SUNDERED.


NOW a great silence fell upon the throng, and they stood as men abiding
some new matter.  Unto them arose the Alderman, and said:

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in Arms

The Roots of the Mountains: Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, Their Friends, Their Neighbours, Their Foemen, and Their Fellows in Arms

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