The knights of the cross [microform]

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by  Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916

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THE KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS
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THE
KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS
BY
HENRYK
SIENKIEWICZ
AUTHOR OF ^'QVO VADIS," "WITH FIRE AND SWORD,'
"CHILDREN OF THE SOIL," ETC.
AUTHORIZED AND UNABRIDGED TRANSLATION FROM
THE POLISH BY
JEREMIAH CURTIN
FIRST HALF
CANADIAN COPYRIGHT EDITION
TORONTO
GEORGE N. MORANG & COMPANY LIMITED
1900
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THE
KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS.
CHAPTER
1.
In Tynets, at the Savage Bull, an inn which belonged to
the monastery, were sitting a number of persons, listening
to the tales of a veteran warrior, who had come from distant
parts, and was relating adventures through which he had
passed in war and on the road.
He was a bearded man, in the vigor of life, broad shoul-
dered, almost immense, but spare of flesh; his hair was
caught up in a net ornamented with beads; he wore aleathern
coat with impressions made on it by armor; his belt was
formed entirely of bronze squares; under this belt was a
knife in a horn sheath at his side hung a short travelling-
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sword.
Right there near him, behind the table, sat a youth with
long hair and a gladsome expression of eye, evidently the
man's comrade, or perhaps his armor-bearer, for he was
also in travelling-apparel, and wore a similar coat, on which
were impressions of armor. The rest of the society was
composed of two country people from the neighborhood of
Cracow and three citizens in red folding caps, the sharp-
pointed tops of which hung down on one side a whole
ya-d.
The innkeeper, a German wearing a yellow cowl and collar
with indented edge, was pouring to them from a pitcher into
earthen tankards substantial beer, and listening with interest
to the narrative of warlike adventures.
But with still greater interest did the citizens listen. In
those days the hatred which, during the time of Lokietek,
distinguished citizens from knightly landowners, had de-
creased notably; citizens held their heads higher than in
later centuries. They were still called atthat time " des aller
durchluchtigsteu Kuniges und Herren " * and their readi-
1 See note at the eud of the volume.
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