Call the Templar yonder, and let him fight but half so well for his life as he has done for his Order--Make thou to the walls thyself with thy huge body--Let me do my poor endeavour in my own way, and I tell thee the Saxon outlaws may as well attempt to scale the clouds, as the castle of Torquilstone; or, if you will treat with the banditti, why not employ the mediation of this worthy franklin, who seems in such deep contemplation of the wine-flagon?--Here, Saxon," he continued, addressing Athelstane, and handing the cup to him, "rinse thy throat with that noble liquor, and rouse up thy soul to say what thou wilt do for thy liberty."
De ha egyezkedni akarsz velük, mért nem kéred fel közvetí­tésre ezt a derék franklin urat, aki olyan elmerülten bámul a boroskancsóra? Nesze, szász - folytatta Athelstane-hez fordulva, és átnyújtott neki egy kupa bort -, öblítsd le torkodat ezzel a nemes itallal, azután nyilatkozz: mit vagy hajlandó megtenni a szabadságodért?