Do thee be content for awhile, till I chafe thee poor legs, which is like the legs of a dead man, and tie up thee wounds.

When thee can stand up and walk, thee shall know all I have to tell thee, both good and bad.

It is enough thee is theeself safe." "Alas, I read it all from your looks," cried the soldier; "Edith is still a prisoner: and I lie here a miserable, crushed worm, incapable of aiding, unable even to die for her! But the emigrants, my friends?
_they_ are at least urging the pursuit?
there is a hope they will retake her ?" "Truly, friend," said Nathan, "thee shall know all, if thee will have patience, and hold thee tongue.

Truly, the many things thee says doth perplex me.

If thee loves thee poor kinswoman, and would save her from cruel bondage and sorrow, thee must be quiet till I have put thee again upon thee legs; which is the first thing to be thought about: and after that, thee shall have my counsel and help to do what is good and proper for the maiden's redeeming." With these words, Nathan again addressed himself to the task of chafing Roland's half-lifeless limbs, and binding up the several light, though painful wounds, which he had received in the conflict; and the soldier submitting in despair, though still entreating Nathan to tell him the worst, the latter began at last to relate his story.
The bold attempt of Nathan to pass the line of besiegers at the ruin, it seemed, he bad accomplished without difficulty, though not without risk; but this part of the narrative he hurried over, as well as his passage of the river at a solitary and dangerous ford in the wildest recesses of the forest.