36 THE PLEASANT HISTORY OF CHAP.

rested, which struck his heart with grief, and
he railed against Lanfert the carpenter,
saying, ‘Silly fool that thou art, what mad-
man would have lost such good venison,
especially being so fat and wholesome, and
for which he took no pains, for he was taken
to his hand; any man would have been proud
of the fortune which thou neglectest.’ Thus
fretting and chiding, he came to the river,
where he found the bear all wounded and
bloody, of which Reynard was only guilty;
yet in scorn he said to the bear, ‘ Monszeur,
Dieu vous garde.’

‘O thou foul red villain,’ said the bear
to himself, ‘what impudence is like to this?’

But the fox went on with his speech, and
said, ‘What, uncle? have you forgot any-
thing at Lanfert’s, or have you paid him for
the honeycombs you stole? If you have
not, it will redound much to your disgrace,
which before you shall undergo, I will pay
him for them myself. Sure the honey was
excellent good, and I know much more of
the same price. Good uncle, tell me before
I go, into what order do you mean to enter,
that you wear this new-fashioned hood? Will
you be a monk, an abbot, or a friar? Surely