He did not write in order to make a good minstrel's tale.

And so Khosrul disturbed the flood of thine inspiration to-night, good minstrel?

Give me a good minstrel show,-that'swhat I like.

But now he said: "And canst thou bring me to the said sage, good minstrel?"

But the day may come, good minstrel, when thy sheathed rose may seek some newer sunshine than thy face!

His greeting of Wolfram is harsh, but the good minstrel's sympathy constrains him to tell the story of his vain pilgrimage.

He bade the good minstrels be fetched straightway.

"Enough said, Sir John," said De Valence; "let us promise no more till this good minstrel shall see some sign of performance.