“The noble lord says to you,” said he, turning toward the fool, “that you will receive two skojce; but do not buzz too near, because the bee is driven away, but the drones are killed.”
The fool took the two skojce given to him by the Krzyzak, and taking advantage of the license granted at all courts to the fools, answered:
“There is plenty of honey in the province of Dobrzyn;[46] that is why it is beset with the drones. Drive them, King Wladyslaw!”
“Here is a penny from me, because you have said a clever thing,” said Kropidlo, “but remember that if the rope break, the beehive keeper break his neck.[47] Those drones from Malborg, by whom Dobrzyn is beset, have stings, and it is dangerous to climb to the beehives.”
“Owa!” exclaimed Zyndram of Maszkow, the sword bearer of Krakow, “one can
