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Then he has mines of silver and copper , and the King has given him the care of the coinage . Everything prospers that he sets his hand to , and he well deserves it , for he is an honest man where honest men are few . ' ` Is he here ? ' ` Yea ; I saw his green hood crossing the court of the castle this very noon . The King can never go on long without him , though there are those that so bate him that I fear he may have a fall one of these days . Methinks I heard that he ay hears his morning mass when here at the little chapel of St. James , close to the great shrine of St. Martin , at six of the clock in the morning , so as to be private . You might find him there , and whatever he saith to you will be sooth , whether it be as you would have it , or no . '