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pobratims rode their way together, Beg Kostadin and Kraljević Marko. And Beg Kostadin said to Marko: "Pobratim, Kraljević Marko, An thou comest to me in autumn. In autumn on Saint Demetrius' day. On the day of my patron saint Thou shalt see brave festival, And have brave welcome and according; And lordly meats in goodly array." Quoth Kraljević Marko: "Boast not thyself. Beg, of thy hospitality, Once when I sought my brother Andrea, It fortuned I was in thy house, In autumn, on Saint Demetrius' day. On the day of thy patron saint. I saw thy hospitality, And I saw three unworthy deeds." Quoth the Beg Kostadin: "Pobratim, Kraljević Marko; Of which unworthy deeds dost thou speak?" Answered to him Kraljević Marko: "This was the first unworthy deed, brother: There came to thee two poor lads, They asked of thee white bread to eat And red wine to drink; But thou saidst to the two needy ones— "Get ye gone, vile outcasts. Sully not my wine before these signors.'— Sore grieved was I, Beg, I was sore grieved for the two needy ones. I took them both,