\"Icouldventure，\"hesaid，\"inmypresentdress，andwithyourworship\'sbacking，tofaceMasterJusticeBlindas，evenonadayofQuarterSessions;andIwouldliketoknowwhatisbecomeofHobgoblin，whoisliketoplaythedevilintheworld，ifhecanonceslipthestring，andleavehisgrannyandhisdominie。——Ay，andthescathedvault！\"hesaid;\"IwouldwillinglyhaveseenwhathavoctheexplosionofsomuchgunpowderhasmadeamongDoctorDemetriusDoboobie\'sretortsandphials。Iwarrantme，myfamehauntstheValeoftheWhitehorselongaftermybodyisrotten;andthatmanyalouttiesuphishorse，laysdownhissilvergroat，andpipeslikeasailorwhistlinginacalmforWaylandSmithtocomeandshoehistitforhim。Butthehorsewillcatchthefounderserethesmithanswersthecall。\"
Inthisparticular，indeed，Waylandprovedatrueprophet;andsoeasilydofablesrise，thatanobscuretraditionofhisextraordinarypracticeinfarrieryprevailsintheValeofWhitehorseevenuntothisday;andneitherthetraditionofAlfred\'sVictory，norofthecelebratedPuseyHorn，arebetterpreservedinBerkshirethanthewildlegendofWaylandSmith。
[SeeNote2，LegendofWaylandSmith。]
Thehasteofthetravellersadmittedtheirmakingnostayupontheirjourney，savewhattherefreshmentofthehorsesrequired;
andasmanyoftheplacesthroughwhichtheypassedwereundertheinfluenceoftheEarlofLeicester，orpersonsimmediatelydependentonhim，theythoughtitprudenttodisguisetheirnamesandthepurposeoftheirjourney。OnsuchoccasionstheagencyofWaylandSmith（bywhichnameweshallcontinuetodistinguishtheartist，thoughhisrealnamewasLancelotWayland）wasextremelyserviceable。Heseemed，indeed，tohaveapleasureindisplayingthealertnesswithwhichhecouldbaffleinvestigation，andamusehimselfbyputtingthecuriosityoftapstersandinn—keepersonafalsescent。Duringthecourseoftheirbriefjourney，threedifferentandinconsistentreportswerecirculatedbyhimontheiraccount——namely，first，thatTressilianwastheLordDeputyofIreland，comeoverindisguisetotaketheQueen\'spleasureconcerningthegreatrebelRoryOgeMacCarthyMacMahon;secondly，thatthesaidTressilianwasanagentofMonsieur，comingtourgehissuittothehandofElizabeth;thirdly，thathewastheDukeofMedina，comeover，incognito，toadjustthequarrelbetwixtPhilipandthatprincess。