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Chapter 32

           Locksleynowproceededtothedistributionofthespoil,whichheperformedwiththemostlaudableimpartiality.Atenthpartofthewholewassetapartforthechurch,andforpioususes;aportionwasnextallottedtoasortofpublictreasury;apartwasassignedtothewidowsandchildrenofthosewhohadfallen,ortobeexpendedinmassesforthesoulsofsuchashadleftnosurvivingfamily.Therestwasdividedamongsttheoutlaws,accordingtotheirrankandmerit,andthejudgmentoftheChief,onallsuchdoubtfulquestionsasoccurred,wasdeliveredwithgreatshrewdness,andreceivedwithabsolutesubmission.TheBlackKnightwasnotalittlesurprisedtofindthatmen,inastatesolawless,wereneverthelessamongthemselvessoregularlyandequitablygoverned,andallthatheobservedaddedtohisopinionofthejusticeandjudgmentoftheirleader.

           Wheneachhadtakenhisownproportionofthebooty,andwhilethetreasurer,accompaniedbyfourtallyeomen,wastransportingthatbelongingtothestatetosomeplaceofconcealmentorofsecurity,theportiondevotedtothechurchstillremainedunappropriated.

           "Iwould,"saidtheleader,"wecouldheartidingsofourjoyouschaplainhewasneverwonttobeabsentwhenmeatwastobeblessed,orspoiltobeparted;anditishisdutytotakecareofthesethetithesofoursuccessfulenterprise.Itmaybetheofficehashelpedtocoversomeofhiscanonicalirregularities.

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