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           Anotherwasamanwhohadbeenaccusedofstealingahorse;hesaidtheproofhadfailed,andhehadimaginedthathewassafefromthehalter;butnohewashardlyfreebeforehewasarraignedforkillingadeerintheKing’spark;thiswasprovedagainsthim,andnowhewasonhiswaytothegallows.Therewasatradesman’sapprenticewhosecaseparticularlydistressedtheKing;thisyouthsaidhefoundahawk,oneevening,thathadescapedfromitsowner,andhetookithomewithhim,imagininghimselfentitledtoit;butthecourtconvictedhimofstealingit,andsentencedhimtodeath.

           

           TheKingwasfuriousovertheseinhumanities,andwantedHendontobreakjailandflywithhimtoWestminster,sothathecouldmounthisthroneandholdouthissceptreinmercyovertheseunfortunatepeopleandsavetheirlives."Poorchild,"sighedHendon,"thesewoefultaleshavebroughthismaladyuponhimagain;alack,butforthisevilhap,hewouldhavebeenwellinalittletime."

           Amongtheseprisonerswasanoldlawyeramanwithastrongfaceandadauntlessmien.Threeyearspast,hehadwrittenapamphletagainsttheLordChancellor,accusinghimofinjustice,andhadbeenpunishedforitbythelossofhisearsinthepillory,anddegradationfromthebar,andinadditionhadbeenfined3,000poundsandsentencedtoimprisonmentforlife.Latelyhehadrepeatedhisoffence;andinconsequencewasnowundersentencetolosewhatremainedofhisears,payafineof5,000pounds,bebrandedonbothcheeks,andremaininprisonforlife

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