It is nothing to me whether James Stuart or James Walters sits upon the throne, but the court and army of the King are already made up.

Now, since Monmouth hath both courtiers and soldiers to find, it may well happen that he may be glad of my services and reward them with honourable preferment.' 'Your logic is sound,' said our host, 'save only that you have omitted the very great chance which you will incur of losing your head if the Duke's party are borne down by the odds against them.' 'A man cannot throw a main without putting a stake on the board,' said Saxon.
'And you, young sir,' the old man asked, 'what has caused you to take a hand in so dangerous a game ?' 'I come of a Roundhead stock,' I answered, 'and my folk have always fought for the liberty of the people and the humbling of tyranny.

I come in the place of my father.' 'And you, sir ?' our questioner continued, looking at Reuben.
'I have come to see something of the world, and to be with my friend and companion here,' he replied.
'And I have stronger reasons than any of ye,' Sir Jacob cried, 'for appearing in arms against any man who bears the name of Stuart.

Had I not a mission here which cannot be neglected, I might myself be tempted to hie westward with ye, and put these grey hairs of mine once more into the rough clasp of a steel headpiece.

For where now is the noble castle of Snellaby, and where those glades and woods amidst which the Clancings have grown up, and lived and died, ere ever Norman William set his foot on English soil?
A man of trade--a man who, by the sweat of his half-starved workers, had laid by ill-gotten wealth, is now the owner of all that fair property.