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The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the

CHAPTER I
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But are we relieved even here from afflicting spectacles?
Look at that immense crowd which appears to be gathered in a ring.

See the accused innocent in the middle! The ordeal of poisonous water has been administered to him, as a test of his innocence or his guilt: he begins to be sick and pale.

Alas! yon mournful shriek of his relatives confirms that the loss of his freedom is now sealed.
And whither shall we go now?
the night is approaching fast.

Let us find some friendly hut, where sleep may make us forget for a while the sorrows of the day.

Behold a hospitable native ready to receive us at his door! let us avail ourselves of his kindness.


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