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Wild Wales

CHAPTER VIII
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That it was the Pope who drove his fellow religionists the Anabaptists out of the Netherlands.

He asked me how long ago that was.
Between two and three hundred years I replied.

He asked me the meaning of the word Anabaptist; I told him; whereupon he expressed great admiration for my understanding, and said that he hoped he should see me again.
I inquired of him to what place the bridge led; he told me that if I passed over it, and ascended a high bank beyond, I should find myself on the road from Llangollen to Corwen and that if I wanted to go to Llangollen I must turn to the left.

I thanked him, and passing over the bridge, and ascending the bank, found myself upon a broad road.

I turned to the left, and walking briskly in about half an hour reached our cottage in the northern suburb, where I found my family and dinner awaiting me..


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