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The Star-Chamber, Volume 1

CHAPTER XII
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An example shall be made of them." "You waste your breath, Sir Giles, and your big words will avail you nothing with us," Dick Taverner replied.

"Now hear me in return.

We, the bold and loyal 'prentices of London, who serve our masters and our masters' master, the king's highness, well and truly, will not allow an unlawful arrest to be made by you or by any other man.

And we command you peaceably to deliver up your prisoner to us; or, by the rood! we will take him forcibly from your hands!" "Out, insolent fellow!" cried Sir Giles; "thou wilt alter thy tune when thou art scourged at the cart's-tail." "You must catch me first, Sir Giles," replied Dick; "and two words will go to that.

We have read Sir Francis Mitchell a lesson he is not likely to forget; and we will read you one, an you provoke us.


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