It did not take much to make a man a felon.

The magistrates were ferocious by tradition, and cruelty was a matter of routine.

The judges of assize increased and multiplied.
Jeffreys had become a breed.
III.
In the interior of the van there were two other inscriptions.

Above the box, on a whitewashed plank, a hand had written in ink as follows:-- "THE ONLY THINGS NECESSARY TO KNOW.
"The Baron, peer of England, wears a cap with six pearls.

The coronet begins with the rank of Viscount.