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The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D.

CHAPTER XLIX
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By law, they ought to take between sun and sun; by abuse, they take by twilight and in the night time, a time well chosen for malefactors.

By law, they ought not to take in the highways, (a place by her majesty's high prerogative protected, and by statute by special words excepted;) by abuse, they take in the highways.

By law, they ought to show their commission, etc.

A number of other particulars there are," etc.

Bacon's Works, vol.iv.p.


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