The book Arabella Stuart. a Romance From English History 1 was written by author James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford), 1801?-1860 Here you can read free online of Arabella Stuart. a Romance From English History 1 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Arabella Stuart. a Romance From English History 1 a good or bad book?
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" Just like all other robbers and plunderers," answered James ; " they all want to see what the purses they take contain, and the more the bet- ter." " But, but," cried the man, " it was only curiosity." " Hout tout !" exclaimed James, ^' such curi- 110 ARABELLA STUART. osity as that must be stopped with a rope," (or, as the King expressed it, with a " wuddie,") — ''and being the sovereign judge, to whom all other judges in this realm are merely subservient or assistant, having tried the case o...urselves, and finding this man taken in the act, and not making denial of his guilt, we shall proceed to pass sen- tence upon him according to law, ordering him to be taken back to prison, and thence, to-mor- row morning, at six of the clock, to the place of public execution, there to be hanged by the neck until he be dead. Let a warrant be prepared, directed to our Recorder of the town of Newark, for due execution of our sentence." Every person in the room looked almost as much aghast as the unhappy prisoner ; for such a gross and unheard-of violation of the laws of Eng- land seemed to every one more dangerous than if a thousand cut-purses had escaped.
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