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WestminsterHalltoday,takingthelifeofanatrociousmurderer,
andtomorrowofawretchedpilfererwhohadrobbedafarmer’s
boyofsixpence.
Allthesethings,andathousandlikethem,cametopassinand
closeuponthedearoldyearonethousandsevenhundredand
seventy-five.Environedbythem,whiletheWoodmanandthe
Farmerworkedunheeded,thosetwoofthelargejaws,andthose
othertwooftheplainandthefairfaces,trodwithstirenough,and
carriedtheirdivinerightswithahighhand.Thusdidtheyearone
thousandsevenhundredandseventy-fiveconductthere
Greatnesses,andmyriadsofsmallcreaturesthecreaturesofthis
chronicleamongtherestalongtheroadsthatlaybeforethem.
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