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Tom
Canty
's
father
was
never
heard
of
again
.
The
King
sought
out
the
farmer
who
had
been
branded
and
sold
as
a
slave
,
and
reclaimed
him
from
his
evil
life
with
the
Ruffler
's
gang
,
and
put
him
in
the
way
of
a
comfortable
livelihood
.
He
also
took
that
old
lawyer
out
of
prison
and
remitted
his
fine
.
He
provided
good
homes
for
the
daughters
of
the
two
Baptist
women
whom
he
saw
burned
at
the
stake
,
and
roundly
punished
the
official
who
laid
the
undeserved
stripes
upon
Miles
Hendon
's
back
.
He
saved
from
the
gallows
the
boy
who
had
captured
the
stray
falcon
,
and
also
the
woman
who
had
stolen
a
remnant
of
cloth
from
a
weaver
;
but
he
was
too
late
to
save
the
man
who
had
been
convicted
of
killing
a
deer
in
the
royal
forest
.
He
showed
favour
to
the
justice
who
had
pitied
him
when
he
was
supposed
to
have
stolen
a
pig
,
and
he
had
the
gratification
of
seeing
him
grow
in
the
public
esteem
and
become
a
great
and
honoured
man
.
As
long
as
the
King
lived
he
was
fond
of
telling
the
story
of
his
adventures
,
all
through
,
from
the
hour
that
the
sentinel
cuffed
him
away
from
the
palace
gate
till
the
final
midnight
when
he
deftly
mixed
himself
into
a
gang
of
hurrying
workmen
and
so
slipped
into
the
Abbey
and
climbed
up
and
hid
himself
in
the
Confessor
's
tomb
,
and
then
slept
so
long
,
next
day
,
that
he
came
within
one
of
missing
the
Coronation
altogether
.
He
said
that
the
frequent
rehearsing
of
the
precious
lesson
kept
him
strong
in
his
purpose
to
make
its
teachings
yield
benefits
to
his
people
;
and
so
,
whilst
his
life
was
spared
he
should
continue
to
tell
the
story
,
and
thus
keep
its
sorrowful
spectacles
fresh
in
his
memory
and
the
springs
of
pity
replenished
in
his
heart
.
Miles
Hendon
and
Tom
Canty
were
favourites
of
the
King
,
all
through
his
brief
reign
,
and
his
sincere
mourners
when
he
died
.
The
good
Earl
of
Kent
had
too
much
sense
to
abuse
his
peculiar
privilege
;
but
he
exercised
it
twice
after
the
instance
we
have
seen
of
it
before
he
was
called
from
this
world
--
once
at
the
accession
of
Queen
Mary
,
and
once
at
the
accession
of
Queen
Elizabeth
.
A
descendant
of
his
exercised
it
at
the
accession
of
James
I.
Before
this
one
's
son
chose
to
use
the
privilege
,
near
a
quarter
of
a
century
had
elapsed
,
and
the
'
privilege
of
the
Kents
'
had
faded
out
of
most
people
's
memories
;
so
,
when
the
Kent
of
that
day
appeared
before
Charles
I.
and
his
court
and
sat
down
in
the
sovereign
's
presence
to
assert
and
perpetuate
the
right
of
his
house
,
there
was
a
fine
stir
indeed
!
But
the
matter
was
soon
explained
,
and
the
right
confirmed
.
The
last
Earl
of
the
line
fell
in
the
wars
of
the
Commonwealth
fighting
for
the
King
,
and
the
odd
privilege
ended
with
him
.
Tom
Canty
lived
to
be
a
very
old
man
,
a
handsome
,
white-haired
old
fellow
,
of
grave
and
benignant
aspect
.
As
long
as
he
lasted
he
was
honoured
;
and
he
was
also
reverenced
,
for
his
striking
and
peculiar
costume
kept
the
people
reminded
that
'
in
his
time
he
had
been
royal
;
'
so
,
wherever
he
appeared
the
crowd
fell
apart
,
making
way
for
him
,
and
whispering
,
one
to
another
,
"
Doff
thy
hat
,
it
is
the
King
's
Ward
!
"
--
and
so
they
saluted
,
and
got
his
kindly
smile
in
return
--
and
they
valued
it
,
too
,
for
his
was
an
honourable
history
.
Yes
,
King
Edward
VI
.
lived
only
a
few
years
,
poor
boy
,
but
he
lived
them
worthily
