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Stand

forth

,

Yokel

,

Burns

,

and

Hodge

--

show

your

adornments

!

"

These

stood

up

and

stripped

away

some

of

their

rags

,

exposing

their

backs

,

criss-crossed

with

ropy

old

welts

left

by

the

lash

;

one

turned

up

his

hair

and

showed

the

place

where

a

left

ear

had

once

been

;

another

showed

a

brand

upon

his

shoulder

--

the

letter

V

--

and

a

mutilated

ear

;

the

third

said

--

"

I

am

Yokel

,

once

a

farmer

and

prosperous

,

with

loving

wife

and

kids

--

now

am

I

somewhat

different

in

estate

and

calling

;

and

the

wife

and

kids

are

gone

;

mayhap

they

are

in

heaven

,

mayhap

in

--

in

the

other

place

--

but

the

kindly

God

be

thanked

,

they

bide

no

more

in

England

!

My

good

old

blameless

mother

strove

to

earn

bread

by

nursing

the

sick

;

one

of

these

died

,

the

doctors

knew

not

how

,

so

my

mother

was

burnt

for

a

witch

,

whilst

my

babes

looked

on

and

wailed

.

English

law

!

--

up

,

all

,

with

your

cups

!

--

now

all

together

and

with

a

cheer

!

--

drink

to

the

merciful

English

law

that

delivered

her

from

the

English

hell

!

Thank

you

,

mates

,

one

and

all

.

I

begged

,

from

house

to

house

--

I

and

the

wife

--

bearing

with

us

the

hungry

kids

--

but

it

was

crime

to

be

hungry

in

England

--

so

they

stripped

us

and

lashed

us

through

three

towns

.

Drink

ye

all

again

to

the

merciful

English

law

!

--

for

its

lash

drank

deep

of

my

Mary

's

blood

and

its

blessed

deliverance

came

quick

.

She

lies

there

,

in

the

potter

's

field

,

safe

from

all

harms

.

And

the

kids

--

well

,

whilst

the

law

lashed

me

from

town

to

town

,

they

starved

.

Drink

,

lads

--

only

a

drop

--

a

drop

to

the

poor

kids

,

that

never

did

any

creature

harm

.

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I

begged

again

--

begged

,

for

a

crust

,

and

got

the

stocks

and

lost

an

ear

--

see

,

here

bides

the

stump

;

I

begged

again

,

and

here

is

the

stump

of

the

other

to

keep

me

minded

of

it

.

And

still

I

begged

again

,

and

was

sold

for

a

slave

--

here

on

my

cheek

under

this

stain

,

if

I

washed

it

off

,

ye

might

see

the

red

S

the

branding-iron

left

there

!

A

slave

!

Do

you

understand

that

word

?

An

English

slave

!

--

that

is

he

that

stands

before

ye

.

I

have

run

from

my

master

,

and

when

I

am

found

--

the

heavy

curse

of

heaven

fall

on

the

law

of

the

land

that

hath

commanded

it

!

--

I

shall

hang

!

"

A

ringing

voice

came

through

the

murky

air

--

"

Thou

shalt

not

!

--

and

this

day

the

end

of

that

law

is

come

!

"

All

turned

,

and

saw

the

fantastic

figure

of

the

little

King

approaching

hurriedly

;

as

it

emerged

into

the

light

and

was

clearly

revealed

,

a

general

explosion

of

inquiries

broke

out

--

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"

Who

is

it

?

What

is

it

?

Who

art

thou

,

manikin

?

"

The

boy

stood

unconfused

in

the

midst

of

all

those

surprised

and

questioning

eyes

,

and

answered

with

princely

dignity

--

"

I

am

Edward

,

King

of

England

.

"

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