Chapter 32

           Trustmeeachstatemusthaveitspolicies:

           Kingdomshaveedicts,citieshavetheircharters;

           Eventhewildoutlaw,inhisforest-walk,

           Keepsyetsometouchofcivildiscipline;

           FornotsinceAdamworehisverdantapron,

           Hathmanwithmaninsocialuniondwelt,

           Butlawsweremadetodrawthatunioncloser.

           OldPlay

           Thedaylighthaddawneduponthegladesoftheoakforest.Thegreenboughsglitteredwithalltheirpearlsofdew.Thehindledherfawnfromthecovertofhighferntothemoreopenwalksofthegreenwood,andnohuntsmanwastheretowatchorinterceptthestatelyhart,ashepacedattheheadoftheantler’dherd.

           TheoutlawswereallassembledaroundtheTrysting-treeintheHarthill-walk,wheretheyhadspentthenightinrefreshingthemselvesafterthefatiguesofthesiege,somewithwine,somewithslumber,manywithhearingandrecountingtheeventsoftheday,andcomputingtheheapsofplunderwhichtheirsuccesshadplacedatthedisposaloftheirChief.

           Thespoilswereindeedverylarge;for,notwithstandingthatmuchwasconsumed,agreatdealofplate,richarmour,andsplendidclothing,hadbeensecuredbytheexertionsofthedauntlessoutlaws,whocouldbeappalledbynodangerwhensuchrewardswereinview.Yetsostrictwerethelawsoftheirsociety,thatnooneventuredtoappropriateanypartofthebooty,whichwasbroughtintoonecommonmass,tobeatthedisposaloftheirleader.

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