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"A peer cannot be put to the rack, even for high treason. A peer cannot
be branded on the hand. A peer is a clerk, though he knows not how to
read. In law he knows.
"A duke has a right to a canopy, or cloth of state, in all places where
the king is not present; a viscount may have one in his house; a baron
has a cover of assay, which may be held under his cup while he drinks. A
baroness has the right to have her train borne by a man in the presence
of a viscountess.
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Eighty-six tables, with five hundred dishes, are served every day in
the royal palace at each meal.
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If a plebeian strike a lord, his hand is cut off.
A lord is very nearly a king.
The king is very nearly a god.
The earth is a lordship.
The English address God as my lord!"
Opposite this writing was written a second one, in the same fashion,
which ran thus:--
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