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74 but for my exposing their infamous threats ; he now cares no more for me than he does for the dogs in the street.’ ‘Enough (they cried) we’ll shew you.’ At a subsequent time when it was said that the Lord Chancellor, passing along Holborn, saw several persons pursuing and beating a dog in order to kill him, pretending he was mad ; ‘Aye, (they cried) that’s as you say we pursue you pelting you with our murdering efforts ;’ but he not thinking any madness appeared about him, ran into the midst of them, and taking the dog up in his arms, rescued him from their fury, and ordered him to be conveyed to his stables and taken care of : ‘Yes, (said they) that part is the derision of the event ; we have commemorated your words ; he does care about the dog, but you may lie in the stable (a term used by them for being placed on the incurable establishment in Bedlam) and be damned.