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 10. And over the whole he caused to be written a superscription in letters of English, "."

11. Then Daniel girded up his loins, and stood forth before all the rulers, and the captains, and the wise men; and he tore into fragments the patchwork which Robert had made.

12. And he overturned with his feet the palisade of osiers, and he smote a second time the graven image, and he cast it down before the people, and he struck from it the head, and broke the body into pieces.

13. Now Robert was greatly wroth at the act which Daniel had done, and he seized upon the pieces of the idol, and endeavoured to set them together before the people.

14. But a certain wise man named Edward, a ruler over the province of Louisiana, and an elder of the people, arose and stood before Robert, and said unto him.

15. "Peace be unto thee, O Robert! let not thine anger arise within thee against Daniel, for I say unto thee, thy path leadeth to error.

16. "The graven image which thou hast set up is made of sorceries and enchantments, and is evil in the sight of God and of man; and though peradventure Daniel hath dealt hardly by it, and by thee, yet I, even I, Edward, who have stood by thee in good report and in evil report, must say unto thee, of a surety this thy is but emptiness and vanity.

17. "Wherefore, O Robert! deliver to me the fragments thereof, that I may cast them forth upon the face of the earth."

18. So Edward took the pieces which Robert had gathered, and scattered them as dust before all the people.

19. And all the rulers, and the captains, and the wise men of the land, departed from the presence of Andrew the King, and returned to their homes.

20. And Robert the Nullifier departed in sorrow, and would not be comforted; and he went down by the sea to the city called Charleston, and sought out James, the son of James.

1. Now when Robert was come to the city called Charleston, the people had compassion upon him, and no man opened his mouth against him.

2. And the elders and the chief men of the city sought to comfort him, for they verily believed that he had repented him of his evil ways, and had hearkened to the voice of Edward, and had eschewed the worship of the graven image called.

3. But when Robert saw the elders and the chief men, that they yielded honour to his name, his heart waxed bold, and he was puffed up in his own conceit.