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 fully by the hand, 'how glad am I that I have found thee at last, I have been many many months in search of thee; I know thee very well, know all what thou hast suffered, and have been longing for thy assistance this great while."

"For my assistance? To what purpose?"

"Every body speaks of thee: Thou hast many enemies, hast suffered glaring injuries, hast been entirely ruined and persecuted with unheard of severity.'—He grew warm.—'They have immured thee in the house of correction, have treated thee like a galley-slave at the fortress, have stripped thee of thy fortune, and reduced thee to beggary, because thou hast killed a few paltry deer, which the Prince suffers to prey on our corn, and to rob us of the fruit of our diligence. Is it come to that, brother, that a human being is valued less than a hare or a boar? Are we not better than