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All wagrants shall be taken up, and dealt with according to la. 'Now may the devil hold you in his claws, you old psalm-singing thief an't I a sailor and an't I a wagrant by profession, and all according to law? 'That won't do, says the other; 'I commands you in the king's name, to let me take you to prison, and I commands you also, young man, says he for I had walked up to them 'I commands you, as a lawful subject, to assist me. 'What will you give the poor fellow for his trouble? said the sailor.
You don't see the reg'lar wagrants there; trust 'em, they knows better than that. Young beggars, male and female, as hasn't made a rise in their profession, takes up their quarters there sometimes; but it's generally the worn-out, starving, houseless creeturs as roll themselves in the dark corners o' them lonesome places poor creeturs as ain't up to the twopenny rope.
At last they were close to the bushes, and we heard the common-keeper say, "They never went over the hill, that's for certain, the little wagrants; they can't be far off they must be down in the hollow. Come along." "But I'm blessed if I'm not up to my knees in the bog," cried one of the men; "I'll go no further down, dang me!"
All wagrants shall be taken up, and dealt with according to la. `Now may the devil hold you in his claws, you old psalm-singing thief an't I a sailor and an't I a wagrant by profession, and all according to law? `That won't do, says the other; `I commands you in the king's name, to let me take you to prison, and I commands you also, young man, says he for I had walked up to them `I commands you, as a lawful subject, to assist me. `What will you give the poor fellow for his trouble? said the sailor. `It's his duty, as a lawful subject, and I'll give him nothing; but I'll put him in prison if he don't. `Then, you old Rhinoceros, I'll give him five shillings if he'll help me, and so now he may take his choice. At all events, thought I, this will turn out lucky one way or the other; but I will support the man who is most generous; so I went up to the constable, who was a hurley sort of a fellow, and tripped up his heels, and down he came on the back of his head.
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