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The Lancashire Witches

CHAPTER I
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"And that of William Haydocke, also Monk of Whalley, closed the list." "The unrelenting tyrant!" muttered the other monk.

"But these terms could not be accepted ?" "Assuredly not," replied Paslew; "they were rejected with scorn.

But the negotiations were continued by Sir Ralph Ellerker and Sir Robert Bowas, who were to claim on our part a free pardon for all; the establishment of a Parliament and courts of justice at York; the restoration of the Princess Mary to the succession; the Pope to his jurisdiction; and our brethren to their houses.

But such conditions will never be granted.
With my consent no armistice should have been agreed to.

We are sure to lose by the delay.


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