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I am sure that when this dear old man shall hear these doings,

especially in the country, he will not let the world go on in

this manner, but will quickly find some remedy. And then, they

themselves, if they issue proclamations, they should wish to see

them obeyed; for it is an insult, an epitaph, with their name, if

counted for nothing. And if the nobility will not lower their

pretensions, and cease their evil doings, we must compel them as

we have done to-day.