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"That is right; hang them, without mercy."

"Upon fair trial," cried the magistrate.

"What trial?" cried Attilio, more loudly; "summary justice, I

say. Take a few of them who are known to be the richest and most

avaricious, and hang them."

"Yes, hang them! hang them! and there will be grain scattered in

abundance."

Thus the party continued absorbing the wine, whose praises, mixed

with sentences of economical jurisprudence, formed the burthen of

the conversation; so that the loudest and most frequent words

were, _Nectar, and hang 'em_.