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'Take down this fellow's statement,' said the Duke to his scrivener. / 'Now, sirrah, it may not be known to you that his gracious Majesty the / King hath conferred plenary powers upon me during these troubled times, / and that I have his warrant to deal with all traitors without either / jury or judge. You do bear a commission, I understand, in the rebellious / body which is here described as Saxon's regiment of Wiltshire Foot? / Speak the truth for your neck's sake.'
'I will speak the truth for the sake of something higher than that, your / Grace,' I answered. 'I command a company in that regiment.'