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The base and guilty bribes of guiltier men / / Shall be thrown back, and Justice look as when / / She loved the earth, and feared not to be sold / / For that which worketh all things to it, gold. / / BEN JONSON.
"The course of justice must not be delayed, although it be the Sabbath," said the Protector; and, having hastily ascertained that his officer had arrived at Cecil Place in time to prevent the intended marriage, he immediately ordered that Colonel Jones and Sir Willmott Burrell should be at once ushered into his presence. At the same time he despatched one of his pages to command the attendance of Manasseh Ben Israel.