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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: valorous posse of the Hue and Cry, came to rescue, by force of
arms, what was delivered to him without any other ransom than the
price of a huge quantity of ale, drunk out by his assistants,
thirsty, it would seem, with their walk, and concerning the price
of which Master Goldthred had a fierce dispute with the
headborough, whom he had summoned to aid him in raising the
country.
Having made this act of prudent as well as just restitution,
Wayland procured such change of apparel for the lady, as well as
himself, as gave them both the appearance of country people of
the better class; it being further resolved, that in order to
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