Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 29: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hall. 23 laughing, even as my great grandchildren do at the present day. One afternoon, close at the month’s end, being down in the village, I saw a strange man on horseback ride over the bridge into the space before the church with a trumpet and a piece of paper in his hand, and having blown the first rousingly, he read the second in a loud voice, and afterwards fixed it to the ‘church door with nails, where I heard an old man read it over to those that had no book- learning. “‘The declaration of James, Duke of Mon- mouth,” it began, ‘“‘and the Noblemen, Gen- tlemen, and Commons now in arms for the Defence of the Protestant Religion and Vin- dication of the Laws, Rights, and Privileges of England from the Invasion made upon . Them, and for delivering the Nation from the Usurpation and Tyranny of James, Duke of York.” Then it went on to charge him directly with the murder of the Earl of Essex, the poisoning of his brother the late King Charles the Second, the burning ‘of London town, and many other wicked and abominable crimes. —_—. comichbooks.com