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of inestimable value, I think, has been discarded 

 from their councils, and I cannot discover much 

 difference between them and the lesser banditti of 

 old ; for each has been guided by the strong 

 disposition to rob, (as soon as they thought them- 

 selves able successfully to do so), and to show 

 that "might is right." From the feuds of the 

 nobility down to " Rob-in-hood, Will Scarlet, and 

 Little John ;" and from the ferocious combats of 

 the Percy and Douglas, on the Borders of Johnny 

 Armstrong and his eight score men, down to 

 "Yeddy (Adam) Bell/' "Clem of the Clough," and 

 "William of Cloudsley" and the Mosstroopers, 

 the same wicked principle has guided them and 

 their ferocious retainers to murder each other and 

 to soak the earth with blood. 



