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countenance on those he liked not; or as one
would say, Here I am, what is it that the
proudest of you dare object against me? He
beheld there many of his kin which he knew

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loved him not, as the O?ter, the Beaver, and
divers others which I will name hereafter;
and many he saw which loved him. As soon
as he was come in the view of the King, he
fell down humbly on his knee, and spake as
followeth.