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by MARK TWAIN (Samuel Clemens) PREFACEThe ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical It is not pretended that these laws and customs existed in England in the sixth century; no, it is only pretended that

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) NOTICEPERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR, Per G. G. , Chief of Ordnance. EXPLANATORYIN this book

PREFACE (Предисловие) I will set down a tale (я изложу историю; to set down — класть) as it was told to me by one (как она была рассказана мне одним (человеком) , who had it of his father (кто услышал ее от своего отца; to have — иметь, получать) , which latter (которую последни