The British nation a history / by George MWrong . . ]> CIVILIZATION IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 145 Human life was but little respected, death was thepenalty for even trifling theft and there were holocaustsTlie frequence ^^ victims; in every year hundreds, perhapsof the death thousands, were hanged. Cattle and horsepenalty. stealing was then, as it is now in the more unsettled parts of America, a common olfence. For basercrimes there was heavier punishment than hanging. Theman who tampered with the kings coin was torn to pieces.

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