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Show 57 license aside and held the ink container out threateningly'to Hyrum. The other Stationers' man spoke. "You realize of course that everything you print must be approved?" "Aye, yes o course. Approved." nodded Hyrum. "You know you must not print any book or any pamphlet having anything to do with religion, unless of course it has been approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of York and the Vice-Chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge." The men were taking turns speaking now, their interrogation intensifying. "We do more than burn books and deface presses these days," the large man reminded Hyrum as he made a slitting of the throat gesture. Hyrum reached for his own throat. "Oh aye, quite reight. It would be breaking t'law to print such a thing." Perspiration was beginning to form on his forehead. "And you wouldn't do that, would you?" asked the man. Hyrum shook his head as if the thought had never crossed his mind. "You have ink here as if you are about to print something. "These ink balls are wet!" The accusations were |