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"Take thy sword and buckler, and follow me, then," said Tressilian; "I

ao in coether so secure of the fidelity

of his new retainer as to lose sight of hi moment,

when rival factions at the court of Elizabeth were running so high

Wayland Sly acquiesced in the precaution, of which he

probably conjectured the motive, but only stipulated that his master

should enter the shops of such chemists or apothecaries as he should

point out, in walking through Fleet Street, and perreed, and obeying the signal of his

attendant, walked successively into more than four or five shops, where

he observed that Wayland purchased in each only one single drug, in

various quantities The medicines which he first asked for were readily

furnished, each in succession, but those which he afterwards required

were less easily supplied; and Tressilian observed that Wayland more

than once, to the surprise of the shopkeeper, returned the gum or herb