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“And, know thou further” (quoth the Moor) “ ’tis said, anent these Christian knaves sanguinolent, that, so to speak, they garred the waves run red scathing with fire and steel where’er they went: Far-framèd plottings, certès, have been laid against ourselves, for ’tis their whole intent our homes to rifle, to destroy our lives, enchain our children and enslave our wives.