#Nether Gaol

[mutedwoodlands]

And then they kissed. And tried to murder each other. The end /j

[mutedwoodlands]

I can’t remember if I finished reading all of this or not but I really like a lot of parts of this analysis and I have the full thing saved to my notes app 😭😭

i need to gush about li xiao stuff or else

i love the like divergence you know?

when you first look at him you feel power from him from not only the pose but the attire and all. it all looks etheral

li xiao gives off an appearence of being untouchable but really hes hanging on by a thread.

you would think he has everything together, with how he holds himself. he fits in perfectly as someone else born into the highlife of tangton. the aspects feel practiced because since hes only adopted into the upperclass. of course he has to mimic the air of old money

OH YEAH its really cool how its practical too since based on limited info + tu he seems to be pretty hands on with his job and likely needs to move around alot so it makes sense for it to not only be fancy looking but also good for a fight. the sword also makes it clear he is willing and ready to fight which also ties into backstory stuff that would bleed into him

and! the sword based on someone i know who went clicking it looks like an anti cavalry sword used in the past by the chinese

i said it in a previous post but its actually this

its a changdao for anyone who didnt click

theres implications of him using it to go after bigger targets like maybe...

miramon

or espers.

plays into himnot being on top no matter what, politically or literally.

always the middle man , never anything more. only anything less. his outfit being not too extravagant like say councilor li in the new event shows this too. there's no billowing cape, no random cane , just his sword at his waist if he needs it. while li xiao is valued , hes just not ever valued more than others who have more inate power given to them

i love how hes in all white to symbolise purity of sorts. because thats how he attempts to come off as.

then theres the extra colours that act as a contrast to compliment the rest of his colourscheme otherwise the white is overwhelming.

the strips of black mar him+ the black in the shoes , it represents sins he cant be washed clean of because of what he undoubtedly commited and hes aware of that.

in certain symbolism black represents solemnity + its used as a representation of yin

whats extra cool is yun chuan wearing mostly black with stripes of white and li xiao in mostly white with strips of black. the yin yang symbolism there with the paths they ended going down is an inversion of their designs.

another thing is that using black in a certain way like copywrriting could conotate things like corruption and greed, things li xiao definately ended up bending to in a way

i also really like the red that could either be seen as xiao simply matching with the rest of the radiant guard or as a represenation of the blood on his hands indirectly from the false alarm or more directly with him allowing the experiments to take place. facliating their continuation

red in symbolism can actually be one of destruction or good fortune. honestly it fits with li xiao's life technically having good fortune since his talent was noticed by the li clan while also showing the self destruction that did him in

then theres my fav part which are his eyes which are either scarlet or reddish orange im not too sure but either way.

AIGHT also the bits of green in his belt might be a decoration but! just to put this down

green also has conatations with purity

intresting how alot of what goes into xiao's design attempts to potray purity + his actions (trying to atone/ fufil chuan's promise by unironically trying to change tangton for the better) but in the end that illusion is shattered in truth unveiled.

Ngl I think it's the themes of attempted purity in li xiao that endears me to him alot because I feel chronic guilt in a way it's very therapeutic to talk about him

Because I like unpacking what an extreme he is and his actions.

There's a very clear tragedy there in that he could have just been a plain good person albeit forgettable

The hook of the story of truth unveiled to me personally is while also highlighting the justice system and different ways of dealing with it there's also that other side where even if you wanted to gain powers to cut it at the nip you just can't if you aren't born into it

Maybe I'm just a bleeding heart for clinging to the tragedy of it all instead of moving on as the games themes encourage but it's always nagging at me

[pinkniz]

Can you imagine being sent to Nether Gaol and you see Jin Qiu from outside your cell looking at you like this

[simmerfangirl]

OLD SS

Toland escaping from Nether Gaol:

[stalkyarsen-ebook]

So whats the story behind of your LiMian in your AU?

didn't really thought of this much. someone asked me what if they were to switch places and I have the ability to come up witch concepts and stories pretty fast. (i am a bit proud of it....)

hm....

if you want to know, it's about the same characters, the same ideologies but in a different context.

Li Ling found a new friendship with Li Xiao without knowing he was the one who betrayed Yun Chuan. Li Ling soon became a prison guard and due to Nether Gaol working with the Shadow Decree, he eventually met scientifics from it. He kinda judges them on surface level, he doesn't like them, but he met Hyde and Chu Yao. He thoughts of them as bad first, but he couldn't just say anything either. Chu Yao took notice of that and decide to play around to see. He showed to Li Ling how Hyde has "good" intentions, that he cares. That things are more than you perceive. Li Ling was convinced. He thought that the Shadow Decree were working with good intentions. He decides to leave Nether Gaol and Tangton, it was better than staying in a corrupted government (much to Li Xiao dismay). He kinda puts Hyde on a pedestal especially after knowing of his history and how he's like. Of course, he's also grateful for Chu Yao, how could have know any of that if it weren't for him. Today, he tries to see more than surface level, find the good in people, even if they are brutes sometimes.

Long Mian was able to open up with Daniel, and sure things were complicated at first, but Daniel decided to think more than surface level and reached out to Long Mian. They agree on something. Long Mian can collect Miramons for research purposes, he'll be in charge of putting them in a containment chamber. Animal Taxidermy is also okay as long ethics are respected (which Long Mian already respected). And like that, Long Mian has a more healthier lifestyle and is more optimistic. Sure he is still creepy but he somehow get along with people alright. Even people like Amir.

As for the mini comic, basically the Shadow Decree decide to go on a raid on Union quarters. Li Ling, relunctant, came along. He decided on staying away from the main conflicts and kinda wander. He then found Long Mian who was also staying away. He knew of him, Union social media is pretty active and he sometimes found that man on Q's video. He thought Long Mian was really shy and is a bit embarassed on cameras, but even embarassed, he always found him awkwardly smiling. So he followed him to know more and ended up in said containment chamber, found miramons all over the place, rigidly aligned. He was disgusted and he basically did what his guts told him to do, fight it. And that's how he came to dislike Long Mian and the Union.

[xxmothangelxx]

Just finished Farewell Fireworks!

And I liked it! Admittedly I'm biased because design wise these are some of my favorite espers, but I really did enjoy it!

I'm a bit surprised they went with the "espers are somewhat of an oppressed minority" approach, though it's been implied to be something that happens behind closed doors (see, the esper black market from Brewster's event and the treatment of espers in Nether Gaol) it's rarely brought to the forefront. I like how they did it though, perhaps I'm just used to the Esper Union making their workers lowkey celebrities that I forget that average espers don't have it as easy.

I liked the conflict between Yu Ran and Yu Xu, the idea that the former chooses to be more docile and accepting of mistreatment as to keep a career and the other is more critical of it is an interesting juxtaposition to explore. You see this a lot among minority groups – see, the pick me and the feminist dichotomy. I sort of wish they delved into it a little bit more, but the event wasn't necessarily about that so we move.

Su Jue stole the show for me and she was absolutely justified in everything she did, and I would not have been upset had she actually killed Li Tiangang herself. I'm sorry, but based on the sprite used she was a teen/young woman when she was incarcerated and abused. Again, the way Dislyte consistently highlights that inmate abuse is a prevalent thing in their universe is so fascinating because few do that, and the few that do try and downplay it and make it seem like deserved retribution. I won't say Su Jue didn't deserve to be arrested, but she sure as hell didn't deserved to be cut, sliced, burned, force fed medicine and perved on by old creepy guards. #SuJueDidNothingWrong #RestInPissLiTiangang

I have mixed feelings towards Qin Shui. On one hand his plan to frame espers and crack down on them was inexcusable, but I can't help but empathize with his plight, I mean, Li Tiangang is an abusive, cruel man and so I struggle to truly hold anything against the guy who finally snuffed him out lmao. Though, I don't really know Ren Xian, is he from one of the other events I missed? If so oof, if not then I really hope he shows up, Qin Shui seemed genuinely afraid of him and now I'm hella curious.

TLDR: It was a really good event and I loved every character involved! Except Li Tiangang, he's playing double dutch with Epstein in hell as we speak.

[universalcollisionleaks00]

Universal Collision: Meet the Adventurer Support Assists!

Name: Jin Qiu

Class: 5★

Summoner/Duo: No

🎂Birthday🎂: No

Weapon Type: Ax (EX Weapon: Prisoner's Screams)

Current character status: Released

Info

The head warden of Nether Gaol. He is feared by both inmates and subordinates alike due to his unethical, harsh interrogation methods, which always yield the answers he seeks.

VC

I live by my own creed of justice. - Deploy Dazzling Slash Zone and Physical resistance of all enemies -50% (2 Turns) and Stack Convict on all enemies (3 Turns)

Skills/Abilities

Just Retribution - Slash attack on all enemies (3XL) and Strength -30% (3 Turns) and inflict Convict on all enemies (3 Turns)

- Increase debuff effect by 10% for each unique debuff (Max: 4 debuffs, -70%)

- If enemy's HP > 70%, inflict Stun on enemy

Punishing Cleave - Slash attack on a single enemy (XL) and physical resistance -35% (3 Turns) and strength of enemy -45%

- When user has Punish Evil, perform Slash attack on 3 random enemies (XL) and physical resistance -35% (3 Turns) and strength of enemy -45%

- Stack Convict on enemy (3 Turns)

Pump Fatigue - Grant Punish Evil on user (3 Turns) and grant Intimidate (4 Turns) if user's HP > 70% HP

- Perform Just Retribution after

- Ignore enemy's defenses and pierce barrier (3 Actions)

(Passive) Convict: When carrier performs an attack, deal 4% current HP damage

- When carrier is defeated, current HP damage increases by 4% (Max: 60% current HP damage)

(Passive) Punish Evil - Strength of user +50% and increase strength by +2% when an enemy is given a debuff by any ally (Max: +150%) and physical resistance of user +50% and increase physical resistance by +2% when given a buff by any ally (Max: +150%)

(Passive) Intimidate - Restore user’s HP by 20% of attack, and user gains shield at turn end (Shield HP: 3000/3000)

(Passive) Awakened Punishment - When inside either Wind King Zone or Dazzling Slash Zone, initiate Awaken Zone (1 Time) (7 Turns)

- Can also be activated in Subline

[ilikedyourablogithere]

Cellblock Chaos

aka the break banner

There's just the one guy to get

So unless you just REALLY need to have Jin Qiu asap ... you can just take it easy (he does have a pretty cool axe and whip combo tho)

Might be a prequel event because something freaky going on with Chaos Miracle that Narmer and someone called Su Jue are going to look into

Hopefully we get a good amount of Narmer screentime (Zelmer fans I'm sorry they keep doing you dirty like this)

And some new reset relic mechanic? I dunno guess just wait for patch notes

So ya it's mellow out time, just going to be a bunch of mini event stuff we've gotten in the past but nothing serious

so take the time to get your account in order when you get some time and enjoy Jin Qiu lil' story

...!!

Oh ya

it takes place in Nether Gaol

Maybe we'll get to see Li Xiao again. It's been almost a year since we last saw him, he's most likely all healed up by now and back to work

[qnewsau]

Mr Nude Brisbane 1904: a transparent petticoat

New Post has been published on https://qnews.com.au/mr-nude-brisbane-1904-a-transparent-petticoat/

Mr Nude Brisbane 1904: a transparent petticoat

In 1904, an unfortunate crime and a lack of any clothing other than a transparent petticoat resulted in Thomas Bier becoming Mr Nude Brisbane 1904.

In the modern day, we can, of course, access nudity at any time of day or night via the World Wide Web.

Take your pick. There are dicks to be admired in all colours, shapes, and sizes.

Men post their own nude pics. Some want to boast of their horse-sized appendages. Others beg for critics to belittle their markedly more modest endowments.

How easily we forget the taboo nudity once was in our society. Even in the 1960s, wowsers complained that a life-size replica of the Statue of David on display in a Sydney department store should be clad in a figleaf.

Holy Michelangelo! Talk about more modest endowment. You’d need binoculars to get a decent squizz at the dicklet on the Renaissance master’s great marble masterpiece. I always wondered if he left the dick till last and ran out of marble.

So, back in the day, those wanting to get their jollies from images of the male form were restricted to classic art. All well and good, but it’s hard to focus on wanking among the crowds in the Sistine Chapel.

Mr Nude Brisbane 1904

But in 1904, as members of the public filed into Brisbane’s City Police Court, someone noticed that they had a clear view of Thomas Bier’s nether regions.

The Brisbane Truth were so excited they had their artist draw the nude crim’s likeness for their next edition. Thomas was a pin-up — Mr Nude Brisbane 1904!

He’d been arrested the day before for stealing a pair of trousers from a second-hand clothes dealer in Albert Street. He was wearing the pants at the time. But just before his case was heard, the arresting copper realised the pants were needed for evidence. Looking around for something to cover Thomas’s nakedness, the constable noticed a petticoat and decided that would do.

But Constable Gay (you can’t make this shit up) never noticed the petticoat he put on Thomas was transparent. As titters arose from the public gallery and the constable realised his mistake, he hustled Thomas back downstairs to the cells.

A chasmic rent in the stern shift

When they returned Thomas was attired in what the Brisbane Truth described as a pair of policeman’s unmentionables with ‘a chasmic rent in the stern shift’. (A rip in the arse.)

Which begs the question — how did the Truth reporter know what undies Queensland cops wore?

And… where did the torn underdaks come from?

Were they Constable Gay’s?

It always happens, doesn’t it?

You wear your grungiest old knickers to work, and then you have to take them off to put on a crim you accidentally clad in a transparent petticoat. Life’s a bitch!

Anyway, according to the Brisbane Truth, Thomas paid for his thieving with a stint in gaol.

“Addressing the bench, defendant asked for leniency as he had been drinking. Prosecuting, Sub-Inspector Short here put his pot on by saying that Bier was a perfect pest. He was continually drunk and waylaying people in the street. Now he will waylay no more for three months — three pantless months in Boggo-road.”

Obviously, Constable Gay wanted his crotchless long johns back.

Some real vintage Aussie nudity:

NSFW!!! Vintage photographs of Aussie male swimmers.

NSFW! Can you explain this vintage Aussie beach pic?

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[paramythas]

The Grandis System is a strange place. Bearing multiple worlds that have been colonized by peoples from the system's original planet, Hazlitt, before it was eventually rendered uninhabitable by the appearance and growth of a strange phenomena. Ironically titled the 'Prime Miracle', the large structure sent out a wave of energy that fundamentally changed all life in Grandis. Even now, the Prime Miracle intermittently sends out pulses of sonic energy that resonate with the people of the system, granting them special abilities and sometimes transforming their bodies spontaneously.

Due to the... opportunities presented by the Prime Miracle, the IPC has made multiple attempts to foster deals for aid and trade with the Grandis System, however most of them have come up quite short due to multiple reasons.

Gyrate

The new center of the Grandis System, it's also the home of the Union, the system's main peacekeeping force, as well as research and medical care group for those affected by both the Prime Miracle and the lesser Miracles that have since appeared.

Here, former Tangon residents Tang Xuan and Heng Yue now live, lending their skills to the Union commander Raven in the protection of the worlds in their system.

Debia - A vast- though not uninhabited- desert region, which houses one of Gyrate's lesser miracles.

Woodsville -

Utgard

Not the least of the IPC's roadblocks is the acting political head of planet Utgard, Abigail Saunbert. One of those changed by one of the lesser Miracles, Abigail is a pretty, powerful and precise woman who is utterly ruthless in protecting both her own interests and the interests of her people's planet.

The Golden City - A large portion of Utgard is a sprawling casino complex known as The Golden City. It's run by Abigail's close confidant Alexa, a powerful esper in her own right.

Nielheim - A residential area and one of the few places in Utgard where those not originally from the system are allowed to reside.

Raine Tundra - A large portion of Utgard is frigid tundra, and in this tundra rests one of the lesser Miracles, which constantly spews forth waves of monsters created by the structure. Despite this, the depths of the Raine Tundra contain valuable mineral deposits that are occasionally brought to the surface by the Miracle, and are often snatched up by the forces stationed at Raine's Wall, a large fortification that is the main defense from the monsters created by the Miracle.

Tangton

A planet mainly inhabited by descendants of former residents of the Xianzhou Alliance. No one really remembers how or why such a thing occurred, only that while a good number of its residents are long-life species, the ratio of them in comparison to short-life species has made Tangton one of the most swiftly-evolving places in the Grandis system. However, it is historically unwelcoming to those 'gifted' by the Miracles, believing most of them to be criminals willing to misuse their powers... despite also making use of them to defend their cities against the monsters created by the Miracles.

Graywater - One of the largest cities on Tangton, Graywater is also home to the Graywater Bounty Hunter's guild. Here, the formerly sickly Xiao Yin and the elusive and ever-exhausted Fēng Xùn make their livelihood.

Geran -

Nether Gaol - a hidden jail for those with powers granted by the Miracles. It secretly serves as a research facility that runs tests on those with abilities granted by the Miracles as well as the monsters the Miracles span.

Hazlitt

Estero Harbor

The Shadow Decree

Not a place so much as an organization. Made up of former members of the Union and various Espers from the system who all believe that the Union's half-measures will eventually render them incapable of helping anyone. It is among these people that former actor Ikki now spends his days, using the group to gather information to avenge his comatose father.

- Esper AU Post

[trans-li-ling]

idc if Fu Shi is literally the most normal guy ever who just loves his GF I do NOT trust him and it doesn't matter if the event tries to tell me he's normal and just some fucking dude I'm GOING to psychically flay him.

[mutedwoodlands]

This inside joke is evolving. I am so sorry if you haven't seen the original

[dislyteshack]

I'm posting my truth unveiled essay for easy linking if you haven't played

Tldr li xiao fucked up and pulled a miracle alarm that caused a stampede-2017

Chuan found him and was not mad just disappointed

He went to jail for li xiao

Li xiao tried to help chuan escape but he refused

Eventually chuans death sentence came up and he was sent to death

Xiao decided he needed no witnesses because he's mentally ill

So he blew up chuans escape route

Then chuan becomes esper

Years later-2027

Chuan and xiao reunite

It turns out the nether gaol has been doing esper potion stuff

(they were working with the decree and the potion gives you a free trial of esperhood)

Xiao stabs himself with a temporary esper potion

He loses a fight

Then chuan beats up xiao and tells him to be better

Li Xiao is alive and he'll get a redemption arc one day

*Oh yeah

Xiao helped Yun chuan multiple times in the past and that's why were friends

A dynamic duo

Why they trusted each other completely

1- he gave chuan rice , when chuan was homeless and starving

2 he bailed Chuan out of jail after chuan assaulted a member of the tang family who was a loanshark

3 he gave chuan a place to stay ( he probably didn't have enough money for an entire other house so him and chuan were Def roommates)

*Li xiao background context for why he's mentally ill

He himself became homeless when he was a little kid

Li xiao was found by some raidiant guards who made him work child labour after they fed the starving filthy child

Li xiao presumably went on to become a waiter for the upper class and then he was found by the li clan and adopted

He then worked his way up the ranks but it seems like he is still disposable to his adopted family cuz when he was trying to help chuan escape his adopted parental figure called him an insect and threatened to throw him back on the streets

[pinkniz]

I wouldn't last a day in Nether Gaol because I would be incapable of taking Jin Qiu seriously

Like how am I supposed to remain scared if every time I look up to see the psycho torturing me I see this

[wewererogue]

Of Sundry Kinds of Punishment Appointed for Offenders

[Excerpt from William Harrison‘s “A Description of England“, 1577. I should have abridged it, but I’m exercising my right to be lazy.]

    Witches are hanged, or sometimes burned; but thieves are hanged (as I said before) generally on the gibbet or gallows, saving in Halifax, where they are beheaded after a strange manner, and whereof I find this report. There is and has been of ancient time a law, or rather a custom, at Halifax, that whosoever does commit any felony, and is taken with the same, or confesses the fact upon examination, if it be valued by four constables to amount to the sum of thirteen-pence-halfpenny, he is forthwith beheaded upon one of the next market days (which fall usually upon the Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays), or else upon the same day that he is so convicted, if market be then holden. The engine wherewith the execution is done is a square block of wood of the length of four feet and a half, which does ride up and down in a slot, rabbet, or regall, between two pieces of timber, that are framed and set upright, of five yards in height. In the nether end of the sliding block is an axe, keyed or fastened with an iron into the wood, which being drawn up to the top of the frame is there fastened by a wooden pin (with a notch made into the same, after the manner of a Samson’s post), unto the midst of which pin also there is a long rope fastened that cometh down among the people, so that, when the offender hath made his confession and hath laid his neck over the nethermost block, every man there present doth either take hold of the rope (or putteth forth his arm so near to the same as he can get, in token that he is willing to see true justice executed), and, pulling out the pin in this manner, the head-block wherein the axe is fastened doth fall down with such a violence that, if the neck of the transgressor were as big as that of a bull, it should be cut in sunder at a stroke and roll from the body by a huge distance. If it be so that the offender be apprehended for an ox, oxen, sheep, kine, horse, or any such cattle, the self beast or other of the same kind shall have the end of the rope tied somewhere unto them, so that they, being driven, do draw out the pin, whereby the offender is executed. Thus much of Halifax law, which I set down only to shew the custom of that country in this behalf.

    Rogues and vagabonds are often stocked and whipped; scolds are ducked upon cucking-stools in the water. Such felons as stand mute, and speak not at their arraignment, are pressed to death by huge weights laid upon a board, that lieth over their breast, and a sharp stone under their backs; and these commonly held their peace, thereby to save their goods unto their wives and children, which, if they were condemned, should be confiscated to the prince. Thieves that are saved by their books and clergy, for the first offence, if they have stolen nothing else but oxen, sheep, money, or such like, which be no open robberies, as by the highway side, or assailing of any man’s house in the night, without putting him in fear of his life, or breaking up his walls or doors, are burned in the left hand, upon the brawn of the thumb, with a hot iron, so that, if they be apprehended again, that mark betrayeth them to have been arraigned of felony before, whereby they are sure at that time to have no mercy. I do not read that this custom of saving by the book is used anywhere else than in England; neither do I find (after much diligent enquiry) what Saxon prince ordained that law. Howbeit this I generally gather thereof, that it was devised to train the inhabitants of this land to the love of learning, which before contemned letters and all good knowledge, as men only giving themselves to husbandry and the wars: the like whereof I read to have been amongst the Goths and Vandals, who for a time would not suffer even their princes to be learned, for weakening of their courage, nor any learned men to remain in the council house, but by open proclamation would command them to avoid whensoever anything touching the state of the land was to be consulted upon. Pirates and robbers by sea are condemned in the Court of the Admiralty, and hanged on the shore at low-water mark, where they are left till three tides have overwashed them. Finally, such as having walls and banks near unto the sea, and do suffer the same to decay (after convenient admonition), whereby the water entereth and drowneth up the country, are by a certain ancient custom apprehended, condemned, and staked in the breach, where they remain for ever as parcel of the foundation of the new wall that is to be made upon them, as I have heard reported.

    And thus much in part of the administration of justice used in our country, wherein, notwithstanding that we do not often hear of horrible, merciless, and wilful murders (such I mean as are not seldom seen in the countries of the main), yet now and then some manslaughter and bloody robberies are perpetrated and committed, contrary to the laws, which be severely punished, and in such wise as I have before reported. Certes there is no greater mischief done in England than by robberies, the first by young shifting gentlemen, which oftentimes do bear more port than they are able to maintain. Secondly by serving-men, whose wages cannot suffice so much as to find them breeches; wherefore they are now and then constrained either to keep highways, and break into the wealthy men’s houses with the first sort, or else to walk up and down in gentlemen’s and rich farmers’ pastures, there to see and view which horses feed best, whereby they many times get something, although with hard adventure: it hath been known by their confession at the gallows that some one such chapman hath had forty, fifty, or sixty stolen horses at pasture here and there abroad in the country at a time, which they have sold at fairs and markets far off, they themselves in the mean season being taken about home for honest yeomen, and very wealthy drovers, till their dealings have been betrayed. It is not long since one of this company was apprehended, who was before time reputed for a very honest and wealthy townsman; he uttered also more horses than any of his trade, because he sold a reasonable pennyworth and was a fairspoken man. It was his custom likewise to say, if any man hucked hard with him about the price of a gelding, “So God help me, gentlemen (or sir), either he did cost me so much, or else, by Jesus, I stole him!” Which talk was plain enough; and yet such was his estimation that each believed the first part of his tale, and made no account of the latter, which was truer indeed.

    Our third annoyers of the commonwealth are rogues, which do very great mischief in all places where they become. For, whereas the rich only suffer injury by the first two, these spare neither rich nor poor; but, whether it be great gain or small, all is fish that cometh to net with them. And yet, I say, both they and the rest are trussed up apace. For there is not one year commonly wherein three hundred or four hundred of them are not devoured and eaten up by the gallows in one place and other. It appeareth by Cardan (who writeth it upon the report of the bishop of Lexovia), in the geniture of King Edward the Sixth, how Henry the Eighth, executing his laws very severely against such idle persons, I mean great thieves, petty thieves, and rogues, did hang up threescore and twelve thousand of them in his time. He seemed for a while greatly to have terrified the rest; but since his death the number of them is so increased, yea, although we have had no wars, which are a great occasion of their breed (for it is the custom of the more idle sort, having once served, or but seen the other side of the sea under colour of service, to shake hands with labour for ever, thinking it a disgrace for himself to return unto his former trade), that, except some better order be taken, or the laws already made be better executed, such as dwell in uplandish towns and little villages shall live but in small safety and rest. For the better apprehension also of thieves and mankillers, there is an old law in England very well provided whereby it is ordered that, if he that is robbed (or any man) complain and give warning of slaughter or murder committed, the constable of the village whereunto he cometh and crieth for succour is to raise the parish about him, and to search woods, groves, and all suspected houses and places, where the trespasser may be, or is supposed to lurk; and not finding him there, he is to give warning unto the next constable, and so one constable, after search made, to advertise another from parish to parish, till they come to the same where the offender is harboured and found. It is also provided that, if any parish in this business do not her duty, but suffereth the thief (for the avoiding of trouble sake) in carrying him to the gaol, if he should be apprehended, or other letting of their work to escape, the same parish is not only to make fine to the king, but also the same, with the whole hundred wherein it standeth, to repay the party robbed his damages, and leave his estate harmless. Certainly this is a good law; howbeit I have known by my own experience felons being taken to have escaped out of the stocks, being rescued by other for want of watch and guard, that thieves have been let pass, because the covetous and greedy parishioners would neither take the pains nor be at the charge, to carry them to prison, if it were far off; that when hue and cry have been made even to the faces of some constables, they have said: “God restore your loss! I have other business at this time.” And by such means the meaning of many a good law is left unexecuted, malefactors emboldened, and many a poor man turned out of that which he hath sweat and taken great pains toward the maintenance of himself and his poor children and family.

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[libidomechanica]

At length

At length came furrows in your lovd to  a bold Homer, some article  his liue, and discovers;  to other drop? The  Gnomes display, say very stroke wide from 

aboue vnto an high heauenly thou art a  world to Venus, play, for  heart, ever anchor, the Crystal  shining, a sort of a subject  to make towards the 

Glass appeared, their doubt, in Dream through each  other fresh again, shade, and  the World, thou a little spoile,  and without regard  to Aristotles bloom and chast 

all the Sylphs, of feathers  only daughter with me will entered  with as  they all thing in my gaol: and ever, though  I care found balmy eve; although theyr eccho 

ring. He only vicious, odious tears  there Knew whereon: that trophee the  root is it all. this, and  she bends her name is prayses  fill your through the women althoughts 

behold his handsome, exceptions to  remayne, an end the staggering  kiss: work that with  this workman that: you are singling  Dies, which her Eyes and 

of their deadly power of thou would  neuer brings captiuing pillar, her  beams, or would captain, and to her  side; at least, is the  rock bound. Of incommend? & With honourable 

now; each be here; on  his wisdom to call worthy  office of fifty look, or single  sits, as roll from these, while upon  the hill rage, which his admiring 

shut our match the  unnamed it lead in blood grew  proud. The women in and when  as th unguarded  mounted light of dark. She 

scarcely hand wind; made so kill a  heap virtue,” Heritaunce, my blood of any  said, “betwixt the palms. but  mad Leander doth expressive growing Hellespont  to parry that nether 

beneath, grant the bed antennae trawling  for judgment continual  hair— belle Isle, or to remaine, but  pricketed; they here she thou hast that  guilefull net, that inly I pity (