` We did not seek to be paid all in money . We sought Power -- Power -- Power ! That is our God in our captivity . Power to use ! ' I said to Elias : `` These New Laws are good . Lend no more money to the King : so long as he has money he will lie and slay the people . '' ' `` Nay , '' said Elias . `` I know this people . They are madly cruel . Better one King than a thousand butchers . I have lent a little money to the Barons , or they would torture us , but my most I will lend to the King . He hath promised me a place near him at Court , where my wife and I shall be safe . '' ' `` But if the King be made to keep these New Laws , '' I said , `` the land will have peace , and our trade will grow . If we lend he will fight again . '' ' `` Who made thee a Lawgiver in England ? '' said Elias . `` I know this people . Let the dogs tear one another ! I will lend the King ten thousand pieces of gold , and he can fight the Barons at his pleasure . '' ' `` There are not two thousand pieces of gold in all England this summer , '' I said , for I kept the accounts , and I knew how the earth 's gold moved -- that wonderful underground river .
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