` Nay , nay ! ' he said at last . ` You did not understand the boy . A freeman was a little hurt , by pure mischance , at the hunting . ' ' I know that mischance ! What did his Lord do ? Laugh and ride over him ? ' the old man sneered . ` It was one of your own people did the hurt , Kadmiel . ' Puck 's eyes twinkled maliciously . ` So he gave the freeman a piece of gold , and no more was said . ' ' A Jew drew blood from a Christian and no more was said ? ' Kadmiel cried . ` Never ! When did they torture him ? ' ` No man may be bound , or fined , or slain till he has been judged by his peers , ' Puck insisted . ` There is but one Law in Old England for Jew or Christian -- the Law that was signed at Runnymede . ' ` Why , that 's Magna Charta ! ' Dan whispered . It was one of the few history dates that he could remember .
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