` 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 . Kadmiel turned on him with a sweep and a whirr of his spicy-scented gown . ` Dost thou know of that , babe ? ' he cried , and lifted his hands in wonder . ` Yes , ' said Dan firmly . ` Magna Charta was signed by John , That Henry the Third put his heel upon . And old Hobden says that if it had n't been for her -LRB- he calls everything `` her '' , you know -RRB- , the keepers would have him clapped in Lewes Gaol all the year round . ' Again Puck translated to Kadmiel in the strange , solemn-sounding language , and at last Kadmiel laughed . ` Out of the mouths of babes do we learn , ' said he . ` But tell me now , and I will not call you a babe but a Rabbi , why did the King sign the roll of the New Law at Runnymede ? For he was a King . '
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