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ACT FAST.
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CARTLOAD OP TREASURE HIS TAX ,
COLLECTOR HAS BROUGHT IN, BUT
A GREEDY MAN IS NEVER SATISFIED..
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WITH SOME OF THE YEOMAN GUARD AND THE EVER-PRESENT
SPIES, VAL WALKS THROUGH THE CAMP. CRIES OF HATRED
THREATS AND CURSES FOLLOW HIM, FOR IT IS HE WHO
COLLECTED THE TAXES HE WHO PREVENTS THEM FROM
SCOURGING THE COUNTRYSIDE!
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DOWN BY THE SHIPS HE FINDS A VIKING CAPTAIN. M(SS BOISTEROUS SCOTTI FROM IRELAND Js A f I Allf M)T mEONLY MfATJEfT ONS,f&9
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THE PLUNDER OF MANY COASTS S GATHERED W THS TAX, ALSO ' H Ul-, t-
CAMP? AND YOU f?SHPS ARE READY 70SAJL I ' i'W W k vSF KEXT Vk-EEK-PajJOag.
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