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from hell, Hull, and Halifax, Good Lord deliver us. British vagabonds and beggars often recited this famous prayer in the early 17th century and after. Hell was to be avoided for obvious reasons, the town of Hull demanded hard labor for any “chari- ty” given, and Halifax had a celebrated Gibbet Law that provid- ed for the execution of prisoners and then a trial to determine whether they were guilty or not! |