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The Usher's Charge.

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Now, Jurymen, hear my advice     All kinds of vulgar prejudice     I pray you set aside:     With stern judicial frame of mind,     From bias free of every kind,     This trial must be tried!     Oh, listen to the plaintiff's case:     Observe the features of her face     The broken-hearted bride!     Condole with her distress of mind:     From bias free of every kind,     This trial must be tried!     And when amid the plaintiff's shrieks,     The ruffianly defendant speaks     Upon the other side;     What he may say you needn't mind     From bias free of every kind,     This trial must be tried!

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