[As Bendedict Giddens, Will and Luke Scarlett and Allan-a-Dale are about to hang]
May the souls--
[disguised as a priest] WAIT!
[exasperated] "Oh, nah, nah, nah! Please don't kill my brother, my little baby, my INBRED COUSIN!"
On behalf of Anthony, our bishop, I claim benefit of clergy for these men. They cannot hang.
These are not holy men. These people cannot plead the cloth. Get on with it.
I came last night to administer their last rites.
... So?
And each one came to God through me, repenting their sins and asking to take the cloth. I felt duty-bound to consult the bishop, and he in turn confers status of novice unto each man.
Shut up.
[reading from a piece of parchment] "I, Anthony, very Reverend Vicar Apostolic, hereby confer—"
SHUT UP!!!! [turns to Canon Richard] Is this possible?
They could not have become novices overnight.
They are become postulants!... Novice novices, if you like. And so are under the protection of the Church!
[Awkward silence]
Novice novices! How novel. Well, [points to the gallows] hang them [points to Jeffrey] and arrest him.
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