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grew more bold and attacked with greater violence,
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continually striking at the soldiers and pelting them,
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and calling out to them to fire."
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And we have Captain Preston's description of what he heard from the crowd.
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He says the crowd was yelling,
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"Come on, you rascals, bloody backs, lobster scoundrels."
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Quite a little string of insults.
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"Fire if you dare. You dare not fire."
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Okay. So Gage goes on,
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"The soldiers at length perceiving their lives in danger,
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and hearing the word 'fire' all round them,
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three or four of them fired one after another,