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rabbin_n câ—â—litra_n which_o be_v perform_v in_o this_o manner_n the_o widow_n call_v unto_o she_o five_o witness_n who_o must_v be_v man_n of_o another_o family_n with_o who_o she_o be_v about_o to_o appear_v before_o the_o chief_a rabbine_n summon_v her_o husband_n brother_n also_o to_o the_o same_o place_n when_o they_o be_v come_v the_o rabbine_n ask_v the_o woman_n whether_o three_o month_n be_v go_v and_o pâ—st_v since_o the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n whether_o her_o husband_n die_v leave_v behind_o he_o a_o brother_n unmarried_a whether_o he_o that_o be_v there_o present_a be_v the_o natural_a brother_n of_o her_o husband_n beget_v by_o the_o same_o man_n whether_o they_o think_v themselves_o fit_a to_o beget_v child_n to_o raise_v up_o seed_n or_o a_o heir_n unto_o the_o dead_a as_o also_o to_o themselves_o now_o supervive_v what_o age_n they_o be_v of_o and_o last_o he_o ask_v the_o widow_n whether_o she_o be_v fast_v or_o not_o for_o if_o she_o have_v former_o take_v 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ignominy_n of_o this_o discalceation_n and_o the_o woman_n be_v about_o to_o marry_v unto_o another_o then_o be_v he_o bind_v to_o pay_v a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n unto_o she_o that_o he_o may_v be_v free_v from_o she_o if_o her_o husband_n brother_n dwell_v in_o another_o city_n then_o be_v she_o her_o self_n compel_v to_o follow_v he_o and_o to_o indent_v with_o he_o about_o marriage_n concern_v this_o custom_n of_o raise_v up_o seed_n unto_o the_o brother_n be_v that_o question_n propose_v by_o the_o sadducee_n 3._o to_o our_o saviour_n that_o see_v seven_o brethren_n have_v one_o after_o another_o marry_v the_o same_o woman_n who_o wife_n she_o shall_v be_v in_o the_o resurrection_n out_o of_o which_o we_o may_v conclude_v thus_o much_o that_o it_o be_v in_o use_n among_o the_o jew_n even_o in_o christ_n time_n for_o the_o brother_n of_o the_o man_n decease_v to_o go_v in_o unto_o and_o marry_v his_o brother_n wife_n chap._n xxxi_o of_o the_o uncleanness_n of_o the_o woman_n and_o how_o they_o carry_v themselves_o in_o the_o time_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o a_o woman_n in_o the_o time_n of_o her_o uncleanness_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o synagogue_n to_o pray_v to_o name_v the_o name_n god_n or_o to_o handle_v any_o holy_a book_n as_o it_o be_v write_v let_v she_o touch_v no_o holy_a thing_n nor_o come_v into_o my_o sanctuary_n until_o the_o day_n of_o her_o purification_n be_v finish_v yet_o some_o of_o the_o rabbin_n have_v license_v it_o they_o of_o the_o most_o holy_a sort_n write_v that_o what_o woman_n soever_o be_v admonish_v of_o these_o thing_n abstain_v from_o they_o shall_v lengthen_v she_o own_o day_n so_o soon_o as_o she_o have_v the_o least_o knowledge_n of_o her_o own_o uncleanness_n she_o separate_v herself_o from_o her_o husband_n for_o the_o space_n of_o seven_o day_n in_o which_o time_n she_o dare_v not_o touch_v he_o sit_v upon_o one_o stool_n with_o he_o eat_v at_o the_o same_o table_n drink_v out_o of_o the_o same_o 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hair_n of_o their_o head_n be_v see_v without_o the_o water_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n it_o be_v not_o permit_v that_o they_o shall_v altogether_o close_v either_o their_o eye_n or_o their_o mouth_n that_o the_o water_n may_v enter_v into_o both_o they_o ought_v also_o to_o stretch_v out_o their_o finger_n bend_v their_o body_n that_o their_o pap_n do_v not_o touch_v it_o to_o dishevel_v their_o hair_n by_o comb_v of_o it_o to_o have_v no_o ring_n upon_o their_o finger_n lest_o there_o shall_v be_v any_o place_n in_o the_o body_n which_o may_v not_o be_v drench_v in_o the_o water_n some_o of_o they_o upon_o the_o wash_a day_n eat_v not_o until_o they_o have_v bathe_v themselves_o other_o will_n not_o eat_v any_o flesh_n lest_o any_o thing_n shall_v stick_v within_o their_o tooth_n and_o hinder_v the_o water_n to_o come_v in_o betwixt_o they_o if_o any_o of_o they_o have_v a_o plaster_n upon_o a_o wound_n they_o ought_v to_o remove_v it_o as_o also_o to_o cut_v their_o nail_n 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