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this_o cause_n free_a divorce_n to_o both_o party_n and_o non-cohabitation_n be_v permit_v by_o the_o roman_a law_n not_o out_o of_o wantonness_n but_o out_o of_o the_o great_a necessity_n and_o piety_n for_o preservation_n of_o those_o end_n for_o which_o marriage_n be_v institute_v with_o the_o least_o danger_n and_o dishonour_n that_o may_v be_v to_o either_o party_n wherein_o they_o must_v of_o necessity_n suffer_v if_o either_o free_a divorce_n be_v tolerate_v or_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o same_o draw_v to_o public_a tribunal_n one_o cause_n cato_n the_o censor_n complain_v of_o for_o which_o the_o freedom_n of_o divorce_n and_o non-cohabitation_n ought_v to_o be_v permit_v be_v because_o he_o use_v to_o say_v that_o all_o adulteress_n be_v poisoner_n and_o this_o likewise_o appear_v by_o valer._n max._n lib._n 2._o p._n 8._o where_o it_o be_v thus_o
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one_o of_o the_o small_a cause_n why_o divorce_n grow_v so_o frequent_a in_o aftertime_n not_o as_o be_v vain_o pretend_v out_o of_o wantonness_n but_o of_o necessity_n whereas_o if_o this_o private_a way_n of_o justice_n and_o defence_n shall_v not_o be_v tolerate_v to_o family_n without_o public_a litis_fw-la contestation_n neither_o the_o honour_n or_o safety_n of_o any_o family_n or_o person_n therein_o can_v be_v preserve_v and_o such_o as_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o separate_v if_o they_o can_v not_o do_v it_o but_o by_o public_a judgement_n will_v likewise_o either_o as_o the_o muscovite_n be_v say_v to_o do_v hire_v some_o false_a witness_n or_o knight_n of_o the_o post_n to_o defame_v one_o another_o or_o oftentimes_o if_o that_o will_v not_o do_v to_o destroy_v the_o life_n of_o one_o another_o or_o before_o the_o party_n can_v make_v public_a proof_n poison_n or_o otherwise_o kill_v he_o whereby_o after_o it_o will_v be_v too_o late_a as_o it_o be_v in_o these_o 170_o husband_n for_o any_o complaint_n to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o public_a and_o the_o wife_n be_v likewise_o in_o as_o great_a danger_n if_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o liberty_n of_o provide_v for_o they_o themselves_o on_o the_o first_o discovery_n of_o danger_n have_v it_o not_o be_v better_o for_o all_o these_o murder_a husband_n and_o wife_n to_o have_v part_v on_o either_o side_n then_o to_o have_v act_v such_o a_o tragedy_n together_o so_o aegisthus_n corrupt_v clytaemnestra_n to_o adultery_n thereby_o get_v her_o concurrence_n to_o the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n agamemnon_n and_o sejanus_n have_v receive_v a_o affront_n from_o drusus_n plot_v no_o other_o way_n to_o destroy_v he_o but_o by_o corrupt_v his_o wife_n as_o say_v tacit._n annal._n lib._n 4._o cuncta_fw-la tentanti_fw-la promptissimum_fw-la visum_fw-la ad_fw-la vxorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la liviam_fw-la convertere_fw-la hanc_fw-la ut_fw-la amore_fw-la incensus_fw-la adulterio_fw-la pellexit_fw-la ad_fw-la conjugii_fw-la spem_fw-la consortium_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o necem_fw-la mariti_fw-la impulit_fw-la so_o the_o brother_n of_o lewis_n the_o first_o king_n of_o hungary_n be_v strangle_v by_o his_o wife_n and_o she_o marry_v a_o new_a husband_n lewis_n the_o king_n go_v into_o italy_n to_o revenge_v his_o brother_n death_n she_o and_o the_o new_a husband_n fly_v to_o the_o pope_n who_o protect_v they_o here_o neither_o the_o corruption_n of_o clytaemnestra_n nor_o the_o wife_n of_o drusus_n nor_o the_o hungarian_a hang-woman_n can_v have_v be_v discover_v before_o a_o public_a judge_n till_o it_o have_v be_v too_o late_o what_o be_v therefore_o such_o elccesiastical_a law_n and_o judge_n who_o compel_v such_o secret_a and_o deadly_a enemy_n to_o co-habitation_n in_o one_o house_n but_o accessary_a to_o their_o murder_n and_o who_o forbid_v they_o to_o marry_v other_o but_o accessary_a to_o the_o great_a sin_n of_o their_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n consent_n divorce_v by_o consent_n authent_fw-fr 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the_o child_n as_o to_z succession_n as_o appear_v deut._n 21.15_o if_o a_o man_n have_v two_o wife_n one_o belove_v and_o the_o other_o hate_v and_o they_o have_v bear_v he_o child_n both_o the_o belove_a and_o the_o hate_a and_o the_o first-born_a son_n be_v she_o that_o be_v hate_v then_o it_o shall_v be_v when_o he_o make_v his_o son_n to_o inherit_v that_o which_o he_o have_v that_o he_o may_v not_o make_v the_o son_n of_o the_o belove_a first-born_a before_o the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a who_o be_v indeed_o the_o first-born_a but_o he_o shall_v acknowledge_v the_o son_n of_o the_o hate_a for_o the_o first-born_a in_o give_v he_o a_o double_a portion_n of_o all_o be_v have_v for_o he_o be_v the_o begin_n of_o his_o strength_n and_o the_o right_n of_o the_o first-born_a be_v he_o the_o reason_n give_v by_o skene_n why_o nothus_fw-la shall_v signify_v a_o bastard_n be_v 1._o because_o he_o say_v bastard_n be_v common_o get_v and_o procreate_v of_o common_a woman_n who_o be_v in_o 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claud._n de_fw-fr bell._n gild._n among_o the_o mede_n ancient_o polygamy_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v esteem_v a_o fault_n that_o it_o be_v a_o punishment_n for_o a_o common_a person_n not_o to_o have_v seven_o wife_n and_o for_o noble_a woman_n to_o have_v less_o than_o five_o husband_n heylin_n 814._o of_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o keep_v one_o barren_a wife_n and_o another_o to_o breed_v wife_n one_o barren_a and_o another_o breed_n wife_n selden_n de_fw-fr jur._n nature_n lib._n 5._o pag._n 586._o translate_v out_o of_o a_o jewish_a rabbi_n these_o word_n sub_fw-la diluvium_fw-la hominum_fw-la mos_fw-la erat_fw-la ut_fw-la pro_fw-la libitu_fw-la binas_fw-la sibi_fw-la duceret_fw-la cuique_fw-la vxores_fw-la alteram_fw-la prolis_fw-la gratia_fw-la alteram_fw-la in_o concubitum_fw-la ea_fw-la autem_fw-la quae_fw-la prolis_fw-la gratia_fw-la haberetur_fw-la velut_fw-la vidua_fw-la quamdiu_fw-la superstes_fw-la esset_fw-la degebat_fw-la sed_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o 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the_o colour_n and_o pretence_n of_o a_o former_a contract_n make_v with_o another_o the_o which_o contract_n divers_a time_n be_v but_o very_o slender_o prove_v and_o often_o but_o surmise_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o the_o party_n who_o desire_v to_o be_v dissolve_v from_o the_o marriage_n which_o they_o like_v not_o and_o to_o be_v couple_v with_o another_o there_o be_v a_o act_n make_v that_o all_o and_o every_o such_o marriage_n as_o within_o the_o church_n of_o england_n shall_v be_v contract_v and_o solemnize_v in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o church_n and_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n or_o fruit_n of_o child_n or_o child_n be_v have_v between_o the_o party_n so_o marry_v shall_v be_v by_o authority_n of_o the_o say_a parliament_n deem_v judge_v and_o take_v to_o be_v lawful_a good_a just_a and_o indissolvable_a notwithstanding_o any_o precontract_n or_o precontract_n of_o matrimony_n not_o consummate_v with_o bodily_a knowledge_n which_o either_o of_o the_o person_n so_o 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