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public_a scan_n like_o enough_o much_o may_v be_v prove_v against_o they_o which_o how_o far_o they_o may_v be_v stretch_v to_o the_o father_n prejudice_n in_o aftertime_n who_o can_v tell_v little_a reason_n have_v he_o howsoever_o to_o trust_v a_o giddy_a people_n so_o unthankful_a and_o so_o new-fangled_a as_o he_o have_v find_v they_o to_o be_v and_o to_o suffer_v either_o his_o safety_n or_o credit_n to_o lie_v at_o their_o courtesy_n so_o long_o as_o these_o thing_n shall_v hang_v upon_o the_o file_n or_o lie_v in_o the_o desk_n he_o may_v perhaps_o be_v safe_a but_o he_o can_v not_o be_v secure_a that_o therefore_o the_o miscarriage_n of_o other_o may_v not_o fall_v on_o his_o neck_n he_o may_v think_v it_o safe_a for_o he_o toget_v his_o quietus_n est_fw-la betimes_o and_o therefore_o he_o require_v they_o all_o if_o any_o man_n have_v aught_o to_o object_n against_o he_o that_o they_o will_v now_o produce_v it_o in_o open_a court_n if_o they_o have_v not_o reason_n will_v 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do_v 11._o de_fw-fr jure_fw-la if_o he_o shall_v use_v his_o absolute_a power_n and_o what_o if_o a_o king_n shall_v do_v it_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la no_o remedy_n but_o submit_v they_o may_v not_o at_o any_o hand_n resist_v and_o he_o know_v that_o by_o their_o obstinacy_n in_o ask_v a_o king_n they_o have_v so_o high_o displease_v the_o lord_n that_o it_o be_v but_o just_a with_o he_o if_o he_o shall_v suffer_v their_o new_a king_n to_o rule_v over_o they_o with_o rigour_n and_o tyranny_n it_o may_v very_o well_o be_v that_o out_o of_o this_o very_a consideration_n samuel_n be_v the_o rather_o induce_v at_o this_o time_n to_o declare_v his_o own_o integrity_n that_o so_o he_o may_v propose_v unto_o the_o new_a king_n now_o in_o the_o entrance_n of_o his_o reign_n a_o pattern_n of_o equity_n and_o justice_n in_o his_o own_o example_n even_o as_o st._n paul_n oftentimes_o propose_v his_o own_o example_n to_o the_o church_n for_o their_o imitation_n i_o beseech_v you_o brethren_n to_o be_v follower_n of_o i_o 9_o those_o thing_n which_o you_o have_v hear_v and_o see_v in_o i_o do_v etc._n etc._n we_o see_v the_o world_n be_v much_o give_v to_o be_v lead_v by_o 1._o example_n whatever_o the_o attempt_n be_v usual_o one_o of_o the_o first_o inquiry_n be_v not_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o law_n or_o any_o reason_n or_o any_o conscience_n but_o whether_o there_o be_v any_o precedent_n for_o it_o yea_o or_o no_o and_o if_o any_o such_o be_v to_o be_v find_v it_o seldom_o stick_v it_o help_v out_o many_o a_o ill_a matter_n it_o give_v a_o fair_a colour_n to_o many_o foul_a proceed_n when_o man_n have_v this_o yet_o to_o plead_v for_o themselves_o that_o they_o do_v but_o as_o other_o have_v do_v before_o they_o and_o continue_v thing_n as_o
〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diphilus_n apud_fw-la stob._n serm._n 8._o 8._o pro_fw-la 1._o 12_o 13._o 13._o luke_n 3._o 14._o 14._o exod._n 20._o 17._o 22._o 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d septuag_n non_fw-la suscipies_fw-la vocem_fw-la mendacii_fw-la vulg._n edit_n thou_o shall_v not_o receive_v a_o false_a report_n genev._n hunc_fw-la sensum_fw-la sequitur_fw-la chaldaeus_n vatabl._n vatabl._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d phocyl_n phocyl_n non_fw-la solum_fw-la ille_fw-la reus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la falsum_fw-la de_fw-fr aliquo_fw-la profert_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o be_v qui_fw-la cito_fw-la aurem_fw-la criminibus_fw-la praebet_fw-la isâ—d_n l._n 3._o de_fw-la summo_fw-la bono_fw-mi bono_fw-mi psal._n 52._o 52._o 1_o sam._n 24._o 9_o 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thucyd._n apud_fw-la stob._n ser._n 40._o 23._o 23._o prov._n 18._o 17._o est_fw-la vitium_fw-la cujus_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la immunem_fw-la sentis_fw-la inter_fw-la omnes_fw-la quos_fw-la novi_fw-la ex_fw-la his_fw-la qui_fw-la cathedras_fw-la ascendunt_fw-la sedebis_fw-la i_o judice_fw-la solitarius_fw-la facilitas_fw-la credulitatis_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la cujus_fw-la callidissime_fw-la vulpeculae_fw-la magnorum_fw-la neminem_fw-la compeâ—i_fw-la satis_fw-la cavisse_fw-la versutias_fw-la bern._n 3._o de_fw-fr confid_v in_o fine_a fine_a inde_fw-la eye_n ipsis_fw-la pro_fw-la nihilo_fw-la ira_fw-la multa_fw-la inde_fw-la innocentium_fw-la frequens_fw-la addictio_fw-la inde_fw-la praejudicia_fw-la in_o absentes_fw-la bernard_n ibid._n ibid._n lyr._fw-la hic_fw-la hic_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d demosth._n de_fw-fr cor._n 24._o f_o the_o righteous_a consider_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o poor_a but_o the_o wicked_a regard_v not_o to_o know_v it_o prov._n 29._o 7._o 7._o 2_o sam._n 16._o 4._o 4._o job_n 29._o 16._o 16._o 3_o king_n 3._o 23._o 23._o prov._n 25._o 2._o quo_fw-la exemplo_fw-la moniti_fw-la ne_fw-la ad_fw-la proferendam_fw-la sententiam_fw-la aut_fw-la temere_fw-la indiligenterque_fw-la indiscussa_fw-la quaeque_fw-la quoquo_fw-la modo_fw-la judicemus_fw-la sed_fw-la exemplo_fw-la domini_fw-la descendamus_fw-la videamus_fw-la &_o justo_fw-la examine_v criminosos_fw-la diligenter_fw-la perscrâ—_n temur_fw-la council_n trid._n c._n 22._o 22._o psal._n 82._o 6._o 6._o gen._n 18._o 20_o 21._o 21._o luk._n 16._o â—_o 25._o 25._o accusatores_fw-la multos_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o civitate_fw-la utile_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la metu_fw-la contineatur_fw-la audacia_fw-la veruntamen_fw-la hoc_fw-la ita_fw-la est_fw-la utile_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la plane_n illudamur_fw-la ab_fw-la accusatoribus_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n nihil_fw-la mali_fw-la est_fw-la cane_n ibi_fw-la quamplurimos_fw-la esse_fw-la ubi_fw-la permulti_fw-la observandi_fw-la multaque_fw-la servanda_fw-la sunt_fw-la cic._n pro_fw-la sex_n roscio_n roscio_n cane_n aluntur_fw-la in_o capitolio_n ut_fw-la significent_fw-la si_fw-la fures_fw-la venerint_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la luce_fw-fr quoque_fw-la cane_n latrent_fw-la cum_fw-la deos_fw-la salutatum_fw-la aliqui_fw-la venerint_fw-la opinor_fw-la iis_fw-la crura_fw-la suffringantur_fw-la ibid._n etc._n etc._n etc._n psal._n 82._o 6._o 6._o apoc._n 12._o 9_o 10._o de_fw-fr ipso_fw-la eliam_fw-la nomine_fw-la diaboli_fw-la delatorem_fw-la de_fw-fr anima_fw-la c._n 35_o 35_o job_n 29._o 17._o 26._o 26._o cael._n ad_fw-la cicer_n 8._o fam._n epist_n 8._o vide_fw-la l._n 7._o &_o l._n 13._o sect._n qui_fw-la damni_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr damno_fw-la infect_v in_o omnibus_fw-la causis_fw-la sive-sancimus_a non_fw-la aliter_fw-la nisi_fw-la prius_fw-la qui_fw-la eas_fw-la exposcunt_fw-la juramentum_fw-la de_fw-la calumnia_fw-la praestiterint_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la etc._n etc._n l._n unic_n cod._n de_fw-fr jurejurando_fw-la proptercalum_fw-la 27._o 27._o nam_fw-la sacramenti_fw-la timore_fw-la contentiosa_fw-la litigantium_fw-la instantia_fw-la compescitur_fw-la ibidem_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sophocl_n 28._o 28._o solio_fw-la audire_fw-la in_o potestate_fw-la esse_fw-la judicis_fw-la mollire_fw-la sententiam_fw-la &_o mitius_fw-la vindicare_fw-la quam_fw-la jubeant_fw-la leges_fw-la aug._n ep._n 158._o 158._o summum_fw-la jus_o summa_fw-la injuria_fw-la ib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n 5._o eth._n 10._o 10._o existunt_fw-la et_fw-la iam_fw-la saepe_fw-la injuriae_fw-la calumnia_fw-la quadam_fw-la &_o nimis_fw-la â—alida_fw-la sed_fw-la malit_fw-la iosa_fw-la interpretatione_n cic._n l._n 1._o de_fw-fr offic_n scriptum_n sequi_fw-la caluâ—â—iatoris_fw-la esse_fw-la boni_fw-la judicis_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la scriptoris_fw-la authoritatemque_fw-la defendere_fw-la id._n pro_fw-la a._n cecin_n cecin_n aucupia_fw-la verborum_fw-la &_o literarum_fw-la tendicula_fw-la cic._n pro._n a._n cecin_n 29._o 29._o quartam_fw-la accusatoribus_fw-la secundum_fw-la necessitudinem_fw-la legiâ—_fw-la tacit._n lib._n 4._o annal._n annal._n quadruplatores_fw-la accusatores_fw-la seu_fw-la delatores_fw-la criminum_fw-la publicorum_fw-la sub_fw-la poena_fw-la quadrupli_fw-la sive_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsi_fw-la ex_fw-la damnatorum_fw-la bonis_fw-la quos_fw-la accusaverant_fw-la quartam_fw-la partem_fw-la consequebantur_fw-la ascon_n in_o ver._n see_v fest._n in_o quadruplatore_n turneb_n 3._o adver_n 9_o li_n in_o lib._n 4._o ann._n taciti_fw-la bisciol_n 14._o subse_n 15._o 15._o quadruplator_n ut_fw-la breviter_fw-la describam_fw-la capitalis_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la enim_fw-la improbus_fw-la &_o pestifer_fw-la civis_fw-la cic._n lib._n 2._o ad_fw-la heren_n heren_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 7._o 7._o aequitas_fw-la in_o paribus_fw-la causis_fw-la paria_fw-la jura_fw-la desiderat_fw-la cic._n in_o top._n quis_fw-la hoc_fw-la statuit_fw-la quod_fw-la aequum_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o quintium_n id_fw-la iniquum_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o nevium_fw-la id._n pro_fw-la quin._n quin._n praevaricatio_fw-la est_fw-la accusatoris_fw-la corruptela_fw-la ab_fw-la reo_fw-la cic._n in_o partit_fw-la orat_fw-la praevaricatorem_fw-la eum_fw-la esse_fw-la ostendimus_fw-la qui_fw-la colludit_fw-la cum_fw-la reo_fw-la &_o translatitiè_fw-fr munere_fw-la accusandi_fw-la defungitur_fw-la mar._n in_o lib._n 1._o ff_n ad_fw-la senatusc_n turpil_n turpil_n v._o plin._n 3._o epist._n 9_o lib._n 1._o ff_n ad_fw-la senatusc_n turpil_n rosiâ—_n 9_o antiq._n rom._n 25._o 30._o 30._o v._o asconâ—_n in_o vertin_n 3._o 3._o v._o lib._n 1._o sect._n 2._o etc._n etc._n ss_z add_v senatusc_n turpil_n rosin_n 9_o antiq._n rom._n 25._o 25._o lege_fw-la rommia_fw-la v._n l_o 1._o sec._n 2._o ff_n ad_fw-la senatusc_n turpil_n &_o gothifâ—ed_n in_fw-it annot_n ibid._n rosin_n 8._o antiqu._n rom._n part_n 2._o cap._n 22._o literam_fw-la illam_fw-la i_fw-it ta_fw-la uchementer_fw-la ad_fw-la caput_fw-la affigent_fw-la etc._n etc._n cic._n pro_fw-la sext._n ros._n ros._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n iâ—_n pyrrho_n 31._o 31._o luk._n 19_o 8._o 8._o lucian_n in_o hermot_n hermot_n syrac_n 10._o 2._o 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isoâ—r_n apud_fw-la stob._n ser._n 44._o si_fw-mi innocent_n existimari_fw-la volumus_fw-la non_fw-la sâ—lum_fw-la nos_fw-la abstinentes_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la nostros_fw-la comites_fw-la praestare_fw-la debemus_fw-la cic._n 2._o in_o ver._n 2._o 2._o prov._n 29._o 12._o 12._o nemo_fw-la unquam_fw-la tam_fw-la reus_fw-la tam_fw-la nocens_fw-la adducitur_fw-la qui_fw-la ista_fw-la defension_n non_fw-la possit_fw-la uti_fw-la cic._n 2._o in_o verr._n 2._o 2._o aiunt_fw-la eum_fw-la queri_fw-la solere_fw-la nonnunquam_fw-la se_fw-la miserum_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la suis_fw-la sed_fw-la suorum_fw-la comitum_fw-la peccatis_fw-la &_o criminibus_fw-la prematur_fw-la cic._n ibid._n ibid._n in_o tanta_fw-la felicitate_a nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o magnâ_fw-la familiâ_fw-la qui_fw-la neminem_fw-la neque_fw-la servum_fw-la neque_fw-la libertum_fw-la improbum_fw-la habeat_fw-la cic._n pro_fw-la sex_n roscio_n roscio_n dedecus_fw-la ille_fw-la domûs_fw-la sciet_fw-la vltimus_fw-la juvenal_n satyr_n 10._o 10._o neh._n 5._o 15._o 15._o matth._n 29._o 30._o 30._o psal._n 101._o 5._o etc._n etc._n 32._o 1._o the_o argument_n argument_n cite_v out_o of_o guevara_n 2._o and_o matter_n of_o this_o psalm_n 3._o the_o coherence_n scope_n 1._o 2._o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 6._o breviter_fw-la totum_fw-la dixit_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la hic_fw-la nescientes_fw-la docet_fw-la sed_fw-la commemorate_fw-la scientes_fw-la aug._n hic_fw-la 4._o and_o division_n of_o the_o text._n 5._o balak_n s_o plot_n plot_n num._n 22._o 1._o 1._o ibid._n 2._o 3._o 3._o sihon_n king_n of_o the_o amorites_n and_o og_n king_n of_o basan_n num._n 21._o 21._o ascitos_fw-la sentores_fw-la madiani_n qui_fw-la proximi_fw-la regno_fw-la ejus_fw-la erant_fw-la &_o amici_fw-la consuluit_fw-la quid_fw-la facto_fw-la opus_fw-la esset_fw-la hist._n scholast_n in_o num._n c._n 32._o 32._o num._n 22._o 5_o ...._o 7._o 7._o num._n 23._o 23._o 23._o 2_o pet._n 2._o 15._o 15._o num_fw-la 23._o 11._o &_o 24_o 10._o 10._o num._n 14._o 11._o 6._o and_o balaam_n policy_n against_o israel_n israel_n num._n 13._o 16._o revel_v 2._o 14._o see_v also_o joseph_n 4._o antiq._n jud._n 5._o 7._o with_o the_o success_n thereof_o both_o in_o their_o sin_n sin_n num._n 25._o 25._o psal._n 106._o 28._o 28._o quem_fw-la oracia_n priapum_fw-la dixit_fw-la hist._n scholast_n in_o num._n 34._o &_o alii_fw-la secuti_fw-la hieronym_n in_o c._n 9_o osee_n &_o 1._o cont_n io._n 12._o see_v vatabl._n in_o num._n 25._o 3._o selden_n synt._n 1_o de_fw-fr dis_n sâ—r._n c._n 5._o lael_n bisciol_n 3._o hor._n subce_n 20._o 20._o exod._n 20._o 5._o 8._o 8._o esa._n 42._o 8._o and_o punishment_n punishment_n deut._n 7._o 6._o 6._o ezek._n 16._o 8._o 8._o ibid._n 38._o 38._o psal._n 106._o 29._o 29._o num._n 25._o 4_o 5._o 5._o 1_o cor._n 10._o 8_o 9_o the_o other_o thousand_o num._n 25._o 9_o it_o seem_v be_v