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article_n term_v they_o forge_v position_n again_o god_n forbid_v say_v he_o that_o our_o magistrate_n shall_v be_v guilty_a of_o our_o innocent_a blood_n by_o such_o slanderous_a report_n to_o be_v short_a master_n barrow_n as_o he_o himself_o report_v complain_v to_o doctor_n androwe_v that_o he_o have_v be_v greevouslie_o slander_v blaspheme_v and_o accuse_v by_o spearse_v article_n etc._n etc._n therefore_o a_o great_a fault_n there_o be_v in_o those_o which_o offer_v these_o persecute_a christian_n for_o so_o they_o term_v themselves_o this_o great_a injury_n or_o else_o in_o they_o who_o if_o the_o blackamoor_a can_v change_v his_o hue_n will_v deny_v their_o own_o opinion_n but_o if_o they_o give_v the_o lie_n unto_o we_o without_o just_a cause_n as_o it_o shall_v appear_v that_o they_o do_v by_o that_o which_o follow_v and_o maintain_v these_o thing_n which_o thus_o confident_o they_o have_v deny_v