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one_o person_n have_v be_v sufficient_o show_v p._n 66_o 67._o petitionibus_fw-la fiction_n de_fw-la plus_fw-fr petitionibus_fw-la in_o the_o common-law_n declaration_n the_o next_o fiction_n for_o want_v of_o the_o oath_n of_o calumny_n be_v de_fw-fr plus_fw-fr petitionibus_fw-la conrade_n 405._o say_v olympia_n triplum_fw-la condemnabantur_fw-la qui_fw-la majorem_fw-la summam_fw-la in_o libello_fw-la assignaverant_a quam_fw-la reus_fw-la debebat_fw-la but_o in_o more_o ancient_a time_n i_o find_v they_o forfeit_v only_o the_o ten_o part_n which_o with_o a_o oath_n of_o calumny_n may_v be_v now_o sufficient_a to_o restrain_v the_o lawless_a lay_v of_o debt_n and_o damage_n in_o their_o declaration_n a_o hundred_o time_n more_o than_o it_o be_v which_o be_v very_o mischievous_a and_o dangerous_a to_o defendant_n when_o plaintiff_n pack_v and_o bribe_v jury_n and_o they_o happen_v to_o misplead_v make_v default_n or_o have_v other_o casualty_n fall_v on_o they_o whereby_o they_o can_v 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do_v beauty_n set_v to_o sale_n for_o love_n do_v then_o loose_a both_o his_o eye_n when_o gift_n and_o gold_n do_v blind_v the_o wise_a and_o venus_n which_o do_v shine_v on_o high_a from_o heaven_n fall_v into_o a_o sty_n priapus_n then_o the_o god_n unclean_a thereon_o his_o temple_n build_v obscene_a and_o set_v the_o steeple_n up_o and_o spire_n that_o he_o may_v share_v both_o whore_n and_o hire_n and_o sexton_n set_v to_o keep_v the_o key_n that_o none_o may_v enter_v without_o fee_n and_o cryer_n next_o to_o curse_n and_o ban_n unless_o well_o pay_v woman_n and_o man_n and_o paritor_n about_o to_o ride_v with_o bag_n for_o money_n by_o his_o side_n all_o woman_n unto_o court_n to_o bring_v who_o do_v not_o wed_v with_o a_o gold-ring_n then_o father_n leave_v their_o babe_n forlorn_a who_o have_v no_o licence_n to_o be_v bear_v and_o mother_n flee_v oh_o heavy_a doom_n because_o they_o be_v not_o call_v home_o then_o priest_n to_o make_v they_o great_a whore_n fetter_v fifteen_o to_o fourscore_n and_o marry_v dead_a to_o those_o alive_a mâ—zentius_n torment_v to_o revive_v mouth_n bind_v to_o mouth_n be_v eye_n to_o eye_n with_o breast_n to_o breast_n and_o thigh_n to_o thigh_n when_o pralat_n in_o fine_a linen_n jet_v of_o reverend_a father_n own_o beget_n their_o babe_n of_o grace_n oh_o pretty_a thing_n make_v often_o heir_n to_o peer_n and_o king_n this_o pall_v and_o mitre_n first_o make_v shine_v and_o mission_n to_o be_v divine_a thus_o love_n and_o hate_v together_o yok_v the_o hangman_n priest_n together_o choke_v and_o for_o the_o murder_n claym_v a_o fee_n to_o his_o unholy_a holy_a see_n the_o ambidextrous_a lawyer_n enter_v and_o take_v a_o share_n with_o his_o indenture_n lawyer_n nor_o priest_n nor_o book_n nor_o bell_n will_v have_v do_v they_o not_o woman_n sell._n if_o money_n she_o or_o i_o must_v buy_v love_v pedlar_n i_o you_o all_o defy_v money_n do_v solomon_n beguile_v 11.5_o 1_o king_n 11.5_o his_o first_o black_a wife_n to_o setch_v from_o nile_n and_o she_o because_o he_o love_v not_o best_o with_o thousand_o wife_n to_o be_v oppress_v this_o be_v beginning_n of_o the_o trick_n the_o wise_a turn_v after_o lunatic_n the_o goddess_n astaroth_n to_o please_v priapus_n astaroth_n be_v the_o moon_n milcom_o be_v priapus_n who_o rule_v the_o sidonian_a sea_n and_o milcom_a he_o the_o foul_a delight_n adore_v of_o the_o ammonite_n this_o protestant_n make_v papist_n wed_v and_o fight_v and_o scratch_v in_o the_o same_o bed_n faith_n and_o religion_n both_o divine_a lie_v victim_n at_o pecunia_n be_v shrine_n of_o the_o law_n give_v jurisdiction_n of_o the_o secret_a cause_n of_o divorce_n between_o parent_n and_o secret_a uncleanness_n of_o child_n in_o their_o parent_n house_n to_o public_a tribunal_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o god_n it_o will_v be_v object_v how_o shall_v those_o sin_n of_o carnal_a uncleanness_n be_v punish_v if_o not_o bring_v before_o a_o public_a judge_n it_o be_v answer_v far_o better_o than_o by_o he_o first_o it_o not_o deny_v but_o public_a fornication_n and_o adultery_n where_o there_o be_v witness_n belong_v to_o public_a justice_n to_o punish_v as_o where_o diogenes_n lie_v with_o a_o woman_n in_o midst_n of_o the_o market_n or_o as_o leo_n afer_n mention_n where_o a_o mahometan_a prophet_n lie_v with_o another_o man_n wife_n at_o a_o public_a bath_n in_o sight_n of_o a_o multitude_n of_o bystander_n it_o be_v not_o deny_v likewise_o but_o bawd_n pander_n stew_n brothel-house_n where_o be_v witness_n be_v and_o aught_o to_o be_v severe_o punish_v by_o the_o public_a magistrate_n but_o the_o question_n be_v of_o such_o fornication_n and_o adultery_n which_o be_v general_o so_o secret_a as_o none_o but_o the_o party_n themselves_o can_v witness_v against_o themselves_o these_o appear_v express_o by_o the_o scripture_n itself_o that_o they_o belong_v neither_o to_o priest_n nor_o magistrate_n to_o judge_n or_o punish_v but_o only_o to_o god_n for_o it_o be_v say_v deut._n 29.29_o secret_n thing_n belong_v unto_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n but_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v reveal_v belong_v unto_o we_o and_o our_o child_n and_o heb._n 13.4_o marriage_n be_v honourable_a in_o all_o and_o the_o bed_n undefiled_a but_o whoremonger_n and_o adulterer_n god_n shall_v judge_n it_o be_v not_o say_v man_n shall_v judge_n of_o secret_a sin_n but_o god_n and_o deut._n 17.6_o it_o be_v say_v at_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o witness_n or_o three_o witness_n shall_v he_o that_o be_v worthy_a of_o death_n be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o at_o the_o mouth_n of_o one_o witness_v he_o shall_v not_o be_v put_v to_o death_n and_o 19.15_o one_o witness_n shall_v not_o rise_v up_o against_o a_o man_n for_o any_o iniquity_n or_o for_o any_o sin_n in_o any_o sin_n that_o he_o sin_v at_o the_o mouth_n of_o two_o witness_n or_o at_o the_o mouth_n of_o three_o witness_n shall_v the_o matter_n be_v establish_v and_o 1_o tim._n 5.19_o against_o a_o elder_a receive_v not_o a_o 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