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slay_a son_n be_v together_o murder_v his_o wife_n and_o daughter_n be_v take_v prisoner_n and_o expose_v to_o the_o mercy_n of_o their_o enemy_n his_o whole_a kingdom_n be_v entire_o spoil_v and_o his_o house_n quite_o deface_v and_o well_o nigh_o all_o the_o trojane_n nobility_n extinguish_v and_o as_o touch_v the_o whore_n helen_n herself_o who_o disloyalty_n give_v consent_n to_o the_o wicked_a enterprise_n of_o forsake_v her_o husband_n house_n and_o follow_v a_o stranger_n she_o be_v not_o exempt_a from_o punishment_n for_o as_o some_o writer_n affirm_v orestes_n she_o be_v slay_v at_o the_o sack_n but_o according_a to_o other_o she_o be_v at_o that_o time_n spare_v and_o entertain_v again_o by_o menelaus_n her_o husband_n but_o after_o his_o death_n she_o be_v banish_v in_o her_o old_a age_n and_o constrain_v for_o her_o last_o refuge_n be_v both_o destitute_a of_o relief_n and_o succour_n and_o forsake_v of_o kinsfolk_n and_o friend_n to_o fly_v to_o rhodes_n where_o at_o 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without_o cause_n by_o these_o and_o such_o like_a judgement_n it_o please_v god_n to_o make_v know_v unto_o man_n how_o much_o he_o desire_v to_o have_v the_o estate_n of_o marriage_n maintain_v and_o preserve_v in_o the_o integrity_n and_o how_o much_o every_o one_o ought_v to_o take_v heed_n how_o to_o deprave_v or_o corrupt_v the_o same_o now_o then_o to_o proceed_v if_o it_o be_v a_o sin_n to_o take_v away_o ravish_v or_o entice_v to_o folly_n another_o man_n wife_n shall_v we_o not_o think_v it_o a_o equal_a sin_n for_o a_o husband_n to_o forsake_v his_o wife_n and_o cast_v she_o off_o to_o take_v another_o she_o have_v not_o disannul_v and_o cancel_v the_o bond_n of_o marriage_n by_o adultery_n yes_o very_o for_o as_o concern_v the_o permission_n of_o divorce_n to_o the_o israelite_n under_o the_o law_n our_o saviour_n himself_o expound_v the_o meaning_n and_o intent_n thereof_o in_o the_o gospel_n to_o be_v nothing_o else_o 19_o but_o a_o toleration_n for_o the_o hardness_n 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