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scourge_n of_o correction_n by_o the_o sufferance_n of_o his_o people_n thus_o to_o be_v murder_v etc._n etc._n that_o we_o may_v see_v as_o well_o the_o fall_n of_o he_o and_o our_o enemy_n as_o the_o blood_n of_o his_o saint_n to_o be_v so_o innocent_o spill_v even_o for_o his_o mercy_n let_v he_o turn_v it_o ten_o fold_n upon_o their_o head_n etc._n etc._n if_o he_o continue_v in_o confirm_v the_o fact_n then_o must_v he_o be_v a_o prince_n detest_a of_o all_o honest_a man_n what_o religion_n soever_o they_o have_v for_o as_o his_o fact_n be_v ugly_a so_o be_v it_o inhuman_a for_o who_o shall_v a_o man_n trust_v if_o not_o his_o prince_n word_n and_o these_o man_n who_o he_o have_v put_v to_o slaughter_v not_o only_o have_v his_o word_n but_o his_o writing_n and_o not_o private_a but_o public_a with_o open_a proclamation_n and_o all_o other_o manner_n of_o declaration_n which_o can_v be_v devise_v for_o their_o safety_n which_o now_o be_v violate_v and_o break_v who_o can_v 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nec_fw-la justitia_fw-la do_v refrain_v and_o keep_v back_o the_o unruly_a malice_n of_o the_o rage_a popular_a woodstock_n sep._n 12._o 1572._o tho._n smith_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o the_o right_n honourable_a his_o very_a good_a lord_n the_o lord_n of_o her_o majesty_n most_o honourable_a privy_a council_n page_n 253._o that_o she_o be_v not_o a_o little_a astonish_v and_o perplex_v upon_o the_o hear_n of_o the_o late_a miserable_a and_o most_o lamentable_a accident_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o she_o know_v neither_o what_o to_o say_v or_o judge_n of_o the_o matter_n see_v those_o murder_v without_o pity_n and_o compassion_n without_o regard_n have_v either_o of_o sex_n or_o age_n without_o ordinary_a form_n of_o justice_n who_o upon_o assurance_n of_o the_o king_n word_n lay_v all_o suspicion_n aside_o do_v misdoubt_v nothing_o less_o than_o that_o which_o happen_v unto_o they_o who_o think_v their_o life_n then_o in_o most_o safety_n when_o by_o proof_n it_o appear_v they_o be_v in_o 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offender_n etc._n etc._n the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr coss_n have_v commission_n send_v he_o as_o i_o be_o inform_v to_o execute_v as_o many_o of_o the_o religion_n within_o his_o charge_n as_o have_v be_v know_v in_o these_o late_a war_n to_o have_v serve_v the_o prince_n and_o bear_v charge_n if_o the_o marshal_n montmorency_n have_v be_v in_o this_o town_n at_o the_o day_n of_o execution_n both_o he_o with_o all_o his_o brethren_n the_o duke_n de_fw-fr bulloin_n and_o marshal_n have_v be_v slay_v as_o i_o be_o credible_o inform_v paris_n 24._o sept._n 1572._o in_o a_o letter_n to_o sir_n francis_n walsingham_n page_n 262._o the_o cruel_a murder_n at_o rouen_n be_v now_o long_o ago_o write_v unto_o we_o when_o we_o think_v all_o have_v be_v do_v and_o by_o the_o same_o letter_n be_v write_v unto_o we_o that_o deip_n be_v keep_v close_o and_o the_o same_o execution_n of_o the_o true_a christian_n look_v for_o there_o but_o as_o than_o not_o execute_v howbeit_o sigoigne_n do_v warrant_v 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