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habeatur_fw-la quisquis_fw-la compagem_fw-la corporis_fw-la in_o diversa_fw-la distraxerit_fw-la vid._n notas_fw-la anton._n thysii_fw-la ad_fw-la locum_fw-la lactantius_n have_v well_o observe_v christianity_n and_o reason_n both_o require_v the_o charge_v it_o upon_o the_o offend_a husband_n no_o less_o than_o upon_o the_o offend_a wife_n for_o it_o appear_v both_o from_o st._n paul_n and_o that_o unity_n which_o marriage_n conciliate_v that_o the_o woman_n have_v no_o less_o power_n over_o the_o husband_n body_n than_o he_o over_o she_o and_o from_o the_o term_n of_o the_o covenant_n into_o which_o they_o enter_v upon_o marriage_n that_o the_o husband_n do_v no_o less_o plight_n his_o troth_n unto_o the_o wife_n than_o she_o to_o he_o that_o husband_n which_o shall_v offend_v shall_v be_v equal_o chargeable_a with_o the_o violation_n of_o the_o marriagebed_n and_o consequent_o with_o the_o crime_n of_o adultery_n and_o though_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v for_o reason_n afterward_o to_o be_v declare_v that_o the_o consequence_n of_o the_o wife_n adultery_n be_v much_o more_o fatal_a than_o that_o of_o the_o husband_n yet_o as_o