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net_n the_o best_a of_o they_o be_v a_o briar_n 9.6_o and_o in_o isaiah_n you_o have_v eat_v up_o the_o vineyard_n the_o spoil_n of_o the_o poor_a be_v in_o their_o house_n and_o woe_n unto_o you_o which_o join_v house_n to_o house_n &_o lay_v field_n to_o field_n and_o in_o truth_n the_o facility_n of_o argue_v scamn_v and_o plead_v which_o be_v in_o france_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o so_o many_o proctor_n lawyer_n and_o judge_n that_o they_o grow_v like_o hornet_n and_o grasshopper_n which_o will_v live_v as_o plato_n write_v without_o do_v aught_o else_o then_o sting_n &_o bite_v lycurgus_n also_o which_o by_o his_o law_n banish_v all_o superfluity_n out_o of_o lacedaemon_n take_v away_o practiser_n and_o all_o kind_n of_o plead_v and_o we_o may_v say_v with_o the_o ancient_a poet_n astrea_n that_o astrea_n which_o maintain_v good_a law_n &_o by_o the_o equity_n thereof_o give_v great_a quiet_a &_o contentment_n to_o every_o one_o be_v fly_v her_o way_n up_o into_o heaven_n ate._n not_o be_v able_a to_o endure_v such_o iniquity_n and_o ate_n which_o be_v the_o goddess_n of_o all_o confusion_n damage_n disorder_n trouble_n &_o wickedness_n that_o may_v alter_v a_o state_n have_v succeed_v in_o her_o place_n the_o say_v the_o sessel_n in_o his_o monarchy_n philip_n de_fw-fr comines_n gagnin_n and_o late_a m._n bude_n upon_o the_o pandect_n have_v great_o bewail_v the_o corruption_n confusion_n &_o disorder_n of_o such_o pettifogger_n as_o the_o very_a scum_n of_o italy_n and_o a_o most_o dangerous_a infection_n chap._n 45._o that_o it_o be_v a_o lie_v in_o judge_n to_o receive_v present_n and_o what_o exercise_n be_v to_o require_v to_o meet_v with_o avarice_n buy_v of_o office_n and_o covetousness_n cato_n the_o censor_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o to_o pray_v a_o judge_n or_o magistrate_n for_o any_o thing_n be_v just_a or_o unjust_a he_o say_v also_o that_o judge_n captain_n or_o governor_n ought_v not_o to_o enrich_v themselves_o in_o 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