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among_o the_o jew_n which_o do_v worship_n honour_n maintain_v and_o govern_v their_o wife_n faithful_o i_o also_o do_v bestow_v upon_o thou_o the_o dowry_n of_o thy_o virginity_n two_o hundred_o denier_n in_o silver_n which_o belong_v unto_o thou_o by_o the_o law_n and_o moreover_o thy_o food_n thy_o apparel_n and_o sufficient_a necessary_n as_o likewise_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thou_o according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o all_o the_o earth_n chap._n xxix_o touch_v the_o bill_n of_o divorce_n use_v among_o the_o jew_n iâ—_n be_v a_o establish_a truth_n that_o the_o jew_n have_v a_o certain_a indulgence_n grant_v by_o moses_n for_o their_o divorcement_n for_o from_o the_o begin_n it_o be_v not_o so_o neither_o be_v it_o god_n ordinance_n but_o moses_n do_v it_o foâ—_n the_o hardness_n of_o their_o heart_n 19_o and_o to_o avoid_v some_o great_a inconvenience_n as_o christ_n have_v clear_o show_v unto_o uâ—_n in_o the_o new_a testament_n gittin_n there_o be_v extant_a in_o the_o talmud_n a_o voluminous_a tract_n concern_v the_o divorce_n now_o in_o use_n among_o they_o upon_o which_o many_o other_o of_o the_o rabbin_n have_v write_v many_o subtle_a and_o divers_a commentary_n and_o in_o they_o have_v lay_v down_o many_o cause_n for_o which_o the_o strong_a bond_n of_o matrimony_n may_v be_v break_v in_o piece_n the_o cause_n pretend_v by_o the_o jew_n at_o this_o time_n be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v urge_v when_o our_o saviour_n christ_n be_v here_o on_o earth_n so_o that_o the_o husband_n can_v quick_o take_v occasion_n of_o separation_n from_o his_o wife_n and_o easy_o find_v a_o staff_n to_o beat_v the_o dog_n withal_o the_o bill_n of_o divorce_n ought_v to_o be_v write_v in_o a_o peculiar_a form_n the_o line_n whereof_o must_v not_o exceed_v or_o be_v few_o than_o the_o number_n of_o twelve_o this_o aught_o also_o to_o be_v deliver_v unto_o the_o woman_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o three_o faithful_a witness_n be_v sign_v and_o seal_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o they_o when_o the_o husband_n give_v this_o letter_n unto_o his_o wife_n he_o must_v say_v in_o express_a term_n behold_v o_o woman_n the_o bill_n of_o divorce_n for_o by_o this_o thou_o be_v divorce_v from_o i_o be_v permit_v to_o marry_v to_o any_o other_o man_n the_o form_n of_o this_o bill_n follow_v upon_o such_o a_o day_n of_o the_o week_n and_o such_o and_o such_o of_o the_o month_n 133._o n._n such_o or_o such_o a_o year_n of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o computation_n which_o we_o use_v here_o in_o this_o city_n n._n situate_v near_o the_o river_n n._n i_o of_o the_o country_n n._n the_o son_n of_o rabbi_n n._n now_o dwell_v in_o such_o or_o such_o a_o place_n near_o such_o or_o such_o a_o river_n have_v desire_v of_o miâ—e_o free_a will_n without_o any_o coaction_n and_o have_v divorce_v dismiss_v and_o cast_v out_o thou_o my_o wife_n n._n of_o the_o country_n n._n the_o daughter_n of_o rabbi_n n._n dwell_v in_o such_o or_o such_o a_o country_n 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n._n witness_n n._n the_o son_n of_o n._n witness_n this_o kind_n of_o divorce_n be_v not_o in_o every_o place_n put_v in_o execution_n they_o choose_v a_o place_n of_o some_o fame_n and_o note_n near_o adjoin_v some_o notable_a river_n whither_o foam_n of_o the_o chief_a rabbin_n be_v cite_v by_o a_o writ_n if_o some_o other_o be_v not_o there_o resident_a the_o jew_n be_v very_o much_o for_o this_o carnal_a divorce_n write_v vast_a volume_n in_o way_n of_o commentary_n upon_o it_o but_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o hardness_n of_o their_o heart_n not_o once_o dream_v of_o the_o spiritual_a whereby_o they_o be_v sever_v from_o the_o lord_n of_o host_n hence_o remain_v alien_n from_o god_n and_o according_a to_o their_o desert_n vagabond_n over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o whole_a earth_n chap._n xxx_o touch_v the_o manner_n how_o a_o jewish_a woman_n divorce_v herself_o from_o the_o brother_n of_o her_o decease_a husband_n it_o be_v record_v in_o the_o five_o book_n of_o moses_n that_o the_o 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