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and_o though_o fitzh_n in_o his_o n._n b._n say_v that_o he_o himself_o may_v have_v a_o dum_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la compos_fw-la that_o be_v not_o agreeable_a to_o the_o receive_a law_n for_o beverly_n case_n be_v never_o shake_v till_o now_o and_o fitzh_n suppose_v it_o only_o voidable_a by_o say_v that_o writ_n do_v lie_v there_o be_v also_o a_o reason_n for_o this_o rule_n of_o law_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v not_o disable_v himself_o by_o pretence_n of_o distraction_n because_o if_o the_o pretence_n be_v true_a he_o have_v no_o memory_n and_o consequent_o can_v not_o know_v or_o remember_v that_o he_o do_v such_o a_o act_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v as_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o be_v able_a to_o say_v that_o he_o be_v so_o distract_v when_o he_o do_v it_o it_o be_v for_o he_o to_o say_v what_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o he_o to_o know_v but_o they_o will_v compare_v this_o to_o the_o case_n of_o a_o infant_n yet_o even_o there_o all_o his_o act_n be_v not_o 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