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as_o far_o as_o in_o they_o lie_v to_o draw_v contempt_n and_o disgrace_n upon_o that_o amiable_a and_o deserve_v sex_n thus_o good_a woman_n will_v be_v complemented_a when_o they_o find_v they_o owe_v not_o the_o respect_n they_o get_v to_o the_o law_n only_o but_o to_o their_o own_o merit_n and_o unworthy_a woman_n will_v find_v they_o may_v expect_v a_o happy_a life_n by_o tame_v their_o own_o insolence_n and_o by_o live_v in_o concord_n with_o their_o husband_n than_o they_o can_v from_o their_o insolent_a and_o outrageous_a abuse_n of_o they_o the_o counsel_n imprison_v the_o husband_n for_o one_o night_n for_o charles_n robertson_n and_o his_o two_o son_n xviii_o plead_v how_o far_o minor_n may_v be_v punish_v for_o crime_n 2._o whether_o complice_n may_v be_v pursue_v before_o the_o principal_a party_n be_v find_v guilty_a 3._o whether_o socius_fw-la criminis_fw-la may_v be_v receive_v in_o riot_n and_o lesser_a crime_n the_o crime_n for_o which_o my_o client_n be_v accuse_v be_v that_o in_o january_n 1660._o the_o say_v charles_n robertson_n brother_n and_o two_o son_n do_v convocat_n the_o liege_n and_o throw_v down_o a_o house_n belong_v to_o elizabeth_n rutherford_n which_o they_o do_v at_o their_o father_n desire_n or_o at_o least_o that_o their_o father_n do_v ratihabit_fw-la the_o same_o against_o this_o indictment_n it_o be_v allege_v that_o the_o two_o son_n the_o one_o be_v of_o the_o age_n of_o fourteen_o and_o the_o other_o of_o fifteen_o can_v go_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o a_o inqueist_n for_o throw_v down_o this_o house_n since_o they_o offer_v to_o prove_v that_o they_o be_v inform_v by_o their_o uncle_n that_o this_o house_n belong_v to_o their_o father_n and_o that_o it_o be_v their_o father_n desire_n they_o shall_v go_v along_o with_o he_o to_o throw_v it_o down_o for_o though_o minor_n may_v be_v punish_v for_o attrocious_a crime_n commit_v against_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n such_o as_o murder_n incest_n etc._n etc._n and_o to_o 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