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privilege_n that_o he_o may_v redeem_v his_o life_n for_o three_o thousand_o crown_n the_o judge_n cause_v he_o to_o be_v hang_v and_o pay_v himself_o three_o thousand_o crown_n for_o have_v put_v he_o to_o death_n his_o kindred_n appeal_v unto_o the_o prince_n and_o say_v most_o mighty_a and_o just_a prince_n the_o renown_n of_o your_o equity_n have_v incite_v we_o to_o become_v your_o most_o loyal_a most_o love_a most_o humble_a &_o most_o faithful_a subject_n and_o to_o choose_v you_o for_o our_o sovereign_a prince_n and_o most_o redoubt_a lord_n whereby_o this_o good_a be_v happen_v unto_o we_o that_o we_o have_v always_o find_v in_o you_o such_o justice_n and_o bounty_n as_o be_v requisite_a as_o also_o your_o majesty_n shall_v ever_o find_v in_o we_o all_o dutiful_a obedience_n but_o what_o shall_v we_o say_v see_v that_o this_o happiness_n of_o your_o good_a meaning_n be_v abuse_v by_o the_o malice_n of_o your_o minister_n and_o especial_o by_o the_o chief_a which_o be_v he_o 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be_v more_o interest_v in_o this_o fact_n than_o you_o and_o nevethelesse_o you_o alone_o have_v be_v desirous_a of_o revenge_n true_o cruelty_n become_v no_o man_n but_o it_o be_v most_o odious_a in_o prince_n and_o judge_n more_o than_o in_o any_o other_o see_v that_o our_o prince_n be_v altogether_o free_a from_o this_o vice_n ought_v not_o you_o to_o follow_v his_o example_n or_o at_o the_o least_o you_o ought_v not_o to_o have_v err_v from_o the_o same_o so_o reprochfullie_o if_o too_o sharp_a and_o rigorous_a law_n be_v make_v more_o to_o terrify_v man_n then_o to_o destroy_v they_o wherefore_o have_v you_o rather_o desire_v to_o aggravate_v our_o law_n then_o to_o perform_v they_o who_o have_v make_v you_o more_o wise_a than_o our_o ancestor_n who_o have_v invent_v this_o privilege_n for_o the_o conservation_n of_o the_o citizen_n do_v you_o not_o know_v that_o justice_n without_o mercy_n be_v injustice_n how_o great_a cruelty_n be_v it_o then_o to_o turn_v mercy_n into_o 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hereafter_o may_v thereby_o take_v a_o example_n see_v that_o if_o our_o enemy_n have_v not_o give_v he_o the_o money_n he_o will_v never_o have_v purchase_v at_o so_o great_a a_o charge_n a_o unlawful_a mean_n to_o exercise_v his_o cruelty_n against_o your_o subject_n and_o our_o privilege_n the_o answer_n if_o any_o law_n be_v unjust_a or_o pernicious_a it_o be_v that_o which_o be_v not_o equal_a to_o all_o man_n but_o how_o can_v that_o be_v equal_a which_o cause_v the_o great_a malefactor_n to_o escape_v for_o money_n as_o this_o privilege_n do_v allow_v which_o imbolden_v the_o rich_a that_o aught_o to_o succour_v the_o poor_a not_o only_o to_o wrong_v they_o but_o also_o to_o murder_v they_o because_o he_o know_v very_o well_o that_o he_o shall_v be_v acquit_v for_o money_n the_o which_o be_v pay_v he_o afterward_o commit_v a_o thousand_o mischief_n to_o get_v that_o which_o he_o have_v spend_v into_o his_o purse_n again_o for_o what_o wickedness_n will_v not_o such_o a_o one_o 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desire_n of_o revenge_n that_o stay_v she_o from_o make_v her_o choice_n according_a to_o her_o wicked_a intention_n thou_o will_v know_v where_o she_o have_v bestow_v that_o which_o she_o steal_v i_o believe_v that_o she_o have_v give_v it_o thou_o and_o that_o thou_o will_v save_v her_o life_n to_o have_v some_o more_o by_o the_o like_a mean_n nevertheless_o we_o will_v punish_v she_o alone_o that_o confess_v the_o fact_n until_o that_o thy_o sin_n do_v induce_v thou_o unto_o the_o like_a confession_n or_o that_o thou_o be_v convince_v by_o more_o apparent_a testimony_n and_o in_o so_o do_v we_o shall_v appease_v the_o god_n fulfil_v the_o law_n perform_v our_o duty_n and_o clear_v our_o conscience_n which_o command_v we_o to_o root_v out_o the_o wicked_a forth_o of_o the_o commonwealth_n by_o public_a punishment_n because_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o do_v better_a maintain_v the_o world_n in_o equity_n then_o reward_v the_o good_a and_o punish_v the_o bad_a declamation_n 40._o of_o the_o wife_n that_o will_v not_o forsake_v her_o husband_n although_o he_o go_v about_o to_o procure_v her_o death_n it_o happen_v that_o a_o man_n and_o his_o wife_n make_v a_o oath_n unto_o each_o other_o that_o if_o one_o of_o they_o chance_v to_o die_v the_o other_o shall_v not_o suruive_v above_o three_o day_n after_o upon_o a_o certain_a time_n the_o man_n go_v upon_o a_o long_a journey_n and_o be_v on_o his_o way_n he_o send_v a_o false_a message_n unto_o his_o wife_n which_o certify_v she_o that_o her_o husband_n be_v dead_a she_o to_o keep_v her_o promise_n throw_v herself_o down_o from_o the_o top_n of_o her_o house_n nevertheless_o she_o die_v not_o with_o the_o fall_n wherefore_o her_o father_n cause_v her_o hurt_n to_o be_v heal_v and_o keep_v she_o until_o certain_a news_n come_v how_o her_o husband_n be_v not_o dead_a but_o have_v send_v her_o word_n of_o his_o death_n only_o because_o he_o be_v desirous_a of_o his_o wife_n death_n whereupon_o her_o father_n will_v 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that_o i_o throw_v myself_o headlong_a down_o because_o i_o will_v not_o languish_v without_o the_o hope_n and_o comfort_n of_o his_o presence_n which_o i_o shall_v now_o possess_v with_o more_o pleasure_n than_o ever_o i_o do_v to_o conclude_v i_o can_v leave_v he_o and_o if_o i_o can_v i_o will_v not_o wherefore_o it_o be_v lose_v labour_n to_o speak_v any_o more_o thereof_o the_o father_n answer_n it_o can_v be_v deny_v but_o that_o he_o which_o go_v about_o to_o procure_v my_o daughter_n death_n be_v my_o enemy_n wherefore_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o she_o which_o love_v my_o enemy_n better_o than_o her_o own_o father_n shall_v be_v my_o heir_n thou_o say_v i_o can_v nor_o i_o ought_v not_o to_o forsake_v he_o why_o can_v or_o may_v not_o she_o so_o do_v that_o can_v only_o determine_v to_o die_v but_o to_o be_v she_o own_o butcher_n have_v no_o soon_o hear_v a_o feign_a report_n of_o the_o death_n of_o thy_o enemy_n thou_o sought_v thy_o own_o death_n in_o good_a earnest_n 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