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the_o better_a to_o follow_v his_o delight_n and_o thus_o by_o this_o mean_v she_o be_v chase_v out_o of_o england_n and_o drive_v to_o retire_v to_o king_n charles_n her_o brother_n where_o hope_v to_o find_v rest_n and_o refuge_n she_o be_v deceive_v for_o what_o by_o the_o craft_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o english_a and_o what_o by_o the_o pope_n authority_n who_o thrust_v himself_o into_o this_o action_n as_o his_o custom_n be_v she_o be_v constrain_v to_o dislodge_v herself_o and_o to_o change_v her_o country_n very_o speedy_o wherefore_o from_o thence_o she_o go_v to_o crave_v succour_n of_o the_o county_n of_o henault_n who_o furnish_v she_o with_o certain_a force_n and_o send_v she_o towards_o england_n where_o be_v arrive_v and_o find_v the_o people_n general_o at_o her_o command_n and_o ready_a to_o do_v her_o service_n she_o set_v upon_o her_o enemy_n hugh_n spencer_n take_v he_o prisoner_n and_o put_v he_o to_o a_o shameful_a death_n as_o he_o well_o deserve_v for_o he_o be_v also_o the_o causer_n of_o the_o death_n of_o many_o of_o the_o noble_n of_o the_o realm_n therefore_o he_o be_v draw_v through_o the_o street_n of_o hereford_n upon_o a_o hurdle_n and_o after_o his_o privy_a member_n his_o heart_n and_o head_n be_v cut_v off_o his_o four_o quarter_n be_v exalt_v in_o four_o several_a place_n to_o the_o view_n of_o the_o world_n now_o if_o these_o be_v find_v guilty_a that_o either_o direct_o make_v or_o indirect_o 4._o procure_v divorcement_n shall_v we_o accuse_v they_o that_o allow_v and_o authorise_v the_o same_o without_o lawful_a and_o just_a occasion_n no_o very_o no_o though_o they_o be_v pope_n that_o take_v it_o upon_o they_o as_o we_o read_v pope_n alexander_n the_o six_o do_v who_o for_o the_o advancement_n of_o his_o haughty_a desire_n to_o gratify_v and_o flatter_v lewis_n the_o twelve_o king_n of_o france_n send_v he_o by_o his_o son_n a_o dispensation_n to_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n daughter_n to_o king_n lewis_n the_o eleven_o because_o she_o be_v barren_a and_o counterfeit_a and_o to_o recontract_n anne_n of_o bretaigne_n the_o widow_n of_o charles_n the_o eight_o late_o decease_v but_o herein_o though_o barrenness_n of_o the_o former_a be_v pretend_v yet_o the_o duchy_n of_o the_o late_a be_v aim_v at_o which_o before_o this_o time_n he_o can_v never_o attain_v unto_o but_o of_o what_o force_n and_o virtue_n this_o dispensation_n by_o right_n be_v or_o at_o least_o ought_v to_o be_v it_o be_v easy_a to_o perceive_v see_v it_o be_v not_o only_o contrary_a to_o the_o word_n of_o the_o gospel_n matth._n 19_o but_o also_o to_o their_o own_o decree_n secund_a part_n quest_n 7._o he_o qui_fw-la matrimonium_fw-la where_o in_o be_v import_v that_o marriage_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v infringe_v for_o any_o default_n or_o imperfection_n no_o not_o of_o nature_n but_o pope_n may_v maim_v and_o clip_v both_o the_o word_n of_o god_n and_o all_o other_o write_n and_o do_v what_o soever_o themselves_o like_v be_v it_o good_a or_o bad_a chap._n xxxiii_o of_o incestuous_a person_n although_o incest_n be_v a_o wicked_a and_o abominable_a sin_n and_o forbid_v both_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o man_n in_o so_o much_o that_o the_o very_a heathen_a hold_v it_o in_o detestation_n yet_o be_v there_o some_o so_o inordinate_o vicious_a and_o dissolute_a that_o they_o blush_v not_o once_o to_o pollute_v themselves_o with_o this_o filthiness_n reuben_n the_o patriarch_n be_v one_o of_o this_o 35._o vile_a crew_n that_o shame_v not_o to_o defile_v himself_o with_o bilha_n his_o father_n concubine_n but_o he_o be_v curse_v for_o his_o labour_n for_o whereas_o by_o right_a of_o eldership_n and_o birth_n he_o ought_v to_o have_v have_v a_o certain_a prerogative_n and_o authority_n over_o his_o brethren_n his_o excellency_n shed_v itself_o 49._o like_o water_n and_o he_o be_v surpass_v by_o his_o brethren_n both_o in_o increase_n of_o progeny_n and_o renown_n ammon_n one_o of_o king_n david_n son_n be_v so_o strong_o 13._o enchant_v with_o the_o love_n of_o his_o sister_n thamar_n that_o to_o the_o end_n to_o fulfil_v his_o lust_n he_o traitorous_o force_v she_o to_o his_o will_n but_o absalon_n her_o natural_a brother_n hunt_v for_o opportunity_n of_o revenge_n for_o this_o indignity_n towards_o his_o sister_n 21._o invite_v he_o two_o year_n after_o to_o a_o banquet_n with_o his_o other_o brethren_n and_o after_o the_o same_o cause_v his_o man_n to_o murder_v he_o for_o a_o farewell_n the_o same_o absalon_n that_o slay_v amnon_n for_o incest_n with_o his_o sister_n commit_v himself_o incest_n with_o his_o father_n concubine_n move_v thereto_o by_o the_o wicked_a 16._o counsel_n of_o achitophel_n that_o advise_v he_o to_o that_o infamous_a deed_n of_o defile_v his_o father_n bed_n but_o it_o be_v the_o forerunner_n of_o his_o overthrow_n as_o we_o have_v already_o hear_v divers_a of_o the_o roman_a empetour_n be_v so_o villainous_a and_o wretched_a as_o to_o lamprid._n make_v no_o bone_n 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your_o belief_n and_o religion_n you_o see_v their_o brave_a and_o excellent_a virtue_n and_o of_o what_o esteem_v their_o law_n and_o ordinance_n ought_v to_o be_v among_o you_o now_o touch_v the_o end_n that_o this_o holy_a father_n make_v it_o be_v declare_v in_o the_o former_a book_n among_o the_o rank_n of_o atheist_n where_o we_o place_v he_o and_o albeit_o that_o he_o and_o such_o like_a villain_n please_v their_o own_o humour_n with_o their_o abomination_n and_o approve_v and_o clear_v themselves_o therein_o yet_o be_v they_o reward_v by_o death_n not_o only_o by_o the_o law_n of_o god_n but_o also_o by_o the_o law_n of_o julia._n 20._o when_o charlemaigne_n reign_v in_o france_n there_o happen_v a_o most_o notable_a judgement_n of_o god_n upon_o the_o monk_n of_o s._n martin_n in_o tours_n for_o their_o disordinate_a lust_n they_o be_v man_n who_o food_n be_v too_o much_o and_o dainty_a who_o case_n be_v too_o easy_a and_o who_o pleasure_n be_v too_o immoderate_a be_v 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