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than_o with_o this_o respondent_fw-la however_o they_o be_v plain_o the_o devil_n brat_n and_o none_o of_o god_n child_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o apostle_n â—_o john_n 3._o 10_o 11_o 12._o and_o thus_o they_o be_v bastard_n of_o ungodliness_n and_o the_o discreet_a woman_n their_o mother_n as_o the_o libel_n style_v she_o by_o take_v share_n in_o their_o rebellion_n can_v be_v think_v so_o very_o faithful_a as_o be_v pretend_v and_o now_o come_v we_o to_o the_o â—d_a article_n which_o say_v item_n that_o about_o 12_o 11_o or_o at_o least_o 10_o year_n since_o one_o mary_n tomkins_n do_v live_v in_o the_o house_n with_o they_o the_o say_v john_n and_o martha_n butler_n as_o their_o servant_n and_o the_o say_v john_n butler_n be_v unmindful_a of_o his_o conjugal_a vow_n and_o seduce_v and_o instigate_v by_o the_o devil_n do_v about_o ten_o year_n since_o commit_v the_o foul_a crime_n of_o adultery_n fornication_n or_o incontinency_n with_o the_o say_v mary_n tomkins_n 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and_o the_o say_v respondent_fw-la be_v no_o woman_n husband_n as_o she_o also_o herself_o must_v needs_o know_v unless_o of_o the_o say_v mary_n tomkins_n with_o what_o face_n of_o impudence_n can_v she_o call_v it_o adultery_n have_v such_o a_o thing_n be_v do_v as_o she_o allege_n for_o the_o complainant_n herself_o have_v so_o often_o confess_v it_o that_o it_o be_v out_o of_o her_o power_n to_o deny_v it_o how_o that_o above_o one_o year_n before_o that_o ten_o year_n since_o wberein_o she_o charge_v this_o adultery_n to_o be_v do_v she_o have_v clear_o divorce_v herself_o from_o this_o respondent_n bed_n by_o a_o malicious_a and_o obstinate_a desertion_n have_v utter_o dissolve_v all_o bond_n of_o wedlock_n between_o this_o respondent_fw-la and_o herself_o by_o her_o own_o authority_n by_o break_v her_o conjugal_a vow_n in_o wilful_o deny_v the_o duty_n of_o marriage_n require_v in_o holy_a writ_n and_o yet_o far_o to_o satisfy_v all_o the_o world_n how_o unjust_o this_o 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