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charge_n of_o 7000_o l._n to_o be_v impose_v upon_o they_o and_o to_o have_v be_v banish_v out_o of_o england_n scotland_n ireland_n and_o the_o island_n territory_n and_o dominion_n thereof_o have_v the_o thing_n be_v prove_v and_o find_v true_a which_o by_o mr._n john_n lilborn_n be_v lay_v to_o their_o charge_n then_o by_o this_o law_n of_o god_n he_o be_v a_o false_a witness_n and_o so_o prove_v and_o convict_v when_o he_o he_o stand_v before_o the_o lord_n and_o the_o judge_n the_o very_a same_o punishment_n ought_v he_o to_o have_v according_a to_o that_o old_a suidas_n old_a suidas_n verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o law_n be_v just_a he_o shall_v be_v catch_v in_o that_o same_o mischief_n which_o he_o wrought_v there_o be_v so_o much_o equity_n and_o reason_n in_o this_o law_n of_o retaliation_n as_o the_o wise_a of_o the_o judge_n the_o ab_fw-la alio_fw-la expectandum_fw-la est_fw-la alteriquod_fw-la faceris_fw-la seneca_n quae_fw-la injuria_fw-la est_fw-la 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