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of_o this_o nature_n by_o imprisonment_n and_o pay_v three_o hundred_o pound_n apiece_o be_v dr._n child_n samuel_n maverick_n and_o other_o merchant_n in_o boston_n keep_v from_o be_v hang_v for_o their_o be_v take_v with_o a_o petition_n to_o send_v to_o england_n as_o aforesaid_a of_o which_o when_o i_o come_v to_o give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o english_a church_n be_v persecute_v by_o these_o new-england_n freeman_n to_o do_v what_o they_o see_v most_o please_v to_o their_o priest_n shall_v the_o more_o speak_v relate_v to_o the_o aforesaid_a suffering_n of_o dr._n child_n samuel_n maverick_n and_o other_o of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n as_o aforesaid_a from_o all_o bloody_a freeman_n pray_v god_n deliver_v i_o they_o be_v for_o hang_v all_o that_o one_o with_o they_o not_o be_v the_o persecutor_n law_n against_o the_o king_n good_a subject_n and_o if_o after_o this_o he_o or_o she_o shall_v return_v again_o then_o to_o be_v proceed_v against_o as_o ineorrigible_a rogue_n 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