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former_o go_v to_o heaven_n roderigo_n break_v this_o motion_n to_o don_n emanuel_n his_o father_n who_o not_o please_v therewith_o seek_v to_o divert_v his_o son_n from_o it_o in_o regard_n he_o know_v that_o her_o mother_n dona_n cervantella_n be_v very_o poor_a and_o of_o a_o weak_a estate_n as_o be_v much_o encumber_v with_o the_o great_a depth_z of_o her_o decease_a husband_n roderigo_n allege_v to_o his_o father_n his_o true_a affection_n to_o the_o true_a beauty_n and_o virtue_n of_o dominica_n and_o that_o her_o descent_n and_o blood_n be_v no_o way_n inferior_a to_o he_o but_o his_o father_n be_v of_o a_o exceed_a covetous_a disposition_n will_v have_v wealth_n to_o oversway_v beauty_n and_o not_o beauty_n wealth_n and_o so_o be_v resolute_a to_o hear_v no_o more_o of_o this_o motion_n whereat_o his_o son_n roderigo_n bite_v the_o lip_n and_o be_v much_o discontent_v yet_o nevertheless_o he_o have_v cast_v his_o affection_n so_o deep_o and_o firm_o on_o the_o fresh_a and_o delicate_a beauty_n of_o dominica_n that_o hold_v it_o to_o be_v the_o gold_n of_o nature_n and_o she_o the_o queen_n and_o phoenix_n of_o beauty_n he_o can_v he_o will_v not_o refrain_v but_o very_o often_o frequent_v dona_fw-la cervantella_n house_n and_o her_o daughter_n company_n to_o who_o notwithstanding_o his_o father_n distaste_n of_o she_o he_o yet_o give_v far_o more_o hope_n than_o despair_n that_o he_o will_v be_v her_o husband_n which_o ravish_v she_o with_o delight_n her_o mother_n dona_fw-la cervantella_n and_o her_o brother_n don_n garcia_n with_o content_a but_o the_o order_n of_o our_o history_n envite_v we_o for_o a_o while_n to_o leave_v don_n roderigo_n to_o feast_v his_o eye_n and_o surfeit_v his_o thought_n and_o contemplation_n on_o the_o rose_n and_o lily_n of_o his_o mistress_n beauty_n and_o again_o to_o return_v to_o speak_v of_o our_o old_a dotard_n hippolito_n who_o now_o lead_v by_o his_o lust_n and_o voluptuous_a desire_n as_o they_o be_v by_o the_o instigation_n of_o the_o devil_n come_v to_o perform_v and_o act_v a_o bloody_a and_o deplorable_a part_n on_o the_o stage_n of_o this_o history_n he_o see_v with_o grief_n and_o grieve_v to_o see_v that_o he_o be_v refuse_v of_o the_o lady_n dominica_n who_o he_o love_v far_o dear_a and_o tender_a than_o his_o life_n and_o understand_v that_o don_n roderigo_n de_fw-fr cortes_n do_v still_o frequent_a her_o company_n have_v gain_v her_o affection_n and_o shall_v short_o marry_v she_o he_o thereupon_o turn_v his_o reason_n into_o rage_n convert_v his_o judgement_n into_o revenge_n and_o so_o resolve_v to_o murder_v he_o by_o night_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o find_v he_o to_o issue_v forth_o of_o the_o lady_n cervantella_n house_n the_o devil_n make_v he_o strong_a in_o the_o vanity_n of_o this_o belief_n and_o confidence_n that_o
cause_n thereof_o so_o for_o these_o their_o bloody_a crime_n he_o be_v hang_v and_o she_o burn_v alive_a pag._n 237._o hist._n fourteen_o fidelia_n and_o caelestina_fw-la cause_n carpi_n and_o monteleone_n with_o their_o two_o lackey_n lorenzo_n and_o anselmo_n to_o murder_v their_o father_n captain_n benevente_n which_o they_o perform_v monteleone_n and_o his_o lackey_n anselmo_n be_v drown_v fidella_n hang_v herself_o lorenzo_n be_v hang_v for_o a_o robbery_n and_o on_o the_o gallow_n confess_v the_o murder_n of_o benevente_n carpi_n have_v his_o right_a hand_n than_o his_o head_n cut_v off_o caelestina_fw-la be_v behead_v and_o her_o body_n burn_v hist._n xv._n maurice_n like_o a_o bloody_a villain_n and_o damnable_a son_n throw_v his_o mother_n christina_n into_o a_o well_o and_o drown_v she_o the_o same_o hand_n and_o arm_n of_o he_o wherewith_o he_o do_v it_o rot_v away_o from_o his_o body_n and_o be_v discrazed_a of_o his_o wiââ¦s_n in_o prison_n he_o there_o confââ¦h_v this_o foul_a and_o inhuman_a murder_n for_o the_o which_o he_o be_v hang_v pag._n 277._o the_o content_n of_o the_o four_o book_n hist._n xvi_o idiaques_n cause_v his_o son_n don_n ivan_n to_o marry_v marsillia_n and_o then_o commit_v adultery_n and_o incest_n with_o she_o she_o make_v her_o father_n in_o law_n idiaques_n to_o poison_v his_o old_a wife_n honoria_n and_o likewise_o make_v she_o own_o brother_n de_fw-fr perez_n to_o kill_v her_o chambermaid_n mathurina_fw-la don_n ivan_n afterward_o kill_v de_fw-fr perez_n in_o a_o duel_n marsillia_n have_v her_o brain_n dash_v out_o by_o a_o horse_n and_o her_o body_n be_v afterward_o condemn_v to_o be_v burn_v idiaques_n be_v behead_v his_o body_n consume_v to_o ash_n and_o throw_v into_o the_o air_n pag._n 303._o hist._n xvii_o harcourt_n steal_v away_o his_o brother_n vimorye_n wife_n masserina_n and_o keep_v she_o in_o adultery_n she_o hire_v tivoly_n a_o italian_a mountebank_n to_o poison_v la_fw-fr precoverte_fw-fr who_o be_v harcourts_n wife_n harcourt_n kill_v his_o brother_n vââ¦mory_n and_o then_o marry_v his_o widow_n masserina_n tivoly_n be_v hang_v for_o a_o robbery_n and_o at_o his_o execution_n accuse_v masserina_n for_o hire_v he_o to_o poysââ¦n_fw-fr la_fw-fr precoverte_fw-fr for_o the_o which_o she_o be_v likewise_o hang_v noel_n who_o be_v harcourts_n man_n on_o his_o deathbed_n suspect_v and_o accuse_v his_o say_a master_n for_o kill_v of_o his_o brother_n vimory_n whereof_o harcourt_n be_v find_v guilty_a he_o be_v break_v alive_a on_o a_o wheel_n for_o the_o same_o pag._n 325._o hist._n xviii_o romeo_n the_o laquay_n of_o borlary_n kill_v radegonda_n the_o chamber_n maid_n of_o the_o lady_n fellisanna_n in_o the_o street_n and_o be_v hang_v for_o the_o same_o borlary_n afterward_o hire_v castruchio_n a_o apothecary_n to_o poison_v her_o husband_n signior_n planeze_n for_o the_o which_o castruchio_n be_v hang_v and_o his_o body_n throw_v into_o the_o river_n and_o borlary_n be_v behead_v and_o then_o burn_v pag._n 339._o hist._n xix_o beaumaray_v and_o his_o brother_n montaigne_n kill_v champigny_n and_o marin_n his_o second_n in_o a_o duel_n blancheville_n the_o widow_n of_o champigni_n in_o revenge_n thereof_o hire_v le_fw-fr valley_n who_o be_v servant_n to_o beaumaray_v to_o murder_v his_o say_a master_n with_o a_o pistol_n the_o which_o he_o do_v for_o the_o which_o le_fw-fr valley_n be_v break_v on_o a_o wheel_n and_o blancheville_n hang_v for_o the_o same_o pag._n 377._o hist._n xx._n lorenzo_n murther_v his_o wife_n fermia_n he_o some_o twenty_o year_n after_o as_o altogether_o unknown_a rob_v his_o and_o she_o son_n thomaso_n who_o likewise_o not_o know_v lorenzo_n to_o be_v his_o father_n do_v accuse_v he_o for_o that_o robbery_n for_o the_o which_o he_o be_v hang_v pag._n 395_o the_o content_n of_o the_o five_o book_n history_n xxi_o babtistyna_n and_o amarantha_n poison_v their_o elder_a sister_n jaquinta_fw-la after_o which_o amarantha_n cause_v her_o servant_n bernardo_n and_o pierya_n to_o stifle_v she_o elder_a sister_n babtistyna_n in_o her_o bed_n bernardo_n fly_v away_o break_v his_o neck_n with_o a_o fall_n off_o his_o horse_n pierya_n be_v hang_v for_o the_o same_o so_o likewise_o be_v amarantha_n and_o her_o body_n after_o burn_v bernardo_n be_v bury_v his_o body_n be_v again_o take_v up_o and_o hang_v to_o the_o gallow_n by_o his_o foot_n then_o burn_v and_o his_o ash_n throw_v into_o the_o river_n pag._n 427._o hist._n xxii_o martino_n poison_v his_o brother_n pedro_n and_o murther_v monfredo_n in_o the_o street_n he_o afterward_o grow_v mad_a and_o in_o confession_n reveal_v both_o these_o his_o murder_n to_o father_n thomas_n his_o ghostly_a father_n who_o afterward_o die_v reveal_v it_o by_o his_o letter_n to_o cecilliana_n who_o be_v widow_n to_o monfredo_n and_o sister_n to_o pedro_n and_o martino_n martino_n have_v first_o his_o right_a hand_n cut_v off_o and_o then_o be_v hang_v for_o the_o same_o pag._n 449._o hist._n xxiii_o alphonso_n poison_v his_o own_o mother_n sophia_n and_o after_o shoot_v and_o kill_v cassino_n as_o he_o be_v walk_v in_o his_o garden_n with_o a_o short_a musket_n or_o carabyne_n from_o a_o window_n he_o be_v behead_v for_o those_o two_o murder_n then_o burn_v and_o his_o ash_n throw_v into_o the_o river_n pag._n 473._o hist._n xxiv_o pont_n chausey_n kill_v la_fw-fr roche_n in_o a_o duel_n quatbrisson_n cause_v moncallier_n a_o apothecary_n to_o poison_v his_o own_o brother_n valfontaine_n moncallier_n after_o fall_n and_o break_v his_o neck_n from_o a_o pair_n of_o stair_n quatbrisson_n likewise_o cause_v his_o father_n miller_n to_o murder_n and_o strangle_v marieta_n in_o her_o bed_n and_o to_o throw_v her_o body_n into_o his_o mill-pond_n pierot_n the_o miller_n be_v break_v alive_a on_o a_o wheel_n and_o quatbrisson_n first_o behead_v then_o burn_v for_o the_o same_o pag._n 487._o hist._n xxv_o vasti_fw-la first_o murther_v his_o son_n george_n and_o next_o poison_v his_o own_o wife_n hester_n and_o be_v afterward_o almost_o kill_v by_o a_o mad_a bull_n in_o the_o field_n he_o reveal_v these_o his_o two_o murder_n for_o the_o which_o he_o be_v first_o hang_v and_o then_o burn_v pag._n 513._o the_o content_n of_o the_o six_o book_n hist._n xxvi_o imperia_n for_o the_o love_n she_o bear_v to_o young_a morosini_fw-la seduce_v and_o cause_v he_o with_o his_o two_o consort_n astonicus_n and_o donato_n to_o stifle_v to_o death_n her_o old_a husband_n palmerius_n in_o his_o bed_n morosini_fw-la misfortunate_o let_v fall_n his_o glove_n in_o palmerius_n his_o chamber_n that_o night_n which_o he_o do_v it_o they_o be_v find_v by_o richardo_n the_o nephew_n of_o palmerius_n who_o know_v they_o to_o be_v morosiny_n and_o do_v thereupon_o accuse_v he_o and_o his_o aunt_n imperia_n for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o uncle_n so_o they_o together_o with_o their_o accessary_n astonicus_n and_o donato_n be_v all_o four_o of_o they_o apprehend_v and_o hang_v for_o the_o same_o pag._n 337._o hist._n xxvii_o father_n justinian_n a_o priest_n and_o adrian_z a_o inn_n keeper_n poison_n de_fw-fr laurier_n who_o be_v lodge_v in_o his_o house_n and_o then_o bury_v he_o in_o his_o orchard_n where_o a_o month_n after_o a_o wolf_n dig_v he_o up_o and_o devour_v a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o body_n which_o father_n justinian_n and_o adrian_n understanding_n they_o fly_v upon_o the_o same_o but_o be_v afterward_o both_o of_o they_o apprehend_v and_o hang_v for_o it_o pag._n 369._o hist._n xxviii_o hippolito_n murther_v garcia_n in_o the_o street_n by_o night_n for_o the_o which_o he_o be_v hang_v dominica_n and_o her_o chambermaid_n denisa_n poison_v her_o husband_n roderigo_n denisa_n afterward_o strangle_v she_o own_o new_a bear_v babe_n and_o throw_v it_o into_o a_o pond_n for_o the_o which_o she_o be_v hang_v on_o the_o ladder_n she_o confess_v that_o she_o be_v accessary_a with_o her_o lady_n dominica_n in_o the_o poison_n of_o her_o husband_n roderigo_n for_o the_o which_o dominica_n be_v apprehend_v and_o likewise_o hang_v pag._n 389._o hist._n xxix_o sanctifiore_n upon_o promise_n of_o marriage_n get_v vrsina_fw-la with_o child_n and_o then_o afterward_o very_o ingrateful_o and_o treacherous_o reject_v she_o and_o marry_v bertranna_n vrsina_fw-la be_v sensible_a of_o this_o her_o disgrace_n disguise_v herself_o in_o a_o friar_n habit_n and_o with_o a_o case_n of_o pistol_n kill_v sanctifiore_n as_o he_o be_v walk_v in_o the_o field_n for_o the_o which_o she_o be_v hang_v pag._n 409._o hist._n xxx_o de_fw-fr mora_n treacherous_o kill_v palura_n in_o a_o duel_n with_o two_o pistol_n his_o lady_n bellinda_n with_o the_o aid_n of_o her_o gentleman_n usher_n ferallo_n poison_v her_o husband_n de_fw-fr mora_n and_o afterward_o she_o marry_v and_o murther_v her_o say_a husband_n ferallo_n in_o his_o bed_n so_o she_o iââ¦_n burn_v alive_a for_o this_o her_o last_o murder_n and_o her_o ash_n throw_v into_o
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