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one_o of_o the_o small_a cause_n why_o divorce_n grow_v so_o frequent_a in_o aftertime_n not_o as_o be_v vain_o pretend_v out_o of_o wantonness_n but_o of_o necessity_n whereas_o if_o this_o private_a way_n of_o justice_n and_o defence_n shall_v not_o be_v tolerate_v to_o family_n without_o public_a litis_fw-la contestation_n neither_o the_o honour_n or_o safety_n of_o any_o family_n or_o person_n therein_o can_v be_v preserve_v and_o such_o as_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o separate_v if_o they_o can_v not_o do_v it_o but_o by_o public_a judgement_n will_v likewise_o either_o as_o the_o muscovite_n be_v say_v to_o do_v hire_v some_o false_a witness_n or_o knight_n of_o the_o post_n to_o defame_v one_o another_o or_o oftentimes_o if_o that_o will_v not_o do_v to_o destroy_v the_o life_n of_o one_o another_o or_o before_o the_o party_n can_v make_v public_a proof_n poison_n or_o otherwise_o kill_v he_o whereby_o after_o it_o will_v be_v too_o late_a as_o it_o be_v in_o these_o 170_o husband_n for_o any_o complaint_n to_o be_v make_v to_o the_o public_a and_o the_o wife_n be_v likewise_o in_o as_o great_a danger_n if_o they_o have_v not_o the_o same_o liberty_n of_o provide_v for_o they_o themselves_o on_o the_o first_o discovery_n of_o danger_n have_v it_o not_o be_v better_o for_o all_o these_o murder_a husband_n and_o wife_n to_o have_v part_v on_o either_o side_n then_o to_o have_v act_v such_o a_o tragedy_n together_o so_o aegisthus_n corrupt_v clytaemnestra_n to_o adultery_n thereby_o get_v her_o concurrence_n to_o the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n agamemnon_n and_o sejanus_n have_v receive_v a_o affront_n from_o drusus_n plot_v no_o other_o way_n to_o destroy_v he_o but_o by_o corrupt_v his_o wife_n as_o say_v tacit._n annal._n lib._n 4._o cuncta_fw-la tentanti_fw-la promptissimum_fw-la visum_fw-la ad_fw-la vxorem_fw-la ejus_fw-la liviam_fw-la convertere_fw-la hanc_fw-la ut_fw-la amore_fw-la incensus_fw-la adulterio_fw-la pellexit_fw-la ad_fw-la conjugii_fw-la 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