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johannis_n blundell_n richardi_fw-la devicke_n petri_n pelley_n &_o jacobi_fw-la amy_n specialiter_fw-la literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la patentes_fw-la de_fw-la perdonatione_fw-la habuisset_fw-la pardonavimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la remisimus_fw-la &_o relaxavimus_fw-la ac_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la perdonamus_fw-la remittimus_fw-la &_o relaxamus_fw-la praefacto_fw-la hillerio_n gosselyne_n nicolao_n carie_n johanni_n merchant_n nicolao_n martin_n johanni_n blundell_n richardo_n devicke_a petro_n pelley_n &_o amy_n &_o eorum_fw-la unicuique_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la executoribus_fw-la administratoribus_fw-la &_o assign_v suis_fw-fr imperpet_n omnes_fw-la &_o omnimodas_fw-la intrusiones_fw-la infractiones_fw-la &_o ingressus_fw-la per_fw-la ipsos_fw-la seu_fw-la eorum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la eiusuè_fw-fr aut_fw-la eorum_fw-la vel_fw-la alicuius_fw-la eoâ—um_fw-la procuratores_fw-la agentes_fw-la vel_fw-la ministros_fw-la 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de_fw-la parâ—chia_fw-la sancti_fw-la saluatoris_fw-la infra_fw-la praedictam_fw-la insulam_fw-la yoman_n de_fw-fr homicidio_fw-la sive_fw-la murdro_fw-la nuper_fw-la iudicat_fw-la attinct_n &_o convinced_n existen_v pro_fw-la interfectione_fw-la sive_fw-la murderatione_fw-la cuiusdan_n johannis_n breghault_n de_fw-fr dicta_fw-la parochia_fw-la sancti_fw-la saluatoris_fw-la infra_fw-la insulam_fw-la praedictam_fw-la husbandman_n ac_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o omnimoda_fw-la felonias_fw-la crimina_fw-la offensas_fw-la poenas_fw-la mortes_fw-la punitiones_fw-la forisfactur_n contemptus_fw-la negligenc_n ignorantias_fw-la ac_fw-la alia_fw-la delicta_fw-la &_o offensas_fw-la quaecunque_fw-la praedictam_fw-la liberationem_fw-la evasionem_fw-la escapiam_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la libertatem_fw-la positionem_fw-la praedicti_fw-la nicolai_n norman_n tangendi_fw-la seu_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la concernen_fw-ge per_fw-la praefatos_fw-la hillerium_fw-la nicalaum_n carie_n johannem_fw-la merchant_n nicolaum_n martin_n &_o richardum_fw-la devicke_a seu_fw-la eorum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquos_fw-la ante_fw-la praesentemdâ—em_fw-la qualitercumque_fw-la habit_n fact_n commiss_v sive_fw-la illapsa_fw-la perdonavimus_fw-la etiam_fw-la remisimus_fw-la &_o relaxavimus_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la praesentes_fw-la ex_fw-la certa_fw-la scientia_fw-la &_o mero_fw-la mortu_fw-la nostris_fw-la pro_fw-la nobis_fw-la haeredibus_fw-la &_o successoribus_fw-la nostris_fw-la perdonamus_fw-la remittimus_fw-la &_o relamus_fw-la praefatis_fw-la hillerio_n gosselyne_n nicolao_n carie_n johanni_n merchant_n nicolao_n martin_n johanni_n blundell_n richardo_n devicke_a petro_n pelley_n &_o jacobo_fw-la amy_n omne_fw-la &_o omnimoda_fw-la riotas_fw-la routas_fw-la illicitas_fw-la congregationes_fw-la &_o conventicula_fw-la illicita_fw-la in_fw-la pacis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la perturbationem_fw-la per_fw-la praefatos_fw-la hillarium_fw-la nicolaum_n carie_n johamnem_fw-la merchant_n nicolaum_n martin_n johannem_fw-la blundell_n richardun_n devicke_a petrum_fw-la pelley_n &_o jacobum_fw-la amy_n seu_fw-la eorum_fw-la aliquem_fw-la sive_fw-la aliquos_fw-la ante_fw-la hac_fw-la qualiter_fw-la cunque_fw-la infra_fw-la insulam_fw-la predictam_fw-la habit_n commiss_v fact_n sive_fw-la perpetrat_fw-la etc._n etc._n ¶_o defence_n of_o this_o garnesey_n story_n against_o m._n harding_n harding_n and_o thus_o have_v you_o the_o true_a narration_n of_o this_o history_n discourse_v without_o corrupt_v or_o falsify_v any_o part_n or_o sentence_n thereof_o no_o less_o faithful_o of_o my_o part_n report_v than_o i_o receive_v they_o who_o dwell_v in_o the_o same_o isle_n and_o be_v present_a the_o same_o time_n be_v best_a acquaint_v with_o the_o matter_n and_o have_v give_v sufficient_a evidence_n not_o only_o to_o i_o but_o also_o to_o the_o queen_n highness_n commissioner_n concern_v the_o same_o as_o both_o by_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o bailiff_n by_o the_o sentence_n of_o the_o dean_n by_o the_o supplication_n of_o the_o playnetife_n and_o submission_n of_o the_o party_n and_o likewise_o by_o the_o queen_n pardon_v grant_v unto_o they_o may_v well_o appear_v by_o all_o which_o proof_n and_o circumstance_n thus_o debate_v it_o remain_v manifest_a for_o all_o man_n to_o perceive_v what_o cruelty_n and_o wrong_n be_v wrought_v against_o these_o poor_a woman_n above_o specify_v and_o no_o less_o matter_n offer_v in_o a_o case_n so_o unjust_a just_o to_o expostulate_v or_o rather_o to_o wonder_v at_o the_o hard_a heart_n of_o these_o man_n but_o especial_o of_o the_o catholic_a clergy_n of_o garnesey_n who_o profess_v the_o gospel_n of_o peace_n &_o charity_n shall_v after_o the_o example_n of_o christ_n walk_v in_o the_o step_n of_o meekness_n and_o mercy_n and_o yet_o contrary_a not_o only_o to_o all_o christian_a charity_n and_o mansuetude_n but_o also_o against_o all_o order_n of_o equity_n or_o humanity_n be_v so_o extreme_a and_o rigorous_a woman_n to_o condemn_v they_o 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