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the_o 5_o and_o 6_o precept_n of_o the_o decalogue_n and_o many_o other_o part_n of_o holy_a scripture_n gen._n 2.24_o exod._n 21.10_o 2_o sam._n 12.3_o mat._n 19.6_o mar._n 10.9_o 20._o b._n 20._o westm_n 1._o c._n 4._o cok_n l._n 6._o f._n 107._o a._n cust_n norm_a do_fw-mi âââeek_v c._n 17_o new_a term_n law_n verb._n wreck_n blow_n com._n foe_o 243._o b._n the_o law_n concern_v wreck_n of_o the_o sea_n if_o a_o merchant_n fraught_v a_o ship_n hire_v a_o master_n and_o all_o officer_n and_o mariner_n and_o send_v his_o son_n to_o sea_n in_o it_o all_o these_o suffer_v shipwreck_n through_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n by_o tempest_n or_o other_o disaster_n and_o the_o ship_n be_v lose_v and_o no_o live_a creature_n man_n dog_n or_o cat_n come_v alive_a to_o shore_n but_o many_o of_o the_o good_n float_v and_o be_v drive_v to_o land_n in_o this_o case_n the_o owner_n shall_v by_o the_o law_n have_v none_o of_o these_o good_n but_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o king_n or_o to_o the_o lord_n 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