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with_o thirteen_o dwelling_n house_n more_o most_o of_o who_o inhabitant_n be_v actor_n or_o abettor_n in_o the_o same_o this_o be_v testify_v by_o many_o 24._o in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1633._o octob._n 26._o after_o the_o book_n of_o sport_n be_v know_v to_o be_v publish_v in_o print_n david_n price_n a_o welshman_n servant_n to_o one_o thomas_n hill_n a_o know_a grazier_n of_o that_o country_n come_v to_o banbury_n with_o his_o drive_v on_o saturday_n night_n declare_v his_o purpose_n of_o drive_v they_o the_o next_o day_n early_o in_o the_o morning_n be_v the_o sabbath_n or_o lord_n day_n his_o host_n where_o he_o lodge_v dissuade_v he_o because_o it_o be_v the_o sabbath_n day_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o will_v certain_o be_v stop_v and_o make_v to_o pay_v for_o it_o according_a to_o the_o statute_n he_o answer_v that_o he_o will_v drive_v they_o and_o let_v i_o see_v say_v he_o who_o will_v hinder_v i_o so_o in_o the_o morning_n two_o other_o accompany_v he_o he_o 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child_n with_o a_o dog_n head_n 37._o at_o kinstat_fw-la in_o france_n a_o covetous_a woman_n use_v on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n to_o dry_a and_o pill_n flax_n and_o will_v not_o be_v warn_v although_o her_o flax_n take_v fire_n two_o several_a lord_n day_n but_o on_o the_o three_o sabbath_n she_o and_o her_o two_o child_n be_v burn_v to_o death_n 38._o some_o in_o france_n at_o their_o husbandry_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n have_v be_v strike_v with_o thunder_n some_o have_v their_o body_n and_o bone_n burn_v with_o visible_a fire_n and_o consume_v to_o ash_n scaffold_n at_o play_n on_o the_o sabbath_n day_n have_v fall_v and_o many_o have_v be_v wound_v some_o kill_v out_o right_o 39_o in_o 1583._o at_o paris_n garden_n upon_o the_o sabbath_n day_n a_o great_a company_n be_v gather_v to_o behold_v a_o sort_n of_o bear_n bait_v the_o scaffold_n sudden_o break_v and_o eight_o be_v slay_v outright_o and_o many_o more_o wound_v 40._o a_o husbandman_n grind_v corn_n upon_o the_o lord_n day_n 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