plato_n ait_fw-fr neminem_fw-la regem_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la servis_n esse_fw-la oriundum_fw-la neminem_fw-la non_fw-la servum_fw-la ex_fw-la regibus_fw-la omne_fw-la ista_fw-la long_fw-mi varietas_fw-la miscuit_fw-la &_o sursum_fw-la deorsum_fw-la fortuna_fw-la versavit_fw-la and_o again_o si_fw-mi ad_fw-la vetera_fw-la revocas_fw-la nemo_fw-la non_fw-la inde_fw-la est_fw-la â—nte_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la est_fw-la a_o primo_fw-la mundi_fw-la ortu_fw-la usque_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la tempus_fw-la perduxit_fw-la nos_fw-la ex_fw-la splendidis_fw-la sordidisque_fw-la alternata_fw-la series_n ep._n 44._o i_o say_v what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o antiquity_n of_o family_n that_o we_o may_v say_v with_o as_o much_o appearance_n of_o reason_n of_o the_o legitimacy_n of_o they_o too_o and_o perhaps_o it_o will_v be_v find_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o great_a name_n if_o any_o record_n take_v notice_n of_o such_o obscure_a matter_n not_o only_o that_o there_o be_v aut_fw-la pastor_n 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text_n where_o those_o word_n do_v occur_v that_o shipheah_n and_o ammah_o be_v never_o use_v but_o for_o a_o bond-servant_n and_o according_o they_o be_v translate_v by_o the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o one_o place_n can_v be_v produce_v where_o these_o word_n have_v not_o this_o signification_n i_o will_v yield_v the_o cause_n exod._n 2._o 5._o they_o translate_v ammah_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o place_n grotius_n instance_v in_o as_o a_o instance_n where_o ammah_o be_v take_v for_o a_o free_a woman_n but_o what_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v rather_o read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gloss_n vet._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ancilla_fw-la and_o again_o ancilla_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o vulgar_a latin_a in_o this_o very_a place_n of_o exodus_fw-la misit_fw-la unam_fw-la è_fw-la famulabus_fw-la suis_fw-la and_o gen._n 24._o 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d veneharotheath_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v no_o question_n mean_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aneillae_n vernae_fw-la famulae_fw-la and_o now_o let_v any_o man_n judge_n whether_o grotius_n or_o i_o have_v the_o better_a another_o instance_n in_o the_o story_n of_o laban_n who_o give_v first_o leah_n to_o jacob_n to_o wife_n give_v zilphah_n along_o with_o she_o for_o a_o handmaid_n and_o afterward_o bestow_v rachel_n give_v bilhah_n likewise_o to_o be_v in_o the_o same_o quality_n to_o she_o neither_o be_v there_o any_o doubt_n but_o hagar_n be_v for_o the_o same_o reason_n bestow_v upon_o sarah_n upon_o her_o marriage_n with_o abraham_n the_o servant_n maid_n give_v together_o with_o her_o mistress_n be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o dowry_n and_o be_v as_o much_o in_o the_o disposal_n of_o the_o supreme_a lord_n the_o master_n of_o the_o
mark_n of_o disgrace_n the_o first_o for_o a_o reason_n which_o i_o shall_v present_o explain_v and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n from_o the_o place_n of_o ruth_n we_o be_v instruct_v what_o the_o man_n be_v to_o do_v in_o case_n he_o do_v accept_v the_o claim_n and_o challenge_v of_o the_o woman_n loc._n v._o drus_n in_o loc._n he_o be_v to_o pull_v off_o his_o own_o shoe_n in_o the_o face_n of_o the_o congregation_n and_o be_v with_o this_o ceremony_n to_o redeem_v the_o inheritance_n of_o his_o decease_a kinsman_n or_o brother_n and_o be_v to_o take_v she_o to_o his_o wife_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o they_o all_o now_o we_o must_v know_v that_o this_o pull_v off_o the_o shoe_n in_o those_o eastern_a country_n and_o early_a age_n of_o the_o world_n be_v a_o external_a act_n or_o expression_n of_o divine_a worship_n and_o honor._n so_o the_o angel_n say_v to_o moses_n exod._n 3._o 5._o draw_v not_o nigh_o hither_o put_v off_o thy_o shoe_n from_o off_o thy_o foot_n for_o the_o place_n 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