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the_o credit_n of_o his_o testimony_n if_o he_o shall_v come_v in_o against_o they_o ibid._n they_o propound_v six_o article_n to_o be_v subscribe_v by_o he_o threaten_v he_o with_o excommunication_n in_o case_n of_o refusal_n p._n 24._o the_o virgin_n with_o st._n kath._n of_o sienne_n appear_v to_o he_o he_o discover_v the_o subprior_n by_o his_o voice_n draws_z his_o knife_n and_o run_v at_o he_o but_o miss_v the_o virgin_n thrust_v st._n katherine_n into_o the_o thigh_n she_o fall_v upon_o he_o with_o fury_n jetzer_n catch_v up_o a_o mallet_n and_o lay_v at_o her_o head_n the_o virgin_n let_v we_o fly_v at_o he_o with_o a_o pint_n pot_n it_o miss_v he_o and_o break_v the_o window_n he_o be_v overmatch_n in_o the_o counter-scuffle_n run_v out_o locks_z the_o door_z and_o leaf_n the_o father_n prisoner_n ibid._n the_o father_n consult_v how_o to_o make_v jetzer_n appear_v guilty_a of_o sacrilege_n to_o take_v away_o the_o credit_n of_o his_o testimony_n he_o evade_v it_o pretty_a 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