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last_o send_v he_o pack_v to_o his_o own_o house_n as_o one_o who_o he_o never_o purpose_v more_o to_o see_v yet_o afterward_o be_v advertise_v of_o certain_a insolent_a and_o threaten_a speech_n which_o he_o use_v against_o he_o he_o send_v again_o for_o he_o but_o he_o not_o dare_v to_o refuse_v to_o come_v at_o his_o call_n die_v in_o the_o way_n with_o mere_a grief_n and_o despite_n the_o pope_n give_v his_o definitive_a sentence_n against_o this_o act_n and_o favour_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o divorce_v lady_n but_o what_o gain_v he_o by_o it_o save_v only_o that_o the_o king_n offend_v with_o he_o reject_v he_o and_o all_o his_o trumpery_n retain_v his_o yearly_a tribute_n levy_v out_o of_o this_o realm_n and_o convert_v it_o to_o another_o use_n and_o this_o be_v the_o recompense_n of_o his_o goodly_a dispensation_n with_o a_o incestuous_a marriage_n wherein_o although_o to_o speak_v true_o and_o proper_o he_o lose_v nothing_o of_o his_o own_o yet_o it_o be_v a_o deep_a check_n 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all_o his_o people_n from_o do_v any_o injury_n to_o isaac_n in_o regard_n of_o his_o wife_n and_o from_o touch_v she_o dishonest_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n out_o of_o the_o same_o fountain_n spring_v the_o word_n of_o queen_n hecuba_n in_o euripides_n speak_v to_o menelaus_n as_o touch_v helen_n when_o she_o admonish_v he_o to_o enact_v this_o law_n that_o every_o woman_n which_o shall_v betray_v her_o husband_n credit_n and_o her_o own_o chastity_n to_o another_o man_n shall_v die_v the_o death_n in_o old_a time_n the_o egyptian_n use_v to_o punish_v adultery_n on_o this_o sort_n the_o man_n with_o a_o thousand_o jerk_n with_o a_o reed_n diodor._n diodor._n and_o the_o woman_n with_o cut_v off_o her_o nose_n but_o he_o that_o force_v a_o free_a woman_n to_o his_o lust_n have_v his_o privy_a member_n cut_v off_o by_o the_o law_n of_o
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