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death_n and_o burial_n chap._n 10._o concern_v their_o law_n or_o their_o execution_n of_o justice_n your_o majesty_n be_v to_o be_v advertise_v that_o when_o two_o man_n fight_v no_o three_o man_n dare_v intrude_v himself_o to_o part_v they_o yea_o the_o father_n dare_v not_o help_v his_o own_o son_n but_o he_o that_o go_v by_o the_o worst_a must_v appeal_v unto_o the_o court_n of_o his_o lord_n and_o whosoever_o else_o offer_v he_o any_o violence_n after_o appeal_n be_v put_v to_o death_n but_o he_o must_v go_v present_o without_o all_o delay_n and_o he_o that_o have_v suffer_v the_o injury_n carry_v he_o as_o it_o be_v captive_a they_o punish_v no_o man_n with_o sentence_n of_o death_n unless_o he_o be_v take_v in_o the_o deed_n do_v
sermon_n or_o doctrine_n but_o after_o we_o be_v free_v from_o that_o mist_n it_o have_v be_v god_n be_v thank_v far_o otherwise_v with_o we_o although_o we_o can_v altogether_o excuse_v the_o dulness_n sloth_n and_o preposterous_a care_n of_o certain_a of_o our_o pastor_n which_o whether_o it_o agree_v to_o any_o of_o their_o countryman_n or_o no_o let_v other_o nation_n judge_v the_o twelve_o section_n second_o the_o trifler_n shameful_o report_v that_o adultery_n and_o whoredom_n be_v not_o only_o public_a reproach_n and_o common_a vice_n among_o islander_n but_o that_o they_o be_v not_o account_v by_o they_o for_o vice_n although_o indeed_o these_o most_o filthy_a abomination_n even_o in_o our_o common_a wealth_n be_v not_o altogether_o unusual_a notwithstanding_o since_o all_o man_n know_v that_o they_o be_v far_o more_o common_a in_o other_o nation_n where_o be_v great_a multitude_n of_o people_n he_o do_v undeserued_o and_o malicious_o note_v the_o islander_n rather_o with_o this_o reproach_n than_o other_o people_n and_o nation_n who_o be_v more_o infamous_a with_o this_o crime_n than_o our_o countryman_n and_o albeit_o i_o wish_v with_o all_o my_o heart_n that_o vice_n and_o enormity_n be_v much_o less_o wink_v at_o in_o our_o country_n than_o we_o see_v they_o be_v yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o juggler_n by_o reason_n of_o his_o natural_a inclination_n to_o backbiting_a have_v add_v this_o in_o his_o last_o reproach_n namely_o that_o these_o vice_n by_o the_o iselander_n be_v not_o account_v for_o vice_n for_o in_o what_o common_a wealth_n dare_v the_o impudent_a companion_n affirm_v this_o to_o be_v true_a what_o in_o that_o common_a wealth_n which_o have_v swear_v to_o observe_v the_o law_n contain_v in_o our_o statute_n book_n under_o the_o title_n of_o manhelge_n chap._n 28_o whereby_o it_o be_v enact_v that_o whosoever_o commit_v adultery_n with_o another_o man_n wife_n the_o second_o time_n his_o good_n be_v confiscate_v he_o shall_v be_v 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he_o ought_v to_o have_v pay_v if_o he_o have_v shed_v the_o innocent_a blood_n of_o the_o say_a party_n or_o in_o that_o common_a wealth_n the_o politic_a law_n whereof_o have_v note_v and_o condemn_a adultery_n under_o the_o name_n of_o a_o most_o heinous_a offence_n and_o do_v straight_o command_v that_o he_o which_o be_v take_v the_o three_o time_n in_o that_o beastly_a act_n shall_v be_v punish_v with_o death_n you_o see_v therefore_o friendly_a reader_n what_o a_o injurious_a notary_n we_o have_v affirm_v that_o adultery_n and_o whoredom_n in_o island_n deserve_v not_o the_o name_n of_o sin_n and_o wickedness_n for_o although_o some_o officer_n let_v slip_v this_o or_o that_o vice_n unpunished_a yet_o ought_v not_o the_o whole_a nation_n nor_o the_o law_n nor_o all_o good_a and_o godly_a man_n in_o that_o regard_n to_o be_v accuse_v or_o evil_o speak_v of_o the_o thirteen_o section_n the_o three_o reproach_n be_v reproach_n whereby_o he_o do_v brand_v the_o islander_n with_o the_o mark_n of_o deceit_n and_o treachery_n towards_o the_o german_n doubtless_o the_o author_n of_o this_o libel_n be_v some_o vagabond_n huckster_n or_o pedlar_n and_o have_v go_v particular_o into_o many_o corner_n of_o island_n to_o utter_v his_o trumpery_n ware_n which_o he_o also_o testify_v of_o himself_o in_o his_o worthy_a rhyme_n that_o he_o have_v travail_v through_o the_o great_a part_n of_o island_n whereupon_o when_o he_o have_v play_v the_o cousine_v mate_n with_o other_o for_o often_o time_n deceit_n and_o lie_v be_v join_v together_o and_o he_o have_v sufficient_o prove_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o liar_n by_o this_o trial_n of_o his_o wit_n peradventure_o himself_n be_v beguile_v by_o they_o who_o he_o before_o time_n have_v defraud_v from_o hence_o proceed_v this_o slander_n against_o our_o whole_a nation_n dissemble_v in_o the_o mean_a time_n with_o what_o honesty_n certain_a german_n make_v yearly_a voyage_n into_o island_n deal_v with_o our_o man_n but_o see_v by_o this_o complaint_n i_o have_v not_o determine_v to_o reproach_n other_o but_o to_o lay_v open_a the_o undeserued_a reproach_n of_o other_o against_o our_o nation_n i_o do_v here_o of_o purpose_n surcease_v the_o fourteen_o section_n four_o he_o say_v that_o in_o banquet_n none_o of_o the_o guest_n use_v to_o rise_v from_o the_o table_n reproach_n but_o that_o the_o good_a wife_n of_o the_o house_n reach_v to_o every_o one_o a_o chamber-pot_n so_o oft_o as_o need_n reqnire_v moreover_o he_o note_v much_o unmannerliness_n of_o eat_v and_o drink_v at_o banquet_n five_o he_o object_v custom_n of_o lie_v in_o bed_n and_o of_o dine_a namely_o that_o ten_o person_n more_o or_o less_o man_n and_o woman_n lie_v altogether_o in_o the_o same_o bed_n and_o that_o they_o eat_v their_o meat_n lie_v in_o bed_n and_o that_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o do_v nothing_o but_o play_v at_o die_n or_o at_o table_n six_o he_o report_v that_o they_o wash_v their_o hand_n and_o their_o face_n in_o piss_n 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