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he_o have_v be_v incestuous_o wicked_a she_o give_v he_o seem_o courteous_a reception_n to_o he_o and_o seem_v sensible_a of_o it_o the_o minister_n my_o friend_n when_o he_o have_v do_v his_o errand_n come_v down_o from_o her_o chamber_n at_o the_o door_n of_o which_o he_o have_v leave_v his_o galosho_n miss_v they_o go_v up_o again_o and_o overhear_v she_o say_v to_o a_o companion_n of_o she_o there_o the_o fool_n think_v i_o have_v be_v in_o earnest_n the_o man_n though_o he_o have_v unjust_o ravish_v thousand_o out_o of_o man_n die_v miserable_o poor_a this_o relation_n be_v send_v i_o by_o the_o reverend_n mr._n singleton_n now_o live_v in_o hoxdon-square_a near_o the_o city_n of_o london_n and_o be_v print_v in_o the_o same_o word_n i_o receive_v it_o 5._o it_o may_v not_o be_v altogether_o impertinent_a to_o take_v notice_n here_o what_o king_n charles_n the_o i._o apply_v to_o himself_o on_o the_o scaffold_n that_o for_o one_o unjust_a sentence_n which_o he_o have_v suffer_v to_o pass_v mean_v the_o earl_n of_o strafford_n god_n have_v suffer_v the_o like_a unjust_a judgement_n to_o be_v pass_v on_o he_o â—ee_o his_o speech_n on_o the_o scaffold_n 6._o sir_n p._n p._n in_o letter_n to_o the_o bishop_n of_o lincoln_n say_v that_o in_o the_o famous_a marriage-cause_n between_o mrs._n isabel_n jones_n and_o sir_n robert_n carr_n in_o the_o arch_n where_o sir_n robert_n carr_n be_v claim_v by_o she_o for_o her_o husband_n though_o for_o want_v of_o full_a proof_n of_o the_o marriage_n sir_n giles_n sweit_n the_o dean_n of_o the_o arch_n pronounce_v sentence_n against_o the_o marriage_n yet_o condemn_v sir_n robert_n carr_n in_o 1500_o pound_n cost_v to_o mrs._n jones_n which_o the_o judge_n do_v because_o he_o be_v in_o conscience_n convince_v that_o sir_n robert_n carr_n and_o mrs._n jones_n be_v real_o marry_v to_o this_o sir_n peter_n pett_n in_o the_o aforesaid_a letter_n add_v i_o can_v say_v he_o at_o any_o time_n acquaint_v you_o with_o the_o circumstance_n of_o that_o cause_n and_o give_v you_o a_o account_n of_o the_o remarkable_a judgement_n of_o god_n inflict_v on_o the_o person_n who_o tamper_v with_o the_o witness_n in_o that_o cause_n whereby_o the_o marriage_n fail_v of_o sentence_n remain_v of_o dr._n barlow_n bishop_n of_o lincoln_n p._n 368._o 7._o the_o emperor_n of_o muscovy_n send_v for_o a_o judge_n who_o have_v take_v a_o bribe_n viz._n a_o goose_n with_o its_o belly_n full_a of_o gold_n command_v he_o and_o the_o other_o judge_n to_o appear_v before_o he_o not_o discover_v the_o least_o displeasure_n they_o all_o appear_v cheerful_a he_o command_v the_o hangman_n to_o be_v bring_v in_o and_o ask_v he_o if_o he_o know_v how_o to_o cut_v up_o a_o goose_n answer_v be_v make_v very_o well_o then_o say_v the_o emperor_n take_v away_o that_o judge_n and_o cut_v he_o up_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n which_o be_v forthwith_o do_v according_o smythy_n treatise_n of_o restitution_n p._n 19_o who_o say_v he_o have_v the_o relation_n from_o a_o minister_n who_o brother_n be_v a_o eye-witness_n chap._n cxxxv_o divine_a judgement_n upon_o lie_v and_o slander_v our_o tongue_n be_v the_o index_n of_o our_o mind_n to_o signify_v the_o thought_n and_o meaning_n thereof_o to_o the_o world_n if_o the_o one_o agree_v not_o to_o the_o other_o the_o motion_n be_v false_a and_o the_o wheel_n out_o of_o order_n what_o be_v a_o clâ—â—k_n good_a for_o if_o it_o do_v not_o tell_v the_o true_a hour_n of_o the_o day_n liar_n be_v shut_v out_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o heaven_n and_o deserve_v but_o little_a favour_n upon_o earth_n and_o some_o time_n meet_v with_o just_a punishment_n prov._n 19.5_o 1._o alexander_n the_o great_a have_v read_v a_o history_n out_o of_o aristobulus_n wherein_o the_o author_n have_v intermingle_v certain_a counterfeit_a praise_n fling_v the_o book_n into_o the_o river_n say_v the_o say_a writer_n deserve_v to_o be_v fling_v there_o himself_o coguet_n polit._n disc_n p._n 130._o 2._o the_o emperor_n trajan_n surname_v the_o good_a prince_n take_v away_o from_o the_o son_n of_o cabalus_n the_o kingdom_n of_o dacia_n that_o be_v transilvania_n and_o valachia_n only_o because_o he_o catch_v he_o in_o a_o lie_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o rome_n the_o mother_n of_o truth_n can_v not_o permit_v a_o liar_n to_o possess_v a_o kingdom_n ibid._n 3._o cyrus_n tell_v the_o king_n of_o armenia_n that_o a_o lie_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o pardon_n ibid._n 4._o monstrelet_n write_v that_o popiel_n king_n of_o poland_n who_o have_v ever_o in_o his_o mouth_n these_o word_n if_o it_o be_v not_o true_a i_o will_v the_o rat_n may_v cat_n i_o that_o he_o be_v so_o assail_v by_o rat_n in_o a_o banquet_n that_o neither_o his_o guard_n nor_o fire_n nor_o water_n can_v preserve_v he_o from_o they_o ibid
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