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3._o 16_o lib_n digestorum_fw-la ad_fw-la senatus_n consul_n velleianum_fw-la lib._n 3._o de_fw-la postulatione_fw-la tit._n 1._o calphurnia_n de_fw-fr statis_fw-la hominum_fw-la titul_n 8._o frome_n woman_n power_n be_v take_v away_o by_o the_o civil_a law_n over_o their_o own_o child_n dig._n lib._n 24._o de_fw-la donatione_fw-la intervirum_fw-la &_o faeminam_fw-la woman_n be_v covetous_a therefore_o unmete_v governor_n lib._n 1._o digest_v de_fw-fr le_fw-fr gyb_n &_o senatuscon_n titul_n 3._o politic._n 2._o england_n and_o scotland_n beware_v great_a imperfection_n of_o woman_n romilida_n the_o wife_n of_o gisulphus_n betray_v to_o cacanus_fw-la the_o dukedom_n of_o friawl_n in_o italy_n jane_n queen_n of_o naples_n hang_v her_o husband_n athalia_fw-la 4._o reg._n 11_o hirene_n anton._n sabell_n if_o the_o less_o thing_n be_v deny_v to_o woman_n the_o great_a can_v not_o be_v grant_v woman_n in_o her_o great_a perfection_n be_v make_v to_o serve_v man_n 1_o cor._n 11._o a_o good_a comparison_n a_o new_a necessity_n of_o woman_n subjection_n woman_n by_o the_o sentence_n of_o god_n subject_a to_o man_n gene._n 3._o the_o punishment_n of_o woman_n uniustlie_o promote_v and_o of_o their_o ê“moter_n gene._n 3._o let_v all_o woman_n take_v heed_n answer_v to_o a_o objection_n 1._o tim._n 2._o 1._o cor._n 14._o frome_n a_o general_a privilege_n be_v woman_n seclude_v she_o that_o be_v subject_a to_o one_o may_v not_o rule_v many_o a_o strong_a argument_n note_n tertullian_n de_fw-fr habitu_fw-la mulierum_fw-la let_v woman_n hearken_v what_o tertullian_n a_o old_a doctor_n say_v note_n tertull._n lib._n 8._o de_fw-la virginibus_fw-la velandis_fw-la in_o procemio_fw-la 6._o lib._n contra_fw-la marcionem_fw-la august_n lib._n 22._o contra_fw-la faustum_n c_o 31._o de_fw-fr trinitat_fw-la lib._n 12_o cap._n 7._o in_o quaect_n veteris_fw-la testamenti_fw-la quaest_n 45._o note_n lib._n de_fw-fr continentia_fw-la cap._n 4._o ambros._n in_o hexaemero_n lib._n 5_o c_o 7._o cap._n 5._o ambros._n super_fw-la 2._o c._n 1._o epist_n ad_fw-la timoth._n ambros._n in_o 1._o epist_n ad_fw-la corin_n cap._n 14._o genes_n 3._o who_o house_n i_o pray_v you_o oght_v the_o parliament_n house_n to_o be_v god_n or_o the_o deville_n rufus_n be_v by_o s._n paul_n salute_v before_o his_o mother_n chrysost._n homil_n 17._o in_o genes_z note_n homil._n 15_o in_o genes_n god_n grant_v all_o woman_n heart_n to_o understand_v and_o follow_v this_o sentence_n in_o mat._n cap._n 23._o homil_n 44._o woman_n can_v not_o have_v virtue_n in_o equality_n with_o man_n ad_fw-la ephe._n cap._n 4._o sermone_fw-la 13._o note_n the_o body_n lack_v the_o head_n can_v not_o be_v well_o govern_v nether_a can_v common_a wealth_n lack_v man_n in_o ca._n 22._o joh._n homil_n 87._o in_o joh._n homil_n 41._o basilius_n mag._n in_o aliquot_fw-la scripturae_fw-la locos_fw-la de_fw-fr ordine_fw-la lib._n 1_o c_o 10_o de_fw-fr civet_n dei_fw-la lib._n 19cap_n 13._o what_o soever_o be_v do_v withowt_n the_o appointment_n of_o god_n will_n be_v do_v withowt_n order_fw-fr two_o mirror_n in_o which_o we_o may_v behold_v the_o order_fw-fr of_o nature_n commonwelthes_n under_o the_o rule_n of_o woman_n lack_v a_o lawful_a head_n idol_n psal._n 115._o the_o empire_n of_o a_o woman_n be_v a_o idol_n 1._o cor._n 11._o note_n 1._o cor._n 11._o mark_v the_o similitude_n of_o chrysostome_n note_n how_o woman_n be_v cover_v in_o england_n and_o scotland_n brute_n beast_n to_o be_v prefer_v insolent_a joy_n bring_v sudden_a sorrow_n rom._n 1._o what_o rob_v god_n of_o his_o honour_n in_o england_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o gospel_n god_n benefit_n she_o wed_v to_o england_n discipline_n refuse_v in_o england_n the_o nobility_n and_o the_o hole_n realm_n of_o england_n castle_n then selue_o willing_o in_o to_o the_o pit_n confession_n note_v note_n deut._n 17._o god_n have_v appoint_v man_n his_o minister_fw-fr and_o lieutenant_n answer_v to_o a_o objection_n the_o election_n of_o a_o king_n flow_v from_o the_o moral_a law_n josue_n 1_o ruler_n shall_v take_v heed_n to_o this_o deut._n 17._o what_o vice_n magistrate_n oght_v to_o punish_v note_n the_o gentle_a no_o less_o bind_v to_o the_o law_n moral_v they_o the_o jewe._n note_n the_o first_o argument_n that_o the_o authority_n of_o woman_n repugn_v to_o justice_n the_o second_o argument_n nature_n do_v confess_v that_o repugnancy_n to_o god_n will_n be_v injustice_n how_o the_o reprobat_fw-la confess_v god_n will_v to_o be_v just_a genes_n 4._o mat._n 27._o woman_n authority_n bring_v forth_o monstres_n 1._o tim._n 2._o apoca._n 2._o judic._n 4._o para._n 34._o the_o defence_n of_o the_o adversary_n num._n 27_o answer_v to_o the_o first_o objection_n example_n against_o law_n have_v no_o strength_n when_o the_o question_n be_v of_o law_n note_n antithesis_fw-la betwixt_o the_o former_a matron_n and_o our_o jesabelle_n note_n note_v no_o godly_a woman_n do_v ever_o claim_v authority_n over_o man_n by_o reason_n of_o 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