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and_o the_o say_v respondent_fw-la be_v no_o woman_n husband_n as_o she_o also_o herself_o must_v needs_o know_v unless_o of_o the_o say_v mary_n tomkins_n with_o what_o face_n of_o impudence_n can_v she_o call_v it_o adultery_n have_v such_o a_o thing_n be_v do_v as_o she_o allege_n for_o the_o complainant_n herself_o have_v so_o often_o confess_v it_o that_o it_o be_v out_o of_o her_o power_n to_o deny_v it_o how_o that_o above_o one_o year_n before_o that_o ten_o year_n since_o wberein_o she_o charge_v this_o adultery_n to_o be_v do_v she_o have_v clear_o divorce_v herself_o from_o this_o respondent_n bed_n by_o a_o malicious_a and_o obstinate_a desertion_n have_v utter_o dissolve_v all_o bond_n of_o wedlock_n between_o this_o respondent_fw-la and_o herself_o by_o her_o own_o authority_n by_o break_v her_o conjugal_a vow_n in_o wilful_o deny_v the_o duty_n of_o marriage_n require_v in_o holy_a writ_n and_o yet_o far_o to_o satisfy_v all_o the_o world_n how_o unjust_o this_o respondent_fw-la be_v charge_v with_o this_o foul_a crime_n he_o do_v hereby_o solemn_o protest_v and_o declare_v and_o do_v hereby_o offer_v himself-before_a this_o honourable_a or_o any_o other_o court_n to_o take_v his_o compurgatory_n oath_n that_o he_o never_o have_v to_o do_v in_o a_o carnal_a manner_n with_o any_o man_n wife_n breathe_v and_o that_o he_o never_o do_v deny_v marriage_n duty_n to_o the_o say_v complainant_a his_o pretend_a wife_n while_o she_o be_v his_o wife_n and_o that_o he_o have_v no_o hand_n of_o contrivance_n in_o put_v she_o away_o from_o he_o but_o that_o the_o separation_n which_o be_v make_v be_v perfect_o and_o pure_o her_o own_o act_n in_o a_o free_a pernicious_a and_o obstinate_a refusal_n of_o her_o marriage_n duty_n 3_o as_o to_o the_o fornication_n and_o incontinency_n wherewith_o this_o respondent_fw-la be_v charge_v he_o far_o say_v one_a as_o to_o fornication_n which_o be_v a_o heinous_a sin_n whereby_o a_o man_n be_v guilty_a of_o carnal_a 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say_a marriage_n by_o mean_n of_o the_o wilful_a obstinate_a and_o malicious_a desertion_n of_o this_o complainant_n he_o never_o have_v child_n by_o any_o other_o woman_n beside_o the_o complainant_n herself_o and_o never_o in_o all_o that_o space_n go_v unto_o any_o common_a whore_n and_o though_o this_o complainant_n and_o her_o two_o ungracious_a son_n have_v often_o upbraid_v slander_v and_o revile_v this_o respondent_fw-la with_o most_o abusive_a railery_n and_o have_v fill_v the_o country_n with_o many_o slander_n and_o suspicious_a report_n of_o matter_n say_v or_o do_v above_o twenty_o or_o thirty_o year_n since_o concern_v what_o kindness_n this_o respondent_fw-la might_n have_v show_v to_o particular_a person_n more_o than_o ordinary_a this_o respondent_fw-la do_v solemn_o protest_v and_o declare_v that_o he_o never_o have_v carnal_a knowledge_n of_o any_o such_o woman_n for_o who_o sake_n he_o be_v asperse_v nor_o do_v he_o ever_o attempt_v or_o desire_v such_o a_o thing_n of_o any_o one_o of_o they_o so_o speak_v off_o and_o as_o for_o the_o say_v mary_n tomkins_n this_o respondent_fw-la farther_z say_v that_o until_o utter_o relinquish_v by_o his_o wife_n and_o above_o one_o whole_a year_n after_o she_o never_o have_v any_o child_n by_o he_o nor_o be_v she_o with_o child_n by_o he_o and_o after_o that_o time_n he_o be_v guilty_a of_o no_o other_o nor_o great_a fornication_n with_o she_o than_o what_o our_o holy_a father_n abraham_n the_o father_n of_o the_o faithful_a be_v guilty_a of_o when_o pure_o for_o issue_n sake_n and_o not_o of_o any_o lustful_a concupiscence_n he_o go_v in_o to_o hagar_n his_o wife_n maid_n or_o unto_o keturah_n his_o concubine_n in_o the_o life_n time_n of_o sarah_n his_o wife_n now_o abraham_n be_v not_o charge_v with_o any_o thing_n of_o fornication_n in_o that_o case_n but_o rather_o be_v acquit_v by_o god_n almighty_a as_o pure_o and_o true_o innocent_a
altho'he_n have_v do_v the_o very_a self_n same_o thing_n which_o this_o naughty_a woman_n charge_v against_o this_o respondent_fw-la for_o adultery_n or_o fornication_n but_o the_o case_n of_o this_o respondent_fw-la be_v much_o easy_a than_o that_o of_o abraham_n forasmuch_o as_o at_o the_o time_n aforesaid_a abraham_n have_v a_o wife_n then_o in_o his_o bed_n with_o he_o but_o this_o respondent_fw-la have_v no_o wife_n unless_o it_o may_v be_v esteem_v that_o the_o say_v mary_n tomkins_n be_v his_o lawful_a and_o his_o only_a wife_n according_a to_o the_o sense_n of_o holy_a writ_n last_o as_o for_o incontinency_n which_o in_o its_o self_n be_v no_o sin_n unless_o it_o be_v express_v in_o unlawful_a use_n this_o respondent_fw-la do_v confess_v and_o allege_v that_o he_o be_v one_o of_o those_o man_n of_o who_o our_o saviour_n have_v declare_v say_v all_o man_n can_v receive_v this_o say_v mat._n 19_o 10._o and_o of_o who_o st._n paul_n have_v declare_v say_v they_o who_o can_v 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