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when_o his_o will_n be_v he_o will_v also_o deliver_v i_o out_o of_o thy_o hand_n be_v more_o afflict_v with_o the_o blasphemy_n which_o this_o varlet_n utter_v then_o with_o all_o the_o torment_n which_o she_o endure_v on_o her_o body_n he_o have_v bemauled_a her_o shin_n with_o the_o patent_n she_o wear_v upon_o her_o foot_n she_o tell_v he_o his_o cruelty_n far_o exceed_v that_o of_o the_o turk_n and_o infidel_n whereupon_o he_o call_v she_o a_o huguenot_n whore_n tell_v she_o that_o these_o be_v but_o the_o beginning_n of_o her_o sorrow_n so_o as_o if_o she_o do_v not_o disclose_v unto_o he_o her_o seven_o hundred_o piece_n of_o gold_n he_o will_v draw_v her_o cheek_n and_o breast_n with_o lard_n and_o then_o fasten_v she_o to_o a_o form_n and_o burn_v her_o quick_a and_o after_o mount_v she_o up_o to_o the_o high_a steeple_n in_o the_o city_n and_o cast_v she_o thence_o down_o headlong_o well_o say_v she_o though_o my_o body_n fall_v never_o so_o low_a that_o shall_v not_o let_v 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