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An invective against the most wicked [and] detestable vice of swearing, newly co[m]piledAn inuectyue agenst the moost wicked [and] detestable vyce of swearing, newly co[m]piled
An invective against the most wicked [and] detestable vice of swearing, newly co[m]piled by Theodore BasilAn inuectyue agenst the moost wicked [and] detestable vyce of swearing, newly co[m]piled by Theodore Basille
London: printed by J. Mayler and J. Gough, 1543
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Appendix › ¶King Henry the fifth.Appendix › ¶Kynge Henry the fyfte.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶King Henry the fifth.
¶Kynge Henry the fyfte.
King Henry the fist made a statute for swearers in his own Palace,1 that if he were a Duke y• did swear, he should forfeit for every time xl.s̄. to the aiding of poor people.2 If he were a Lord or Baron. xx.s̄ If he were a Knight or an Esquire x.s̄. If he were a Yeman. xl. d If he were a Page or a Lackey, or a slave, to be scourged naked either with a rod or else with a whip.
KYnge Henry the fyste made a statute for swearers in his owne Palace,1 yt if he were a Duke y• dyd swere, he shuld forfyt for euery tyme xl.s̄. to the aydyng of poore people.2 If he were a Lorde or Barone. xx.s̄ If he were a Knyght or an Esquyer x.s̄. If he were a Yeman. xl. d If he were a Page or a Lackey, or a slaue, to be scourged naked eyther wyth a rodde or els wyth a whyppe.
- 1Waldenus in quo dam sermone.Vvaldenus in quo dam sermone.
- 2Would god this statute were observed and kept now adays, not only in the court but also throughout England