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A civil nosegayA ciuile nosgay
A civil nosegay wherein is contained not only the office and duty of all magistrates and judges but also of of [sic] all subjects with a preface concerning the liberty of justice in this our time newly collected and gathered out of latin and so translated in to the English tongue by I.G.A ciuile nosgay wherin is contayned not onelye the offyce and dewty of all magestrates and iudges but also of of [sic] all subiectes with a preface concernynge the lyberty of iustice in this our tyme newly collected and gethered out of latyn and so translated in to the Inglyshe tonge by I.G.
printed for John goodale, 1550printed for Ihon goodale, 1550
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¶ Also when the Tyrant did command Unicencias a Certain Citizen, that he should send to 1him his Daughter / which to do after the Citizen had refused, the tyrant ⟨image 30⟩sendeth his Servant, who be violence brought here away in the morning being ravished and deflowered, he sendeth here again and cut in .ij.
¶ Also when the Tyrane dyd commaunde Vnicencias a Certayne Cytyzen, that he shoulde sende to 1hym his Doughter / whiche to do after ye Citizen had refused, the tyrane ⟨image 30⟩sendeth his Seruaunt, who be violence brought here away in the mornyng beyng rauished and deflowryd, he sendeth here agayn and cut in .ij.
- 1Unicencias.Vnicencias.
¶ The father after he had deliberate the matter with his friends sendeth the dead body being so cut, to the senate venecius / and to him promiseth dedicion of the city, 1thus the Tyrant is oppressed, to this, Citizen, in a notorious injury and so cruel at all times is lawful for a man to be made an enemy to a tyrant be the law of the people. Thirdly, if the injury be not notorious rightly do the learned men 2in the law say, that the not doing of justice of y• magistrates ought to be tolerated & suffered, because the authority of things Judged may remain, for private persons ⟨image 31⟩