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The hand-maid of repentance. Or, A short treatise of restitution. Written by Arth
The hand-maid of repentance. Or, A short treatise of restitution. Written by Arth: Dent, Minister of Gods word at Southshoobery in Essex. As a necessary appendix to his Sermon of Repentance
London: printed by G. Eld for Thomas Thorp, 1614
A TREATISE OF RESTITUTION. › Good fame and name.A TREATISE OF RESTITVTION. › Good fame and name.
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.
Good fame and name.
If one defame another by just course of Law, there no Restitution lieth: but if he do it unjustly and untruly, let him make amends, by acknowledging that he spake untruly, or concealed the truth. Whe• words repeated may do more harm then good, there ought to be none acknowledgement.
If one defame another by iust course of Law, there no Restitution lieth: but if he doe it vniustly and vntruly, let him make amends, by acknowledging that he spake vntruly, or concealed the truth. Whe• words repeated may doe more harme then good, there ought to be none acknowledgement.
If a mans good name cannot be recovered, restitution is to be made some other way: and the damage that hath ensued upon defamation, ought to be satisfied; at the discretion of some honest person. The like may be said of slanderous libels: and the restitution ought to be made there, where the slander was raised, whether publicly or privately, &c.
If a mans good name cannot bee recouered, restitution is to be made some other way: and the damage that hath ensued vpon defamation, ought to bee satisfied; at the discretion of some honest person. The like may bee said of slanderous libels: and the restitution ought to bee made there, where the slander was raised, whether publikely or priuately, &c.