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Eighthly, if there be any show of suspicion of evil, to ⟨p. 358⟩¹make it a certainty, and so to carry it in the report, as if it were surely so, this is a great wrong; for every man is in possession of his good name, until the contrary ²be made out, and in doubtful things the possessor hath the advantage, but in this way of malice, this his privilege is taken away?

Eighthly, if there be any shew of suspition of evil, to ⟨p. 358⟩¹make it a certainty, and so to carry it in the report, as if it were surely so, this is a great wrong; for every man is in possession of his good name, until the contrary ²be made out, and in doubtful things the possessor hath the advantage, but in this way of malice, this his priviledge is taken away?

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2. 2Judubiis melior est conditio possessoris.Iudubiis melior est conditio possessoris.

Ninthly, if there be any thing conceived evil, that ¹hath any nearness or likeness to that which is done, malice will fasten that evil upon what is done, as if it were that; as appears notably in the example we have Ezra 4