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An abstract or the laws of New England as they are now establishedAn abstract or the lawes of New England as they are novv established
London: printed for F. Coules and W. Ley, 1641
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.
3 With disability to give Testimony.
4 With corporal punishment either by stripes, or by branding him with a hot iron, or boring through the tongue, who hath bored and pierced Gods name.
4 With corporall punishment either by stripes, or by branding him with a hot iron, or boring through the tongue, who hath bored and pierced Gods name.
2 Drunkenness, as transforming Gods Image into a beast, is to be punished with the punishment of beasts: 1A whip for the ho••e, and a rod for the fools back.
2 Drunkennesse, as transforming Gods Image into a beast, is to be punished with the punishment of beasts: 1A whip for the ho••e, and a rod for the fooles backe.