A34660:136
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.
8 Slanders are to be punished,
First, with a public acknowledgement as the slander was public.
First, with a publike acknowledgment as the slander was publike.
Secondly, by mullets or Fine of Money, when the slander bringeth damage.
Secondly, by mulets or Fine of Money, when the slander bringeth damage.
Thirdly, by stripes if the slander be gross, or odious, against such persons whom a man ought to honour and cherish: whether they be his Superiors, or in some degrees of equality with himself and his wife.
Thirdly, by stripes if the slander be grosse, or odious, against such persons whom a man ought to honour and cherish: whether they be his Superiours, or in some degrees of equality with himselfe and his wife.