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Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate…
Men are gods, or, The dignity of magistracy, and the duty of the magistrate as it was presented in a sermon at the assize holden at Hertford for that county on August 2, 1653 / by George Swinnocke ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1660
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.
Our Laws forbid Butchers to be Jurors, because it is supposed they will be hard-hearted.1 Among several qualifications which the Jews required in their Judges, these were two; 1. That they should be Fathers of children, hoping that their paternal affection would incline them to commiseration. 2. That they should not be Eunuchs, for they conceived such very cruel. It is a bestial cruelty to delight in blood.
Our Laws forbid Butchers to be Jurors, because it is supposed they will be hard-hearted.1 Among several qualifications which the Jews required in their Judges, these were two; 1. That they should be Fathers of children, hoping that their paternal affection would incline them to commiseration. 2. That they should not be Eunuches, for they concieved such very cruel. It is a bestial cruelty to delight in blood.
- 1Godwin. Antiq.
The laws of Draco are generally condemned,1 for they were written in blood, and the offender was sure to die of what nature soever his offence was. A. Gel.
The laws of Draco are generally condemned,1 for they were written in blood, and the offender was sure to die of what nature soever his offence was. A. Gell.
- 1Ferina rabies est sanguine & vulneribus gandere. Senec. de cle. lib. 1. cap. 24.