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100 REIGN OF ELIZABETH. [CH. 4 i. the wolves to kill and devour as they do the lambs, for which cause it ought to be foreseen ; for that the Prince shall answer for all that so perish, it lying in her power to redress it, for by the Scriptures murderers, breakers of the holy day, and maintainers of false religion ought to die by the sword. ' Also some other sharp laws for adultery, and also for murder, more stricter than for felony which in France is well used, as the wheel for the one, the halter for the other, which if we had here I doubt not within few years would save many a man's life.'