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ſtianity and the Cuſtoms of our Town of Vanity, were Diametrically oppoſite, and could not be reconciled. By which ſaying, my Lord, he doth at once, not only condemn all our laudable doings, but us in the doing of them.
Judg. Then did the Judge ſay to him, Haſt thou any more to ſay?
Env. My Lord I could ſay much more, only I would not be tedious to the Court. Yet if need be, when the other Gentlemen have given in their Evidence, rather then any thing mail be wanting that will diſpatch him, I will enlarge my Teſtimony againſt him. So he was bid ſtand by. Then they called Superſtition, and bid him look upon the Priſoner; they alſo asked, What he could ſay for their Lord the King againſt him? Then they ſware him, ſo he began.
Super. My Lord, I have no great acquaintance with this man, nor do I deſire to have further knowledge of him; However this I know, that he is a very peſtilent fellow, from ſome diſcourfe that the other day had with him in this Town; for then talking with him, I heard him ſay,
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