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' | <p>There is no more reason why a Peer should be entitled<lb/> | ||
by Law to purchase the chastity of his neighbour's<lb/> | |||
wife, than a Peasant should of his.</p> | |||
<p>In other Crimes the injured party may be a<lb/> | |||
witness; because they are prosecut<del>ed</del><add>able</add> by Indictment —<lb/> | |||
In Adultery he cannot —<lb/> | |||
Yet Adultery is precisely that crime of all<lb/> | |||
others, in which such testimony might be admitted<lb/> | |||
with least danger: because if a man<lb/> | |||
were minded to wreak his resentment on an<lb/> | |||
enemy by a false accusation, <del>a crime and</del> <add>an accusation</add> which<lb/> | |||
could not publish the other's guilt but it must<lb/> | |||
publish <del><gap/></del> his own shame, would be precisely<lb/> | |||
the last that he would <sic>chuse</sic>.</p> | |||
There is no more reason why a Peer should be entitled
by Law to purchase the chastity of his neighbour's
wife, than a Peasant should of his.
In other Crimes the injured party may be a
witness; because they are prosecutedable by Indictment —
In Adultery he cannot —
Yet Adultery is precisely that crime of all
others, in which such testimony might be admitted
with least danger: because if a man
were minded to wreak his resentment on an
enemy by a false accusation, a crime and an accusation which
could not publish the other's guilt but it must
publish his own shame, would be precisely
the last that he would chuse.
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