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<p>By the law of England, if <del>a man</del> <add>you </add> <sic>committs</sic> <lb/>an outrage against <del>your</del> <add>a man's</add> person, <del>but</del> restraining <lb/> <del>himself</del> <add>yourself however</add> within some bounds <del>and spares your</del> <add>so as to spare his</add><lb/> life, <del>you</del> <add>he<add>the</add></add> may obtain a pecuniary amends <lb/>at the <add>a</add> price which will be mentioned <add>taken notice of</add> by and <lb/>by, if the <unclear>lottery</unclear> of the law <add>litigation</add> should be in<lb/> <del>your <sic>favour </sic></del>. <add>his <sic>favour</sic>.</add> <del>But if he will</del> <add>But to stop there would be bad management: you should</add> go on without<lb/> flinching: <del>and <gap/> his ill usage,<lb/> be rewarded with impunity</del> <add>you should pursue <del>to your</del> <add>him to his </add> grave: and then <lb/><del>law rewards you</del> </add> <lb/>the law rewards <del>him</del> <add>a man</add> with impunity. <del>If thus<lb/> <add>takes your purse into its protection</add> you have an opportunity of making your<lb/> fortune </del> </p> | <p>By the law of England, if <del>a man</del> <add>you </add> <sic>committs</sic> <lb/>an outrage against <del>your</del> <add>a man's</add> person, <del>but</del> restraining <lb/> <del>himself</del> <add>yourself however</add> within some bounds <del>and spares your</del> <add>so as to spare his</add><lb/> life, <del>you</del> <add>he<add>the</add></add> may obtain a pecuniary amends <lb/>at the <add>a</add> price which will be mentioned <add>taken notice of</add> by and <lb/>by, if the <unclear>lottery</unclear> of the law <add>litigation</add> should be in<lb/> <del>your <sic>favour </sic></del>. <add>his <sic>favour</sic>.</add> <del>But if he will</del> <add>But to stop there would be bad management: you should</add> go on without<lb/> flinching: <del>and <gap/> his ill usage,<lb/> be rewarded with impunity</del> <add>you should pursue <del>to your</del> <add>him to his </add> grave: and then <lb/><del>law rewards you</del> </add> <lb/>the law rewards <del>him</del> <add>a man</add> with impunity. <del>If thus<lb/> <add>takes your purse into its protection</add> you have an opportunity of making your<lb/> fortune </del> </p> | ||
<p>If then you have any purpose of revenge<lb/> or avarice to answer by <del>enforcing</del> keeping<lb/> a man in confinement, do so: but let the<lb/> place be unhealthy, and keep him there<lb/> to his death. <hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> Choose rather an old man than a young one, a sickly man than a healthy, <gap/> the tender sex rather than the robust. Should the life of a man stand in the way of your fortune <add>avarice</add> or your vengeance this dose of poison or of torment operates too quick</note> In short if you have an opportunity<lb/> of any kind <add>in any way</add> of making your fortune<lb/> by <del>the</del> murdering a man, the law allows you<lb/> so to do; only let his death be slow. Should <lb/>you be too precipitate,<add>matters be precipitated</add> your <gap/> may chance to pay<lb/> | |||
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By the law of England, if a man you committs
an outrage against your a man's person, but restraining
himself yourself however within some bounds and spares your so as to spare his
life, you he<add>the</add> may obtain a pecuniary amends
at the a price which will be mentioned taken notice of by and
by, if the lottery of the law litigation should be in
your favour . his favour. But if he will But to stop there would be bad management: you should go on without
flinching: and his ill usage,
be rewarded with impunity you should pursue to your <add>him to his grave: and then
law rewards you </add>
the law rewards him a man with impunity. If thus
takes your purse into its protection you have an opportunity of making your
fortune
If then you have any purpose of revenge
or avarice to answer by enforcing keeping
a man in confinement, do so: but let the
place be unhealthy, and keep him there
to his death. + + Choose rather an old man than a young one, a sickly man than a healthy, the tender sex rather than the robust. Should the life of a man stand in the way of your fortune avarice or your vengeance this dose of poison or of torment operates too quick In short if you have an opportunity
of any kind in any way of making your fortune
by the murdering a man, the law allows you
so to do; only let his death be slow. Should
you be too precipitate,matters be precipitated your may chance to pay
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