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If a man haue slayne any of these beastes willingly: he is codempned to death.
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And when the slaues haue all slayne them as bouchers kylle hogges: then for a terrour to al other ther about: of euery thousande of the dead thei take one, and hange him vp by the hieles vpon a stake, amydde these deade bodies: and so ordre his heade as though it appiered by his facion or maner of hanginge, that he yet bothe harkened the complainte of his felowes, and lessened them againe.
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Their children in their infancie, are not nourished vp at the libertie and will of the parentes: but certeine there are appointed to viewe the children: whiche yf thei spie vntowardnes in the infante, deformitie, or lacke of lymmes, commande it to be slayne.
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Therefore, when they intend to sacrifice, some of them kyll three sheepe, some foure, and tenne; so that the butcherie sometyme so floweth with blood that in one sacrifice are slayne above three thousande sheepe.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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And foughten for our faith at Tramissen,81 in listes thries, and aye slayne his foe:
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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_Grinuiles_ puissance bought, _Angelica_ from France had neuer fled, Nor madded _Rowland_ with inconstancie, But rather slayne him wanting victorie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Palestina was sacked by the Soldan, and manie people were slayne.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Howbeit at length Stoslaus was slayne by his foe, who making a drinking cup of his skull, engraued therupon in golden letters this sentence: Seeking after other mens he lost his owne.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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He is slayne in battel by the king of AEgypt, 32. and much lamented by the
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Butt that was to thare awin paines; for thei lying without trinche or gabioun, war exponed to the force of the hole ordinance of the said Castell, which schote, and that nott all in vane; for the quheill and extrye of one of the Engliss cannownes war brokin, and some of thare men slayne; and so thei left with small honour that interprise, tackin rather of rashnes, then of any advised counsall.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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