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nner and laved wayte for to flee Mtlo / and To was the f<

of his mvnr drthr / \ that *hat Milodyd ii was but to defend* felfe fro/// the trcafo* of his en Ic of hi* lyfc:

that than he may be dclyuered and qu>

Of ronfyrinacion.

The confyrmacyon of the accufcr is fetched out of thcic places/ wyl / ami pmer. For thefc two thyn^cs wyll caulc the perio* that is accufed to be greatly fufpecte that he had wyl to do the ihyng that he is accufed of / and that he myght well 1 ynoughe bryngc it

To proue that he had wyll thcrto : you mult go to t> plac/s. The one is the .ju.ilitr 1 1) \m l>| of the perfone / and the other is the caulc that uicuvd hym to the dede. The qualite of the per- fon is thus handled. For to loke what is his name or furname/ and if it be noughty to taye that he had it nat for nothyng : but that nature had fuch pry in power in men to make them gyue names accordynge to the maners of euery perfon. Than next to behold his contrey. So Tully in 1 on made for Lucius Flacc/// to

improue the wytnes that was brought agaynft hym by (irckes/ layth vnto the/w the lyghtnes of theyr co/rtrey. This (faytth Tuil I lave of the hole nacion of Grekes. I grauntc to them that they haue good lernynge / and the knowlege of many it yences. denye nat but that they haue a pleafawt and marueyloufe fwete fpeche. They are alfo people of hygh and excellent quycke and thereto they be very farundioufe. Thefe and fuche other quali- ties wherin they boofte them felfe greatly : I wyll nat repyne agaynft it that they bere the inayfiry therin. But as concernynge equitie and ijood confcience/ requifite/ in beryngcof recorde/or gyi: of any wytnes / & alfo as touchynge fa\ thfulnes of wordc and prom- yfe : truely this nacion neuer obferued this property, neythcr they knewe nat what is the ftrength / [E i a] auctoritye / and weyght therof.

So to EngiytVhmen is attributed luwptuoufnes in meates and drynkes. To Fre^chemen / pryde / & delyte in newe fantaf\*es. To Flemmynges and Almaynes / great drynkyngc / and yet inucn- tyfe w)-ttes. To Hrytayns / Gafcoignes / and Polones / Ian

' K. enemy. *yll.

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