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 OF LAWRENCE LAZY. 17 man called and ſworn) Mr Penman you muſt tell my Lord what treaſons you know already to have been committed by the priſoner at the bar. Mr. Penman. My Lord, the priſo- ner at the bar was my ſcholar, and when I was about to correct him for a miſdemeanor, by ſome cunning craft he ſtupiſied our ſenſes, and overcame. us with ſuch ſloth and lazineſs, that we were not able to ſtir band nor foot, but were laid like ſo many ſenſeleſs ſtocks and ſtones upon the ground. Morcover he wrote ſome lines to up braid me with what he had done. Judge. Set Mr. Penmon aſide. Cryer. Call Mrs. Penman (Mrs. Pen- man called and ſworn) Mrs. Penman you are to tell my Lord what treaſons you know committed by the priſoner at the bar. Mrs. Penman. My Lord, on that very morning that my huſband ſuf- fered by the priſoner at the bar, I was coming acroſs the garden, with a hot Breakfaſt for my huſband, the priſo- ner at the bar cast an eye upon me, at which time ſuch a ſit of Lazineſs ſeiz- ed me in every limb, ſo ſeverely, that