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Rh Item, when he deyred an other hubande he promyed her an other, naminge this Frauncis whom hee nowe hath, but aid he is not o rich as the other, willynge her to conent vnto that Frauncis in fornycation which he did, and therof conceaued a daughter that was borne within a quarter of a yere after they were maried.

After they were maryed they liued not o quietly as he deyred, beinge tirred (as he aid) to much vnquietnes and moued to wearing and curinge, wherfore he willed Sathan her Cat to kyll the childe, beinge aboute the age of half a yere olde, and he did o, and when he yet founde not the quietnes that he deyred, he wylled it to lay a lamenes in the leg of thys Frauncis her hubande, and it did in this maner. It came in a morninge to this Frauncis hoe, lying in it lyke a tode, and