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Rh violence. With that this craftie olde Bawde cryed out amaine, alas, alas, my noe. And taking one of thoe razors he al to bloudied it and traight hewed him (hir hubande coming with the light) the bloud, hir noe, and razor. The huband atonied at this, to ee this in maner impoible happe, hee tanding towtely to it, caued hir friendes and kinsfolks to be ent for, & pitifully complaining to them they altogithers went to preent this chaunce to the Lordes and rulers of the towne, and made hir hubande be punihed. This holy man (as one in deede that awe this practie) loth to ee the innocent hubande uffer for his wifes fale accuation: went to the eions at the day of his araynement to witnee a troth for the eilye man. And as he was bent to peake in fauour of this poore Barber, he odeinly epied that olde beaten theefe that had robbed him, and whom he went o long to eeke, who was euen newlye punihed for an olde offence he had done. This good man for getting to follow the barbers caue, and to doe that good he came for: cried oute vppon the Judge for iuflice agaynft the theefe (as hee that in deede had more minde of hys golde than of deuotion:) and beought him he might haue ome part of his owne that was left, ince he coulde not poible recouer the whole. The Moyle that