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Compare 1577 edition: 1 1 First, that if any man chanced to [...]lea an other on the shipboord,Sleiers of men. he should be bound to the dead bodie and so throwne into the sea.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Secondlie, if he killed him on land, he should yet be bound to him as before, and so buried quicke togither.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Brallers.3 Thirdlie, if any man should be conuicted by lawfull witnesse, that he drew any weapon to strike any other, or chanced by striking at any man to draw bloud of him that was smitten,Punishment for bloud-drawers. he should lose his hand.

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