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13 If a man take a wyfe, and when he hath lyen with her, hate her, 14 And lay shamefull thynges vnto her charge, and bryng vp an euyll name vpon her, and say, I toke this wyfe, and when I came to her I founde her not a mayde: 15 Then shall the father of the damsell & the mother, bryng foorth the tokens of the damsels virginitie vnto the elders of the citie in the gate, 16 And the damsels father shall say vnto the elders: I gaue my daughter vnto this man to wyfe, and he hateth her, 17 And lo, he layeth shamefull thynges vnto her charge, saying, I founde not thy daughter a mayde: and yet these are the tokens of my daughters virginitie. And they shall spreade the vesture before the elders of the citie. Deuteronomy 22:13-17, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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