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7 Yf a man sell his doughter to be an handmayde, then shal she not go out as the menseruauntes. 8 But yf she please not hir master, and he haue not maried her, then shal he let her go fre: but to sell her vnto a strauge people he hath no auctorite, for so moch as he hath despysed her. 9 Yf he promyse her vnto his sonne, then shal he do vnto her after the lawe of doughters. 10 But yf he geue him another wife, then shall he mynishe nothinge of hir foode, rayment, and dewtye of mariage. 11 Yf he do not these thre, then shal she go out fre, and paye nothinge. Exodus 21:7-11, Coverdale Bible of 1535. Public domain.
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