The orator: handling a hundred seuerall discourses, in forme of declamations: some of the arguments being drawne from Titus Liuius and other ancient writers, the rest of the authors owne inuention: part of which are of matters happened in our age (1596)
Le Sylvain, ca. 1535-ca. 1585, Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633 · London, Printed by Adam Islip · leaf 150
vdedthat hefoouldbefoldforaJlaue , (theman lying inprifonfor debt ) vntolbe which he would in nofort agree. IVhtrevpon the tudgeprefumedthat he was the fa-ther of the child,and codemncd him to manumife the mother*The man appealetbfiyivg : IT is manifeftly to he feene3that the iudge is more ca-ricd… … 140 Cf him who did lie with from doing it, but not content therewith, hauing be-thought himfclte vpon thefpeech of her being in tra-uaile of childbirth (and it may be, incited by himfelfc)would that there mould be more credit giuen vnto theoath of a bondwoman, then vnto h:s,tbat is a Citizenfree…
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