 | 1862 - 1446 sidor
...should profess that by turning his hat thrice, and crying buz, he could take away a man's life (though m truth he could do no such thing) yet this were a just law made by the state; that whoever should turn his hat thrice, and cry buz, with an intention to take away a man's life, shall... | |
 | Gilbert Geis, Ivan Bunn - 1997 - 308 sidor
...profess that by turning his hat thrice and crying "Buz" he could take away a man's life, though in 1ruth he could do no such thing, yet this were a just law...that whosoever should turn his hat thrice, and cry "Buz," with an intention to take a man's life, shall be put to death.44 As Reginald Scot had written... | |
 | A. P. Martinich - 1999 - 430 sidor
...means to take away men's lives. If one should profess that by turning his hat thrice and crying 'Buz', he could take away a man's life (though in truth he...that whosoever should turn his hat thrice and cry 'Buz' with an intention to take away a man's life shall be put to death.1 Hobbes expressed the same... | |
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The law against witches does not prove there be any ; but it punishes the malice of those people, that use such means to take away men's lives : if one should profess that by turning his hat thrice, and crying buz, he could take away a man's life, though... 
