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 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, 
so shall it be done read more 
 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, 
so shall it be done to him;
 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath 
caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
Every sin brings its punishment with it.
 Some have been beaten till they know
 What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
  Some kick'd read more 
 Some have been beaten till they know
 What wood a cudgel's of by th' blow:
  Some kick'd until they can feel whether
   A shoe be Spanish or neat's leather. 
 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for 
in the image of God made he read more 
 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for 
in the image of God made he man. 
 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth, hand read more 
 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for 
eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 
Frieth in his own grease.
Frieth in his own grease.
 The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
 [The wolf must die in his own skin.]  
 The Wolfe must dye in his owne skinne.
 [The wolf must die in his own skin.] 
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.
The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death.