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When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to read more
See they suffer death,
But in their deaths remember they are men,
Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous.
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.
I stew all night in my own grease.
I stew all night in my own grease.
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.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Send them into everlasting Coventry.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment
