Excerpt from The Proceedings on the Trial of Captain G Late of His Majesty's Ship the Severn, on an Action on the Case Wherein the Damages Sued for Was 10, 000 L. For Crim. Con. With Ad L K -S's Lady: Which Was Tried in the Court of King's Bench at Guildhall, by a Special Jury, on Saturday the Eleventh Day of June, 1757, When One Thousand Pounds Damages Were Given to the Plaintiff Adulte ry, is properly the Sin of Incoa tinence between two married per/ems J if one be married it is Adultery, which was feverely punijhed by the ancient Laws of this Land. King Edmund, asaxon, pnnifhed Adultery with Death in the fame Manner as Homicide or Murder.' And Canute the Dane, ordered, the Man taken in Adultery to be baniihed, and the Woman fo taken, to have her Nofe or Ears flit, or cut ofii' Coke in his Infiitutes, relates a notable Cafi', concerning the Adultery of Margaret, the Wife of john de Camou, who with her Huf band' s Con/int, lived in Adultery with Sir William Panell, yet [he [off her Dower. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.