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When Iuda sawe her he thought it had bene an hoore because she had couered hyr face.
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And turned to her vnto the waye and sayde come I praye the let me lye with the for he knewe not that it was his doughter in lawe. And she sayde what wylt thou gyue me for to lye with me?
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Tha sayde he I will sende the a kydd fro the flocke. She answered Than geue me a pledge till thou sende it.
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Than sayde he what pledge shall I geue the? And she sayde: they sygnett thy necke lace and thy staffe that is in thy hande. And he gaue it her and lay by her and she was with child by him.
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And she gatt her vp and went and put her mantell from her ad put on hir widowes rayment agayne.
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And Iudas sent the kydd by his neybure of Odollam for to fetch out his pledge agayne from the wifes hande. But he fownde her not.
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Than asked he the men of the same place saynge: where is the whoore that satt at Enaim in the waye? And they sayde: there was no whoore here.
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And he came to Iuda agayne saynge: I can not fynde her and also the men of the place sayde: that there was no whoore there.
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And Iuda sayde: let her take it to her lest we be shamed: for I sente the kydd and thou coudest not fynde her.
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And it came to passe that after .iij. monethes one tolde Iuda saynge: Thamar thy doughter in lawe hath played the whoore and with playnge the whoore is become great with childe. And Iuda sayde: brynge her forth ad let her be brente.
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And when they brought her forth she sent to her father in lawe saynge: by the ma vnto whome these thinges pertayne am I with childe. And sayd also: loke whose are this seall necklace and staffe.