incontinency
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William James, for incontinency, was ſentenced to be ſet in the bilboes at Boſton and Salem, and bound in 20l.
From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
The penalty of incontinency is well known to you; I say, Aye.
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
What incontinency, you will say; and I say, What, indeed!
From The Forest Lovers by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
Nearly a thousand clergymen gathered in New York declared him a synonym of "incapacity and incontinency."
From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell
I false? thy conscience witness, Iachimo, Thou didst accuse him of incontinency, Thou then look'dst like a villain: now methinks, Thy favour's good enough.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by Hazlitt, William
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