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hung a figure without eyes representing Truth.

The Egyptians were much attach'd to their Customs, & would not permit the least deviation in the most trifling ones, with knowing that little customs often help to preserve essential Ones, as to deletion punishments /deletion, crimes Murder was ever punish'd with death, also perjury; the Callumniator suffer'd the punishment the accus'd would if He had prov'd guilty; the not attempting when possible the saving a man's life was deem'd equal to assassination & was punish'd with death; but if the man's life could not be sav'd it was incumbent on those present to declare who was the Author of his death.

No man was permitted to lead a sluggish life; deletion every unclear was /deletion addition for all were /addition oblig'd to write down in a public register the place of their abode, & the profession by which they liv'd; if it was not agreable to truth the person so offending suffer'd death.

In the Reign of King Asychis a very judicious Law was made to deletion prevent /deletion addition discourage /addition the borrowing of money, deletion in some degree /deletion yet not subject the Debtor to personal confinement or the ruining his family; the not paying justly made a Man infamous;