"A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and……" — William Hazlitt

A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading… - William Hazlitt
"A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually the Miserere mei of Psalm 51."

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