Mr. William Prynne, for writing a book against Stage-players called Histiри-mастix was first censured in the Starr-Chamber to lose both his Eares in the pillorie, fined 5000& per petuall imprisonment in the Tower of London. After this, on a meer Sulpition of writing other bookes, but nothing at all proved against him, hee was again censured in the Starr-chamber to lose the small remainder of both his eares in the pillorie, to be Stigmatized on both his Cheekes with a firey-iron, was fined again 5000& banished into y'Isle of Iersey, there to suffer perpetuall Clofs-imprisonm': no freinds being permitted to see him, on pain of imprisonment,

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