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Item, forsamekle as the abhominabill, vile and fylthie lust of incest is swa abhominabill in the presence of God, and that the samin eternall God, be his expres word, hes condampnit the samin, and yit nottheles the said vice is swa usit within this realme, and the word of God is in sic sort contempnit be the usaris thairof, that God be his just jugementis hes occasioun to plague the realme quhair the said vice is committit (without God, of his mercy, be mair gratious, and remeid be provydit that the said vice ceis in tyme cuming); thairfoir, our soverane lord, with avise and consent of my lord regent and thre estatis of this present parliament, statutis and ordanis that quhatsumever persoun or personis, committeris of the said abhominabill cryme of incest, that is to say, quhatsumever person or personis thay be that abusis thair body with sic personis in degre, as Goddis word hes expreslie forbiddin, in ony tyme cuming, as is contenit in the xviij cheptour of Leviticus, salbe puneist to the deith.