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Had they rob'd you of your money, or betray'd your trust, by Hercules the punishment they've inflicted on themselves might have satisfied your rage; don't you see the marks of slaves on their faces; who, though free, to attone their injuries to you, proscrib'd themselves."
Petronius Arbiter - The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter

Thus the Author was Proscrib'd by Proclamation, and a Reward of 50000 Hecato's, a small imaginary Coin in those Parts, put upon his Head. The Man fled the first popular Fury, but at last being betraid fell into the Hands of the publick Ministry.
Daniel Defoe - The Consolidator : or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon

They proscrib'd him in Print for Crimes they could never prove, they branded him with Forgery, Adultery, Drunkenness, Swearing, breaking Jayl, and abundance of Crimes; but when Matters were examin'd and things came to the Test, they could never prove the least thing upon him. In this manner however they continually worryed the poor Man, till they ruin'd his Family and reduc'd him to Beggary; and tho' he came out of the Prison they cast him into by the meer force of Innocence, yet they never left persuing him with all sorts of violence.
Daniel Defoe - The Consolidator : or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon
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