![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.](/assets/img/quote-photos/a-felon-could-plead-benefit-of-clergy-and-be-saved-by-reading-aloud-what-was.jpg)
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