Selected quad for the lemma: authority_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
authority_n	act_n	court_n	parliament_n	2,086	5	6.9871	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56866	Quatermayns conquest over Canterburies court, or, A briefe declaration of severall passages between him and the Archbishop of Canterbury with other commissioners of the High Commission Court, at six severall appearances before them, and by them directed to Doctor Featly : with their severall conferences, and the doctors by Roger Quatermayne.	Quatermayne, Roger.; Laud, William, 1573-1645.; Featley, Daniel, 1582-1645.	1642 (1642)	Wing Q148; ESTC R9277	38,184	64

it may be an end of strife Archb. Such an Oath may this bee for any thing that I know to the contrary Quater My Lord I doe not know wherein I have offended nor any that doth accuse mee Archb. Yes there is your accuser Doctor Reeve Quater Doctor Reeve are you my accuser Doctor Reeve Yes said Doctor Reeve Quater Then put you in my Articles according to Law and I will take forth a Copy of them and shew them to my Counsell and I will advise with my Counsell and I will either demur to them if they bee illegall or else I will put in my answer upon my Oath that is as much as the Law requireth and so much I will doe and more I will not Doct. Reeve That the Court will not allow said Doctor Reeve Quater Then said I I will doe no otherwise Archb. Master Quatermayne said the Archbishop you speak like a very Rationall man and I doe admire you should bee so Rationall in one thing and come so short in another Truly I will doe you all the favour I can Nay more than the Court will allow or beare mee out in I should bee very loth you should cast your selse into danger Quater My Lord I am not willing to thrust my selfe into danger Archb. Nay said the Archbishop give mee leave to expresse my selfe Doct. Reeve Heare my Lord said Doctor Reeve Quater I will said I. Archb. I will tell you said the Archbishop the danger of not taking the Oath and I will tell you the utility and benefit of taking the Oath The danger lyeth in this that after twice or thrice admonition wee can proceede against you pro 〈◊〉 and that is as you know to take you as guilty of those things that are objected against you and then we can imprison and fine you as we shall see cause and the benefit l●…eth in this that after you have taken the Oath for any thing that I know to the contrary you may presently be freed Quater My Lord it is not the danger of not taking the Oath that doth dismay me nor the vtility orbenefit that doth allure me I have kept a Court in my owne Conscience before I came hither and I have sought all the Records and from the first of Genesis to the last of the Revelations I doe not find it lawfull for me to take the Oath Archb. Master Quatermayne this Court hath stood this hundred years and hath been stablisht by all the Acts of Parliament that hath been since and do you come to judge our Court and question our Authority Quater My Lord I come not to judge your Court nor to question your Authority the thing that I come to question and find is the things that are injoyned mee whether I may doe it with a good Conscience yea or no Archb. Master Quatermayne what Ministers are you acquainted with Quater Withmany both in the Citie and in the Countrey Archb. I thinke so what Minister will you make choyce of to resolve you Quater None my Lord Archb. None that is strange Quater My Lord I need none for I am already resolved besides no Minister can satisfie mee but the Word and Spirit of GOD And againe I will not insnare nor intangle any Minister to resolve me that am already resolved Archb. Nay Master Quatermayne there shall bee no Minister intangled nor insnared I will promise you Quater Not by me said I. Archb. Nor by mee nor yet by the Court What Minister doe you know that hath beene intangled or insnared Quater My Lord I doe not come to accuse Archb. Master Quatermayne then let mee appoint you to goe to a Minister Quater My Lord I will not bee refractory I will reason with any man in things that concerne GODS glory and my own good so it be within the compasse of my time place and calling Archb. Nay I will not lay any heavie charge upon you doe you know Doctor Featly Quater Yes Archb. Will you goe to him Quater Yes my Lord or to any other whom you will appoint Archb. Nay it shall bee only to him I hope hee will give you full satisfaction Quater I doe not doubt but I shall be satisfied for I am already satisfied Archb. Master Quatermayne where dwell you Quater In Mary Overis Parish Doct. Reeve In Mary Overis Parish said Doct. Reeve and why not Saint Mary Overis Parish Quater Saint Mary Overis or Saint Saviours call it what you will it hath a double Name and I care not for the Titles Archb. That is not farre from Doctor Featli's Quater If it were much farther with Gods helpe I would goe to him Archb. Doe so I pray Master Quatermayne and reason with him and let him report how hee finds you and repaire hither again Doctor Reeve The next Court day said Doct. Reeve Archb. No said the Archbishop repaire hither this day fortnight and I hope by that time you will bee resolved Quater My Lord I am already resolved Archb. By that time I hope you will bee otherwise resolved Master Quatermayne what doe you follow now Quater I follow now soliciting of Causes Archb. Oh! in the Common Law why then you know there is an Oath administred in all Courts Quater My Lord I know there is there is an Oath for the King there is an Oath between King and Subject also there is an Oath between Plaintife and Defendant and there is an Oath for clearing a mans selfe in some particulars Archb. You know in Star-Chamber there is such an Oath as this is Quater My Lord with subjection to better Judgements if you doe proceede as they doe in the Court of Request Chancery or Exchequer or Star-Ch●…mber which is in this manner the Plaintife or Informer doth first put in Bils of Articles Informations or Complaints or the like and then the Defendant taketh forth a Copy of them and car●…eth them to his Counsell and adviseth with his Counsell and doth after demur to them or putteth in his answer upon Oath and so will I doe here if you please or the Court to let mee see those Articles that are against me Doct. Reeve The Court will not allow of that said Doctor Reeve Archb. Who was it that came to you Mr. Quatermayne said the Archbishop Quater It was Mayle the Pursevant such a one so that he may g●…t money he careth not what hurt he doth Archb. Mr. Quatermayne we doe not use to have the Officers of our Court traduced or evill spoken of Quater It may be so but will you be pleased to give mee leave to prosecute against him according to Law and I will make him appeare to bee as Notorious a VVretch as liveth Archb. I with all my heart I will give you free leave to prosecute against him or any other Officer of the Court whatsoever We do not fit here to maintain any in their wickednesse Doct. Reeve You have so affronted the Court I have been the Kings Advocate almost these twenty yeeres and