Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	good_a	know_v	1,906	5	3.4501	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75610	The arraignment of the Anabaptists good old cause, vvith the manner and proceedings of the court of iustice against him. Also the names of the jury and witnesses that came in against him, with the sentence of death pronounced by the judge before his execution,.		1660 (1660)	Wing A3752; Thomason E1017_32; ESTC R208078	7,934	16

let them come for he stands upon his deliverance at which words came in Mr. Loyal and witnessed saying My Lord this fellow the Good old Cause came in a very formall way and promised to act good things and seemed to be a very holy man but his heart was full of hypocrisie and deceit My Lord he branded all the true hearted to their Superiours to be Malignants and those that would not give or bring in their mony at his order were called delinquents and ill-affected My Lord he would acknowledge no power above himself he valued the shedding of blood no more then the cutting off a dogs head he maintained Rebellion gave out Commissions to kill and slay justified Hothams actions and yet kild him at last made an excellent protestation a seeming holy Covenant and performed neither jugled with the People that they took him for a God Mr. Bishop can tell you more of him my Lord I am but a Servant what say you Mr. Bishop against the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord he was an utter enemie to us he thrust us out of our places and would not suffer us to sit with him he branded us by the name of Popish Prelates he took away our Means our Livings came dwelt in them himself put us in prison and some of us to death took away Churches liveings and sold them to others yea my Lord he took the very plate out of the Churches and melted it and coyned it into a new stamp her 's Mr. Duke my Lord a very noble person can evidence much more against him then I have done Mr. Church a witnesse Judge speaks Mr. Duke or Lord what can you say to the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord this Fellow called the Good old Cause did plunder me of all my Estate sold our Houses that whereas I had 5000 a year and kept a good house for all commers maintained good Hospitality relieveing the poor and setting whole Towns at work did Homage to my Soveraign when my turn was he took my Estate away bestowed it upon some of his own friends to one he gave a thousand a year to another five hundred a year to another two thousand a year and hath left me nothing for my self but one hundred a year to maintain my self my wife and children in our old age And besides after I was turned out of doors I was glad to compound for what I had and to fly into France to hide my self from being imprisoned and to save my life for he kild as many as he thought good Here 's Mr. Citizen can witness many other things Judge Mr. Citizen what can you say against this Prisoner at the Bar My Lord I can testifie against him that he imposed great Taxes upon us and if we did not pay him as soon as ever he demanded them he either quartered Souldiers upon us or else fetcht away by violence from us ten times the worth of the Tax he required he also hindred the trading amongst us kept us bare of mony and made us pay Excise for Meat and drink and layed insupportable Taxes upon us yea we gave him the meat out of our mouths And my Lord he even out of meer spite stole away the Gates and Chains of the City and made Bonsiers of the Posts And whereas his name was called the Good old Cause before it was afterwards called the Rump I think my Lord because he would not be known for he did hide himself somtimes being ashamed of his doings and then again would wipe his mouth and come to light Mr. Country-man that is here my Lord can give evidence also against him Judge Mr. Country-man what can you say to the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord this Fellow did send Troops of Horses into our Houses and Inns which eat up all our Hay Oats Beans and Peas yea my Lord he suffered his Horses to go into the Medows and Corn Fields to eat it tread it down and spoil it and when we complained against him for such abuses he would do ten times worse take the bread and meat out of our mouths eat up our Bacon kill our Poultry and Geese and Ducks and Lambs and Hogs insomuch that we had not any thing left for to keep us alive and kept us out of our beds that we never had a good nights rest and if we refused presently he would set a Pistol or Sword against our brests and force us to give what they required Mr. King can say much more against him then I have spoken Judge Mr. King what can you say against the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord I can say thus much of him that he is as great an adversary to any of my name as can be yea he is a mortal enemy for he hates their being place name and person he covets their Houses Mannors Lands Jewels Plate Apparrel and what not He endeavours to make them but titular or none he will break the oath of Allegiance he will promise to make them glorious and yet fight against them keeps no fidelity sends out Armies as if it were to bring him home from Councellours but with intention to kill him yet disparageth him of breach of trust intrudes into his Militia takes away his revenews reviles them that adhere to him gave out Commissions to Rebel and to secure all orthodox Ministers and put out of their Benefices and to bring in Anabaptism Independantism Quakerism Ranterism and all manner of prophanenesse and Poperism and all things to confusion Nay my Lord I can say of this Fellow the Good old Cause that he put to death a Gentleman of my name who was the most eminent and famous in the World for Prudence Goodnesse Love Chastity Godly life good Government Piety Religion Iustice and a Defender of the Faith and banisht his dear Wife and Children and would not suffer them to injoy the smallest Cottage he had or allow him the least maintenance that might be yea forbid strangers in other Lands to supply him in his necessity and to relieve his wants My Lord he is the greatest Rebel that ever was heard of all which he did under the Title of doing Reformation Yea my Lord he made Plots himself and then discovered them and we suffer'd for it My Lord we can bring many witnesses more of this ill life and name if it please your Lordship to call for them Judge Here are witnesses enough Jury have you heard what these Gentlemen have evidenced against the Prisoner at the Bar if you have give it in if you be agreed of the Verdict what think you of him is he guilty or not guilty The foreman Mr. Conscience answers in the behalf of the rest guilty my Lord. Then the Judge speaking to the Prisoner said Good Old Cause thou hast heard what all these have witnessed against thee what canst thou say for thy self why Sentence of Death should not be pronounced against thee then the Good Old Cause spake as followeth