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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	day_n	time_n	year_n	3,093	5	4.9048	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06504	To His Grace His Majesties High Commissioner, and the Honourable Estates of Parliament. The humble petition of John Weir of Newton.	Weir, John, of Newton, fl. 1695.; Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates.	1695 (1695)	Wing W1258D; ESTC R186353	1,191	4

To hi Grace His MAJESTIES High Commissioner and the Honourable Estates of PARLIAMENT The Humble PETITION of JOHN WEIR OF NEWTON Sheweth THAT by a special Remit from the Second Session of this current Parliament to the Commission for Fines and Forfaultures I having pursued John Hamilton of Kilkerscleugh to pay to me the Damnage and Expenses which I was put to by the malicious Information of the said John Hamilton against me and wrongous Imprisonment of me thereupon in Anno 1683 for the alledged Crimes of Treason therein contained And this being considered by the Commission They by their Interloquitor dated the 2 of February 1691 Years Fand That the said John Hamilton had out of Malice threatned to pursue me to the Gallows and that he did wilfully Inform against me when he was under no necessity to do the same And therefore fand him liable to refound to me so much of the Damnage and Expenses libelled as they should modify I proving my Imprisonment for the Crimes he informed against me and giving my Oath in litem for the Expenses and assigned a Day and allowed Diligence to me for that effect and allowed him to be heard upon this Defence viz. That he offered to prove That he was forced to Depone against me prior to the time deponed upon by my Witnesses Conform whereunto I adduced Witnesses before the said Commission and gave my Oath in litem upon the Expenses And therefore the said Commission by their last Interloquitor dated the Tenth Day of February 1691 Years Fand That the only Cause of my Imprisonment was the Information given in by Gilkerscleugh against me and that I continued in Prison more than Two Years and that they were of opinion That Kilkerscleugh ought to be decerned to pay to me Three Thousand and Five Hundred Merks Scots Money for the Causes foresaid with Annualrent from the Date of the said Interloquitor Which Action having since lyen over unprosecute I conform to an Act of this present Session of Parliament gave in a new Petition to the Committee of Parliament for Security of the Kingdom for a Warrand to Cite the said John Hamilton before the Parliament to the effect above-written And accordingly upon the 18 Day of June 1695 They granted Warrand to Macers or Messengers at Arms to Cite or Intimate to the said John Hamilton to appear before the Parliament upon Twenty Eight Hours if within the Town of Edinburgh and if forth thereof upon Ten Days And upon the Twenty Day of the said Month of June I caused James Aikman Messenger lawfully Summond the said John Hamilton personally to appear before the Parliament the First Day of July next to come to the effect above-written as the said Petition Warrand and Execution thereon herewith produced will testify And seing that the said Cause has long depended and is not yet brought to a Conclusion notwithstanding of the Justness thereof and the warrantable procedure therein in manner above-represented May it therefore please Your Grace and honourable Estates of Parliament to take the Premisses to Your most serious Consideration and conform to the Interloquitor of the said Commission of Parliament for Fines and Forfaultures to discern the said John Hamilton of Kilkerscleugh to make payment to me of the Sum of Three Thousand and Five Hundred Merks modified by them to me with Annualrent thereof since the said Tenth Day of February 1691 and in time coming during the not payment According to Justice And Your Petitioner shall ever Pray c.