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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	justice_n	peace_n	session_n	1,454	5	10.8701	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50685	Pecuniæ obediunt omnia Money masters all things, or, Satyrical poems, shewing the power and influence of money over all men, of what profession or trade soever they be : to which are added, A Lenten litany, by Mr. C____d, A satyr on Mr. Dryden, and several other modern translators : also A satyr on women in general : together with Mr. Oldham's Character of a certain ugly old p----	Menton, L.; C---d, Mr. Lenten litany.; Oldham, John, 1653-1683. Character of a certain ugly old p-----.	1698 (1698)	Wing M1821B; ESTC R202913	71,116	145

made their Friend that was the Trade He that was free of purse and treated high Neighbours unto the place he could put by And Gentlemen of good account that way They did out Vote and so obtain'd the day Money did make the Burrough Men all keen To give their Votes tho' they had never seen His Face until th' Election came in hand Yet then their Tongues and Hearts he did Command Money sometimes did silly Men preferr To places of this Trust when others far More worthy for their parts were set aside For Money in this Case was the main Guide And bore the chiefest Rule in every place Men to this high preferment brought and Grace Vertue and Worth will now contend with Gold This place of Trust must not be Bought or Sold. But honesty and parts are now preferr'd Which oft-times Money heretofore debarr'd V. On Persons in high and honourary Imployments Money is sure a Witch and doth delude Men in great place as well as th' Multitude If she her glittering Spells before Men cast They 're Captivated then and held so fast That neither Honour Wisdom Honesty Nor place of greatest Trust nor Gravity Can them secure from this unhappy Fate Witness some famous Men but now of late Such is the force of Money at all Times That she can aggravate or lessen Crimes The Guiltless she can Gu'lty make we see And can prevail to set the Guilty free VI. On Moneys former Regency in the Universities and Inns of Court If you Reside at the University And there a very Dunce or Rake-hell be Yet Batchelour and Master too of Arts For Money you 'll be made tho' you want Parts And if you 'd still advance to be more Famous Doctor you may proceed then by Mandamus Without your keeping Acts or Exercise So whether you are Learn'd or otherwise Does not appear Money does salve up all She can a Fool unto preferment call The meanest Lawyer oft-times we may see By Moneys help preferr'd to the Degree Of Serjeant at Law altho he've never Read And in 's profession is a dunder Head Money has power to raise him higher still For she a Judge can make him if she will VII On the Court of Chancery If you 've a Cause in Chancery does depend And you upon a Master must attend For his Report then Guinneas must appear Else you of great delay may stand in fear And when 's Report he makes unto the Court Perhaps you 'll have no cause to thank him for 't Who beat the Cushion best shall have respect Favour i' th Cause the other side neglect Miss Money with her Charms can make him kind He all Advantages i' th' Cause shall find If she appears not he 's then sadly Blind Solicitors and Clerks too must receive Incouragement from her else they will give Neither Respect unto your Cause nor you Will no Attendance give nor kindness shew But Lady Money will your Cause right State And prove for You a powerful Advocate VIII On the great Predominancy Money has in all Courts In every Court Experience shews each day That Money bears the Over-ruling Sway. If she in the Kings-Bench does but appear Or th' Court of Common-Pleas they her Revere Or in th' Exchequer or that the Assize Or Sessions of the Peace she does Surprize For she in every Office Regent Sits And there at all times has her lucky Hits She can procure dispatch without delays Or make you dance attendance many days Money can expedite or can deterr Discover Truth conceal it if you erre This Lady can do ought that you would have She either can condemn or she can save All Officers to her Obeysance owe With Hat in Hand to her the Knee they bow IX On Divines Money some grave Divines makes to dispense With all the Checks of tender Conscience Swallow down any Oath and never stick Rather than lose a fair Rich Bishoprick Good Deanry Prebend or Fat Parsonage Their Credit they 'll expose upon the stage Of Censure and Reproach rather than fail If they in their Pursuit may but prevail Such are the Charms of Money that they will By nice Distinctions and Scholastick Skill Prove all things Lawful which they know and find Assisting are to their aspiring Mind And may advance some steps in the Ascent Of the desired Stage of their Intent Of living Great Supine and Easie Lives Make Children rich and towring high their Wives X. On wicked Iudges Money does partial Judges Eyes so blind That they the Truth can neither see nor find But are mis-led into some Errour great Mistake the Cause I will not say a Cheat But they 're so strangely led into Mistake That they the greatest Wrong for Right do make Mis-represent the Evidence i' th' Cause So th'Jury give a Verdict 'gainst the Laws Money can make a Cause more clear by far Than the profoundest Lawyer at the Bar. XI On Lawyers Bos in Lingua has been a Proverb long For Money surely charms the Lawyer 's Tongue She stupifies his Sense and makes him dumb He nothing says in 's Client's Cause but Mum Book Cases he forgets and of his Sense He 's now depriv'd has lost his Eloquence And jingling Harangues which Lawyers use The Cause to puzzle and Court to amuse The wrangling Logick too he us'd to have And urge in Court his Client's Cause to save He now has clear forgot and cannot give One single Reason the Cause to retrieve XII On Iustices of the Peace To Justices of Peace Men rarely bring Money for Favour but some other thing As Turkies Geese Pigs Capons they present To them or to their Ladies with Consent Or else the Clerks by the poor Men are see'd That th' Justice may at Sessions interceed And speak for them to get 'em a Discharge Of their Recognizance to go at large So tho' to Money th' Justice is not bent Yet he will something take equivalent XIII On Clerks of the Crown and of the Peace Clerks of the Crown and Peace to bring about Their sitient Designs oft issue out Illegal Process thereby Cash to get This makes the People at such Practice fret If Judge or Justice should hear of the same They 'll find Excuses to evade the Blame So 't is in vain to clamour at the Wrong You may as well sit still and hold your tongue When Bayliffs come you must pay what they ask Or they 'll distrain tho' it 's an heavy Task Money to pay where none is due of Right But this we find is oft o'ersway'd by Might Money and Friendship do o'er-master all Better sit still than rise and get a Fall XIV On Clerks of Assize Clerks of Assize contrive and beat their Brain What way their Place will them afford most Gain Sometimes they wheadle sometimes fret and storm And threaten People if they 'll not inform Or swear to some Indictments what care they Whether be true or false so they get Pay 'T is Fees 't is Fees they look for