Selected quad for the lemma: judgement_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
judgement_n	action_n	defendant_n	plea_n	1,628	5	9.5394	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41363	Phanatical tenderness, or, The charity of the non-conformists exemplified in the practices of many of them in Bristol and others their favourers and accomplices in that city, in London and Pembrokeshire against Thomas Godwyn, sometime Vicar of St. Philips and Jacobs Church in Bristol, and now Rector of Poulchrohan in Pembrokeshire : humbly offered to His Most Sacred Majesty, to His Royal Highness James Duke of York &c. and the lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council.	Godwyn, Thomas.	1684 (1684)	Wing G1001; ESTC R8476	57,008	39

It was my hap to come thither a little space before Mr. Horn. Mr. Pleydell telling him that I was in the House said withal they should have a speedy Resolve The day before I received a letter acquainting me that my Lord Chancellor had received satisfactory accounts of the injuries I sustained by the Lord Holles and his Nonconformist Clients and had granted me a Presentation to a Benefice in Pembrokeshire which was already past the Seal This Letter put me upon Consultation whether it were best for me to prefer this or my Bristol Interest In conclusion my hopes of a more peaceable life in Wales than Bristol induced me to accept of an agreement if such were offered as would indifferently compensate my Charges But before any thing done I judged it became me to receive my Diocesans directions who approving my conceptions this Treaty of accord being offered I embraced it Not as a Reference which was very much urged but if by proposals and arguments on each side of the reasonableness of them any accommodation could be wrought I consented to a meeting in the Evening at Mr. Alderman Oleffe's House in order to it The four present were alone mentioned the persons to meet but when I came thither I found Mr. Penwarden Rector of St. Stephens Mr. Brent of St. Thomas and one Mr. Fry an ingenious Clergy-man living in the City but not beneficed Between the time of my promise to meet and our meeting Mr. Horn had some conference with the Bishop concerning it and brought with him a Letter wherein his Lordship advised me to accept fifty pounds which he found Mr. Horn on Mr. Cary's part inclined to give It came open and had been seen by the Company before my coming and Mr. Horn and Mr. Cary had offered forty five pounds When I had read his Lordships advice I was told what had been proposed to which I answered That I should not have accepted so small a sum as fifty pounds if his Lordship had not thought fit that I should accept it I not being wont to call my Bishops judgement in question especially his of whose very good affections towards me I was so well assured but if that I were paid our differences should be at an end Forty five was the most they offered but I would abate nothing of fifty At length Mr. Brent directing his discourse to me in exhortations to Peace I told him that I would refer the Cause to himself if he pleased by but three minutes reflection to consider it and make it his own case The rest of the Company perswaded Mr. Brent to undertake the decision of this Matter who in short time after a second demand whether each of us would abide his Judgement ordered Mr. Cary to pay me the full fifty pounds On the other hand I was ordered the next Court day to withdraw my Suit commenced in the Spiritual Court secondly to give Mr. Cary a General Release upon the payment of the mony thirdly to sign when tendred to me such a Writing as Counsel should advise whereby I should be obliged neither by my self nor any other persons by my procurement to molest Mr. Cary for any Act or Thing done before the Sealing of it I was herewith very well satisfied and Mr. Cary seemed so much more giving Mr. Pleydell and Mr. Horn not only verbally but otherwise great thanks for their pains taken in bringing us together and to Mr. Brent the like for ending the Controversie Afterwards Mr. Cary and I shaking hands and all animosities laid aside Mr. Cary desired of me forbearance of payment of forty pounds of the fifty for that he was not at present furnisht with so much mony I agreed to forbearance of thirty pounds if he gave me Bond and Security for that sum and paid me twenty pounds in the mean time At length it was concluded between us this being on a Friday Evening that on Munday following he should pay me twenty pounds by two of the Clock at the same House and there likewise give me Security for the remaining thirty This being private discourse when agreed upon we related it to the Company before whom also he desired as a kindness my delivering to him my Books of Accounts and what Papers I had relating to the Parish Tithes and Customs which I promised But when Munday came Mr. Pleydell and I appearing at the Place and Mr. Cary after some stay beyond the time appointed coming with his Brother Iohn Cary I began to discourse him concerning our business telling him that I had performed according to Mr. Brents Order what I was on my part to do that is I had in the presence of his own Proctor withdrawn the Cause and was ready to sign the Release and other Writing upon receit of the twenty pounds and Security for the rest He hereupon was no more the former Mr. Cary who sued to me by his Friends and himself for an Agreement and seemed as it were transported to another World upon the Composure but began to deny Security affirming that he would never have any man engaged for him but if I would take his own Bond for payment within three years that he would give And this was all the satisfaction I have received to this day Sir Iohn Knight I imagine upon good grounds out of his inveterate malice to me disswaded him from performance of his promise whose counsel Mr. Cary finding himself out of danger by my withdrawing the Suit did readily entertain partly out of his own disposition to integrity partly in imitation of the pious Examples of the Parties which set up and protected him This was done in August but at the Michaelmas following I arrested him upon the Contract by an Action taken out of that which they call there the Pye-Powder-Court My Attorney declaring on my behalf a Rule being entred requiring their Plea by such a time it was not filed or delivered in divers Courts after the time limitted Whereupon he being called in Court and not appearing Judgement ought to have been entred on my behalf But contrariwise there was a juggle with the Clark of the Office who was one of the Attureys for the Defendant a thing I suppose scarcely justifiable and another Atturney pretending the Plea to have been brought into the Office in Court time which ought to have been delivered not only before that Court was called but before three Courts preceding that I required my Atturneys to take no notice of their Plea but strictly to proceed to Judgement and Execution But the Steward of the Court refused to enter Judgement and ordered a Jury to be Impanelled for the Trial of the Cause the next Morning I intended to have kept to the advantage given me resolving to prosecute the Steward in case he should continue partial but being perswaded that a Trial could not be my disadvantage in a Cause so just and plain I was prevailed with especially hearing the Names of the Iury-men who in my Conscience