Selected quad for the lemma: justice_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	knight_n	sir_n	thomas_n	12,947	5	9.6515	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02500	A horrible creuel and bloudy murther committed at Putney in Surrey on the 21. of Aprill last, 1614, being thursday, vpon the body of Edward Hall a miller of the same parish, done by the hands of Iohn Selling, Peeter Pet and Edward Streater, his seruants to the said Hall, each of them giuing him a deadly blow (as he lay sleeping) with a pickax. Published by authority.	I. T., fl. 1614, attributed name.	1614 (1614)	STC 12630; ESTC S117608	4,161	14

horse loose returned home to their Maisters house where they searched sought and ransacked for mony and at last they found the summe of betweene thirtie and fortie poundes which was the accursed wages and pillage which these Murderers got for their inhumaine and hortible execution of the death of their Maister which by the iust iudgement of God they enioyed not long for notwithstanding that they had time to prouide for their safety from the Thursday night wherein they did this murther yet they remained there till Thursday following till it pleased the Lord that this bloudie fact was reuealed which fell out in this sort following Hall was missed amongst his neighbours and it was giuen out and reported by his seruants aforesaid that hee was gone a farre iourney into the Countrie but Edward Streater beeing further examined vpon his examination confessed vnto the Officers and chiefe men of the Parish of Putney abouesaid the whole order and manner of their deuising complotting attempting proceeding and executing of this their wilfull cruell and bloudy Murther which God in his iustice will nener suffer to bee hid or escape vnpunished then Iohn Selling vpon this went into the contry to his Mistres and told her that he had found his Maisters horse in the wood néere Wimbleton afore-said but the other two Pet and Streater were brought before Sir Thomas Gardner Knight and one of his Maiesties iustice of peace and quorum in the County of Surry by whome they were examined and there confessed that they had done this cruell fact to their Maister because as they said he did not loue his wife so well as he ought to doe and because he did not allow them meat enough but that which I thinke most is to be beleeued from them is when they did affirme they did it by the inspiration and instigation of the Diuell Then were these mallefactors commited to the common iayle of the white Lyon in Sowthwark where till the sessions they are to abide then to haue the recompence of their demerrits Thus haue I truely and faithfully set downe the true discourse of al this horible murder with the manner of the takings and attaching of the murderers wherein the blind world may perceiue to what a miserable estate it is brought when as a man for the vallue of so small a sum shal be thus massacred and murdered by his owne seruants whome hee best should trust It is reported that Pompey being a Heathen whose valiant deeds had purchased him the name of great Iulius Caesar Marke Anthony and hee contending for the Empire and domination of the whole world Where many bloudy battels was sought betwéene them yet at last there was a truce agreed vpon for a certaine time in the which truce these thrée mighty commanders did feast and were merry together diuers times and being once inuited to sup aboord of Pompeies Galley as they were sate one of Pompeies seruants whispered him in the eare and asked him it hee would bee Maister of the whole world Pompey fould him yes if he knew how then said his seruant againe let vs cut Caesar and Anthonies throates and then all the world is thine Pompey made answere thou shouldst quoth he haue done it without my knowledge but now it shal not be don for in me it is villany but in thee it had bin good seruice Thus this Heathen man may bee a patterne to all Christians that by his example they should abhor and detest murther for Pompey would not basely take away the liues of his two mighty mortall and onely enemies although he knew the doing of it wold haue gaind him the Monarky of the whole world What brutish beasts are these then that for triffles and a little cursed coyne will murder their friends God himselfs saies that bloud shall haue bloud and whosoeuer sheddeth mans bloud by man shall his bloud be shed yet notwithstanding how many horrible and execrable cruelties are committed daily by man on man that one diuell will not deale so diuelishly with another as men will doe with men What numbers haue béene desperately stabd for taking the wall of these Roaring boyes of the damned crue as they are fittly tearmed how many haue bin kild for refusing to drinke their friends mistris or some-times their whores healths The numbers are numberies and therefore I will let them alone vnnumbered The God of mercy and peace iudue the harts of men with feare of thy great and glorious name with loue and brotherly affection one toward another that they may all with one minde in vnity worship thée that art their good and merciful creator preseruer defender Throgh Iesus Christ thy sonne our alone and onely Sauiour and Redéemer to whom with thée and the holy and blessed spirit be ascribed and rendred all honor glory might maiesty dominton and thanksgiuing of men and Angells both now and for euer more Amen FINIS