Selected quad for the lemma: peace_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
peace_n	county_n	justice_n	session_n	5,221	5	10.3826	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36287	Don Tomazo, or, The juvenile rambles of Thomas Dangerfield	Dangerfield, Thomas, 1650?-1685.	1680 (1680)	Wing D185; ESTC R12136	80,628	248

the Justices Information he was committed but left Bailable Don Tomazo being thus in the Climm and well knowing that the report of his being in Prison would muster a wicked Battalion of the same Crimes to his destruction to prevent the threats of his hard Fate writes away a Letter to a Gentleman who was a Justice of the Peace in the County of Devon whose Sirname he then assum'd to himself wherein he gave him to understand his Condition and that he was a person nearly related to him and therefore requested his Worship for nothing less then a Justice of Peace of the same County would serve to favour an innocent Stranger so far as to stand for one of his Bail pretending as well he might do that his Imprisonment would be his Ruine as being a person that came not into the Country to utter false Money but to court a young Lady that liv'd not far from him of which he would give his Worship a farther Account if his Request were granted Don Tomazo's Letter was well consider'd and scann'd by the Justice before he sent an Answer and enquiry was also made by his Order after this new discover'd Kinsman by which the Justice finding many of the Circumstances to be true as Don Tomazo had exprest believ'd the rest and wrote him word that though he knew him not personally he was satisfi'd that he had such a Kinsman in the World and believ'd him so to be and therefore rather then suffer a Relation to lie under such a Scandal he promis'd to bail him off which was immediately done by himself and another Justice of the Peace whom he had engag'd to stand with him With this new Relation Don Tomazo went home where he was civilly entertain'd till the time of his Appearance at the Sessions During which Interval being brought acquainted by his Cousin with the Justices of the Peace of the County he had so insinuated himself into their Favour that several of them had oblig'd themselves by Promise to be his Friends which made him resolv'd to stand his Tryal When the time came the Goldsmith exhibited his Indictment against Don Tomazo wherein he charg'd him with having exchang'd at his Shop a certain weight of Mettal for so much real-money but that when he went to melt it down in his Forge the whole matter by putting a smart Fire under it evaporated with that Violence that his Servant standing on the other side of the Forge having receiv'd some of the Vapour into his Nostrils swonded away to the great wonder of his Master Upon this Indictment D. Tomazo was found guilty of a high Misdemeanour and fin'd 45 l. which was afterwards brought down to 40 s. and presently pay'd with great Joy For upon Payment of his fine no other charge coming against him he was acquitted by Proclamation D. Tomazo having thus escap'd the Goldsmith's Tongues almost as bad as St. Dunstan's and made all the Expedition he could to render his Acknowledgments to the Gentleman he was so much oblig'd to made as much haste out of the Countrey and with his other self D. Pedro set forward for London no more regarding his intended Marriage which indeed had been to little purpose For his Mistress's Relations having heard of his Misfortunes and that he had been no Sufferer for his Religion took that Paternal care as to send their Kinswoman far enough out of his reach When the two Travellers arriv'd at London and had cast up their Accounts it appear'd by their Books that they and their Confederates had utter'd in this Kingdom 4050 Pieces of their sorts of Spanish Gold amounting to near 5000 l. Sterling Of which being divided 1700 l. came to Don Tomazo's and D. Pedro's Share all which together with the stock they had before and the Jewels which they had borrow'd of the Justice's Lady clear booty to them two rose to a very considerable Value and yet no such vast Sum neither for those that had been sowing and reaping all over England Now you will say What became of all this Money Oh! never fear it you shall have a faithful Account of it by and by You 'l be impertinently questioning too Why did not these two Dons put themselves in a Way So they did and that in as fair a way to be hang'd as ever they did in all their Progresses through all the ways of Great Britain Now loosing and ventring Life and Limbs to impose upon Princes and Generals as they did before to cozen Goldsmiths and Countrey Gentlemen But how you will approve of their ways is not for them to determine For to tell you the truth the two Dons finding London the coolest place in England for men of their Profession now grown by continual Persecutions rather like the Stoves i' the new Bagno then like a gentle Egyptian Oven to hatch more mischief in resolv'd to pass over into Holland with a Resolution to serve the Prince of Orange and so they did more tricks then ever he thought they deserv'd thanks for To which intent they took their Leaves of their Native Soil like two Philosophers carrying all they had along with them though it were a hard thing to judge whether their Country were not as glad to be rid of them as they were to be rid of their Country But let it be as it will they were no sooner entred upon the Stage of Holland but they were admitted to kiss the Princes Hands Such an Ascendant has the dazle of Garb and Behaviour over all Mankind and all because the Body of Man is not as transparent as it is brittle Soon after they had perform'd this Ceremony they had leave to enter themselves as Volunteers for there were no Commissions to be had for Money it being then at the beginning of the Campaign During all which time of Military Duty and the Winter following the two English Sparks not considering that their Bank was to be fadom'd or rather building upon the fair Promises made them of Employments that would soon replenish the Vacuums of their empty Bags what with Item for excessive Eexpences Item for Gaming that bane of Plethorie Pockets were brought to sing Lachrymae over the last penny So that for want of foresight seldom regarded by the great Masters of Art in Gusmanry having dispos'd of all their Equipage and Bravery for it came to that at length they were resolv'd however not to starve And therefore to prevent that miserable pining Death Don Tomazo who had some knowledge in the Art of Fortification as being one that had often built Sconces took the boldness to wait upon the Prince to whom he exprest the great desire he had to serve his Highness to the utmost of what he was capable Then for Don Tomazo was always one that kept close to his Text he made known to the Prince the necessity he was in not forgetting to mind him of the good Services he and Don Pedro had done at several places and more particularly the