Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	according_a	form_n	use_v	2,715	5	5.4306	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25880	The arraignment, tryal and examination of Mary Moders, otherwise Stedman, now Carleton, (stiled, the German Princess) at the sessions-house in the Old Bayly being brought prisoner from the Gatehouse Westminster, for having two husbands, viz. Tho. Stedman of Canterbury Shooemaker, and John Carleton of London, Gent. : who upon a full hearing was acquitted by the jury on Thursday, June 4, 1663.	Carleton, Mary, 1642?-1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing A3764; ESTC R13738	8,693	19

Rnot About nine years ago Court Did they live together afterwards Knot Yes about four years and had two Children Court You gave her in marriage but did the Minister give her to her husband then Knot Yes and they lived together Jury Friend did you give this very Woman Knot Yes Court What company was there Knot There was the married Couple her sister my self the Parson and the Sexton Court Where is that Sexton Knot I know not my Lord. Court You are sure they were married in the Church and this is the woman Knot Yes I am sure of it Court How long ago Knot About nine years ago Court Did you know this woman before the Marriage and how long Knot Yes I knew her a long time I was an Apprentice seven years near her Mothers house in Canterbury Court Then she 's no Forreign Princess Of what Parentage was she Knot I did not know her own Father and in that he might be believed but her Father-in-law was a Musitian there Court You see her married what words were used at her marriage and in what manner Knot They were married according to the order of the Land a little before the Act came forth touching marriages by Justices of the Peace Court VVas it by the Form of common-Common-Prayer any thing read of that Form Knot I did not take notice of that I was but a young man and was desired to go along with them William Clark being sworn said My Lord I was last week in Dover in company with this James Knot and Thomas Stedman and he the said Stedman did own that he did marry one Mary Moders a daughter of one in Canterbury and that Knot gave her and that he had two Children by her and declared his willingness to come up to give evidence against her but wanted money for his journey And I have understood that a person here in Court was of a Jury at Canterbury at a Tryal between Day and Mary Stedman at the Bar for having two Husbands Court Was she cleared Clark I cannot tell Young Carletons father sworn My Lord I was at Dover the last week on Wednesday I saw the husband of this woman and the man acknowledged himself to be so and did say that James Knot was the man that gave her in marriage to him Court VVhere is this man her husband Hear says must condemn no man what do you know of your own knowledge Carleton the Elder I know the man is alive Court Do you know he was married to her Carleton Not I my Lord. Sarah Williams My Lord This Woman was bound for Barbadoes to go along with my Husband and she desired to lodge at our house for some time and did so and when the ship was ready to go she went into Kent to receive her means and said she would meet the ship in the Downs and missing the ship took boat and went to the ship After several days remaining there there came her Husband with an Order and setched her ashore and carried her to D●ver Castle Court What was his name that had an Order to bring her on shore again Sarah Williams His name was Thomas S●edman Court Have you any more to prove the first marriage Charlton the Elder No none but Knot there was none but three the Minister dead the Sexton not to be found and this Knot who hath given Evidence Court What became of the two Children Knot Knot They both died Charlton the Elder Stedman said in my hearing that he had lived four years together had two Children by her and both dead five years ago last Easter since she left him Court Mr. Charlton What have you heard this Woman say Charlton My Lord she will confess nothing that pleases him Court Mr. Charlton Did you look in the Church Register for the first marriage Charlton I did look in the Book and he that is now Clerk was then Sexton just now not to be found he told me that Marriages being then very numerous preceeding the Act before-mentioned the then Clerk had neglected the Registry of this Marriage If she intended this Trade she likewise knew how to make the Clerk mistake Registring the Marriage Young Charlton's Brother sworn who said My Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury I was present at the Marriage of my Brother with this Gentlewoman which was on or about 21 April 1663. They were married at Gre●● St. Bartholomews by one Mr. Smith a Minister here in Court by Licence Mr. Smith the Parson sworn My Lord all that I can say is this That Mr. Charlton the younger told me of such a business and desired me to marry them they came to Church and I did marry them by the Book of Common Prayer Court Mr. Smith are you sure that is the Woman Parson Yes my Lord it is I believe she will not deny it Prisoner Yes my Lord I confess I am the Woman Court Have you any more witnesses Charlton We can get no more but Knot to prove the first Marriage the last is clear Judge Howel Where is Knot Remember your self well what you said before You say you know that Woman at the Bar that you had known her a great while that she was born near you in Canterbury that you were present at her marriage that Parson Man married them that none were present but your self the married couple Parson Sexton and her sister Knot Some others came into the Church but none that I knew I am sure none went with her but those I named Court Who gave her in marriage Knot I did Court How came you to do it Knot I was Stedmans shopmate and he desired me to go along with him Court Were her Parents then living or no Knot Her Mother was Jury How old are you Knot Two or Three and thirty years Jury How long ago was this marriage Knot About 9 years since Court Then he was Twenty three and might do it What is your Trade of life Knot I am a Cordweyner otherwise a Shoomaker Stedman was so too we wrought both together Jury We desire to know whether she had a Father and Mother then ●iving Knot She had a Father-in-law Court Did you know her Mother Knot Ye● Court How long before that Marriage did her own Father die Knot I did not know him he said so before indeed Court What age was she when married Knot I suppose about Nineteen or twenty Prisoner May it please your Honors and Gentlemen of the Jury you have heard the several Witnesses and I think this whole Countrey cannot but plainly see the malice of my Husbands Father against me how he causlesly hunts after my life when his Son my Husband came and addressed himself to me pretending himself a person of honor and upon first sight pressed me to marriage I told him Sir said I I am a stranger have no acquaintance here and desire you to desist your suit● I could not speak my minde but he having borrowed some thredbare Complements replied Madam