 | John Curry - 1810 - 736 pages
...protestant religion, is a main inducement to bring in shoals of informers.* They 6nd it more honorable and safe, to be the king's evidence, than a cow-stealer, though that be their actual profession ; but as they have not the honesty to swear truly, they want the wit to sweat probably."-)Jones5... | |
 | Thomas Carte - 1851 - 1366 pages
...we have erected alderman Reder to the dignity of being our justice warcop, and send them all to him. The worst is, they are so miserably poor, that we...evidence than a cow-stealer, though that be their natural pro- no fession. But seriously, it is vexatious and uneasy to be in awe of such a sort of rogues. Now... | |
 | Alfred Marks - 1905 - 246 pages
...any number to forswear themselves for 2s. 6d. a piece. Of these bandits the Duke of Ormond wrote, " They find it more honourable and safe to be the king's...cow-stealer, though that be their natural profession."* And no doubt the modest stipend paid from the secret service was supplemented by Shaftesbury and his... | |
 | Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts - 1911 - 654 pages
...we have erected Alderman Ryder to the dignity of being our Justice Warcup and send them all to him. The worst is they are so miserably poor that we are...it is vexatious and uneasy to be in awe of such a set of rogues. Now that they are discarded by the zealous suborners of the City they would fain invent... | |
 | Richard Bagwell - 1916 - 374 pages
...Dominicana, p. 130. CHAP. XLVII. Castlehaven's Memoirs. Anglesey answers him. caronated, periwigged and clothed. Brogues and leather straps are converted...evidence than a cowstealer, though that be their natural profession.1 In 1680, about the time of Sir Miles Stapleton's acquittal at York, but before the trial... | |
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The worst is they are so miserably poor that we are fain to give them some allowance and they find it more honourable and safe to be the King's evidence than a cow-stealer though that be their natural profession. 