A brief apology of Thomas Cartwright against all such slanderous accusations as it pleaseth…A brief apologie of Thomas Cartwright against all such slaunderous accusations as it pleaseth…

Mr D. Sutcliffes accusation.

Having good store of money he hath good skill to make good use of it, Mr Francis Michel should have payed him three hundred pound. And for the forbearing of it he received double usance.

Hauing good store of money he hath good skill to make good vse of it, Mr Francis Michell should haue payed him three hundred pound. And for the forbearing of it he receiued double vsance.

Thomas Cartwrightes answer.

Thomas Cartwrightes answere.

What store of money I have, I am not bound to give Mr Sutcliffe account, what skill I have to make use of it may partly appear by the leases of Mr Morgan. And now it will further appear by my dealing with Mr Francis Michel, where first, as before he would make me alone the owner of the two Leases, shutting out the principal dealer, so hear for th'end before rehearsed, he maketh me Mr Michel's Creditor for three hundred pound, whereas the Recognizance he forfeited was to my friend & not to me, and his principal debt was only two hundred pound, and not three hundred pound. Now when the day of payment approached, he came to me in the Fleet, and offered me interest to forbear, which I utterly refusing, did notwithstanding at his earnest suite and complaint of his distress yield to forbear the debt. And gave him a writing of my hand to this effect, that I was for mine own part content to forbear him, with these conditions, first that my grant should not be hurtful to my friend, not then in town: and secondly, that it should not be prejudicial to the principal sum of two hundred pound. And where as he sayeth in the Margin, that he will prove this Interest by showing the note of mine own hand, let him show the