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…

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^(a) note and shame either me or him self; And if that be not sufficient to clear my ⟨image 15⟩righteousness in this cause, I appeal to his own father Mr Mickiell, who was privy to the whole course of our dealing with his son. And we are so far of from taking Interest of him, that to this day being about five years at the least since the money was due, we have not received so much as the principal which we only demanded of him, although we had sued out the forfeiture of his Recognizance. And touching the matter of Interest, albeit I have always been of judgement for the lawfulness of it, so it be with such caution as Charity (the rule of dealing with our neighbour) be not broken: yet in the time of my greatest necessity, when I was beyond the sea, I receiving assurance only for the bare money I left in the hands of my friends, did never covenant with them for the value of one penny: But was content with what soever they them selves of their own accord did allow, whether any thing or nothing.