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Most Reverend Judges,
HEre is a Poor Servant, which Served his Master Honestly, and his Master hath turn'd him out of his Service without his VVa∣ges, which are due unto him by Right of Bar∣gain and Agreement made betwixt them, which Bargain and Agreement he hath broken, and unjustly Detains his VVages.
Most Reverend Judges, This Servant Accu∣ses his Master Falsly, and Challenges that which
he ought not to have, as so much for his Wages, for the Bargain was, that his Master would give him so much Wages to do so much VVork, he did not Hire him to be Idle, so that a Master is not bound to keep a Lasie Servant, nor to Pay him his VVages, unless he had Done the Work he was Hired to do, and not only to Do it, but to do according to his Masters Will and Good Li∣king.
Most Reverend Judges, If a Masters finding Fault shall be sufficient to Barr a Servant of his VVages, no Servants could Live by their La∣bours, for Masters would find Faults a purpose to Save their Hire.
Most Reverend Judges, If Servants should live Idlely, or Disorderly, or Disobediently, or make VVast and Spoil of their Masters Goods and Estate, and be maintain'd with Meat, Drink, Lodging, and VVages, their Masters would be∣come Poorer than their Servants, and Live in more Subjection, rather than so, the Masters would Serve themselves, and keep no Servants; for surely, men will rather be their Own Ser∣vants, than to be Servants, or rather Slaves to their Servants, so that Servants would not only want VVages, but Food, and Starve for want; for if they gain Nothing by their Labour, and have no Means of their Own, they must upon necessity Perish; and for Examples sake, as well as Justice, this Servant ought not to be Paid his Wages, for he doth not Deserve it, and therefore 'tis not his Right nor Due to Have it.