A Rhetorical speech of one Jobber an Atterneys Clerk of Davids-Inn, to his Brother Squibbe fellow Clerk.
BRother Squibbe, be it known to all men by these presents, that I doe utterly quite, claim and demand, yielding and paying unto me the summe of nine pence half-penny, of lawful money of England, which I disbursed at sundry times upon the purchase of several Mannours of Ginger-bread, what ever parcel or parcels, I did occupy and injoy, I take as quit Rents due up∣on the loan of my Mony: These are therefore to certifie all whom it may concern, that I do lawfully demand, my principal debt, for if I should run you through, and you should dye wil∣fully in your own defence, it is but se defendo by the Law, for my mony's as due to me, as your