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1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 577 I wyll not reteyn you for that pryse that I do knaves, for I shall paye you in conscyence after the werke that ye shall doo.

1568 Abp. M. Parker Let. 21 June in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 326 I cannot of conscience favour them therein.

1592 A. Day Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) i. sig. N7 What in conscience the poore man is then liable to pay, in respect of the others charges.

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xvi. 20 Ther's two vnwholesome a conscience.

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 240 It is time inough of conscience.

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ vi. xlvii. 72 This is enough in conscience.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions i. iii. 29 The seller is bound in conscience..to intimate unto the buyer these faulty qualities.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 2 He seems to be a Gentleman of too much understanding, of all Conscience.

1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons i. 12 'Tis too soon in all conscience to repeat this Error again.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 20 I've enough in conscience, Eugenius, said I.

1797 E. Bonhote Rambles Mr. Frankly I. 52 ‘And enough too, of all conscience’, exclaimed I.

1809 W. Scott Let. 14 June (1932) II. 199 I ought in conscience to have made ten thousand pretty detours about all this.

1886 W. Besant Children of Gibeon III. ii. xxvii. 143 The matter, which was bad enough in all conscience.

1928 N. Shepherd Quarry Wood xii. 137 She had had scoldings and buffetings enough in all conscience; and yet immoderate huggings too, and jammy pieces at illegitimate hours.

1969 A. McCaffrey Ship who Sang 41 It also won't be the first time when good samaritans have decided to rest on their laurels prematurely, convinced that they have in conscience done all they could.

2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black ix. 348 I liked it when Mart came and we got the takeaway, but I should have left it all for him. Though in all conscience I didn't do it for the sake of the spare ribs.