Recompence

Recompence; I seek not Riches nor Titles; 'tis only your divine Person, the illustrious Princess Galecia, can satisfy my Ambition.

Exilius 2008

Should it not have been averred, that Lambert entered the Close subtilly and craftily, intending and contriving, to prevent the said Field from driving them to Pound, and of consequence to defraud Field of his Recompence for the Damages the Horses had done him?

John Adams diary, June 1753 - April 1754, September 1758 - January 1759 1966

He said to them that were of a fearful Heart, be strong, fear not: behold your God will come with Vengeance, even God with a Recompence will come and save you.

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 11 - 17 June 1775 1963

White has been punished, for his licentious Tittle tatle, but Hunt has [illegible] gained neither Recompence nor Credit.

John Adams diary 6, 2 December 1760 - 3 March 1761 1961

Recompence for his Carelessness in this Point, when he comes to another

Some Account of the Life of Mr. William Shakespear (1709) Nicholas Rowe

Shoes, &c. so taken from them, the Time when (as near as they can) with the Name of the Person that seiz'd and took them, and the Name of the Justice of Peace to whom Complaint or Information was made concerning such Shoes, &c. by the eighth Day of _March_ next, if they desire any Recompence for the Injuries they have suffer'd by such Seizures.

The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Various

Backwardness shewn by those elected to undertake so weighty a Charge, which had no other Recompence than the Applause of the Publick, for the faithful Execution of their Trust.

A Voyage to Cacklogallinia With a Description of the Religion, Policy, Customs and Manners of That Country Captain Samuel Brunt

For tho’ Death be a Dark Passage, it leads to Immortality, and that ’s Recompence enough for Suffering of it.

Part I. Religion 1909

Creature than that he had endur'd in that _Labyrinth_; and not that Jewel which he had in his Wallet, nor the richest that was ever brought out of the _Indies_, could be a sufficient Recompence to him for the Pains he had suffered.

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories 1899

Yes, said the Kinge, we heard you well inough: And have you spent your Livinge in our Service, and is the Kinge so younge, and under Government, that he cannot give you any Thinge in Recompence of your Service?

Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 Arthur Acheson 1897