pecuniar

Updated: June 10, 2025

"Geordie," said the king, "my good and trusty servant" Here he busied his fingers much with the points and ribbons of his dress, "Ye see that we have granted, from our own natural sense of right and justice, that which yon long-backed fallow, Moniplies I think they ca' him, proffered to purchase from us with a mighty bribe; whilk we refused, as being a crowned king, who wad neither sell our justice nor our mercy for pecuniar consideration.

Sir Walter Scott - The Fortunes of Nigel