c1400 5295 He..shulde it fulfille..Except oonly in cause twoo.
1523 J. Fitzherbert x. f. 10v In that cause the lorde of the honer or manere, may take a distresse for his rentes, homages [etc.].
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart (1812) I. 314 We are bounde to ayde him, in cause that he requyre..vs so to do.
1634 ii. lxiv. 402 If cause were that they had to do with Sir Launcelot.
1696 E. Stillingfleet i. 7 I may say..as our Saviour doth in another cause.