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a1556 T. Cranmer Aunswere vnto Craftie & Sophisticall Cauillation (1580) 306 Let the reader be iudge, what a wonderfull diuersity it is.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. L.iiii Thou shalt be iudge, how I do spende my time.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 36 Oh heauen be iudge how I loue Valentine. View more context for this quotation

1644 J. Maxwell Answer Worthy Gentleman 60 This Court..may assume to it selfe to be Iudge of what is Treason, what is not.

1672 W. Penn Spirit of Truth Vindicated 17 God's unerring Spirit [must] be the Judge of what is God's Will from what is not.

1721 J. Rogers Rev. Disc. Visible & Invisible Church of Christ ix. 474 Who shall be Judge what Actions are such Transgressions of Christ's Laws?

1766 F. Blackburne Confessional vi. 209 Who is the judge, how far it may be necessary to establish religion by human laws?

1792 T. Paine Let. to Addressers 38 Who is to be the judge of what is a temperate and moderate Reform?

1817 J. Austen Sanditon v, in Minor Wks. (1954) 388 I can be no Judge of what the habit of self-doctoring may do.

1872 M. Reid Finger of Fate I. xix. 172 ‘The renegade deserved it.’ ‘I shall be judge of that.’

1912 L. M. Montgomery Chron. Avonlea iv. 119 You must let other folks be the judge of what is best for you now.

1967 S. Mackay Old Crow (1992) xxi. 107 ‘There's nothing wrong with me.’ ‘I'll be the judge of that,’ rasped an Irish brogue from the head of the bed.

1990 Times Educ. Suppl. 12 Oct. 27/4 Allowances should be made in PE—don't force the child to over exert, but don't overcompensate—let the child be the judge.

2003 R. Gervais & S. Merchant Office: Scripts 2nd Ser. Episode 4. 171 Before I went out there I was worried whether I still had it. I'll let you be the judge of that.