Sentence:  There aroſe "a <WSD>Scruple</WSD>", nay, it amount to "a Queſtion", whether to attempt an Eſcape from my Patron, one that "ſo dearly Loved" me, "ſo fairly bought me", were juſtifiable before God and Men? 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A doubt or uncertainty concerning a matter of fact; intellectual perplexity.