A True copy of the journal of the High Court of Justice for the tryal of K. Charles I as it was read in the House of Commons and attested under the hand of Phelps, clerk to that infamous court / taken by J. Nalson Jan. 4, 1683 : with a large introduction.
         Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, defendant.
      
       
         
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             A True copy of the journal of the High Court of Justice for the tryal of K. Charles I as it was read in the House of Commons and attested under the hand of Phelps, clerk to that infamous court / taken by J. Nalson Jan. 4, 1683 : with a large introduction.
             Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, defendant.
             Phelps, John, fl. 1636-1666.
             Nalson, John, 1638?-1686.
          
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             London :
             1684.
          
           
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           THE
           Explanation
           of
           the
           FRONTESPIECE
        
         
           SEE
           the
           sad
           Trophies
           of
           our
           Civil
           Wars
           ,
        
         
           The
           fatal
           Period
           of
           Intestine
           Jars
           ▪
        
         
           Behold
           th'
           insulting
           Monster
           !
           with
           what
           Pride
           ,
        
         
           Mounted
           on
           high
           ,
           she
           does
           in
           Triumph
           ride
           ?
        
         
           Whilst
           at
           her
           Feet
           three
           weeping
           Beauties
           lye
           ,
        
         
           Three
           Nations
           doom'd
           t'Eternal
           Slavery
           .
        
         
           Unhappy
           Albion
           !
           she
           that
           was
           ere-while
        
         
           Albion
           the
           Fair
           ,
           the
           Free
           ,
           the
           Fort'nate
           Isle
           ,
        
         
           The
           Fear
           and
           Envy
           of
           all
           Foreign
           Lands
           ,
        
         
           Now
           takes
           inglorious
           Shackles
           from
           her
           Hands
           .
        
         
           The
           Northern
           Thistle
           hangs
           her
           snowy
           Head
           ,
        
         
           To
           see
           her
           *
           Maiden
           Castle
           ravished
           :
        
         
           Bleeding
           
           Jerney's
           ready
           to
           Expire
           ,
        
         
           Her
           heart-strings
           broak
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           tuneless
           Lyre
           :
        
         
           See
           where
           a
           Murder'd
           Monarch
           breathless
           lies
           !
        
         
           With
           her
           own
           Sword
           there
           wounded
           Justice
           dies
           .
        
         
           Lo
           !
           where
           the
           Pop'lar
           Darling
           Liberty
           ,
        
         
           That
           aëry
           nothing
           Name
           does
           captive
           lye
           ,
        
         
           Her
           Pinions
           clipt
           ;
           her
           Finger
           lets
           you
           see
        
         
           There
           's
           nothing
           but
           Repenting
           Thought
           left
           free
           .
        
         
           So
           caged
           Philomel
           securely
           Sings
           ,
        
         
           But
           having
           got
           the
           Freedom
           of
           her
           Wings
           ,
        
         
           While
           to
           her
           Native
           Woods
           she
           clips
           away
           ,
        
         
           Poor
           Philomel
           becomes
           the
           Faulcon's
           prey
           .
        
         
           So
           from
           the
           Fold
           and
           the
           slain
           Shepherd's
           Eye
           ,
        
         
           Fond
           Flocks
           regain
           their
           desart
           Liberty
           ;
        
         
           But
           in
           Exchange
           of
           Government
           and
           Laws
           ,
        
         
           They
           meet
           their
           Death
           from
           Wolves
           devouring
           Jaws
           .
        
         
           More
           foolish
           ,
           sure
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           brutish
           Men
           ,
        
         
           Once
           thus
           deceiv'd
           ,
           to
           be
           deceiv'd
           again
           ?
        
         
           Thus
           Scepters
           ,
           Crowns
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           Justice
           ,
           Laws
           ,
        
         
           Became
           the
           Triumphs
           of
           the
           
             Black
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
        
         
           Whilst
           Wing'd
           Ambition
           ,
           groundless
           Jealousie
           ,
        
         
           Flaming
           Rebellion
           ,
           Dismal
           Anarchy
           ,
        
         
           To
           roll
           her
           hissing
           Wheels
           each
           Foaming
           strives
           ;
        
         
           Needs
           must
           they
           go
           ,
           whom
           such
           a
           Jehu
           drives
           !
        
         
           But
           would
           you
           know
           the
           End
           of
           this
           Carreer
           ?
        
         
           He
           best
           can
           tell
           ,
           ask
           the
           
             Black
             Charioteer
          
           .
        
         
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           TRUE
           COPY
           OF
           THE
           JOURNAL
           OF
           The
           High
           Court
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           FOR
           THE
           TRYAL
           OF
           K.
           CHARLES
           I.
           As
           it
           was
           Read
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           AND
           Attested
           under
           the
           hand
           of
           PHELPS
           ,
           Clerk
           to
           that
           Infamous
           Court.
           
        
         
           Taken
           by
           
             J.
             NALSON
          
           ,
           LL
           D.
           Jan.
           4.
           1683.
           
        
         
           With
           a
           Large
           Introduction
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             H.
             C.
          
           for
           
             Thomas
             Dring
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Harrow
           at
           the
           Corner
           of
           Chancery-Lane
           in
           Fleet-street
           ,
           1684.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           one
           thing
           which
           I
           thought
           my self
           obliged
           to
           give
           the
           Purchasers
           of
           these
           Papers
           some
           satisfaction
           in
           ,
           before
           they
           come
           to
           Read
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           Why
           ,
           since
           I
           am
           Imbarqued
           in
           a
           General
           Design
           of
           giving
           an
           Impartial
           Account
           of
           the
           Transactions
           of
           those
           dismal
           Revolutions
           ,
           from
           the
           Scotish
           Rebellion
           ,
           to
           the
           Execrable
           Murder
           of
           this
           deplorable
           Prince
           ,
           two
           Volumes
           whereof
           are
           already
           Extant
           ,
           I
           should
           anticipate
           that
           Work
           which
           cannot
           be
           compleat
           without
           this
           very
           Journal
           ;
           and
           therefore
           why
           it
           should
           come
           out
           single
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           sort
           before
           the
           due
           time
           ?
        
         
           In
           answer
           to
           which
           ,
           I
           have
           much
           to
           say
           ,
           and
           that
           which
           I
           hope
           may
           be
           very
           satisfactory
           to
           others
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           it
           hath
           been
           to
           my self
           .
           For
           ,
           I
           did
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           by
           the
           slow
           Progress
           of
           that
           Heavy
           Work
           ,
           which
           I
           wish
           had
           fallen
           upon
           more
           able
           Shoulders
           ,
           that
           though
           I
           may
           without
           Vanity
           affirm
           ,
           I
           have
           toiled
           in
           it
           with
           such
           Assiduity
           and
           Zeal
           ,
           as
           hath
           not
           been
           extreme
           propitious
           either
           to
           my
           Health
           or
           Estate
           ,
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           multiplicity
           of
           the
           swelling
           Matter
           ;
           so
           great
           is
           the
           Difficulty
           of
           sifting
           out
           Truth
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           little
           distance
           of
           Time
           ;
           and
           the
           Materials
           for
           Composing
           those
           Collections
           are
           to
           be
           drawn
           together
           from
           so
           many
           remote
           and
           distant
           Quarters
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           rationally
           expected
           by
           others
           ,
           I
           am
           sure
           from
           former
           tryal
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           hoped
           by
           my self
           ,
           that
           a
           Work
           of
           that
           Nature
           and
           Proportion
           should
           be
           finished
           without
           the
           assistance
           of
           a
           considerable
           time
           ,
           and
           even
           so
           much
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           I
           am
           obliged
           out
           of
           the
           desire
           I
           have
           to
           accomplish
           it
           ,
           to
           play
           the
           good
           Husband
           with
           the
           Oyl
           of
           both
           my
           Lamps
           of
           Life
           and
           Fortune
           ,
           since
           if
           either
           of
           those
           happen
           to
           be
           burnt
           out
           ,
           the
           other
           will
           not
           light
           the
           Work
           to
           its
           Journeys
           End.
           
        
         
           I
           then
           further
           considered
           with
           my self
           ,
           how
           long
           this
           very
           Original
           Journal
           had
           slept
           in
           Obscurity
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           of
           that
           Nature
           so
           in
           every
           Circumstance
           and
           Punctilio
           authentique
           and
           convincing
           of
           that
           Horrid
           Murther
           made
           Publique
           ,
           I
           blamed
           those
           who
           had
           so
           long
           concealed
           it
           ,
           and
           considering
           how
           great
           a
           Wonder
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           it
           had
           not
           been
           lost
           ,
           and
           
             quam
             multa
             cadunt
             inter
             Poculum
             supremaque
             labra
          
           ;
           how
           possible
           it
           was
           still
           to
           be
           lost
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           what
           I
           thought
           was
           blamable
           in
           others
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           made
           Publique
           ,
           lest
           Posterity
           should
           lose
           one
           of
           the
           most
           irrefragable
           Demonstrations
           of
           the
           Recorded
           Villany
           of
           those
           Persons
           and
           Principles
           ,
           and
           for
           want
           thereof
           ,
           come
           to
           call
           in
           question
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Charge
           against
           these
           Factious
           Rebels
           and
           Regicides
           of
           the
           Dissenting
           Separation
           .
           I
           saw
           with
           what
           unwearied
           Industry
           ,
           the
           present
           Dissenters
           ,
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
             ,
             Baptists
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Sects
           ,
           indeavoured
           to
           palliate
           ,
           extenuate
           ,
           nay
           and
           even
           wholly
           deny
           the
           Guilt
           of
           that
           
             Royal
             Blood
          
           ;
           I
           saw
           all
           this
           ,
           and
           from
           their
           former
           Actions
           ,
           and
           later
           Attempts
           ,
           from
           
           the
           nccessary
           Conclusions
           which
           follow
           from
           their
           Positions
           and
           Principles
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           foresee
           Dangerous
           Consequences
           of
           permitting
           them
           to
           Seduce
           the
           Nation
           into
           an
           Opinion
           and
           Belief
           of
           their
           Innocence
           and
           Sanctity
           :
           And
           upon
           the
           strength
           of
           these
           and
           many
           such
           like
           Motives
           ,
           I
           thought
           my self
           under
           the
           most
           pressing
           Obligations
           of
           Duty
           ,
           of
           Interest
           ,
           and
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           do
           all
           that
           I
           was
           able
           towards
           the
           Preservation
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           Dignity
           ,
           and
           Government
           ,
           the
           Safety
           of
           the
           most
           Glorious
           and
           Apostolical
           Church
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Establishment
           of
           the
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           of
           the
           Danger
           which
           threatned
           all
           these
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           but
           entertain
           most
           terrible
           apprehensions
           ,
           if
           these
           their
           avowed
           and
           implacable
           Enemies
           were
           quietly
           permitted
           to
           go
           on
           proselyting
           the
           People
           to
           their
           Party
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           a
           Faithful
           Discovery
           and
           Free
           Exposure
           of
           their
           Horrible
           Wickedness
           ,
           Hypocrisies
           ,
           Treasons
           ,
           Rebellions
           ,
           and
           Execrable
           Practices
           and
           Doctrines
           ,
           which
           are
           Destructive
           and
           Ruinous
           of
           all
           Government
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           even
           Humane
           Society
           .
           And
           this
           being
           to
           be
           proved
           by
           their
           own
           Writings
           ,
           and
           under
           their
           own
           Hands
           ,
           I
           thought
           I
           was
           not
           to
           neglect
           the
           Opportunity
           of
           doing
           this
           Service
           to
           the
           Publique
           ,
           especially
           considering
           that
           we
           have
           their
           own
           Words
           to
           confirm
           us
           in
           the
           just
           Apprehensions
           we
           have
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           assure
           us
           that
           our
           Fears
           and
           our
           Danger
           from
           them
           are
           very
           just
           and
           too
           well
           grounded
           ,
           both
           upon
           their
           Confession
           and
           our
           own
           Experience
           .
        
         
           Now
           many
           things
           herein
           recited
           would
           not
           so
           well
           have
           fallen
           in
           with
           the
           Historical
           Account
           of
           those
           Times
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           but
           even
           an
           Abstract
           or
           a
           bare
           Catalogue
           of
           all
           the
           Seditious
           ,
           Treasonable
           ,
           Horrible
           Sermons
           and
           Vile
           Pamphlets
           of
           that
           Age
           would
           fill
           some
           Volumes
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           thought
           I
           might
           with
           greater
           decency
           to
           the
           Design
           of
           those
           Collections
           ,
           not
           only
           spare
           them
           there
           ,
           but
           with
           greater
           advantage
           also
           to
           the
           present
           Juncture
           of
           our
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           give
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           them
           in
           the
           Introduction
           to
           the
           Tryal
           and
           Murder
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           were
           in
           reality
           the
           bloody
           Preface
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Book
           of
           a
           smaller
           Price
           ,
           which
           therefore
           in
           probability
           would
           fall
           into
           more
           hands
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           hope
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           preserve
           me
           in
           the
           good
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Loyal
           and
           Ingenuous
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           think
           it
           an
           Injury
           to
           indeavour
           by
           this
           Precaution
           to
           serve
           them
           though
           a
           little
           too
           forwardly
           for
           the
           Regular
           Course
           of
           the
           following
           Collections
           ;
           and
           for
           any
           persons
           of
           a
           different
           Character
           ,
           since
           I
           am
           assured
           that
           this
           Discourse
           whenever
           it
           should
           come
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           very
           agreeable
           to
           them
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           so
           foolish
           as
           to
           be
           sollicitous
           for
           the
           displeasure
           of
           those
           ,
           whom
           I
           should
           be
           much
           more
           foolish
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           ever
           hope
           to
           please
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           HIS
           Royal
           Highness
           JAMES
           DUKE
           of
           YORK
           ,
           ALBANY
           ,
           AND
           ULSTER
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             ROYAL
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           HOW
           much
           the
           
             English
             Name
          
           and
           Nation
           are
           obliged
           to
           Your
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ,
           the
           voluntary
           Exposing
           of
           Your
           Illustrious
           Life
           to
           the
           most
           hazzardous
           and
           Dreadful
           of
           all
           Combats
           and
           Dangers
           ,
           for
           their
           Interest
           and
           for
           their
           Glory
           ,
           will
           be
           an
           
             Eternal
             Testimony
          
           so
           long
           as
           Fame
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           celebrate
           them
           with
           her
           immortal
           Trumpet
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           mention
           that
           Bravery
           and
           Conduct
           which
           in
           a
           thousand
           Occasions
           You
           have
           shewn
           at
           Land.
           Those
           Terrible
           Actions
           
           upon
           the
           British
           Ocean
           ,
           whose
           Thundering
           Eccho's
           have
           transported
           Your
           Glory
           to
           the
           remotest
           Shores
           ,
           will
           for
           ever
           rank
           Your
           Name
           among
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           famous
           Captains
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           One
           would
           think
           it
           impossible
           ,
           that
           even
           while
           the
           Laurels
           were
           yet
           fresh
           upon
           Your
           Conquering
           Brow
           ,
           there
           should
           be
           found
           any
           so
           enviously
           Malicious
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           blast
           them
           ;
           and
           with
           a
           base
           Ingratitude
           ,
           by
           conspiring
           Your
           Disgrace
           ,
           Your
           Ruin
           and
           Destruction
           so
           to
           repay
           Your
           Merit
           ,
           and
           their
           Deliverance
           and
           Preservation
           from
           the
           Hostile
           Attempts
           of
           Powerful
           and
           Encroaching
           Neighbours
           ,
           who
           by
           cutting
           the
           smews
           of
           our
           Traffique
           ,
           endeavoured
           to
           divest
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           of
           his
           glorious
           Inheritance
           the
           Sovereignty
           of
           the
           four
           Seas
           ,
           and
           His
           Subjects
           of
           those
           Riches
           which
           Maritime
           Industry
           entituled
           them
           to
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           the
           natural
           effect
           of
           those
           Principles
           of
           Zealous
           Separatists
           ,
           the
           implacable
           Enemies
           not
           only
           of
           Your
           
             Royal
             House
          
           and
           Person
           but
           even
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           it self
           ;
           and
           certainly
           none
           but
           such
           prodigious
           Monsters
           whom
           no
           Goodness
           is
           capable
           of
           Obliging
           ,
           nor
           Innocence
           of
           Escaping
           ,
           could
           so
           suddenly
           have
           Extinguished
           the
           Remembrance
           how
           freely
           
             Your
             Highness
          
           had
           Exposed
           Your
           Illustrious
           Life
           to
           Preserve
           not
           only
           the
           Reputation
           ,
           but
           the
           just
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Sea
           to
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           induced
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           or
           Man
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Obligations
           of
           
             Duty
             ,
             Gratitude
          
           ,
           and
           Humanity
           ,
           to
           endeavour
           to
           Disinherit
           and
           Exclude
           Your
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ,
           from
           Your
           Hereditary
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           to
           the
           Land.
           And
           to
           those
           who
           measure
           them
           according
           to
           their
           former
           
           Actions
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           no
           Wonder
           to
           find
           the
           present
           Dissenters
           so
           exactly
           resembling
           their
           Parents
           and
           Predecessors
           in
           
             Cruelty
             ,
             Ingratitude
          
           ,
           and
           Treason
           ;
           or
           that
           they
           should
           so
           violently
           endeavour
           to
           Exclude
           the
           Son
           from
           the
           Right
           of
           Succession
           ,
           who
           so
           inhumanely
           and
           barbarously
           Excluded
           his
           Father
           from
           the
           Possession
           both
           of
           his
           Crown
           and
           Life
           ,
           and
           our
           
             Gracious
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           they
           had
           the
           least
           Power
           ,
           from
           his
           undoubted
           Right
           ,
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Illustrious
           Ancestours
           and
           Predecessours
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           their
           endeavours
           for
           Exclusion
           ,
           fill'd
           the
           minds
           of
           many
           who
           did
           not
           throughly
           understand
           their
           Design
           ,
           with
           surprize
           and
           amazement
           ,
           their
           late
           Explanation
           of
           themselves
           ,
           by
           the
           infamous
           Commentary
           of
           the
           most
           ungenerous
           Treason
           ,
           have
           fill'd
           their
           hearts
           with
           Horror
           and
           Detestation
           against
           such
           base
           Actions
           and
           Brutish
           Principles
           ,
           as
           lead
           men
           under
           pretence
           of
           Religion
           and
           Conscience
           to
           the
           most
           ignominious
           and
           Cowardly
           Villany
           of
           
             Assassinating
             Sovereign
             Princes
          
           .
        
         
           But
           
             His
             Majesty
          
           and
           
             Your
             Royal
             Highness
          
           having
           by
           the
           immediate
           Care
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           Escaped
           these
           Dangers
           ,
           as
           it
           fills
           all
           
             Loyal
             Hearts
          
           with
           Dutiful
           Joy
           ;
           so
           it
           instructs
           them
           ,
           from
           their
           Danger
           ,
           of
           the
           inseparable
           Necessity
           of
           their
           Interest
           and
           their
           Duty
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           only
           to
           satisfie
           themselves
           with
           a
           
             Passive
             Loyalty
          
           ,
           but
           to
           Vse
           their
           most
           Active
           Endeavours
           to
           contribute
           what
           lies
           in
           their
           Power
           ,
           to
           Secure
           the
           
             Publique
             Peace
          
           ,
           and
           support
           the
           Government
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Interest
           so
           it
           is
           the
           Glory
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           that
           She
           hath
           not
           the
           least
           blemish
           of
           Disloyalty
           in
           Her
           Beautiful
           Face
           ,
           but
           that
           
           Her
           Fidelity
           to
           the
           Crown
           hath
           been
           Tryed
           to
           the
           Vttermost
           ,
           and
           She
           hath
           Constantly
           endeavoured
           to
           suppress
           the
           Growth
           and
           Progress
           of
           these
           
             Fatal
             Principles
          
           ,
           Destructive
           of
           all
           that
           is
           Great
           and
           Good
           ,
           and
           for
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           as
           I
           esteem
           it
           my
           greatest
           Honour
           to
           be
           one
           of
           Her
           meanest
           Servants
           ,
           so
           I
           look
           upon
           it
           as
           my
           chiefest
           Glory
           ,
           if
           I
           can
           be
           capable
           of
           doing
           any
           Services
           against
           these
           Wicked
           and
           Dangerous
           Principles
           ,
           which
           may
           incline
           
             Your
             Highness
          
           to
           pardon
           the
           presumption
           of
           this
           Address
           ,
           and
           the
           Ambition
           of
           avowing
           my self
           ,
        
         
           
             Great
             Sir
             ,
          
           
             Your
             Highnesses
             most
             Humble
             and
             most
             Obedient
             Servant
             
               J.
               Nalson
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           INTRODUCTION
           :
           OR
           ,
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           JOURNAL
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           FOR
           THE
           TRYAL
           OF
           King
           Charles
           I.
           Of
           Blessed
           Memory
           .
        
         
           THERE
           have
           been
           few
           Ages
           or
           Regions
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           have
           not
           produced
           Monsters
           of
           Ingratitude
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           Treachery
           and
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           the
           blackest
           and
           basest
           of
           all
           Crimes
           ;
           Popularity
           and
           Ambition
           have
           blown
           from
           every
           point
           of
           the
           Compass
           ,
           and
           have
           raised
           such
           Tempests
           throughout
           
           the
           Worlds
           vast
           Circumference
           ,
           that
           few
           places
           can
           be
           found
           ,
           which
           have
           not
           suffered
           under
           their
           violent
           Effects
           ,
           the
           Deluges
           and
           Inundations
           of
           Treasons
           ,
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           Rebellions
           :
           The
           miserable
           Wrecks
           of
           Kingdoms
           and
           Empires
           ,
           shatter'd
           and
           broken
           by
           their
           Fury
           ,
           are
           still
           visible
           in
           the
           Maps
           of
           History
           and
           Chronology
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           enquire
           more
           curiously
           into
           the
           Fate
           and
           Fall
           of
           the
           most
           Glorious
           Monarchies
           and
           Flourishing
           Governments
           that
           have
           been
           in
           the
           Universe
           ▪
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           That
           treacherous
           Ambition
           hath
           ever
           undermined
           the
           Foundations
           ,
           and
           that
           successful
           Vsurpation
           assisted
           by
           
             Popular
             Frenzie
          
           ,
           hath
           thrown
           down
           their
           lofty
           Battlements
           ,
           and
           laid
           them
           level
           with
           the
           Dust
           .
           Most
           wretched
           certainly
           have
           those
           Places
           and
           People
           been
           ,
           wherever
           these
           two
           Enemies
           of
           Mankind
           have
           enter'd
           ;
           for
           these
           extraordinary
           Changes
           and
           Revolutions
           ,
           however
           begun
           with
           the
           most
           plausible
           Pretences
           of
           
             The
             Publick
             Good
             ,
             the
             Redressing
             of
             Grievances
             ,
             Asserting
             of
             Popular
             Liberty
             ,
             Repressing
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             or
             Reforming
             of
             Government
             ,
          
           have
           always
           been
           managed
           with
           vast
           Expences
           of
           humane
           Blood
           ,
           have
           been
           accompanied
           with
           all
           manner
           of
           Outrages
           ,
           Violence
           ,
           Cruelty
           ,
           Injustice
           ,
           Rapine
           ,
           Destructions
           ,
           and
           horrible
           Mischiefs
           ;
           and
           have
           been
           consummated
           and
           finished
           in
           the
           Slavery
           ,
           even
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           had
           so
           prodigally
           expended
           their
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           to
           promote
           those
           Vsurpations
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           necessary
           to
           establish
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Assertion
           ,
           by
           introducing
           a
           long
           train
           of
           Examples
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           so
           obvious
           ,
           as
           at
           first
           sight
           to
           occur
           to
           the
           memory
           and
           observation
           of
           such
           ,
           as
           have
           any
           manner
           of
           acquaintance
           with
           the
           Histories
           of
           former
           Times
           ,
           or
           have
           almost
           in
           any
           sort
           travelled
           beyond
           the
           Smoke
           of
           their
           own
           Fires
           .
        
         
           But
           certainly
           ,
           no
           Age
           ,
           no
           Time
           ,
           no
           Country
           ,
           is
           able
           to
           afford
           us
           a
           Parallel
           to
           that
           horrible
           Tragedy
           which
           was
           so
           lately
           Acted
           upon
           our
           own
           Theatre
           :
           Never
           was
           there
           a
           more
           horrid
           ,
           premeditated
           Conspiracy
           ,
           whose
           Foundations
           were
           laid
           so
           deep
           ,
           so
           secret
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           much
           devilish
           Art
           :
           Never
           was
           any
           Treason
           ,
           after
           it
           once
           came
           to
           look
           abroad
           ,
           and
           was
           fledg'd
           into
           the
           Cockatrice
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           more
           furious
           and
           impetuous
           :
           Never
           any
           Rebellion
           more
           
           dismal
           ,
           bloody
           ,
           wicked
           ,
           or
           outrageous
           ;
           and
           never
           did
           
             Prosperous
             Treason
          
           animate
           the
           Traitors
           to
           those
           unheard
           of
           flights
           of
           insolent
           Wickedness
           ,
           so
           as
           not
           only
           to
           subvert
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           dethrone
           their
           Soveraign
           ,
           but
           to
           Arraign
           and
           Judge
           ,
           Condemn
           and
           Execute
           their
           King
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           solemn
           and
           impudent
           Formalities
           of
           pretended
           Justice
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           view
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           would
           at
           the
           same
           instant
           defie
           both
           the
           Vengeance
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Nor
           was
           it
           the
           least
           degree
           either
           of
           the
           Artifice
           or
           Villany
           of
           those
           Execrable
           Conspirators
           ,
           that
           ,
           like
           the
           Devil
           ,
           they
           came
           clothed
           in
           
           Samuel's
           Mantle
           ,
           and
           covered
           their
           Rebellion
           with
           the
           Popular
           Varnish
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           with
           that
           success
           ,
           that
           not
           Mahomet
           himself
           ,
           that
           prodigious
           Impostor
           ,
           ever
           seduced
           the
           wild
           Arabians
           ,
           with
           his
           Pidgeon
           and
           pretended
           Inspirations
           ,
           to
           those
           degrees
           ,
           that
           these
           Sanctimonious
           Rebels
           did
           the
           credulous
           Herd
           (
           for
           they
           deserve
           no
           better
           name
           )
           of
           their
           Partisans
           and
           Followers
           :
           Nor
           was
           it
           a
           few
           Wild
           and
           Crazy
           Enthusiasts
           only
           ,
           that
           made
           these
           pretensions
           ,
           and
           that
           wicked
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           such
           extraordinary
           Commerces
           with
           Heaven
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           were
           out-doing
           Hell
           in
           Mischief
           ,
           but
           the
           whole
           Lump
           and
           Mass
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
          
           ,
           the
           Assembly
           of
           their
           Divines
           ,
           the
           Leading
           men
           of
           the
           Faction
           ,
           and
           the
           following
           Crow'd
           great
           and
           small
           ,
           of
           what
           Sects
           or
           denominations
           soever
           ,
           however
           mortally
           disagreeing
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           according
           to
           their
           degrees
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           unanimously
           laid
           a
           claim
           to
           Inspiration
           ,
           and
           an
           immediate
           Familiarity
           with
           
             God
             Almighty
          
           :
           Nothing
           was
           more
           frequent
           in
           their
           Mouths
           ,
           than
           
             seeking
             God
          
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           sure
           to
           find
           him
           in
           their
           
             Extempore
             Effusions
          
           ,
           which
           they
           arrogantly
           boasted
           were
           the
           dictates
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           and
           which
           ,
           to
           depress
           the
           Established
           Liturgie
           and
           stated
           Forms
           ,
           was
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Eminence
           and
           Excellency
           ,
           by
           them
           termed
           
             praying
             by
             the
             Spirit
          
           .
           The
           successes
           ,
           which
           ,
           for
           reasons
           best
           known
           to
           the
           Supreme
           Wisdom
           ,
           followed
           their
           Rebellious
           Arms
           ,
           they
           boldly
           called
           
             the
             Return
             of
             those
             Prayers
          
           ,
           and
           by
           an
           impious
           insolence
           ,
           peculiar
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           Intituled
           God
           to
           the
           most
           transcendent
           wickedness
           ,
           indeavouring
           to
           consecrate
           
             Murder
             ,
             Treason
             ,
             
             Sacrilege
             ,
             Perjury
          
           and
           all
           their
           most
           horrible
           Impieties
           ,
           by
           ascribing
           them
           to
           the
           immediate
           direction
           ,
           and
           almost
           Miraculous
           Cooperation
           of
           Divine
           Providence
           :
           And
           with
           this
           
             Devilish
             Hypocrisie
          
           ,
           they
           so
           dazled
           the
           infatuated
           Vulgar
           ,
           and
           less
           discerning
           minds
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           what
           they
           so
           arrogantly
           boasted
           ,
           came
           to
           be
           almost
           as
           easily
           ,
           and
           generally
           believed
           ,
           
             That
             that
             Cause
             must
             needs
             be
             Gods
             ,
             which
             was
             carried
             on
             by
             a
             praying
             People
             ;
             and
             being
             successful
             must
             needs
             be
             blessed
          
           ;
           and
           that
           ,
           as
           they
           fought
           for
           God
           ,
           which
           they
           never
           failed
           to
           proclaim
           ,
           so
           he
           reciprocally
           ingaged
           in
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           fought
           for
           them
           .
           Thus
           the
           Famous
           Doctor
           of
           the
           Independents
           ,
           could
           ,
           with
           the
           utmost
           Effrontery
           ,
           harangue
           the
           People
           at
           this
           rate
           ,
           
             Where
             is
             the
             God
             of
          
           Marston-Moor
           ?
           
             and
             the
             God
             of
          
           Naseby
           ?
           
             is
             an
             acceptable
             Expostulation
             in
             a
             Gloomy
             day
             .
             O
             what
             a
          
           Catalogue
           
             of
             Mercies
             has
             this
             Nation
             to
             plead
             by
             in
             a
             time
             of
             trouble
             !
             God
             came
             from
          
           Naseby
           ,
           
             and
             the
             Holy
             one
             from
             the
             West
             ,
          
           Selah
           .
           (
           
             Owens
             Eben-Ezer
             .
             p.
          
           13.
           
           And
           indeed
           this
           was
           the
           constant
           Method
           of
           these
           Impostors
           ,
           to
           magnifie
           themselves
           and
           Cause
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           both
           Courage
           and
           Reputation
           to
           their
           Party
           ,
           by
           intituling
           God
           to
           the
           dismal
           Consequences
           of
           lucky
           Rebellion
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Vizard
           by
           continual
           use
           was
           at
           last
           worn
           so
           thin
           ,
           that
           the
           ugly
           and
           real
           Devil
           began
           to
           appear
           through
           the
           painted
           Angel
           of
           Light
           ;
           and
           those
           Reforming
           Saints
           ,
           began
           to
           tread
           so
           heavy
           upon
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           they
           found
           they
           had
           mistaken
           shrewdly
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Cloven-foot
           ,
           with
           which
           these
           high
           pretenders
           to
           the
           Cloven-tongues
           ,
           trampled
           upon
           ,
           and
           broke
           in
           pieces
           ,
           the
           Goverment
           ,
           Ancient
           Laws
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           Properties
           ,
           and
           even
           Religion
           it self
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Cause
           ,
           which
           before
           was
           said
           to
           be
           
           God's
           ,
           was
           in
           reality
           at
           last
           nothing
           but
           their
           Own
           ;
           a
           perfect
           Foot-stool
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           mounted
           themselves
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Soveraign
           ,
           boundless
           ,
           and
           unaccountable
           Power
           .
           For
           the
           
             Royal
             Prerogative
          
           ,
           the
           true
           supporter
           of
           the
           Peoples
           Liberties
           and
           Laws
           ,
           being
           gone
           ,
           and
           the
           Royal
           Party
           and
           Power
           broken
           ,
           I
           find
           *
           a
           Petition
           ,
           Dec.
           9
           th
           .
           1647.
           from
           the
           Counties
           of
           
             Kent
             ,
             Surrey
             ,
             Middlesex
             ,
             Essex
             ,
             Herts
             ,
             Berks
             ,
             Bucks
             ,
             Oxon
             ,
             Suffolk
             ,
             Northampton
             ,
             Dorset
             ,
             Sommerset
             ,
             Lancashire
             ,
             Lincolne
             ,
             Cheshire
             ,
             Durham
             ,
             Cumberland
             ,
             Worcester
             ,
          
           
           and
           Warwick
           ,
           most
           grievously
           and
           lamentably
           complaining
           of
           Free
           Quarter
           ,
           and
           their
           Miseries
           under
           the
           Oppression
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Insolence
           of
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           would
           frequently
           call
           them
           to
           their
           Faces
           ,
           
             Conquered
             Slaves
          
           ,
           and
           treat
           them
           accordingly
           ;
           as
           also
           complaining
           of
           the
           Remonstrances
           ,
           and
           other
           Papers
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           destructive
           of
           all
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           even
           of
           their
           darling
           Parliaments
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           so
           often
           ,
           and
           so
           solemnly
           
             Protested
             ,
             Covenanted
          
           ,
           and
           Vowed
           to
           defend
           and
           maintain
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Faction
           wholly
           threw
           off
           the
           useless
           Mask
           themselves
           ,
           when
           having
           entirely
           subdued
           the
           scattering
           Remains
           of
           the
           Loyal
           Party
           ,
           the
           Army
           by
           their
           interest
           in
           the
           Commons-house
           ,
           most
           of
           the
           Principal
           Officers
           having
           been
           obtruded
           upon
           the
           Nation
           ,
           as
           their
           Representatives
           there
           ,
           and
           none
           daring
           to
           oppose
           them
           ,
           began
           not
           only
           to
           usurp
           the
           Soveraign
           Power
           ,
           but
           to
           subvert
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Ancient
           English
           Government
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Destruction
           not
           only
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           it self
           ,
           to
           erect
           a
           new
           
             Democratique
             Tyranny
          
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             The
             Common-wealth
             of
             England
          
           :
           In
           which
           the
           People
           ,
           though
           nothing
           less
           was
           intended
           them
           ,
           were
           in
           themselves
           Originally
           ,
           and
           by
           deputation
           in
           their
           Representatives
           ,
           pretended
           to
           be
           the
           
             Supreme
             Authority
          
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           but
           in
           reality
           these
           Representatives
           ,
           who
           became
           such
           by
           the
           prevailing
           Authority
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           free
           Elections
           ,
           being
           just
           so
           many
           boundless
           and
           unlimited
           Tyrants
           ,
           whose
           Will
           was
           a
           Law
           ,
           and
           to
           whose
           imperious
           pleasure
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           were
           constrained
           to
           submit
           ,
           and
           take
           from
           their
           hands
           the
           most
           Arbitrary
           Yoke
           of
           Vassallage
           and
           Slavery
           ;
           every
           thing
           lay
           at
           the
           discretion
           of
           their
           Mercy
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ,
           the
           Lives
           ,
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           the
           Estates
           of
           all
           ,
           without
           distinction
           or
           discrimination
           ,
           the
           Peer
           and
           the
           Peasant
           were
           wholly
           and
           entirely
           subjugated
           to
           their
           uncontrolable
           Jurisdiction
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           Religion
           ,
           their
           first
           and
           great
           Pretence
           ,
           that
           was
           left
           to
           shift
           for
           it self
           ,
           all
           men
           being
           left
           at
           Liberty
           to
           chuse
           any
           or
           none
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           all
           one
           now
           to
           these
           glorious
           Reformers
           ,
           whether
           a
           man
           were
           an
           Infidel
           ,
           a
           Pagan
           ,
           a
           Mahometan
           ,
           or
           a
           Jew
           ,
           provided
           he
           had
           the
           wit
           to
           say
           it
           was
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           make
           Profession
           to
           live
           peaceably
           ,
           and
           acquiesce
           under
           
           to
           introduce
           them
           ,
           to
           fill
           the
           heads
           of
           the
           People
           with
           furious
           Fears
           ,
           and
           raging
           Jealousies
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           same
           time
           both
           to
           alienate
           the
           Affections
           of
           his
           People
           from
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           by
           Disobedience
           to
           his
           Ecclesiastical
           Laws
           ,
           to
           teach
           them
           a
           Contempt
           even
           of
           his
           Secular
           Power
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           them
           even
           into
           the
           nearest
           approaches
           to
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           to
           seem
           to
           want
           nothing
           but
           a
           favourable
           occasion
           to
           precipitate
           them
           into
           a
           new
           Rebellion
           ;
           all
           this
           considered
           ,
           one
           cannot
           but
           be
           tempted
           to
           think
           that
           this
           ingrateful
           impenitence
           ,
           and
           obstinacy
           ,
           menaces
           these
           obdurate
           Sinners
           with
           some
           Uncommon
           and
           Remarkable
           Vengeance
           .
        
         
           Amongst
           all
           their
           other
           Arts
           ,
           so
           dangerous
           and
           destructive
           to
           the
           present
           Constitution
           of
           our
           Government
           ,
           I
           cannot
           think
           it
           either
           the
           smallest
           or
           least
           dangerous
           ,
           which
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           from
           the
           Monarchick
           Government
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           have
           made
           use
           of
           ;
           for
           though
           nothing
           of
           Fact
           can
           be
           more
           notoriously
           true
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           actually
           either
           Murther'd
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           or
           were
           Aiding
           ,
           Abetting
           ,
           and
           Assisting
           to
           such
           as
           did
           ,
           yet
           to
           preserve
           some
           Reputation
           to
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           may
           be
           able
           to
           increase
           it
           ,
           by
           such
           as
           they
           can
           by
           their
           pretensions
           to
           Purity
           and
           Sanctity
           delude
           ,
           they
           constantly
           endeavour
           to
           shift
           all
           the
           Guilt
           of
           this
           Execrable
           Regicide
           from
           themselves
           ,
           and
           charge
           it
           upon
           others
           ;
           the
           Fact
           ,
           they
           are
           well
           aware
           ,
           is
           so
           ugly
           and
           wicked
           in
           its
           own
           Nature
           ,
           and
           accompanied
           with
           so
           many
           aggravating
           Circumstances
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           few
           Natures
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           at
           first
           sight
           start
           at
           it
           ,
           as
           at
           the
           Apparition
           of
           some
           terrible
           Daemon
           ;
           this
           therefore
           must
           be
           totally
           denied
           ,
           where
           it
           may
           with
           success
           ,
           or
           palliated
           by
           making
           the
           King
           Guilty
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           own
           Murder
           ,
           the
           Effect
           of
           it
           ;
           full
           well
           do
           these
           Deceivers
           know
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           poor
           infatuated
           People
           were
           really
           perswaded
           and
           convinced
           ,
           that
           the
           Leaders
           of
           their
           Party
           ,
           and
           the
           precious
           Men
           their
           Teachers
           ,
           had
           been
           Guilty
           of
           such
           a
           detestable
           Murder
           ,
           even
           the
           Dictates
           of
           common
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Natural
           Religion
           would
           instruct
           them
           ,
           That
           such
           Guilty
           Miscreants
           ,
           whose
           Hands
           blushed
           with
           Innocent
           Blood
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           unfit
           to
           lift
           up
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           the
           just
           Avenger
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           Men
           must
           needs
           be
           very
           unfit
           and
           unproper
           Guides
           and
           Conductors
           
           of
           others
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           who
           had
           travelled
           so
           far
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           the
           High
           Road
           to
           Hell
           ,
           without
           ever
           looking
           ,
           or
           making
           one
           step
           backwards
           by
           Repentance
           .
        
         
           The
           Presbyterians
           therefore
           in
           this
           particular
           have
           ever
           stood
           high
           upon
           their
           Justification
           ,
           as
           being
           therefore
           Innocent
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           this
           
             Royal
             Blood
          
           ,
           because
           then
           when
           the
           Fatal
           Stroke
           was
           given
           ,
           they
           were
           luckily
           displaced
           from
           the
           Helm
           of
           State
           ,
           by
           the
           prevailing
           Faction
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           Independents
           :
           The
           Independents
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           charged
           with
           this
           barbarous
           Fact
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           to
           transfer
           all
           the
           blame
           from
           themselves
           and
           Party
           ,
           by
           throwing
           it
           upon
           a
           Junto
           of
           ill
           men
           ,
           who
           then
           Governed
           ,
           and
           had
           gotten
           all
           the
           Power
           ;
           and
           though
           those
           very
           bloody
           and
           infamous
           
             Traitors
             ,
             Cromwel
             ,
             Ireton
             ,
             Peters
             ,
             Nye
             ,
             &c.
          
           were
           ,
           while
           living
           ,
           esteemed
           by
           them
           most
           Heroick
           and
           renowned
           Saints
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           Pillars
           and
           Monuments
           erected
           to
           their
           immortal
           Memories
           ,
           had
           they
           Power
           equal
           to
           their
           Kindness
           to
           those
           Glorious
           Villains
           ,
           who
           are
           still
           the
           Idols
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ;
           yet
           they
           would
           make
           this
           pass
           for
           excuse
           sufficient
           for
           the
           whole
           Company
           of
           their
           Perswasion
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           not
           every
           individual
           man
           of
           them
           actually
           upon
           the
           Trial
           and
           Condemnation
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           set
           their
           Hands
           and
           Seals
           to
           the
           Warrant
           for
           his
           Execution
           :
           So
           that
           consenting
           to
           ,
           approving
           ,
           and
           applauding
           the
           Fact
           when
           done
           ,
           must
           pass
           for
           Innocence
           ,
           that
           so
           they
           may
           plead
           Not
           Guilty
           ,
           though
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           the
           Survivers
           of
           those
           differing
           Factions
           ,
           and
           their
           Successors
           in
           the
           same
           Principles
           ,
           were
           never
           heard
           or
           known
           to
           manifest
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           ,
           in
           the
           cheap
           way
           of
           words
           ,
           their
           unfeigned
           detestation
           ,
           and
           abhorrence
           of
           that
           wicked
           Rebellion
           ,
           which
           brought
           the
           King
           to
           that
           deplorable
           Death
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           ,
           without
           breach
           of
           Charity
           ,
           I
           may
           introduce
           their
           Famous
           Baxter
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           whole
           Schisme
           in
           Epitome
           ,
           neither
           
             Presbyterian
             ,
             Independent
             ,
             &c.
          
           but
           both
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           speaking
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           the
           Separation
           ;
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           all
           one
           Mouth
           ,
           and
           he
           were
           the
           Tongue
           (
           the
           Office
           he
           would
           chuse
           )
           he
           would
           speak
           for
           them
           in
           his
           Language
           of
           the
           Holy
           Common-wealth
           ;
           
             I
             cannot
             see
             that
             I
             was
             mistaken
             in
             the
             main
          
           Cause
           ,
           
             nor
             dare
             I
             repent
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             forbear
             the
             same
             ,
             if
             
             it
             were
             to
             do
             again
             in
             the
             same
             state
             of
             things
             .
          
           (
           Baxters
           
             Holy
             Common-wealth
             ,
             pag.
          
           486.
           )
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           this
           Argument
           happens
           to
           be
           started
           ,
           though
           the
           late
           Statute
           ,
           which
           makes
           some
           sorts
           of
           Language
           Treasonable
           ,
           render
           them
           more
           cautious
           and
           reserved
           ,
           yet
           they
           will
           plead
           for
           themselves
           ,
           that
           Matters
           were
           carried
           to
           those
           Extremities
           ,
           much
           beyond
           the
           intention
           of
           those
           who
           first
           took
           up
           Arms
           against
           the
           
             evil
             Counsellors
          
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           ill
           Design
           either
           against
           the
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           just
           Power
           and
           Prerogative
           ;
           but
           they
           will
           dye
           before
           they
           will
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           the
           War
           on
           the
           Parliaments
           side
           ,
           let
           the
           pretended
           Reasons
           be
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           was
           unjust
           and
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           taking
           up
           Arms
           by
           Subjects
           against
           their
           King
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           unlawful
           but
           damnable
           :
           Now
           the
           maintaining
           of
           this
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           was
           that
           which
           in
           reality
           cut
           off
           the
           Kings
           Head
           ▪
           And
           will
           be
           the
           Eternal
           Parent
           of
           future
           Rebellions
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           it
           is
           propagated
           and
           received
           .
           For
           if
           Subjects
           may
           upon
           any
           colourable
           pretensions
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           wanting
           so
           long
           as
           Men
           are
           Wicked
           enough
           to
           invent
           them
           ,
           be
           allowed
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           against
           their
           King
           ;
           it
           is
           morally
           impossible
           but
           things
           must
           proceed
           to
           the
           utmost
           Extremities
           ;
           for
           he
           that
           draws
           his
           Sword
           against
           his
           King
           ,
           must
           throw
           away
           the
           Scabbard
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           Crime
           of
           so
           high
           a
           Nature
           ,
           that
           tho'
           there
           should
           be
           found
           a
           King
           of
           so
           God-like
           a
           Temper
           ,
           as
           really
           to
           pardon
           the
           greatest
           Rebels
           ,
           yet
           the
           Consciousness
           of
           their
           own
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           the
           perpetual
           apprehensions
           of
           deserved
           Punishment
           ,
           will
           never
           permit
           such
           Rebels
           to
           believe
           his
           intentions
           real
           and
           sincere
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           uneasiness
           of
           their
           fears
           ,
           naturally
           conducts
           them
           to
           cure
           their
           Fears
           ,
           and
           consult
           their
           future
           Safety
           ,
           by
           removing
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           distrust
           and
           danger
           .
        
         
           But
           however
           these
           two
           Factions
           ,
           and
           the
           Spawn
           of
           them
           ,
           may
           endeavour
           to
           palliate
           this
           horrid
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           the
           better
           enabled
           to
           maintain
           their
           Party
           and
           increase
           it
           ,
           may
           endeavour
           to
           acquit
           themselves
           by
           criminating
           one
           another
           ,
           nothing
           is
           more
           evident
           ,
           than
           that
           both
           these
           Factions
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           and
           Independents
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           lesser
           Sects
           and
           Schismaticks
           which
           sprung
           
           from
           their
           Roots
           ,
           were
           actually
           Guilty
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Murder
          
           ;
           and
           that
           not
           only
           by
           their
           fomenting
           and
           carrying
           on
           the
           War
           against
           him
           ,
           whereby
           he
           was
           reduced
           to
           those
           Extremities
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           throw
           himself
           upon
           the
           Perjured
           
             Scottish
             Presbyterians
          
           ,
           who
           sold
           him
           to
           the
           
             English
             Independents
          
           ,
           who
           Murdered
           him
           ,
           but
           also
           by
           not
           hindring
           and
           preventing
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           most
           certain
           Truth
           ,
           
             Qui
             non
             prohibet
             ,
             cum
             potest
             ,
             jubet
             .
          
           For
           instance
           ,
           Two
           Thieves
           bind
           an
           honest
           Man
           and
           rob
           him
           ,
           one
           is
           for
           dispatching
           him
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           ever
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           prosecute
           them
           ,
           the
           other
           pretends
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           so
           well
           approve
           of
           that
           last
           Extremity
           ;
           while
           they
           are
           in
           the
           contest
           ,
           the
           honest
           Mans
           Servant
           comes
           up
           ,
           and
           finding
           his
           Master
           in
           that
           condition
           ,
           puts
           himself
           in
           a
           posture
           to
           attempt
           his
           Rescue
           ;
           now
           he
           who
           was
           pretendedly
           against
           the
           Murder
           ,
           though
           he
           could
           well
           enough
           dispence
           with
           the
           Robbery
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           meant
           sincerely
           ,
           ought
           rather
           to
           have
           assisted
           the
           Loyal
           Servant
           in
           his
           Generous
           and
           Dutiful
           Design
           ;
           and
           it
           had
           then
           been
           easie
           to
           have
           delivered
           the
           despoiled
           Prisoner
           ,
           at
           least
           from
           the
           danger
           of
           Death
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           this
           ,
           he
           joyns
           with
           his
           former
           Companion
           ,
           and
           assists
           him
           first
           to
           dispatch
           the
           Servant
           ,
           who
           indeavoured
           his
           Masters
           Deliverance
           ,
           and
           then
           sits
           him
           down
           ,
           while
           his
           Companion
           sends
           his
           Fetter'd
           Master
           to
           keep
           him
           Company
           .
           Now
           do
           I
           appeal
           to
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           whether
           both
           these
           men
           were
           not
           involved
           in
           equal
           guilt
           ,
           as
           well
           he
           ,
           who
           help'd
           to
           bind
           ,
           disarm
           ,
           and
           rob
           the
           Master
           ,
           and
           opposed
           the
           honest
           indeavour
           of
           his
           Servant
           to
           deliver
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           who
           actually
           imbrued
           his
           Hands
           in
           their
           innocent
           Blood.
           
        
         
           The
           Case
           is
           exactly
           the
           same
           ,
           but
           under
           this
           more
           hainous
           aggravation
           ,
           that
           
             Royal
             Blood
          
           is
           much
           more
           valuable
           and
           Sacred
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           runs
           in
           Common
           veins
           .
           The
           Zealous
           Presbyterian
           Saints
           began
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           the
           Independents
           and
           other
           Schismaticks
           ,
           being
           associated
           with
           them
           in
           that
           Traiterous
           Combination
           or
           the
           
             Solemn
             League
          
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           they
           joyntly
           and
           unanimously
           prosecuted
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           ,
           by
           murdering
           of
           such
           of
           his
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           as
           out
           of
           Duty
           and
           Conscience
           came
           to
           his
           assistance
           ,
           having
           subdued
           his
           Forces
           ,
           they
           got
           his
           Person
           
           into
           their
           Power
           .
           The
           Independents
           ,
           having
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           gotten
           the
           Ascendant
           of
           Power
           over
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           were
           absolutely
           for
           assuring
           their
           Usurpation
           by
           the
           
           King's
           death
           ;
           on
           the
           other
           side
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           more
           out
           of
           detestation
           of
           the
           Independents
           ,
           who
           now
           began
           to
           deride
           their
           Discipline
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           Blew-Cap-Reformation
           ,
           as
           they
           termed
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           utmost
           contempt
           and
           hatred
           ,
           than
           out
           of
           true
           Loyalty
           and
           Duty
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           were
           for
           shackling
           of
           His
           Majesty
           with
           Parliament
           Fetters
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           let
           him
           live
           ;
           hoping
           under
           the
           protection
           of
           his
           Authority
           and
           Name
           ,
           to
           re-establish
           their
           own
           Power
           ,
           and
           subdue
           the
           Independents
           :
           And
           for
           this
           purpose
           was
           all
           the
           noise
           of
           a
           
             Personal
             Treaty
          
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           during
           his
           Confinement
           at
           Cairsbrook
           Castle
           in
           the
           Isle
           of
           Wight
           ;
           in
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           meant
           honourably
           and
           sincerely
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           had
           such
           Conditions
           as
           would
           have
           brought
           sufficient
           advantage
           and
           reputation
           ,
           both
           to
           their
           Cause
           and
           Interest
           :
           But
           so
           stiff
           were
           they
           in
           their
           Demands
           ,
           and
           so
           cautious
           to
           put
           strong
           and
           lasting
           Fetters
           upon
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Treaty
           came
           to
           nothing
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Royalists
           ,
           seeing
           the
           gasping
           condition
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           but
           the
           most
           abject
           Vassallage
           was
           to
           be
           expected
           from
           those
           Men
           ,
           who
           were
           resolved
           to
           make
           their
           King
           a
           
             Royal
             Slave
          
           ;
           they
           summoned
           their
           scattered
           Force
           to
           make
           one
           Vigorous
           Attempt
           for
           his
           deliverance
           :
           Now
           ,
           had
           the
           Presbyterians
           joyned
           in
           that
           generous
           Design
           ,
           in
           all
           humane
           probability
           ,
           the
           King
           had
           been
           rescued
           from
           his
           Captivity
           among
           the
           Independents
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           they
           might
           have
           obtained
           honourable
           Conditions
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           Security
           and
           Accommodation
           for
           the
           Present
           ,
           and
           Reputation
           for
           the
           Future
           :
           But
           so
           far
           were
           they
           from
           this
           ,
           that
           mortally
           hating
           the
           
             Loyal
             Party
          
           ,
           they
           contributed
           all
           that
           lay
           in
           their
           power
           to
           assist
           the
           Independent
           Army
           under
           Fairfax
           ,
           or
           indeed
           Cromwel
           ,
           for
           the
           other
           was
           but
           a
           Cypher
           ,
           utterly
           to
           ruine
           and
           subdue
           the
           slender
           Remains
           of
           Loyalty
           which
           had
           taken
           Arms
           in
           Kent
           and
           Essex
           ;
           which
           when
           it
           was
           accomplished
           ,
           by
           the
           surrender
           of
           Colchester
           ,
           and
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Noble
           
             Capel
             ,
             Lisle
          
           ,
           and
           Lucas
           ,
           the
           Independents
           fell
           presently
           upon
           their
           Bloody
           Project
           of
           cutting
           off
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           subverting
           
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           which
           they
           also
           effected
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           all
           this
           while
           sitting
           still
           and
           looking
           on
           :
           Whereas
           ,
           had
           they
           ever
           heartily
           opposed
           such
           a
           detestable
           Wickedness
           ,
           their
           Party
           was
           then
           so
           considerable
           ,
           that
           ,
           with
           the
           Addition
           of
           the
           
             Loyal
             Interest
          
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           so
           dead
           ,
           but
           that
           upon
           the
           least
           hope
           it
           would
           have
           revived
           and
           joyned
           them
           ,
           they
           might
           have
           given
           such
           a
           shock
           to
           the
           Independent
           Faction
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           difficultly
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           have
           been
           able
           to
           accomplish
           or
           execute
           their
           Execrable
           Design
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           but
           so
           far
           were
           they
           from
           this
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           Attempt
           to
           oppose
           the
           Traytors
           ,
           or
           prevent
           the
           Treason
           .
           Nay
           ,
           had
           the
           Rabble
           of
           the
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           ,
           which
           were
           much
           at
           the
           Devotion
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Interest
           ,
           had
           but
           half
           so
           much
           Zeal
           to
           hurry
           down
           to
           Westminster
           ,
           to
           oppose
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           before
           times
           to
           oppose
           him
           ,
           and
           cry
           up
           
             Priviledge
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Tumults
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           disputable
           ,
           whether
           Cromwel
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           black
           Myrmidons
           ,
           would
           have
           had
           the
           Courage
           to
           strike
           the
           Fatal
           Stroke
           .
           But
           the
           Presbyterians
           are
           only
           Couragious
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           but
           perfect
           Cowards
           in
           the
           Cause
           of
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           these
           little
           palliating
           shifts
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Presbyterians
           and
           Independents
           have
           been
           reduced
           ,
           to
           varnish
           and
           guild
           over
           their
           Infamous
           Actions
           ,
           they
           have
           now
           very
           lately
           found
           out
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           vindicate
           themselves
           ,
           by
           charging
           the
           whole
           Contrivance
           and
           Execution
           of
           this
           hellish
           Murder
           of
           the
           late
           King
           ,
           upon
           the
           Papists
           :
           And
           though
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           is
           more
           ridiculous
           or
           remote
           from
           the
           truth
           in
           most
           demonstrable
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           incredible
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           belief
           of
           this
           senseless
           Fiction
           and
           Romance
           has
           gained
           upon
           this
           new
           Generation
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           Proselytes
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           :
           And
           I
           speak
           it
           of
           my
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           in
           Discourse
           with
           divers
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           I
           have
           made
           use
           of
           this
           Argument
           of
           the
           Wickedness
           and
           Infamy
           of
           the
           most
           Eminent
           Patrons
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Baxter
           confesses
           of
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             I
             have
             been
             in
             the
             heat
             of
             my
             Zeal
             so
             forward
             to
             Changes
             and
             Ways
             of
             Blood
             ,
             that
             I
             fear
             God
             will
             not
             let
             me
             have
             a
             hand
             in
             the
             Building
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             
             Hypocrisie
             unveil'd
             ,
          
           R.
           Baxter
           
             's
             Letters
             to
             Dr.
          
           Hill
           ,
           pag.
           11.
           )
           must
           needs
           be
           ill
           men
           ,
           and
           worse
           Guides
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           have
           ,
           from
           their
           guilt
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Blood
          
           ,
           indeavoured
           to
           reclaim
           them
           from
           following
           the
           Witchcraft
           of
           such
           dangerous
           Principles
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           home
           to
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           Loyal
           and
           Primitively
           obedient
           Church
           of
           England
           ;
           I
           have
           been
           amazed
           to
           hear
           ,
           with
           what
           confidence
           they
           have
           vindicated
           their
           Leaders
           and
           Party
           ,
           from
           the
           least
           share
           or
           imputation
           of
           the
           guilt
           of
           that
           Horrid
           Murder
           ,
           and
           averred
           with
           as
           much
           confidence
           ,
           that
           the
           late
           King
           was
           murdered
           by
           the
           Papishes
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           true
           beyond
           all
           contradiction
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           no
           design
           ,
           to
           turn
           Advocate
           for
           the
           
             Romish
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           profess
           my self
           to
           have
           a
           most
           deep
           detestation
           and
           abhorrence
           for
           
             Sanguinary
             ,
             Traiterous
          
           ,
           Seditious
           ,
           Disloyal
           ,
           and
           King-killing
           ,
           or
           deposing
           Principles
           ,
           in
           any
           Religion
           or
           Perswasion
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           do
           firmly
           believe
           ,
           that
           ,
           That
           Religion
           which
           holds
           ,
           justifies
           ,
           or
           tolerates
           such
           Principles
           ,
           is
           so
           far
           Erroneous
           ,
           False
           ,
           and
           Damnable
           :
           But
           this
           being
           a
           perfect
           piece
           of
           Leger-de-main
           ,
           purposely
           calculated
           to
           deceive
           the
           Common-people
           into
           a
           good
           opinion
           of
           the
           worst
           ,
           and
           most
           dangerous
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           enable
           them
           still
           to
           spread
           the
           Venom
           of
           their
           Principles
           ,
           under
           the
           Vail
           of
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           this
           Innocence
           appear
           by
           transferring
           the
           Guilt
           of
           their
           former
           Actions
           upon
           others
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           of
           so
           mischievous
           Consequence
           ,
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           obviated
           ,
           and
           the
           falshood
           detected
           and
           made
           evident
           by
           the
           Beams
           of
           most
           irrefragable
           Truth
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           for
           ever
           to
           silence
           all
           these
           foolish
           and
           frivolous
           Arts
           and
           Palliations
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Fig-leaves
           ,
           which
           these
           guilty
           sinners
           have
           so
           Artificially
           patch'd
           together
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           to
           the
           whole
           World
           from
           their
           Own
           Memoirs
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           very
           real
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Sectaries
           ,
           their
           Associates
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           ,
           who
           were
           actually
           guilty
           of
           the
           whole
           Scene
           of
           this
           horrible
           Murder
           of
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           The
           Orignal
           Journal
           of
           the
           whole
           proceedings
           of
           that
           detestable
           Murder
           ,
           and
           the
           previous
           Tryal
           ,
           which
           was
           drawn
           up
           by
           the
           Order
           of
           the
           Regicides
           ,
           and
           presented
           
           then
           to
           the
           Commons-House
           ,
           and
           there
           publickly
           read
           ,
           and
           approved
           for
           a
           true
           Record
           ,
           and
           which
           is
           attested
           under
           the
           Hand
           of
           Phelps
           ,
           the
           Clerk
           to
           that
           pretended
           
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           having
           by
           pure
           accident
           ,
           shall
           I
           call
           it
           ,
           or
           particular
           Providence
           come
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           and
           having
           the
           opportunity
           to
           take
           a
           true
           Copy
           or
           Transcript
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           thought
           my self
           bound
           in
           Conscience
           ,
           by
           the
           Duty
           which
           I
           owe
           to
           my
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           Peace
           and
           happiness
           of
           my
           Country
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           publick
           ;
           that
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           ,
           all
           true
           English-men
           might
           be
           made
           sensible
           of
           the
           horrid
           Guilt
           and
           danger
           of
           such
           Men
           ,
           and
           such
           Principles
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           consult
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           as
           to
           endeavour
           such
           a
           true
           and
           
             thorough
             Reformation
          
           ,
           as
           can
           only
           make
           the
           present
           and
           future
           Ages
           happy
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           hoped
           for
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           the
           Whoredoms
           and
           Witchcrafts
           of
           this
           
             Painted
             Jezabel
          
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Presbyterian
             and
             Independent
             Cause
          
           ,
           are
           continued
           and
           cherished
           among
           us
           :
           And
           most
           assuredly
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           every
           good
           Christian
           and
           Loyal
           Subject
           ,
           to
           contribute
           the
           utmost
           of
           his
           endeavours
           to
           suppress
           the
           Growth
           of
           such
           dangerous
           Principles
           ,
           as
           drive
           men
           so
           furiously
           headlong
           ,
           with
           the
           pretences
           of
           Religion
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           daring
           and
           desperate
           Extremities
           of
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           very
           Precipice
           of
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           herein
           pretend
           ,
           to
           exceed
           the
           Limits
           of
           a
           private
           Person
           ,
           or
           hereby
           foolishly
           to
           undertake
           to
           prescribe
           Measures
           to
           the
           Government
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           this
           Important
           Affair
           ;
           but
           within
           my
           own
           Sphere
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           think
           my self
           and
           all
           other
           private
           Persons
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           Capacity
           ,
           Opportunities
           ,
           and
           Power
           ,
           under
           an
           indispensable
           Obligation
           to
           oppose
           and
           indeavour
           to
           stop
           the
           Impetuous
           Torrent
           of
           these
           wicked
           ,
           bloody
           ,
           and
           unpeaceful
           Opinions
           and
           Principles
           ,
           which
           have
           once
           before
           drowned
           this
           Nation
           in
           Bloodshed
           and
           Misery
           ,
           and
           who
           by
           their
           swelling
           and
           breaking
           over
           all
           the
           banks
           of
           Law
           ,
           Duty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           threaten
           us
           with
           continual
           danger
           and
           apprehensions
           of
           a
           more
           cruel
           and
           dreadful
           Inundation
           :
           and
           I
           esteem
           my self
           warranted
           to
           oppose
           them
           ,
           by
           their
           Example
           ,
           since
           the
           diligence
           ,
           assiduity
           ,
           and
           restless
           endeavours
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           do
           ,
           to
           a
           single
           man
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           
           pursue
           their
           Ends
           and
           Wicked
           Interest
           ,
           makes
           it
           absolutely
           the
           Duty
           as
           well
           as
           Interest
           of
           all
           such
           as
           are
           Loyal
           ,
           who
           love
           their
           Country
           ,
           Church
           ,
           and
           King
           ,
           as
           heartily
           ,
           unanimously
           ,
           and
           zealously
           to
           make
           head
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           crush
           this
           Cockatrice
           in
           the
           Egg
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           will
           most
           certainly
           disclose
           a
           fiery
           flying
           Serpent
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           see
           any
           Expedient
           so
           probable
           to
           succeed
           ,
           as
           the
           exposing
           them
           naked
           and
           stript
           of
           their
           Artificial
           Trappings
           ,
           Painting
           ,
           and
           Counterfeit
           Gems
           of
           Sanctity
           and
           Innocence
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           are
           wont
           to
           impose
           upon
           the
           Minds
           of
           credulous
           and
           easie
           People
           .
           I
           shall
           only
           therefore
           bring
           them
           to
           be
           surveyed
           by
           the
           light
           of
           Nature
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           Interest
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           may
           do
           them
           the
           most
           Impartial
           Justice
           ,
           shew
           them
           to
           the
           World
           in
           the
           Glasses
           of
           their
           own
           making
           ;
           and
           ,
           if
           there
           they
           do
           not
           like
           the
           Figure
           and
           Image
           which
           they
           make
           ,
           they
           ought
           only
           to
           quarrel
           their
           own
           deformities
           ,
           which
           will
           not
           in
           any
           Glass
           ,
           except
           that
           of
           their
           own
           flattering
           and
           false
           Opinion
           ,
           afford
           them
           any
           Shape
           less
           Monstrous
           and
           Ugly
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           verily
           perswade
           my self
           ,
           that
           were
           the
           Common-People
           of
           this
           Nation
           throughly
           instructed
           by
           those
           ,
           whose
           Duty
           it
           is
           to
           perform
           that
           Charitable
           Office
           ,
           in
           the
           black
           Consequences
           ,
           which
           necessarily
           ,
           naturally
           ,
           and
           unavoidably
           follow
           the
           Principles
           of
           those
           Leading
           Men
           of
           the
           Separation
           ,
           and
           made
           sensible
           how
           much
           they
           are
           the
           Enemies
           to
           our
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           both
           here
           and
           hereafter
           ,
           even
           Nature
           and
           Humanity
           would
           teach
           Men
           to
           abandon
           them
           ,
           as
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Cheats
           and
           cruel
           Impostors
           ;
           and
           they
           ,
           who
           now
           admire
           the
           Beauty
           of
           these
           
             Painted
             Sepulchres
          
           ,
           the
           Seditious
           
             Meeting
             Houses
          
           ,
           were
           they
           aware
           of
           the
           
           Devil's
           Trap-Doors
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           Damnation
           ,
           which
           are
           there
           planted
           ,
           would
           be
           more
           cautious
           of
           crouding
           into
           them
           :
           And
           were
           it
           possible
           ,
           as
           I
           think
           it
           is
           easie
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           vigorously
           indeavoured
           ,
           to
           convince
           the
           deluded
           Vulgar
           ,
           who
           have
           these
           Mens
           Persons
           in
           such
           admiration
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           so
           apt
           to
           be
           inchanted
           with
           the
           Songs
           of
           these
           bewitching
           Syrens
           ,
           that
           under
           all
           those
           fair
           Words
           and
           sanctimonious
           Pretences
           ,
           this
           Whining
           about
           
             Gospel
             Liberty
          
           and
           Persecution
           for
           Conscience
           ,
           this
           Puking
           at
           
             decent
             Ceremonies
          
           ,
           and
           more
           decent
           and
           beautiful
           Order
           
           and
           Government
           ,
           this
           bellowing
           against
           
             Antichrist
             ,
             Popery
          
           ,
           and
           Prelacy
           ,
           there
           is
           all
           this
           while
           concealed
           ,
           the
           Ruine
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           the
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           Sedition
           ,
           Tumults
           ,
           Insurrections
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           Fire
           and
           Sword
           ,
           Slavery
           and
           Infamy
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           last
           
             Eternal
             Damnation
          
           ,
           and
           endless
           Torments
           ,
           certainly
           they
           would
           not
           only
           forsake
           ,
           but
           detest
           and
           abhor
           those
           Impostors
           and
           Deceivers
           .
        
         
           Now
           all
           this
           is
           as
           demonstratively
           true
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           former
           Fact
           ,
           and
           future
           Consequence
           ,
           as
           God
           is
           true
           and
           just
           ,
           and
           as
           that
           is
           True
           and
           Canonical
           Scripture
           ,
           which
           from
           the
           Mouth
           of
           Gods
           infallible
           Spirit
           ,
           assures
           us
           ,
           without
           any
           Limitation
           or
           Reservation
           ,
           without
           any
           Exception
           or
           Dispensation
           ,
           
             That
             whosoever
             resist
             the
             Higher
             Powers
             ,
             resist
             the
             Ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             shall
             receive
             to
             themselves
             Damnation
             .
          
           Now
           ,
           if
           Rebellion
           be
           resisting
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ,
           as
           certainly
           if
           that
           be
           not
           ,
           nothing
           is
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           be
           able
           to
           prove
           those
           of
           the
           Separation
           ,
           to
           a
           single
           Man
           of
           them
           ,
           Guilty
           of
           it
           ,
           either
           in
           Fact
           or
           in
           Principles
           ,
           or
           in
           Both
           ,
           then
           are
           they
           certainly
           within
           the
           danger
           of
           this
           Terrible
           Sentence
           :
           Let
           the
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
             ,
             Anabaptists
          
           ,
           &c.
           therefore
           shew
           us
           a
           Dispensation
           as
           Authentick
           ,
           as
           this
           Command
           ,
           to
           tolerate
           Them
           and
           their
           Disciples
           ,
           to
           raise
           Seditions
           ,
           to
           defame
           their
           King
           and
           his
           Government
           ,
           to
           cancel
           the
           Obligations
           of
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegiance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           to
           contemn
           the
           Laws
           ,
           to
           disobey
           the
           lawful
           Commands
           of
           their
           Superiors
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           last
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           strength
           and
           opportunity
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           and
           Rebel
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           prevail
           to
           shake
           off
           the
           Yoke
           of
           Subjection
           and
           due
           Obedience
           ,
           Imprison
           and
           Murder
           their
           King
           ,
           dis-inherit
           his
           Lawful
           Heirs
           and
           Successors
           ,
           to
           all
           which
           ,
           their
           Principles
           have
           led
           them
           ,
           and
           Naturally
           and
           Eternally
           will
           lead
           them
           ;
           and
           then
           indeed
           they
           may
           ,
           as
           they
           presumptuously
           do
           ,
           promise
           Heaven
           to
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           Followers
           :
           But
           till
           they
           are
           able
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           to
           produce
           a
           
             New
             Gospel
          
           ,
           with
           a
           Patent
           of
           Indulgence
           from
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           to
           supersede
           the
           Obligation
           of
           his
           former
           Commands
           ,
           and
           to
           change
           not
           only
           the
           Names
           but
           the
           Nature
           of
           things
           ,
           by
           turning
           Rebellion
           into
           Religion
           ,
           and
           violating
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           into
           Obedience
           ,
           
           they
           will
           remain
           under
           the
           unavoidable
           danger
           of
           the
           intolerable
           Penalty
           ,
           annexed
           to
           Resisting
           the
           Higher
           Powers
           ,
           and
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           will
           most
           assuredly
           find
           a
           Hell
           instead
           of
           a
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           Damnation
           in
           the
           place
           of
           that
           Happiness
           ,
           which
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Separation
           do
           as
           confidently
           promise
           to
           their
           Followers
           ,
           as
           they
           vainly
           expect
           from
           their
           Teachers
           .
        
         
           Whether
           it
           have
           proceeded
           from
           mistaken
           Charity
           ,
           or
           ,
           which
           is
           much
           worse
           ,
           from
           a
           
             Cowardly
             Timorousness
          
           of
           falling
           under
           the
           Indignation
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           and
           consequently
           of
           most
           severe
           Revenge
           ,
           if
           ever
           they
           have
           power
           to
           execute
           it
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           but
           truly
           in
           my
           Opinion
           ,
           the
           not
           pressing
           of
           these
           necessary
           Truths
           upon
           the
           People
           ,
           of
           the
           unlawfulness
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           upon
           any
           pretence
           whatsoever
           ,
           and
           their
           danger
           of
           Damnation
           ,
           in
           following
           these
           Hellish
           Principles
           ,
           of
           Popular
           Soveraignty
           ,
           Reformation
           by
           Blood
           ,
           Tumults
           ,
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           of
           the
           Lawfulness
           of
           Deposing
           ,
           Judging
           ,
           and
           inflicting
           Capital
           Punishments
           upon
           Soveraign
           Princes
           ;
           and
           the
           want
           of
           exposing
           the
           necessary
           Consequences
           of
           these
           and
           such
           like
           Fatal
           Opinions
           ,
           and
           shewing
           them
           the
           horrible
           Influences
           ,
           they
           have
           formerly
           had
           upon
           the
           Peace
           and
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           feared
           ,
           hath
           contributed
           too
           much
           to
           the
           increase
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           part
           of
           the
           Faction
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           this
           necessary
           work
           is
           so
           easie
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           from
           plain
           matters
           of
           undeniable
           Fact
           ,
           that
           there
           need
           be
           no
           recourse
           to
           Rhetorical
           Amplifications
           ,
           or
           Hyperbolical
           Expressions
           ,
           to
           move
           not
           only
           the
           Passions
           ,
           but
           the
           Reason
           of
           all
           Mankind
           to
           the
           utmost
           degrees
           of
           Hatred
           and
           Abhorrence
           against
           such
           dreadful
           Principles
           :
           The
           Treasons
           ,
           Conspiracies
           ,
           the
           Wars
           ,
           the
           Rapines
           ,
           the
           Hypocrisies
           ,
           Perjuries
           ,
           and
           Sacrileges
           ,
           the
           Butcheries
           ,
           Oppressions
           ,
           Murders
           ,
           and
           those
           Rivers
           of
           Innocent
           Blood
           ,
           and
           ,
           which
           surpasseth
           all
           ,
           the
           Blood
           of
           their
           King
           ,
           through
           which
           these
           Separatists
           have
           waded
           ,
           to
           obtain
           by
           the
           Power
           of
           Rebellion
           and
           the
           Force
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           an
           usurped
           Soveraignty
           ,
           and
           unlimited
           Arbitary
           Dominion
           over
           the
           People
           of
           these
           Nations
           ,
           thereby
           to
           render
           the
           freest
           People
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           vilest
           Slaves
           in
           the
           Universe
           ,
           are
           certainly
           such
           undeniable
           Truths
           ,
           which
           are
           justly
           chargeable
           
           upon
           them
           ,
           as
           are
           sufficient
           to
           set
           such
           an
           Eternal
           Brand
           of
           Infamy
           upon
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           would
           render
           it
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           deceive
           the
           People
           by
           their
           other
           Arts
           ,
           and
           pretended
           Sanctity
           ;
           and
           truly
           their
           making
           Religion
           stoop
           to
           their
           base
           Designs
           ,
           and
           thereby
           prostituting
           that
           which
           is
           most
           Sacred
           ,
           to
           the
           most
           unhallowed
           Actions
           ,
           and
           most
           unparallel'd
           Wickedness
           ,
           would
           be
           so
           far
           from
           doing
           them
           any
           advantage
           ,
           that
           ,
           to
           all
           honest
           ,
           virtuous
           ,
           and
           religious
           Minds
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           them
           appear
           more
           horrible
           and
           odious
           ,
           because
           becoming
           thereby
           more
           mischievous
           and
           dangerous
           :
           for
           the
           Devil
           ,
           transformed
           into
           the
           shape
           of
           an
           Angel
           of
           Light
           ,
           is
           no
           less
           a
           Devil
           for
           his
           stoln
           brightness
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           stealing
           of
           that
           Glorious
           Shape
           ought
           rather
           to
           make
           him
           be
           esteemed
           of
           the
           worst
           sort
           of
           those
           Infernal
           Spirits
           ,
           because
           he
           only
           takes
           it
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           thereby
           inabled
           to
           do
           the
           more
           Mischief
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           cheat
           them
           out
           of
           Happiness
           ,
           by
           pretending
           to
           make
           them
           Happy
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Embasing
           ,
           Washing
           ,
           and
           Counterfeiting
           of
           Money
           ,
           be
           such
           a
           deceipt
           ,
           as
           hath
           merited
           Capital
           Punishment
           ,
           and
           hath
           rendred
           the
           Offenders
           Infamous
           and
           Odious
           to
           all
           men
           ,
           because
           it
           robs
           them
           of
           some
           part
           of
           their
           share
           of
           the
           Riches
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           Odious
           and
           Capital
           an
           offence
           is
           it
           ,
           against
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           to
           Embase
           and
           Counterfeit
           Religion
           ,
           and
           to
           cheat
           men
           of
           their
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           ,
           by
           stamping
           the
           Impress
           and
           Superscription
           of
           Heaven
           upon
           the
           Metal
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           putting
           off
           this
           false
           Coyn
           for
           Good
           ,
           Currant
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           Treasure
           ?
        
         
           Now
           let
           the
           Dissenting
           Separatists
           disclaim
           and
           disavow
           this
           Imposture
           with
           never
           so
           much
           Scorn
           or
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           wonted
           boasts
           of
           their
           Sanctity
           and
           Purity
           ,
           reprobating
           all
           others
           ,
           besides
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           if
           the
           Apostle
           *
           St.
           James
           have
           any
           Authority
           with
           them
           ,
           let
           him
           be
           the
           Judge
           and
           Umpire
           of
           the
           difference
           ,
           He
           affirms
           
             that
             the
             Wisdom
          
           (
           or
           Religion
           ,
           for
           Religion
           is
           the
           only
           Wisdom
           )
           ,
           
             which
             is
             from
             above
          
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           
             Pure
             ,
             but
             Peaceable
             ,
             Gentle
             ,
             Easie
             to
             be
             intreated
             ,
             full
             of
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             good
             Fruits
             ,
          
           *
           
             unturbulent
             ,
             and
             without
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             and
          
           that
           the
           Religion
           which
           produces
           
             Strife
             ,
             Envying
             ,
             Confusion
             and
             
             every
             evil
             Work
             ,
          
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           of
           Divine
           Original
           ▪
           and
           descending
           from
           above
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             earthly
             ,
             sensual
             ,
             and
             devilish
             :
          
           This
           is
           the
           Criterion
           ,
           the
           Touch-stone
           ,
           which
           we
           challenge
           the
           shining
           Chymical
           Religion
           of
           the
           Separatists
           to
           indure
           the
           Assay
           by
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           assured
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           try
           the
           truth
           of
           their
           Faith
           by
           the
           standard
           of
           their
           own
           Works
           ,
           and
           this
           
             Apostolical
             Rule
          
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           utterly
           impossible
           for
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           out
           their
           Title
           to
           that
           true
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           they
           do
           so
           arrogantly
           boast
           of
           ,
           and
           so
           wholly
           appropriate
           to
           Themselves
           and
           Party
           ,
           that
           though
           Heaven
           be
           capacious
           enough
           to
           entertain
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           a
           thousand
           Earths
           ,
           yet
           can
           they
           not
           allow
           one
           inch
           to
           any
           ,
           besides
           those
           of
           their
           Perswasion
           :
           And
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           their
           own
           narrow
           Souls
           perswade
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           only
           in
           the
           narrow
           way
           ;
           but
           the
           Pharisees
           ,
           their
           Predecessors
           in
           Principles
           and
           Pretensions
           ,
           were
           never
           the
           nearer
           to
           entring
           into
           the
           Glorious
           Gates
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           for
           their
           being
           so
           busie
           in
           framing
           Bolts
           and
           Locks
           to
           exclude
           all
           others
           from
           entring
           into
           those
           Blessed
           Regions
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           to
           pass
           over
           even
           the
           Narrow
           Seas
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           trace
           these
           Turbulent
           Men
           and
           their
           Principles
           through
           all
           the
           Paths
           of
           Mischief
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           beaten
           in
           Forreign
           Countries
           ,
           whereby
           they
           have
           forfeited
           all
           Right
           to
           St.
           
           James's
           Character
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           peaceable
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           pure
           ;
           our
           own
           dear
           England
           ,
           our
           Cities
           ,
           or
           Towns
           ,
           our
           Villages
           ,
           our
           prophaned
           Temples
           ,
           and
           our
           Holy
           Altars
           thrown
           down
           as
           Idolatrous
           ,
           our
           blushing
           Fields
           ,
           and
           our
           bleeding
           Laws
           ,
           our
           gasping
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           expiring
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Estates
           consumed
           with
           Arbitrary
           Taxes
           ,
           and
           heavy
           Impositions
           unknown
           to
           our
           generous
           Ancestors
           ;
           so
           many
           Oppressions
           ,
           Exactions
           ,
           Plunder
           ,
           and
           Free
           Quarter
           ,
           such
           vast
           Treasures
           borrowed
           upon
           the
           Publick
           Faith
           ,
           Sequestrations
           and
           Compositions
           exhausted
           ,
           so
           many
           thousand
           Lives
           as
           perished
           in
           the
           late
           Calamitous
           Rebellion
           ,
           the
           entire
           subversion
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           barbarous
           Murder
           of
           a
           Lawful
           King
           ,
           thousands
           of
           living
           Witnesses
           and
           Sufferers
           under
           the
           Cruelty
           and
           Bondage
           of
           their
           Vsurpation
           ,
           nay
           ,
           their
           own
           Authentique
           Records
           ,
           Declarations
           ,
           Protestations
           ,
           Covenants
           and
           Associations
           ,
           and
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           than
           all
           these
           ,
           
           their
           own
           Consciences
           are
           Witnesses
           before
           God
           and
           the
           whole
           World
           of
           Men
           and
           Angels
           ,
           that
           the
           
             ways
             of
             Peace
             are
             not
             known
             to
             them
             ,
          
           or
           make
           any
           part
           in
           the
           Composition
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           but
           that
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           high
           Pretensions
           to
           Purity
           ,
           Seditions
           ,
           Tumults
           ,
           Insurrections
           ,
           Treason
           and
           Rebellion
           are
           the
           Fruits
           and
           Effects
           ,
           the
           Consequences
           and
           Conclusion
           of
           the
           Separation
           ,
           which
           begins
           with
           Whining
           in
           a
           Conventicle
           against
           Ceremonies
           and
           Persecution
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           end
           advances
           into
           the
           open
           Field
           with
           the
           loud
           Arguments
           of
           Drums
           and
           Trumpets
           ,
           the
           thundering
           Language
           of
           the
           Cannon
           ,
           and
           in
           downright
           defiance
           and
           opposition
           of
           Lawful
           Government
           and
           Authority
           by
           Arms
           and
           Violence
           ,
           or
           the
           baser
           ways
           of
           secret
           Treasons
           and
           Assassinations
           .
        
         
           Had
           there
           been
           indeed
           but
           one
           single
           Instance
           of
           the
           mischievous
           and
           dangerous
           inclinations
           of
           these
           combined
           Factions
           ,
           it
           were
           sufficient
           for
           ever
           to
           ruine
           their
           Reputation
           amongst
           wise
           and
           sober
           minded
           Men
           :
           But
           they
           have
           given
           so
           many
           repeated
           Testimonies
           of
           their
           hatred
           of
           the
           present
           Government
           both
           Civil
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           restless
           ,
           turbulent
           ,
           and
           unreclaimable
           Temper
           ,
           obstinately
           resolved
           upon
           the
           first
           opportunity
           to
           Attempt
           the
           Subversion
           and
           Ruine
           of
           them
           both
           ,
           that
           there
           cannot
           be
           the
           least
           excuse
           found
           out
           to
           plead
           in
           mitigation
           of
           their
           Crimes
           :
           But
           to
           all
           their
           former
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           late
           disturbances
           and
           seditious
           behaviour
           of
           which
           they
           have
           ,
           under
           the
           new
           Denomination
           of
           
             The
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           been
           most
           notoriously
           guilty
           ,
           the
           detection
           of
           this
           last
           Execrable
           Conspiracy
           to
           take
           off
           the
           most
           Gracious
           and
           Indulgent
           Prince
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           his
           Illustrious
           and
           only
           Brother
           the
           Duke
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           infamous
           method
           of
           Assassination
           ,
           is
           such
           a
           demonstrative
           Evidence
           of
           their
           implacable
           Malice
           ,
           that
           they
           cannot
           add
           any
           thing
           more
           Black
           and
           Wicked
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           ,
           till
           they
           abandon
           these
           Trayterous
           Principles
           ,
           most
           detestable
           and
           odious
           to
           all
           Loyal
           Subjects
           and
           good
           Christians
           .
        
         
           The
           Faction
           indeed
           stand
           much
           upon
           their
           Tiptoes
           again
           ,
           now
           their
           first
           Consternation
           for
           the
           Discovery
           is
           over
           ,
           and
           because
           they
           are
           not
           to
           a
           single
           man
           found
           upon
           a
           Muster-Roll
           among
           the
           infamous
           Conspirators
           ,
           would
           from
           thence
           
           argue
           a
           kind
           of
           Innocency
           in
           the
           Party
           :
           But
           let
           any
           Person
           consider
           ,
           that
           so
           great
           an
           undertaking
           ,
           as
           the
           Subversion
           of
           this
           well-built
           Government
           ,
           and
           the
           justifying
           of
           such
           horrid
           Methods
           ,
           by
           which
           it
           was
           to
           be
           begun
           ,
           was
           never
           possibly
           to
           be
           effected
           by
           a
           few
           Heads
           or
           Hands
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           being
           an
           absolute
           necessity
           to
           second
           the
           first
           Blow
           by
           a
           most
           considerable
           Force
           of
           Arms
           ,
           and
           it
           will
           be
           impossible
           to
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           though
           they
           did
           not
           Communicate
           the
           Particularities
           of
           their
           
             Treasonous
             Design
          
           to
           every
           Individual
           person
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           expected
           assistance
           ,
           yet
           made
           themselves
           most
           assured
           of
           assistance
           ,
           from
           a
           Powerful
           Party
           ,
           which
           should
           joyn
           with
           them
           to
           perfect
           their
           Execrable
           purposes
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           so
           many
           Men
           ,
           as
           are
           known
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           both
           by
           their
           own
           Confession
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimony
           of
           so
           many
           unexceptionable
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           Circumstances
           ,
           should
           all
           of
           them
           by
           consent
           become
           Ideots
           and
           Madmen
           ,
           to
           think
           of
           accomplishing
           such
           amazing
           Treasons
           by
           Miracles
           or
           the
           Strength
           of
           Imagination
           ;
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           a
           small
           number
           of
           such
           desperate
           hellish
           Villains
           ,
           as
           were
           imbarqued
           in
           the
           most
           wicked
           Enterprize
           ,
           might
           (
           I
           am
           all
           horror
           to
           name
           it
           ,
           )
           with
           their
           Blunderbusses
           have
           Assassinated
           the
           King
           and
           his
           
             Royal
             Brother
          
           ;
           but
           it
           must
           be
           a
           numerous
           Party
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           seconded
           that
           
             Cursed
             Blow
          
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           inable
           them
           to
           overcome
           all
           the
           succeeding
           Difficulties
           and
           Oppositions
           ,
           which
           they
           could
           not
           but
           foresee
           they
           must
           encounter
           with
           ,
           from
           the
           
             Loyal
             Party
          
           ,
           who
           by
           the
           
             Shaftsbury
             Association
          
           ,
           and
           the
           well
           known
           Malice
           of
           the
           Exclusioners
           ,
           which
           comprehended
           the
           whole
           Faction
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           would
           quickly
           have
           discovered
           who
           were
           the
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           Murderers
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Brother
           ,
           and
           would
           certainly
           most
           vigorously
           have
           opposed
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           progress
           of
           their
           Designs
           of
           Vsurpation
           .
        
         
           Now
           from
           what
           Quarter
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           or
           from
           what
           Subterranean
           Caverns
           must
           this
           assistance
           come
           ?
           Did
           they
           expect
           any
           of
           Elisha's
           Flaming
           Battalions
           ,
           or
           an
           Army
           of
           Aery
           Combatants
           ?
           or
           had
           they
           a
           promise
           of
           Forty
           Thousand
           
             Black
             Bills
          
           ,
           that
           would
           fight
           without
           hands
           ,
           or
           a
           Levy
           of
           St.
           
             Jago
             Pilgrims
          
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           these
           
           Black-Bills
           ,
           to
           defend
           and
           support
           their
           blacker
           Cause
           ?
           They
           must
           certainly
           be
           all
           Lunaticks
           indeed
           and
           Madmen
           ,
           if
           they
           relyed
           upon
           an
           invisible
           Power
           .
           Nor
           is
           it
           to
           be
           doubted
           ,
           but
           that
           ,
           how
           much
           soever
           they
           would
           have
           intituled
           God
           to
           the
           Cause
           ,
           as
           their
           Ancestors
           and
           Predecessors
           in
           Rebellion
           had
           done
           ,
           yet
           ,
           like
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           so
           absolutely
           have
           reposed
           their
           trust
           in
           Him
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           would
           wisely
           have
           thought
           ,
           the
           best
           of
           their
           way
           was
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Arm
           of
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           a
           Sword
           of
           Steel
           ,
           which
           they
           knew
           by
           experience
           would
           prove
           a
           better
           defence
           than
           the
           Shield
           of
           Faith
           ,
           or
           their
           pretended
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           enable
           them
           to
           settle
           Christ
           in
           his
           Throne
           (
           as
           the
           Presbyterians
           use
           to
           cant
           it
           )
           by
           dispossessing
           the
           King
           of
           His
           :
           But
           besides
           the
           
             Old
             Army
             Officers
          
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           command
           them
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           an
           Army
           to
           be
           commanded
           ;
           and
           who
           could
           these
           Levies
           consist
           of
           ,
           but
           the
           Factious
           Schismaticks
           and
           Dissenters
           ,
           who
           having
           listed
           themselves
           under
           Separation
           ,
           the
           very
           Standard
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
           no
           man
           in
           his
           Senses
           can
           doubt
           ,
           but
           ,
           had
           her
           bloody
           Colours
           ,
           wrought
           with
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           Colledges
           Motto
           ,
           
             No
             Popery
             ,
             No
             Slavery
          
           ,
           been
           once
           displaid
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           whole
           Troops
           of
           Zealous
           Volunteers
           would
           ,
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           their
           Addresses
           ,
           have
           offered
           their
           
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
          
           ,
           and
           hazarded
           their
           Souls
           and
           Bodies
           in
           her
           service
           ,
           against
           the
           Tyranny
           of
           King-ship
           ,
           the
           uselessness
           and
           danger
           of
           Peerage
           ,
           and
           the
           Antichristianism
           of
           Prelacy
           and
           
             Popery
             :
             Pentland
             Hills
          
           ,
           and
           
             Bothwel
             Bridge
          
           give
           us
           good
           assurance
           of
           the
           Inclinations
           and
           Forwardness
           of
           these
           pretended
           Saints
           ,
           to
           take
           up
           Arms
           and
           propagate
           the
           Gospel
           by
           the
           wrong
           Sword
           ;
           though
           if
           they
           were
           not
           infatuated
           ,
           even
           to
           Perdition
           ,
           the
           discovery
           of
           their
           Treasons
           ,
           and
           the
           baffling
           of
           their
           repeated
           attempts
           against
           
             Gods
             Vicegerent
          
           ,
           were
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           them
           ,
           how
           disagreeable
           their
           Practices
           ,
           and
           the
           Principles
           which
           lead
           them
           ,
           are
           to
           the
           Divine
           Majestie
           and
           Supreme
           Monarch
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           puts
           this
           matter
           out
           of
           all
           dispute
           ,
           is
           the
           Testimony
           of
           their
           own
           
             Consciences
             .
             The
             Plot
          
           ,
           saith
           Walcot
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           ,
           is
           laid
           broad
           and
           deep
           ;
           and
           Collonel
           Sidney
           professeth
           boldly
           ,
           that
           he
           dies
           a
           Martyr
           
           that
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           had
           from
           his
           Youth
           been
           trained
           up
           :
           The
           Dissenters
           esteem
           him
           no
           less
           ;
           Now
           do
           I
           appeal
           to
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           think
           the
           Cause
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           Glories
           that
           he
           died
           a
           Martyr
           ,
           a
           Righteous
           Cause
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           and
           Gods
           Righteous
           Cause
           too
           ?
           If
           they
           do
           not
           think
           so
           ,
           why
           do
           they
           so
           zealously
           embrace
           ,
           and
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           they
           may
           without
           danger
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           encourage
           ,
           support
           ,
           and
           defend
           it
           ,
           by
           continuing
           so
           pertinaciously
           in
           their
           Separation
           ,
           the
           very
           Badge
           and
           distinguishing
           Character
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           devoted
           themselves
           to
           it
           ?
           Most
           assuredly
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           not
           think
           so
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           would
           for
           ever
           abandon
           it
           .
           And
           if
           they
           do
           think
           and
           believe
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           
             Gods
             Righteous
             Cause
          
           ,
           they
           will
           judge
           themselves
           under
           the
           most
           powerful
           Obligations
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           upon
           occasion
           offered
           ,
           to
           be
           assistant
           with
           their
           Persons
           or
           Purses
           to
           maintain
           it
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           fight
           the
           Lords
           Battels
           against
           the
           Mighty
           :
           And
           were
           it
           possible
           to
           keep
           the
           Two
           Devils
           of
           Fear
           and
           Dissimulation
           from
           jogging
           their
           Elbows
           ,
           and
           pulling
           them
           by
           the
           Sleeves
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           conceal
           the
           depth
           of
           their
           Hearts
           ,
           I
           do
           strongly
           assure
           my self
           ,
           that
           they
           would
           boldly
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           proclaim
           it
           by
           the
           sound
           of
           Trumpet
           and
           beat
           of
           Drum
           ,
           That
           they
           esteem
           nothing
           they
           possess
           ,
           not
           their
           very
           Lives
           ,
           too
           precious
           ,
           if
           they
           may
           be
           instrumental
           in
           carrying
           on
           the
           Glorious
           Reformation
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           are
           the
           Dimensions
           of
           this
           late
           Conspiracy
           ,
           the
           depth
           and
           breadth
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           which
           Walcot
           mentions
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           one
           hairs
           breadth
           narrower
           ,
           or
           one
           inch
           shallower
           ,
           than
           the
           united
           Strength
           ,
           Power
           ,
           and
           Interest
           of
           the
           whole
           Faction
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ;
           who
           would
           once
           again
           have
           adventured
           not
           only
           Bodkins
           and
           Thimbles
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           Money
           ,
           Horses
           and
           Arms
           ,
           but
           their
           Lives
           also
           ,
           to
           set
           up
           this
           
             Golden
             Calf
          
           of
           their
           
             Old
             Cause
          
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           been
           more
           Gracious
           and
           Merciful
           to
           them
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           than
           to
           suffer
           them
           ,
           by
           Success
           in
           this
           Wicked
           Enterprize
           ,
           to
           run
           headlong
           to
           our
           Ruine
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Damnation
           .
        
         
           Let
           it
           suffice
           ,
           That
           all
           Wise
           Men
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           detestable
           Conspiracy
           was
           built
           upon
           no
           other
           Foundation
           ,
           than
           the
           Hopes
           and
           Confidence
           ▪
           which
           the
           
           Traytors
           had
           ,
           from
           some
           of
           the
           Principal
           of
           them
           ,
           of
           the
           Assistance
           ,
           the
           Vigorous
           ,
           Unanimous
           Assistance
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           Good
           ,
           Honest
           ,
           and
           Loyal
           men
           believe
           it
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           seem
           most
           to
           dispute
           or
           doubt
           it
           ,
           are
           conscious
           to
           themselves
           of
           their
           own
           good
           wishes
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           the
           Principal
           Traytors
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           the
           Treason
           ;
           and
           since
           it
           is
           well
           known
           they
           have
           long
           ago
           abandoned
           all
           shame
           for
           such
           Imputations
           ,
           nothing
           but
           the
           disappointment
           of
           their
           hopes
           and
           expectations
           ,
           could
           be
           the
           Cause
           of
           that
           Universal
           damp
           ,
           consternation
           ,
           amazement
           ,
           and
           dejection
           which
           were
           so
           visibly
           painted
           in
           their
           Faces
           ,
           that
           one
           might
           know
           them
           by
           those
           Marks
           from
           other
           men
           ,
           as
           they
           walk't
           the
           Streets
           :
           And
           though
           they
           are
           somthing
           recovered
           out
           of
           the
           trance
           of
           their
           Sorrows
           ,
           and
           have
           reassumed
           some
           part
           of
           their
           wonted
           courage
           and
           confidence
           ,
           yet
           even
           that
           courage
           betrays
           their
           guilt
           ,
           whilest
           they
           wholly
           imploy
           it
           to
           discredit
           all
           belief
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           :
           And
           it
           is
           almost
           impossible
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           more
           infallible
           Demonstration
           for
           the
           certainty
           of
           any
           thing
           in
           this
           World
           than
           for
           this
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           in
           some
           sort
           or
           other
           Guilty
           themselves
           ,
           who
           Ridicule
           ,
           Extenuate
           ,
           Palliate
           ,
           Applaud
           ,
           Justifie
           ,
           and
           use
           all
           the
           Arts
           imaginable
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           make
           their
           Party
           appear
           Innocent
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           the
           whole
           Plot
           an
           Artifice
           and
           a
           Contrivance
           ,
           and
           to
           arraign
           the
           Supreme
           Power
           and
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           as
           Guilty
           ,
           by
           the
           Condemnation
           and
           Execution
           of
           the
           Principal
           Traytors
           and
           Accomplices
           in
           the
           Treason
           :
           And
           certainly
           they
           have
           no
           thoughts
           of
           abhorrence
           and
           detestation
           of
           such
           black
           and
           execrable
           Villanies
           ,
           nor
           any
           intentions
           to
           abandon
           them
           ,
           who
           do
           so
           warmly
           hugg
           and
           cherish
           the
           only
           Cause
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           other
           Treasons
           ,
           Plots
           ,
           and
           Conspiracies
           both
           against
           the
           late
           King
           and
           his
           present
           Majestie
           ,
           their
           wicked
           Principle
           of
           Separation
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           Mother
           of
           all
           those
           Seditions
           ,
           Insurrections
           ,
           and
           Rebellions
           ,
           which
           to
           their
           cost
           these
           Nations
           have
           so
           often
           felt
           .
        
         
           For
           when
           Men
           have
           once
           separated
           themselves
           from
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           ,
           they
           do
           at
           the
           same
           instant
           cut
           the
           Cords
           and
           Ligaments
           of
           Obedience
           to
           the
           Civil
           Government
           ;
           
           they
           ,
           by
           usurping
           Soveraign
           Power
           to
           dispense
           with
           the
           Obligation
           of
           any
           one
           Law
           ,
           bid
           open
           defiance
           to
           the
           very
           Essence
           of
           all
           Laws
           ,
           and
           ,
           without
           the
           consent
           of
           
             King
             ,
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Commons
             ,
          
           undertake
           to
           Abrogate
           ,
           Repeal
           ,
           and
           make
           not
           only
           void
           ,
           but
           unlawful
           ,
           and
           unjust
           ,
           and
           intolerable
           such
           
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
          
           ,
           as
           were
           by
           the
           Common
           Consent
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Three
           Estates
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           Enacted
           to
           retain
           the
           Subjects
           in
           their
           due
           Obedience
           ,
           and
           cannot
           without
           shocking
           the
           very
           Foundations
           of
           the
           Government
           be
           cancelled
           by
           any
           other
           Authority
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           at
           first
           gave
           them
           being
           :
           So
           that
           they
           are
           in
           actual
           Rebellion
           even
           at
           the
           first
           step
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           actual
           Arms
           ,
           and
           open
           Hostility
           ,
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           Constitution
           and
           Life
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           which
           consists
           in
           the
           Power
           and
           Authority
           of
           making
           Laws
           ,
           and
           exacting
           Obedience
           to
           them
           :
           Now
           this
           disobedience
           to
           the
           Laws
           ,
           and
           thereby
           disowning
           the
           Authority
           which
           made
           them
           ,
           naturally
           leads
           the
           transgressors
           to
           fear
           the
           Penalties
           of
           those
           Laws
           which
           they
           have
           violated
           ,
           and
           to
           dread
           the
           threatning
           edge
           of
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           ,
           the
           Guardian
           of
           those
           Laws
           ,
           with
           which
           the
           Supreme
           Magistrate
           is
           by
           God
           intrusted
           ,
           to
           punish
           the
           Disobedient
           ,
           and
           preserve
           the
           Peace
           and
           Tranquillity
           of
           Human
           Society
           ;
           Now
           Fear
           is
           only
           so
           much
           the
           Elder
           Brother
           of
           Hatred
           ,
           as
           Esau
           was
           to
           Jacob
           ,
           that
           smooth
           Supplanter
           ,
           ever
           lays
           hold
           of
           the
           Heel
           of
           its
           hairy
           Brother
           ;
           and
           when
           men
           are
           once
           advanced
           to
           hate
           what
           they
           fear
           ,
           they
           do
           immediately
           proceed
           to
           wish
           ,
           desire
           ,
           and
           indeavour
           to
           put
           themselves
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           danger
           ,
           from
           what
           they
           both
           fear
           and
           hate
           .
           When
           these
           two
           Passions
           thus
           adopted
           into
           the
           Family
           of
           Religion
           ,
           have
           once
           taken
           full
           possession
           of
           Mens
           Minds
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           long
           before
           they
           Precipitate
           them
           into
           the
           Search
           of
           all
           Ways
           and
           Contrivances
           how
           to
           secure
           themselves
           ;
           which
           because
           they
           cannot
           immediately
           obtain
           ,
           they
           presently
           fall
           to
           accusing
           the
           Laws
           of
           Injustice
           ,
           and
           the
           Magistrates
           of
           
             Tyranny
             and
             Persecution
          
           ,
           that
           so
           their
           disobedience
           may
           find
           a
           Refuge
           under
           the
           shelter
           of
           their
           pretended
           Innocence
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           can
           have
           no
           other
           Foundation
           ,
           but
           the
           Charging
           the
           Laws
           themselves
           with
           want
           of
           Equity
           
           and
           Justice
           :
           Nor
           is
           the
           Government
           only
           to
           be
           thus
           accused
           as
           unrighteous
           ,
           and
           despised
           as
           unjust
           ;
           and
           obedience
           to
           its
           Laws
           renounced
           as
           unlawful
           ,
           but
           their
           fear
           and
           hatred
           put
           them
           upon
           all
           the
           Out-side
           Acts
           of
           Hypocritical
           Piety
           ,
           and
           dissembled
           Sanctity
           ,
           that
           by
           them
           they
           may
           win
           both
           Pity
           and
           gain
           a
           Party
           ,
           and
           so
           intrench
           themselves
           in
           the
           Fortifications
           of
           Numbers
           ,
           hoping
           for
           Impunity
           ,
           at
           least
           from
           the
           Multitude
           of
           Offenders
           ,
           which
           when
           they
           have
           gained
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           sparing
           of
           their
           secret
           Menaces
           ,
           how
           unsafe
           it
           may
           be
           to
           Exasperate
           ,
           and
           how
           Impolitique
           for
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           compelling
           them
           to
           Obedience
           ,
           to
           force
           them
           to
           extremities
           .
           No
           sooner
           have
           they
           gained
           this
           Point
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           apprehend
           that
           the
           Scale
           is
           turned
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Government
           ,
           of
           which
           they
           before
           stood
           in
           so
           much
           Fear
           ,
           begins
           now
           justly
           to
           be
           in
           fear
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           presently
           become
           Insolent
           in
           their
           Actions
           ,
           Seditious
           in
           their
           words
           ,
           Frequent
           in
           open
           Menaces
           ,
           and
           
             Bold
             Petitioners
          
           to
           their
           Prince
           for
           such
           Favours
           and
           Indulgences
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           well
           assured
           ,
           if
           he
           grants
           ,
           he
           must
           be
           ruined
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           denyes
           ,
           they
           are
           resolved
           to
           endeavour
           by
           Force
           to
           extort
           them
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Sum
           of
           all
           their
           Desires
           at
           the
           last
           centring
           in
           their
           being
           intrusted
           with
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           the
           difference
           at
           last
           comes
           to
           fall
           under
           the
           Fatal
           Decision
           and
           Arbitrement
           of
           the
           Sword.
           And
           how
           matters
           must
           be
           managed
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           that
           dismal
           Period
           ,
           and
           are
           referred
           to
           the
           determination
           of
           that
           Vmpire
           ,
           I
           think
           little
           need
           to
           be
           said
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           yet
           too
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           to
           be
           again
           repeated
           ;
           most
           certainly
           War
           ,
           and
           especially
           a
           Civil
           War
           ,
           can
           never
           go
           unattended
           by
           the
           calamitous
           Legions
           of
           Misery
           ,
           Ruine
           ,
           Oppression
           ,
           Murder
           ,
           Desolations
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Licentious
           Mischiefs
           ,
           which
           the
           Rude
           and
           Mercenary
           Spirits
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Inferior
           Military
           Men
           are
           always
           composed
           ,
           can
           be
           guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Rare
           texture
           of
           the
           Spiders
           Web
           of
           Separation
           ,
           in
           the
           Centre
           whereof
           the
           Devil
           of
           Rebellion
           sits
           Enthroned
           ,
           and
           though
           the
           out-lines
           of
           the
           Circumference
           seem
           all
           composed
           of
           Innocence
           ,
           Purity
           ,
           and
           Reformation
           ,
           yet
           when
           once
           men
           come
           but
           to
           touch
           and
           
           buz
           about
           the
           smallest
           Cords
           of
           this
           Fatal
           Net
           ,
           like
           foolish
           Flies
           they
           are
           intangled
           and
           caught
           ,
           and
           the
           farther
           they
           proceed
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           they
           strive
           ,
           the
           more
           are
           they
           wrapped
           and
           inclosed
           in
           the
           Snares
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           Thus
           does
           Separation
           begin
           with
           mistaken
           Zeal
           for
           Religion
           ,
           which
           by
           easie
           steps
           insensibly
           transports
           men
           to
           defend
           one
           Errour
           by
           a
           thousand
           ,
           and
           to
           commit
           the
           most
           horrid
           impieties
           and
           most
           dreadful
           sins
           ,
           to
           support
           and
           maintain
           that
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           their
           Religion
           :
           Thus
           have
           we
           seen
           the
           Tears
           of
           the
           Widows
           ,
           and
           heard
           the
           Cries
           of
           the
           Orphans
           ,
           robbed
           of
           their
           Husbands
           ,
           Parents
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Glory
             of
             God
          
           :
           We
           have
           heard
           the
           groaning
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           those
           appointed
           to
           die
           ;
           we
           have
           seen
           so
           many
           Loyal
           Free-Subjects
           ,
           without
           and
           against
           Law
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           and
           Humanity
           ,
           brought
           to
           Axes
           ,
           Gibbets
           ,
           and
           Halters
           ,
           and
           all
           pretended
           to
           be
           done
           for
           
             God's
             Righteous
             Cause
             and
             Glory
          
           :
           Robbing
           of
           Churches
           ,
           and
           defacing
           of
           Temples
           ,
           Crimes
           which
           Heathen
           Idolaters
           would
           have
           blush'd
           at
           ,
           were
           all
           for
           the
           
             Glory
             of
             God
             too
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Honour
           of
           his
           Cause
           .
           Nay
           ,
           there
           is
           scarce
           that
           horrible
           kind
           of
           Impiety
           ,
           Blasphemy
           ,
           or
           any
           sort
           of
           Wickedness
           to
           be
           named
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           committed
           during
           the
           late
           Rebellion
           under
           this
           Pretence
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           barbarous
           and
           inhumane
           Outrages
           ,
           which
           the
           afflicted
           Royalists
           suffered
           from
           these
           pretended
           Saints
           ,
           are
           so
           great
           and
           many
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           recount
           them
           ,
           all
           which
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           punished
           by
           the
           
             Vsurping
             Powers
          
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           encouraged
           ,
           applauded
           ,
           justified
           ,
           and
           rewarded
           as
           acceptable
           Services
           to
           God
           and
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           Even
           Cruelty
           was
           become
           so
           great
           a
           Virtue
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           one
           of
           the
           choicest
           subjects
           of
           Discourse
           ,
           and
           with
           which
           the
           Boanergeses
           of
           the
           Faction
           were
           wont
           from
           the
           suffering
           Pulpit
           to
           entertain
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           Prophane
           the
           Temples
           of
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           ,
           with
           Exhortations
           to
           War
           and
           Blood.
           Well
           might
           the
           God
           of
           Peace
           and
           Purity
           send
           that
           dismal
           Fire
           of
           London
           to
           purge
           those
           Temples
           ,
           whose
           Beams
           and
           Stones
           had
           been
           so
           tainted
           by
           the
           Leprous
           breath
           of
           Rebellious
           Preachers
           ,
           that
           no
           whiting
           or
           scraping
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Mosaick
           Method
           of
           cleansing
           Leprous
           Houses
           ,
           was
           sufficient
           to
           cleanse
           them
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           fit
           for
           the
           offering
           up
           of
           the
           Sacrifices
           of
           
           Prayers
           and
           Praises
           to
           the
           everlasting
           Prince
           of
           Peace
           ,
           or
           to
           have
           the
           
             Holy
             Dove
          
           ,
           condescend
           to
           dwell
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           assist
           their
           Devotions
           in
           those
           
             Holy
             Places
          
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           I
           may
           not
           seem
           falsly
           to
           accuse
           them
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           two
           or
           three
           Instances
           of
           this
           
             Bloody
             Divinity
          
           ;
           though
           I
           could
           produce
           a
           thousand
           ,
           and
           they
           who
           delight
           to
           paddle
           among
           such
           Bloody
           Tenents
           ,
           may
           be
           sufficiently
           furnished
           out
           of
           the
           Printed
           Sermons
           of
           the
           late
           Times
           ,
           a
           considerable
           Collection
           of
           which
           may
           with
           little
           pains
           be
           seen
           in
           my
           very
           Excellent
           Friend
           ,
           the
           
             Malleus
             Schismaticorum
          
           ,
           Mr.
           L'Estranges
           first
           and
           second
           Books
           of
           
             Dissenters
             Sayings
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Heads
           of
           
             Reformation
             by
             Blood
          
           ,
           and
           
             The
             War
             Justified
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Cut
             down
             the
             Malignants
          
           ,
           (
           so
           was
           the
           Royal
           Party
           named
           )
           
             with
             the
             Sword
             of
             Justice
             ,
             Root
             them
             out
             ,
             and
             consume
             them
             with
             Fire
             ,
             that
             no
             root
             may
             spring
             again
             .
             (
          
           Walker's
           
             Sermon
             ,
             Jan.
          
           29.
           1644.
           )
           If
           the
           Devil
           himself
           had
           fill'd
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           that
           Old
           Walker
           ,
           who
           like
           a
           Roaring
           Lion
           goes
           to
           and
           fro
           seeking
           whom
           he
           may
           devour
           ,
           could
           not
           certainly
           in
           fewer
           words
           have
           expressed
           more
           Comprehensive
           Cruelty
           ,
           or
           a
           more
           Barbarous
           Thirst
           after
           Humane
           Blood.
           
        
         
           But
           you
           shall
           hear
           another
           .
           There
           is
           no
           dallying
           with
           God
           now
           ,
           saith
           Case
           ,
           much
           delay
           hath
           been
           used
           already
           ,
           too
           much
           ;
           God
           is
           angry
           ,
           and
           he
           seems
           to
           ask
           this
           once
           more
           ,
           
             Will
             you
             strike
             ?
             Will
             you
             execute
             Judgment
             ,
             or
             will
             you
             not
             ?
             Tell
             me
             ;
             for
             if
             you
             will
             not
             ,
             I
             will
             :
             I
             will
             have
             the
             Enemies
             Blood
             ,
             and
             yours
             too
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             not
             execute
             Vengeance
             upon
             Delinquents
             ,
             for
             the
             Day
             of
             Vengeance
             is
             in
             my
             heart
             ,
             and
             the
             year
             of
             my
             Redeemed
             is
             come
             ,
             Isa
          
           63.
           
           (
           
             Case
             ,
             before
             the
             Commons
          
           ,
           1644.
           )
           Never
           could
           the
           Lips
           sure
           of
           any
           ,
           who
           pretended
           to
           fear
           the
           Divinity
           which
           they
           ador'd
           ,
           except
           a
           
           Presbyterian's
           ,
           dare
           to
           affront
           him
           by
           such
           a
           positive
           ,
           audacious
           ,
           and
           blasphemous
           Prosopopeia
           ;
           herein
           shewing
           himself
           a
           false
           Prophet
           by
           putting
           on
           his
           Horns
           of
           Iron
           ,
           and
           pushing
           on
           every
           side
           of
           him
           for
           Blood
           and
           Slaughter
           ;
           never
           did
           any
           wretched
           and
           uninspired
           Mortal
           so
           presumptuously
           and
           peremptorily
           undertake
           to
           speak
           the
           Soveraign
           will
           and
           pleasure
           of
           the
           
             Merciful
             Creator
          
           ,
           as
           this
           bold
           Schismatick
           does
           in
           this
           most
           
           sanguinary
           Decree
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           admitted
           into
           the
           Cabinet
           Council
           with
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           only
           out-gon
           St.
           Paul
           who
           travelled
           to
           the
           Third
           Heavens
           ,
           but
           had
           received
           a
           more
           ample
           Commission
           ,
           than
           that
           Apostle
           ,
           to
           relate
           ,
           what
           the
           other
           tells
           us
           ,
           2
           
             Cor.
             Cap.
          
           12.
           
           Ver.
           4.
           
             was
             unspeakable
             and
             not
             lawful
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             utter
             :
          
           But
           God
           be
           praised
           ,
           who
           hath
           assured
           us
           by
           the
           Mouths
           of
           his
           Inspired
           Servants
           ,
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           no
           Pleasure
           in
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Enemies
           ,
           as
           this
           false
           Prophet
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           ;
           and
           hereby
           we
           may
           easily
           discover
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           he
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Murderer
           from
           the
           beginning
           ,
           who
           inspired
           them
           with
           these
           Bloody
           Doctrines
           ,
           and
           this
           Method
           of
           abusing
           Scripture
           ,
           at
           which
           we
           know
           he
           has
           a
           most
           notable
           Talent
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           any
           Person
           desire
           to
           see
           a
           Summary
           of
           the
           sanguinary
           desires
           of
           the
           Separatists
           ,
           he
           may
           consult
           a
           Pamphlet
           Intituled
           ,
           
             Justices
             Plea
          
           ,
           Printed
           and
           Published
           August
           ,
           1
           st
           .
           1644
           ,
           of
           which
           this
           is
           the
           Abridgment
           .
        
         
           The
           Cruel
           Miscreant
           addresses
           himself
           to
           the
           
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
          
           ,
           (
           and
           by
           that
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           a
           Presbyterian
           )
           and
           vehemently
           exhorts
           them
           to
           move
           the
           High
           and
           Honorable
           Court
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           that
           Justice
           may
           be
           speedily
           and
           severely
           Executed
           upon
           all
           the
           most
           Disloyal
           and
           Treacherous
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           One
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           main
           ,
           provoking
           Cause
           of
           all
           our
           Miseries
           ,
           is
           that
           Wrath-provoking
           Sin
           of
           Impunity
           ,
           and
           not
           Executing
           Justice
           and
           deserved
           Punishment
           upon
           Eminent
           Offenders
           and
           Malefactors
           amongst
           us
           .
           Then
           he
           falls
           upon
           quoting
           and
           misapplying
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           the
           History
           of
           
             Achan
             ,
             Joshua
          
           7
           th
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           proceeds
           to
           charge
           the
           Blood
           of
           Bohemia
           ,
           the
           
             Palatinate
             ,
             Rochel
          
           ,
           the
           Isle
           of
           
             Rhee
             ,
             Ireland
          
           and
           England
           ,
           upon
           the
           King
           and
           
             Loyal
             Party
          
           ,
           whom
           according
           to
           the
           Presbyterian
           Rhetorick
           he
           Styles
           
             Papists
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Pontificians
          
           ,
           and
           Malignants
           of
           all
           Sorts
           and
           Sexes
           ;
           and
           ,
           adds
           he
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           are
           put
           into
           our
           Hands
           as
           so
           many
           devoted
           Achans
           ,
           accursed
           ones
           ,
           yet
           of
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           one
           Capital
           Offender
           ,
           except
           some
           Inferiour
           ones
           ,
           Three
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           as
           many
           at
           Bristol
           ,
           brought
           by
           our
           Renowned
           Joshua's
           (
           meaning
           the
           Faction
           of
           the
           Two
           Houses
           )
           to
           deserved
           Death
           and
           Destruction
           .
           (
           P.
           1.
           )
        
         
         
           The
           Remedy
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           of
           
           England's
           Malady
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           
             State
             Gangrene
          
           ,
           is
           the
           serious
           ,
           zealous
           ,
           and
           unpitying
           Execution
           of
           Justice
           upon
           the
           said
           Malefactors
           ,
           and
           by
           no
           means
           out
           of
           Pretence
           of
           sinful
           Pity
           or
           Partiality
           to
           spare
           the
           Lives
           of
           any
           ,
           whom
           God
           hath
           thus
           appointed
           to
           Death
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           he
           endeavours
           to
           prove
           to
           be
           a
           Duty
           ,
           first
           ,
           from
           Precepts
           ,
           
             Gen.
             Cap.
          
           9.
           
           Ver.
           6.
           
           
             Whosoever
             sheddeth
             Mans
             Blood
             ,
             by
             Man
             shall
             his
             Blood
             be
             shed
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           general
           Rule
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           and
           ,
           from
           one
           end
           of
           the
           Bible
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           admits
           of
           no
           Exception
           either
           of
           Princes
           or
           Peasants
           ,
           Noble
           or
           Ignoble
           .
           (
           So
           that
           here
           you
           see
           is
           a
           Fatal
           Blow
           directly
           levell'd
           at
           the
           Kings
           Neck
           by
           the
           Presbyterian
           Doctrine
           ,
           though
           the
           Independents
           robb'd
           them
           of
           the
           power
           of
           putting
           it
           in
           practice
           )
           but
           he
           goes
           forward
           ,
           leaving
           the
           impressions
           of
           his
           Cloven-footed
           Tutor
           upon
           every
           step
           he
           takes
           ,
           and
           falls
           with
           him
           to
           his
           
             Scriptum
             est
          
           ,
           quoting
           1
           
             Sam.
             Chap.
          
           15.
           
           Ver.
           2
           ,
           3.
           
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
             ,
             I
             remember
             that
             which
          
           Amaleck
           
             did
             to
          
           Israel
           ,
           
             how
             he
             laid
             wait
             for
             him
             in
             the
             Way
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             up
             from
          
           Egypt
           .
           
             Now
             go
             ,
             and
             smite
          
           Amaleck
           ,
           
             and
             utterly
             destroy
             all
             that
             they
             have
             ,
             and
             spare
             them
             not
             ,
             but
             slay
             both
             Man
             and
             Woman
             ,
             Infant
             and
             Suckling
             ,
             Oxe
             and
             Sheep
             ,
             Camel
             and
             Ass
             .
          
           (
           The
           Royalists
           were
           the
           Amalekites
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Religious
           King
           in
           the
           World
           was
           ,
           in
           Presbyterian
           Dialect
           ,
           Agag
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           the
           Doom
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           were
           adjudged
           by
           these
           pretended
           Saints
           ,
           and
           that
           too
           as
           peremptorily
           ,
           as
           if
           God
           had
           told
           them
           his
           Will
           by
           immediate
           Revelation
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           Samuel
           ,
           and
           had
           declared
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Loyal
           Subjects
           his
           unpardonable
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           as
           Wicked
           Idolaters
           ,
           as
           were
           the
           Amalekites
           ,
           and
           their
           King
           Agag
           .
           )
           But
           the
           killing
           Blow
           was
           alway
           that
           passage
           ,
           
             Revelations
             Chap.
          
           18.
           
           Ver.
           6.
           
           
             Reward
             her
             even
             as
             she
             rewarded
             you
             ,
             and
             double
             unto
             her
             double
             according
             to
             her
             works
             ,
             in
             the
             Cup
             which
             she
             hath
             filled
             ,
             fill
             to
             her
             double
          
           ;
           and
           then
           to
           be
           sure
           they
           came
           to
           the
           dashing
           out
           the
           Brains
           of
           the
           
             Babylonish
             Brats
          
           ,
           the
           Cavaleers
           ,
           against
           the
           Stones
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           adds
           he
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           
             Prophet
             Jeremy
          
           ,
           which
           I
           most
           humbly
           and
           heartily
           desire
           all
           our
           Grave
           and
           Godly
           Parliamentary
           Worthies
           should
           be
           most
           often
           and
           extraordinarily
           minded
           of
           ,
           
             Jer.
             Chap.
          
           48.
           
           ver
           .
           10.
           
           
             Cursed
             be
             he
             ,
             that
             doth
             the
             work
             of
             the
             Lord
             deceitfully
             ,
             and
             Cursed
             be
             he
             ,
             that
             keepeth
             back
             his
             Sword
             from
             Blood.
          
           Here
           's
           a
           Precept
           ,
           cries
           out
           this
           Son
           of
           the
           Horseleech
           ,
           with
           a
           witness
           indeed
           ,
           a
           Precept
           under
           no
           less
           than
           a
           Curse
           ,
           yea
           an
           ingeminated
           Curse
           ,
           to
           shew
           the
           certainty
           and
           severity
           of
           Gods
           displeasure
           in
           the
           neglect
           of
           it
           ;
           yea
           we
           see
           ,
           it
           is
           called
           a
           dealing
           deceitfully
           with
           God
           and
           Men
           ,
           to
           do
           it
           slightly
           ,
           much
           more
           not
           to
           do
           it
           at
           all
           ;
           the
           Lord
           give
           those
           ,
           whom
           it
           most
           nearly
           concerns
           ,
           care
           and
           conscience
           timely
           and
           truly
           to
           set
           upon
           it
           .
           (
           Page
           3.
           )
        
         
           But
           lest
           the
           Authority
           of
           perverted
           
           Scripture-Precepts
           should
           not
           be
           sufficient
           to
           stimulate
           and
           instigate
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Faction
           to
           so
           much
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           indiscriminating
           premeditated
           Murders
           ,
           he
           proceeds
           to
           furnish
           Presidents
           to
           fortifie
           his
           bloody
           Doctrine
           ;
           and
           first
           ,
           saith
           he
           affirmatively
           ,
           Phineas
           Executed
           Judgment
           on
           
             Zimri
             and
             Cozbi
          
           .
           Upon
           which
           Text
           ,
           adds
           he
           ,
           as
           Reverend
           and
           Mellifluous
           Mr.
           Marshal
           in
           his
           Sermon
           observes
           ,
           That
           one
           man
           ,
           by
           his
           Holy
           Zeal
           ,
           may
           be
           a
           means
           to
           save
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           then
           a
           whole
           Parliament
           ,
           punishing
           Offenders
           in
           a
           Legal
           way
           by
           the
           Rule
           of
           Justice
           .
           Then
           he
           produces
           Jehu
           ,
           Executing
           Vengeance
           upon
           Joram
           and
           Ahaziah
           ,
           two
           Kings
           ,
           and
           slaying
           the
           seventy
           Sons
           of
           Ahab
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           and
           forty
           Brethren
           of
           Ahaziah
           King
           of
           Judah
           .
           2
           
             Kings
             Chap.
          
           9
           and
           10.
           
        
         
           From
           Positive
           he
           proceeds
           to
           Negative
           Presidents
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           God
           was
           displeased
           for
           neglecting
           Executing
           Vengeance
           upon
           Capital
           Offenders
           ;
           instancing
           in
           the
           Quarrel
           between
           the
           Benjamites
           and
           
             Israelites
             ,
             Judges
          
           Chap
           20
           th
           .
           the
           whole
           Chapter
           being
           ,
           as
           he
           saith
           ,
           the
           very
           Case
           of
           England
           ;
           comparing
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Party
           to
           the
           wicked
           Benjamites
           ,
           who
           had
           committed
           and
           justified
           that
           inhumane
           Rape
           upon
           the
           Levites
           Concubine
           ,
           and
           the
           Parliament
           and
           Faction
           to
           the
           true
           Israelites
           .
           Then
           he
           tells
           you
           the
           story
           of
           
           Ahab's
           permitting
           Benhadad
           to
           escape
           ,
           1
           Kings
           Chap
           20.
           ver
           .
           42.
           
           
             And
             he
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             let
             go
             out
             of
             thy
             hands
             a
             man
             whom
             I
             appointed
             to
             utter
             destruction
             ,
             therefore
             thy
             Life
             shall
             go
             for
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             thy
             People
             for
             his
             People
             .
          
           Then
           he
           instances
           in
           
           Saul's
           forfeiting
           
           his
           Kingdom
           for
           sparing
           Agag
           ,
           King
           of
           the
           Amalekites
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           Chap.
           15.
           
           Ver.
           23.
           
           
             Because
             thou
             hast
             rejected
             the
             word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             he
             hath
             rejected
             thee
             from
             being
             King.
          
           (
           A
           strong
           push
           for
           Deposing
           and
           Murdering
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           being
           rejected
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           Saul
           was
           .
           )
        
         
           But
           in
           regard
           this
           was
           addressed
           to
           People
           ,
           who
           had
           Pretended
           most
           wonderful
           tenderness
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           lest
           there
           should
           be
           any
           remains
           of
           that
           ,
           he
           comes
           now
           to
           hardning
           of
           them
           by
           answering
           an
           Objection
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           What
           is
           all
           this
           to
           us
           of
           the
           Ministry
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           It
           concerns
           you
           all
           very
           much
           ,
           and
           you
           also
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           even
           You
           ,
           Reverend
           Gentlemen
           :
           Such
           as
           are
           Arch-Enemies
           to
           God
           and
           his
           most
           
             Righteous
             Cause
          
           ,
           who
           have
           suck'd
           the
           Blood
           of
           Gods
           precious
           Ones
           ,
           are
           now
           held
           in
           Prison
           among
           us
           ;
           they
           are
           only
           imprisoned
           ,
           but
           some
           only
           pincht
           in
           their
           Purses
           and
           set
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           at
           least
           from
           danger
           of
           Death
           :
           And
           this
           I
           say
           ,
           nay
           God
           says
           ,
           Justice
           is
           grievously
           neglected
           ,
           and
           the
           just
           Wrath
           of
           God
           highly
           incensed
           and
           exasperated
           against
           us
           for
           the
           same
           .
           Now
           you
           ,
           Reverend
           Gentlemen
           ,
           are
           Sentinels
           and
           Watchmen
           ,
           Ezek.
           Chap.
           3.
           
           Ver.
           7.
           and
           Chap.
           33.
           
           Ver.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           And
           you
           are
           to
           give
           timely
           and
           serious
           warning
           to
           the
           Superior
           Magistrates
           ,
           Esa
           .
           Chap.
           58.
           
           Ver.
           1.
           
           
             Cry
             aloud
             ,
             spare
             not
             ,
             lift
             up
             your
             voices
             like
             Trumpets
             ,
          
           to
           Advise
           ,
           Preach
           ,
           Petition
           to
           purpose
           ,
           our
           most
           Noble
           and
           Honorable
           Parliamentary
           Worthies
           ,
           to
           put
           in
           serious
           ,
           zealous
           ,
           and
           speedy
           Execution
           ,
           this
           God-pleasing
           ,
           Wrath-appeasing
           Work
           of
           Severity
           ,
           and
           exactly
           punishing
           all
           Grand
           Offenders
           ,
           and
           Arch-Adversaries
           of
           God
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           whosoever
           they
           be
           .
        
         
           Then
           he
           reminds
           them
           ,
           that
           Justice
           was
           done
           on
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           by
           the
           City
           of
           
           London's
           means
           ,
           who
           ,
           about
           two
           years
           since
           ,
           with
           an
           Unanimous
           and
           Zealous
           consent
           Assembled
           gravely
           and
           advisedly
           together
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           sober
           and
           substantial
           manner
           by
           their
           most
           humble
           Petition
           ,
           craving
           and
           crying
           out
           for
           Justice
           against
           that
           pernicious
           Traytor
           ,
           and
           Cruel
           Crafty
           Enemy
           of
           the
           State
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           accordingly
           obtained
           the
           thing
           desired
           .
        
         
         
           And
           now
           he
           comes
           to
           intitle
           God
           to
           this
           
             Bloody
             Divinity
          
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           adored
           some
           of
           the
           inhumane
           Idols
           of
           the
           Pagans
           ,
           to
           bespeak
           Hecatombs
           of
           Humane
           Sacrifices
           to
           honor
           and
           serve
           him
           with
           :
           Say
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           What
           Honor
           and
           Dignity
           hath
           been
           done
           to
           God
           for
           all
           the
           late
           Victories
           ?
           Much
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ;
           but
           whatever
           hath
           been
           ,
           all
           is
           too
           little
           ;
           and
           therefore
           some
           Extraordinary
           and
           Eminent
           Work
           ,
           tending
           to
           the
           High
           Honour
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           our
           most
           glorious
           wonder-working
           God
           ;
           nothing
           like
           destroying
           those
           Achans
           and
           Agags
           ,
           whether
           Great
           by
           Place
           ,
           or
           Noble
           by
           Birth
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           again
           ,
           his
           almost
           smothered
           Conscience
           gets
           a
           little
           breath
           to
           cross
           his
           sanguinary
           Divinity
           with
           an
           Objection
           ,
           whilest
           he
           stops
           her
           Cries
           with
           an
           impertinent
           and
           shuffling
           Answer
           .
        
         
           Obj.
           But
           what
           ,
           saith
           he
           ?
           Nothing
           but
           Blood
           and
           Cruelty
           ?
           Make
           the
           Parliament
           a
           Parliament
           of
           Blood
           ?
           May
           not
           Mercy
           be
           as
           Honourable
           ,
           as
           thus
           fiercely
           shedding
           Blood
           ?
        
         
           Answ
           .
           I
           ,
           or
           rather
           Gods
           Word
           saith
           ,
           Who
           art
           thou
           that
           darest
           call
           that
           Act
           Bloody
           ,
           which
           God
           himself
           calls
           Justice
           and
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           wherein
           God
           is
           so
           delighted
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           say
           not
           all
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Prophet
           Jeremy
           ,
           Chap.
           15.
           
           Ver.
           2.
           
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             such
             as
             are
             for
             Death
             to
             Death
             ;
             and
             such
             as
             are
             for
             the
             Sword
             to
             the
             Sword
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             for
             the
             Famine
             to
             the
             Famine
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             are
             for
             the
             Captivity
             to
             the
             Captivity
             .
          
           (
           So
           that
           you
           see
           ,
           the
           tender
           Mercies
           of
           a
           Presbyterian
           are
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           the
           Merciful
           Schismatick
           is
           not
           altogether
           for
           Hanging
           ,
           Drawing
           ,
           and
           Quartering
           ;
           no
           ,
           good
           Man
           !
           he
           is
           only
           for
           Sword
           ,
           Famine
           ,
           and
           Captivity
           ,
           for
           some
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           dare
           say
           ,
           had
           the
           abused
           Text
           had
           Plague
           ,
           Fire
           ,
           and
           Water
           in
           it
           ,
           the
           Compassionate
           Creature
           would
           graciously
           have
           condescended
           to
           spare
           the
           Malignants
           from
           Death
           ,
           to
           have
           Committed
           them
           to
           those
           other
           lingring
           Punishments
           :
           But
           here
           's
           no
           Quarter
           to
           be
           given
           ,
           not
           one
           grain
           of
           Mercy
           to
           be
           found
           in
           his
           Heart
           ,
           no
           Pardon
           to
           be
           had
           or
           hoped
           ,
           and
           ,
           in
           the
           Battel
           of
           Presbyterian
           Vengeance
           ,
           none
           are
           like
           to
           escape
           .
           )
        
         
         
           But
           now
           he
           comes
           to
           wind
           up
           his
           Bloody
           Bottoms
           ,
           and
           concludes
           ,
           That
           this
           Advice
           is
           given
           in
           singleness
           and
           sincerity
           of
           heart
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           may
           say
           with
           
             David
             ,
             What
             have
             I
             done
             ,
             is
             there
             not
             a
             Cause
             ?
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           the
           very
           Heart
           ,
           the
           Soul
           ,
           the
           Conscience
           of
           a
           
             True
             Protestant
             Schismatick
          
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           very
           Spirit
           of
           Separation
           laid
           naked
           and
           open
           to
           the
           view
           of
           all
           Mankind
           .
           Here
           's
           a
           Window
           into
           the
           very
           Bosome
           of
           the
           Faction
           ;
           where
           one
           may
           see
           Revenge
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           Malice
           and
           Murder
           ,
           Hatred
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           Contempt
           of
           Kings
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousand
           other
           Impieties
           lodged
           in
           every
           corner
           of
           his
           breast
           .
           How
           would
           these
           Cruel
           People
           now
           like
           the
           
             Lex
             Talionis
          
           ,
           Adonibezek's
           Law
           ,
           not
           only
           to
           have
           their
           Toes
           and
           Thumbs
           cut
           off
           ,
           but
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           own
           Divinity
           ,
           since
           they
           are
           most
           manifestly
           Guilty
           of
           what
           they
           falsly
           accuse
           the
           Loyal
           Party
           ,
           to
           be
           Condemned
           to
           all
           the
           Severites
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           so
           uncompassionately
           allotted
           to
           others
           :
           But
           they
           are
           out
           of
           that
           danger
           ,
           our
           Religion
           teaches
           us
           a
           far
           different
           Temper
           ,
           and
           would
           they
           give
           the
           Government
           any
           tolerable
           assurance
           ,
           that
           it
           were
           possible
           for
           them
           to
           be
           peaceable
           ,
           and
           forbear
           pulling
           the
           Penalties
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           made
           for
           its
           security
           ,
           upon
           their
           own
           Heads
           ,
           they
           might
           grow
           old
           ,
           and
           go
           in
           quiet
           to
           their
           own
           ,
           if
           they
           would
           let
           others
           hope
           to
           do
           so
           to
           their
           Graves
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           add
           but
           one
           Instance
           more
           ,
           and
           that
           shall
           be
           of
           Mr.
           Love
           ,
           whose
           unpeaceful
           Zeal
           was
           one
           great
           occasion
           of
           the
           breaking
           off
           the
           
             Vxbridge
             Treaty
          
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           so
           many
           thousands
           of
           poor
           Souls
           were
           sent
           in
           the
           succeeding
           Wars
           ,
           to
           Untimely
           and
           Bloody
           Deaths
           .
        
         
           Men
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             who
             lye
             under
             the
             Guilt
             of
             much
             Innocent
             Blood
             are
             not
             meet
             persons
             to
             be
             at
             Peace
             with
             ,
             till
             all
             the
             Guilt
             of
             the
             Blood
             be
             expiated
             and
             avenged
             ,
             either
             by
             the
             Sword
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             or
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Sword.
             'T
             is
             the
             Sword
             ,
             not
             Disputes
             and
             Treaties
             ,
             that
             must
             end
             this
             Controversie
          
           ;
           (
           just
           point
           blanck
           contrary
           to
           the
           Text
           ,
           which
           is
           exactly
           according
           to
           the
           Presbyterian
           Divinity
           )
           .
           
             Wherefore
             turn
             your
             Plow-shares
             into
             Swords
             ,
             and
             your
             Pruning-hooks
             into
             Spears
             ,
             to
             fight
             the
             Lords
             Battels
             ,
             to
             avenge
             the
             Blood
             of
             Saints
             ,
             which
             hath
             been
             spilt
             ;
             it
             must
             be
             avenged
             either
             by
             us
             ,
             or
             upon
             us
             .
          
           (
           Loves
           
             Sermon
             at
          
           Uxbridge
           Treaty
           ,
           1644.
           )
        
         
         
           And
           so
           it
           happened
           ;
           Providence
           it
           seems
           taking
           him
           at
           his
           Word
           ;
           and
           some
           part
           of
           that
           Innocent
           Blood
           ,
           which
           was
           shed
           by
           his
           incitement
           ,
           being
           by
           those
           of
           his
           own
           Party
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Oraculous
           ,
           tho'
           otherwise
           intended
           ,
           Prediction
           ,
           avenged
           upon
           himself
           ;
           which
           because
           it
           fell
           out
           by
           a
           very
           uncommon
           accident
           ,
           and
           known
           to
           very
           few
           ,
           Providence
           seeming
           to
           interpose
           between
           him
           and
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           which
           was
           intended
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           us
           ,
           that
           
             vir
             sanguinum
             non
             dimidiabit
             dies
             suos
             ,
          
           Blood-thirsty
           Men
           shall
           not
           live
           out
           half
           their
           Days
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           will
           not
           here
           be
           impertinent
           to
           my
           Design
           ,
           or
           unprofitable
           either
           to
           the
           present
           or
           future
           Times
           ,
           to
           make
           publick
           the
           Relation
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           from
           the
           Mouth
           of
           a
           very
           Loyal
           ,
           Worthy
           ,
           and
           Credible
           Person
           ;
           which
           was
           thus
           .
        
         
           That
           the
           Independents
           ,
           after
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           having
           made
           themselves
           absolute
           Conquerors
           ,
           and
           Masters
           of
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           thereby
           snatched
           the
           Lawrels
           of
           Victory
           from
           the
           Presbyterian
           Brows
           ,
           who
           had
           ,
           together
           with
           them
           ,
           born
           the
           heat
           and
           burthen
           of
           the
           Day
           ,
           and
           sweat
           so
           hard
           in
           the
           
             Common
             Cause
          
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           now
           every
           where
           crushed
           their
           fair
           hopes
           of
           Erecting
           their
           rigorous
           Discipline
           in
           the
           Establishment
           of
           a
           National
           Church-Government
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Geneva
           and
           Scottish
           Model
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Sneaking
           Presbyterians
           were
           even
           forced
           to
           content
           themselves
           with
           a
           bare
           Toleration
           ,
           being
           every
           hour
           affronted
           by
           the
           Huffing
           Independents
           ,
           and
           every
           moment
           menaced
           with
           Ruine
           ,
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           burthen
           of
           Tithes
           ,
           the
           maintenance
           of
           their
           Cause
           and
           Ministers
           ;
           they
           began
           to
           consult
           which
           way
           to
           retrieve
           themselves
           from
           those
           desperate
           Events
           ,
           which
           seemed
           ,
           like
           black
           Clouds
           ,
           to
           hang
           over
           their
           Heads
           ,
           ready
           to
           discharge
           themselves
           and
           all
           their
           Storms
           and
           Thunder
           upon
           them
           .
           And
           seeing
           no
           way
           more
           probable
           ,
           than
           to
           follow
           the
           Example
           of
           their
           
             Dear
             Brethren
          
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           they
           cast
           their
           thoughts
           upon
           a
           Treaty
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           then
           in
           Exile
           ;
           but
           that
           this
           was
           out
           of
           pure
           kindness
           to
           themselves
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           the
           least
           to
           the
           King
           or
           his
           Interest
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           evident
           ,
           both
           because
           they
           utterly
           refused
           therein
           to
           joyn
           with
           the
           Loyal
           Party
           ,
           and
           that
           even
           Mr.
           Love
           himself
           ,
           with
           his
           latest
           Breath
           upon
           the
           Scaffold
           ,
           assures
           us
           ,
           
           
             That
             it
             was
             true
             ,
             he
             did
             oppose
             in
             his
             Place
             and
             Calling
             ,
             the
             Forces
             and
             Tyranny
             of
             the
             late
             King
             ;
             and
             ,
             were
             he
             alive
             again
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             and
             should
             I
             live
             longer
             ,
             (
             the
             Cause
             being
             as
             then
             it
             was
             )
             I
             should
             oppose
             him
             longer
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Crafty
           Independents
           ,
           whose
           jealousie
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Interest
           and
           Power
           made
           fearful
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           fears
           vigilant
           ,
           having
           their
           Spies
           ,
           Emissaries
           ,
           Informers
           ,
           and
           Intelligencers
           in
           every
           Corner
           ,
           even
           in
           the
           Kings
           Court
           ,
           during
           his
           Exile
           ,
           quickly
           got
           the
           scent
           of
           this
           
             Presbyterian
             Intrigue
          
           ;
           and
           Love
           ,
           as
           a
           Principal
           Man
           of
           the
           Presbyterian
           Faction
           ,
           being
           most
           zealous
           and
           forward
           ,
           and
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           his
           precipitate
           boiling
           temper
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           less
           circumspect
           and
           cautious
           ,
           was
           immediately
           Discovered
           ,
           Apprehended
           ,
           Tryed
           ,
           Convicted
           ,
           and
           Condemned
           for
           this
           
             High
             Treason
          
           against
           the
           State.
           
        
         
           But
           he
           being
           the
           Minion
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           they
           considering
           ,
           what
           a
           wound
           of
           Infamy
           it
           would
           give
           to
           their
           ,
           even
           expiring
           ▪
           Reputation
           thorow
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           die
           for
           this
           Crime
           of
           supposed
           Loyalty
           ,
           therefore
           extraordinary
           Intercessions
           and
           Applications
           were
           made
           to
           the
           Commons
           ,
           then
           Styled
           
             The
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
          
           for
           his
           Deliverance
           ;
           all
           his
           faithful
           Zeal
           and
           memorable
           Services
           in
           former
           Times
           were
           recounted
           ,
           and
           the
           danger
           of
           disobliging
           and
           losing
           the
           Presbyterian
           Interest
           and
           Kindness
           ;
           and
           how
           hazardous
           it
           might
           be
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           not
           yet
           well
           setled
           ,
           if
           ,
           by
           such
           severities
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           should
           be
           provoked
           to
           joyn
           with
           the
           
             Malignant
             Party
          
           ,
           were
           among
           other
           Sollicitations
           represented
           and
           insinuated
           to
           the
           Grandees
           of
           the
           Independent
           Party
           .
           But
           this
           
             Supreme
             Authority
             of
             the
             Nation
          
           having
           now
           struck
           their
           Top-sail
           to
           Cromwel
           ,
           who
           wore
           the
           Flag
           of
           Soveraignty
           ,
           even
           over
           this
           goodly
           
             Supreme
             Authority
          
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           had
           sent
           a
           dispatch
           to
           their
           Great
           
             Dictator
             Oliver
          
           ,
           to
           consult
           his
           Soveraign
           Will
           ,
           and
           to
           know
           from
           his
           Lips
           ,
           upon
           which
           all
           Mens
           Destinies
           now
           depended
           ,
           their
           Supremeships
           at
           Westminster
           durst
           not
           condescend
           to
           give
           Love
           a
           Pardon
           for
           his
           Life
           ,
           only
           Execution
           was
           respited
           for
           some
           little
           time
           .
        
         
           Cromwel
           ,
           being
           then
           absent
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           upon
           the
           Receipt
           of
           this
           Account
           from
           the
           Slaves
           ,
           whom
           he
           was
           pleased
           to
           
           call
           his
           Masters
           ,
           having
           taken
           the
           matter
           into
           his
           grave
           Deliberation
           ,
           returns
           his
           Answer
           in
           a
           private
           Letter
           to
           one
           of
           his
           Confidents
           ,
           but
           I
           cannot
           positively
           charge
           my
           Memory
           ,
           whether
           Scot
           or
           Martin
           ;
           and
           therein
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Politicks
           ,
           considering
           ,
           that
           at
           present
           his
           hands
           were
           full
           ,
           and
           fearing
           ,
           lest
           the
           
             English
             Presbyterians
          
           should
           rise
           at
           his
           back
           ,
           and
           joyn
           with
           the
           Scottish
           Kirk-Party
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           was
           now
           ingaged
           ,
           he
           graciously
           Condescends
           ,
           that
           Love
           should
           be
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           Reprieved
           ,
           and
           ,
           upon
           good
           Security
           from
           Him
           and
           his
           Party
           of
           their
           future
           behaviour
           ,
           Pardoned
           .
        
         
           Now
           by
           what
           Impulse
           or
           Direction
           God
           only
           knows
           ,
           two
           or
           three
           Gentlemen
           ,
           who
           had
           formerly
           been
           of
           the
           Kings
           Army
           ,
           happening
           to
           travel
           the
           Northern
           Road
           ,
           and
           meeting
           the
           Post
           ,
           who
           ,
           among
           others
           ,
           was
           charged
           with
           this
           Letter
           ,
           and
           inquiring
           of
           him
           ,
           Whether
           he
           had
           ;
           any
           
             Scotch
             Letters
          
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           innocently
           replyed
           ,
           He
           had
           ;
           a
           Curiosity
           seized
           their
           Imagination
           to
           peep
           into
           the
           Secrets
           of
           the
           
             Vsurping
             Powers
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           taking
           the
           Post
           aside
           out
           of
           the
           High
           Road
           ,
           into
           a
           convenient
           place
           ,
           and
           opening
           his
           Male
           ,
           they
           took
           out
           and
           opened
           the
           Scottish
           Pacquet
           ,
           and
           ,
           among
           others
           ,
           this
           of
           Cromwels
           ,
           which
           carried
           a
           Warrant
           for
           a
           Reprieve
           for
           Love
           ;
           upon
           the
           reading
           of
           which
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           immediately
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Oh!
             that
             is
             the
             Rogue
             ,
             that
             ruin'd
             us
             ,
             by
             breaking
             off
             the
             Treaty
             at
             Vxbridge
          
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           putting
           that
           Letter
           in
           his
           pocket
           ,
           they
           restored
           the
           rest
           to
           the
           Post
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           there
           were
           his
           Letters
           again
           ,
           and
           immediately
           mounting
           ,
           and
           putting
           Spurs
           to
           their
           Horses
           ,
           they
           pursued
           their
           intended
           Journey
           .
        
         
           The
           Pacquet
           arriving
           at
           London
           ,
           and
           several
           Letters
           from
           Cromwel
           to
           diverse
           Persons
           ,
           without
           one
           single
           Syllable
           concerning
           Love
           ,
           the
           Party
           took
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           this
           Silence
           was
           intended
           as
           an
           absolute
           Denial
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           not
           daring
           to
           draw
           upon
           themselves
           the
           high
           displeasure
           of
           Cromwel
           ,
           either
           by
           a
           second
           Importunity
           to
           save
           him
           ,
           or
           by
           a
           Delay
           of
           Execution
           ,
           in
           a
           few
           days
           after
           the
           Warrant
           for
           his
           dispatch
           into
           the
           other
           World
           was
           signed
           ,
           and
           he
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           instrumental
           in
           bringing
           so
           many
           Noble
           Heads
           ,
           and
           even
           the
           Kings
           ,
           to
           that
           Infamous
           and
           Untimely
           Death
           ,
           had
           himself
           the
           Honour
           of
           the
           Axe
           ,
           and
           to
           
           have
           the
           blood
           of
           so
           many
           Innocents
           ,
           as
           was
           shed
           by
           his
           Party
           ,
           avenged
           upon
           himself
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Sanguinary
           and
           Prophetick
           Divinity
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           while
           my
           Pen
           runs
           in
           this
           full
           Carreer
           against
           these
           Cruel
           and
           Sanguinary
           Principles
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           than
           probable
           ,
           that
           the
           usual
           Courtesie
           of
           the
           Faction
           will
           bestow
           the
           Title
           of
           a
           bloudy-minded
           Persecutor
           upon
           me
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           intent
           of
           this
           Exposure
           of
           their
           Positions
           is
           designed
           purposely
           to
           Expose
           their
           Persons
           to
           the
           Hatred
           and
           severest
           Punishments
           of
           the
           Laws
           and
           Government
           .
           Now
           though
           ,
           while
           I
           keep
           my self
           to
           the
           strictest
           Rules
           of
           Truth
           ,
           I
           should
           little
           value
           the
           worst
           of
           their
           Imputations
           ,
           yet
           considering
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           wont
           to
           extend
           their
           Calumnies
           from
           single
           Persons
           to
           the
           whole
           Order
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           I
           have
           too
           much
           Duty
           and
           Tenderness
           ,
           for
           the
           Reputation
           of
           that
           Glorious
           and
           truly
           Apostolical
           Church
           ,
           whereof
           I
           esteem
           it
           my
           greatest
           Honour
           to
           be
           one
           of
           her
           meanest
           Servants
           ,
           to
           suffer
           the
           least
           Spot
           ,
           through
           my
           willing
           default
           ,
           to
           sully
           her
           Beauteous
           Face
           :
           I
           must
           therefore
           make
           my
           most
           Solemn
           Protestation
           ,
           that
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           not
           the
           least
           Animosity
           to
           any
           Mans
           Person
           ,
           so
           I
           have
           not
           the
           least
           Inclination
           that
           prompts
           me
           to
           any
           kind
           of
           Cruelty
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           is
           my
           perfect
           abhorrence
           of
           Blood
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           that
           compels
           me
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           of
           the
           Importunities
           of
           my
           own
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           use
           my
           utmost
           Industry
           to
           prevent
           the
           effusion
           of
           Humane
           Blood.
           It
           is
           to
           prevent
           the
           growth
           of
           these
           Fatal
           Principles
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           not
           in
           time
           suppressed
           and
           subdued
           ,
           threaten
           again
           to
           break
           out
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           open
           the
           Veins
           of
           these
           Miserable
           Nations
           :
           It
           is
           because
           I
           would
           with
           my
           utmost
           Power
           hinder
           these
           deluded
           people
           ,
           who
           become
           distracted
           with
           the
           Raving
           Poison
           of
           such
           Divinity
           ,
           either
           from
           Executing
           their
           Bloody
           Treasons
           and
           Malice
           upon
           others
           ,
           or
           running
           themselves
           to
           Execution
           upon
           the
           Sword
           of
           Justice
           .
           It
           is
           against
           the
           Immortal
           mischief
           of
           the
           Principles
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Mortal
           Lives
           of
           the
           deluded
           Professors
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           I
           level
           all
           my
           blows
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           Grand-Children
           may
           learn
           Wisdom
           from
           our
           harms
           and
           dangers
           ;
           and
           know
           how
           to
           distinguish
           by
           their
           Fruits
           the
           Cedar
           Government
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           from
           the
           Bramble
           Government
           of
           Faction
           and
           Vsurpation
           ;
           that
           
           they
           may
           know
           the
           true
           difference
           between
           the
           truly
           Apostolical
           ,
           Loyal
           ,
           and
           Obedient
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           those
           false
           Schismaticks
           ,
           who
           call
           themselves
           
             True
             Protestants
          
           ,
           but
           are
           of
           the
           
             Synagogue
             of
             Satan
          
           :
           
           That
           they
           may
           understand
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           those
           Glorious
           Stars
           ,
           the
           Angels
           of
           the
           Churches
           ,
           the
           Bishops
           ,
           which
           are
           for
           ever
           fixed
           in
           the
           powerful
           Right-hand
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           those
           New
           Lights
           ,
           unfixed
           Meteors
           ,
           wandring
           Stars
           ,
           for
           whom
           ,
           
           St.
           Jude
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             is
             reserved
             the
             blackness
             of
             darkness
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           As
           for
           Exasperating
           the
           Government
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           not
           my
           design
           ,
           and
           ,
           that
           I
           address
           my
           whole
           discourse
           by
           way
           of
           Caution
           to
           private
           Persons
           ;
           so
           they
           ought
           rather
           to
           accuse
           their
           own
           Actions
           and
           not
           my
           Words
           ,
           if
           the
           Government
           be
           justly
           Exasperated
           against
           them
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           as
           it
           would
           be
           a
           very
           foolish
           Presumption
           in
           me
           ,
           to
           pretend
           to
           advice
           ,
           so
           it
           would
           be
           a
           superfluous
           Vanity
           to
           go
           about
           to
           exasperate
           the
           Government
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           most
           certain
           the
           Government
           knows
           them
           sufficiently
           already
           ,
           and
           if
           the
           Tongues
           and
           Pens
           of
           all
           mankind
           were
           for
           ever
           silenced
           ,
           their
           own
           Mouths
           ,
           Pens
           ,
           Words
           and
           Actions
           never
           cease
           to
           make
           Proclamations
           against
           themselves
           ,
           and
           to
           provoke
           the
           Government
           ,
           even
           at
           no
           less
           Peril
           ,
           than
           not
           only
           its
           Well-being
           ,
           but
           it
           s
           very
           Being
           ,
           to
           take
           such
           Effectual
           Care
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           secure
           the
           Monarch
           and
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           Church
           and
           Apostolical
           Hierarchy
           ,
           from
           the
           continual
           Attempts
           of
           their
           unwearied
           Practices
           both
           secret
           and
           open
           against
           them
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           Duty
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           the
           Government
           owes
           it self
           by
           the
           most
           Primitive
           and
           Innate
           Law
           of
           Self-Preservation
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           bound
           by
           all
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           the
           Obligations
           ,
           both
           Divine
           and
           Humane
           ,
           by
           the
           strongest
           Reasons
           of
           Wisdom
           and
           Interest
           ,
           to
           protect
           and
           defend
           the
           Loyal
           ,
           Dutiful
           ,
           Peaceable
           ,
           and
           Obedient
           Subjects
           ,
           against
           the
           wicked
           Designs
           of
           the
           Seditious
           ,
           Unruly
           ,
           and
           Rebellious
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           every
           Good
           man
           may
           modestly
           challenge
           this
           Protection
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           so
           ought
           every
           Honest
           Man
           heartily
           to
           lend
           his
           best
           assistance
           towards
           the
           Support
           of
           that
           Power
           ,
           from
           which
           he
           expects
           Protection
           ,
           by
           detecting
           the
           Designs
           ,
           
           exposing
           the
           Artifices
           ,
           and
           weakning
           the
           Force
           of
           its
           implacable
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           such
           our
           Separatists
           have
           proved
           themselves
           sufficiently
           to
           be
           ,
           had
           there
           been
           no
           other
           Pens
           ,
           but
           their
           own
           ,
           imployed
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           because
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           to
           whose
           hands
           these
           Papers
           shall
           come
           ,
           shall
           witness
           for
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           Treated
           them
           at
           a
           far
           more
           temperate
           Rate
           ,
           than
           these
           Brethren
           in
           Iniquity
           have
           treated
           each
           other
           in
           their
           mutual
           Quarrels
           ,
           in
           their
           Censures
           ,
           and
           exposing
           each
           others
           destructive
           Principles
           :
           And
           that
           ,
           if
           they
           find
           themselves
           pierced
           through
           the
           very
           heart
           of
           their
           Reputation
           ,
           they
           may
           ,
           with
           the
           Eagle
           in
           the
           Fable
           ,
           perceive
           ,
           that
           the
           Arrow
           ,
           from
           which
           they
           received
           their
           Mortal
           wound
           ,
           is
           feathered
           from
           their
           own
           Wings
           ;
           I
           will
           present
           the
           Reader
           with
           a
           Dialogue
           ,
           taken
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Writings
           ,
           and
           in
           their
           own
           proper
           Language
           ,
           which
           possibly
           may
           not
           be
           indivertive
           ,
           and
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           not
           unuseful
           or
           unserviceable
           to
           the
           design
           of
           Exposing
           ,
           and
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           Exploding
           these
           Wicked
           ,
           Turbulent
           ,
           and
           Factious
           Opinions
           out
           of
           the
           Minds
           of
           Mankind
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           it
           may
           be
           known
           which
           are
           their
           Words
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           only
           inserted
           to
           reduce
           it
           into
           the
           form
           of
           a
           Familiar
           discourse
           ,
           those
           Expressions
           ,
           which
           serve
           only
           to
           tack
           it
           together
           ,
           are
           printed
           in
           Italick
           ,
           the
           other
           in
           the
           ordinary
           
             Roman
             Letter
          
           .
        
         
           Independent
           .
           
             Here
             's
             a
             stir
             indeed
             !
             What
             a
             bustle
             do
             these
             Presbyterians
             make
             for
             Reformation
             of
             Church-Government
             ?
             We
             must
             put
             in
          
           An
           Humble
           Supplication
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           these
           Motions
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           for
           a
           Reformation
           .
           (
           
             Independents
             Petition
             ,
             Printed
             at
             Amsterdam
             .
          
           1641.
           )
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             
               And
               what
               art
               thou
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Independent
             .
          
           
             
               A
               poor
               Suppliant
               of
               the
               Congregational
               way
               ,
               who
               am
               come
               ,
               with
               some
               others
               of
               our
               Church
               ,
               to
               present
               our
               Humble
               Petition
               to
               the
               King
               and
               Parliament
               ,
               for
               some
               Liberty
               and
               Indulgence
               to
               be
               shewed
               to
               the
               Tender
               Consciences
               of
               our
               Gathered
               Churches
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               What
               ?
               An
               Independent
               !
               A
               Brownist
               ,
               a
               Separatist
               ,
               I
               warrant
               you
               ;
               None
               else
               would
               oppose
               this
               glorious
               Reformation
               and
               Endeavour
               to
               set
               Christ
               upon
               his
               Throne
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Good
               Sir
               !
               be
               not
               scandalized
               at
               the
               Name
               or
               the
               Thing
               .
            
             We
             are
             for
             the
             purity
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Pattern
             in
             the
             Mount.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Oh!
               You
               are
               one
               of
            
             that
             new-born
             Bastard
             Sect
             of
             Independency
             ,
             which
             is
             nothing
             but
             a
             Confounding
             Ataxy
             ,
             Rent
             upon
             Rent
             ,
             and
             a
             Schisme
             of
             Schismes
             ,
             until
             all
             Church
             Community
             be
             torn
             into
             Atomes
             ;
             every
             three
             Men
             (
             nay
             every
             three
             Women
             ,
             among
             you
             )
             dissociating
             themselves
             into
             an
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             a
             Will-Worship
             of
             their
             own
             devising
             ,
             which
             fondly
             and
             madly
             you
             call
             a
             Church
             .
             But
             where
             ,
             I
             pray
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             corner
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             hath
             this
             aëry
             Independency
             been
             asleep
             until
             these
             days
             ?
             
               Quo
               consule
            
             ?
             Under
             what
             Kings
             Reign
             was
             it
             born
             ?
             Where
             may
             I
             hear
             ,
             that
             it
             hath
             a
             being
             ?
             Where
             may
             I
             read
             ,
             (
             below
             the
             World
             in
             the
             Moon
             )
             that
             ever
             it
             had
             a
             being
             ?
             I
             will
             be
             bold
             to
             brand
             it
             with
             the
             name
             of
             a
             new-minted
             Seminary
             for
             all
             Self-Pride
             ,
             Heresie
             ,
             Schisme
             ,
             Sedition
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             Libertinisme
             :
             An
             Outside
             seeming
             Saintship
             ,
             a
             Pestilence
             to
             all
             Government
             ,
             except
             a
             Traiterous
             and
             clouted
             Anarchy
             .
             (
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Deerings
               Speeches
               ,
               Page
            
             82.
             
             Sect.
             2.
             )
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               I
               perceive
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               your
               Worship
               is
               a
               member
               of
               the
               most
               Honourable
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               and
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               you
               will
               entertain
               a
               better
               Opinion
               of
               your
               weak
               Brethren
               ,
               whose
               Tender
               Consciences
               cannot
               come
               up
               to
               all
               your
               Heights
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Never
               ,
               Never
               ,
               I
               assure
               you
               .
               Independency
               !
            
             Why
             it
             is
             a
             
               Genus
               Generalissimum
            
             of
             all
             Errors
             ,
             Heresies
             ,
             Blasphemies
             ,
             and
             Schismes
             ;
             compounded
             of
             ,
             first
             ,
             a
             Jew
             ,
             arrogating
             to
             be
             ,
             with
             them
             ,
             the
             peculiar
             People
             of
             God
             :
             Secondly
             ,
             Christian
             ,
             in
             acknowledging
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             at
             least
             ,
             tho'
             Pharisees
             themselves
             ,
             and
             Publicaning
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             whereas
             True
             Religion
             is
             like
             Jacobs
             Ladder
             ,
             
               Stat
               pede
               in
               terris
               ,
               caput
               inter
               nubila
               condit
               .
            
             Thirdly
             ,
             Turk
             ,
             submitting
             all
             to
             the
             Fate
             and
             Power
             of
             the
             Sword
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             ,
             that
             Idol
             of
             the
             People
             .
             (
             
               Walkers
               History
               of
               Independency
               ,
               at
               the
               beginning
               .
            
             )
          
        
         
           
             Independ
             .
          
           
             
               Good
               your
               Worship
               ,
               what
               ever
               you
               think
               of
               us
               ,
               be
               pleased
               according
               to
               the
               trust
               reposed
               in
               you
               ,
               as
               one
               of
               our
            
             Representatives
             ,
             
               to
               deliver
               our
               Petition
               to
               the
               House
               ,
               where
               I
               hope
               we
               have
               many
               Friends
               ;
               you
               know
               there
               hath
               passed
               a
               
               Vote
               of
               the
            
             Commons
             of
             England
             
               for
               it
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               you
               have
               too
               much
               Honour
               for
               that
               Body
               to
               deny
               that
               Request
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             indeed
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             your
             Schismatical
             Party
             hath
             been
             so
             Clamorous
             with
             Petitions
             ,
             that
             a
             Vote
             was
             passed
             in
             your
             Favour
             ,
             That
             it
             is
             the
             undoubted
             Right
             of
             Subjects
             to
             Petition
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             to
             acquiesce
             in
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Justice
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             .
             (
             
               Hist
               .
               of
               Indep
            
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Vpon
               the
               Foundation
               of
               that
               undoubted
               Right
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               Address
               our selves
               to
               that
               Honourable
               Assembly
               .
               And
               you
               will
               see
               by
               the
               contents
               of
               our
               Petition
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               time
               for
               us
               to
               stir
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               have
               reason
               to
               complain
               .
            
             For
             as
             to
             the
             Motions
             of
             the
             Presbyterians
             for
             Reformation
             in
             Church
             Government
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             ,
             First
             ,
             there
             is
             much
             Self-seeking
             ;
             for
             to
             what
             end
             is
             it
             motioned
             ,
             to
             have
             Parish-Ministers
             raised
             up
             to
             an
             equal
             Height
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             of
             Power
             ,
             and
             Authority
             with
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             but
             that
             They
             and
             the
             Bishops
             together
             ,
             keeping
             from
             the
             people
             their
             Rights
             and
             Liberties
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             may
             equally
             Lord
             it
             ,
             and
             do
             what
             they
             please
             without
             control
             ?
             But
             our
             hope
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             being
             Men
             in
             whom
             the
             Lord
             hath
             put
             Wisdom
             and
             Understanding
             ,
             will
             for
             their
             Brethren
             and
             Companions
             sake
             ,
             yea
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             own
             Souls
             sakes
             too
             ,
             prudently
             foresee
             the
             Evil
             ,
             and
             prevent
             the
             Motion
             ,
             and
             not
             put
             Authority
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             ,
             if
             they
             have
             it
             ,
             as
             great
             Persecutors
             of
             the
             Saints
             ,
             as
             the
             Prelates
             formerly
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             so
             instead
             of
             one
             Lordly
             Domineering
             Bishop
             in
             a
             Diocess
             ,
             we
             shall
             then
             have
             one
             in
             every
             Parish
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             more
             ,
             to
             oppress
             and
             suppress
             all
             such
             as
             walk
             up
             to
             their
             Light
             more
             Closely
             and
             Conscionably
             in
             all
             Gods
             ways
             ;
             and
             what
             we
             speak
             ,
             we
             speak
             no
             more
             than
             what
             we
             have
             had
             woful
             Experience
             of
             ,
             and
             can
             make
             good
             by
             Proof
             .
             But
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             we
             cannot
             but
             take
             notice
             ,
             of
             their
             mixing
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             together
             ,
             motioning
             for
             a
             Discipline
             which
             is
             a
             very
             Hotch-Potch
             ,
             a
             Gallimaufrey
             compounded
             of
             Episcopacy
             ,
             Presbytery
             ,
             and
             Popery
             ,
             thinking
             in
             likelyhood
             to
             please
             all
             sides
             ,
             by
             framing
             ,
             like
             the
             Samaritans
             ,
             a
             Worship
             of
             Sundry
             Religions
             :
             But
             the
             Lord
             sees
             their
             Halting
             ,
             and
             will
             one
             day
             reward
             them
             
             for
             it
             in
             their
             own
             bosoms
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             deserved
             ;
             and
             for
             these
             Reasons
             ,
             we
             desire
             the
             removing
             of
             this
             devised
             Liturgy
             and
             Hierarchy
             ,
             and
             that
             Christs
             true
             Ministry
             ,
             Worship
             ,
             and
             Government
             may
             be
             established
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             
               (
               Petition
               of
               the
               Independents
               ,
               supra
               citat
               .
               )
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             you
             have
             Petitioned
             ,
             you
             do
             not
             Acquiesce
             in
             the
             Wisdom
             and
             Justice
             of
             the
             two
             Houses
             ,
             who
             would
             have
             you
             quietly
             to
             attend
             the
             intended
             Reformation
             ,
             which
             they
             hope
             to
             perfect
             ere
             long
             by
             those
             Arms
             ,
             which
             they
             have
             raised
             to
             rescue
             the
             King
             from
             the
             Hands
             of
             his
             Evil
             Councellors
             ,
             and
             bring
             him
             back
             to
             his
             Great
             Council
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Alas
               !
               Alas
               !
               What
               do
               you
               tell
               us
               of
               Acquiescing
               ?
               What
               Favour
               can
               tender
               Consciences
               expect
               from
               Rigid
               Presbyterians
               ,
               who
               are
               resolved
               to
               set
               up
               their
               Discipline
               above
               all
               Power
               ,
               and
               to
               enslave
               both
               King
               and
               People
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               What
               can
               they
               expect
               but
               a
               Kingdom
               of
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               King
               should
               be
               made
               the
               most
               Glorious
               King
               in
               Christendome
               ,
               as
               his
               Parliament
               hath
               promised
               him
               :
               That
               the
               Parliament
               should
               injoy
               their
               Priviledges
               ,
               the
               People
               their
               Liberties
               ,
               and
               be
               freed
               from
               Monopolies
               ,
               Ship-money
               ,
               and
               the
               Antichristian
               Yoke
               of
               Prelacy
               :
               and
               a
               National
               Church-Government
               according
               to
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
               be
               established
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Ah
               Sir.
               !
               From
               thence
               arise
               all
               our
               Fears
               :
               Which
               are
               notably
               confirmed
               from
               former
               Experiences
               ,
               wherever
               Presbytery
               hath
               obtained
               Power
               .
            
             For
             as
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             must
             never
             flatter
             himself
             with
             any
             hopes
             from
             the
             Presbyterians
             :
             Their
             Government
             carries
             such
             a
             special
             Enmity
             against
             Monarchy
             ,
             *
             That
             whosoever
             will
             Found
             the
             one
             ,
             must
             rase
             the
             Fundamentals
             of
             the
             other
             :
             For
             this
             little
             upstart
             Hierarchy
             can
             be
             little
             acknowledged
             ,
             where
             Kingly
             Power
             is
             .
             This
             Epidemical
             Pest
             of
             Scotland
             was
             baptized
             by
             their
             Charity
             into
             a
             National
             Form
             in
             the
             Minority
             of
             King
             James
             ,
             when
             the
             great
             Lords
             and
             Clergy
             ,
             ruling
             all
             ,
             divided
             Stakes
             ,
             so
             that
             when
             he
             came
             at
             age
             ,
             and
             thought
             to
             grasp
             a
             Scepter
             ,
             he
             found
             a
             Manacle
             ,
             for
             it
             had
             consumed
             the
             Monarchie
             to
             a
             Skeleton
             ;
             the
             unlimited
             Power
             of
             the
             Convention
             of
             Estates
             ,
             and
             General
             Assembly
             especially
             ,
             like
             the
             Rod
             of
             Aaron
             ,
             
             was
             such
             a
             budding
             Evil
             ,
             that
             it
             devoured
             the
             Rod
             of
             Moses
             .
             For
             ,
             
               where
               they
               prevail
            
             ,
             they
             will
             allow
             the
             King
             nothing
             but
             a
             Name
             without
             Substance
             ;
             the
             Bishops
             neither
             Name
             nor
             Substance
             ;
             
               And
               as
               for
               the
               People
               ,
               they
               must
               expect
               no
               more
               favour
               from
               them
               than
               the
               Prince
            
             :
             For
             they
             leave
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Gentry
             ,
             nothing
             but
             Slavery
             ;
             and
             the
             Commons
             ,
             Tyranny
             under
             the
             meanest
             of
             their
             fellow-Subjects
             .
             
               And
               to
               say
               truth
            
             ,
             Solomon's
             great
             Vanity
             is
             a
             Prime
             Mystery
             of
             Presbyterian
             Government
             ,
             Servants
             on
             horseback
             ,
             and
             Princes
             on
             foot
             ,
             
               for
               they
               assert
            
             ,
             That
             Magistrates
             of
             what
             Degrees
             or
             Rank
             soever
             ,
             ought
             to
             use
             the
             Sword
             as
             they
             advise
             or
             command
             ;
             and
             compel
             others
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             Decree
             of
             the
             General
             Assembly
             .
             And
             with
             what
             furious
             violence
             did
             they
             press
             their
             Covenant
             ,
             sequestring
             all
             that
             refused
             to
             take
             it
             ?
             So
             that
             they
             tread
             down
             all
             by
             a
             Moarnival
             or
             Two
             of
             Tyrants
             ,
             no
             less
             Monstrous
             perhaps
             for
             Pride
             than
             Ignorance
             in
             every
             Parochial
             Inquisition
             .
             And
             
               should
               their
               Government
               be
               established
               in
               England
               ,
            
             for
             24
             Diocesses
             ,
             we
             should
             have
             1000
             Presbyteries
             ,
             besides
             the
             Torture
             of
             Classes
             ,
             Provincial
             Juntos
             ,
             Synods
             ,
             Assemblies
             .
             And
             how
             many
             of
             the
             Clergy
             must
             be
             called
             off
             from
             their
             Charges
             ,
             to
             take
             upon
             their
             shoulders
             the
             Weight
             of
             Government
             ,
             which
             was
             their
             only
             Argument
             against
             the
             Bishops
             ?
             And
             certainly
             ,
             Tyranny
             is
             more
             supportable
             in
             a
             few
             than
             many
             hands
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             nothing
             to
             be
             expected
             but
             a
             fiery
             Tryal
             ,
             where
             the
             Furnace
             of
             Discipline
             is
             so
             excessively
             heated
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             by
             the
             Presbyterians
             ;
             there
             being
             in
             one
             Ordinance
             of
             theirs
             about
             the
             Lord
             Supper
             ,
             no
             less
             than
             Eighty
             sins
             named
             ,
             excluding
             the
             Persons
             accused
             of
             any
             one
             of
             them
             from
             it
             ,
             all
             which
             are
             left
             to
             the
             Malice
             of
             their
             Elders
             to
             accuse
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             Susanna
             .
             So
             that
             a
             Citizen
             shall
             not
             dare
             to
             dispose
             of
             his
             Estate
             ;
             wear
             good
             Apparrel
             ;
             get
             ten
             ,
             twenty
             ,
             or
             thirty
             
               per
               Cent.
            
             by
             Lawful
             ways
             of
             Trade
             ,
             without
             the
             leave
             of
             the
             Elders
             .
             And
             then
             for
             the
             Men
             of
             the
             Long
             Robe
             ,
             what
             will
             become
             of
             them
             ?
             For
             all
             matters
             of
             Controversie
             will
             come
             before
             the
             Consistory
             .
             And
             after
             all
             this
             ,
             Lay-Eldership
             is
             a
             meer
             decoy
             ,
             the
             Preaching
             Presbyters
             will
             do
             all
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             must
             stand
             or
             fall
             according
             to
             his
             Report
             at
             
             the
             General
             Assembly
             .
             (
             
               The
               Case
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               Stated
               by
            
             M.
             *
             N.
             
               Shewing
               the
               several
               Interests
               ,
               Printed
               ,
            
             1647.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Kings
               and
               Parliaments
               have
               found
               a
               Notable
               Advocate
               of
               you
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               your
               Party
               speak
               other
               Language
               ,
               even
               the
               most
               Wicked
               Blasphemies
               against
               this
               Reforming
               Glorious
               Parliament
               :
               And
               to
               what
               purpose
               are
               your
               Fawning
               Applications
               to
               them
               ,
               whose
               Authority
               you
               do
               not
               own
               ?
               Pray
               do
               but
               hear
               this
               Paper
               read
               ,
            
             Upon
             sight
             and
             consideration
             of
             the
             Votes
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             Dated
             
               Die
               Veneris
            
             ,
             20
             Februarii
             ,
             1645
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             Ordinance
             :
             Dated
             Sabbati
             14
             Martii
             1645.
             
             Intituled
             ,
             an
             Ordinance
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             for
             keeping
             of
             Scandalous
             Persons
             from
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
             the
             enabling
             of
             Congregations
             for
             the
             choice
             of
             Elders
             ,
             and
             supplying
             defects
             in
             former
             Ordinances
             ,
             and
             Directions
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             concerning
             Church-Government
             .
             Resolved
             by
             Tender
             Conscience
             ,
             with
             the
             consent
             of
             Gods
             Holy
             Word
             and
             Spirit
             assembled
             together
             ,
             That
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             assembled
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             without
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             of
             Heaven
             and
             Earth
             ,
             is
             no
             warrant
             for
             Tender
             Conscience
             to
             joyn
             with
             ungodly
             Parishes
             ,
             in
             the
             choice
             of
             Spiritual
             Elders
             to
             Govern
             Gods
             Spiritual
             House
             .
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             have
             the
             Civil
             Government
             over
             the
             Bodies
             and
             Estates
             in
             *
             Civil
             things
             ,
             but
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             in
             Spiritual
             .
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             and
             Dominion
             of
             Wales
             ,
             and
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             and
             Chappels
             therein
             ,
             have
             not
             yet
             been
             proved
             to
             tender
             Conscience
             to
             be
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             :
             Nor
             have
             the
             Directions
             that
             passed
             both
             Houses
             ,
             bearing
             Date
             ,
             19
             August
             .
             1645.
             
             Nor
             the
             supplying
             Ordinance
             since
             ,
             nor
             hath
             any
             thing
             of
             that
             nature
             been
             proved
             to
             be
             according
             to
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             that
             Tender
             Conscience
             never
             read
             of
             Classes's
             ,
             nor
             Parochial
             Congregations
             in
             the
             Bible
             .
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             therefore
             such
             Election
             of
             Parochial
             Congregational
             Elders
             ,
             the
             Warning
             thereof
             ,
             and
             the
             Sermon
             preparatory
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             Judgment
             of
             tender
             Conscience
             ,
             a
             taking
             Gods
             Name
             in
             vain
             .
          
           
           
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             the
             Major
             part
             of
             the
             Parishes
             ,
             being
             Ungodly
             ,
             will
             chuse
             Ungodly
             Elders
             ;
             and
             that
             not
             all
             such
             ,
             as
             have
             taken
             the
             National
             Covenant
             ,
             are
             fit
             to
             chuse
             Godly
             Elders
             ;
             that
             many
             persons
             under
             Age
             ,
             and
             Servants
             without
             Families
             ,
             are
             more
             Godly
             than
             their
             Parents
             and
             Masters
             that
             keep
             Families
             ,
             and
             in
             Christs
             Church
             not
             to
             be
             excepted
             against
             in
             the
             Choice
             of
             Church-Officers
             ,
             seeing
             that
             all
             Saints
             ,
             both
             
               Jews
               and
               Gentiles
               ,
               Bond
               and
               Free
               ,
            
             are
             all
             one
             in
             
               Christ
               ,
               Gal.
               Chap.
            
             3.
             ver
             .
             28.
             
             
               And
               that
               his
               Saints
               are
               not
               to
               have
               the
               Faith
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               the
               Lord
               of
               Glory
               ,
               in
               respect
               of
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             the
             
               Lord
               Mayor
            
             ,
             and
             Cities
             Presidents
             ,
             or
             any
             Presidents
             which
             tend
             ,
             or
             have
             tended
             to
             the
             taking
             away
             or
             obstruction
             of
             the
             Settlement
             or
             Establishment
             of
             the
             Antient
             bounds
             of
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             cannot
             amount
             in
             the
             least
             to
             be
             any
             binding
             President
             to
             Tender
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             Finally
             ,
             It
             is
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             the
             Lord
             of
             Tender
             Conscience
             is
             Lord
             of
             all
             Lords
             and
             Laws
             ,
             and
             never
             Ordained
             to
             bring
             in
             any
             thing
             into
             his
             Worship
             ,
             but
             that
             which
             First
             was
             by
             his
             own
             Institution
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             all
             Acts
             ,
             Ordinances
             ,
             Votes
             ,
             Protestations
             ,
             Declarations
             ,
             &c.
             made
             ,
             or
             which
             hereafter
             ,
             without
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             shall
             be
             made
             by
             any
             Person
             or
             Persons
             whatsoever
             ,
             shall
             be
             of
             no
             Force
             against
             Tender
             Conscience
             ,
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             that
             though
             such
             Humane
             Acts
             ,
             Ordinances
             ,
             &c.
             take
             hold
             only
             of
             all
             those
             Men
             that
             have
             the
             Mark
             of
             the
             Beast
             ,
             but
             that
             Tender
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             the
             Friends
             thereof
             ,
             shall
             be
             Exempted
             there-from
             .
          
           
             May
             1.
             1646.
             
             Ordered
             to
             be
             Printed
             ,
          
           
             Christian
             Meekness
          
           
             Clerk
             to
             Tender
             Conscience
             .
          
           
             [
             
               Several
               Votes
               of
               Tender
               Conscience
               ,
               Printed
               ,
            
             July
             28.
             1646.
             ]
             
               Pray
               ,
               do
               you
               own
               this
               Paper
               ,
               good
               Mr.
            
             Independent
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Why
               truely
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               do
               own
               it
               ,
               and
               since
               you
               are
               so
               hot
               upon
               inslaving
               of
               poor
               Tender
               Consciences
               ,
            
             I
             am
             to
             deal
             plainly
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             to
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             Manner
             of
             a
             true
             ,
             pure
             ,
             and
             perfect
             Reformation
             is
             hidden
             from
             your
             Eyes
             ;
             You
             Presbyterians
             are
             Friends
             to
             the
             Midnight
             of
             Popery
             ,
             your
             Directory
             is
             the
             Golden
             Calf
             of
             your
             own
             Invention
             ,
             
             your
             Two
             Children
             are
             Power
             and
             Maintenance
             :
             The
             Angel
             of
             the
             Lord
             hath
             Smitten
             you
             with
             Blindness
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             the
             Sodomites
             ,
             else
             you
             would
             have
             found
             the
             Door
             of
             the
             Visible
             Church
             :
             Your
             Way
             is
             a
             persecuting
             Way
             :
             Your
             Blind
             Guides
             would
             all
             be
             Controllers
             ;
             You
             are
             like
             your
             Fore-Fathers
             ,
             the
             Blood-Thirsty
             Bishops
             ;
             you
             Pollute
             ,
             Prophane
             ,
             and
             Trample
             under
             Foot
             Christs
             precious
             Truths
             ;
             you
             derive
             your
             Ordination
             from
             the
             Antichristian
             Prelates
             ,
             and
             are
             the
             
               Second
               Beast
            
             ,
             Rev.
             Chap.
             13.
             ver
             .
             2.
             
             
               What
               can
               be
               said
               bad
               enough
            
             of
             this
             Sect
             of
             the
             Blasphemous
             ,
             Persecuting
             ,
             Treacherous
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Popish
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Prophane
             Presbyterians
             ?
             'T
             is
             you
             that
             ,
             wherever
             you
             come
             ,
             are
             guilty
             of
             all
             Divisions
             in
             Towns
             ,
             Cities
             ,
             Families
             ;
             
               you
               ,
               even
               you
               ,
               Presbyterian
            
             Praters
             ,
             all
             whose
             Ways
             are
             Impure
             ,
             Imperfect
             ,
             and
             Impious
             .
             
               Come
               on
               ,
               Sir
            
             ,
             I
             'll
             shew
             you
             your
             Picture
             here
             in
             a
             Broad-side
             ;
             Do
             you
             see
             that
             Winged
             Heart
             mounting
             towards
             Heaven
             ?
             that
             is
             Tender
             Conscience
             ;
             look
             there
             ,
             on
             the
             Right
             hand
             stands
             the
             Pope
             with
             the
             Latin
             Mass-book
             in
             one
             of
             his
             hands
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             other
             a
             Sword
             to
             wound
             Tender
             Conscience
             ;
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             stands
             a
             Prelate
             in
             the
             same
             Posture
             ,
             holding
             in
             his
             left
             hand
             The
             Liturgie
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             middle
             ,
             d'
             ye
             mark
             !
             there
             stands
             your
             Dapper
             
               Sir
               Jack
               Presbyter
            
             in
             his
             Cloak
             ,
             in
             one
             hand
             a
             Dagger
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             attempts
             to
             Wound
             the
             Winged
             Heart
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             other
             hand
             the
             Directory
             ;
             Look
             ye
             ,
             all
             these
             three
             are
             linked
             together
             in
             one
             Chain
             ,
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             they
             have
             all
             the
             same
             Design
             ,
             but
             Presbyter
             is
             the
             Worst
             of
             the
             Three
             ,
             for
             ,
             if
             you
             observe
             ,
             you
             will
             see
             he
             tramples
             upon
             a
             Crown
             Imperial
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             gotten
             under
             his
             Feet
             ;
             but
             pray
             mark
             ,
             
               the
               Curst
               Cow
               hath
               the
               shortest
               Horns
               ,
            
             your
             
             Presbyters's
             Dagger
             is
             too
             short
             ,
             and
             how
             good
             soever
             his
             Will
             may
             be
             ,
             here
             's
             a
             Weight
             with
             a
             Chain
             fastened
             to
             his
             Bloody
             Dagger-hand
             ,
             so
             that
             he
             is
             not
             able
             to
             reach
             the
             Flying
             Heart
             ,
             but
             that
             ,
             by
             the
             Help
             of
             her
             Wings
             ,
             Tender
             Conscience
             mounts
             out
             of
             his
             ,
             and
             the
             reach
             of
             all
             her
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             
               
                 The
                 more
                 You
                 wound
                 my
                 dear
                 and
                 precious
                 Tender
                 Heart
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 more
                 Your
                 Seared
                 ones
                 shall
                 feel
                 the
                 grievous
                 Smart
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 Three
                 to
                 injure
                 me
                 as
                 Mortal
                 Foe
                 ;
              
               
                 Encreaseth
                 your
                 Eternal
                 Wo
                 ,
                 Wo
                 ,
                 Wo.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Rev.
                   8.13
                
                 .
              
            
             
             (
             
               Dictated
               thoughts
               upon
               the
            
             Presbyterians
             
               late
               Petitions
               ,
               for
               Complete
               and
               Vniversal
               Authority
               in
               Divine
               Ordinances
               ,
               to
               be
               conferred
               upon
               them
               by
               Humane
               Authority
               .
            
             Printed
             ,
             April
             .
             14.
             1646.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Most
               certainly
               ,
               by
               his
               Foming
               at
               the
               mouth
               ,
               the
               Man
               is
               distracted
               ,
               and
               perfectly
               Raves
               ;
               but
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               shall
               give
               your
               Courage
               a
               Cooling
               Julep
               ,
               by
               informing
               the
               House
               concerning
               you
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               What
               do
               you
               tell
               us
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               or
               the
               Parliament
               ?
            
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             opposing
             of
             Independency
             is
             a
             perfect
             Theomachy
             ,
             a
             plain
             Fighting
             against
             God.
             We
             are
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             Christ
             alone
             :
             No
             Power
             on
             Earth
             ,
             or
             Earthly
             Lawgivers
             ,
             may
             ,
             can
             ,
             or
             ought
             to
             give
             Laws
             for
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             Neither
             Kings
             ,
             nor
             Parliaments
             ,
             nor
             Synods
             ,
             have
             Authority
             to
             prescribe
             Laws
             or
             Rules
             for
             Church
             Government
             ,
             to
             make
             Coactive
             Laws
             to
             bind
             Conscience
             to
             Conformity
             ,
             or
             to
             inflict
             Mulcts
             or
             Penalties
             for
             contempt
             or
             disobedience
             .
             For
             the
             Members
             of
             Parliament
             are
             chosen
             but
             by
             a
             Secular
             Rout
             ,
             by
             the
             Generality
             and
             Riff-Raff
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             Papists
             ,
             Atheists
             ,
             Drunkards
             ,
             and
             Swearers
             .
             And
             the
             Parliament's
             Claiming
             this
             Power
             is
             seven
             times
             more
             undermining
             and
             destructive
             of
             their
             Power
             ,
             Honor
             ,
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Safety
             ;
             it
             is
             claiming
             the
             incommunicable
             Prerogative
             ,
             and
             Regalities
             of
             Heaven
             ;
             an
             attempt
             to
             make
             themselves
             equal
             with
             God.
             
               Truth
               Triumphing
               over
               Falshood
            
             ,
             &c.
             by
             W.
             Pryn
             ,
             
               Printed
               by
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
            
             June
             ,
             2.
             1644
             ,
             
               In
               the
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               to
               the
               Parliament
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               You
               give
               the
               Parliament
               good
               incouragement
               to
               favour
               you
               ;
               But
               I
               doubt
               not
               ,
               but
               they
               ,
               and
               all
               honest
               Men
               ,
               are
               sufficiently
               sensible
               of
               ,
               and
               acquainted
               with
               ,
               your
               Temper
               and
               Inclinations
               ,
               but
               lest
               they
               should
               not
               ,
               I
               shall
               take
               the
               Liberty
               to
               inform
               Them
               and
               the
               Whole
               Nation
               ,
               That
               if
            
             Independent
             
               Government
               be
               suffered
               at
               this
               insolent
               rate
               ,
            
             in
             time
             it
             cannot
             but
             overthrow
             all
             other
             Sorts
             of
             Ecclesiastical
             Government
             ,
             and
             Civil
             too
             by
             the
             same
             Principles
             ;
             for
             in
             reality
             it
             destroys
             all
             Civil
             Power
             ,
             Magistracy
             ,
             Corporations
             ,
             Parliaments
             ,
             Courts
             of
             Justice
             ;
             for
             what
             ever
             Meekness
             they
             may
             pretend
             ,
             Independency
             is
             such
             a
             Turbulent
             ,
             Dangerous
             ,
             Unquiet
             ,
             Schismatical
             Government
             ,
             as
             will
             un-King
             ,
             un-Parliament
             ,
             
             Parliament
             ,
             un-Church
             a
             Nation
             ,
             nay
             un-Nation
             them
             .
             For
             it
             makes
             each
             several
             gathered
             Congregation
             ,
             an
             absolute
             Monarchy
             ,
             Church
             ,
             Republick
             ,
             and
             Nation
             within
             it self
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Model
             of
             Government
             more
             Rigid
             ,
             Uncharitable
             ,
             Unsociable
             ,
             Papal
             ,
             Tyrannical
             ,
             Anti-Monarchical
             ,
             Anti-Synodical
             ,
             Anti-Parliamentary
             ,
             than
             any
             Government
             whatsoever
             .
             
               A
               full
               Reply
               to
               certain
               brief
               Observations
               ,
               and
               Anti-Queries
               upon
            
             Pryn's
             12
             Queries
             ,
             Printed
             ,
             Oct.
             19.
             1644.
             
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Vnking
               ,
               and
               Anti-Monarchical
               ,
               Very
               fine
               !
               your
               Worship
               forgets
               the
               Proverb
               .
               Nay
               for
               that
               commend
               me
               to
               you
            
             Presbyterians
             ;
             
               You
               are
               for
               a
               King
               that
               shall
               be
               no
               King
               ,
               a
               King
               of
               Clouts
               .
               Have
               not
               you
               taught
               us
               ,
            
             That
             Parliaments
             are
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             ,
             and
             that
             Kings
             are
             Subordinate
             to
             them
             ?
             That
             a
             King
             hath
             no
             Power
             to
             impose
             Taxes
             ;
             to
             give
             Portions
             to
             his
             Children
             ?
             That
             he
             cannot
             displace
             a
             Judge
             ?
             That
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             confirm
             what
             is
             concluded
             by
             the
             States
             ?
             That
             he
             is
             Obliged
             not
             to
             depart
             from
             the
             Parliament
             ?
             That
             they
             may
             Summon
             him
             to
             Appear
             before
             them
             ;
             Question
             him
             ,
             Restrain
             him
             ,
             Allow
             him
             only
             a
             Pension
             to
             support
             him
             ;
             Order
             his
             House
             ,
             Appoint
             him
             Counsellors
             ,
             Appoint
             him
             Governors
             ;
             Separate
             his
             Queen
             from
             him
             ;
             Void
             his
             last
             Will
             ;
             Seize
             his
             Revenues
             ;
             Keep
             his
             Forts
             ;
             Raise
             Arms
             against
             him
             ;
             Bring
             in
             Foreigners
             ;
             Banish
             him
             ;
             Make
             Peace
             and
             Wars
             ;
             Force
             him
             to
             resign
             his
             Right
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             Force
             him
             to
             resign
             his
             Crown
             ;
             Determine
             the
             Right
             of
             Succession
             to
             the
             Crown
             ;
             Chuse
             their
             own
             Judges
             ;
             Rescind
             the
             Kings
             Acts
             ;
             Imprison
             him
             ,
             put
             out
             his
             Eyes
             ,
             strangle
             him
             ;
             Absolve
             his
             Subjects
             from
             their
             Allegiance
             ;
             Depose
             him
             ;
             Disinherit
             him
             ;
             Remove
             him
             at
             the
             Peoples
             pleasure
             ;
             Elect
             another
             ,
             Christian
             or
             Infidel
             ?
             (
             Pryn's
             
               Soveraign
               Power
               of
               Parliaments
               ;
               Ordered
               to
               be
               printed
               by
               the
               Committee
               for
               Printing
               ,
               and
               Licensed
               by
            
             John
             White
             ,
             
               Printed
               for
            
             Michael
             Sparke
             ,
             Jun.
             June
             23.
             1643.
             )
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               You
               are
               very
               Brisque
               in
               Charging
               us
               with
               what
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               a
               Crime
               ,
               you
               are
               as
               guilty
               of
               ,
               as
               We
               :
            
             For
             Independency
             ,
             if
             admitted
             ,
             ruines
             not
             only
             Monarchy
             ,
             but
             even
             our
             Soveraign
             Power
             of
             Parliaments
             ,
             and
             cassates
             all
             Obedience
             .
             For
             you
             make
             Laws
             for
             your selves
             ,
             which
             
             your
             Congregations
             must
             submit
             to
             ,
             or
             be
             Excommunicated
             and
             delivered
             up
             to
             the
             Devil
             ;
             you
             affirm
             ,
             That
             every
             particular
             Congregation
             is
             a
             Complete
             ,
             Intire
             ,
             Absolute
             ,
             Spiritual
             Republick
             ,
             Corporation
             ,
             Body
             ,
             and
             City
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             it self
             ,
             and
             of
             absolute
             Authority
             within
             it self
             ,
             subject
             to
             no
             other
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             than
             that
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Word
             ,
             and
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             not
             under
             any
             Congregation
             ,
             Synod
             ,
             or
             National
             Church
             ,
             or
             humane
             Power
             whatsoever
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Parliament
             cannot
             make
             Canons
             or
             Rules
             to
             bind
             it
             ,
             nor
             perscribe
             any
             Church-Government
             or
             Discipline
             to
             it
             :
             And
             in
             short
             ,
             Independency
             is
             flat
             Popery
             ,
             holding
             themselves
             ,
             as
             the
             Pope
             doth
             ,
             subject
             and
             accountable
             to
             none
             but
             Christ
             ,
             as
             you
             may
             see
             in
             
               Alv.
               Pelag.
               de
               planctu
               Ecclesiae
               ,
               lib.
            
             1.
             
             Art.
             6.13.31.34
             ,
             35.37
             .
             And
             every
             Independent
             Minister
             is
             a
             perfect
             Pope
             .
             (
             Pryns
             
               Truth
               triumphing
               over
               Falshood
               ,
               supra
               citat
               .
            
             )
             Nay
             ,
             one
             of
             your
             Ministers
             in
             the
             Summer
             Islands
             ,
             one
             White
             ,
             was
             openly
             pronounced
             ,
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             and
             the
             whole
             Congregation
             ,
             to
             be
             Supreme
             Head
             of
             that
             Church
             next
             under
             Christ
             ,
             and
             none
             above
             him
             .
             
               And
               your
               manner
               of
               entring
               into
               your
               Congregational
               way
               shews
               your
               true
               Temper
            
             ;
             for
             after
             Confession
             of
             Sins
             ,
             the
             Proselytes
             are
             admitted
             and
             received
             ,
             and
             enter
             into
             Church-Covenant
             to
             stand
             to
             and
             maintain
             their
             Church
             and
             Discipline
             ,
             Orders
             ,
             Governors
             ,
             and
             Government
             ,
             to
             the
             uttermost
             of
             their
             Power
             and
             Abilities
             ,
             and
             to
             strive
             therein
             ,
             even
             unto
             Blood.
             (
             
               Letter
               from
            
             Summer
             Islands
             
               from
               one
            
             Richard
             Beak
             ,
             
               who
               at
            
             74
             
               years
               of
               age
               was
               imprisoned
            
             13
             
               Months
               ,
               for
               opposing
               this
            
             White
             
               and
               his
               Independent
               Congregation
            
             .
             )
             But
             I
             hope
             the
             
               Parliament
               will
               serve
               you
            
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             your
             busie
             Socinian
             Teacher
             
               Goodwin
               ,
               and
               stop
               all
               your
               Mouths
               with
               a
               silencing
               Ordinance
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               They
               served
               that
               precious
               man
               so
               indeed
               ,
               for
               his
               Book
               called
            
             Theomachia
             ,
             
               An
               excellent
               recompence
               for
               his
               kindness
               to
               them
               ,
            
             which
             was
             ,
             if
             any
             fault
             ,
             
               Error
               Amoris
            
             ,
             not
             
               Amor
               Erroris
            
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             designed
             to
             prevent
             their
             dashing
             against
             this
             Stone
             ,
             which
             will
             one
             day
             break
             all
             Power
             in
             pieces
             ,
             (
             
               Truth
               Triumphing
            
             ,
             &c.
             )
             
               But
               never
               trouble
               your selves
               ,
               for
               we
               do
               not
               ,
            
             with
             your
             Parliament
             Ordinances
             ▪
             which
             are
             but
             Parliament
             Toyes
             ,
             (
             
               Martins
               Eccho
            
             )
             the
             People
             
             never
             trusted
             the
             Parliament
             with
             Church
             Government
             ,
             which
             they
             themselves
             have
             not
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             give
             it
             :
             For
             what
             cannot
             be
             given
             ,
             cannot
             be
             received
             ;
             but
             had
             you
             the
             Arch-Bishops
             Power
             ,
             I
             find
             you
             would
             exceed
             him
             in
             Cruelty
             of
             Persecution
             ,
             you
             are
             the
             Parliaments
             
               Evil
               Genius
            
             ,
             egging
             and
             inciting
             them
             to
             Acts
             of
             Tyranny
             against
             an
             Innocent
             People
             ,
             and
             had
             you
             Command
             ,
             you
             would
             Censure
             ,
             Fine
             ,
             Pillory
             ,
             Imprison
             ,
             Banish
             ,
             and
             differ
             little
             from
             Bonner
             and
             Gardiner
             in
             Queen
             Maryes
             Days
             ;
             (
             
               A
               help
               to
               understand
               Mr.
            
             Pryn
             )
             for
             you
             are
             neither
             better
             nor
             worse
             than
             a
             company
             of
             Prophane
             Apostates
             ,
             Popish
             ,
             Jesuitical
             Incendiaries
             ,
             Haters
             of
             Gods
             People
             ;
             and
             while
             we
             are
             fighting
             and
             hazarding
             our
             dearest
             Lives
             for
             the
             Subjects
             Liberty
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Lilburn
             too
             truly
             said
             of
             you
             ,
             we
             are
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             brought
             into
             Egyptian
             Bondage
             ,
             in
             this
             and
             other
             particulars
             by
             the
             Black-coat
             Presbyterians
             ,
             who
             I
             am
             affraid
             will
             prove
             more
             Cruel
             Task-masters
             ,
             than
             their
             dear
             Brethren
             the
             Bishops
             .
             For
             what
             
               I
               pray
            
             is
             the
             inhansing
             and
             ingrossing
             of
             Interpretations
             ,
             Preachings
             ,
             and
             Discipline
             into
             the
             Presbyterians
             Hands
             ,
             but
             a
             meer
             Monopoly
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             and
             worse
             than
             the
             Monopoly
             of
             Sope.
             The
             Ordinance
             ,
             That
             no
             Unordained
             Persons
             Preach
             ,
             is
             a
             Patent
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             to
             get
             the
             whole
             Trade
             into
             their
             own
             Hands
             ,
             to
             rob
             the
             People
             with
             what
             Ware
             and
             Price
             they
             please
             ,
             to
             look
             in
             their
             Faces
             and
             pick
             their
             Pockets
             .
             (
             A
             Fresh
             
               Discovery
               of
               some
               prodigious
               new
               wandring
               Blazing
               Stars
               and
               Fire-brands
               ,
               Styling
               themselves
               New
               Lights
               ,
               by
            
             W.
             Pryn
             ,
             1645.
             )
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Nay
               ,
               you
               and
               your
               un-ordained
               Independent
               Preachers
               ,
               have
               made
               brave
               work
               in
               the
               Pulpit
               :
               It
               would
               make
               ones
               Hair
               stand
               an
               end
               ,
               to
               hear
               what
               hath
               been
               taught
               by
               Ignorant
               ,
               Impudent
            
             Mechanicks
             ;
             
               and
               what
               Damnable
               Blasphemies
               and
               Heresies
               have
               been
               broached
               by
               them
               among
               the
               People
               ,
               for
               Soul-saving
               Truths
               :
               Such
               as
               these
               .
            
             That
             Christs
             Righteousness
             is
             a
             beggarly
             Righteousness
             ;
             That
             
             Christ's
             Blood
             did
             not
             purchase
             Heaven
             for
             any
             Man
             ;
             That
             Christ
             shed
             his
             Blood
             for
             Kine
             and
             Horses
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             for
             Men
             ;
             That
             the
             Devils
             and
             Souls
             of
             Men
             are
             Mortal
             ,
             and
             none
             but
             God
             Immortal
             ;
             That
             we
             are
             only
             to
             believe
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             
             as
             they
             are
             agreeable
             to
             Sense
             and
             Reason
             ;
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             are
             uncertain
             ,
             insufficient
             ,
             and
             not
             an
             Infallible
             Rule
             of
             Faith
             ;
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             cannot
             be
             said
             to
             be
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             Christ
             only
             being
             so
             ;
             That
             the
             Scriptures
             of
             the
             Old
             Testament
             do
             not
             bind
             Christians
             under
             the
             New
             ;
             That
             Adultery
             and
             Drunkenness
             are
             not
             Sins
             ;
             That
             Prayer
             in
             Families
             is
             unlawful
             ;
             That
             
             Christ's
             Sufferings
             were
             only
             for
             our
             Example
             ,
             not
             to
             purchase
             Heaven
             for
             us
             ;
             That
             no
             Man
             was
             cast
             into
             Hell
             for
             Sin
             ,
             but
             only
             because
             God
             would
             have
             it
             so
             ;
             That
             Christ
             will
             destroy
             all
             Government
             ,
             Lawful
             ,
             and
             Unlawful
             ;
             That
             God
             was
             never
             displeased
             with
             Men
             for
             Sin
             ;
             if
             he
             were
             ,
             it
             were
             changeableness
             in
             God
             ;
             That
             the
             Church
             and
             Ministry
             of
             England
             are
             Antichristian
             ;
             That
             Toleration
             of
             
               Jews
               ,
               Turks
               ,
               Pagans
            
             ,
             in
             all
             Nations
             is
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ;
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Resurrection
             ;
             That
             if
             a
             Womans
             Husband
             was
             sleeping
             ,
             or
             absent
             ,
             she
             may
             lawfully
             lye
             with
             another
             Man
             ,
             because
             sleep
             is
             Death
             ;
             That
             John
             Baptist's
             Doctrine
             of
             Repentance
             was
             a
             Leathern
             Doctrine
             ;
             That
             
             Adam's
             Sin
             deserved
             not
             Hell
             ;
             That
             all
             the
             Heaven
             there
             is
             ,
             is
             here
             on
             Earth
             ;
             That
             Universities
             are
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             Humane
             Learning
             of
             the
             Flesh
             ;
             That
             many
             shall
             be
             Saved
             ,
             that
             were
             never
             Elected
             ;
             That
             They
             are
             the
             great
             Anti-Christ
             ,
             who
             deny
             the
             general
             Redemption
             of
             the
             whole
             Creation
             ;
             That
             no
             Man
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             to
             hinder
             it
             ,
             if
             any
             Person
             should
             Worship
             the
             Sun
             or
             the
             Moon
             ;
             That
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             Repentance
             is
             a
             Soul-depraving
             Doctrine
             ;
             That
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             kept
             ,
             all
             dayes
             being
             alike
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             That
             Sanctification
             is
             but
             a
             Dunghill-dirty
             Qualification
             ;
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Church
             ,
             no
             Ordinances
             ,
             nor
             Ministers
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             That
             it
             is
             unlawful
             to
             teach
             Children
             to
             Pray
             ;
             That
             Infants
             shall
             not
             rise
             again
             ,
             because
             they
             were
             not
             capable
             of
             knowing
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             not
             of
             enjoying
             God.
             (
             
               A
               Discovery
               of
               dangerous
               Heresies
               taught
               by
               Mechanicks
               .
               Printed
            
             April
             26
             ,
             1647.
             )
             And
             in
             short
             ,
             Independency
             is
             a
             Seminary
             of
             Schismes
             ,
             and
             dangerous
             Divisions
             in
             the
             Church
             and
             State
             ;
             a
             Flood-gate
             to
             let
             in
             all
             Heresies
             ,
             Errors
             ,
             Sects
             ,
             Libertinisme
             ,
             and
             even
             the
             Mahometan
             Doctrine
             .
             (
             
               Twelve
               Queries
               about
               Church-Government
               
               against
               the
            
             Independents
             ,
             by
             W.
             Pryn.
             
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               Well!
               You
               may
               talk
               what
               you
               please
               of
               Heresies
               ,
               Errors
               ,
               Sects
               ,
               and
               Schismes
               ,
               but
               this
               I
               am
               assured
               of
               ,
            
             That
             all
             the
             Plagues
             of
             Egypt
             were
             but
             a
             Flea-biting
             to
             what
             one
             Presbyterial
             Church
             would
             be
             ,
             the
             Pope
             himself
             is
             as
             truly
             Christian
             as
             our
             Presbyterie
             ;
             they
             can
             never
             be
             Good
             to
             others
             ,
             who
             are
             guilty
             of
             such
             Ingratitude
             to
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             from
             whom
             ,
             formerly
             they
             received
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             with
             all
             their
             Spiritual
             Preferments
             ,
             and
             were
             first
             put
             into
             a
             capacity
             of
             Lording
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             do
             ,
             over
             the
             People
             ;
             whom
             ,
             like
             ungracious
             Children
             ,
             viperous
             Vermine
             ,
             inhumane
             Cannibals
             ,
             notwithstanding
             their
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             ,
             they
             have
             devoured
             up
             and
             shared
             the
             Inheritance
             among
             them
             .
             (
             
               A
               Sacred
               Decree
            
             ,
             &c.
             )
             Presbyterial
             Government
             is
             much
             more
             truly
             said
             to
             be
             Prelatical
             ,
             than
             the
             Episcopal
             ;
             nay
             both
             Papal
             and
             Episcopal
             Government
             is
             better
             than
             Presbyterian
             ,
             more
             Uniform
             ,
             and
             have
             continued
             many
             Hundred
             of
             Years
             longer
             than
             Presbytery
             ,
             and
             were
             long
             before
             Presbytery
             was
             thought
             of
             ;
             it
             was
             but
             a
             Shift
             at
             a
             Pinch
             ,
             that
             the
             Devil
             made
             ,
             when
             neither
             of
             the
             other
             would
             serve
             his
             Turn
             ,
             and
             so
             came
             up
             Presbyterie
             ,
             but
             what
             good
             the
             Devil
             will
             have
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             for
             who
             knows
             the
             Luck
             of
             a
             Lowsie
             Cur
             ,
             he
             may
             prove
             a
             good
             Dog.
             (
             Robinson's
             
               Answer
               to
            
             Pryns
             12
             
               Queries
               .
               And
               the
               Arraignment
               of
               Persecution
               ,
               cited
               by
            
             Pryn
             
               in
               his
               Fresh
               Discovery
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Oh
               ,
               Monstrous
               !
               I
               now
               find
               it
               true
               ,
               what
               my
               worthy
               Friend
            
             Dr.
             Bastwick
             
               saith
               of
               you
            
             ,
             viz.
             A
             Man
             may
             truly
             say
             of
             
               Independents
               ,
               Diabolus
               cacavit
               illos
            
             ,
             they
             are
             the
             very
             Nephews
             of
             Heliogabalus
             ,
             Terrible
             Dissemblers
             ,
             and
             Notorious
             Liars
             ;
             if
             they
             get
             Authority
             ,
             down
             go
             the
             Churches
             ,
             which
             must
             be
             made
             Tophets
             of
             ;
             down
             go
             Gentry
             and
             Nobility
             ,
             the
             Sons
             
               of
               Belial
               ,
               (
               Bastwick's
               Letter
               to
               Vicars
               .
               )
               Remember
               your
            
             Solemn
             League
             and
             Covenant
             ;
             
               pray
               ,
               Mr.
            
             Independent
             ,
             
               did
               not
               you
               joyn
               with
               us
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               do
               you
               now
               renounce
               both
               that
               and
               the
               Parliament
               ?
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
            
             That
             to
             withdraw
             from
             this
             Community
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             our
             Representatives
             ,
             is
             next
             Door
             to
             withdrawing
             from
             ,
             and
             renouncing
             God
             himself
             ;
             nay
             it
             is
             a
             plain
             Renouncing
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             Warring
             against
             
             him
             .
             The
             Cause
             is
             Holy
             ,
             Just
             ,
             and
             Good
             ,
             and
             God
             will
             come
             in
             for
             the
             Defence
             of
             it
             in
             his
             own
             Time
             ;
             In
             taking
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             
               you
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               we
               ,
            
             have
             Vowed
             ,
             and
             we
             will
             not
             Repent
             ,
             to
             oppose
             these
             Adversaries
             to
             Death
             ;
             be
             they
             Bishops
             ,
             Lawyers
             ,
             Devils
             ,
             (
             He
             is
             their
             Prince
             )
             we
             will
             oppose
             these
             to
             Death
             ,
             nay
             we
             Vow
             and
             Covenant
             now
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             against
             King
             and
             Queen
             ,
             both
             setting
             themselves
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Power
             of
             Godliness
             :
             For
             though
             we
             have
             taken
             the
             Oath
             of
             Allegiance
             ,
             we
             are
             only
             Sworn
             to
             Obey
             the
             King
             ,
             while
             he
             Obeys
             God
             ;
             for
             what
             are
             the
             Princes
             and
             Nobles
             of
             the
             Earth
             ,
             but
             God's
             Scullions
             to
             clear
             up
             and
             purge
             his
             Vessels
             appointed
             to
             Honour
             ?
             
               Pray
               ,
               Good
            
             Mr.
             Independent
             ,
             
               remember
               your self
               and
               the
               Covenant
               .
               (
               The
               Covenant
               Asserted
               ,
            
             Printed
             ,
             August
             14.
             1643.
             )
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             cannot
             bind
             us
             ,
             till
             one
             Clause
             viz.
             
               according
               to
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
            
             be
             determined
             :
             And
             having
             done
             the
             utmost
             to
             fulfil
             it
             ,
             
               by
               helping
               you
            
             to
             Extirpate
             Root
             and
             Branch
             ,
             we
             have
             done
             all
             the
             Covenant
             requires
             ,
             (
             
               The
               Case
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               stated
               ,
            
             &c.
             )
             but
             besides
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             Snare
             to
             catch
             the
             People
             with
             the
             Face
             of
             Reformation
             ,
             
               never
               kept
               ,
               nor
               intended
               to
               be
               kept
               by
               your selves
               that
               made
               and
               imposed
               it
               on
               others
            
             ;
             for
             by
             the
             Covenant
             you
             were
             Sworn
             to
             root
             out
             all
             Popery
             ,
             but
             yet
             you
             have
             Established
             Tithes
             ,
             the
             Root
             of
             
               Popery
               ,
               (
               Lilburn
               cited
               by
               Pryn
               ,
               Fresh
               Discovery
               ,
            
             &c.
             )
             and
             in
             truth
             it
             is
             impossible
             to
             be
             kept
             ,
             and
             the
             Makers
             of
             it
             have
             run
             into
             wilfull
             Perjury
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             Makebate
             ,
             Persecuting
             ,
             Soul-destroying
             ,
             
             England-dividing
             ,
             and
             Undoing
             Covenant
             ,
             (
             
               England's
               Birthright
               by
            
             J.
             Lilburn
             :
             )
             And
             therefore
             ,
             as
             
               Mr.
               Goodwin
            
             tells
             you
             ,
             to
             Violate
             such
             an
             Abominable
             and
             Accursed
             Oath
             ,
             as
             this
             Covenant
             is
             ,
             is
             an
             Holy
             and
             a
             Blessed
             Perjury
             ,
             (
             12
             
               Cautions
               by
            
             J.
             Goodwin
             ,
             
               in
               opposition
               to
            
             Pryn's
             12
             Queries
             .
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             often
             heard
             some
             of
             your
             Party
             say
             indeed
             ,
             That
             Presbyterian
             Government
             came
             in
             with
             Knox
             ,
             and
             must
             go
             out
             with
             Knocks
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Solicitor
             gave
             us
             your
             
               Vltima
               Ratio
            
             for
             it
             the
             other
             Day
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             with
             a
             Menace
             ,
             That
             you
             must
             have
             Recourse
             to
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             Sword
             ,
             the
             longest
             Sword
             take
             all
             ;
             so
             that
             as
             
               Dr.
               
               Bastwick
            
             says
             ,
             we
             must
             expect
             shortly
             ,
             that
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             frequent
             threatnings
             ,
             you
             will
             fall
             to
             Cutting
             of
             the
             Throats
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               .
               (
               Hist
               .
               of
               Independ
               .
            
             and
             Bastwick's
             
               Post-script
               to
            
             Burton
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Nay
               ,
               the
               Truth
               is
            
             ,
             We
             are
             resolved
             to
             have
             none
             of
             your
             Blew-Cap
             Reformation
             .
             Your
             Reverend
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
             is
             such
             a
             Quagmire
             of
             Croking
             Frogs
             ,
             composed
             of
             Skip-Jack
             Presbyters
             ,
             a
             Synodian
             Whore
             ,
             a
             Trayterous
             Synod
             ,
             so
             many
             Presbyterian
             Horse-Leaches
             ,
             Blood-thirsty
             Cattle
             ,
             Jesuitical
             Traytors
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             a
             meer
             Consistory
             of
             Devils
             ,
             guided
             by
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             sent
             in
             a
             Cloak-bag
             from
             Scotland
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             induring
             of
             them
             any
             longer
             .
             (
             
               Arraignment
               of
               Persecution
               .
               And
            
             Martin
             
               's
               Eccho
               ,
               Printed
            
             ,
             1646.
             )
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               One
               may
               now
               with
               half
               an
               Eye
               see
               what
               you
               would
               be
               at
               .
               You
               have
               got
               the
               Sword
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               Govern
               with
               it
               :
               Your
               Insolencies
               are
               plain
               Evidences
               of
               your
               Intentions
               .
            
             One
             of
             your
             Prophane
             Crew
             ,
             the
             last
             Sabbath
             ,
             gave
             up
             a
             Bill
             at
             Mr.
             
             Calamie's
             Church
             in
             these
             Words
             ,
             You
             are
             desired
             to
             remember
             in
             your
             Prayers
             the
             Sick
             and
             Weak
             Estate
             of
             those
             Priest-Ridden
             Slaves
             ,
             that
             went
             about
             to
             gather
             Hands
             to
             the
             Petition
             for
             Disbanding
             of
             Sir
             Thomas
             Fairfax's
             Army
             .
             (
             
               Real
               Persecution
               ,
               or
               the
               Foundation
               of
               a
               general
               Toleration
               displaid
               ,
               Collected
               out
               of
               the
               Libels
               of
               Sectaries
               against
            
             Presbyterian
             Ministers
             ,
             Printed
             Feb.
             1.
             1646.
             
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             Does
             that
             make
             you
             start
             ?
             Nay
             then
             you
             shall
             have
             more
             ,
             I
             'le
             shew
             you
             the
             Nativity
             and
             Fortune
             of
             your
             Dear
             Friend
             Sir
             
               John
               Presbyter
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Son
             Sir
             
               Simon
               Synod
            
             .
             'T
             was
             e'en
             the
             Devil
             made
             the
             Urchin
             Sir
             
               John
               Presbyter
            
             ,
             a
             poor
             Abject
             Fugitive
             newly
             come
             out
             of
             Scotland
             ;
             but
             his
             Life
             is
             like
             neither
             to
             be
             good
             nor
             long
             ;
             he
             will
             be
             brought
             to
             some
             untimely
             End
             ,
             perhaps
             Hanging
             :
             his
             Teeth
             and
             Nails
             must
             be
             pluck'd
             out
             ,
             and
             cut
             off
             by
             an
             Independent
             Barber
             ,
             that
             hereafter
             he
             may
             never
             Bite
             or
             Scratch
             more
             ;
             for
             these
             all
             hate
             a
             Tithe-devouring
             Priest
             ,
             as
             they
             hate
             the
             Devil
             :
             And
             for
             your
             Synod
             ,
             it
             will
             soon
             be
             dissolved
             ,
             and
             the
             Devil
             chained
             up
             .
             
               
               
                 Reverend
                 Assembly
                 ,
                 up
                 ,
                 arise
                 ,
                 and
                 jogg
                 ,
              
               
                 For
                 you
                 have
                 fairely
                 fish'd
                 and
                 catch'd
                 a
                 Frogg
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 you
                 have
                 sate
                 four
                 years
                 ,
                 pray
                 can
                 you
                 tell
              
               
                 A
                 man
                 the
                 way
                 that
                 Christ
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 Hell
                 ?
              
               
                 In
                 all
                 this
                 time
                 what
                 can
                 a
                 Wise
                 Man
                 think
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 you
                 have
                 done
                 ought
                 else
                 but
                 eat
                 and
                 drink
                 ?
              
               
                 Presbytery
                 climb'd
                 up
                 to
                 th'
                 top
                 of
                 Fame
                 ,
              
               
                 Directory
                 and
                 all
                 from
                 Scotland
                 came
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 monstrous
                 Idleness
                 !
                 alack
                 and
                 welly
                 ,
              
               
                 Our
                 Learned
                 Clergy
                 mind
                 nought
                 but
                 their
                 Belly
                 .
              
            
             (
             
               Real
               Persecution
            
             ,
             &c.
             )
             And
             to
             be
             short
             with
             you
             ,
             National
             Churches
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             are
             of
             Anti-Christs
             setting
             up
             .
             Your
             present
             Church
             is
             a
             true
             Whorish
             Mother
             ,
             and
             you
             are
             her
             Bastardly
             Children
             ;
             your
             Worship
             is
             of
             the
             Devil
             and
             Anti-Christs
             Invention
             ,
             Institution
             ,
             and
             Setting
             up
             ,
             
               and
               to
               convince
               you
               what
               you
            
             are
             to
             trust
             to
             ,
             precious
             Mr.
             Peters
             ,
             and
             some
             others
             ,
             met
             with
             Mr.
             Lilburn
             the
             other
             day
             at
             the
             Wind-mill
             Tavern
             ,
             where
             he
             moved
             to
             Petition
             the
             Parliament
             for
             the
             present
             Dissolving
             of
             your
             Assembly
             ,
             and
             sending
             them
             home
             to
             their
             Country
             Cures
             .
             
               And
               you
               know
               ,
               what
               an
               influence
               that
               Godly
               Man
               hath
               upon
               the
               Army
               and
               Parliament
               .
            
             (
             Fresh
             discovery
             ,
             
               &c.
               supra
               citat
            
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             Hugh
             Peter
             !
             
               I
               know
               that
               Turncoat
               full
               well
               :
               Look
               you
               here
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               see
               him
               in
               his
               Canonical
               Habit
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               Scantling
               you
               may
               take
               a
               measure
               of
               your
               Party
               ,
               and
               what
               Credit
               or
               Faith
               is
               to
               be
               given
               to
               Men
               whose
               Consciences
               are
               made
               of
               Weathercock-Metal
               .
            
             Here
             's
             a
             Letter
             which
             Mr.
             Pryn
             avers
             he
             found
             in
             the
             late
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             
             Canterburie's
             Study
             ,
             written
             with
             
             Hugh's
             own
             Hand
             ,
             and
             thus
             indorsed
             by
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             ,
             viz.
             Mr.
             Hugh
             Peter's
             Submission
             before
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             Aug.
             17.
             1627.
             
             
               Which
               shews
               what
               a
               profligate
               ,
               faithless
               Wretch
               that
               main
               Pillar
               of
               your
               Religion
               is
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Come
               ,
               I
               know
               Mr.
            
             Peters
             
               must
               write
               Excellently
               ,
               let
               's
               hear
               it
               ,
               otherwise
               I
               shall
               believe
               you
               abuse
               both
               him
               and
               me
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Then
               thus
               it
               was
               penned
            
             .
          
           
             
               
               
                 
                   Right
                   Reverend
                   Father
                   in
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   My
                   very
                   Good
                   Lord
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Being
                 required
                 to
                 make
                 known
                 to
                 your
                 Lordship
                 my
                 Judgment
                 concerning
                 some
                 things
                 propounded
                 at
                 my
                 last
                 being
                 before
                 your
                 Lordship
                 ;
                 from
                 which
                 Propositions
                 though
                 I
                 never
                 dissented
                 ,
                 nor
                 know
                 any
                 cause
                 why
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 suspected
                 ;
                 Yet
                 being
                 ready
                 and
                 willing
                 to
                 obey
                 your
                 Lordship
                 in
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 so
                 just
                 a
                 demand
                 as
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 consulted
                 Antiquity
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 our
                 Modern
                 Hooker
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 humbly
                 desire
                 your
                 Lordship
                 to
                 accept
                 the
                 satisfaction
                 following
                 .
              
               
                 First
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 in
                 General
                 ,
                 I
                 bless
                 God
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 I
                 was
                 Baptized
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 am
                 not
                 only
                 most
                 assured
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 True
                 Church
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 am
                 perswaded
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 most
                 Glorious
                 and
                 Flourishing
                 Church
                 this
                 day
                 under
                 the
                 Sun
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 truly
                 thankful
                 for
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 Faith
                 ,
                 Doctrine
                 ,
                 Articles
                 of
                 that
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Maintenance
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 the
                 Lord
                 will
                 enable
                 me
                 to
                 contend
                 ,
                 
                   tanquam
                   pro
                   Aris
                   &
                   Focis
                
                 ,
                 yea
                 I
                 trust
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 my
                 Life
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 were
                 thereunto
                 called
                 .
              
               
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 Governors
                 and
                 Government
                 thereof
                 ,
                 viz.
                 The
                 Reverend
                 Fathers
                 the
                 Arch-Bishops
                 and
                 Bishops
                 ,
                 I
                 acknowledge
                 their
                 Office
                 and
                 Jurisdictions
                 ,
                 and
                 cannot
                 see
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 would
                 follow
                 a
                 fearful
                 Ataxy
                 without
                 the
                 present
                 Government
                 ;
                 whereof
                 I
                 so
                 approve
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 and
                 do
                 willingly
                 submit
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 and
                 will
                 press
                 the
                 same
                 upon
                 others
                 .
              
               
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 Ceremonies
                 ,
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 use
                 among
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 already
                 Subscribed
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 shall
                 diligently
                 and
                 daily
                 Practise
                 ;
                 neither
                 have
                 I
                 ever
                 been
                 accused
                 for
                 neglect
                 therein
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 have
                 formerly
                 exercised
                 my
                 Ministerial
                 Function
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 them
                 do
                 give
                 my
                 full
                 approbation
                 and
                 allowance
                 .
              
               
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 For
                 the
                 Book
                 of
                 Common-Prayer
                 ,
                 the
                 Liturgie
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 is
                 in
                 them
                 contained
                 ;
                 (
                 finding
                 them
                 agreeable
                 to
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 )
                 I
                 have
                 used
                 ,
                 as
                 other
                 Ministers
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 am
                 resolved
                 so
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 refractory
                 in
                 this
                 particular
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ,
                 nor
                 do
                 intend
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 God
                 willing
                 .
                 And
                 
                 to
                 these
                 I
                 subscribe
                 with
                 my
                 heart
                 and
                 hand
                 ,
                 humbly
                 submitting
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 my self
                 ,
                 to
                 your
                 Lordships
                 pleasure
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     Your
                     Lordships
                     in
                     all
                     Humble
                     Service
                     ,
                  
                   Hugh
                   Peter
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             [
             
               Fresh
               Discovery
            
             ,
             &c.
             
               supra
               citat
            
             .
             ]
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               O!
               This
               was
               written
               in
               the
               Days
               of
               his
               Blindness
               ,
               but
               the
               Lord
               hath
               Inlightened
               him
               better
               now
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Presbyt
             .
          
           
             
               Oh!
               What
               Illuminations
               spring
               from
               Perjury
               ,
               and
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Sword
               !
               Does
               he
               not
               tell
               you
               ,
               he
               had
               studied
               Antiquity
               ,
               and
               the
               Modern
               Writers
               too
               ?
               Does
               he
               not
               ,
            
             ex
             animo
             
               and
               from
               Deliberation
               of
               his
               Judgment
               ,
               tell
               you
               ,
               he
               was
               satisfied
               in
               every
               particular
               of
               the
               Prelatical
               Government
               ?
               And
               yet
               who
               has
               done
               more
               to
               destroy
               it
               ,
               Root
               and
               Branch
               ?
               Was
               he
               not
               a
               Professed
            
             Presbyterian
             ,
             till
             Independency
             
               got
               the
               Weather-Gage
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               tacks
               about
               too
               .
               So
               that
               he
               must
               be
               either
               a
               most
               Notorious
               Liar
               and
               Hypocrite
               ,
               in
               this
               Letter
               to
               the
               Bishop
               ,
               or
               a
               most
               impious
               Wretch
               ,
               to
               go
               against
               the
               Dictates
               of
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               in
               overthrowing
               the
               most
               Glorious
               and
               Flourishing
               Church
               under
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               fighting
               against
               Her
            
             tanquam
             pro
             Aris
             &
             Focis
             ,
             
               instead
               of
               laying
               down
               his
               Life
               for
               her
               ,
               and
               therefore
               e'en
               take
               him
               among
               you
               ,
               we
               shall
               know
               you
               better
               by
               the
               Company
               you
               keep
               than
               by
               any
               other
               Wayes
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Indep
             .
          
           
             
               Well
               ,
               so
               let
               it
               be
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               not
               known
               you
               ,
               we
               had
               never
               had
               him
               ,
               but
               Experience
               hath
               made
               more
               than
               him
               Wise
               ,
               he
               is
               sufficiently
               acquainted
               with
            
             your
             Gorbellied
             Idol
             of
             Presbyterie
             ,
             and
             the
             Dissembly
             Doctors
             ,
             
               to
               have
               any
               thing
               more
               to
               do
               with
               them
               ,
            
             than
             to
             tell
             them
             ,
             That
             they
             would
             do
             the
             State
             better
             Service
             with
             their
             Canonical
             Girdles
             ,
             were
             the
             Knot
             tied
             in
             the
             Right
             place
             ;
             
               or
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               too
               severe
               ,
            
             to
             wish
             them
             to
             Adjourn
             to
             
               Bedlam
               ,
               where
               ,
               as
               the
               fittest
               place
               ,
               I
               leave
               you
               and
               them
               ,
               Good
            
             Sir
             John
             Presbyter
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           Men
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           the
           Manners
           ,
           these
           are
           their
           Positions
           and
           Principles
           ,
           this
           is
           their
           Meekness
           
           and
           Charity
           ,
           their
           Tenderness
           and
           Unity
           ;
           these
           are
           their
           Thoughts
           of
           Monarchy
           and
           Episcopacy
           ,
           of
           Order
           and
           Government
           ,
           of
           Obedience
           and
           Subjection
           .
           Here
           is
           a
           taste
           of
           their
           Divinity
           ,
           Humanity
           ,
           Morality
           ,
           Politicks
           ,
           Ethicks
           and
           Honesty
           ,
           though
           it
           is
           
             Canis
             ad
             Nilum
          
           ,
           only
           a
           few
           Snaps
           and
           away
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           Crocodiles
           ,
           and
           indeed
           Nilus
           is
           their
           proper
           Emblematical
           Parent
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           the
           very
           Crocodiles
           of
           Religion
           ,
           who
           are
           always
           Whining
           ,
           till
           they
           are
           able
           to
           devour
           the
           Government
           :
           But
           certainly
           here
           is
           sufficient
           Deformity
           ,
           to
           perswade
           all
           Good
           ,
           Virtuous
           ,
           and
           Religious
           People
           for
           ever
           to
           abandon
           them
           ;
           not
           but
           that
           ,
           if
           I
           thought
           it
           necessary
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           would
           not
           Nauseate
           rather
           than
           Divert
           the
           Reader
           ,
           I
           could
           have
           blotted
           many
           more
           Pages
           out
           of
           their
           own
           Ink
           ;
           but
           truly
           ,
           measuring
           the
           Inclinations
           of
           others
           by
           my
           own
           ,
           I
           must
           ingenuously
           acknowledge
           that
           it
           gives
           me
           very
           slender
           diversion
           to
           Traffick
           in
           such
           Course
           Painting
           ,
           and
           such
           Ugly
           Colours
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           must
           Paint
           the
           Infernal
           Legions
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           should
           dip
           his
           Pencil
           in
           the
           deepest
           Black
           ,
           and
           pourtray
           Deformity
           :
           And
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           would
           ,
           from
           the
           Life
           ,
           draw
           the
           exact
           Picture
           of
           
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Sects
           ,
           must
           fetch
           the
           best
           Colours
           to
           do
           it
           with
           ,
           from
           their
           own
           Shops
           .
           And
           truly
           it
           is
           a
           satisfaction
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           not
           had
           this
           drudgery
           put
           upon
           me
           ,
           but
           that
           these
           Monsters
           have
           drawn
           the
           Lineaments
           of
           their
           own
           hideous
           Shapes
           and
           Figures
           :
           And
           whatever
           Opinion
           the
           present
           Separatists
           may
           have
           either
           of
           me
           or
           of
           their
           Predecessors
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           though
           I
           might
           have
           displaid
           their
           Principles
           ,
           which
           are
           equally
           Monstrous
           and
           Dangerous
           ,
           in
           the
           proper
           Colours
           of
           Truth
           ,
           yet
           I
           should
           not
           have
           bespattered
           my self
           at
           this
           gross
           rate
           ,
           to
           render
           them
           more
           ugly
           :
           And
           indeed
           ,
           let
           who
           will
           dress
           these
           Principles
           in
           the
           Whitest
           Garb
           ,
           they
           will
           look
           like
           
           Negro's
           ,
           who
           though
           Apparrelled
           in
           the
           cleanest
           Linnen
           ,
           will
           be
           
           Negro's
           still
           :
           But
           certainly
           ,
           as
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Exceptions
           against
           the
           Persons
           who
           have
           given
           these
           Characters
           ,
           they
           being
           the
           Principal
           Champions
           and
           Heroes
           of
           these
           two
           powerful
           Sects
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           and
           Independents
           ,
           so
           there
           can
           be
           no
           doubt
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           their
           Characters
           ;
           for
           like
           
           skilful
           Combatants
           ,
           as
           by
           long
           tryal
           they
           best
           knew
           each
           others
           defects
           ,
           so
           they
           addressed
           themselves
           most
           vigorously
           to
           attack
           each
           other
           in
           the
           weakest
           places
           ,
           and
           one
           may
           well
           perceive
           by
           the
           mutual
           Wounds
           they
           give
           and
           receive
           ,
           that
           they
           both
           wanted
           the
           Armour
           of
           Truth
           :
           And
           most
           assuredly
           ,
           if
           all
           ,
           they
           charge
           each
           other
           to
           be
           Guilty
           of
           ,
           be
           true
           ,
           Hell
           hath
           nothing
           able
           much
           to
           surpass
           them
           in
           Blackness
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           be
           false
           ,
           nothing
           that
           can
           equal
           them
           in
           Malice
           and
           Falseness
           ;
           so
           that
           let
           their
           Accusations
           be
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           they
           manifestly
           prove
           each
           Faction
           to
           be
           most
           intolerably
           Wicked
           ,
           Faithless
           ,
           Mischievous
           ,
           and
           Dangerous
           to
           all
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           even
           to
           Humane
           Society
           :
           And
           for
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           I
           cannot
           see
           ,
           how
           it
           had
           been
           possible
           to
           have
           found
           any
           Arguments
           so
           capable
           to
           undeceive
           and
           deliver
           the
           deluded
           People
           of
           this
           Nation
           out
           of
           that
           strange
           fond
           Opinion
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           entertained
           of
           such
           Sanctimonious
           Impostors
           ,
           as
           these
           ,
           with
           which
           they
           themselves
           have
           furnished
           us
           against
           themselves
           ;
           and
           this
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           may
           likewise
           excuse
           the
           Repetition
           of
           such
           Treasonable
           Positions
           ,
           such
           unmannerly
           and
           bitter
           Invectives
           ,
           such
           fierce
           Accusations
           ,
           and
           such
           horrible
           Crimes
           ,
           as
           these
           two
           Factions
           are
           by
           their
           own
           Mouths
           and
           Pens
           convicted
           to
           be
           Guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           But
           their
           greatest
           Guilt
           is
           still
           behind
           ,
           the
           very
           Quintessence
           of
           those
           Envenomed
           Anti-Monarchical
           Principles
           refined
           into
           one
           
             Dismal
             Act.
          
           For
           notwithstanding
           all
           these
           mutual
           Quarrels
           ,
           they
           were
           still
           most
           Harmoniously
           consenting
           and
           united
           in
           the
           Prosecution
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           :
           And
           after
           all
           the
           Miseries
           of
           a
           Cruel
           ,
           Bloody
           ,
           and
           Unnatural
           War
           ,
           in
           which
           they
           had
           involved
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           they
           proceeded
           at
           the
           last
           to
           Consummate
           all
           their
           former
           Wickednesses
           ,
           by
           the
           most
           Execrable
           Design
           ,
           that
           ever
           the
           Sun
           lent
           Beams
           to
           the
           Day
           to
           behold
           ,
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           Ornament
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           the
           Miracle
           of
           Piety
           ,
           and
           the
           Vice-gerent
           of
           Heaven
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           the
           King
           ;
           their
           King
           ;
           their
           Natural
           Liege
           Lord
           and
           Soveraign
           ;
           seeking
           the
           Security
           of
           their
           former
           Treasons
           by
           his
           Ruine
           ;
           and
           palliating
           their
           Rebellion
           ,
           by
           Murdering
           first
           his
           Innocence
           ,
           and
           then
           his
           Sacred
           
           Person
           ,
           and
           indeavouring
           to
           cover
           all
           their
           Former
           Crimes
           by
           committing
           Greater
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Independent
           Faction
           ,
           under
           Cromwel's
           Favour
           ,
           who
           had
           now
           openly
           declared
           himself
           of
           that
           Party
           ,
           having
           now
           got
           into
           their
           Possession
           the
           uncontrolable
           Power
           of
           the
           Sword
           ;
           they
           first
           Endeavour
           to
           get
           the
           King
           ,
           now
           a
           Prisoner
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           which
           was
           now
           wholly
           Independent
           ,
           the
           Prebyterians
           being
           thrust
           out
           of
           all
           Military
           Employs
           ,
           this
           was
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           by
           Cromwel's
           Power
           ,
           effected
           by
           one
           Joyce
           ,
           a
           Creature
           of
           his
           ,
           who
           when
           he
           had
           given
           him
           an
           Account
           of
           the
           Success
           of
           that
           Commission
           ,
           
             That
             's
             well
             ,
             said
          
           Cromwel
           ,
           
             for
             now
             I
             have
             the
             King
             in
             my
             Power
             ,
             I
             have
             the
             Parliament
             in
             my
             Pocket
             .
          
        
         
           The
           next
           step
           was
           ,
           to
           make
           sure
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           mischief
           it
           had
           done
           the
           King
           ,
           was
           of
           too
           great
           Importance
           to
           be
           slighted
           ,
           and
           of
           great
           Necessity
           and
           Advantage
           to
           be
           gained
           :
           They
           were
           very
           sensible
           ,
           should
           London
           heartily
           and
           unanimously
           oppose
           them
           ,
           that
           heavy
           Weight
           would
           be
           able
           to
           turn
           the
           Scale
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           Traverse
           ,
           if
           not
           Hazard
           the
           intire
           Ruine
           of
           their
           Designs
           :
           This
           Cromwel
           knew
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           to
           his
           Confidents
           ,
           
             That
             London
             must
             be
             brought
             to
             more
             absolute
             Obedience
             ,
             or
             laid
             in
             the
             Dust
             .
          
           A
           Declaration
           well
           worth
           the
           Consideration
           of
           that
           Noble
           City
           ,
           and
           a
           Caution
           to
           them
           for
           ever
           to
           be
           aware
           of
           these
           Treacherous
           Factions
           ,
           who
           ,
           if
           their
           Interest
           required
           it
           ,
           and
           their
           Power
           were
           able
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           would
           make
           no
           Difficulty
           to
           Execute
           the
           Menace
           of
           that
           Infamous
           Vsurper
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           proceed
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           gaining
           of
           this
           Point
           ,
           they
           first
           Court
           the
           City
           to
           a
           Neutrality
           ,
           but
           the
           City
           declining
           that
           ,
           and
           there
           being
           some
           Overtures
           of
           an
           Accommodation
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           Cromwel
           and
           his
           Party
           most
           dreaded
           ,
           he
           Threatens
           to
           March
           up
           with
           the
           Army
           to
           London
           ,
           whereupon
           ,
           the
           Citizens
           Hearts
           misgiving
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           Independents
           having
           gained
           upon
           diverse
           Considerable
           Members
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           Resolved
           ,
           to
           try
           to
           divert
           that
           Storm
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           send
           
             Fowke
             ,
             Gibbs
             ,
             and
             Estwick
             ,
          
           to
           Treat
           with
           the
           Army
           ,
           who
           like
           perfidious
           and
           timerous
           Slaves
           ,
           betrayed
           their
           Trust
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           Employed
           
           them
           in
           that
           Affair
           .
           For
           the
           Result
           of
           their
           Negotiation
           was
           ,
           That
           the
           City
           should
           relinquish
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Militia
           ,
           and
           leave
           the
           Establishment
           of
           it
           to
           the
           Council
           of
           the
           Army
           ;
           That
           they
           should
           deliver
           up
           all
           their
           Forts
           ,
           the
           Line
           of
           Communication
           ,
           the
           Tower
           with
           all
           the
           Arms
           and
           Ammunition
           ,
           to
           the
           Army
           ;
           That
           they
           should
           disband
           their
           Forces
           ,
           demolish
           all
           their
           Out-works
           and
           Fortifications
           ,
           and
           suffer
           the
           whole
           Army
           to
           March
           through
           the
           City
           ;
           all
           which
           to
           the
           Eternal
           Dishonor
           of
           those
           Pusillanimous
           Cowards
           ,
           only
           Valiant
           in
           Rebellion
           ,
           they
           presently
           after
           most
           Triumphantly
           put
           in
           Execution
           .
        
         
           This
           great
           Rub
           being
           so
           fortunately
           surmounted
           ,
           they
           now
           began
           to
           open
           the
           Dismal
           Scene
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           they
           might
           extinguish
           the
           least
           remaining
           Sparks
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           they
           fall
           to
           Menacing
           such
           ,
           as
           durst
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           Oppose
           them
           .
           For
           upon
           the
           Debate
           ,
           which
           happened
           concerning
           the
           Nulling
           of
           all
           Acts
           ,
           Orders
           ,
           &c.
           from
           July
           26.
           1647.
           
             to
             August
          
           .
           6.
           
           Sir
           
             Arthur
             Hasilrig
          
           openly
           declared
           in
           the
           House
           ,
           
             That
             some
             Heads
             must
             fly
             off
             ,
             and
             that
             ,
             he
             feared
             ,
             the
          
           Parliament
           of
           England
           
             would
             not
             Save
             the
             Kingdom
          
           of
           England
           ,
           
             that
             they
             must
             look
             another
             way
             for
             Safety
             :
          
           And
           many
           other
           threatning
           Speeches
           were
           made
           by
           Sir
           
             H.
             Vane
          
           Jun.
           Sir
           
             John
             Evelyn
          
           Jun.
           
             Prideaux
             ,
             Gourdon
             ,
             Mildmay
             ,
             Scot
             ,
          
           and
           
             Cornelius
             Holland
          
           ;
           and
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           a
           Letter
           ,
           with
           a
           Remonstrance
           full
           of
           Invectives
           and
           Menaces
           ,
           from
           the
           General
           Fairfax
           and
           the
           general
           Council
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           was
           produced
           ,
           by
           which
           Means
           they
           gained
           that
           Point
           also
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           24.
           of
           December
           the
           four
           Bills
           ,
           whereby
           the
           King
           was
           to
           be
           Devested
           of
           every
           thing
           ,
           but
           the
           Empty
           Name
           ,
           were
           sent
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           the
           Conditions
           of
           restoring
           him
           to
           his
           Liberty
           and
           Crown
           .
           And
           upon
           the
           third
           of
           January
           ,
           the
           Kings
           answer
           was
           Read
           and
           Debated
           ;
           upon
           which
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Wroth
          
           broke
           out
           into
           this
           Extravagant
           Speech
           ,
           (
           fitter
           for
           Bedlam
           Himself
           ,
           or
           rather
           Tyburn
           ,
           than
           
             St.
             Stephen's
          
           Chappel
           ,
           )
           That
           Bedlam
           
             was
             appointed
             for
             Mad-men
             ,
             and
          
           Tophet
           
             for
             Kings
             :
             That
             our
             Kings
             of
             late
             had
             carried
             themselves
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             fit
             for
             no
             place
             ,
             but
          
           Bedlam
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Moved
           ,
           first
           to
           Secure
           
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           keep
           him
           close
           Prisoner
           in
           some
           Inland
           Castle
           ,
           with
           strong
           Guards
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           to
           draw
           up
           Articles
           of
           Impeachment
           against
           him
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           to
           lay
           him
           aside
           ,
           and
           settle
           the
           Kingdom
           without
           him
           ;
           and
           for
           his
           own
           particular
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           he
           valued
           not
           what
           Form
           of
           Government
           they
           set
           up
           ,
           so
           it
           were
           not
           by
           Kings
           and
           Devils
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           Seconded
           by
           Ireton
           ,
           who
           spoke
           the
           Sense
           of
           the
           Army
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             That
             the
             King
             had
             denyed
             Safety
             and
             Protection
             to
             his
             People
             ,
             by
             denying
             the
             four
             Bills
             :
             That
             Subjection
             to
             his
             was
             but
             in
             lieu
             of
             Protection
             from
             him
             to
             the
             People
             ;
             that
             This
             being
             denied
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             may
             well
             deny
             any
             more
             Subjection
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             settle
             the
             Kingdom
             without
             him
             ;
             That
             it
             was
             expected
             ,
             after
             so
             long
             Patience
             ,
             they
             should
             now
             shew
             their
             Resolution
             ,
             and
             not
             desert
             those
             Valiant
             Men
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             who
             had
             ingaged
             for
             them
             beyond
             the
             possibility
             of
             retreat
             .
          
        
         
           And
           to
           put
           the
           thrust
           home
           to
           the
           very
           Heart
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           towards
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           his
           Speech
           ,
           laying
           his
           Hand
           upon
           the
           Hilt
           of
           his
           Sword
           ,
           that
           
             Sorcerer
             Cromwel
          
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           spake
           to
           this
           Effect
           :
           
             That
             it
             was
             now
             expected
             ,
             that
             the
             Parliament
             should
             Govern
             and
             Defend
             the
             Kingdom
             by
             their
             own
             Power
             and
             Resolution
             ,
             and
             to
             teach
             the
             People
             no
             longer
             to
             expect
             Safety
             and
             Government
             from
             an
             Obstinate
             Man
             ,
             whose
             Heart
             God
             had
             hardened
             ;
             That
             ,
             they
             who
             had
             defended
             the
             Parliament
             from
             so
             many
             hazards
             ,
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             dangers
             ,
             with
             the
             expence
             of
             their
             Blood
             ,
             would
             defend
             them
             herein
             ,
             with
             Fidelity
             and
             Courage
             ,
             against
             all
             Opposition
             whatsoever
             ;
             therefore
             ,
             that
             they
             ought
             not
             to
             teach
             them
             ,
             by
             neglecting
             their
             own
             and
             the
             Kingdoms
             Safety
             ,
             in
             which
             their
             own
             is
             included
             ,
             to
             think
             themselves
             betrayed
             ,
             and
             left
             to
             the
             Rage
             and
             Malice
             of
             an
             irreconcilable
             Enemy
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             subdued
             for
             the
             Parliament's
             sake
             ,
             and
             therefore
             in
             probability
             likely
             to
             find
             his
             future
             Government
             of
             them
             insupportable
             ,
             and
             more
             inclined
             to
             Revenge
             than
             Justice
             ,
             lest
             otherwise
             Despair
             should
             teach
             those
             Valiant
             Men
             ,
             to
             seek
             their
             Safety
             in
             some
             other
             means
             ,
             than
             adhering
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             plainly
             see
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             stick
             to
             your
             
             selves
             :
             and
             how
             destructive
             such
             a
             Resolution
             in
             them
             may
             be
             to
             you
             all
             ,
             added
             he
             ,
             
               I
               tremble
               to
               think
               ,
               and
               leave
               to
               you
               to
               Judge
               .
            
          
        
         
           Whereupon
           the
           Question
           was
           immediately
           put
           ,
           Whether
           the
           Two
           Houses
           should
           make
           no
           more
           Addresses
           or
           Applications
           to
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           ,
           the
           House
           being
           Divided
           ,
           with
           the
           Yeas
           ,
           were
           141.
           with
           the
           Noes
           ,
           91.
           
           So
           it
           passed
           in
           the
           Affirmative
           .
        
         
           But
           matters
           did
           not
           run
           so
           smoothly
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           hoped
           ;
           For
           the
           general
           Cry
           of
           the
           Nation
           was
           for
           a
           
             Personal
             Treaty
          
           with
           the
           King
           :
           This
           was
           violently
           opposed
           by
           the
           Independent
           Faction
           ,
           and
           because
           there
           appeared
           great
           Inclinations
           in
           the
           City
           to
           favour
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           Threatned
           ,
           That
           after
           they
           had
           done
           with
           Colchester
           ,
           they
           would
           Humble
           that
           Proud
           City
           of
           London
           .
           And
           to
           the
           Eternal
           Shame
           and
           Confusion
           of
           these
           Pretenders
           to
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           to
           Tender
           Conscience
           too
           ;
           the
           Reader
           shall
           hear
           that
           hideous
           Animal
           ,
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ,
           bray
           out
           the
           Bloody
           and
           Treasonable
           Thoughts
           of
           the
           Party
           possessed
           with
           this
           Legion
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           those
           Pamphlets
           ,
           which
           ,
           according
           to
           their
           constant
           Practice
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           the
           Press
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           they
           Print
           and
           Disperse
           abroad
           to
           poyson
           the
           abused
           People
           ,
           and
           to
           incite
           and
           animate
           them
           to
           Disloyalty
           ,
           Treason
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           Flagitious
           Villanies
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           following
           the
           Directions
           and
           Dictates
           of
           Conscience
           .
        
         
           The
           Paper
           wears
           this
           Title
           ,
           
             The
             Voice
             of
          
           Conscience
           
             to
             all
             Well-meaning
             Citizens
          
           .
           Printed
           July
           16.
           1648.
           
           And
           thus
           he
           Harangues
           the
           People
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           desire
           to
           see
           a
           longer
           and
           more
           Bloody
           War
           ,
           and
           London
           (
           as
           the
           Chief
           Seat
           thereof
           )
           weltring
           in
           its
           own
           Blood
           ;
           your
           Wives
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           Families
           starved
           and
           pined
           to
           death
           through
           Poverty
           ,
           Famine
           ,
           and
           want
           of
           Trade
           ;
           if
           you
           would
           overthrow
           Parliaments
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           subject
           both
           them
           ,
           and
           all
           People
           ,
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Courtiers
           ;
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           see
           Foreigners
           invade
           you
           on
           all
           Hands
           ,
           and
           many
           Armies
           at
           once
           Quartered
           upon
           your
           Land
           ,
           putting
           hard
           for
           a
           
             New
             Conquest
          
           of
           this
           miserable
           divided
           Nation
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           desire
           to
           see
           your
           Wives
           and
           your
           Daughters
           ravished
           before
           your
           Faces
           ,
           and
           
           your
           Childrens
           Brains
           Dasht
           against
           the
           Stones
           by
           lustful
           and
           Blood-thirsty
           Cavaleers
           ;
           then
           follow
           the
           Steps
           of
           your
           Wealthy
           head-strong
           Aldermen
           and
           Common-Council-Men
           ,
           in
           their
           hasty
           pursuance
           of
           a
           
             Personal
             Treaty
          
           with
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           which
           is
           all
           one
           ,
           removing
           him
           out
           of
           the
           Armies
           Power
           :
           For
           if
           you
           do
           ,
           flatter
           not
           your selves
           ,
           but
           be
           assured
           ,
           [
           most
           Impious
           Confidence
           ,
           ]
           
             as
             certain
             as
             God
             is
             in
             Heaven
             ,
          
           you
           will
           see
           those
           Miseries
           come
           to
           pass
           ,
           and
           that
           swiftly
           too
           ,
           you
           ▪
           will
           be
           devoured
           in
           an
           instant
           without
           Hope
           of
           Remedy
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           you
           abhor
           ,
           and
           would
           prevent
           those
           Mischiefs
           ,
           then
           avoid
           and
           detest
           their
           Ingagement
           ;
           fly
           from
           it
           as
           from
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           Viper
           bred
           in
           your
           own
           Bowels
           to
           destroy
           you
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           have
           unadvisedly
           subscribed
           it
           ,
           Repent
           speedily
           ,
           and
           Recal
           your
           Hands
           .
        
         
           They
           most
           grosly
           delude
           you
           ,
           and
           abuse
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           in
           pretending
           they
           are
           able
           ,
           nay
           willing
           to
           Prevent
           or
           Suppress
           Tumults
           ;
           Trust
           them
           once
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           desire
           no
           more
           ;
           they
           will
           soon
           make
           it
           past
           a
           Treaty
           :
           And
           when
           you
           lye
           at
           their
           Mercy
           ,
           complaining
           of
           the
           Breach
           of
           their
           Ingagements
           ,
           they
           'l
           Deride
           and
           Spurn
           you
           ;
           and
           you
           shall
           not
           dare
           to
           open
           your
           Mouths
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           do
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           your
           Death
           ;
           Night
           nor
           Day
           ,
           you
           shall
           not
           with
           Safety
           go
           out
           of
           your
           Doors
           ,
           but
           Stabbing
           and
           Pistoling
           will
           be
           common
           at
           Noon-day
           .
        
         
           Oh
           therefore
           ,
           all
           ye
           that
           Honor
           God
           ,
           see
           this
           Exceeding
           Danger
           before
           it
           be
           too
           late
           ;
           have
           Patience
           ;
           wait
           upon
           God
           in
           his
           Way
           ;
           run
           not
           to
           Egypt
           for
           help
           ;
           lean
           not
           on
           so
           broken
           a
           Reed
           ;
           consider
           how
           this
           City
           hath
           been
           threatned
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           ;
           how
           often
           Plots
           have
           been
           covered
           under
           Treaties
           ;
           destroy
           not
           all
           your
           Mercies
           through
           Impatience
           ;
           forsake
           not
           a
           Just
           God
           (
           who
           hitherto
           hath
           Preserved
           you
           ,
           )
           for
           any
           
             Vnjust
             Man
          
           that
           hath
           long
           sought
           by
           all
           Means
           to
           Destroy
           you
           and
           Enslave
           you
           ,
           leap
           not
           out
           of
           the
           Pan
           into
           the
           Fire
           .
        
         
           Wait
           but
           a
           while
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           see
           both
           City
           and
           Nation
           flourish
           ;
           distrust
           not
           ;
           he
           that
           Believeth
           maketh
           not
           haste
           :
           Fear
           not
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           soon
           see
           the
           Salvation
           that
           God
           is
           preparing
           for
           you
           by
           just
           Means
           .
           This
           Way
           ,
           which
           
           ye
           are
           now
           put
           upon
           ,
           being
           the
           most
           dangerous
           that
           can
           be
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           cannot
           be
           blessed
           :
           And
           had
           your
           Aldermen
           and
           Common-Council-Men
           any
           thing
           of
           God
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           would
           rather
           seek
           satisfaction
           for
           all
           the
           Innocent
           Blood
           that
           hath
           been
           spilt
           ,
           than
           for
           a
           
             Personal
             Treaty
          
           ,
           which
           instead
           of
           ending
           your
           Troubles
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           make
           you
           believe
           ,
           will
           be
           but
           the
           beginning
           of
           new
           Sorrows
           ;
           which
           indeed
           ,
           is
           but
           just
           with
           God
           ;
           *
           for
           as
           he
           justly
           punisheth
           Sin
           without
           respect
           of
           Persons
           ,
           so
           he
           requireth
           ,
           that
           all
           whom
           he
           hath
           Authorized
           with
           Power
           ,
           should
           Impartially
           do
           the
           like
           ;
           for
           of
           all
           the
           Sins
           and
           Abominations
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           Murder
           and
           Innocent
           Blood
           (
           chiefly
           of
           so
           many
           thousands
           and
           ten
           thousands
           )
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           Crying
           Sins
           and
           Abominations
           ;
           and
           until
           that
           be
           done
           away
           by
           just
           satisfaction
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           appearance
           of
           any
           well-grounded
           Peace
           ,
           whereof
           the
           Scots
           and
           their
           Confederates
           so
           much
           boast
           ;
           but
           rather
           of
           utter
           Ruine
           to
           all
           the
           Three
           Nations
           .
        
         
           For
           as
           the
           Lives
           of
           Saul
           and
           Ahab
           were
           taken
           ,
           the
           one
           for
           sparing
           Agag
           King
           of
           Amaleck
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Benhadad
           King
           of
           Assyria
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           as
           likely
           and
           possible
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           just
           and
           equitable
           ,
           That
           God
           will
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           so
           deal
           with
           those
           who
           have
           justly
           accused
           the
           
             Grand
             Enemy
          
           of
           our
           Peace
           ,
           if
           they
           instead
           of
           Prosecution
           ,
           make
           as
           unjust
           an
           Agreement
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Revealed
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           1
           Sam.
           Chap.
           15.
           ver
           .
           8.
           and
           1
           Kings
           Chap.
           20.
           ver
           .
           42.
           and
           particularly
           in
           Isaiah
           ,
           Chap.
           14.
           verses
           18.19
           ,
           20
           ,
           21.
           where
           he
           expresly
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             All
             the
             Kings
             of
             the
             Nations
             ,
             even
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             lye
             in
             Glory
             ,
             every
             one
             in
             his
             own
             House
             :
             But
          
           Thou
           
             art
             cast
             out
             of
             thy
             Grave
             ,
             like
             an
             abominable
          
           Branch
           ,
           
             and
             as
             the
             Rayment
             of
             those
             that
             are
             slain
             ,
             thrust
             through
             with
             a
             Sword
             ,
             that
             go
             down
             to
             the
             Stones
             of
             the
             Pit
             ,
             as
             a
             Carcase
             trodden
             under
             foot
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             be
             joyned
             with
             them
             in
             Burial
             ,
             because
          
           (
           observe
           how
           directly
           the
           Villain
           turns
           the
           point
           of
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           against
           the
           Kings
           Heart
           ,
           to
           incourage
           the
           Regicides
           to
           pierce
           it
           with
           the
           Sword
           of
           Usurpation
           )
           
             thou
             hast
             destroyed
             thy
             Land
             ,
             and
             slain
             thy
             People
             ;
             the
             Seed
             of
             evil
             doers
             shall
             never
             be
             renowned
             .
             Prepare
             
             Slaughter
             for
             his
             Children
             ,
             for
             the
             Iniquity
             of
             their
             Fathers
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             rise
             nor
             possess
             the
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Voice
           of
           the
           Conscience
           of
           Separation
           ,
           and
           how
           convincingly
           well
           it
           pleads
           fot
           the
           Kindness
           and
           Esteem
           of
           all
           Loyal
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Favour
           and
           Indulgence
           of
           
             Crowned
             Heads
          
           ,
           let
           this
           Paper
           be
           an
           Eternal
           Witness
           .
           If
           this
           be
           Conscience
           ,
           all
           People
           ,
           but
           Kings
           more
           especially
           ,
           had
           need
           to
           insert
           it
           into
           their
           Litany
           ,
           From
           the
           Tender
           Conscience
           of
           Dissenting
           Separatists
           ,
           
             Libera
             Nos
             Domine
          
           .
           And
           most
           assuredly
           ,
           if
           the
           True
           Religion
           ,
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           teach
           and
           enjoyn
           all
           men
           ,
           for
           Conscience
           sake
           ,
           and
           under
           the
           Penalty
           of
           Eternal
           Damnation
           ,
           to
           be
           Subject
           to
           Lawful
           Kings
           and
           Governors
           ,
           though
           Heathens
           ,
           Infidels
           ,
           and
           Idolaters
           ,
           as
           Nero
           was
           ,
           when
           that
           Command
           was
           imposed
           ,
           nay
           ,
           and
           a
           most
           cruel
           Persecutor
           too
           ;
           that
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           False
           Religion
           ,
           and
           an
           Evil
           and
           Wicked
           Conscience
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           only
           teach
           Rebellion
           ,
           but
           is
           so
           Loud
           and
           Clamorous
           to
           incite
           Subjects
           ,
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           Obligations
           and
           Laws
           of
           God
           ,
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Nations
           ,
           to
           seek
           the
           Ruine
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           Destruction
           of
           their
           Lawful
           ,
           a
           Just
           ,
           Religious
           ,
           and
           Christian
           King.
           
        
         
           But
           the
           Faction
           ,
           who
           now
           were
           absolutely
           resolved
           upon
           the
           Kings
           Death
           ,
           were
           not
           content
           with
           their
           Pens
           to
           incite
           the
           People
           to
           expect
           it
           ;
           but
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           accomplish
           their
           Execrable
           purpose
           ,
           they
           fell
           again
           to
           Purging
           and
           Impeaching
           such
           Gentlemen
           ,
           as
           had
           but
           the
           suspicion
           of
           Loyalty
           ,
           or
           had
           done
           any
           thing
           towards
           a
           
             Personal
             Treaty
          
           :
           And
           Skippon
           ,
           who
           ,
           from
           a
           pitiful
           Waggoner
           under
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Vere
          
           ,
           had
           by
           his
           lucky
           Rebellion
           advanced
           to
           be
           a
           Major
           General
           ,
           a
           Member
           of
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           Governor
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           Moved
           ,
           That
           all
           
             Personal
             Treaters
          
           might
           be
           Excluded
           .
           So
           said
           ,
           so
           done
           ;
           and
           no
           sooner
           said
           and
           done
           ,
           and
           the
           Coast
           on
           that
           side
           clear
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           Moved
           in
           the
           House
           to
           proceed
           Capitally
           against
           the
           King.
           Whereupon
           Cromwel
           ,
           the
           most
           Superlative
           Hypocrite
           in
           Nature
           ,
           by
           whose
           forelaid
           Contrivance
           all
           this
           Affair
           was
           pre-concerted
           ,
           stood
           up
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           been
           surprized
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             That
             if
             any
             Man
             moved
             this
             upon
             Design
             ,
             he
             should
             think
             him
             the
             Greatest
          
           
           Traytor
           
             in
             the
             World
             ;
             but
             since
          
           Providence
           and
           Necessity
           
             had
             cast
             them
             upon
             it
             ,
             he
             should
             pray
             God
             to
             bless
             their
          
           Counsels
           ,
           
             though
             he
             was
             not
             provided
             on
             the
             sudden
             to
             give
             them
             Counsel
             in
             so
             Weighty
             an
             Affair
             .
          
        
         
           However
           ,
           upon
           this
           Motion
           ,
           An
           Ordinance
           for
           the
           Tryal
           of
           the
           King
           was
           immediately
           brought
           in
           ,
           Read
           and
           Passed
           that
           very
           day
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           being
           the
           28
           
             th
             .
             of
             December
          
           1648.
           it
           was
           carried
           up
           to
           the
           Lords
           for
           their
           Concurrence
           .
           But
           the
           Remainder
           of
           that
           House
           ,
           how
           Undutyful
           soever
           they
           had
           formerly
           been
           ,
           yet
           ,
           most
           of
           them
           ,
           for
           all
           had
           not
           ,
           had
           so
           much
           Courage
           and
           Honour
           left
           ,
           as
           would
           not
           permit
           them
           ,
           for
           their
           Own
           ,
           and
           the
           sake
           of
           their
           Posterity
           ,
           to
           give
           their
           Content
           to
           that
           Ordinance
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           utterly
           stopping
           the
           Fountain
           of
           all
           Honour
           ,
           must
           render
           them
           ,
           who
           derived
           theirs
           from
           thence
           ,
           not
           only
           most
           Ingrateful
           ,
           but
           Infamous
           in
           all
           future
           Ages
           :
           And
           therefore
           after
           the
           Reading
           of
           it
           ,
           This
           Ordinance
           was
           by
           the
           Major
           part
           Rejected
           ,
           and
           the
           House
           Adjourned
           themselves
           for
           seven
           days
           .
        
         
           This
           Counterbuff
           ,
           so
           little
           expected
           by
           the
           Faction
           ,
           who
           thought
           they
           had
           humbled
           the
           whole
           Nation
           into
           that
           abject
           state
           of
           Cowardly
           Slavery
           ,
           that
           none
           could
           be
           found
           so
           hardy
           as
           to
           oppose
           them
           ,
           did
           wonderously
           Gall
           and
           Sting
           these
           Conscientious
           Traytors
           ;
           but
           their
           Zeal
           ,
           or
           rather
           Pride
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           were
           now
           at
           the
           Spring-Tide
           ,
           and
           being
           swell'd
           by
           the
           Tempest
           of
           Absolute
           Power
           ,
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           surmount
           all
           difficulties
           and
           oppositions
           ;
           and
           being
           about
           to
           Cut
           up
           the
           very
           Root
           of
           Majestie
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           they
           made
           no
           scruple
           of
           Lopping
           the
           Branches
           of
           Honour
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           
             The
             Commons
             of
          
           England
           ,
           as
           they
           called
           themselves
           ,
           many
           of
           whom
           were
           never
           born
           to
           an
           Inch
           
             of
             Freehold
          
           ,
           immediately
           cut
           this
           Gordian
           Difficulty
           of
           the
           Negative
           ,
           and
           indeed
           the
           whole
           Power
           of
           the
           Peerage
           by
           these
           Three
           Keen
           Votes
           .
        
         
           Resolved
           upon
           the
           Question
           ,
           
             That
             the
             People
             ,
             under
             God
             ,
             are
             the
             Original
             of
             all
             Just
             Power
             .
          
        
         
           Resolved
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             That
          
           the
           Commons
           of
           
             England
             in
             Parliament
             Assembled
             ,
             being
             Chosen
             by
             ,
             and
             Representing
             the
          
           People
           ,
           
             have
             the
             Supreme
             Power
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         
         
           The
           Explanation
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           with
           some
           Animadversions
           .
        
         
           
           THE
           King
           sitting
           in
           a
           large
           Elbow-Chair
           ,
           covered
           with
           Crimson
           Velvet
           ▪
           with
           Gold
           Fringe
           and
           Nails
           ,
           and
           a
           Velvet
           Cushion
           ,
           in
           a
           distinct
           Apartment
           ,
           directly
           over
           against
           the
           Lord
           President
           ;
           between
           the
           space
           allotted
           for
           the
           Counsel
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           standing
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           (
           vacant
           )
           space
           leading
           from
           the
           Head
           of
           the
           Stairs
           to
           the
           Kings
           Apartment
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           These
           three
           several
           Divisions
           (
           all
           level
           with
           the
           Floor
           of
           the
           Court
           )
           were
           hung
           with
           Turky
           Carpets
           ,
           and
           Matted
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Partition
           allotted
           for
           the
           King
           was
           also
           placed
           a
           small
           Table
           covered
           with
           a
           Turky
           Carpet
           ,
           and
           a
           Standish
           and
           Paper
           set
           thereon
           ,
           if
           his
           Majesty
           should
           have
           occasion
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           The
           King
           ,
           of
           the
           
             mere
             Motion
             ,
             special
             Grace
             ,
             and
             singular
             Dispensation
          
           of
           his
           (
           Soveraign
           )
           Commons
           ,
           was
           permitted
           ,
           and
           did
           sit
           with
           his
           
             Hat
             on
          
           all
           the
           time
           ;
           nay
           ,
           at
           the
           very
           moment
           of
           pronouncing
           the
           
             Bloody
             Sentence
          
           .
           (
           See
           the
           Journal
           Page
           25.
           )
        
         
           Thus
           they
           ,
           who
           thought
           it
           not
           Manners
           to
           take
           off
           his
           Hat
           ,
           yet
           thought
           it
           
             no
             Sin
          
           to
           take
           off
           
             His
             Sacred
             Head.
          
           
        
         
           
           The
           Lord
           President
           Bradshaw
           sitting
           in
           an
           Elbow-Chair
           ,
           advanced
           upon
           the
           first
           rising
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           having
           a
           large
           Desk
           fixed
           before
           him
           ,
           covered
           with
           a
           Velvet
           Fall
           ,
           and
           a
           large
           Velvet
           Cushion
           thereupon
           .
        
         
           
           
             John
             Lasle
          
           sitting
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           President
           .
        
         
           
           
             William
             Say
          
           sitting
           on
           the
           left
           hand
           of
           the
           Lord
           President
           .
        
         
           These
           two
           being
           appointed
           to
           be
           his
           Lordships
           Assistants
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Lord
           President
           and
           his
           said
           Assistants
           ,
           being
           all
           three
           of
           the
           Long
           Robe
           ,
           sate
           in
           their
           Gowns
           ,
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           in
           their
           usual
           Habits
           ,
           as
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           That
           the
           said
           Lord
           President
           sat
           in
           a
           black
           Tufted
           Gown
           till
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Fatal
           Doom
           ,
           what
           time
           he
           changed
           it
           for
           a
           Bloody
           
             Scarlet
             Robe
          
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           Insolence
           to
           bid
           the
           King
           take
           particular
           Notice
           thereof
           ,
           thinking
           possibly
           by
           such
           his
           barbarous
           Insulting
           Pedantick
           Threats
           to
           strike
           Terror
           into
           the
           King
           ,
           with
           which
           yet
           the
           King
           was
           nothing
           moved
           or
           concerned
           .
        
         
           
             
               
               
                 Andrew
                 Broughton
              
               ,
            
             
               
               
                 John
                 Phelps
              
               ,
            
          
           The
           two
           Clerks
           appointed
           to
           attend
           the
           Court
           ,
           being
           seated
           at
           the
           Feet
           of
           the
           said
           Lord
           President
           ,
           under
           the
           Covert
           of
           his
           Desk
           ,
           (
           Journal
           Page
           12.
           )
        
         
           
           The
           Table
           placed
           before
           the
           said
           Clerks
           ,
           whereon
           sometimes
           lay
           the
           Common-Wealths
           Mace
           and
           Sword
           of
           State
           or
           Justice
           :
           Sometimes
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           the
           said
           Sword
           was
           advanced
           in
           the
           head
           of
           the
           Guards
           ,
           with
           Partizans
           standing
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           on
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           sate
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Mace
           was
           sometimes
           handed
           by
           their
           Serjeant
           at
           Arms
           ,
           on
           the
           out-side
           of
           the
           Bar
           ,
           nigh
           the
           King
           on
           his
           left-hand
           .
           But
           in
           this
           they
           are
           to
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           first
           time
           they
           had
           Kinged
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           that
           they
           should
           be
           so
           ready
           and
           exact
           in
           their
           Ceremonies
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Scale
           of
           Benches
           (
           which
           were
           covered
           with
           Scarlet
           Bays
           ,
           and
           the
           Foot-steps
           matted
           )
           reaching
           up
           from
           the
           floor
           of
           the
           Court
           within
           5
           or
           6
           Foot
           of
           the
           very
           Glazing
           of
           the
           west
           Window
           of
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           whereon
           sate
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Commissioners
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Atchievement
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           Which
           surely
           the
           Usurpers
           had
           caused
           there
           to
           be
           fixed
           ,
           (
           like
           the
           
             Hand
             writing
             on
             the
             Wall
          
           ,
           )
           in
           direct
           view
           of
           the
           King
           to
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           That
           
             His
             Kingdom
          
           was
           numbered
           and
           finished
           ,
           and
           Monarchy
           it self
           abolished
           .
           Well
           hoping
           at
           the
           sight
           thereof
           his
           Royal
           Countenance
           would
           change
           ,
           and
           his
           Knees
           smite
           one
           against
           the
           other
           :
           But
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           not
           conscious
           of
           ,
           nor
           dreading
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           either
           the
           Malice
           ,
           or
           Impudence
           to
           Act
           ,
           Affront
           ,
           Affright
           ,
           or
           Charge
           him
           with
           ,
           viewed
           it
           with
           his
           own
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           
             an
             undaunted
             ,
             unchangeable
             Countenance
          
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           
             Majestick
             gate
          
           (
           Lyon
           Passant
           like
           )
           made
           towards
           the
           place
           they
           had
           prepared
           for
           him
           at
           his
           own
           leisure
           ,
           while
           the
           Impatient
           Serjeant
           at
           Armes
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           side
           the
           Partition
           ▪
           was
           fain
           to
           attend
           his
           Princely
           Motion
           with
           the
           Mace
           Shouldered
           ,
           and
           who
           was
           visibly
           struck
           with
           such
           Astonishment
           ,
           that
           he
           went
           Trembling
           and
           Quaking
           ,
           scarce
           able
           to
           support
           the
           Mace
           ,
           or
           to
           hold
           up
           the
           Bar
           to
           let
           the
           King
           into
           his
           Apartment
           aforesaid
           ,
           where
           the
           King
           presently
           sat
           himself
           down
           in
           the
           Chair
           set
           there
           for
           him
           ;
           and
           upon
           all
           occasions
           offered
           him
           by
           the
           Court
           ,
           always
           rose
           up
           with
           that
           Presence
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           Princely
           Meen
           ,
           that
           made
           the
           Commissioners
           shamefully
           hang
           down
           their
           Heads
           ;
           none
           of
           them
           bearing
           up
           ,
           but
           the
           Frontless
           Lord
           President
           ,
           who
           throughout
           brazened
           it
           like
           the
           True
           and
           Trusty
           Chief
           Commissioner
           of
           the
           bold
           Usurpers
           ,
           while
           the
           King
           never
           seemed
           in
           the
           least
           concerned
           at
           what
           he
           had
           to
           say
           ,
           or
           durst
           to
           say
           or
           do
           unto
           him
           ;
           the
           King
           not
           giving
           them
           the
           Glory
           or
           Pleasure
           to
           say
           within
           themselves
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           at
           last
           made
           him
           yield
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           dismayed
           him
           .
           With
           which
           his
           Princely
           Courage
           and
           Constancy
           the
           Spectators
           on
           the
           Scaffolds
           being
           justly
           and
           highly
           affected
           ,
           they
           could
           no
           longer
           forbear
           ,
           but
           burst
           out
           into
           loud
           Acclamations
           ,
           
             God
             bless
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             God
             save
             the
             King.
          
           And
           which
           were
           seconded
           and
           returned
           as
           loud
           from
           the
           thronged
           Multitude
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           which
           made
           the
           Commissioners
           as
           it
           were
           start
           and
           look
           about
           them
           ,
           to
           find
           themselves
           thus
           deceived
           in
           the
           People
           ,
           it
           being
           easie
           to
           believe
           they
           expected
           their
           Crucisiges
           ,
           and
           not
           those
           Hosannahs
           .
           Whereupon
           Order
           was
           given
           to
           the
           Cryer
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Officers
           attending
           in
           the
           Hall
           also
           ,
           strictly
           to
           Charge
           and
           Command
           Silence
           ,
           which
           yet
           did
           hardly
           prevail
           with
           the
           People
           .
        
         
         
           
           
             Oliver
             Cromwell
          
           sitting
           on
           the
           right
           side
           of
           the
           Escocheon
           or
           Shield
           ,
           as
           the
           Supporters
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           
           
             Henry
             Martin
          
           sitting
           on
           the
           left
           side
           of
           the
           Escocheon
           or
           Shield
           ,
           as
           the
           Supporters
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           I
           do
           not
           remember
           there
           was
           any
           Escrote
           or
           Motto
           ;
           for
           how
           wicked
           soever
           ,
           they
           then
           thought
           ,
           
             That
             God
          
           was
           such
           an
           One
           as
           Themselves
           ,
           yet
           did
           they
           at
           present
           forbear
           to
           declare
           so
           ,
           they
           being
           not
           then
           at
           that
           Height
           at
           which
           they
           soon
           after
           arrived
           in
           their
           Coyn
           ;
           The
           Blasphemous
           Motto
           whereof
           [
           on
           the
           Reverse
           ]
           was
           ,
           
             God
             with
             us
          
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Galleries
           and
           Scaffolds
           on
           either
           side
           the
           Court
           thronged
           with
           Spectators
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Floor
           of
           the
           Court
           Matted
           ,
           and
           kept
           clear
           and
           open
           ,
           (
           as
           here
           represented
           )
           by
           the
           Guards
           on
           either
           side
           ,
           no
           person
           being
           permitted
           to
           abide
           between
           the
           King
           ,
           the
           Counsel
           ,
           and
           the
           Court
           ,
           but
           the
           known
           Officers
           and
           Messengers
           ,
           appointed
           to
           attend
           the
           Court.
           
        
         
           Note
           ,
           That
           the
           Level
           of
           the
           Floor
           of
           the
           Court
           was
           raised
           very
           high
           from
           the
           Ground
           ,
           and
           also
           made
           close
           up
           with
           Boards
           from
           the
           Ground
           ,
           about
           three
           Foot
           higher
           than
           the
           Level
           of
           the
           Court
           Floor
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Commissioners
           (
           whose
           safety
           seeems
           principally
           Consulted
           in
           this
           new
           Model
           )
           could
           not
           be
           discerned
           (
           much
           less
           pressed
           upon
           )
           by
           the
           Multitude
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           but
           at
           some
           considerable
           distance
           .
           But
           his
           Majesties
           back
           parts
           (
           sitting
           and
           standing
           )
           were
           always
           visible
           to
           the
           People
           below
           in
           the
           Hall
           ,
           he
           being
           placed
           as
           you
           see
           on
           the
           outer
           Line
           of
           the
           Pales
           of
           the
           Court.
           
        
         
           This
           Court
           extended
           it self
           in
           length
           and
           depth
           from
           the
           west
           Window
           of
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           the
           stone
           Steps
           now
           leading
           up
           to
           the
           Courts
           of
           the
           Chancery
           ,
           and
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           and
           in
           Breadth
           ,
           from
           Gallery
           to
           Gallery
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           said
           Courts
           respectively
           ,
           covering
           and
           over-laying
           both
           the
           said
           Courts
           .
        
         
           For
           the
           Usurpers
           thought
           it
           not
           enough
           to
           destroy
           and
           abolish
           the
           ancient
           Fundamental
           Laws
           ,
           the
           envied
           Ornaments
           of
           Monarchy
           ,
           and
           the
           Safeguard
           both
           of
           the
           King
           and
           People
           .
           And
           to
           commit
           all
           the
           Liberties
           of
           England
           to
           the
           safe
           Custody
           of
           Keepers
           of
           their
           own
           appointing
           ;
           and
           who
           were
           to
           be
           Answerable
           to
           them
           for
           their
           Escape
           ,
           unless
           they
           also
           overwhelmed
           and
           trod
           under
           foot
           the
           said
           Courts
           also
           from
           whence
           those
           wholesome
           Laws
           were
           wont
           duly
           to
           be
           dispensed
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           that
           their
           place
           might
           no
           where
           be
           found
           ,
           but
           for
           ever
           be
           forgotten
           ;
           for
           when
           they
           had
           once
           killed
           ,
           and
           taken
           Possession
           also
           ,
           they
           then
           deserted
           and
           laid
           desolate
           those
           ancient
           Tribunals
           ,
           and
           planted
           the
           Courts
           of
           their
           Keepers
           of
           the
           Liberties
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           
             Vpper
             Bench
          
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           along
           the
           North
           side
           of
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           whence
           they
           distributed
           to
           the
           enslaved
           People
           such
           Liberties
           ,
           Priviledges
           ,
           and
           Laws
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           to
           afford
           them
           .
        
         
           
           A
           Passage
           (
           lined
           with
           Souldiers
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           )
           leading
           from
           the
           Court
           of
           Wards
           into
           the
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           through
           which
           the
           Commissioners
           coming
           from
           the
           Painted
           Chamber
           ,
           made
           their
           entry
           into
           the
           said
           Court.
           
        
         
           
           The
           Place
           where
           the
           moving
           Guard
           with
           Partizans
           (
           who
           together
           with
           the
           Serjeant
           at
           Arms
           ,
           and
           a
           Person
           carrying
           the
           Sword
           of
           State
           or
           Justice
           always
           came
           along
           with
           the
           Commissioners
           from
           the
           Exchequer
           Chamber
           into
           the
           Court
           ,
           )
           stood
           ,
           sitting
           the
           Court.
           
        
         
           
           The
           place
           where
           the
           moving
           Guards
           with
           Partizans
           (
           which
           always
           attended
           the
           King
           ,
           from
           Sir
           Robert
           Cotton's
           House
           up
           into
           the
           said
           Court
           ,
           and
           back
           thither
           again
           )
           stood
           ,
           sitting
           the
           Court.
           
        
         
           
           The
           passage
           leading
           from
           the
           Stair
           head
           ,
           to
           the
           distinct
           Apartment
           appointed
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           This
           passage
           was
           (
           railed
           and
           hung
           with
           Turky
           Carpets
           ,
           and
           )
           always
           kept
           Barr'd
           and
           Empty
           ,
           on
           purpose
           ,
           as
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           ,
           that
           none
           might
           come
           near
           the
           King
           to
           advise
           ,
           or
           assist
           him
           in
           any
           wise
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Partition
           where
           the
           Counsel
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           
             viz.
             —
             Cooke
             ,
             —
             Dorislaus
             ,
          
           and
           —
           Aske
           ,
           stood
           alone
           on
           the
           Right
           hand
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           sitting
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Stairs
           by
           which
           the
           King
           ascended
           up
           into
           the
           Court
           out
           of
           Westminster-Hall
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Passage
           leading
           into
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           from
           Sir
           Robert
           Cotton's
           House
           ,
           where
           His
           Majesty
           was
           kept
           under
           strong
           Guards
           ,
           in
           readiness
           when
           the
           Court
           should
           from
           time
           to
           time
           order
           him
           to
           be
           brought
           up
           .
        
         
           This
           Passage
           was
           planted
           thick
           with
           Souldiers
           on
           both
           sides
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           his
           Majesty
           passed
           through
           them
           ,
           to
           and
           from
           the
           Court
           ,
           were
           wont
           to
           blow
           their
           stinking
           Mundungoes
           in
           his
           Royal
           Face
           ,
           without
           any
           reproof
           of
           their
           Officers
           ,
           who
           at
           that
           time
           durst
           not
           distaste
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           nor
           appear
           Guilty
           of
           any
           the
           least
           Respects
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           any
           for
           the
           King
           ;
           Of
           which
           base
           rudeness
           ,
           and
           affront
           ,
           the
           King
           yet
           made
           no
           Complaint
           ,
           though
           he
           gave
           them
           to
           understand
           he
           was
           sensible
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           his
           often
           putting
           away
           the
           offensive
           smoak
           with
           his
           Hand
           .
        
         
           
           A
           large
           free
           Passage
           leading
           from
           Westminster-Hall
           gate
           ,
           streight
           through
           the
           said
           Hall
           ,
           within
           12
           or
           14
           Foot
           of
           the
           bottom
           of
           this
           Court.
           
        
         
           
           Another
           such
           like
           passage
           (
           going
           cross
           the
           upper
           end
           of
           the
           last
           mentioned
           passage
           ,
           reaching
           and
           extending
           it self
           from
           one
           side
           of
           the
           said
           Hall
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           Note
           ,
           both
           these
           Passages
           were
           strongly
           Rayled
           to
           keep
           the
           Multitude
           (
           who
           ,
           when
           the
           Court
           was
           set
           ,
           was
           freely
           permitted
           to
           fill
           the
           Hall
           ,
           between
           the
           Rayls
           and
           the
           Wall
           ,
           )
           from
           breaking
           in
           upon
           the
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           were
           planted
           all
           along
           within
           the
           Rayles
           ,
           to
           observe
           and
           awe
           the
           Multitude
           ,
           and
           secure
           the
           Court.
           
        
         
           In
           these
           vacant
           free
           Passages
           the
           Officers
           walked
           to
           and
           fro
           in
           a
           readiness
           ,
           and
           the
           Souldiers
           thus
           fenced
           from
           the
           Mulitude
           ,
           had
           the
           free
           use
           and
           security
           of
           their
           Arms
           upon
           all
           Accidents
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           thought
           to
           be
           no
           more
           than
           necessary
           .
           For
           how
           confident
           soever
           the
           said
           Commissioners
           might
           seem
           to
           be
           ,
           yet
           certainly
           they
           had
           their
           Fears
           .
           Witness
           (
           besides
           all
           this
           solemnity
           of
           security
           in
           view
           as
           aforesaid
           )
           the
           Guards
           in
           both
           the
           Palace
           Yards
           ,
           the
           Guards
           in
           Sir
           Robert
           Cotton's
           Garden
           (
           Journal
           Page
           18
           ,
           19.
           )
           The
           bricking
           up
           the
           Door
           in
           the
           passage
           going
           out
           of
           the
           Hall
           towards
           Heaven
           .
           The
           strong
           Guards
           in
           the
           Courts
           of
           Request
           ,
           and
           Court
           of
           Wards
           (
           where
           no
           Stranger
           ,
           upon
           any
           terms
           ,
           was
           permitted
           to
           stay
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           being
           to
           pass
           through
           those
           Guards
           from
           the
           Painted
           Chamber
           into
           the
           Court
           ;
           by
           which
           it
           appeared
           they
           had
           Fears
           within
           and
           without
           ,
           and
           on
           every
           side
           ,
           else
           what
           meant
           those
           other
           Guards
           also
           placed
           above
           in
           the
           Leads
           on
           the
           out
           side
           the
           Hall
           (
           and
           other
           suspected
           places
           )
           mentioned
           in
           the
           Journal
           Page
           19.
           )
           if
           it
           were
           not
           to
           prevent
           the
           danger
           ,
           which
           they
           feared
           might
           otherwise
           have
           come
           from
           thence
           upon
           them
           ;
           where
           they
           sat
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           a
           very
           fair
           Mark
           for
           any
           Person
           that
           had
           been
           but
           half
           so
           bloody-minded
           as
           themselves
           .
        
         
           
           The
           thronging
           Multitudes
           between
           the
           Rayles
           and
           the
           Hall
           Walls
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Officers
           walking
           up
           and
           down
           in
           the
           said
           free
           Passages
           (
           between
           the
           Souldiers
           standing
           within
           the
           Rayles
           )
           ready
           to
           give
           the
           necessary
           Orders
           and
           Commands
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           The
           Pageants
           of
           this
           Mock-Tribunal
           is
           thus
           represented
           to
           your
           view
           by
           an
           Eye
           and
           Ear
           Witness
           of
           what
           he
           saw
           and
           heard
           there
           .
        
         
           
           
             Charles
             by
             y
             e
             Grace
             of
             God
             King
             of
             Great
             Britain
             France
             &
             Ireland
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             etc.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
           A
           JOURNAL
           OF
           THE
           PROCEEDINGS
           OF
           THE
           High
           Court
           of
           Iustice
           ,
           ERECTED
           By
           Act
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           Intituled
           ,
           An
           Act
           of
           the
           Commons
           of
           England
           ,
           Assembled
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           for
           Erecting
           of
           a
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           ,
           for
           the
           Trying
           and
           Judging
           of
           
             CHARLES
             STUART
          
           ,
           King
           of
           England
           .
           The
           Tenor
           whereof
           followeth
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Act.
             An
             Act
             of
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             Erecting
             of
             a
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             ,
             for
             the
             Trying
             and
             Judging
             of
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             ,
             King
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             WHereas
             it
             is
             notorious
             ,
             That
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             ,
             the
             now
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             not
             content
             with
             those
             many
             Encroachments
             which
             his
             Predecessors
             had
             made
             upon
             the
             People
             in
             their
             Rights
             and
             Freedoms
             ,
             hath
             had
             a
             wicked
             Design
             totally
             to
             Subvert
             the
             Ancient
             and
             Fundamental
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             this
             Nation
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             place
             to
             introduce
             an
             Arbitrary
             and
             Tyrannical
             Government
             ,
             
             and
             that
             besides
             all
             other
             evilways
             and
             means
             to
             bring
             this
             Design
             to
             pass
             ,
             he
             hath
             prosecuted
             it
             with
             Fire
             and
             Sword
             ,
             Levied
             and
             maintained
             a
             cruel
             VVar
             in
             the
             Land
             ,
             against
             the
             Parliament
             and
             Kingdom
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Country
             hath
             been
             miserably
             wasted
             ,
             the
             Publick
             Treasure
             Exhausted
             ,
             Trade
             decayed
             ,
             thousands
             of
             People
             murdered
             ,
             and
             infinite
             other
             mischiefs
             committed
             ;
             For
             all
             which
             high
             and
             treasonable
             Offences
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             might
             long
             since
             justly
             have
             been
             brought
             to
             exemplary
             and
             condign
             Punishment
             :
             VVhereas
             also
             ,
             the
             Parliament
             well
             hoping
             that
             the
             Restraint
             and
             Imprisonment
             of
             his
             Person
             ,
             after
             it
             had
             pleased
             God
             to
             deliver
             him
             into
             their
             hands
             ,
             would
             have
             quieted
             the
             distempers
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             did
             forbear
             to
             proceed
             Judicially
             against
             him
             ;
             but
             found
             by
             sad
             Experience
             ,
             that
             such
             their
             Remisness
             served
             only
             to
             encourage
             him
             and
             his
             Complices
             in
             the
             continuance
             of
             their
             evil
             practices
             ,
             and
             in
             raising
             of
             new
             Commotions
             ,
             Rebellions
             ,
             and
             Invasions
             ;
             for
             prevention
             therefore
             of
             the
             like
             or
             greater
             Inconveniences
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             end
             no
             Chief
             Officer
             or
             Magistrate
             whatsoever
             may
             hereafter
             presume
             traiterously
             and
             maliciously
             to
             imagine
             or
             contrive
             the
             Enslaving
             or
             Destroying
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ,
             and
             to
             expect
             Impunity
             for
             so
             doing
             ,
             Be
             it
             Ordained
             and
             Enacted
             by
             the
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             hereby
             Ordained
             and
             Enacted
             by
             Authority
             thereof
             ,
             That
             Thomas
             Lord
             
               Fairfax
               ,
               Oliver
               Cromwell
               ,
               Henry
               Ireton
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             ,
             Knight
             ,
             
               Philip
               Skippon
               ,
               Valentine
               Wauton
               ,
               Thomas
               Harrison
               ,
               Edward
               Whaley
               ,
               Thomas
               Pride
               ,
               Isaac
               Ewer
               ,
               Richard
               Ingoldsby
               ,
               Henry
               Mildmay
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Honywood
               ,
               Thomas
            
             Lord
             Grey
             of
             
               Groby
               ,
               Philip
            
             Lord
             
               Lisle
               ,
               William
            
             Lord
             Mounson
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Danvers
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Maleverer
            
             Baronet
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Bourchier
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               James
               Harrington
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Allanson
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Mildmay
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Wroth
            
             ,
             Knights
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Masham
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Barrington
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Brereton
            
             ,
             Baronets
             ,
             
               Robert
               Wallop
               ,
               William
               Heveningham
            
             ,
             Esquires
             ,
             
               Isaac
               Pennington
               ,
               Thomas
               Atkins
               ,
               Rowland
               Wilson
               ,
            
             Aldermen
             of
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             Sir
             
               Peter
               Wentworth
            
             ,
             Knight
             of
             the
             
               Bath
               ,
               Henry
               Martin
               ,
               William
               Purefoy
               ,
               Godfrey
               Bosvile
               ,
               John
               Trenchard
               ,
               Herbert
               Morley
               ,
               John
               Berkstead
               ,
               Matthew
               Tomlinson
               ,
               John
               Blackiston
               ,
               Gilbert
               Millington
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Constable
            
             ,
             
             Baronet
             ,
             
               Edmond
               Ludlow
               ,
               John
               Lambert
               ,
               John
               Hutchinson
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Arthur
               Hesilrige
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Michael
               Livesey
            
             ,
             Baronets
             ,
             
               Richard
               Salwey
               ,
               Humphry
               Salwey
               ,
               Robert
               Tichbourn
               ,
               Owen
               Roe
               ,
               Robert
               Manwaring
               ,
               Robert
               Lilbourn
               ,
               Adrian
               Scroop
               ,
               Richard
               Deare
               ,
               John
               Okey
               ,
               Robert
               Overton
               ,
               John
               Huson
               ,
               John
               Desborough
               ,
               William
               Goff
               ,
               Robert
               Duckenfield
               ,
               Cornelius
               Holland
               ,
               John
            
             *
             Carey
             ,
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Armyn
            
             ,
             Baronet
             ,
             
               John
               Jones
            
             ,
             Esquire
             ,
             
               Miles
               Corbet
               ,
               Francis
               Allen
               ,
               Thomas
               Lister
               ,
               Benjamin
               Weston
               ,
               Perigrin
               Pelham
               ,
               John
               Gourdon
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             
               Francis
               Thorp
            
             ,
             Serjeant
             at
             Law
             ,
             
               John
               Nutt
               ,
               Thomas
               Challoner
               ,
               Algernon
               Sydney
               ,
               John
               Anlaby
               ,
               John
               Moore
               ,
               Richard
               Darley
               ,
               VVilliam
               Say
               ,
               Joh.
            
             *
             
               Aldred
               ,
               John
               Fagg
               ,
               James
               Nelthorp
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Roberts
            
             ,
             Knight
             ,
             
               Francis
               Lastells
               ,
               Alexander
               Rigby
               ,
               Henry
               Smith
               ,
               Edmond
               VVild
               ,
               James
               Challoner
               ,
               Josias
               Berners
               ,
               Dennis
               Bond
               ,
               Humphrey
               Edwards
               ,
               Gregory
               Clement
               ,
               John
               Fry
               ,
               Thomas
               VVogan
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Gregory
               Norton
            
             ,
             Baronet
             ,
             
               John
               Bradshaw
            
             ,
             Serjeant
             at
             Law
             ,
             
               Edmond
               Harvey
               ,
               John
               Dove
               ,
               John
               Ven
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Fowks
            
             ,
             Alderman
             of
             the
             City
             of
             
               London
               ,
               Thomas
               Scot
            
             ,
             Esquire
             ,
             
               Thomas
               Andrews
            
             ,
             Alderman
             of
             the
             City
             of
             
               London
               ,
               William
               Cawley
               ,
               Abraham
               ,
               Burrell
               ,
               Anthony
               Stapeley
               ,
               Roger
               Gratwick
               ,
               Iohn
               Downs
               ,
               Thomas
               Horton
               ,
               Thomas
               Hammond
               ,
               George
               Fenwick
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             
               Robert
               Nicholas
            
             ,
             Serjeant
             at
             Law
             ,
             
               Robert
               Reynolds
               ,
               Iohn
               Lisle
               ,
               Nicholas
               Love
               ,
               Vincent
               Potter
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Gilbert
               Pickering
            
             ,
             Baronet
             ,
             
               Iohn
               Weaver
               ,
               Roger
               Hill
               ,
               Iohn
               Lenthall
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Banton
               ,
               Iohn
               Corbet
               ,
               Thomas
               Blunt
               ,
               Thomas
               Boon
               ,
               Augustine
               Garland
               ,
               Augustine
               Skinner
               ,
               Iohn
               Dixwell
               ,
               George
               Fleetwood
               ,
               Simon
               Meyne
               ,
               Iames
               Temple
               ,
               Peter
               Temple
               ,
               Daniel
               Blagrave
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Sir
             
               Peter
               Temple
            
             ,
             Knight
             and
             Baronet
             ,
             
               Thomas
               VVayte
               ,
               Iohn
               Brown
               ,
               Iohn
               Lowry
               ,
            
             Esquires
             ,
             Shall
             be
             ,
             and
             are
             hereby
             Appointed
             and
             Required
             to
             be
             Commissioners
             and
             Judges
             ,
             for
             the
             Hearing
             ,
             Trying
             and
             Adjudging
             of
             the
             said
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             .
             And
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             or
             any
             Twenty
             or
             more
             of
             them
             ,
             shall
             be
             ,
             and
             are
             hereby
             Authorized
             and
             Constituted
             an
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             to
             meet
             and
             sit
             at
             such
             
             convenient
             time
             and
             place
             as
             by
             the
             said
             Commissioners
             or
             the
             major
             part
             of
             twenty
             or
             more
             of
             them
             under
             their
             Hands
             and
             Seals
             shall
             be
             appointed
             and
             notified
             by
             publick
             Proclaimation
             in
             the
             great
             Hall
             or
             Palace-Yard
             at
             VVestminster
             ,
             and
             to
             adjourn
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             and
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             as
             the
             said
             High
             Court
             or
             major
             part
             thereof
             meeting
             shall
             hold
             fit
             ;
             and
             to
             take
             order
             for
             the
             charging
             of
             him
             the
             said
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             with
             the
             Crimes
             and
             Treasons
             abovementioned
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             receiving
             of
             his
             personal
             Answer
             thereunto
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             examination
             of
             VVitnesses
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             which
             the
             Court
             hath
             hereby
             Authority
             to
             administer
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             taking
             any
             other
             Evidence
             concerning
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             ,
             or
             in
             default
             of
             such
             Answer
             ,
             to
             proceed
             to
             final
             Sentence
             ,
             according
             to
             Justice
             ,
             and
             the
             merit
             of
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             such
             final
             Sentence
             to
             execute
             or
             cause
             to
             be
             executed
             speedily
             and
             impartially
             .
             And
             the
             said
             Court
             is
             hereby
             Authorized
             and
             required
             to
             appoint
             and
             direct
             all
             such
             Officers
             ,
             Attendants
             and
             other
             circumstances
             as
             they
             or
             the
             major
             part
             of
             them
             shall
             in
             any
             sort
             Judge
             necessary
             or
             useful
             for
             the
             orderly
             and
             good
             managing
             of
             the
             premises
             .
             And
             Thomas
             Lord
             Fairfax
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             all
             Officers
             and
             Soldiers
             under
             his
             command
             ,
             and
             all
             Officers
             of
             Justice
             ,
             and
             other
             well
             affected
             persons
             are
             hereby
             Authorized
             and
             required
             to
             be
             aiding
             and
             assisting
             unto
             the
             said
             Court
             in
             the
             due
             Execution
             of
             the
             Trust
             hereby
             committed
             .
             Provided
             ,
             That
             this
             Act
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             hereby
             granted
             ;
             do
             continue
             in
             force
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             one
             Month
             from
             the
             making
             hereof
             ,
             and
             no
             longer
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Hen.
                 Scobell
              
               Cler.
               Par.
               Dom.
               Com.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             In
             pursuance
             of
             which
             said
             Act
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             Ordered
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               
                 Die
                 Sabbati
                 ,
                 6.
                 
                 Jan.
                 1648.
                 
              
            
          
           
             ORdered
             by
             the
             Commons
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             That
             the
             Commissioners
             nominated
             in
             the
             Act
             for
             Erecting
             of
             an
             High
             Court
             of
             Iustice
             for
             the
             Trying
             and
             Iudging
             of
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             ,
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             do
             meet
             on
             Monday
             next
             ,
             at
             two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             .
          
           
           
             By
             virtue
             of
             which
             said
             recited
             Act
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             said
             Order
             grounded
             thereupon
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             whose
             Names
             are
             here
             under-written
             ,
             met
             on
             Monday
             ,
             the
             said
             eighth
             day
             of
             January
             ,
             1648.
             in
             the
             said
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             where
             the
             said
             Act
             was
             openly
             read
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             called
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Fairfax
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Ven
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Martin
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Tho
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourn
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Wil.
                 Heveningham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassells
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Brown
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvy
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goff
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
          
           
             The
             Comissioners
             of
             the
             Court
             being
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             met
             ,
             and
             informing
             themselves
             of
             the
             tenor
             of
             their
             Commission
             ,
             they
             accordingly
             appoint
             the
             said
             Court
             to
             be
             holden
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             on
             Wednesday
             ,
             the
             Tenth
             of
             the
             said
             Month
             of
             January
             ,
             and
             ordered
             Proclamation
             thereof
             to
             be
             made
             in
             the
             great
             Hall
             at
             Westminster
             ,
             by
             
               Edward
               Dendy
            
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             ,
             Authorizing
             him
             thereunto
             by
             Precept
             under
             their
             Hands
             and
             Seals
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             following
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
               
                 
                   By
                   Virtue
                   of
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   the
                   Commons
                   of
                
                 England
                 
                   Assembled
                   in
                   Parliament
                   for
                   erecting
                   of
                   an
                   High
                   Court
                   of
                   Justice
                   for
                   the
                   Trying
                   and
                   Judging
                   of
                
                 Charles
                 Stuart
                 
                   King
                   of
                
                 England
                 ,
                 
                   we
                   whose
                   Names
                   are
                   hereunder
                   written
                   (
                   being
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   amongst
                   others
                   nominated
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Act
                   )
                   do
                   hereby
                   appoint
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   High
                   Court
                   of
                   Justice
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Act
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   holden
                   in
                   the
                
                 Painted
                 Chamber
                 ,
                 
                   in
                   the
                   Palace
                   of
                
                 Westminster
                 on
                 Wednesday
                 
                   the
                   tenth
                   day
                   of
                   this
                   instant
                
                 January
                 ,
                 
                   by
                   One
                   of
                   the
                   Clock
                   in
                   the
                   afternoon
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   we
                   do
                   appoint
                   to
                   be
                   Notified
                   by
                   Publique
                   Proclaiming
                   hereof
                   in
                   the
                   great
                   Hall
                   at
                
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 
                   to
                   morrow
                   being
                   the
                   Ninth
                   day
                   of
                   this
                   Instant
                
                 January
                 ,
                 
                   betwixt
                   the
                   hours
                   of
                   Nine
                   and
                   Eleven
                   in
                   the
                   Forenoon
                   .
                   In
                   Testimony
                   whereof
                   we
                   have
                   hereunto
                   set
                   our
                   Hands
                   and
                   Seals
                   this
                   eight
                   day
                   of
                
                 January
                 ,
                 Anno
                 Domini
                 1648.
                 
              
               
                 We
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 whose
                 Names
                 are
                 hereunto
                 Subscribed
                 ,
                 do
                 hereby
                 Authorize
                 and
                 Appoint
                 
                   Edward
                   Dendy
                
                 Serjeant
                 at
                 Arms
                 ,
                 to
                 cause
                 this
                 to
                 be
                 Proclaimed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Tenor
                 thereof
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 due
                 Return
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 with
                 this
                 Precept
                 to
                 the
                 said
                 Court
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 and
                 place
                 above-mentioned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Sealed
                   and
                   Subscribed
                   by
                   
                     
                       
                         William
                         Monson
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Tho.
                         Grey
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Oliver
                         Cromwell
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Gregory
                         Norton
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Ireton
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         H.
                         Edwards
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Hutchinson
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Har.
                         Waller
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         William
                         Constable
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Lisle
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Martin
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Valentine
                         Wauton
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Blackistone
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Gilbert
                         Millington
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Adrian
                         Scroope
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         James
                         Temple
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         James
                         Chaloner
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Harrison
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Jones
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Huson
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Peregr
                         .
                         Pelham
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Edward
                         Ludlow
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Berkstead
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Peter
                         Temple
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Edw.
                         Whaley
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Okey
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Rob.
                         Tichbourn
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Pride
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Smith
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Maleverer
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Challoner
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Fry.
                      
                       
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Bourchier
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Carew
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Aug.
                         Garland
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Deane
                      
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Daniel
                         Blagrave
                      
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Which
                   said
                   Precept
                   is
                   thus
                   returned
                   on
                   the
                   Backside
                   ,
                   viz.
                   I
                   have
                   caused
                   due
                   Proclamation
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   hereof
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   tenor
                   of
                   the
                   Precept
                   within
                   written
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       E.
                       Dendy
                    
                     ,
                     Serjeant
                     at
                     Arms.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             And
             in
             order
             to
             the
             more
             regular
             and
             due
             proceedings
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             they
             nominate
             Officers
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             chose
             Mr.
             Aske
             ,
             Dr.
             Dorislaus
             ,
             Mr.
             Steel
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Cooke
             Councel
             ,
             to
             attend
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             Mr.
             Greaves
             and
             Mr.
             
               John
               Phelpes
            
             ,
             Clerks
             ,
             to
             whom
             notice
             thereof
             was
             ordered
             to
             be
             given
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Edward
               Walford
            
             ,
             Mr.
             
               John
               Powel
            
             ,
             Mr.
             
               John
               King
            
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Phineas
               Payne
            
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Hull
             are
             chosen
             Messengers
             to
             attend
             this
             Court.
             
          
           
             January
             the
             Ninth
             ,
             1648.
             
             According
             to
             the
             Precept
             of
             the
             Eighth
             instant
             ,
             Serjeant
             Dendy
             made
             Proclamation
             for
             the
             sitting
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             in
             manner
             following
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             About
             Ten
             of
             the
             clock
             of
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             the
             said
             Serjeant
             being
             attended
             with
             six
             Trumpets
             ,
             and
             a
             Guard
             of
             two
             Troops
             of
             Horse
             ,
             himself
             with
             them
             on
             horseback
             ,
             bearing
             his
             Mace
             ,
             rideth
             into
             the
             middle
             of
             Westminster-Hall
             (
             the
             Court
             of
             Chancery
             then
             sitting
             at
             a
             general
             Seal
             )
             where
             ,
             after
             the
             said
             Trumpets
             sounding
             (
             the
             Drums
             then
             likewise
             beating
             in
             the
             Palace-yard
             )
             he
             causeth
             the
             said
             Precept
             to
             be
             openly
             read
             ,
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             at
             the
             same
             time
             sitting
             ,
             Order
             as
             followeth
             ,
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 Die
                 Martis
              
               ,
               9
               Januarii
               ,
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ordered
               by
               the
               Commons
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               Proclamation
               that
               was
               made
               this
               Morning
               in
            
             Westminster-Hall
             
               touching
               the
               Tryal
               of
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               be
               made
               at
               the
            
             Old
             Exchange
             ,
             
               and
               in
            
             Cheapside
             ,
             
               forthwith
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               same
               manner
               ,
               and
               that
               Serjeant
            
             Dendy
             ,
             
               the
               Serjeant
               at
               Arms
               ,
               do
               Proclaim
               the
               same
               accordingly
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Guard
               that
               lieth
               in
            
             Pauls
             ,
             
               do
               see
               the
               same
               done
            
             .
          
           
           
             In
             pursuance
             whereof
             Serjeant
             Dendy
             about
             twelve
             of
             the
             clock
             of
             the
             same
             day
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             ten
             Trumpets
             and
             Two
             Troops
             of
             Horse
             ,
             drawn
             out
             for
             that
             purpose
             in
             
             Paul's
             Church-Yard
             ,
             himself
             mounted
             ,
             bearing
             his
             Mace
             ,
             they
             all
             march
             from
             thence
             unto
             the
             
               Old
               Exchange
               ,
               London
            
             ,
             where
             after
             the
             Trumpets
             had
             sounded
             ,
             he
             maketh
             Proclamation
             as
             he
             had
             done
             before
             in
             Westminster-Hall
             :
             And
             from
             thence
             they
             immediately
             march
             to
             Cheapside
             ,
             making
             the
             like
             Proclamation
             there
             also
             ,
             in
             manner
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             during
             all
             which
             time
             the
             Streets
             are
             throng'd
             with
             Spectators
             ,
             without
             the
             least
             violence
             ,
             injury
             or
             affront
             publiquely
             done
             or
             offered
             .
          
           
             
               
                 Mercurii
                 ,
                 10
                 Januarii
                 ,
                 1648.
                 
              
               Commissioners
               present
               ,
               Painted
               Chamber
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Knight
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Ven.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Martin
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Corbet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dean
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Lister
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               ,
               Knight
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moor
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassells
              
               ,
               Esq
               :
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             sat
             in
             the
             Place
             aforesaid
             ,
             began
             to
             take
             into
             consideration
             the
             manner
             and
             order
             that
             they
             intended
             to
             observe
             at
             the
             Kings
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             appointed
             two
             Ushers
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             viz.
             Mr.
             
               Edward
               
               Walford
            
             and
             Mr.
             Vowell
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Litchman
             was
             chosen
             a
             Messenger
             of
             this
             Court.
             
          
           
             
               John
               Bradshaw
            
             Serjeant
             at
             Law
             a
             Commissioner
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             was
             then
             chosen
             President
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             who
             being
             absent
             ,
             Mr.
             Say
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             then
             present
             ,
             was
             appointed
             President
             
               Pro
               tempore
            
             ,
             and
             untill
             the
             said
             Serjeant
             Bradshaw
             should
             attend
             the
             said
             Service
             ,
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Say
             accordingly
             took
             his
             place
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             thanks
             of
             this
             Court
             to
             Mr.
             Garland
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             for
             his
             great
             pains
             by
             him
             formerly
             taken
             about
             the
             business
             of
             this
             Court.
             
          
           
             The
             Court
             were
             informed
             of
             the
             great
             and
             important
             Imployment
             that
             at
             present
             lay
             upon
             Mr.
             Greaves
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             ,
             from
             which
             he
             cannot
             be
             spared
             without
             prejudice
             to
             the
             Publique
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             therefore
             moved
             in
             his
             behalf
             that
             he
             might
             be
             Excused
             from
             attending
             the
             service
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Clerks
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             which
             the
             Court
             admitted
             as
             a
             sufficient
             Excuse
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             Mr.
             
               Andrew
               Broughton
            
             was
             named
             and
             appointed
             one
             of
             the
             Clerks
             of
             this
             Court
             with
             
               John
               Phelpes
            
             ,
             the
             said
             
               John
               Phelpes
            
             being
             then
             sent
             for
             by
             a
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             making
             his
             appearance
             ,
             was
             commanded
             to
             attend
             the
             said
             service
             ,
             who
             attended
             the
             same
             accordingly
             ,
             and
             a
             Messenger
             of
             the
             Court
             was
             sent
             to
             Summon
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Broughton
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Aske
             ,
             Mr.
             Steel
             ,
             Dr.
             Dorislaus
             and
             Mr.
             Cooke
             are
             appointed
             Councel
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             to
             prepare
             and
             prosecute
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             according
             to
             the
             Act
             of
             the
             Commons
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             in
             that
             behalf
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             ,
             the
             Court
             did
             appoint
             Mr.
             Steel
             ,
             Attorney
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Cooke
             ,
             Solicitor
             ,
             to
             take
             care
             thereof
             .
             And
             the
             Act
             for
             Constituting
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             was
             ordered
             to
             be
             transcribed
             ,
             and
             delivered
             to
             the
             said
             Councel
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Love
             ,
             Mr.
             Lisle
             ,
             Mr.
             Millington
             ,
             Mr.
             Garland
             ,
             Mr.
             Marten
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Tho.
               Challoner
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Danvers
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Henry
               Mildmay
            
             ,
             or
             any
             two
             of
             them
             are
             appointed
             a
             Committee
             to
             consider
             of
             all
             circumstances
             in
             matter
             
             of
             order
             and
             method
             for
             the
             carrying
             on
             and
             managing
             the
             Kings
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             for
             that
             purpose
             to
             advise
             with
             the
             Councel
             assigned
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Report
             therein
             ,
             the
             next
             Sitting
             ,
             and
             the
             care
             of
             the
             business
             is
             particularly
             recommended
             to
             Mr.
             Love.
             
          
           
             
               Edward
               Dendy
            
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             ,
             made
             return
             of
             the
             Precept
             of
             the
             Eighth
             instant
             ,
             for
             Proclaiming
             the
             Sitting
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             which
             was
             received
             ;
             the
             said
             Serjeant
             Dendy
             having
             Proclaimed
             the
             same
             by
             the
             sound
             of
             Trumpet
             in
             
               Westminster
               Hall
            
             ,
             as
             also
             at
             the
             
               Old
               Exchange
            
             ,
             and
             in
             Cheapside
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               Dendy
            
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             ,
             is
             appointed
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             ,
             to
             attend
             the
             said
             Court
             ;
             Mr.
             
               John
               King
            
             is
             appointed
             Cryer
             of
             the
             said
             Court.
             
          
           
             The
             Court
             having
             thus
             made
             preparations
             for
             the
             said
             Tryal
             (
             during
             all
             which
             time
             they
             sate
             private
             )
             the
             doors
             are
             now
             opened
             for
             all
             parties
             ,
             that
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             there
             to
             give
             their
             attendance
             .
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             being
             made
             by
             the
             Cryer
             ,
             the
             Act
             for
             constituting
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             was
             openly
             read
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             called
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             present
             ,
             were
             as
             before-named
             .
          
           
             The
             Commissioners
             that
             were
             absent
             ,
             were
             ordered
             to
             be
             summoned
             to
             attend
             the
             said
             Service
             ,
             and
             Summons
             were
             issued
             forth
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             Fryday
             ,
             Jan.
             12
             th
             .
             at
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             the
             same
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Januarii
               12
               ,
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             At
             which
             time
             the
             Commissioners
             Present
             were
             as
             after-named
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Die
                   Veneris
                
                 ,
                 12
                 Januarii
                 ,
                 1648.
                 
              
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               .
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Herbert
                 Morley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serj.
               at
               Law.
               
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               ,
               Esq
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Brown
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fagg
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dove
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Ven
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               With
               divers
               more
               .
            
          
           
             Serjeant
             Bradshaw
             ,
             upon
             special
             Summons
             ,
             attended
             this
             Court
             ,
             being
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             thereof
             ,
             and
             being
             according
             to
             former
             Order
             ,
             called
             to
             take
             his
             place
             of
             President
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             made
             an
             earnest
             Apology
             for
             himself
             to
             be
             excused
             ;
             but
             therein
             not
             prevailing
             ,
             in
             obedience
             to
             the
             Commands
             and
             Desires
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             he
             submitted
             to
             their
             Order
             ,
             and
             took
             place
             accordingly
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             the
             said
             Court
             Ordered
             concerning
             him
             as
             followeth
             ,
             
               viz.
               That
            
             John
             Bradshaw
             ,
             
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               who
               is
               appointed
               President
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               should
               be
               called
               by
               the
               Name
               ,
               and
               have
               the
               Title
               of
            
             Lord
             President
             ,
             
               and
               that
               as
               well
               without
               ,
               as
               within
               the
               said
               Court
               ,
               during
               the
               Commission
               and
               Sitting
               of
               the
               said
               Court
            
             :
             Against
             which
             Title
             he
             pressed
             much
             to
             be
             heard
             to
             offer
             his
             Exceptions
             ,
             but
             was
             therein
             over-ruled
             by
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
           
             Mr.
             
               Andrew
               Broughton
            
             attended
             according
             to
             former
             Order
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             thereupon
             again
             Ordered
             ,
             That
             
               Andrew
               Broughton
            
             and
             
               John
               Phelpes
            
             Gent.
             be
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             hereby
             constituted
             Clerks
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             and
             enjoyned
             to
             give
             their
             Attendance
             ,
             from
             time
             to
             time
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Councel
               assigned
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               They
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               Them
               shall
               appoint
               ,
               shall
               have
               power
               to
               search
               for
               all
               Records
               and
               Writings
               concerning
               the
               King's
               Tryal
               ,
               and
               to
               take
               into
               their
               custody
               ,
               or
               order
               the
               producing
               of
               all
               such
               Records
               ,
               and
               Papers
               ,
               or
               Copies
               thereof
               ,
               by
               any
               Clerk
               or
               other
               Person
               whatsoever
               ,
               at
               or
               before
               the
               said
               Tryal
               ,
               as
               they
               shall
               judge
               requisite
               ,
               the
               Said
               Councel
               giving
               a
               Note
               under
               their
               Hands
               of
               their
               Receipt
               of
               all
               such
            
             Original
             Books
             ,
             and
             Papers
             ,
             
               which
               they
               shall
               so
               take
               into
               their
               custody
               .
               And
               that
               the
               said
               Councel
               shall
               have
               power
               to
               send
               for
               such
               person
               or
               persons
               at
               or
               before
               the
               said
               Tryal
               ,
               and
               to
               appoint
               by
               Writing
               under
               their
               Hands
               ,
               their
               Attendance
               for
               the
               Service
               of
               the
               State
               in
               this
               Business
               ,
               as
               they
               shall
               think
               requisite
               ,
               requiring
               all
               Persons
               concerned
               ,
               to
               yield
               Obedience
               thereunto
               at
               their
               perils
               .
            
          
           
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             Knight
             ,
             and
             Col.
             Harrison
             are
             Ordered
             to
             desire
             the
             Lord
             General
             from
             time
             to
             time
             to
             appoint
             sufficient
             Guards
             ,
             to
             attend
             and
             guard
             the
             said
             Court
             during
             their
             Sitting
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Col.
            
             Tichbourne
             ,
             Col.
             Roe
             ,
             Mr.
             Blackistone
             ,
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Fry
             ,
             
               Members
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               shall
               and
               do
               make
               Preparations
               for
               the
               Tryal
               of
               the
               King
               ,
            
             That
             it
             may
             be
             performed
             in
             a
             Solemn
             Manner
             ;
             
               and
               that
               they
               take
               care
               for
               other
               necessary
               Provisions
               and
               Accommodations
               in
               and
               about
               that
               Tryal
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               appoint
               and
               command
               such
               Workmen
               in
               and
               to
               their
               Assistance
               ,
               as
               they
               shall
               think
               fit
               .
            
          
           
             Mr.
             Love
             Reporteth
             from
             the
             Committee
             appointed
             Jan.
             10
             th
             .
             instant
             ,
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             Circumstances
             in
             Matters
             of
             Order
             for
             Tryal
             of
             the
             King
             :
             And
             it
             is
             thereupon
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               in
               managing
               the
               Proceedings
               in
               Open
               Court
               at
               the
               time
               of
               the
               King's
               Tryal
               ,
               none
               of
               the
               Court
               do
               speak
               ,
               but
               the
            
             President
             and
             Councel
             ,
             
               and
               in
               case
               of
               any
               Difficulty
               arising
               to
               
               any
               one
               ,
               that
               he
               speak
               not
               to
               the
               Matter
               openly
               ,
               but
               desire
               the
            
             President
             
               that
               the
               Court
               may
               please
               to
               Advise
               .
            
             By
             which
             Order
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             intended
             that
             any
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             be
             debarred
             at
             the
             Examination
             of
             any
             Witness
             ,
             to
             move
             the
             Lord
             President
             to
             propound
             such
             Question
             to
             the
             Witness
             as
             shall
             be
             thought
             meet
             for
             the
             better
             disquisition
             and
             finding
             out
             of
             the
             Truth
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               there
               shall
               be
               a
               Marshal
               to
               attend
               this
               Court
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               cause
               .
            
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Lord
               President
               and
               Councel
               do
               manage
               the
               Tryal
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               according
               to
               Instructions
               to
               be
               given
               them
               by
               the
               Court
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Committee
               for
               considering
               of
               all
               circumstances
               for
               the
               managing
               of
               the
               King's
               Trial
               ,
               do
               consider
               of
               Rules
               and
               Instructions
               in
               that
               behalf
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               consult
               with
               the
               Councel
               ,
               and
               address
               themselves
               to
               the
               Lord
               President
               for
               Advice
               in
               the
               Premises
               .
            
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Councel
               do
               bring
               in
               the
               Charge
               against
               the
               King
               on
            
             Monday
             next
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Committee
               for
               considering
               of
               the
               Circumstances
               of
               Order
               for
               the
               King's
               Trial
               ,
               together
               with
               Sir
            
             Hardress
             Waller
             ,
             Col.
             Whaley
             ,
             Mr.
             Scot
             ,
             Col.
             Tichbourne
             ,
             Col.
             Harrison
             ,
             
               Lieut.
               Gen.
            
             Cromwell
             ,
             and
             Col.
             Deane
             ,
             
               are
               appointed
               to
               consider
               of
               the
               place
               for
               Trying
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               make
               Report
               to
               morrow
               in
               the
               Afternoon
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               meet
               to
               morrow
               Morning
               in
               the
               Inner
               Court
               of
               Wards
               ,
               at
               Nine
               of
               the
               Clock
               ,
               and
               who
               else
               of
               the
               Court
               please
               may
               be
               there
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             the
             Morrow
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             at
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Sabbathi
               ,
               13
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Proclamation
             being
             made
             ,
             and
             all
             Parties
             Concerned
             ,
             required
             to
             give
             Attendance
             ,
             the
             Court
             is
             called
             openly
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwel
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewer
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goff
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Algernon
                 Sydney
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fagg
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassels
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dove
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Scot
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Browne
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             to
             make
             further
             preparations
             for
             the
             King's
             Tryal
             ,
             sit
             private
             .
             The
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             is
             Authorized
             to
             employ
             such
             other
             Messengers
             as
             shall
             be
             needful
             for
             the
             service
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             giving
             in
             their
             Names
             to
             the
             Clerks
             of
             this
             Court.
             
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Serjeant
               at
               Arms
               do
               search
               and
               secure
               the
               Vaults
               under
               the
            
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
             
               taking
               such
               Assistance
               therein
               from
               the
               Souldiery
               as
               shall
               be
               needful
               .
            
          
           
             Mr.
             Garland
             reporteth
             from
             the
             Committee
             for
             considering
             of
             the
             place
             for
             the
             King's
             Trial
             ;
             and
             the
             Court
             thereupon
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               said
               Tryal
               of
               the
               King
               shall
               be
               in
            
             Westminster-Hall
             ;
             
               That
               the
               Place
               for
               the
               King's
               Tryal
               ,
               shall
               be
               where
               the
               Courts
               of
            
             King's
             Bench
             and
             
             Chancery
             ,
             
               sit
               in
            
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             
               and
               that
               the
               Partitions
               between
               the
               said
               two
               Courts
               ,
               be
               therefore
               taken
               down
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Committee
               for
               making
               Preparations
               for
               the
               King's
               Tryal
               ,
               are
               to
               take
               care
               thereof
               accordingly
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             Monday
             at
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             this
             Place
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Lunae
               ,
               15
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             all
             Parties
             concerned
             ,
             are
             required
             to
             give
             Attendance
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               is
               called
               openly
            
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dean
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewer
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourn
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hamond
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Wroth.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Wallop
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Martin
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Algernon
                 Sydney
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Herbert
                 Morley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goff
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fagg
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               ,
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
               
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sit
             private
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Councel
             attended
             ,
             and
             presented
             to
             the
             Court
             the
             Draught
             of
             a
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             :
             which
             being
             read
             ,
             the
             Court
             appointed
             Commissary
             General
             Ireton
             ,
             Mr.
             Millington
             ,
             Mr.
             Marten
             ,
             Col.
             Harvey
             ,
             Mr.
             Challoner
             ,
             Col.
             Harrison
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Miles
               Corbet
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Scot
             ,
             Mr.
             Love
             ,
             Mr.
             Lisle
             ,
             Mr.
             Say
             ,
             or
             any
             three
             of
             them
             to
             be
             a
             Committee
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Councel
             might
             resort
             for
             their
             further
             Advice
             concerning
             any
             thing
             of
             difficulty
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ;
             who
             were
             likewise
             with
             the
             Councel
             to
             compare
             the
             Charge
             against
             him
             ,
             with
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             care
             for
             the
             preparing
             and
             fitting
             the
             Charge
             for
             the
             Courts
             more
             clear
             Proceedings
             in
             the
             Businesses
             ;
             as
             likewise
             to
             advise
             of
             such
             general
             Rules
             as
             are
             fit
             for
             the
             Expediting
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             and
             to
             meet
             the
             Morrow
             Morning
             at
             Eight
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             
               Queens
               Court.
            
             
          
           
             Col.
             Ludlow
             ,
             Col.
             Purefoy
             ,
             Col.
             Hutchinson
             ,
             Col.
             Scroope
             ,
             Col.
             Deane
             ,
             Col.
             Whalley
             ,
             Col.
             Huson
             ,
             Col.
             Pride
             ,
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Constable
            
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Committee
             for
             making
             Preparations
             for
             the
             King's
             Tryal
             ,
             or
             any
             three
             of
             them
             are
             appointed
             a
             Committee
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             manner
             of
             bringing
             the
             King
             to
             the
             Court
             at
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Place
             where
             he
             shall
             be
             kept
             and
             lodge
             at
             ,
             during
             his
             said
             Tryal
             ;
             and
             to
             take
             consideration
             of
             the
             secure
             Sitting
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             and
             placing
             the
             Guards
             that
             shall
             attend
             it
             ,
             and
             are
             to
             meet
             to
             morrow
             morning
             at
             Eight
             of
             the
             clock
             in
             the
             Inner
             Star-Chamber
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             taking
             Notice
             of
             the
             Nearness
             of
             
             Hilary-Term
             ,
             and
             necessity
             they
             apprehended
             of
             Adjourning
             it
             in
             regard
             of
             the
             King's
             Tryal
             ,
             thereupon
             were
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             fit
             that
             a
             Fortnight
             of
             the
             said
             Term
             be
             Adjourned
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Lisle
             is
             desired
             to
             move
             the
             House
             therein
             .
          
           
             
               Three
               Proclamations
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             Wednesday
             next
             at
             Eight
             in
             the
             Morning
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Mercurii
               ,
               17
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             all
             Parties
             concerned
             ,
             are
             required
             to
             give
             Attendance
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               is
               called
            
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Brown.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Lister
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassels
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Wild.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Heath
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
               
            
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Commissioners
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               who
               have
               not
               hitherto
               appeared
               ,
               be
               summoned
               by
               Warrants
               under
               the
               Hands
               of
               the
               Clerks
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               to
               give
               their
               Personal
               Attendance
               at
               this
               Court
               ,
               to
               perform
               the
               Service
               to
               which
               they
               are
               by
               Act
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
            
             England
             
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               appointed
               and
               required
               .
            
          
           
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             
               attending
               this
               Court
               ,
               or
               his
               Deputy
               do
               forthwith
               Summon
               all
               the
               aforesaid
               Commissioners
               making
               default
               ,
               who
               reside
               or
               dwell
               within
               twenty
               Miles
               of
            
             London
             .
          
           
             Particular
             Warrants
             to
             every
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             were
             accordingly
             issued
             forth
             for
             their
             Attendance
             .
          
           
             Upon
             Report
             made
             by
             Col.
             Hutchinson
             ,
             from
             the
             Committee
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             manner
             of
             bringing
             the
             King
             to
             Tryal
             ,
             &c.
             the
             Court
             Order
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Cotton's
             
               House
               be
               the
               place
               where
               the
               King
               shall
               lodge
               during
               his
               Tryal
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               Chamber
               in
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Cotton
             
               's
               House
               next
               the
               Study
               ,
               there
               shall
               be
               the
               King's
               Bed-Chamber
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               Great
               Chamber
               before
               the
               said
               Lodging-Chamber
               ,
               be
               for
               the
               King's
               Dining-Room
               ,
               and
               that
               a
               Guard
               consisting
               of
               Thirty
               Officers
               and
               other
               choice
               Men
               ,
               do
               always
               attend
               the
               King
               ;
               who
               are
               to
               attend
               him
               at
               his
               Lodging
               above
               Stairs
               ,
               and
               that
               Two
               of
               the
               said
               Thirty
               do
               always
               attend
               in
               his
               Bed-Chamber
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               Place
               for
               a
               Court
               of
               Guard
               for
            
             200
             
               Foot-Soldiers
               ,
               be
               built
               in
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Cotton
             
               's
               Garden
               ,
               near
               the
               Water-side
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               Ten
               Companies
               of
               Foot
               be
               constantly
               upon
               the
               Guards
               for
               securing
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Cotton's
             
               House
               ,
               and
               those
               Companies
               to
               be
               Quartered
               in
               the
               Court
               of
            
             Requests
             ,
             the
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
             
               and
               other
               necessary
               Places
               thereabouts
            
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               Passage
               that
               cometh
               out
               of
               the
            
             Old
             Palace
             into
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             
               be
               made
               up
               at
               the
               Entrance
               of
               the
               said
               Passage
               next
               the
               said
               Guard.
               
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               top
               of
               the
               Stairs
               at
               the
               Court
               of
            
             Wards
             
               Door
               ,
               have
               a
               cross
               Barr
               made
               to
               it
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               King
               be
               brought
               out
               of
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Cotton's
             
               House
               to
               his
               Tryal
               ,
               the
               lower
               way
               into
            
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             
               and
               so
               brought
               to
               the
               Barr
               in
               the
               Face
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               attended
               by
               the
               above-said
               Guard
               above
               Stairs
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               Two
               Rayls
               of
               about
               forty
               foot
               distance
               from
               the
               Place
               where
               this
               Court
               shall
               Sit
               in
            
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             
               be
               made
               cross
               the
               said
               Hall
               ;
               for
               the
               effectual
               and
               substantial
               doing
               whereof
               ,
               this
               Court
               do
               refer
               it
               to
               the
               care
               of
               the
               Committee
               appointed
               to
               consider
               of
               the
               manner
               of
               bringing
               the
               
               King
               to
               Tryal
               ;
               who
               are
               likewise
               to
               take
               care
               for
               raising
               the
               Floor
               in
               such
               part
               of
               the
               Hall
               as
               they
               shall
               think
               fit
               ,
               for
               placing
               of
               the
               Guards
               ;
               and
               that
               a
               Rayl
               or
               Rayls
               from
               the
               Court
               down
               to
               the
               Hall-Gate
               ,
               be
               made
               in
               such
               manner
               as
               they
               shall
               think
               fit
               on
               the
            
             Common-Pleas
             
               side
               ,
               to
               keep
               the
               People
               from
               the
               Soldiers
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               there
               be
               ●●ards
               set
               upon
               the
               Leads
               ,
               and
               other
               places
               that
               have
               Windows
               to
               look
               into
               the
               Hall.
               
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               General
               be
               desired
               from
               time
               to
               time
               to
               send
               and
               appoint
               convenient
               Guards
               of
               Horse
               for
               the
               convenient
               Sitting
               of
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               Twenty
               Officers
               ,
               or
               other
               Gentlemen
               do
               attend
               upon
               the
               Lord
               President
               from
               time
               to
               time
               ,
               to
               and
               from
               this
               Court
               through
            
             Westminster-Hall
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               Officers
               of
               the
               Ordnance
               do
               send
               unto
               this
               Court
            
             200
             
               Halberts
               or
               Partizans
               lying
               within
               the
               Tower
               of
            
             London
             ,
             
               for
               the
               Arming
               of
               the
               Guards
               that
               are
               to
               attend
               this
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               at
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Tryal
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               the
               Commissioners
               do
               before
               their
               Sitting
               in
               the
               Court
               ,
               meet
               in
               the
            
             Exchequer-Chamber
             ,
             
               and
               do
               from
               thence
               come
               up
               the
               Hall
               into
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               all
               Back-doors
               from
               the
               House
               called
            
             Hell
             ,
             
               be
               stopt
               up
               during
               the
               Kings
               Tryal
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               Lodgings
               be
               prepared
               for
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               at
               Sir
            
             Abraham
             Williams
             
               's
               House
               in
               the
               New
            
             Palace-Yard
             ,
             
               during
               the
               Sitting
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               Provisions
               and
               Necessaries
               be
               provided
               for
               his
               Lordship
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             Sir
             Henry
             Mildmay
             ,
             Mr.
             Holland
             ,
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Edwards
             
               do
               take
               care
               for
               providing
               all
               Provisions
               and
               Necessaries
               for
               the
               King
               ,
               during
               his
               Tryal
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             Sir
             Henry
             Mildmay
             ,
             Mr.
             Holland
             ,
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Edwards
             
               do
               likewise
               take
               care
               for
               all
               Necessaries
               for
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Committee
               for
               considering
               of
               the
               manner
               of
               bringing
               the
               King
               to
               Tryal
               ,
               do
               consider
               what
               Habits
               the
               Officers
               of
               this
               Court
               shall
               have
               ,
               who
               are
               to
               advise
               with
               some
               Heralds
               at
               Arms
               therein
               ,
               and
               concerning
               the
               Ordering
               of
               the
               said
               Officers
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               a
               Sword
               be
               carried
               before
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               at
               the
               Tryal
               of
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
           
             That
             ,
             
               John
               Humphreys
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             
               do
               bear
               the
               Sword
               before
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             .
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               a
               Mace
               or
               Maces
               together
               with
               a
               Sword
               ,
               be
               likewise
               carried
               before
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             .
          
           
             This
             Court
             doth
             Adjourn
             it self
             to
             Three
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             Jan.
             17.
             1648.
             
             
               Post
               Meridiem
            
             .
          
           
             
               Three
               Proclamations
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             is
             cleared
             of
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             they
             sit
             private
             .
          
           
             The
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             presented
             by
             the
             Councel
             ,
             and
             Ordered
             to
             be
             re-committed
             to
             the
             Committee
             appointed
             for
             Advice
             with
             the
             Councel
             concerning
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             are
             to
             contract
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             fit
             it
             for
             the
             Courts
             proceeding
             thereupon
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             in
             that
             behalf
             .
             And
             the
             same
             Committee
             are
             likewise
             to
             take
             care
             for
             the
             King
             's
             coming
             to
             Westminster
             to
             Tryal
             at
             such
             time
             as
             to
             them
             shall
             seem
             meet
             ,
             and
             Lieutenant
             Gen.
             Cromwell
             is
             added
             to
             the
             said
             Committee
             ,
             and
             the
             Councel
             are
             to
             attend
             this
             Court
             with
             the
             said
             Charge
             to
             morrow
             at
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             ,
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Committee
               for
               Considering
               of
               the
               manner
               of
               bringing
               the
               King
               to
               Tryal
               ,
               do
               meet
               to
               Morrow
               Morning
               at
               Eight
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
            
             Exchequer-Chamber
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             the
             Morrow
             at
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             the
             same
             Place
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Jovis
               ,
               18
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             made
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               William
               L.
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Fleetwood
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassels
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Browne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Herbert
                 Morley
              
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sit
             private
             .
          
           
             Col.
             Tichbourne
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             informeth
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             with
             Mr.
             Steel
             ,
             Attorney
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             found
             him
             in
             his
             Bed
             very
             sick
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             thereof
             ,
             not
             like
             to
             attend
             ,
             yet
             ,
             the
             Service
             of
             this
             Court
             according
             to
             former
             Order
             ;
             and
             desired
             him
             the
             said
             Colonel
             ,
             to
             signifie
             ,
             that
             he
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Steel
             no
             way
             declineth
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             out
             of
             any
             disaffection
             to
             it
             ,
             but
             professeth
             himself
             to
             be
             so
             clear
             in
             the
             Business
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             should
             please
             God
             to
             restore
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             manifest
             his
             good
             Affection
             to
             the
             said
             Cause
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             an
             addition
             to
             his
             Affliction
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             attend
             ,
             this
             Court
             ,
             to
             do
             that
             Service
             that
             they
             have
             expected
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             as
             he
             desires
             to
             perform
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             to
             morrow
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Veneris
               ,
               19
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             .
             
               The
               Court
               called
               openly
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Knight
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Barkstead
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Algernon
                 Sydney
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassells
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dove
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Brown.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sate
             private
             .
          
           
             Col.
             Hutchinson
             Reporteth
             from
             the
             Committee
             appointed
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             Habits
             of
             the
             Officers
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             thereupon
             ,
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Three
               Gowns
               be
               Provided
               for
               three
               Vshers
               ,
               and
               Three
               Cloaks
               for
               Three
               Messengers
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             Mr.
             Millington
             reporteth
             from
             the
             Committee
             for
             Advice
             with
             the
             Councel
             concerning
             the
             Charge
             against
             
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             the
             Councel
             have
             perfected
             the
             Charge
             ,
             and
             are
             ready
             to
             present
             it
             .
             He
             likewise
             reporteth
             the
             Draught
             of
             an
             Order
             ,
             whereby
             the
             Charge
             may
             ,
             by
             the
             Command
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             be
             exhibited
             together
             with
             a
             Form
             of
             Words
             ;
             the
             Effect
             whereof
             the
             Committee
             think
             fit
             to
             be
             pronounced
             by
             him
             that
             this
             Court
             shall
             appoint
             so
             to
             exhibit
             the
             said
             Charge
             :
             Which
             said
             Order
             and
             Form
             of
             Words
             the
             Court
             have
             with
             some
             Alterations
             agreed
             unto
             ,
             as
             followeth
             ;
          
           
             It
             is
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Mr.
            
             Attorney
             ,
             
               and
               in
               his
               absence
               ,
               Mr.
            
             Sollicitor
             
               do
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               exhibit
               and
               bring
               into
               this
               Court
               a
               Charge
               of
               High
               Treason
               ,
               and
               other
               High
               Crimes
               against
               CHARLES
               STVART
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               charge
               him
               thereupon
               in
               the
               behalf
               aforesaid
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Form
                 of
                 Words
                 are
                 as
                 followeth
                 ;
              
               
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                
              
               
                 ACcording
                 to
                 an
                 Order
                 of
                 this
                 High
                 Court
                 to
                 me
                 directed
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 exhibit
                 and
                 bring
                 into
                 this
                 Court
                 a
                 Charge
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 High
                 Crimes
                 ,
                 whereof
                 I
                 do
                 accuse
                 CHARLES
                 STVART
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 here
                 present
                 .
                 And
                 I
                 do
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 behalf
                 aforesaid
                 ,
                 desire
                 the
                 said
                 Charge
                 may
                 be
                 received
                 accordingly
                 ,
                 and
                 due
                 Proceedings
                 had
                 thereupon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Councel
                   likewise
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   Mr.
                
                 Millington
                 
                   's
                   Report
                   ,
                   present
                   a
                   Draught
                   of
                   the
                   Charge
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   ;
                   which
                   was
                   read
                   the
                   first
                   ,
                   and
                   second
                   ,
                   and
                   third
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   referred
                   back
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   Councel
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   some
                   small
                   Amendments
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   Form
                   thereof
                   .
                
              
               
                 Ordered
                 ,
                 That
                 Commissary
                 Gen.
                 Ireton
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Whalley
                 ,
                 Col.
                 Harrison
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   Hardress
                   Waller
                
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 two
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 do
                 appoint
                 the
                 Thirty
                 Persons
                 that
                 are
                 by
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 17th
                 .
                 Instant
                 ,
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Twenty
                 that
                 are
                 to
                 attend
                 the
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                
                 .
              
               
               
                 Ordered
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Serjeant
                 at
                 Arms
                 do
                 secure
                 Mr.
                 
                 Squibb's
                 Gallery
                 by
                 such
                 ways
                 and
                 means
                 as
                 he
                 shall
                 conceive
                 meet
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               Adjourned
               it self
               till
               Nine
               of
               the
               Clock
               to
               morrow
               morning
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Sabbathi
               ,
               20
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             ,
             and
             Attendance
             commanded
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Sir
            
             Henry
             Mildmay
             
               be
               desired
               to
               deliver
               unto
            
             John
             Humphreys
             
               
                 Esq
              
               the
               Sword
               of
               State
               in
               his
               Custody
               ;
               which
               said
               Sword
               the
               said
               Mr.
            
             Humphreys
             
               is
               to
               bear
               before
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               of
               this
               Court.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             sate
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             before
             they
             engaged
             in
             further
             Business
             ,
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             came
             thither
             ,
             and
             acquainted
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             the
             House
             wanted
             their
             Members
             that
             were
             of
             that
             Court
             ;
             the
             Court
             thereupon
             Adjourned
             till
             twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             the
             same
             day
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               accordingly
               met
               at
               twelve
               of
               the
               Clock
               .
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             made
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               present
               .
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               ,
               
                 20
                 Jan.
                 1648.
                 
              
            
             
               John
               Bradshaw
               ,
               
                 Serjeant
                 at
                 Law
              
               ,
               Lord
               President
               
                 of
                 this
                 Court.
              
               
            
             
               Tho.
               L.
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Martin
               .
            
             
               Oliver
               Crowwell
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Ireton
               .
            
             
               Augustine
               Garland
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Challoner
               .
            
             
               Nicholas
               Love.
               
            
             
               William
               Cawley
               .
            
             
               John
               Venn
               .
            
             
               William
               Purefoy
               .
            
             
               John
               Barkstead
               .
            
             
               James
               Challoner
               .
            
             
               Peter
               Temple
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Harrison
               .
            
             
               Robert
               Tichbourne
               .
            
             
               John
               Hutchinson
               .
            
             
               Sir
               Gregory
               Norton
               .
            
             
               Sir
               Tho.
               Maleverer
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Daniel
               Blagrave
               .
            
             
               Owen
               Roe
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Wogan
               .
            
             
               William
               Say.
               
            
             
               Francis
               Lassels
               .
            
             
               John
               Jones
               .
            
             
               Sir
               John
               Bourchier
               .
            
             
               John
               Carew
               .
            
             
               
               John
               Dewnes
               .
            
             
               John
               Fry.
               
            
             
               Sir
               Michael
               Livesey
               .
            
             
               Sir
               John
               Danvers
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Millington
               .
            
             
               Sir
               Hardress
               Waller
               .
            
             
               John
               Blakistone
               .
            
             
               John
               Huson
               .
            
             
               Humphrey
               Edwards
               .
            
             
               Isaac
               Pennington
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               John
               Brown.
               
            
             
               Edw.
               Whalley
               .
            
             
               John
               Okey
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Pride
               .
            
             
               Adrian
               Scroope
               .
            
             
               Valentine
               Wauton
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Hamond
               .
            
             
               James
               Temple
               .
            
             
               Peregrine
               Pelham
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lister
               .
            
             
               Edmond
               Ludlow
               .
            
             
               Simon
               Meyne
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Scot.
               
            
             
               Edmond
               Harvy
               .
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Smith
               .
            
             
               Sir
               William
               Constable
               .
            
             
               Isaac
               Ewers
               .
            
             
               Sir
               Henry
               Mildmay
               .
            
             
               Anthony
               Stapeley
               .
            
          
           
             
               Here
               the
               Court
               sate
               private
            
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             That
             the
             Form
             and
             Method
             of
             the
             Courts
             Proceeding
             unto
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             Commission
             by
             which
             they
             Sit
             ,
             sending
             for
             ,
             and
             bringing
             in
             the
             Prisoner
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             acquainting
             him
             in
             brief
             with
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             bringing
             thither
             ,
             receiving
             and
             reading
             the
             Charge
             ,
             and
             demanding
             what
             the
             Prisoner
             says
             thereto
             ,
             be
             referred
             to
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ;
             as
             also
             ,
             That
             in
             case
             the
             Prisoner
             shall
             in
             Language
             or
             Carriage
             towards
             the
             Court
             ,
             be
             insolent
             ,
             outragious
             ,
             or
             contemptuous
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             left
             to
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             to
             reprehend
             him
             therefore
             ,
             and
             admonish
             him
             of
             his
             Duty
             ,
             or
             to
             command
             the
             taking
             away
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             if
             he
             see
             cause
             ,
             to
             withdraw
             or
             adjourn
             the
             Court.
             But
             as
             to
             the
             Prisoners
             putting
             off
             his
             Hat
             ,
             the
             Court
             will
             not
             insist
             upon
             it
             for
             this
             day
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             the
             King
             desire
             time
             to
             Answer
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             is
             to
             give
             him
             time
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             Vpon
             the
             Lord
             President
             's
             Desire
             and
             Motion
             ,
             That
             Mr.
             Lisle
             and
             Mr.
             Say
             ,
             Commissioners
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             be
             Assistants
             to
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             it
             is
             Ordered
             ,
             that
             they
             sit
             near
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             in
             Court.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Sollicitor
             presented
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ingrossed
             in
             Parchment
             ,
             which
             was
             read
             ,
             and
             being
             by
             Mr.
             Sollicitor
             Signed
             ,
             was
             returned
             to
             him
             to
             be
             exhibited
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             his
             presence
             in
             open
             Court.
             And
             thereupon
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             forthwith
             to
             the
             Great
             Hall
             in
             Westminster
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Manner
             of
             the
             Tryal
             of
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             King
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             ON
             Saturday
             ,
             being
             the
             20
             th
             .
             Day
             of
             January
             ,
             1648.
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             of
             the
             
               High
               Court
               of
               Justice
            
             ,
             his
             two
             Assistants
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Adjournment
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             from
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             Bench
             ,
             or
             Place
             prepared
             for
             their
             Sitting
             ,
             at
             the
             West
             End
             of
             the
             Great
             Hall
             at
             Westminster
             ;
             divers
             Officers
             of
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             one
             and
             twenty
             Gentlemen
             with
             Partizans
             ,
             and
             a
             Sword
             and
             Mace
             marching
             before
             them
             up
             into
             the
             Court
             ,
             where
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ,
             in
             a
             crimson
             Velvet
             Chair
             fixed
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             placed
             himself
             ,
             having
             a
             Desk
             with
             a
             crimson
             Velvet
             Cushion
             before
             him
             :
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Members
             placing
             themselves
             on
             each
             side
             of
             him
             ,
             upon
             several
             Seats
             or
             Benches
             prepared
             ,
             and
             hung
             with
             Scarlet
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
             The
             Lord
             President
             's
             two
             Assistants
             sitting
             next
             of
             each
             side
             of
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             two
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Court
             placed
             at
             a
             Table
             somewhat
             lower
             ,
             and
             covered
             with
             a
             Turky
             Carpet
             ;
             upon
             which
             Table
             was
             also
             laid
             the
             Sword
             and
             Mace
             ,
             the
             said
             Guard
             of
             Partizans
             dividing
             themselves
             on
             each
             side
             of
             the
             Court
             before
             them
             .
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             are
             made
             for
             all
             persons
             that
             were
             Adjourned
             over
             thither
             ,
             to
             draw
             near
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             thus
             sate
             ,
             and
             Silence
             enjoyned
             ,
             the
             Great
             Gate
             of
             the
             Hall
             was
             set
             open
             ,
             to
             the
             intent
             that
             all
             persons
             (
             without
             exception
             )
             desirous
             to
             see
             or
             hear
             ,
             might
             come
             unto
             it
             :
             upon
             which
             the
             Hall
             was
             presently
             filled
             ,
             and
             Silence
             again
             ordered
             and
             proclaimed
             .
          
           
             After
             Silence
             proclaimed
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             Act
             of
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             Erecting
             of
             a
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             for
             Trying
             and
             Judging
             of
             
               CHARLES
               STVART
            
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             was
             openly
             read
             by
             one
             of
             the
             Clerks
             of
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
           
             The
             Act
             being
             read
             ,
             the
             Court
             was
             called
             ,
             every
             Commissioner
             present
             ,
             thereupon
             rising
             to
             his
             Name
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               present
               .
               Westminster-Hall
               ,
               
                 Jan.
                 20.
                 1648.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewer
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               William
               Lo.
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Lister
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassells
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Brown.
              
               
            
          
           
             This
             done
             ,
             the
             Court
             command
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             to
             send
             for
             the
             Prisoner
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             ,
             Col.
             Thomlinson
             ,
             who
             had
             the
             Charge
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             within
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hours
             space
             brought
             him
             ,
             attended
             by
             Col.
             Hacker
             ,
             and
             two
             and
             thirty
             Officers
             with
             Partizans
             ,
             
             guarding
             him
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             his
             own
             Servants
             immediately
             attending
             him
             .
          
           
             Being
             thus
             brought
             up
             in
             the
             Face
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             with
             his
             Mace
             receives
             him
             ,
             and
             conducts
             him
             straight
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             having
             a
             crimson
             Velvet
             Chair
             set
             before
             him
             .
             After
             a
             stern
             looking
             upon
             the
             Court
             and
             the
             People
             in
             the
             Galleries
             on
             each
             side
             of
             him
             ,
             he
             places
             himself
             in
             the
             Chair
             ,
             not
             at
             all
             moving
             his
             Hat
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             shewing
             the
             least
             respect
             to
             the
             Court
             ;
             but
             presently
             riseth
             up
             again
             ,
             and
             turns
             about
             ,
             looking
             downwards
             upon
             the
             Guards
             placed
             on
             the
             left
             side
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             multitude
             of
             Spectators
             on
             the
             right
             side
             of
             the
             said
             great
             Hall
             ,
             the
             Guard
             that
             attended
             him
             ,
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             dividing
             themselves
             on
             each
             side
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             his
             own
             Servants
             following
             him
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             stand
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             having
             again
             placed
             himself
             in
             his
             Chair
             ,
             with
             his
             Face
             towards
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Silence
             being
             again
             ordered
             and
             proclaimed
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             addressed
             himself
             to
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             acquainting
             him
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Commons
               of
            
             England
             
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               being
               deeply
               sensible
               of
               the
               Evils
               and
               Calamities
               that
               had
               been
               brought
               upon
               this
               Nation
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               innocent
               Blood
               that
               had
               been
               spilt
               in
               it
               ,
               which
               was
               fixed
               upon
               him
               as
               the
               principal
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               had
               resolved
               to
               make
               Inquisition
               for
               this
               Blood
               ,
               and
               according
               to
               the
               Debt
               they
               did
               owe
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               Justice
               ,
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               themselves
               ,
               and
               according
               to
               that
               Fundamental
               Power
               that
               rested
               ,
               and
               Trust
               reposed
               in
               them
               by
               the
               People
               ,
               other
               Means
               failing
               through
               his
               Default
               ,
               had
               resolved
               to
               bring
               him
               to
               Tryal
               and
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               had
               therefore
               constituted
               that
               Court
               of
               Justice
               ,
               before
               which
               he
               was
               then
               brought
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               to
               hear
               his
               Charge
               ,
               upon
               which
               the
               Court
               would
               proceed
               according
               to
               Justice
               .
            
          
           
             Hereupon
             ,
             Mr.
             Cooke
             ,
             Sollicitor
             for
             the
             Common-wealth
             ,
             standing
             within
             a
             Bar
             ,
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Councel
             for
             the
             Common-wealth
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             offered
             to
             speak
             ;
             but
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             having
             a
             Staff
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             held
             it
             up
             ,
             and
             softly
             laid
             it
             upon
             the
             said
             Mr.
             
             Cooke's
             Shoulder
             two
             or
             three
             times
             ,
             bidding
             him
             hold
             ;
             nevertheless
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             
             ordering
             him
             to
             go
             on
             ,
             Mr.
             Cooke
             did
             according
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             to
             him
             directed
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             exhibit
             a
             Charge
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             and
             other
             high
             Crimes
             ,
             and
             did
             therewith
             accuse
             the
             said
             
               CHARLES
               STVART
            
             King
             of
             England
             ;
             praying
             in
             the
             Name
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             behalf
             aforesaid
             ,
             that
             the
             Charge
             might
             be
             accordingly
             received
             and
             read
             ,
             and
             due
             Proceedings
             had
             thereupon
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             preferred
             a
             Charge
             in
             writing
             ,
             which
             being
             received
             by
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             delivered
             to
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Court
             ordered
             it
             should
             be
             read
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             King
             interrupting
             the
             reading
             of
             it
             ,
             the
             Court
             notwithstanding
             commanded
             the
             Clerk
             to
             read
             it
             ,
             acquainting
             the
             Prisoner
             that
             if
             he
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             say
             after
             ,
             the
             Court
             would
             hear
             him
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Clerk
             read
             the
             Charge
             ,
             the
             Tenor
             whereof
             is
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     A
                     Charge
                     of
                     High
                     Treason
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     High
                     Crimes
                     Exhibited
                     to
                     the
                     
                       High
                       Court
                       of
                       Justice
                    
                     by
                     
                       John
                       Cooke
                    
                     
                       Esq
                    
                     Sollicitor
                     General
                     ,
                     appointed
                     by
                     the
                     said
                     Court
                     ,
                     for
                     ,
                     and
                     on
                     the
                     behalf
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     against
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STVART
                    
                     King
                     of
                     England
                     .
                  
                   
                     THat
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     ,
                     being
                     admitted
                     King
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     and
                     therein
                     trusted
                     with
                     a
                     limited
                     Power
                     to
                     govern
                     by
                     ,
                     and
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Laws
                     of
                     the
                     Land
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     otherwise
                     ;
                     and
                     by
                     his
                     Trust
                     ,
                     Oath
                     and
                     Office
                     ,
                     being
                     obliged
                     to
                     use
                     the
                     Power
                     committed
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     Good
                     and
                     Benefit
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     Preservation
                     of
                     their
                     Rights
                     and
                     Liberties
                     ;
                     Yet
                     nevertheless
                     ,
                     out
                     of
                     a
                     wicked
                     Design
                     to
                     erect
                     and
                     uphold
                     in
                     himself
                     an
                     unlimited
                     and
                     Tyrannical
                     Power
                     to
                     rule
                     according
                     to
                     his
                     Will
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     overthrow
                     the
                     Rights
                     and
                     Liberties
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     yea
                     to
                     take
                     away
                     and
                     make
                     void
                     the
                     Foundations
                     thereof
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     all
                     redress
                     
                     and
                     remedy
                     of
                     misgovernment
                     ,
                     which
                     by
                     the
                     Fundamental
                     Constitutions
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     were
                     reserved
                     on
                     the
                     Peoples
                     behalf
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Right
                     and
                     Power
                     of
                     frequent
                     and
                     successive
                     Parliaments
                     or
                     National
                     Meetings
                     in
                     Councel
                     ,
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     ,
                     for
                     accomplishment
                     of
                     such
                     his
                     Designs
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     Protecting
                     of
                     himself
                     and
                     his
                     Adherents
                     ,
                     in
                     his
                     and
                     their
                     wicked
                     Practices
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     same
                     Ends
                     ,
                     hath
                     Traiterously
                     and
                     Maliciously
                     Levied
                     War
                     against
                     the
                     present
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     People
                     therein
                     represented
                     ;
                     Particularly
                     ,
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     Thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     June
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     of
                     our
                     Lord
                     1642.
                     at
                     Beverley
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     York
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     Thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     July
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     York
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     four
                     and
                     twentieth
                     day
                     of
                     August
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     Year
                     ,
                     at
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     the
                     Town
                     of
                     Nottingham
                     ,
                     where
                     ,
                     and
                     when
                     he
                     set
                     up
                     his
                     Standard
                     of
                     War
                     ;
                     and
                     also
                     on
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     twenty
                     third
                     day
                     of
                     Octob.
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     Year
                     ,
                     at
                     Edge-Hill
                     and
                     Keynton
                     Field
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Warwick
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     November
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     Year
                     ,
                     at
                     Brainford
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Middlesex
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     August
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     of
                     our
                     Lord
                     1643
                     ,
                     at
                     Caversham-Bridge
                     near
                     Reading
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Berks
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     October
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     last
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     at
                     or
                     near
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     Gloucester
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     November
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     last
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     at
                     Newbury
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Berks
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirty
                     first
                     day
                     of
                     July
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     of
                     our
                     Lord
                     1644.
                     at
                     Cropredy-Bridge
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Oxon
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     September
                     in
                     the
                     last
                     Year
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     at
                     Bodwyn
                     and
                     other
                     Places
                     near
                     adjacent
                     ,
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Cornwall
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     thirtieth
                     day
                     of
                     November
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     last
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     at
                     Newbury
                     aforesaid
                     ;
                     and
                     upon
                     or
                     about
                     the
                     eighth
                     day
                     of
                     June
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     of
                     our
                     Lord
                     1645.
                     at
                     the
                     Town
                     of
                     Leicester
                     ;
                     and
                     also
                     upon
                     the
                     fourteenth
                     day
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Month
                     in
                     the
                     same
                     Year
                     ,
                     at
                     Nazeby-Field
                     in
                     the
                     County
                     of
                     Northampton
                     .
                     At
                     which
                     several
                     Times
                     and
                     Places
                     ,
                     or
                     most
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     and
                     at
                     many
                     other
                     Places
                     in
                     this
                     Land
                     ,
                     at
                     several
                     other
                     times
                     within
                     the
                     Years
                     afore-mentioned
                     ;
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     Year
                     of
                     our
                     Lord
                     1646.
                     
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     hath
                     caused
                     and
                     procured
                     many
                     Thousands
                     of
                     the
                     free
                     People
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     to
                     be
                     slain
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     Divisions
                     ,
                     
                     Parties
                     ,
                     and
                     Insurrections
                     within
                     this
                     Land
                     ,
                     by
                     Invasions
                     from
                     Foreign
                     Parts
                     ,
                     endeavoured
                     and
                     procured
                     by
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     many
                     other
                     evil
                     ways
                     and
                     means
                     ,
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     hath
                     not
                     only
                     maintained
                     and
                     carried
                     on
                     the
                     said
                     War
                     both
                     by
                     Land
                     and
                     Sea
                     ,
                     during
                     the
                     Year
                     before
                     mentioned
                     ,
                     but
                     also
                     hath
                     renewed
                     or
                     caused
                     to
                     be
                     renewed
                     the
                     said
                     War
                     against
                     the
                     Parliament
                     and
                     good
                     People
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     ,
                     in
                     this
                     present
                     Year
                     1648.
                     in
                     the
                     Counties
                     of
                     
                       Kent
                       ,
                       Essex
                       ,
                       Surrey
                       ,
                       Sussex
                       ,
                       Middlesex
                       ,
                    
                     and
                     many
                     other
                     Counties
                     and
                     Places
                     in
                     England
                     and
                     Wales
                     ;
                     and
                     also
                     by
                     Sea.
                     And
                     particularly
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     hath
                     for
                     that
                     purpose
                     given
                     Commission
                     to
                     his
                     Son
                     the
                     Prince
                     ,
                     and
                     others
                     ,
                     whereby
                     ,
                     besides
                     multitudes
                     of
                     other
                     Persons
                     ,
                     many
                     such
                     as
                     were
                     by
                     the
                     Parliament
                     intrusted
                     and
                     employed
                     for
                     the
                     safety
                     of
                     the
                     Nation
                     (
                     being
                     by
                     him
                     or
                     his
                     Angels
                     corrupted
                     to
                     the
                     betraying
                     of
                     their
                     Trust
                     ,
                     and
                     revolting
                     from
                     the
                     Parliament
                     )
                     have
                     had
                     Entertainment
                     and
                     Commission
                     for
                     the
                     continuing
                     and
                     renewing
                     of
                     War
                     and
                     Hostility
                     against
                     the
                     said
                     Parliament
                     and
                     People
                     ,
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     ;
                     By
                     which
                     cruel
                     and
                     unnatural
                     Wars
                     by
                     him
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     Levied
                     ,
                     Continued
                     and
                     Renewed
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     ,
                     much
                     innocent
                     Blood
                     of
                     the
                     free
                     People
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     hath
                     been
                     spilt
                     ,
                     many
                     Families
                     have
                     been
                     undone
                     ,
                     the
                     Publick
                     Treasury
                     wasted
                     and
                     exhausted
                     ,
                     Trade
                     obstructed
                     ,
                     and
                     miserably
                     decayed
                     ,
                     vast
                     Expence
                     and
                     Dammage
                     to
                     the
                     Nation
                     incurred
                     ,
                     and
                     many
                     parts
                     of
                     this
                     Land
                     spoiled
                     ,
                     some
                     of
                     them
                     even
                     to
                     desolation
                     .
                     And
                     for
                     further
                     Prosecution
                     of
                     his
                     said
                     evil
                     Designs
                     ,
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     doth
                     still
                     continue
                     his
                     Commissions
                     to
                     the
                     said
                     Prince
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     Rebels
                     and
                     Revolters
                     both
                     English
                     and
                     Foreigners
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     the
                     E.
                     of
                     Ormond
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     the
                     Irish
                     Rebels
                     and
                     Revolters
                     associated
                     with
                     him
                     ;
                     from
                     whom
                     further
                     Invasions
                     upon
                     this
                     Land
                     are
                     threatned
                     ,
                     upon
                     the
                     procurement
                     and
                     on
                     the
                     behalf
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STUART
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     All
                     which
                     wicked
                     Designs
                     ,
                     Wars
                     and
                     evil
                     Practices
                     of
                     him
                     the
                     said
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     ,
                     have
                     been
                     ,
                     and
                     are
                     carried
                     on
                     for
                     the
                     advancement
                     and
                     upholding
                     of
                     a
                     Personal
                     Interest
                     of
                     Will
                     and
                     Power
                     ,
                     and
                     pretended
                     Prerogative
                     to
                     himself
                     and
                     his
                     Family
                     ,
                     against
                     the
                     Publick
                     Interest
                     ,
                     Common
                     Right
                     ,
                     Liberty
                     ,
                     Justice
                     and
                     Peace
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     ,
                     by
                     and
                     for
                     whom
                     he
                     was
                     intrusted
                     as
                     aforesaid
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     By
                     all
                     which
                     it
                     appeareth
                     ,
                     that
                     He
                     the
                     said
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     hath
                     been
                     ,
                     and
                     is
                     the
                     Occasioner
                     ,
                     Author
                     ,
                     and
                     Continuer
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     unnatural
                     ,
                     cruel
                     and
                     bloody
                     Wars
                     ,
                     and
                     therein
                     guilty
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     Treasons
                     ,
                     Murders
                     ,
                     Rapines
                     ,
                     Burnings
                     ,
                     Spoils
                     ,
                     Desolations
                     ,
                     Dammages
                     and
                     Mischiefs
                     to
                     this
                     Nation
                     acted
                     and
                     committed
                     in
                     the
                     said
                     Wars
                     ,
                     or
                     occasioned
                     thereby
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       And
                       the
                       said
                    
                     John
                     Cooke
                     
                       by
                       Protestation
                       saving
                       on
                       the
                       behalf
                       of
                       the
                       said
                       People
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       liberty
                       of
                       exhibiting
                       at
                       any
                       time
                       hereafter
                       any
                       other
                       Charge
                       against
                       the
                       said
                    
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       also
                       of
                       replying
                       to
                       the
                       Answers
                       which
                       the
                       said
                    
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     
                       shall
                       make
                       to
                       the
                       Premises
                       ,
                       or
                       any
                       of
                       them
                       ,
                       or
                       any
                       other
                       Charge
                       that
                       shall
                       be
                       so
                       exhibited
                       ,
                       doth
                       for
                       the
                       said
                       Treasons
                       and
                       Crimes
                       ,
                       on
                       the
                       behalf
                       of
                       the
                       said
                       People
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       impeach
                       the
                       said
                    
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     ,
                     
                       as
                       a
                       Tyrant
                       ,
                       Traytor
                       ,
                       Murderer
                       ,
                       and
                       a
                       Publick
                       and
                       implacable
                       Enemy
                       to
                       the
                       Commonwealth
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       pray
                       that
                       the
                       said
                    
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     
                       King
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       may
                       be
                       put
                       to
                       answer
                       all
                       and
                       every
                       the
                       Premises
                       ,
                       and
                       that
                       such
                       Proceedings
                       ,
                       Examinations
                       ,
                       Trials
                       ,
                       Sentences
                       and
                       Judgments
                       may
                       be
                       thereupon
                       had
                       ,
                       as
                       shall
                       be
                       agreeable
                       to
                       Justice
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Subscribed
                       ,
                       John
                       Cooke
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             ,
             while
             the
             Charge
             was
             reading
             ,
             sate
             down
             in
             his
             Chair
             ,
             looking
             sometimes
             on
             the
             High
             Court
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             on
             the
             Galleries
             ,
             and
             rose
             again
             ,
             and
             turned
             about
             to
             behold
             the
             Guards
             &
             Spectators
             ,
             and
             after
             sate
             down
             looking
             very
             sternly
             ,
             and
             with
             a
             Countenance
             not
             at
             all
             moved
             ,
             till
             these
             words
             ,
             
               viz.
               CHARLES
               STVART
               to
               be
               a
               Tyrant
               ,
               Traytor
               ,
            
             &c.
             were
             read
             ;
             at
             which
             he
             laughed
             as
             he
             sate
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             The
             Charge
             being
             read
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             demanded
             the
             Prisoner's
             Answer
             thereto
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             Prisoner
             declining
             that
             ,
             fell
             into
             a
             Discourse
             of
             the
             late
             Treaty
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             ,
             and
             demanded
             ,
             
             
               By
               what
               lawful
               Authority
               he
               was
               brought
               from
               the
               Isle
               thither
               ?
            
             upbraiding
             the
             Court
             with
             the
             many
             unlawful
             Authorities
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             instancing
             in
             Robbers
             and
             takers
             of
             Purses
             ,
             pleading
             his
             Kingship
             ,
             and
             thereby
             a
             Trust
             committed
             to
             him
             by
             God
             ,
             by
             descent
             ,
             which
             he
             should
             betray
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Liberties
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             in
             case
             he
             should
             answer
             to
             an
             unlawful
             Power
             ,
             which
             he
             charged
             the
             Court
             to
             be
             ,
             and
             that
             
               they
               were
               raised
               by
               an
               Vsurped
               Power
            
             ;
             and
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             
               He
               stood
               more
               for
               the
               Liberties
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               than
               any
               of
               the
               Judges
               there
               sitting
               ,
            
             and
             again
             demanded
             ,
             
               by
               what
               Authority
               he
               was
               brought
               thither
               ?
            
          
           
             To
             which
             it
             was
             replied
             by
             the
             Court
             ,
             
               That
               had
               he
               been
               pleased
               to
               have
               observed
               what
               was
               declared
               to
               him
               by
               the
               Court
               at
               his
               first
               coming
               ,
               and
               the
               Charge
               which
               he
               had
               heard
               read
               unto
               him
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               informed
               himself
               by
               what
               Authority
               he
               was
               brought
               before
               them
               ;
               namely
               ,
            
             By
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             
               Commons
               of
            
             England
             
               Assembled
               in
            
             Parliament
             ,
             
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             England
             :
             and
             did
             therefore
             again
             several
             times
             advise
             him
             
               to
               consider
               of
               a
               better
               Answer
            
             ;
             which
             he
             refused
             to
             do
             ,
             but
             persisted
             in
             his
             Contumacy
             .
             Whereupon
             ,
             the
             Court
             at
             length
             told
             him
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               they
               did
               expect
               from
               him
               a
               Positive
               Answer
               to
               the
               Charge
            
             ;
             affirming
             their
             Authority
             ,
             and
             giving
             him
             to
             understand
             ,
             that
             
               they
               were
               upon
               God's
               and
               the
               Kingdom
               's
               Errand
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Peace
               stood
               for
               ,
               would
               be
               better
               had
               and
               kept
               when
               Justice
               was
               done
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               their
               present
               Work
            
             ;
             and
             advised
             him
             seriously
             to
             
               consider
               what
               he
               had
               to
               do
               at
               his
               next
               appearance
            
             ;
             which
             was
             declared
             should
             be
             upon
             Monday
             following
             ,
             and
             so
             remanded
             him
             to
             his
             former
             Custody
             .
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             all
             the
             time
             having
             kept
             on
             his
             Hat
             ,
             departed
             ,
             without
             shewing
             any
             the
             least
             respect
             to
             the
             Court
             ;
             but
             going
             out
             of
             the
             Bar
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               He
               did
               not
               fear
               that
               Bill
            
             ;
             pointing
             to
             the
             Table
             where
             the
             Sword
             and
             Charge
             lay
             .
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             being
             withdrawn
             ,
             three
             Proclamations
             were
             made
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             to
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             on
             Monday
             Morning
             then
             next
             ,
             at
             Nine
             of
             the
             Clock
             ;
             declaring
             ,
             that
             from
             thence
             they
             intended
             to
             Adjourn
             to
             the
             same
             Place
             again
             .
          
           
           
             But
             that
             the
             Reader
             may
             have
             the
             entire
             Relation
             of
             this
             deplorable
             Tragedy
             ,
             I
             have
             from
             the
             most
             Authentick
             Prints
             inserted
             at
             large
             the
             interlocutory
             Passages
             between
             the
             King
             and
             Bradshaw
             ,
             of
             which
             Mr.
             Phelpes
             in
             his
             Journal
             ,
             gives
             only
             a
             succinct
             Account
             ;
             which
             take
             as
             follows
             :
          
           
             
               His
               Majesty
               with
               his
               wonted
               Patience
               ,
               heard
               all
               these
               Slanders
               and
               Reproaches
               ,
               sitting
               in
               the
               Chair
               ,
               and
               looking
               sometimes
               on
               the
               Pretended
               Court
               ,
               sometimes
               up
               to
               the
               Galleries
               ,
               and
               rising
               again
               ,
               turned
               about
               to
               behold
               the
               Guards
               and
               Spectators
               ;
               then
               he
               sate
               down
               with
               a
               Majestick
               and
               unmoved
               Countenance
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               smiling
               ,
               especially
               at
               those
               Words
            
             [
             Tyrant
             ,
             Traytor
             ,
             ]
             
               and
               the
               like
            
             .
          
           
             Also
             the
             Silver
             Head
             of
             his
             Staff
             happened
             to
             fall
             off
             ,
             at
             which
             he
             wondered
             ;
             and
             seeing
             none
             to
             take
             it
             up
             ,
             He
             stooped
             for
             it
             himself
             .
          
           
             The
             Charge
             being
             read
             ,
             Bradshaw
             began
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             
               You
               have
               now
               heard
               your
               Charge
               read
               ,
               containing
               such
               Matters
               as
               appear
               in
               it
               :
               You
               find
               that
               in
               the
               Close
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               is
               prayed
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
            
             Commons
             of
             England
             ,
             
               that
               you
               Answer
               to
               your
               Charge
               :
               The
               Court
               expects
               your
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               by
               what
               Power
               I
               am
               called
               hither
               .
               I
               was
               not
               long
               ago
               in
               the
               Isle
               of
               Wight
               ,
               how
               I
               came
               there
               ,
               is
               a
               longer
               Story
               than
               I
               think
               is
               fit
               at
               this
               time
               for
               Me
               to
               speak
               of
               :
               but
               there
               I
               entred
               into
               a
               Treaty
               with
               both
               Houses
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               with
               as
               much
               Publick
               Faith
               as
               its
               possible
               to
               be
               had
               of
               any
               People
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               I
               Treated
               there
               with
               a
               number
               of
               Honourable
               Lords
               and
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               Treated
               honestly
               and
               uprightly
               ;
               I
               cannot
               say
               but
               they
               did
               very
               Nobly
               with
               Me
               :
               We
               were
               upon
               a
               Conclusion
               of
               the
               Treaty
               .
               Now
               I
               would
               know
               by
               what
               Authority
               (
               I
               mean
               Lawful
               ;
               There
               are
               many
               Vnlawful
               Authorities
               in
               the
               World
               ;
               Thieves
               and
               Robbers
               by
               the
               High-ways
               :
               but
               I
               would
               know
               by
               what
               Authority
               )
               I
               was
               brought
               from
               thence
               ,
               and
               carried
               from
               place
               to
               
               place
               ,
               and
               I
               know
               not
               what
               .
               And
               when
               I
               know
               by
               what
               Lawful
               Authority
               ,
               I
               shall
               Answer
               .
            
             
               Remember
               ,
               I
               am
               your
               King
               ,
               your
               Lawful
               King
               ,
               and
               what
               Sins
               you
               bring
               upon
               your
               heads
               ,
               and
               the
               Judgment
               of
               God
               upon
               this
               Land.
               Think
               well
               upon
               it
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               think
               well
               upon
               it
               ,
               before
               you
               go
               further
               from
               one
               Sin
               to
               a
               greater
               .
               Therefore
               let
               me
               know
               by
               what
               lawful
               Authority
               I
               am
               seated
               here
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               not
               be
               unwilling
               to
               answer
               .
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               betray
               my
               Trust
               ;
               I
               have
               a
               Trust
               committed
               to
               me
               by
               God
               ,
               by
               old
               and
               lawful
               Descent
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               betray
               it
               ,
               to
               answer
               to
               a
               new
               unlawful
               Authority
               :
               Therefore
               resolve
               me
               that
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               hear
               more
               of
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               
                 If
                 you
                 had
                 been
                 pleased
                 to
                 have
                 observed
                 what
                 was
                 hinted
                 to
                 you
                 by
                 the
                 Court
                 at
                 your
                 first
                 coming
                 hither
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 have
                 known
                 by
                 what
                 Authority
                 ;
                 which
                 Authority
                 requires
                 you
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 of
                 which
                 you
                 are
                 Elected
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 Answer
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               deny
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               
                 If
                 you
                 acknowledge
                 not
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 proceed
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               I
               do
               tell
               them
               so
               :
               England
               was
               never
               an
               Elective
               Kingdom
               ,
               but
               an
               Hereditary
               Kingdom
               for
               near
               these
               thousand
               Years
               :
               Therefore
               let
               me
               know
               by
               what
               Authority
               I
               am
               called
               hither
               .
               I
               do
               stand
               more
               for
               the
               Liberty
               of
               my
               People
               ,
               than
               any
               here
               that
               come
               to
               be
               my
               pretended
               Judges
               ;
               and
               therefore
               let
               me
               know
               by
               what
               lawful
               Authority
               I
               am
               seated
               here
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               Answer
               it
               ,
               otherwise
               I
               will
               not
               answer
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               
                 How
                 really
                 you
                 have
                 managed
                 your
                 Trust
                 ,
                 is
                 known
                 ;
                 your
                 way
                 of
                 Answer
                 is
                 to
                 interrogate
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 which
                 beseems
                 not
                 you
                 in
                 this
                 condition
                 .
                 You
                 have
                 been
                 told
                 of
                 it
                 twice
                 or
                 thrice
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Here
               is
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               Lieut.
               Col.
               Cobbet
               ,
               ask
               him
               if
               he
               did
               not
               bring
               me
               from
               the
               Isle
               of
               Wight
               by
               force
               .
               I
               do
               not
               come
               here
               as
               submitting
               to
               the
               Court.
               
            
             
               I
               will
               stand
               as
               much
               for
               the
               Priviledge
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               rightly
               understood
               ,
               as
               any
               man
               here
               whatsoever
               :
               I
               see
               no
               House
               of
               Lords
               here
               ,
               that
               may
               constitute
               a
               Parliament
               ;
               and
               the
               King
               too
               should
               have
               been
               .
            
             
               Is
               this
               the
               bringing
               of
               the
               King
               to
               his
               Parliament
               ?
               Is
               this
               the
               bringing
               an
               end
               to
               the
               Treaty
               in
               the
               Publick
               Faith
               of
               the
               World
               ?
            
             
             
               Let
               me
               see
               a
               Legal
               Authority
               warranted
               by
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               or
               warranted
               by
               the
               Constitutions
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               answer
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               
                 You
                 have
                 propounded
                 a
                 Question
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 been
                 answered
                 .
                 Seeing
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 answer
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 will
                 consider
                 how
                 to
                 proceed
                 .
                 In
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 brought
                 you
                 hither
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 take
                 Charge
                 of
                 you
                 back
                 again
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Court
                 desires
                 to
                 know
                 whether
                 this
                 be
                 all
                 the
                 Answer
                 you
                 will
                 give
                 ,
                 or
                 no.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               desire
               that
               you
               would
               give
               me
               and
               all
               the
               World
               satisfaction
               in
               this
               .
               Let
               me
               tell
               you
               ,
               It
               is
               not
               a
               slight
               thing
               you
               are
               about
               .
               I
               am
               sworn
               to
               keep
               the
               Peace
               ,
               by
               that
               Duty
               I
               owe
               to
               God
               and
               my
               Country
               ;
               and
               I
               will
               do
               it
               to
               the
               last
               breath
               of
               my
               Body
               .
               And
               therefore
               you
               shall
               do
               well
               to
               satisfie
               ,
               first
               ,
               God
               ,
               and
               then
               the
               Country
               ,
               by
               what
               Authority
               you
               do
               it
               .
               If
               you
               do
               it
               by
               an
               Vsurped
               Authority
               ,
               you
               cannot
               answer
               it
               :
               There
               is
               a
               God
               in
               Heaven
               that
               will
               call
               you
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               give
               you
               Power
               ,
               to
               account
               .
               Satisfie
               me
               in
               that
               ,
               and
               I
               will
               answer
               ;
               otherwise
               I
               betray
               my
               Trust
               ,
               and
               the
               Liberties
               of
               the
               People
               :
               And
               therefore
               think
               of
               that
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               shall
               be
               willing
               :
               For
               I
               do
               avow
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               as
               great
               a
               Sin
               to
               withstand
               Lawful
               Authority
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               to
               submit
               to
               a
               Tyrannical
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               ways
               Vnlawful
               Authority
               .
               And
               therefore
               satisfie
               God
               ,
               and
               Me
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               World
               in
               that
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               receive
               my
               Answer
               .
               I
               am
               not
               afraid
               of
               the
               Bill
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Court
                 expects
                 you
                 should
                 give
                 them
                 a
                 final
                 Answer
                 .
                 Their
                 Purpose
                 is
                 to
                 Adjourn
                 till
              
               Monday
               
                 next
                 :
                 If
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 satisfie
                 your self
                 ,
                 though
                 we
                 do
                 tell
                 you
                 our
                 Authority
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 satisfied
                 with
                 our
                 Authority
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 upon
                 God's
                 Authority
                 and
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 Peace
                 you
                 speak
                 of
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 kept
                 in
                 the
                 doing
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 's
                 our
                 present
                 Work.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               For
               Answer
               ,
               Let
               me
               tell
               you
               ,
               you
               have
               shewn
               no
               
                 Lawful
                 Authority
              
               to
               satisfie
               any
               reasonable
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               
                 That
                 's
                 in
                 Your
                 Apprehension
                 ;
                 We
                 are
                 satisfied
                 that
                 are
                 your
                 Judges
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               'T
               is
               not
               My
               Apprehension
               ,
               nor
               Yours
               neither
               ,
               that
               ought
               to
               decide
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Court
                 hath
                 heard
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 disposed
                 of
                 as
                 they
                 have
                 commanded
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 So
                 commanding
                 the
                 Guard
                 to
                 take
                 him
                 away
                 ,
                 His
                 Majesty
                 only
                 replied
                 ,
              
               Well
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
             
               
                 And
                 at
                 his
                 going
                 down
                 ,
                 pointing
                 with
                 his
                 Staff
                 toward
                 the
              
               *
               
                 Axe
                 ,
                 He
                 said
              
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               fear
               that
               .
            
             
               
                 As
                 He
                 went
                 down
                 the
                 Stairs
                 ,
                 the
                 People
                 in
                 the
                 Hall
                 cried
                 out
                 ,
              
               God
               save
               the
               King
               ;
               
                 notwithstanding
                 some
                 were
                 set
                 there
                 by
                 the
                 Faction
                 to
                 lead
                 the
                 Clamour
                 for
                 Justice
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               ,
               
                 22
                 Jan.
                 1648.
                 
              
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Wallop
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassels
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               William
               L.
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sit
             private
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Committee
               for
               nominating
               the
               Officers
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               Committee
               for
               nominating
               the
               Guards
               ,
               do
               consider
               of
               an
               Allowance
               for
               Diet
               of
               the
               Officers
               ,
               and
               what
               other
               satisfaction
               they
               shall
               have
               for
               their
               Service
               .
            
          
           
             Col.
             Harvey
             informeth
             the
             Court
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             desired
             to
             signifie
             unto
             this
             Court
             ,
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             Mr.
             
               John
               Corbet
            
             ,
             Member
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             that
             his
             absence
             is
             not
             from
             any
             disaffection
             to
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             but
             in
             regard
             of
             other
             especial
             Employment
             that
             he
             hath
             in
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             State.
             
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             considered
             of
             the
             King's
             Carriage
             on
             the
             Saturday
             before
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             that
             had
             then
             passed
             on
             the
             Courts
             behalf
             ,
             and
             approved
             thereof
             ,
             as
             agreeing
             to
             their
             Sense
             and
             Directions
             ;
             and
             perceiving
             what
             the
             King
             aimed
             at
             ,
             (
             viz
             )
             to
             bring
             in
             question
             (
             if
             he
             could
             )
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Authority
             whereby
             they
             sate
             ;
             and
             considering
             that
             he
             had
             not
             in
             the
             interim
             acknowledged
             them
             in
             any
             sort
             to
             be
             a
             Court
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             Judicial
             capacity
             to
             determine
             of
             his
             Demand
             and
             Plea
             ,
             and
             that
             through
             their
             sides
             he
             intended
             to
             wound
             (
             if
             he
             might
             be
             permitted
             )
             the
             Supream
             Authority
             of
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             their
             Representative
             ;
             
               The
               Commons
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
            
             ,
             after
             Advice
             with
             their
             Councel
             Learned
             in
             both
             Laws
             ,
             and
             mature
             Deliberation
             had
             of
             the
             Matter
             ,
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             That
             the
             Prisoner
             should
             not
             be
             suffered
             to
             bring
             these
             things
             in
             question
             which
             he
             aimed
             at
             ,
             touching
             that
             Highest
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             whereof
             they
             might
             not
             make
             themselves
             Judges
             ,
             and
             from
             which
             there
             was
             no
             Appeal
             .
             And
             therefore
             Order
             and
             Direct
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               again
               offer
               to
               fall
               into
               that
               Discourse
               ,
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               let
               him
               know
               ,
               That
               the
               Court
               have
               taken
               into
               consideration
               his
               Demands
               of
               the
               last
               Day
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               ought
               to
               rest
               satisfied
               with
               this
               Answer
               ,
            
             That
             the
             
               Commons
               of
            
             England
             
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
            
             ,
             have
             Constituted
             this
             Court
             ;
             whose
             Power
             may
             not
             ,
             nor
             should
             not
             be
             permitted
             to
             be
             
               disputed
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               were
               resolved
               he
               should
               answer
               his
               Charge
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               he
               shall
               refuse
               to
               Answer
               ,
               or
               acknowledge
               the
               Court
               ,
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               let
               him
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               Court
               will
               take
               it
               as
               a
               Contumacy
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               shall
               be
               so
               Recorded
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               he
               shall
               offer
               to
               Answer
               with
               a
            
             Saving
             
               Notwithstanding
               of
               his
               pretended
               Prerogative
               ,
               That
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Court
               refuse
               his
               Protest
               ,
               and
               require
               his
               Positive
               Answer
               to
               the
               Charge
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               demand
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Charge
               ,
               that
               he
               shall
               then
               declare
               his
               intention
               to
               Answer
               ;
               and
               that
               declaring
               such
               his
               intention
               ,
               a
               Copy
               be
               granted
               unto
               him
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               still
               persist
               in
               his
               Contempt
               ,
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               give
               Command
               to
               the
               Clerk
               to
               demand
               of
               the
               King
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               in
               these
               Words
               following
               ,
            
             viz.
             
          
           
             CHARLES
             STUART
             ,
             
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               You
               are
               accused
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               of
               diverse
               High
               Crimes
               and
               Treasons
               ;
               which
               Charge
               hath
               been
               read
               unto
               You
               ;
               The
               Court
               requires
               you
               to
               give
               a
               Positive
               Answer
               ,
               whether
               You
               confess
               or
               deny
               the
               Charge
               ,
               having
               determined
               ,
               that
               You
               ought
               to
               Answer
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Commissioners
               shall
               be
               called
               in
               open
               Court
               ,
               at
               the
               Courts
               Sitting
               in
               the
               Hall
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Names
               of
               such
               as
               appear
               shall
               be
               Recorded
               .
            
          
           
             Hereupon
             ,
             the
             Court
             forthwith
             Adjourned
             it self
             into
             Westminster-Hall
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             
               22
               Jan.
               1648.
               
               
                 Post
                 Merid.
              
               
            
          
           
             The
             Commissioners
             coming
             from
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             take
             their
             Place
             in
             the
             Publick
             Court
             in
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             as
             on
             Saturday
             before
             ;
             and
             being
             sate
             ,
             and
             the
             Hall
             Doors
             set
             open
             ,
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             are
             made
             ,
             for
             all
             Persons
             that
             were
             Adjourned
             over
             to
             this
             time
             ,
             to
             give
             their
             Attendance
             ,
             and
             for
             all
             Persons
             to
             keep
             Silence
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             Imprisonment
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               is
               thereupon
               called
            
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               in
               Westminster-Hall
               ,
               
                 22
                 Jan.
                 1648.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whaley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewer
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               William
               L.
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassels
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Wallop
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Martin
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Tomlinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blakistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gilbert
                 Pickering
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
               
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             called
             ,
             the
             Serjeant
             is
             commanded
             to
             fetch
             his
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             is
             again
             brought
             Prisoner
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             as
             on
             Saturday
             before
             ;
             Proclamation
             is
             made
             for
             Silence
             ,
             whilst
             Pleas
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             were
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             Order
             given
             to
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             to
             take
             into
             his
             Custody
             such
             as
             should
             disturb
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Sollicitor
             moved
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             the
             Prisoner
             might
             give
             a
             Positive
             Answer
             to
             his
             Charge
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             that
             the
             Court
             would
             take
             the
             Matter
             of
             it
             
               pro
               Confesso
            
             ,
             and
             proceed
             thereupon
             according
             to
             Justice
             ;
             which
             being
             pressed
             by
             the
             Court
             upon
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             their
             Judgment
             again
             made
             known
             unto
             him
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             to
             Answer
             his
             Charge
             ,
             otherwise
             that
             his
             Contumacy
             would
             be
             recorded
             .
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             ,
             that
             notwithstanding
             ,
             still
             insisted
             upon
             his
             former
             Plea
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Court
             had
             no
             Power
             ,
             nor
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             ,
             who
             had
             constituted
             it
             ,
             to
             proceed
             against
             him
             ;
             upon
             which
             ,
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             by
             Command
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             former
             Order
             ,
             required
             his
             Answer
             in
             the
             Form
             prescribed
             :
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             still
             refusing
             to
             submit
             thereto
             ,
             his
             Default
             and
             Contempt
             were
             again
             Recorded
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             remanded
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             being
             Tuesday
             ,
             at
             Twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             ,
             to
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ;
             withal
             ,
             giving
             Notice
             ,
             that
             from
             thence
             they
             intended
             to
             Adjourn
             to
             this
             Place
             again
             .
          
           
             Sunday
             having
             been
             spent
             in
             Fasting
             and
             Seditious
             Preaching
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Mode
             of
             these
             Impious
             Hypocrites
             ,
             who
             used
             to
             Preface
             Rebellion
             and
             Murder
             
             with
             the
             Appearance
             of
             Religion
             ;
             the
             Illustrious
             Sufferer
             was
             (
             as
             is
             before
             in
             
             Phelpe's
             Journal
             related
             )
             placed
             before
             the
             infamous
             Tribunal
             ;
             vvhere
             their
             Mercenary
             Sollicitor
             Cooke
             opened
             the
             Tragick
             Scene
             thus
             ,
             displaying
             his
             Talents
             of
             Impudence
             and
             Treason
             .
          
           
             
               Cooke
               .
            
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Lordship
                 ,
                 my
              
               Lord
               President
               ,
               
                 I
                 did
                 at
                 the
                 last
                 Court
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
              
               Commons
               of
               England
               ,
               
                 exhibit
                 and
                 give
                 in
                 to
                 this
                 Court
                 a
                 Charge
                 of
                 High
                 Treason
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 High
                 Crimes
                 against
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ;
                 whereof
              
               I
               
                 do
                 accuse
                 him
                 in
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               ;
               
                 and
                 the
                 Charge
                 was
                 read
                 unto
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Answer
                 required
                 .
              
               My
               Lord
               ,
               
                 He
                 was
                 not
                 pleased
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 Ansvver
                 ;
                 but
                 instead
                 of
                 ansvvering
                 ,
                 did
                 there
                 dispute
                 the
                 Authority
                 of
                 this
              
               High
               Court.
               
                 My
                 Humble
                 Motion
                 to
                 this
              
               High
               Court
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 behalf
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 may
                 be
                 directed
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 Positive
                 Ansvver
                 ,
                 either
                 by
                 vvay
                 of
                 Confession
                 or
                 Negation
                 ;
                 vvhich
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 shall
                 refuse
                 to
                 do
                 ,
                 that
                 then
                 the
                 Matter
                 of
                 Charge
                 may
                 be
                 taken
              
               pro
               confesso
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 may
                 proceed
                 according
                 to
                 Justice
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshavv
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               may
               remember
               ,
               at
               the
               last
               Court
               you
               vvere
               told
               the
               occasion
               of
               your
               being
               brought
               hither
               ,
               and
               you
               heard
               a
               Charge
               read
               against
               you
               ,
               containing
               a
               Charge
               of
               
                 High
                 Treason
              
               ,
               and
               other
               High
               Crimes
               against
               this
               Realm
               of
               England
               ;
               you
               have
               heard
               likewise
               that
               it
               was
               prayed
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               that
               you
               should
               give
               an
               Answer
               to
               that
               Charge
               ,
               that
               thereupon
               such
               Proceedings
               might
               be
               had
               ,
               as
               should
               be
               agreeable
               to
               Justice
               :
               You
               were
               then
               pleased
               to
               make
               some
               Scruples
               concerning
               the
               Authority
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               and
               knew
               not
               by
               what
               Authority
               you
               were
               brought
               hither
               :
               You
               did
               divers
               times
               propound
               your
               Questions
               ,
               and
               were
               as
               often
               answered
               ,
               That
               it
               was
               by
               Authority
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               that
               did
               think
               fit
               to
               call
               you
               to
               Account
               for
               those
               High
               and
               Capital
               Misdemeanors
               wherewith
               you
               were
               then
               charged
               .
            
             
               Since
               that
               ,
               the
               Court
               hath
               taken
               into
               consideration
               
               what
               you
               then
               said
               :
               they
               are
               fully
               satisfied
               with
               their
               own
               Authority
               ,
               and
               they
               hold
               it
               fit
               you
               should
               stand
               satisfied
               with
               it
               too
               ;
               and
               they
               do
               require
               it
               ,
               that
               you
               do
               give
               a
               positive
               and
               particular
               Answer
               to
               this
               Charge
               that
               is
               exhibited
               against
               you
               .
               They
               do
               expect
               you
               should
               either
               confess
               or
               deny
               it
               :
               If
               you
               deny
               ,
               it
               is
               offered
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               be
               made
               good
               against
               you
               .
               Their
               Authority
               they
               do
               avow
               to
               the
               whole
               World
               ,
               that
               the
               vvhole
               Kingdom
               are
               to
               rest
               satisfied
               in
               ,
               and
               you
               are
               to
               rest
               satisfied
               vvith
               it
               ;
               and
               therefore
               you
               are
               to
               lose
               no
               more
               time
               ,
               but
               to
               give
               a
               positive
               Ansvver
               thereunto
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 When
                 I
                 was
                 here
                 last
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 very
                 true
                 ,
                 I
                 made
                 that
                 Question
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 only
                 my
                 own
                 particular
                 Case
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 satisfied
                 my self
                 with
                 the
                 Protestation
                 I
                 made
                 the
                 last
                 time
                 I
                 was
                 here
                 ,
                 against
                 the
                 Legality
                 of
                 this
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 a
                 King
                 cannot
                 be
                 Tryed
                 by
                 any
                 Superior
                 Jurisdiction
                 on
                 Earth
                 :
                 But
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 my
                 Case
                 alone
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 Freedom
                 and
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               ;
               
                 and
                 do
                 you
                 pretend
                 what
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 stand
                 more
                 for
                 their
                 Liberties
                 .
                 For
                 if
                 Power
                 without
                 Law
                 ,
                 may
                 make
                 Laws
                 ,
                 may
                 alter
                 the
                 Fundamental
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 know
                 what
                 Subject
                 he
                 is
                 in
              
               England
               
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 sure
                 of
                 his
                 Life
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 he
                 calls
                 his
                 own
                 :
                 Therefore
                 ,
                 when
                 that
                 I
                 came
                 here
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 expect
                 particular
                 Reasons
                 ,
                 to
                 know
                 by
                 what
                 Law
                 ,
                 what
                 Authority
                 you
                 did
                 proceed
                 against
                 Me
                 here
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 am
                 a
                 little
                 to
                 seek
                 what
                 to
                 say
                 to
                 you
                 in
                 this
                 Particular
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Affirmative
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 proved
                 ,
                 the
                 Negative
                 often
                 is
                 very
                 hard
                 to
                 do
                 :
                 But
                 since
                 I
                 cannot
                 perswade
                 you
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 tell
                 you
                 my
                 Reasons
                 as
                 short
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 My
                 Reasons
                 why
                 in
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Duty
                 I
                 owe
                 to
                 God
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 People
                 next
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Preservation
                 of
                 their
                 Lives
                 ,
                 Liberties
                 and
                 Estates
                 ,
                 I
                 conceive
                 I
                 cannot
                 answer
                 this
                 ,
                 till
                 I
                 be
                 satisfied
                 of
                 the
                 Legality
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 All
                 Proceedings
                 against
                 any
                 Man
                 whatsoever
              
               —
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               must
               interrupt
               you
               ;
               vvhich
               I
               vvould
               not
               do
               ,
               but
               that
               vvhat
               you
               do
               ,
               is
               not
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Proceedings
               of
               any
               Court
               of
               Justice
               .
               You
               are
               about
               to
               enter
               into
               Argument
               and
               Dispute
               concerning
               the
               Authority
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               before
               vvhom
               you
               appear
               as
               a
               Prisoner
               ,
               and
               are
               charged
               as
               an
               high
               
               Delinquent
               :
               If
               you
               take
               upon
               you
               to
               dispute
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               we
               may
               not
               do
               it
               ,
               nor
               will
               any
               Court
               give
               way
               unto
               it
               ;
               you
               are
               to
               submit
               unto
               it
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               give
               a
               punctual
               and
               direct
               Answer
               ,
               whether
               you
               will
               answer
               your
               Charge
               or
               no
               ,
               and
               what
               your
               Answer
               is
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 By
                 your
                 favour
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 know
                 the
                 Forms
                 of
                 Law
                 ;
                 I
                 do
                 know
                 Law
                 and
                 Reason
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 am
                 no
                 Lawyer
                 professed
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 know
                 as
                 much
                 Law
                 as
                 any
                 Gentleman
                 in
              
               England
               ,
               
                 and
                 therefore
                 ,
                 under
                 favour
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 plead
                 for
                 the
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               
                 more
                 than
                 you
                 do
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 if
                 I
                 should
                 impose
                 a
                 Belief
                 upon
                 any
                 man
                 without
                 Reasons
                 given
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 were
                 unreasonable
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 that
                 Reason
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 ,
                 as
                 thus
                 informed
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 yield
                 unto
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               must
               interrupt
               you
               ;
               you
               may
               not
               be
               permitted
               :
               You
               speak
               of
               Law
               and
               Reason
               ;
               it
               is
               fit
               there
               should
               be
               Law
               and
               Reason
               ;
               and
               there
               is
               both
               against
               you
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               The
               Vote
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               Reason
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               and
               they
               are
               these
               too
               that
               have
               given
               that
               Law
               according
               to
               which
               you
               should
               have
               Ruled
               and
               Reigned
               .
               Sir
               ,
               You
               are
               not
               to
               dispute
               our
               Authority
               ,
               you
               are
               told
               it
               again
               by
               the
               Court
               ;
               Sir
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               ,
               that
               you
               stand
               in
               contempt
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               your
               contempt
               will
               be
               recorded
               accordingly
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 know
                 how
                 a
                 King
                 can
                 be
                 a
                 Delinquent
                 ;
                 but
                 by
                 any
                 Law
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 heard
                 of
                 ,
                 all
                 men
                 (
                 Delinquents
                 ,
                 or
                 what
                 you
                 will
                 )
                 let
                 me
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 put
                 in
                 Demurrers
                 against
                 any
                 Proceeding
                 as
                 Legal
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 do
                 demand
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 demand
                 to
                 be
                 heard
                 with
                 my
                 Reasons
                 :
                 if
                 you
                 deny
                 that
                 ,
                 you
                 deny
                 Reason
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               have
               offered
               something
               to
               the
               Court
               ;
               I
               shall
               speak
               something
               unto
               you
               the
               Sense
               of
               the
               Court.
               Sir
               ,
               neither
               you
               nor
               any
               man
               are
               permitted
               to
               dispute
               that
               Point
               ;
               you
               are
               concluded
               ,
               you
               may
               not
               demur
               to
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               the
               Court
               ;
               if
               you
               do
               ,
               I
               must
               let
               you
               know
               that
               they
               over-rule
               your
               Demurrer
               :
               They
               sit
               here
               by
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               all
               your
               Predecessors
               and
               you
               are
               responsible
               to
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 deny
                 that
                 ;
                 shew
                 me
                 one
                 Precedent
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               ought
               not
               to
               interrupt
               while
               the
               Court
               is
               speaking
               to
               you
               .
               This
               Point
               is
               not
               to
               be
               debated
               by
               you
               ,
               neither
               will
               the
               Court
               permit
               you
               to
               do
               it
               :
               If
               you
               offer
               it
               by
               way
               of
               Demurrer
               to
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               they
               have
               considered
               of
               their
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               they
               do
               affirm
               their
               own
               Jurisdiction
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 say
              
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
                 By
                 your
                 favour
                 ,
                 that
                 the
              
               Commons
               of
               England
               
                 was
                 never
                 a
                 Court
                 of
                 Judicature
                 ;
                 I
                 would
                 know
                 how
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 be
                 so
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               are
               not
               to
               be
               permitted
               to
               go
               on
               in
               that
               Speech
               ,
               and
               these
               Discourses
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               the
               Clerk
               of
               the
               Court
               read
               ,
            
          
           
             
               
                 CHARLES
                 STVART
              
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               You
               have
               been
               accused
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               of
               England
               ,
               of
               High
               Treason
               ,
               and
               other
               High
               Crimes
               ;
               the
               Court
               have
               determined
               that
               you
               ought
               to
               Answer
               the
               same
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 will
                 Answer
                 the
                 same
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 I
                 know
                 by
                 what
                 Authority
                 you
                 do
                 this
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               If
               this
               be
               all
               that
               you
               will
               say
               ,
               then
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               you
               that
               brought
               the
               Prisoner
               hither
               ,
               take
               charge
               of
               him
               back
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 do
                 require
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 give
                 in
                 my
                 Reasons
                 why
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 Answer
                 ;
                 and
                 give
                 Me
                 time
                 for
                 that
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               'T
               is
               not
               for
               Prisoners
               to
               require
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Prisoners
               ,
               Sir
               !
               
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 an
                 ordinary
                 Prisoner
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               The
               Court
               hath
               considered
               of
               their
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               and
               they
               have
               already
               affirmed
               their
               Jurisdiction
               :
               If
               you
               will
               not
               answer
               ,
               we
               will
               give
               Order
               to
               Record
               your
               Default
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 You
                 never
                 heard
                 my
                 Reasons
                 yet
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               Your
               Reasons
               are
               not
               to
               be
               heard
               against
               the
               highest
               Jurisdiction
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Shew
                 Me
                 that
                 Jurisdiction
                 where
                 Reason
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 heard
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               We
               shew
               it
               you
               here
               ,
               
                 The
                 Commons
                 of
                 England
              
               :
               and
               the
               next
               time
               you
               are
               brought
               ,
               you
               will
               know
               more
               of
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Court
               ;
               and
               it
               may
               be
               ,
               their
               final
               Determination
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Shew
                 Me
                 where
                 ever
                 the
              
               House
               of
               Commons
               
                 was
                 a
                 Court
                 of
                 Judicature
                 of
                 that
                 kind
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Serjeant
               ,
               Take
               away
               the
               Prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
                 Remember
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 is
                 not
                 suffered
                 to
                 give
                 in
                 his
                 Reasons
                 for
                 the
                 Liberty
                 and
                 Freedom
                 of
                 all
                 his
                 Subjects
                 ,
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               are
               not
               to
               have
               Liberty
               to
               use
               this
               Language
               .
               How
               great
               a
               Friend
               you
               have
               been
               to
               the
               Laws
               and
               Liberties
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               let
               all
               England
               and
               the
               World
               judge
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 Vnder
                 favour
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 Liberty
                 ,
                 Freedom
                 ,
                 and
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 took
                 —
                 defended
                 My self
                 with
                 Arms
                 :
                 I
                 never
                 took
                 up
                 Arms
                 against
                 the
                 People
                 ,
                 but
                 for
                 the
                 Laws
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               The
               Command
               of
               the
               Court
               must
               be
               obeyed
               :
               No
               Answer
               will
               be
               given
               to
               the
               Charge
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 Sir.
              
               
            
          
           
             Then
             Bradshaw
             Ordered
             the
             Default
             to
             be
             Recorded
             ,
             and
             the
             Contempt
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             Answer
             would
             be
             given
             to
             the
             Charge
             .
          
           
             
               The
               King
               was
               Guarded
               forth
               to
               Sir
            
             Robert
             Cotton's
             House
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             to
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             on
             Tuesday
             at
             Twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             they
             intend
             to
             Adjourn
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             at
             which
             time
             all
             Persons
             concerned
             are
             to
             give
             their
             Attendance
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             His
             Majesty
             not
             being
             suffered
             to
             deliver
             his
             Reasons
             against
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             their
             Pretended
             Court
             ,
             by
             word
             of
             Mouth
             ,
             thought
             fit
             to
             leave
             them
             in
             Writing
             to
             the
             more
             impartial
             Judgment
             of
             Posterity
             ,
             as
             followeth
             ;
          
           
             HAving
             already
             made
             my
             Protestations
             ,
             not
             only
             against
             the
             Illegality
             of
             this
             Pretended
             Court
             ,
             but
             also
             ,
             
               That
               no
               Earthly
               Power
               can
               justly
               call
               Me
            
             (
             who
             am
             your
             King
             )
             
               in
               question
               ,
               as
               a
               Delinquent
            
             ;
             I
             would
             not
             any
             more
             open
             My
             Mouth
             upon
             this
             Occasion
             ,
             more
             than
             to
             refer
             my self
             to
             what
             I
             have
             spoken
             ,
             were
             I
             in
             this
             Case
             alone
             concerned
             :
             But
             the
             Duty
             I
             owe
             to
             God
             in
             the
             Preservation
             of
             the
             True
             Liberty
             of
             My
             People
             ,
             will
             not
             suffer
             Me
             at
             this
             time
             to
             be
             silent
             :
             For
             ,
             how
             can
             any
             Free-born
             Subject
             of
             England
             call
             Life
             or
             any
             thing
             he
             possesseth
             ,
             his
             own
             ,
             if
             Power
             without
             Right
             ,
             dayly
             make
             New
             ,
             and
             abrogate
             the
             Old
             Fundamental
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ?
             Which
             I
             now
             take
             to
             be
             the
             present
             Case
             .
             Wherefore
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             hither
             ,
             I
             expected
             that
             you
             would
             have
             endeavoured
             to
             have
             satisfied
             Me
             concerning
             these
             Grounds
             which
             hinder
             Me
             to
             answer
             to
             your
             Pretended
             Impeachment
             :
             But
             since
             I
             see
             that
             nothing
             I
             can
             say
             ,
             will
             move
             you
             to
             it
             (
             though
             Negatives
             are
             not
             so
             naturally
             proved
             as
             Affirmatives
             )
             yet
             I
             will
             shew
             you
             the
             Reason
             why
             I
             am
             confident
             you
             cannot
             Judge
             Me
             ,
             nor
             indeed
             the
             meanest
             Man
             in
             England
             :
             For
             I
             will
             not
             (
             like
             you
             )
             without
             shewing
             a
             Reason
             ,
             seek
             to
             impose
             a
             Belief
             upon
             My
             Subjects
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             Proceeding
             just
             against
             any
             man
             ,
             
             but
             what
             is
             vvarranted
             either
             by
             God's
             Laws
             ,
             or
             the
             Municipal
             Laws
             of
             the
             Countrey
             where
             he
             lives
             .
             Now
             I
             am
             most
             confident
             ,
             This
             Days
             Proceeding
             cannot
             be
             warranted
             by
             God's
             Law
             ;
             for
             ,
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             The
             Authority
             of
             Obedience
             unto
             Kings
             ,
             is
             clearly
             warranted
             ,
             and
             strictly
             commanded
             both
             in
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             ;
             which
             ,
             if
             denied
             ,
             I
             am
             ready
             instantly
             to
             prove
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             the
             Question
             now
             in
             hand
             ,
             there
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               Where
               the
               Word
               of
               a
               King
               is
               ,
               There
               is
               Power
               ;
               and
               who
               may
               say
               unto
               Him
               ,
               What
               dost
               Thou
               ?
            
             Eccl.
             
             8.4
             .
             Then
             for
             the
             Law
             of
             this
             Land
             ,
             I
             am
             no
             less
             confident
             ,
             That
             no
             Learned
             Lawyer
             will
             affirm
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               An
               Impeachment
               can
               lie
               against
               the
               King
               ;
               they
               all
               going
               in
               His
               Name
               :
            
             And
             one
             of
             their
             Maxims
             is
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               The
               King
               can
               do
               no
               Wrong
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             The
             Law
             upon
             which
             you
             ground
             your
             Proceedings
             ,
             must
             either
             be
             Old
             or
             New
             ;
             if
             Old
             ,
             shew
             it
             ;
             if
             New
             ,
             tell
             what
             Authority
             warranted
             by
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             hath
             made
             it
             ,
             and
             when
             .
             But
             how
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             can
             erect
             a
             Court
             of
             Judicature
             ,
             which
             was
             never
             one
             it self
             ,
             (
             as
             is
             well
             knovvn
             to
             all
             Lavvyers
             )
             I
             leave
             to
             God
             and
             the
             World
             to
             judge
             :
             And
             it
             vvere
             full
             as
             strange
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             pretend
             to
             make
             Laws
             vvithout
             King
             or
             
               Lords
               House
            
             ,
             to
             any
             that
             have
             heard
             speak
             of
             the
             Lavvs
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             And
             admitting
             ,
             but
             not
             granting
             ,
             That
             the
             People
             of
             England's
             Commission
             could
             grant
             your
             
               Pretended
               Power
               ,
               I
            
             see
             nothing
             you
             can
             shew
             for
             that
             ;
             for
             certainly
             you
             never
             asked
             the
             Question
             of
             the
             
               Tenth
               Man
            
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             way
             you
             manifestly
             wrong
             even
             the
             
               Poorest
               Ploughman
            
             ,
             if
             you
             demand
             not
             his
             free
             Consent
             ;
             nor
             can
             you
             pretend
             any
             colour
             for
             this
             your
             
               Pretended
               Commission
            
             ,
             vvithout
             the
             Consent
             at
             least
             of
             the
             
               Major
               Part
            
             of
             every
             Man
             in
             England
             ,
             of
             vvhatsoever
             Quality
             or
             Condition
             ,
             vvhich
             I
             am
             sure
             you
             never
             vvent
             about
             to
             seek
             ;
             so
             far
             are
             you
             from
             having
             it
             .
             Thus
             you
             see
             that
             I
             speak
             not
             for
             My
             ovvn
             Right
             alone
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             
               your
               King
            
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             the
             true
             Liberty
             of
             all
             
               My
               Subjects
            
             ;
             vvhich
             consists
             not
             in
             the
             
               Power
               of
               Government
            
             ,
             but
             in
             
               Living
               under
               such
               Laws
               ,
               such
               a
               Government
               ,
            
             as
             may
             give
             themselves
             the
             best
             Assurance
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             and
             Property
             of
             their
             Goods
             .
             Nor
             in
             this
             ,
             must
             ,
             or
             do
             I
             forget
             the
             Privileges
             of
             
               Both
               Houses
            
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             vvhich
             this
             Days
             Proceedings
             do
             not
             only
             violate
             ,
             but
             likevvise
             occasion
             the
             greatest
             Breach
             of
             their
             
               Publick
               Faith
            
             ,
             that
             (
             I
             believe
             )
             ever
             vvas
             heard
             of
             ;
             with
             which
             I
             am
             far
             from
             Charging
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ;
             for
             all
             
               Pretended
               Crimes
            
             laid
             against
             Me
             ,
             bear
             Date
             long
             before
             this
             Treaty
             at
             Newport
             ;
             in
             which
             ,
             I
             having
             concluded
             as
             much
             as
             in
             Me
             lay
             ,
             and
             hopefully
             expecting
             the
             Houses
             Agreement
             thereunto
             ,
             I
             was
             suddenly
             surprized
             ,
             and
             hurried
             from
             thence
             as
             a
             Prisoner
             ;
             upon
             which
             account
             I
             am
             against
             My
             Will
             brought
             hither
             ;
             vvhere
             ,
             since
             I
             am
             come
             ,
             I
             
             cannot
             but
             to
             My
             Power
             defend
             the
             Ancient
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             together
             with
             My
             own
             just
             Right
             .
             Then
             ,
             for
             any
             thing
             I
             can
             see
             ,
             the
             Higher
             House
             is
             totally
             excluded
             .
             And
             for
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             it
             is
             too
             well
             known
             that
             the
             Major
             part
             of
             them
             are
             detained
             or
             deterred
             from
             Sitting
             ;
             so
             as
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             no
             other
             ,
             this
             were
             sufficient
             for
             Me
             to
             protest
             against
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             your
             
               Pretended
               Court.
            
             Besides
             all
             this
             ,
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             is
             not
             the
             least
             in
             My
             Thoughts
             ;
             and
             what
             hopes
             of
             Settlement
             is
             there
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             Power
             reigns
             without
             Rule
             or
             Law
             ,
             changing
             the
             whole
             Frame
             of
             that
             Government
             under
             which
             this
             Kingdom
             hath
             flourished
             for
             many
             hundred
             Years
             ?
             (
             nor
             will
             I
             say
             what
             will
             fall
             out
             ,
             in
             case
             this
             lawless
             ,
             unjust
             Proceeding
             against
             Me
             ,
             do
             go
             on
             .
             )
             And
             believe
             it
             ,
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             will
             not
             thank
             you
             for
             this
             Change
             ;
             for
             they
             will
             remember
             how
             happy
             they
             have
             been
             of
             late
             Years
             under
             the
             Reign
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             the
             King
             My
             Father
             ,
             and
             My Self
             ,
             until
             the
             beginning
             of
             these
             unhappy
             Troubles
             ,
             and
             will
             have
             cause
             to
             doubt
             that
             they
             shall
             never
             be
             so
             happy
             under
             any
             New.
             And
             by
             this
             time
             it
             will
             be
             too
             sensibly
             evident
             ,
             that
             the
             Arms
             I
             took
             up
             ,
             were
             only
             to
             defend
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             against
             those
             who
             have
             supposed
             My
             Power
             hath
             totally
             changed
             the
             Ancient
             Government
             .
          
           
             
               Thus
               having
               shewed
               you
               briefly
               the
               Reasons
               why
               I
               cannot
               submit
               to
               your
            
             Pretended
             Authority
             ,
             
               without
               violating
               the
               Trust
               which
               I
               have
               from
               God
               for
               the
               Welfare
               and
               Liberty
               of
               My
               People
               ,
               I
               expect
               from
               you
               either
               clear
               Reasons
               to
               convince
               My
               Judgment
               ,
               shewing
               Me
               that
               I
               am
               in
               an
               Error
               ,
               (
               and
               then
               truly
               I
               will
               Answer
               )
               or
               that
               you
               will
               withdraw
               your
               Proceedings
               .
            
          
           
             This
             I
             intended
             to
             speak
             in
             Westminster-Hall
             on
             Monday
             ,
             January
             22.
             but
             against
             Reason
             ,
             was
             hindred
             to
             shew
             my
             Reasons
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
             Martis
             ,
             
               23
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             are
             made
             ,
             and
             all
             Parties
             concerned
             required
             to
             give
             their
             Attendance
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Harrington
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edm.
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Hamond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gilbert
                 Pickering
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sate
             private
             .
          
           
             And
             taking
             into
             consideration
             the
             Proceeding
             of
             the
             last
             Court
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             fully
             approved
             of
             what
             
             in
             their
             behalf
             had
             been
             then
             said
             and
             done
             ;
             and
             likewise
             taking
             into
             consideration
             the
             Demeanor
             of
             the
             King
             at
             the
             said
             Court
             ,
             have
             notwithstanding
             resolved
             to
             try
             him
             once
             more
             ,
             whether
             he
             will
             own
             the
             Court
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               acquaint
               the
               King
               ,
               in
               case
               he
               shall
               continue
               contumacious
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               to
               expect
               no
               further
               time
               ;
               and
               that
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               therefore
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               require
               his
               Positive
               and
               Final
               Answer
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               shall
               still
               persist
               in
               his
               obstinacy
               ,
               that
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               give
               Command
               to
               the
               Clerk
               to
               read
               as
               followeth
               ,
            
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               CHARLES
               STVART
            
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             you
             are
             accused
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             of
             divers
             High
             Crimes
             and
             Treasons
             ;
             which
             Charge
             hath
             been
             read
             unto
             you
             :
             The
             Court
             now
             requires
             you
             to
             give
             your
             final
             and
             positive
             Answer
             by
             way
             of
             Confession
             or
             Denial
             of
             the
             Charge
             .
          
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             should
             submit
             to
             answer
             ,
             and
             desire
             a
             Copy
             of
             his
             Charge
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             granted
             him
             by
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ;
             notwithstanding
             ,
             giving
             him
             to
             know
             ,
             That
             the
             Court
             might
             in
             Justice
             forthwith
             proceed
             to
             Judgment
             for
             his
             former
             Contumacy
             and
             Failer
             to
             Answer
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             be
             required
             to
             give
             his
             Answer
             to
             the
             said
             Charge
             the
             next
             day
             at
             One
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
             Whereupon
             ,
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             forthwith
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             
               28
               Jan.
               1648.
               
               
                 Post
                 Merid.
              
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             being
             made
             ,
             and
             Attendance
             and
             Silence
             commanded
             as
             formerly
             ,
             The
             Court
             is
             thereupon
             called
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               present
               .
            
             
               
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewer
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Martin
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blakistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               ,
               Kt
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               William
               L.
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 James
                 Harrington
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Wallop
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gilbert
                 Pickering
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             Court
             being
             called
             ,
             the
             Serjeant
             is
             required
             to
             send
             for
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             who
             was
             accordingly
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             where
             he
             took
             his
             Seat
             as
             formerly
             .
             Proclamation
             is
             thereupon
             made
             for
             Silence
             ,
             while
             the
             Pleas
             of
             the
             Commonwealth
             are
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             commanded
             by
             Proclamation
             ,
             to
             take
             into
             custody
             all
             that
             shall
             disturb
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Sollicitor
             Cooke
             addressing
             himself
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             repeated
             the
             former
             Delays
             and
             Contempts
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             so
             as
             that
             no
             more
             needed
             on
             his
             part
             ,
             but
             to
             demand
             Judgment
             ;
             yet
             offered
             notwithstanding
             the
             Notoriety
             of
             the
             Facts
             charged
             ,
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Commons
             Act
             ,
             appointing
             the
             Tryal
             ,
             to
             prove
             the
             Truth
             of
             the
             same
             by
             Witnesses
             ,
             if
             thereto
             required
             ;
             and
             therefore
             prayed
             ,
             and
             yet
             (
             he
             said
             )
             not
             so
             much
             he
             ,
             as
             the
             innocent
             Blood
             that
             had
             been
             shed
             ,
             the
             cry
             whereof
             was
             very
             great
             ,
             that
             a
             speedy
             Sentence
             and
             Judgment
             might
             be
             pronounced
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             according
             to
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             the
             Court
             putting
             the
             Prisoner
             in
             mind
             of
             former
             Proceedings
             ,
             and
             that
             although
             by
             the
             Rules
             of
             Justice
             ,
             if
             Advantage
             were
             taken
             of
             his
             past
             Contempts
             ,
             nothing
             would
             remain
             but
             to
             pronounce
             Judgment
             against
             him
             ,
             they
             had
             nevertheless
             determined
             to
             give
             him
             leave
             to
             Answer
             his
             Charge
             ;
             which
             ,
             as
             was
             told
             him
             in
             plain
             terms
             (
             for
             Justice
             knew
             no
             respect
             of
             Persons
             )
             to
             plead
             Guilty
             or
             
               Not
               Guilty
            
             thereto
             .
          
           
             To
             which
             he
             made
             Answer
             as
             formerly
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             not
             acknowledge
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             against
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             that
             there
             was
             no
             Law
             to
             make
             a
             King
             a
             Prisoner
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             done
             nothing
             against
             his
             Trust
             ;
             and
             issued
             out
             into
             such
             like
             Discourses
             .
          
           
             Upon
             which
             ,
             the
             Courts
             Resolution
             was
             again
             remembred
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             told
             ,
             That
             he
             had
             now
             the
             third
             time
             publickly
             disowned
             and
             affronted
             the
             Court
             ;
             That
             ,
             how
             good
             a
             Preserver
             he
             had
             been
             of
             the
             Fundamental
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Freedoms
             of
             the
             People
             ,
             
             his
             Actions
             had
             spoken
             ;
             that
             mens
             Intentions
             were
             used
             to
             be
             shewed
             by
             their
             Actions
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             written
             his
             Meaning
             in
             bloody
             Characters
             throughout
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             find
             at
             last
             ,
             though
             at
             present
             he
             would
             not
             understand
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             before
             a
             Court
             of
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             ,
             in
             the
             manner
             appointed
             ,
             the
             Clerk
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Court
             demanding
             the
             Prisoners
             Answer
             to
             his
             Charge
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             refused
             ,
             the
             Default
             was
             Recorded
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             remanded
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             to
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Painted
             Chamber
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             according
             to
             their
             former
             Adjournment
             from
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             came
             together
             from
             thence
             into
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             where
             they
             sate
             privately
             ;
             and
             Ordered
             as
             followeth
             ,
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               no
               Commissioner
               ought
               ,
               or
               shall
               depart
               from
               the
               Court
               ,
               without
               the
               special
               leave
               of
               the
               said
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             This
             Court
             took
             into
             consideration
             the
             managing
             of
             the
             Business
             of
             the
             Court
             this
             day
             ,
             in
             the
             Hall
             ,
             and
             the
             King's
             Refusal
             to
             Answer
             ,
             notwithstanding
             he
             had
             been
             three
             several
             times
             demanded
             and
             required
             thereunto
             ,
             and
             have
             thereupon
             fully
             approved
             of
             what
             on
             the
             Courts
             part
             had
             then
             passed
             ,
             and
             Resolved
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               Notwithstanding
               the
               said
               Contumacy
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               refusal
               to
               plead
               ,
               which
               in
               Law
               amounts
               to
               a
               standing
               mute
               ,
               and
               tacit
               Confession
               of
               the
               Charge
               ,
               and
               notwithstanding
               the
               Notoriety
               of
               the
               Fact
               charged
               ,
               the
               Court
               would
               nevertheless
               however
               examine
               Witnesses
               ,
               for
               the
               further
               and
               clearer
               satisfaction
               of
               their
               own
               Judgments
               and
               Consciences
               ;
               the
               manner
               of
               whose
               Examination
               was
               referred
               to
               further
               Consideration
               the
               next
               Sitting
               ,
               and
               Warrants
               were
               accordingly
               issued
               forth
               for
               summoning
               of
               Witnesses
               .
            
          
           
             Mr.
             Peters
             moveth
             the
             Court
             as
             a
             Messenger
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             viz.
             That
             the
             King
             desires
             he
             might
             speak
             with
             his
             Chaplains
             that
             came
             unto
             him
             privately
             ;
             but
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             having
             taken
             that
             into
             
             their
             Consideration
             ,
             the
             Court
             conceived
             it
             not
             proper
             for
             them
             to
             intermeddle
             therein
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             Nine
             of
             the
             Clock
             to
             morrow
             morning
             ,
             to
             this
             Place
             .
          
        
         
           
             What
             passed
             in
             the
             Hall
             more
             at
             large
             than
             is
             related
             by
             Phelpes
             in
             this
             Days
             Transactions
             ,
             see
             in
             the
             following
             Discourse
             .
          
           
             
               The
               King
               being
               brought
               in
               by
               the
               Guard
               ,
               looks
               with
               a
               Majestick
               Countenance
               upon
               his
            
             Pretended
             Judges
             ,
             
               and
               sits
               down
            
             .
          
           
             
               After
               the
               second
            
             O
             Yes
             ,
             
               and
               Silence
               commanded
            
             ,
             Cooke
             
               began
               more
               insolently
            
             ;
          
           
             Cooke
             .
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             
               My
               Lord
               President
            
             ,
             This
             is
             now
             the
             third
             time
             ,
             that
             ,
             by
             the
             great
             Grace
             and
             Favour
             of
             this
             High
             Court
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             hath
             been
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             before
             any
             Issue
             joyned
             in
             the
             Cause
             .
             
               My
               Lord
            
             ,
             I
             did
             at
             the
             first
             Court
             exhibit
             a
             Charge
             against
             him
             ,
             containing
             the
             
               Highest
               Treason
            
             that
             ever
             was
             wrought
             upon
             the
             Theatre
             of
             England
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               a
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               trusted
               to
               keep
               the
               Law
               ,
               that
               had
               taken
               an
               Oath
               so
               to
               do
               ,
               that
               had
               Tribute
               paid
               him
               for
               that
               end
               ,
               should
               be
               guilty
               of
               a
               wicked
               Design
               to
               subvert
               and
               destroy
               our
               Laws
               ,
               and
               introduce
               an
               Arbitrary
               and
               Tyrannical
               Government
               ,
               in
               the
               defiance
               of
               the
               Parliament
               and
               their
               Authority
               ,
               set
               up
               his
               Standard
               for
               War
               against
               the
               Parliament
               and
               People
            
             ;
             and
             I
             did
             humbly
             pray
             ,
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             speedily
             be
             required
             to
             make
             an
             Answer
             to
             the
             Charge
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             
               My
               Lord
            
             ,
             instead
             of
             making
             any
             Answer
             ,
             he
             did
             then
             dispute
             the
             Authority
             of
             this
             High
             Court.
             Your
             Lordship
             was
             pleased
             to
             give
             him
             a
             further
             day
             to
             consider
             ,
             and
             to
             put
             in
             his
             Answer
             ;
             which
             day
             being
             Yesterday
             ,
             I
             did
             humbly
             move
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             required
             to
             give
             a
             direct
             and
             positive
             Answer
             ,
             either
             by
             Denying
             or
             Confession
             of
             it
             :
             But
             ,
             
               my
               Lord
            
             ,
             he
             was
             then
             pleased
             for
             to
             Demur
             to
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             which
             the
             Court
             did
             then
             over-rule
             ,
             and
             command
             him
             to
             give
             a
             direct
             and
             positive
             Answer
             .
          
           
           
             
               My
               Lord
            
             ,
             Besides
             this
             great
             Delay
             of
             Justice
             ,
             I
             shall
             now
             humbly
             move
             your
             Lordship
             for
             speedy
             Judgment
             against
             him
             .
             
               My
               Lord
            
             ,
             I
             might
             press
             your
             Lordship
             upon
             the
             whole
             ,
             That
             according
             to
             the
             known
             Rules
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             
               That
               ,
               if
               a
               Prisoner
               shall
               stand
               as
               contumacious
               in
               contempt
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               put
               in
               an
               issuable
               Plea
               ,
            
             Guilty
             or
             Not
             Guilty
             
               of
               the
               Charge
               given
               against
               him
               ,
               whereby
               he
               may
               come
               to
               a
               fair
               Tryal
               ,
            
             that
             as
             by
             an
             implicite
             Confession
             it
             may
             be
             taken
             
               pro
               confesso
            
             ,
             as
             it
             hath
             been
             done
             to
             those
             who
             have
             deserved
             more
             favour
             than
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             has
             done
             :
             But
             besides
             ,
             
               My
               Lord
            
             ,
             I
             shall
             humbly
             press
             your
             Lordship
             upon
             the
             whole
             Fact.
             The
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             the
             Supreme
             Authority
             and
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             they
             have
             declared
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               it
               is
               notorious
               that
               the
               Matter
               of
               the
               Charge
               is
               true
            
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             in
             truth
             ,
             
               My
               Lord
            
             ,
             as
             clear
             as
             Crystal
             ,
             and
             as
             the
             Sun
             that
             shines
             at
             Noon-day
             :
             which
             ,
             if
             your
             Lordship
             and
             the
             Court
             be
             not
             satisfied
             in
             ,
             I
             have
             notwithstanding
             ,
             on
             the
             People
             of
             
             England's
             behalf
             ,
             several
             Witnesses
             to
             produce
             .
             And
             therefore
             I
             do
             humbly
             pray
             (
             and
             yet
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             I
             ,
             as
             the
             innocent
             Blood
             that
             hath
             been
             shed
             ,
             the
             Cry
             whereof
             is
             very
             great
             for
             Justice
             and
             Judgment
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             do
             humbly
             pray
             )
             that
             speedy
             Judgment
             be
             pronounced
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             Bradshaw
             went
             on
             in
             the
             same
             strain
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             
               You
               have
               heard
               what
               is
               moved
               by
               the
               Councel
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               against
               you
               .
            
             Sir
             ,
             
               You
               may
               well
               remember
               ,
               and
               if
               you
               do
               not
               ,
               the
               Court
               cannot
               forget
               what
               dilatory
               Dealings
               the
               Court
               hath
               found
               at
               your
               hands
               :
               You
               were
               pleased
               to
               propound
               some
               Questions
               ;
               You
               have
               had
               Your
               Resolution
               upon
               them
               .
               You
               were
               told
               over
               and
               over
               again
               ,
               That
               ,
            
             The
             Court
             did
             affirm
             their
             own
             Jurisdiction
             ;
             that
             it
             was
             not
             for
             You
             nor
             any
             other
             man
             to
             dispute
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Supreme
             and
             Highest
             Authority
             of
             England
             ,
             from
             which
             there
             is
             no
             Appeal
             ,
             and
             touching
             which
             there
             must
             be
             no
             Dispute
             ;
             
               yet
               You
               did
               persist
               in
               such
               Carriage
               ,
               as
               You
               gave
               no
               manner
               of
               Obedience
               ,
               nor
               did
               You
               acknowledge
               any
               Authority
               in
               them
               ,
               nor
               the
               High
               Court
               that
               constituted
               this
               Court
               of
               Justice
               .
            
          
           
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             must
             let
             you
             know
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             very
             sensible
             of
             these
             Delays
             of
             yours
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             ought
             not
             ,
             being
             thus
             Authorized
             by
             the
             Supreme
             Court
             of
             England
             ,
             to
             be
             thus
             trifled
             withal
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             might
             in
             Justice
             ,
             if
             they
             pleased
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Justice
             ,
             take
             advantage
             of
             these
             Delays
             ,
             and
             proceed
             to
             pronounce
             Judgment
             against
             you
             :
             yet
             nevertheless
             they
             are
             pleased
             to
             give
             direction
             ,
             and
             on
             their
             behalfs
             I
             do
             require
             you
             ,
             that
             you
             make
             a
             positive
             Answer
             unto
             this
             Charge
             that
             is
             against
             you
             .
             Sir
             ,
             in
             plain
             terms
             (
             for
             Justice
             knows
             no
             respect
             of
             Persons
             )
             you
             are
             to
             give
             your
             Positive
             and
             Final
             Answer
             in
             plain
             English
             ,
             whether
             you
             be
             Guilty
             or
             not
             Guilty
             of
             these
             Treasons
             laid
             to
             your
             Charge
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             ,
             
               after
               a
               little
               Pause
               ,
               said
               ,
            
          
           
             
               When
               I
               was
               here
               Yesterday
               ,
               I
               did
               desire
               to
               speak
               for
               the
               Liberties
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             England
             ;
             
               I
               was
               interrupted
               :
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               yet
               whether
               I
               may
               speak
               freely
               or
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               have
               had
               the
               Resolution
               of
               the
               Court
               upon
               the
               like
               Question
               the
               last
               day
               ;
               and
               you
               were
               told
               ,
               
                 That
                 having
                 such
                 a
                 Charge
                 of
                 so
                 high
                 a
                 Nature
                 ,
                 against
                 you
                 ,
                 your
                 Work
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 ought
                 to
                 acknowledge
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 answer
                 to
                 your
                 Charge
                 .
                 Sir
                 ,
              
               if
               you
               answer
               to
               your
               Charge
               ,
               which
               the
               Court
               gives
               you
               leave
               now
               to
               do
               ,
               though
               they
               might
               have
               taken
               the
               Advantage
               of
               your
               Contempt
               ;
               yet
               ,
               if
               you
               be
               able
               to
               answer
               to
               your
               Charge
               ,
               when
               you
               have
               once
               answered
               ,
               you
               shall
               be
               heard
               at
               large
               ,
               make
               the
               best
               Defence
               you
               can
               .
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               must
               let
               you
               know
               from
               the
               Court
               ,
               as
               their
               Commands
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               not
               to
               be
               permitted
               to
               issue
               out
               into
               any
               other
               Discourses
               ,
               till
               such
               time
               as
               you
               have
               given
               a
               Positive
               Answer
               concerning
               the
               Matter
               that
               is
               charged
               upon
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 For
                 the
                 Charge
                 ,
                 I
                 value
                 it
                 not
                 a
                 rush
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               
                 that
                 I
                 stand
                 for
                 .
                 For
                 Me
                 to
                 acknowledge
                 a
                 New
                 Court
                 that
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 of
                 before
                 ,
                 I
                 that
                 am
                 your
                 King
                 ,
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 an
                 example
                 to
                 all
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 for
                 to
                 uphold
                 Justice
                 ,
                 to
                 maintain
                 the
                 Old
                 Laws
                 ,
                 indeed
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 how
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
             
               You
               spoke
               very
               well
               the
               first
               day
               that
               I
               came
               here
               on
               Saturday
               ,
               of
               the
               Obligations
               that
               I
               had
               laid
               upon
               me
               by
               God
               to
               the
               Maintenance
               of
               the
               Liberties
               of
               my
               People
               ;
               the
               same
               Obligation
               you
               spake
               of
               ,
               I
               do
               acknowledge
               to
               God
               ,
               that
               I
               owe
               to
               Him
               and
               to
               My
               People
               ,
               to
               defend
               as
               much
               as
               in
               me
               lies
               ,
               the
               Ancient
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               therefore
               until
               that
               I
               may
               know
               that
               this
               is
               not
               against
               the
               Fundamental
               Laws
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               by
               your
               favour
               ,
               I
               can
               put
               in
               no
               particular
               Answer
               .
               If
               you
               will
               give
               Me
               time
               ,
               I
               will
               shew
               you
               My
               Reasons
               why
               I
               cannot
               do
               it
               ;
               and
               this
               —
            
          
           
             Here
             being
             interrupted
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 By
                 your
                 favour
                 ,
                 you
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 interrupt
                 Me.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 How
                 I
                 came
                 here
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ;
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 Law
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 your
                 King
                 your
                 Prisoner
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 a
                 Treaty
                 upon
                 the
                 Publick
                 Faith
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ;
                 that
                 was
                 the
                 known
                 —
                 Two
                 Houses
                 of
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 the
                 Representative
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 that
                 I
                 had
                 almost
                 made
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Treaty
                 ,
                 then
                 I
                 was
                 hurried
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 hither
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 —
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               must
               know
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 By
                 your
                 favour
              
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               By
               your
               Favour
               ,
               You
               may
               not
               be
               permitted
               to
               fall
               into
               those
               Discourses
               :
               You
               appear
               as
               a
               Delinquent
               ;
               You
               have
               not
               acknowledged
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Court.
               The
               Court
               craves
               it
               not
               of
               You
               ;
               but
               once
               more
               they
               command
               You
               to
               give
               Your
               Positive
               Answer
               .
            
             
               Clerk
               ,
               do
               your
               Duty
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Duty
               ,
               Sir
               !
            
          
           
             The
             Clerk
             reads
             .
          
           
             
               
                 CHARLES
                 STVART
              
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               You
               are
               accused
               ,
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               ,
               of
               divers
               High
               Crimes
               and
               Treasons
               ;
               which
               Charge
               hath
               been
               read
               unto
               you
               :
               The
               Court
               now
               requires
               you
               to
               give
               your
               Positive
               and
               Final
               Answer
               by
               way
               of
               Confession
               or
               Denial
               of
               the
               Charge
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 again
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 give
                 satisfaction
                 to
                 the
                 People
                 of
              
               England
               ,
               
                 of
                 the
                 clearness
                 of
                 My
                 Proceeding
                 ,
                 not
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Answer
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 this
                 way
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 satisfie
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 nothing
                 against
                 that
                 Trust
                 that
                 hath
                 been
                 committed
                 to
                 Me
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 do
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 acknowledge
                 a
                 new
                 Court
                 against
                 their
                 Priviledges
                 ,
                 to
                 alter
                 the
                 Fundamental
                 Laws
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 you
                 must
                 excuse
                 Me.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               This
               is
               the
               third
               time
               that
               You
               have
               publickly
               disown'd
               this
               Court
               ,
               and
               put
               an
               Affront
               upon
               it
               .
               How
               far
               You
               have
               preserv'd
               the
               Priviledges
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               Your
               Actions
               have
               spoke
               it
               ;
               but
               truly
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               Mens
               Intentions
               ought
               to
               be
               known
               by
               their
               Actions
               :
               You
               have
               written
               Your
               Meaning
               in
               bloody
               Characters
               throughout
               the
               whole
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               You
               understand
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               ,
            
             
               Record
               the
               Default
               .
            
             
               And
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               You
               that
               took
               Charge
               of
               the
               Prisoner
               ,
               take
               him
               back
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 will
                 only
                 say
                 this
                 one
                 Word
                 more
                 to
                 you
                 ;
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 only
                 My
                 own
                 Particular
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 say
                 any
                 more
                 ,
                 nor
                 interrupt
                 you
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               have
               heard
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               You
               are
               (
               notwithstanding
               You
               will
               not
               understand
               it
               )
               to
               find
               that
               You
               are
               before
               a
               Court
               of
               Justice
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             King
             went
             forth
             with
             the
             Guard.
             
          
           
             And
             Proclamation
             was
             made
             ,
             That
             all
             Persons
             which
             had
             then
             appeared
             ,
             and
             had
             further
             to
             do
             at
             the
             Court
             ,
             might
             depart
             into
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ;
             to
             which
             Place
             the
             Court
             did
             forthwith
             Adjourn
             ,
             and
             intended
             to
             meet
             at
             Westminster-Hall
             by
             Ten
             of
             the
             Clock
             next
             Morning
             .
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               God
               bless
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Mercurii
               ,
               24
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             .
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             made
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassels
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             took
             into
             Consideration
             the
             Manner
             how
             the
             Witnesses
             should
             be
             Examined
             ;
             and
             in
             regard
             the
             King
             hath
             not
             Pleaded
             to
             Issue
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             Examination
             was
             
               ex
               abundanti
            
             only
             for
             the
             further
             satisfaction
             of
             themselves
             ,
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             That
             the
             Witnesses
             shall
             be
             Examined
             to
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             before
             the
             Court
             there
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Mr.
            
             Millington
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Tho.
             Challoner
             
               do
               forthwith
               repair
               unto
            
             John
             Brown
             
               Esq
            
             
               Clerk
               of
               
               the
               House
               of
               Peers
               for
               such
               Papers
               as
               are
               in
               his
               Custody
               ,
               which
               are
               conducible
               for
               the
               Business
               and
               Service
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               Mr.
            
             Brown
             
               is
               required
               to
               send
               the
               said
               Papers
               hither
               accordingly
               .
            
          
           
             
               Witnesses
               Produced
               and
               Sworn
               in
               Court
               to
               give
               Evidence
               to
               the
               Charge
               against
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Hartford
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Roberts
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Braynes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lacy.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Loades
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Morgan
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Williams
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Michael
                 Potts
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Giles
                 Gryce
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Arnop
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Vinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Seely
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Ives
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Crosby
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Rawlins
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Blomfield
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Thomas
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Lawson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Pyneger
              
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Cornewall
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Whittington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Browne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Arthur
                 Young.
              
               
            
             
               
                 David
                 Evans
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Diogenes
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Williams
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bennett
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Burden
              
               .
            
          
           
             Col.
             Horton
             ,
             Col.
             Deane
             ,
             Col.
             Okey
             ,
             Col.
             Huson
             ,
             Col.
             Roe
             ,
             Col.
             Tichbourne
             ,
             Col.
             Whalley
             ,
             Col.
             Tomlinson
             ,
             Col.
             Goffe
             ,
             Col.
             Ewers
             ,
             Col.
             Scroope
             ,
             Mr.
             Love
             ,
             Mr.
             Scot
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Tho.
               Challoner
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Millington
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               John
               Danvers
            
             ,
             or
             any
             Three
             of
             them
             ,
             are
             a
             Committee
             appointed
             to
             take
             the
             Examination
             of
             the
             said
             Witnesses
             now
             sworn
             ,
             whom
             the
             Clerks
             are
             to
             attend
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             granted
             their
             Summons
             for
             summoning
             further
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             the
             Morrow
             at
             Nine
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             to
             this
             Place
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Jovis
               ,
               25
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               ,
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Barkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edw.
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroop
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Aldred
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Browne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Lassells
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Wild.
              
               
            
             
               With
               divers
               others
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sate
             private
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Ordered
             that
             the
             Marshal
             Gen.
             of
             this
             Army
             ,
             or
             his
             Deputy
             do
             bring
             forthwith
             Mr.
             Holder
             Prisoner
             at
             White-Hall
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             he
             may
             testify
             his
             knowledge
             of
             all
             such
             Matters
             as
             shall
             be
             propounded
             unto
             him
             concerning
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
            
             Dean's
             
               House
               in
            
             Westminster-Abbey
             ,
             
               be
               provided
               and
               furnished
               for
               the
               Lodging
               of
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               and
               his
               Servants
               ,
               Guards
               and
               Attendants
            
             ;
             and
             a
             Committee
             are
             appointed
             to
             take
             care
             hereof
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Henry
               Gouge
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               William
               Cuthbert
            
             ,
             Witnesses
             produced
             to
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             were
             sworn
             and
             examined
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Witnesses
             sworn
             in
             open
             Court
             ,
             and
             after
             examined
             by
             the
             Committee
             appointed
             for
             that
             purpose
             the
             24
             th
             .
             Instant
             ,
             were
             now
             in
             open
             Court
             called
             ,
             and
             their
             respective
             Depositions
             were
             read
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             did
             avow
             their
             said
             several
             Depositions
             ,
             and
             affirm
             what
             was
             so
             read
             unto
             them
             respectively
             ,
             was
             true
             ,
             upon
             the
             Oaths
             they
             had
             taken
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             informed
             ,
             that
             Major
             Fox
             ,
             being
             of
             the
             Guard
             attending
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ,
             is
             arrested
             ,
             and
             committed
             to
             the
             Keeper
             of
             Ludgate
             ,
             Ordered
             ,
          
           
             That
             
               the
               said
               Keeper
               do
               forthwith
               bring
               the
               said
            
             Major
             before
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             attend
             this
             Court
             in
             person
             himself
             .
          
           
             M.
             Holder
             being
             brought
             before
             this
             Court
             according
             to
             the
             Order
             of
             this
             Day
             ,
             and
             his
             Oath
             tendred
             unto
             him
             ,
             to
             give
             Evidence
             to
             such
             Matters
             as
             should
             be
             propounded
             unto
             him
             concerning
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             said
             Mr.
             Holder
             desired
             to
             be
             spared
             from
             giving
             Evidence
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Whereupon
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             finding
             him
             already
             a
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             perceiving
             that
             the
             Questions
             intended
             to
             be
             asked
             him
             ,
             tended
             to
             accuse
             himself
             ,
             thought
             fit
             to
             wave
             his
             Examination
             ,
             and
             remanded
             him
             (
             and
             accordingly
             did
             so
             )
             to
             the
             Prison
             from
             whence
             he
             was
             brought
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Depositions
             taken
             
               ut
               supra
            
             ,
             are
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               Jan
               ,
               25.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               William
               Cuthbert
            
             of
             Patrington
             in
             *
             Holderness
             ,
             Gent.
             Aged
             42
             Years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             living
             at
             Hull-Bridge
             ,
             near
             Beverley
             ,
             in
             July
             1642.
             did
             then
             hear
             that
             Forces
             were
             raised
             about
             three
             thousand
             Foot
             ,
             for
             the
             Kings
             Guard
             under
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Strickland
            
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             the
             Second
             of
             July
             1642.
             he
             saw
             a
             Troop
             of
             Horse
             come
             to
             Beverley
             ,
             being
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             about
             four
             or
             five
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Princes
               Troop
            
             ,
             Mr.
             
               James
               Nelthorp
            
             being
             then
             Major
             of
             the
             said
             Town
             .
          
           
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             that
             Afternoon
             the
             said
             Troop
             march
             from
             Beverley
             aforesaid
             ,
             into
             Holderness
             ,
             where
             they
             received
             Ammunition
             brought
             up
             by
             the
             River
             of
             Humber
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             same
             Night
             being
             Sunday
             ,
             there
             came
             about
             three
             hundred
             Foot
             Soldiers
             (
             said
             to
             be
             Sir
             Robert
             Strickland's
             Regiment
             )
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Lieutenant
             Col.
             Duncombe
             ,
             and
             called
             ,
             
               The
               King's
               Guard
            
             ,
             unto
             this
             Deponents
             House
             ,
             called
             Hull-Bridge
             ,
             near
             Beverley
             ,
             about
             Midnight
             ,
             and
             broke
             open
             ,
             entred
             ,
             and
             possessed
             themselves
             of
             the
             said
             House
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             E.
             of
             Newport
             ,
             the
             E.
             of
             Carnarvan
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             came
             that
             night
             thither
             to
             the
             said
             Forces
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             same
             night
             (
             as
             this
             Deponent
             was
             then
             informed
             )
             Sir
             
               Tho.
               Gower
            
             ,
             then
             High
             Sheriff
             of
             the
             said
             County
             ,
             came
             thither
             ,
             and
             left
             there
             a
             Warrant
             for
             staying
             all
             Provisions
             from
             going
             to
             Hull
             to
             Sir
             
               John
               Hotham
            
             ;
             which
             said
             Warrant
             was
             then
             delivered
             to
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             being
             Constable
             ,
             by
             Lieut.
             Col.
             Duncombe
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             was
             by
             the
             said
             Forces
             put
             out
             of
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             did
             with
             his
             Family
             go
             to
             Beverley
             ;
             and
             that
             after
             that
             ,
             (
             viz.
             )
             the
             Thursday
             following
             ,
             to
             this
             Deponent's
             best
             remembrance
             ,
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             come
             to
             Beverley
             ,
             to
             the
             Lady
             Gees
             House
             there
             ;
             where
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             did
             often
             see
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             Prince
             Charles
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Trained
             Bands
             were
             then
             raised
             in
             Holderness
             ;
             who
             were
             raised
             (
             as
             was
             generally
             reported
             )
             by
             the
             King's
             Command
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             Night
             after
             the
             said
             Forces
             had
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             possessed
             themselves
             of
             this
             
             Deponent's
             House
             ,
             Col.
             
             Legard's
             House
             was
             Plundered
             by
             them
             ,
             being
             upon
             a
             Monday
             ;
             which
             aforesaid
             Entry
             of
             this
             
             Deponent's
             House
             ,
             was
             the
             first
             *
             Act
             of
             Hostility
             that
             was
             committed
             in
             those
             Parts
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             after
             the
             said
             Sir
             Robert
             Strickland's
             said
             Company
             was
             gone
             from
             Hull-Bridge
             ,
             having
             continued
             there
             about
             ten
             days
             ,
             
             there
             then
             came
             to
             the
             said
             House
             Col.
             Wivel
             ,
             with
             about
             seven
             hundred
             Foot
             Soldiers
             ,
             who
             then
             took
             up
             his
             Quarters
             at
             Hull-Bridge
             aforesaid
             .
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             Warrant
             he
             now
             produceth
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             is
             the
             same
             Original
             Warrant
             aforesaid
             spoken
             of
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             General
             's
             Name
             of
             the
             said
             Forces
             that
             were
             there
             ,
             and
             raised
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             was
             the
             E.
             of
             Lindsey
             ;
             and
             that
             this
             Deponent
             was
             brought
             before
             him
             the
             said
             General
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             
               The
               King's
               Lord
               General
            
             ,
             for
             holding
             Intelligence
             with
             Sir
             
               John
               Hotham
            
             ,
             then
             Governor
             of
             Hull
             ;
             and
             because
             it
             was
             then
             informed
             to
             the
             said
             General
             ,
             that
             he
             this
             Deponent
             had
             Provisions
             of
             Corn
             to
             send
             over
             unto
             Ireland
             ,
             which
             he
             this
             Deponent
             was
             forbidden
             by
             the
             said
             General
             to
             send
             unto
             Ireland
             or
             any
             place
             else
             ,
             without
             his
             or
             the
             King's
             Direction
             or
             Warrant
             first
             had
             in
             that
             behalf
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     aforesaid
                     Warrant
                     mentioned
                     in
                     the
                     Deposition
                     of
                     the
                     said
                     
                       William
                       Cuthbert
                    
                     ,
                     is
                     as
                     followeth
                     ;
                  
                   
                     It
                     is
                     His
                     Majesties
                     Command
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     do
                     not
                     suffer
                     any
                     Victuals
                     or
                     Provision
                     of
                     what
                     sort
                     soever
                     to
                     be
                     carried
                     into
                     the
                     Town
                     of
                     Hull
                     without
                     His
                     Majesties
                     Special
                     License
                     first
                     obtained
                     ;
                     And
                     of
                     this
                     you
                     are
                     not
                     to
                     fail
                     at
                     your
                     Peril
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Dated
                       at
                       Beverley
                       ,
                       
                         3
                         Julii
                         ,
                         1642.
                         
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Tho.
                         Gower
                      
                       ,
                       Vi.
                       Co.
                       
                    
                     
                       To
                       all
                       Head
                       Constables
                       ,
                       and
                       Constables
                       in
                       the
                    
                     East-Riding
                     
                       of
                       the
                       County
                       of
                    
                     York
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       to
                       all
                       other
                       His
                       Majesties
                       Loyal
                       Subjects
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               John
               Bennet
            
             of
             Harwood
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             York
             ,
             Glover
             ,
             Sworn
             ,
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             being
             a
             Soldier
             under
             the
             King's
             Command
             ,
             the
             first
             Day
             that
             the
             King's
             Standard
             was
             set
             up
             at
             Nottingham
             ,
             which
             was
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             Summer
             last
             was
             six
             
             years
             ,
             he
             this
             Examinant
             did
             work
             at
             Nottingham
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             within
             the
             Castle
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             within
             two
             or
             three
             days
             after
             the
             said
             Standard
             was
             so
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Standard
             did
             fly
             the
             same
             day
             that
             the
             King
             was
             in
             the
             said
             Castle
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             this
             Deponent
             did
             hear
             that
             the
             King
             was
             at
             Nottingham
             the
             same
             day
             that
             the
             said
             Standard
             was
             first
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             before
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             and
             the
             Regiment
             of
             which
             he
             then
             was
             ,
             had
             their
             Colours
             then
             given
             them
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Penyman
            
             being
             the
             Colonel
             of
             the
             said
             Regiment
             ,
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               William
               Penyman
            
             was
             present
             with
             his
             said
             Regiment
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             then
             there
             the
             E.
             of
             
             Lindsey's
             Regiment
             ,
             who
             had
             then
             their
             Colours
             given
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             E.
             of
             Lindsey
             was
             then
             also
             Proclaimed
             there
             
               The
               King's
               General
            
             ;
             and
             that
             it
             was
             proclaimed
             then
             there
             likewise
             in
             the
             King's
             Name
             ,
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             every
             Regiment
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Forces
             should
             fight
             against
             all
             that
             came
             to
             oppose
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             His
             Followers
             ;
             and
             in
             particular
             ,
             against
             the
             E.
             of
             Essex
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Brooke
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             the
             said
             E.
             of
             Essex
             ,
             and
             Lord
             Brooke
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             were
             then
             proclaimed
             Traytors
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             same
             Proclamations
             were
             Printed
             ,
             and
             dispersed
             by
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Regiments
             throughout
             every
             Regiment
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Standard
             was
             Advanced
             upon
             the
             highest
             Tower
             of
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             did
             see
             the
             King
             often
             in
             Nottingham
             at
             that
             time
             that
             the
             said
             Forces
             continued
             at
             Nottingham
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             they
             continuing
             there
             for
             the
             space
             of
             one
             Month
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Drums
             for
             raising
             Volunteers
             to
             fight
             under
             the
             King's
             Command
             ,
             were
             then
             beaten
             all
             the
             said
             County
             over
             ,
             and
             divers
             other
             Forces
             were
             raised
             there
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             take
             up
             Arms
             under
             the
             King's
             Command
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             for
             fear
             of
             being
             Plundered
             ;
             Sir
             
               William
               Penyman
            
             giving
             
             out
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             a
             good
             deed
             to
             Fire
             the
             said
             Town
             ,
             because
             they
             would
             not
             go
             forth
             in
             the
             King's
             Service
             ,
             and
             that
             this
             
             Deponent's
             Father
             did
             thereupon
             command
             him
             this
             Deponent
             to
             take
             up
             Arms
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             that
             divers
             others
             (
             as
             they
             did
             confess
             )
             did
             then
             also
             take
             up
             Arms
             for
             the
             King
             for
             fear
             of
             being
             Plundered
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             or
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             October
             1642.
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             Edge-Hill
             in
             Warwickshire
             ,
             where
             he
             sitting
             on
             Horseback
             while
             his
             Army
             was
             drawn
             up
             before
             him
             ,
             *
             did
             speak
             to
             the
             Colonel
             of
             every
             Regiment
             that
             passed
             by
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             have
             them
             speak
             to
             their
             Soldiers
             to
             encourage
             them
             to
             stand
             it
             ,
             and
             to
             fight
             against
             the
             L.
             of
             Essex
             ,
             the
             L.
             Brookes
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Balfour
            
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             many
             slain
             at
             the
             Fight
             at
             Edge-Hill
             ,
             and
             that
             afterwards
             he
             did
             see
             a
             List
             brought
             in
             unto
             Oxford
             ,
             of
             the
             Men
             which
             were
             slain
             in
             that
             Fight
             ;
             by
             which
             it
             was
             reported
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             slain
             6559
             Men.
             
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             Afterwards
             ,
             in
             or
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             November
             1642.
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             at
             Hounslow-Heath
             in
             Middlesex
             ,
             Prince
             Rupert
             then
             standing
             by
             Him.
             And
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             did
             then
             hear
             the
             King
             encourage
             several
             Regiments
             of
             Welshmen
             (
             then
             being
             in
             the
             Field
             )
             which
             had
             run
             away
             at
             Edge-Hill
             ,
             saying
             unto
             them
             ,
             That
             
               He
               did
               hope
               they
               would
               regain
               their
               Honour
               at
            
             Brentford
             ,
             
               which
               they
               had
               lost
               at
            
             Edge-Hill
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Brayne
            
             of
             Wixhall
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Salop
             ,
             Gent.
             being
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             about
             August
             in
             the
             Year
             1642.
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King
             at
             Nottingham
             ,
             while
             the
             Standard
             was
             set
             up
             ,
             and
             the
             Flagg
             flying
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             much
             about
             the
             same
             time
             Marched
             with
             the
             King's
             Army
             from
             Nottingham
             to
             Derby
             ,
             the
             King
             himself
             being
             then
             in
             the
             Army
             ;
             And
             about
             September
             the
             said
             Year
             ,
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             was
             put
             upon
             his
             Tryal
             at
             Shrewsbury
             as
             a
             Spy
             ,
             before
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Heath
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Commissioners
             
             of
             Oyer
             and
             Terminer
             ,
             the
             King
             then
             being
             in
             person
             in
             Shrewsbury
             .
          
           
             
               Henry
               Hartford
            
             of
             Stratford
             upon
             Avon
             ,
             in
             Warwickshire
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             about
             Corn-Harvest
             in
             the
             Year
             1642.
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ,
             while
             the
             Standard
             was
             set
             upon
             one
             of
             the
             Towers
             of
             the
             said
             Castle
             ,
             and
             the
             Flagg
             flying
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             and
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             saw
             the
             King
             the
             same
             Year
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             November
             in
             Brainford
             Town
             on
             Horseback
             ,
             with
             a
             great
             many
             Commanders
             about
             him
             ,
             on
             a
             Sunday
             Morning
             ,
             when
             on
             the
             Saturday
             Night
             before
             ,
             there
             were
             a
             great
             many
             of
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             slain
             by
             the
             Kings
             Forces
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             .
          
           
             
               Robert
               Lacy
            
             of
             the
             Town
             and
             County
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             Painter
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             in
             Summer-time
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1642.
             by
             Order
             from
             my
             Lord
             Beaumont
             ,
             did
             Paint
             the
             Standard-Pole
             which
             was
             set
             up
             on
             the
             top
             of
             the
             old
             Tower
             of
             Nottingham
             Castle
             :
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Nottingham
             diverse
             times
             while
             the
             Standard
             was
             up
             there
             ,
             and
             the
             Flagg
             flying
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             did
             lie
             at
             the
             House
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             Clare
             in
             Nottingham
             Town
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             then
             and
             there
             see
             the
             King
             many
             times
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               Roberts
            
             of
             Bishop-Castle
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Salop
             ,
             Ironmonger
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             and
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             Nottingham
             Town
             while
             the
             Standard
             was
             set
             upon
             the
             High
             Tower
             in
             Nottingham
             Castle
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Army
             at
             Shrewsbury
             ,
             upon
             the
             March
             towards
             Edge-Hill
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             likewise
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Reer
             of
             his
             Army
             in
             Keynton-Field
             ;
             and
             likewise
             saw
             the
             King
             upon
             the
             Sunday
             Morning
             at
             Brainford
             ,
             after
             the
             Fight
             upon
             the
             Saturday
             next
             before
             ,
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             .
          
           
           
             
               Robert
               Loads
            
             of
             Cottam
             in
             Nottinghamshire
             ,
             Tyler
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             about
             October
             in
             the
             Year
             1642.
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Reer
             of
             his
             Army
             in
             Keynton
             Field
             upon
             a
             Sunday
             ,
             where
             he
             saw
             many
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             Cornwal
             in
             his
             Army
             ,
             near
             the
             House
             of
             my
             Lord
             Mohun
             ,
             about
             Lestithiel
             ,
             about
             Corn-Harvest
             1644.
             
          
           
             
               Samuel
               Morgan
            
             of
             Wellington
             in
             Com.
             Salop
             ,
             Felt-maker
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             upon
             a
             Sunday
             Morning
             in
             
             Keynton-Field
             saw
             the
             King
             upon
             the
             top
             of
             Edge-Hill
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             some
             two
             hours
             before
             the
             Fight
             ,
             which
             happened
             after
             Michaelmas
             on
             a
             Sunday
             the
             Year
             1642.
             
             And
             he
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             many
             men
             killed
             on
             both
             sides
             in
             the
             same
             time
             and
             place
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             the
             Year
             1644.
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Army
             near
             
             Cropredy-Bridge
             ,
             where
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             light
             off
             his
             Horse
             ,
             and
             draw
             up
             the
             Body
             of
             his
             Army
             in
             person
             himself
             .
          
           
             
               James
               Williams
            
             of
             Ross
             in
             Herefordshire
             ,
             Shoemaker
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             about
             October
             ,
             the
             Year
             1642.
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             
             Keynton-Fields
             below
             the
             Hill
             in
             the
             Field
             with
             his
             Sword
             drawn
             in
             his
             hand
             ,
             at
             which
             Time
             and
             Place
             there
             was
             a
             great
             Fight
             ,
             and
             many
             kill'd
             on
             both
             sides
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             at
             Brainford
             on
             a
             Sunday
             in
             the
             Forenoon
             ,
             in
             November
             the
             Year
             abovesaid
             ,
             while
             the
             King's
             Army
             was
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             ,
             and
             round
             about
             it
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Pyneger
            
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
             Hainer
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Derby
             ,
             Yeoman
             ,
             Aged
             37
             Years
             or
             thereabout
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             August
             1642.
             he
             the
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King's
             Standard
             flying
             upon
             one
             of
             the
             Towers
             of
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ;
             and
             that
             upon
             the
             same
             day
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             
             Thurland-House
             ,
             
             being
             the
             Earl
             of
             
             Clare's
             House
             in
             Nottingham
             ,
             in
             the
             Company
             of
             Prince
             Rupert
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Digby
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Persons
             ,
             both
             Noblemen
             and
             others
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             King
             had
             at
             the
             same
             time
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             a
             Train
             of
             Artillery
             ,
             and
             the
             said
             Town
             was
             then
             full
             of
             the
             King's
             Soldiers
             .
          
           
             
               Samuel
               Lawson
            
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             Maltster
             ,
             Aged
             Thirty
             Years
             or
             therabouts
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             August
             1642.
             he
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             Kings
             Standard
             brought
             forth
             of
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ,
             born
             upon
             diverse
             Gentlemens
             Shoulders
             (
             who
             as
             the
             Report
             was
             )
             were
             Noblemen
             ,
             and
             he
             saw
             the
             same
             by
             them
             carried
             to
             the
             Hill
             close
             adjoyning
             to
             the
             Castle
             ,
             with
             a
             Herald
             before
             it
             ,
             and
             there
             the
             said
             Standard
             was
             Erected
             with
             great
             Shoutings
             ,
             Acclamations
             ,
             and
             Sound
             of
             Drums
             and
             Trumpets
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             the
             said
             Standard
             was
             so
             Erected
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Proclamation
             made
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King
             present
             at
             the
             Erecting
             thereof
             .
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Town
             was
             then
             full
             of
             the
             Kings
             Soldiers
             ,
             of
             which
             some
             quartered
             in
             this
             Deponents
             House
             ,
             and
             that
             when
             the
             King
             with
             his
             said
             Forces
             went
             from
             the
             said
             Town
             ,
             the
             Inhabitants
             of
             the
             said
             Town
             were
             forced
             to
             pay
             a
             great
             sum
             of
             money
             to
             the
             Kings
             Army
             ,
             being
             threatned
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             they
             should
             refuse
             to
             pay
             it
             ,
             the
             said
             Town
             should
             be
             plundred
             .
          
           
             
               Arthur
               Young
            
             ,
             Citizen
             and
             Barber
             Chirurgeon
             of
             London
             ,
             being
             Aged
             twenty
             nine
             Years
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             was
             present
             at
             the
             Fight
             at
             Edge-Hill
             between
             the
             
             King's
             Army
             and
             the
             Parliaments
             ,
             in
             October
             1642.
             and
             he
             did
             then
             see
             the
             
             King's
             Standard
             advanced
             ,
             and
             flying
             in
             his
             Army
             in
             the
             said
             Fight
             .
             And
             that
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             then
             take
             the
             
             King
             's
             said
             Standard
             in
             that
             Battel
             from
             the
             Kings
             Forces
             ,
             which
             was
             afterwards
             taken
             from
             him
             by
             one
             Middleton
             ,
             who
             was
             afterwards
             made
             a
             Colonel
             .
          
           
           
             
               Thomas
               Whittington
            
             of
             the
             Town
             and
             County
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             Shoemaker
             ,
             Aged
             twenty
             two
             Years
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             that
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Town
             of
             Nottingham
             ,
             the
             same
             day
             that
             his
             Standard
             was
             first
             set
             up
             in
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ,
             being
             about
             the
             beginning
             of
             August
             1642.
             and
             that
             the
             King
             then
             went
             from
             his
             Lodgings
             at
             Thurland
             House
             ,
             towards
             the
             said
             Castle
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             him
             several
             times
             about
             that
             time
             in
             Nottingham
             ,
             there
             being
             divers
             Soldiers
             at
             that
             time
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             ,
             who
             were
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               The
               King's
               Soldiers
            
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             he
             saw
             the
             
             King's
             Standard
             flying
             upon
             the
             
               Old
               Tower
            
             in
             the
             said
             Castle
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Thomas
            
             of
             LLangollen
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Denbigh
             ,
             Husbandman
             ,
             Aged
             twenty
             five
             Years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             that
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             at
             Brainford
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ,
             on
             a
             Saturday
             Night
             at
             twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             ,
             soon
             after
             Edge-Hill
             Fight
             ,
             attended
             with
             Horse
             and
             Foot
             Soldiers
             ,
             the
             King
             being
             then
             on
             Horseback
             with
             his
             Sword
             by
             his
             side
             ;
             and
             this
             Deponent
             then
             heard
             the
             King
             say
             to
             the
             said
             soldiers
             as
             he
             was
             riding
             through
             the
             said
             Town
             ,
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               You
               lost
               your
               Honour
               at
            
             Edge-Hill
             ,
             
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               regain
               it
               again
               here
            
             ;
             or
             Words
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             some
             skirmishes
             between
             the
             
             King's
             Army
             and
             the
             
             Parliament's
             Army
             ,
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             both
             before
             and
             after
             the
             King
             spake
             the
             said
             Words
             ,
             and
             that
             many
             men
             were
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               Blomfield
            
             ,
             Citizen
             and
             Weaver
             of
             London
             ,
             Aged
             thirty
             five
             Years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             Defeat
             of
             the
             E.
             of
             
             Essex's
             Army
             in
             Cornwal
             ,
             he
             this
             Deponent
             was
             there
             ,
             it
             being
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             Month
             of
             August
             ,
             or
             beginning
             of
             September
             1644.
             
             At
             which
             time
             ,
             he
             this
             Deponent
             saw
             the
             King
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             near
             Foy
             ,
             on
             Horseback
             :
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             he
             
             did
             then
             see
             divers
             of
             the
             L.
             of
             
             Essex's
             Souldiers
             plundered
             ,
             contrary
             to
             Articles
             then
             lately
             made
             ,
             near
             the
             person
             of
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             
               William
               Jones
            
             of
             Vske
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             Husbandman
             ,
             Aged
             twenty
             two
             Years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             the
             King
             within
             two
             Miles
             of
             
             Naseby-Field
             ,
             the
             King
             then
             coming
             fromwards
             Harborough
             ,
             Marching
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             towards
             
             Naseby-Field
             where
             the
             Fight
             was
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             then
             see
             the
             King
             ride
             up
             to
             the
             Regiment
             which
             was
             Col.
             
               St.
               Georges
            
             ,
             and
             there
             the
             Deponent
             did
             hear
             the
             King
             ask
             the
             Regiment
             ,
             
               Whether
               they
               were
               willing
               to
               fight
               for
               him
               ?
            
             To
             which
             the
             Soldiers
             made
             an
             Acclamation
             ,
             crying
             ,
             
               All
               ,
               All.
            
             
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             that
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             Leicester
             with
             his
             Forces
             ,
             the
             same
             day
             that
             the
             
             King's
             Forces
             had
             taken
             it
             from
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Army
             that
             besieged
             Glocester
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             said
             Siege
             .
          
           
             
               Humphrey
               Browne
            
             of
             Whitsondine
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Rutland
             ,
             Husbandman
             ,
             Aged
             twenty
             two
             Years
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             at
             such
             time
             as
             the
             Town
             of
             Leicester
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             
             King's
             Forces
             ,
             being
             in
             or
             about
             June
             1645.
             
             Newark
             Fort
             in
             Leicester
             aforesaid
             was
             surrendred
             to
             the
             
             King's
             Forces
             upon
             Composition
             ,
             that
             neither
             Cloaths
             nor
             Money
             should
             be
             taken
             away
             from
             any
             of
             the
             Soldiers
             of
             that
             Fort
             which
             had
             so
             surrendred
             ,
             nor
             any
             violence
             offered
             to
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             assoon
             as
             the
             said
             Fort
             was
             upon
             such
             Composition
             so
             surrendred
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             King's
             Soldiers
             contrary
             to
             the
             Articles
             ,
             fell
             upon
             the
             Soldiers
             of
             the
             said
             Fort
             ,
             stript
             ,
             cut
             and
             wounded
             many
             of
             them
             ;
             whereupon
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             King's
             Officers
             rebuking
             some
             of
             those
             that
             did
             so
             abuse
             the
             said
             Parliaments
             Soldiers
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             did
             then
             hear
             the
             King
             reply
             ,
             
               I
               do
               not
               care
               if
               they
               cut
               them
               three
               times
               
               more
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               mine
               Enemies
               ,
            
             or
             words
             to
             that
             effect
             :
             And
             that
             the
             King
             was
             then
             on
             Horseback
             ,
             in
             bright
             Armour
             ,
             in
             the
             said
             Town
             of
             Leicester
             .
          
           
             
               David
               Evans
            
             of
             Abergenny
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             Smith
             ,
             Aged
             about
             twenty
             three
             years
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             half
             an
             hour
             before
             the
             Fight
             at
             Naseby
             ,
             about
             Midsummer
             in
             June
             ,
             1645.
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             marching
             up
             to
             the
             Battail
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             being
             about
             half
             a
             mile
             from
             the
             place
             where
             the
             said
             Battail
             was
             fought
             .
          
           
             
               Diogenes
               Edwards
            
             ,
             of
             Carston
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Salop
             ,
             Butcher
             ,
             Aged
             21
             years
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             June
             1645.
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             an
             hour
             and
             a
             half
             before
             the
             Fight
             in
             Naseby
             Field
             ,
             marching
             up
             to
             the
             Battail
             ,
             being
             then
             a
             mile
             and
             a
             half
             from
             the
             said
             Field
             :
             And
             this
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             afterwards
             the
             same
             day
             see
             many
             slain
             at
             the
             said
             Battail
             .
          
           
             
               Giles
               Gryce
            
             of
             Wellington
             ,
             in
             Shropshire
             ,
             Gent.
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             Deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             at
             
             Cropredy-Bridge
             ,
             with
             his
             Sword
             drawn
             in
             his
             Hand
             ,
             that
             day
             when
             the
             Fight
             was
             against
             Sir
             
               William
               Waller
            
             ,
             on
             a
             Fryday
             ,
             as
             this
             Deponent
             remembreth
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1644
             ,
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             Iuly
             ,
             and
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             same
             Summer
             ,
             in
             Cornwall
             ,
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             about
             Lestithiel
             at
             such
             time
             as
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             was
             there
             with
             his
             Army
             .
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             also
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             at
             the
             second
             Fight
             near
             Newberry
             .
             And
             further
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Front
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             in
             Naseby
             Field
             ,
             having
             Back
             and
             Breast
             on
             :
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Army
             ,
             at
             what
             time
             the
             Town
             of
             Leicester
             was
             stormed
             ,
             and
             
             saw
             the
             King
             Ride
             into
             the
             Town
             of
             Leicester
             ,
             after
             the
             Town
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             he
             saw
             a
             great
             many
             men
             killed
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             at
             Leicester
             ,
             and
             many
             Houses
             Plundred
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Vinson
            
             of
             Damorham
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Wilts
             ,
             Gent.
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             the
             First
             Newberry
             Fight
             ,
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             September
             ,
             1643.
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             where
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             many
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             ;
             this
             Deponent
             also
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             the
             Second
             Battail
             at
             Newberry
             ,
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             November
             ,
             1644.
             where
             the
             King
             was
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             in
             Complete
             Armour
             ,
             with
             his
             Sword
             drawn
             ;
             and
             this
             Deponent
             did
             then
             see
             the
             King
             Lead
             up
             Colonel
             
               Thomas
               Howards
            
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             ,
             and
             did
             hear
             him
             make
             a
             Speech
             to
             the
             Soldiers
             ,
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             that
             Regiment
             ,
             to
             this
             effect
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             
               That
               the
               said
               Regiment
               should
               stand
               to
               him
               that
               Day
               ,
               for
               that
               his
               Crown
               lay
               upon
               the
               Point
               of
               the
               Sword
               ,
               and
               if
               he
               lost
               that
               Day
               ,
               he
               lost
               his
               Honour
               and
               his
               Crown
               for
               ever
               .
            
             And
             that
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             many
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             ,
             at
             that
             Battail
             .
             This
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Battail
             at
             Naseby
             Field
             ,
             in
             Northamptonshire
             ,
             on
             or
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             June
             ,
             1645.
             where
             the
             King
             was
             then
             Completely
             Armed
             with
             Back
             ,
             Breast
             and
             Helmet
             ,
             and
             had
             his
             Sword
             drawn
             ,
             where
             the
             King
             himself
             after
             his
             Party
             was
             Routed
             ,
             did
             Rally
             up
             the
             Horse
             ,
             and
             caused
             them
             to
             stand
             ;
             and
             at
             that
             time
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             many
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             .
          
           
             
               George
               Seely
            
             of
             London
             ,
             Cordwainer
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             a
             Brigade
             of
             Horse
             ,
             at
             the
             Siege
             of
             Gloucester
             ,
             and
             did
             also
             see
             the
             King
             at
             the
             First
             Fight
             at
             Newberry
             ,
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             September
             ,
             1643.
             where
             the
             King
             was
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             were
             many
             slain
             at
             that
             Fight
             on
             both
             sides
             :
             This
             Deponent
             also
             saith
             ,
          
           
           
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             the
             second
             Fight
             at
             Newbery
             ,
             which
             was
             about
             November
             ,
             1644.
             where
             the
             King
             was
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             his
             Army
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Moore
            
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Corke
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             Gent.
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             last
             Fight
             at
             Newberry
             ,
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             November
             ,
             1644.
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Horse
             ,
             with
             his
             Sword
             drawn
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             did
             see
             abundance
             of
             men
             at
             that
             Fight
             slain
             upon
             the
             ground
             ,
             on
             both
             sides
             :
             This
             Deponent
             also
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             ride
             into
             Leicester
             ,
             before
             a
             Party
             of
             Horse
             ,
             the
             same
             day
             that
             Leicester
             was
             taken
             by
             the
             Kings
             Forces
             ,
             which
             was
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             June
             ,
             1645.
             
          
           
             This
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             before
             the
             Fight
             at
             Leicester
             ,
             at
             Cropredy-Bridge
             ,
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             ,
             And
             that
             he
             did
             see
             many
             slain
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             when
             the
             King
             was
             in
             the
             Fight
             at
             Cropredy-Bridge
             .
          
           
             And
             Lastly
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             ,
             at
             the
             head
             of
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             at
             Naseby
             Fight
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             June
             ,
             1645.
             where
             he
             did
             see
             abundance
             of
             men
             Cut
             ,
             Shot
             and
             slain
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Ives
            
             of
             Boyset
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Northampton
             ,
             Husbandman
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Army
             at
             the
             First
             Fight
             of
             Newberry
             ,
             in
             Berkshire
             ,
             in
             the
             Month
             of
             September
             ,
             1643.
             and
             that
             he
             did
             see
             many
             slain
             at
             that
             Fight
             ,
             he
             this
             Deponent
             and
             others
             with
             a
             Party
             of
             Horse
             ,
             being
             Commanded
             to
             face
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             ,
             whilst
             the
             Foot
             did
             fetch
             off
             the
             Dead
             .
          
           
             He
             saith
             also
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             advance
             with
             his
             Army
             to
             the
             Fight
             at
             Naseby
             Field
             in
             Northamptonshire
             ,
             about
             June
             ,
             1645.
             and
             that
             he
             did
             again
             at
             that
             Fight
             see
             the
             King
             come
             off
             with
             a
             Party
             of
             Horse
             after
             that
             his
             Army
             was
             Routed
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             were
             many
             Men
             slain
             on
             both
             parts
             ,
             at
             that
             Battail
             at
             Naseby
             .
          
           
           
             
               Thomas
               Rawlins
            
             of
             Hanslop
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Bucks
             ,
             Gent
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             near
             Foy
             in
             Cornwal
             in
             or
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             July
             1644.
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             a
             Party
             of
             Horse
             ;
             and
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             some
             Soldiers
             plunder
             after
             the
             Articles
             of
             Agreement
             made
             between
             the
             King's
             Army
             and
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             ,
             which
             Soldiers
             were
             so
             plundered
             by
             the
             King's
             Party
             ,
             not
             far
             distant
             from
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Read
            
             of
             Maidstone
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Kent
             ,
             Gent.
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             presently
             after
             the
             laying
             down
             of
             Arms
             in
             Cornwal
             ,
             between
             Lestithiel
             and
             Foy
             ,
             in
             or
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             Month
             of
             August
             ,
             or
             the
             beginning
             of
             September
             1644.
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             a
             Guard
             of
             Horse
             .
          
           
             
               James
               Crosby
            
             of
             Dublin
             in
             Ireland
             ,
             Barber
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             at
             the
             first
             Fight
             at
             Newbury
             ,
             about
             the
             time
             of
             Barley-Harvest
             1643.
             he
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             the
             King
             riding
             from
             Newbury
             Town
             ,
             accompanied
             with
             divers
             Lords
             and
             Gentlemen
             ,
             towards
             the
             place
             where
             his
             Forces
             were
             then
             fighting
             with
             the
             Parliaments
             Army
             .
          
           
             
               Samuel
               Burden
            
             of
             Lyneham
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Wilts
             ,
             Gent.
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             was
             at
             Nottingham
             in
             or
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             August
             ,
             1642.
             at
             which
             time
             he
             saw
             a
             Flagg
             flying
             upon
             the
             Tower
             of
             Nottingham
             Castle
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             next
             day
             afterwards
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             Nottingham
             ,
             when
             the
             said
             Flagg
             was
             still
             flying
             ,
             which
             Flagg
             this
             Deponent
             then
             heard
             was
             the
             King's
             Standard
             .
          
           
             He
             saith
             also
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             afterwards
             see
             the
             King
             at
             
             Cropredy-Bridge
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             in
             a
             Fallow
             Field
             there
             ,
             and
             did
             see
             the
             King
             in
             pursuit
             of
             Sir
             William
             Waller's
             Army
             ,
             being
             then
             Routed
             ,
             which
             was
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             July
             1644.
             
             And
             at
             that
             time
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             many
             People
             slain
             upon
             the
             Ground
             .
          
           
           
             And
             further
             this
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             in
             or
             about
             the
             Month
             of
             Novemb.
             1644.
             he
             did
             see
             the
             King
             at
             the
             last
             Fight
             at
             Newbury
             ,
             riding
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Field
             from
             Regiment
             to
             Regiment
             ,
             whilst
             his
             Army
             was
             there
             fighting
             with
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             ;
             and
             this
             Deponent
             did
             see
             many
             Men
             slain
             at
             that
             Battel
             on
             both
             sides
             .
          
           
             
               Michael
               Potts
            
             of
             Sharpereton
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Northumberland
             ,
             Vintner
             ,
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             deposeth
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Army
             in
             the
             Fields
             about
             a
             Mile
             and
             a
             half
             from
             Newbury
             Town
             ,
             upon
             the
             Heath
             ,
             the
             day
             before
             the
             Fight
             was
             ,
             it
             being
             about
             Harvest-tide
             in
             the
             Year
             1643.
             
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             on
             the
             day
             after
             ,
             when
             the
             Fight
             was
             ,
             standing
             near
             a
             great
             Piece
             of
             Ordnance
             in
             the
             Fields
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             second
             Newbury
             Fight
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             being
             after
             or
             about
             Michaelmas
             1644.
             
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             a
             great
             many
             Men
             slain
             at
             both
             the
             said
             Battels
             .
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             near
             
             Cropredy-Bridge
             in
             the
             Year
             1644.
             
          
           
             And
             he
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             in
             Cornwal
             ,
             near
             Lestithiel
             ,
             while
             the
             E.
             of
             Essex
             lay
             there
             with
             his
             Forces
             ,
             about
             the
             middle
             of
             Harvest
             1644.
             
          
           
             
               George
               Cornwal
            
             of
             Aston
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             Ferryman
             ,
             Aged
             fifty
             Years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             did
             see
             the
             King
             near
             
             Cropredy-Bridge
             ,
             about
             the
             time
             of
             Mowing
             of
             Corn
             ,
             1644.
             in
             the
             Van
             of
             the
             Army
             there
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             drew
             up
             his
             Army
             upon
             a
             Hill
             ,
             and
             faced
             the
             Parliaments
             Army
             ;
             and
             that
             there
             was
             thereupon
             a
             Skirmish
             between
             the
             
             King
             's
             and
             the
             Parliaments
             Army
             ;
             where
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             saw
             divers
             persons
             slain
             on
             both
             sides
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Examination
             of
             
               Henry
               Gooche
            
             of
             Grayes-Inn
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ,
             Gent.
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             .
          
           
             This
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             upon
             or
             about
             the
             Thirtieth
             day
             of
             September
             last
             ,
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             Isle
             of
             Wight
             ,
             and
             had
             Access
             unto
             ,
             and
             Discourse
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             the
             means
             of
             the
             L.
             Marquess
             of
             Hartford
             ,
             and
             Commissary
             Morgan
             ;
             where
             this
             Deponent
             told
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             his
             Majesty
             had
             many
             Friends
             ;
             and
             that
             since
             his
             Majesty
             was
             pleased
             to
             justifie
             the
             Parliaments
             first
             taking
             up
             Arms
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Party
             both
             Soldiers
             and
             others
             ,
             would
             stick
             close
             to
             him
             ;
             To
             which
             the
             King
             answered
             thus
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             have
             all
             his
             old
             Friends
             know
             ,
             that
             though
             for
             the
             present
             he
             was
             contented
             to
             give
             the
             Parliament
             leave
             to
             call
             their
             own
             War
             what
             they
             pleased
             ,
             yet
             that
             he
             neither
             did
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             nor
             ever
             should
             decline
             the
             Justice
             of
             his
             own
             Cause
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             told
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             his
             Business
             was
             much
             retarded
             ,
             and
             that
             neither
             Col.
             Thomas
             ,
             nor
             any
             other
             could
             proceed
             to
             Action
             ,
             through
             want
             of
             Commission
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             answered
             ,
             That
             he
             being
             upon
             a
             Treaty
             ,
             would
             not
             dishonour
             himself
             ;
             but
             that
             if
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             would
             take
             the
             pains
             to
             go
             over
             to
             the
             Prince
             his
             Son
             (
             who
             had
             full
             Authority
             from
             him
             )
             he
             the
             said
             Deponent
             ,
             or
             any
             for
             him
             ,
             should
             receive
             whatsoever
             Commissions
             should
             be
             desired
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             he
             would
             appoint
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Hartford
             to
             write
             to
             his
             Son
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             and
             was
             pleased
             to
             express
             much
             of
             Joy
             and
             Affection
             ,
             that
             his
             good
             Subjects
             would
             ingage
             themselves
             for
             his
             Restauration
             .
          
           
             
               Robert
               Williams
            
             of
             the
             Parish
             of
             St.
             Martins
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Cornwal
             ,
             Husbandman
             ,
             Aged
             twenty
             three
             Years
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             sworn
             and
             examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             did
             see
             the
             King
             marching
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             about
             September
             ,
             1644.
             a
             Mile
             from
             Lestithiel
             in
             Cornwal
             ,
             in
             Armor
             ,
             with
             a
             short
             Coat
             over
             it
             unbuttoned
             .
          
           
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             further
             saith
             ,
             That
             he
             saw
             him
             after
             that
             in
             St.
             Austell
             Downes
             ,
             drawing
             up
             his
             Army
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             he
             did
             after
             that
             see
             the
             King
             in
             the
             Head
             of
             his
             Army
             near
             Foy
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             E.
             of
             Essex
             and
             his
             Army
             did
             then
             lie
             within
             one
             Mile
             and
             a
             half
             of
             the
             King's
             Army
             .
          
           
             The
             Witnesses
             being
             Examined
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             for
             an
             hour
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               25
               Jan.
               1648.
               
                 post
                 Merid.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Crowwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Barkstead
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Waite
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Fry.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Knight
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Price
            
             of
             London
             ,
             Scrivener
             ,
             was
             produced
             a
             Witness
             to
             the
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             who
             being
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             saith
             ,
          
           
             That
             upon
             occasion
             of
             some
             tampering
             by
             the
             King's
             Agents
             with
             the
             Independants
             in
             and
             about
             London
             ,
             to
             
             draw
             them
             from
             the
             Parliaments
             Cause
             ,
             to
             the
             
             King's
             Party
             ;
             and
             this
             being
             discovered
             by
             some
             of
             those
             so
             tampered
             with
             ,
             unto
             sundry
             Members
             of
             the
             
               Committee
               of
               Safety
            
             ,
             who
             directed
             a
             carrying
             on
             of
             a
             seeming
             Compliance
             with
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             did
             travel
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             in
             January
             1643.
             having
             a
             safe
             Conduct
             under
             the
             Kings
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             ,
             which
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             knoweth
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             King
             did
             own
             it
             when
             he
             was
             told
             that
             this
             Deponent
             was
             the
             man
             that
             came
             to
             Oxon
             with
             that
             safe
             Conduct
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             Deponent
             also
             saith
             ,
             That
             after
             sundry
             Meetings
             between
             him
             and
             the
             E.
             of
             Bristol
             ,
             about
             the
             drawing
             of
             the
             Independents
             unto
             the
             King's
             Cause
             against
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             the
             Substance
             of
             the
             Discourse
             ,
             at
             which
             Meetings
             the
             said
             Earl
             told
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             was
             communicated
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             ,
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             said
             Earl
             brought
             to
             the
             King
             to
             confer
             further
             about
             that
             Business
             ;
             where
             the
             King
             declared
             ,
             
               That
               he
               was
               very
               sensible
               that
               the
            
             Independents
             
               had
               been
               the
               most
               active
               men
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               for
               the
               Parliament
               against
               him
            
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             perswaded
             this
             Deponent
             to
             use
             all
             means
             to
             expedite
             their
             turning
             to
             Him
             and
             his
             Cause
             :
             And
             for
             their
             better
             encouragement
             ,
             the
             King
             promised
             in
             the
             Word
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             That
             ,
             
               if
               they
               ,
               the
            
             Independents
             ,
             
               would
               turn
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               active
               for
               him
               against
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               been
               active
               for
               them
               against
               him
               ,
               then
               he
               would
               grant
               them
               whatsoever
               freedom
               they
               would
               desire
            
             :
             And
             the
             King
             did
             then
             refer
             this
             Deponent
             unto
             the
             E.
             of
             Bristol
             ,
             for
             the
             further
             prosecuting
             of
             the
             said
             Business
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             said
             Earl
             thereupon
             (
             this
             Deponent
             being
             withdrawn
             from
             the
             King
             )
             did
             declare
             unto
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             and
             willed
             him
             to
             inpart
             the
             same
             unto
             the
             Independents
             ,
             for
             their
             better
             encouragement
             ,
             That
             
               the
               King's
               Affairs
               prospered
               well
               in
            
             Ireland
             :
             That
             ,
             the
             Irish
             
               Subjects
               had
               given
               the
               Rebels
            
             (
             meaning
             the
             Parliaments
             Forces
             )
             
               a
               great
               Defeat
            
             :
             That
             ,
             
               the
               King
               had
               sent
               the
               Lord
            
             Byron
             
               with
               a
               small
               Party
               towards
            
             Cheshire
             ,
             
               and
               that
               he
               was
               greatly
               multiplied
               ,
               and
               had
               a
               considerable
               Army
               ,
               and
               was
               then
               before
            
             Namptwich
             ,
             
               and
               would
               be
               strengthened
               with
               more
               Soldiers
               out
               of
            
             Ireland
             ,
             
               which
               were
               come
               and
               expected
               
               dayly
            
             :
             And
             when
             this
             Deponent
             was
             to
             depart
             out
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             four
             safe
             Conducts
             with
             Blanks
             in
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             inserting
             of
             what
             Names
             this
             Deponent
             pleased
             ,
             were
             delivered
             to
             him
             ,
             under
             the
             King's
             Hand
             and
             Seal
             ;
             and
             one
             Ogle
             was
             sent
             out
             of
             Oxon
             with
             this
             Deponent
             ,
             to
             treat
             about
             the
             Delivering
             up
             of
             Alisbury
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             it
             being
             then
             a
             Garrison
             for
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             same
             time
             Oxford
             was
             a
             Garrison
             for
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Several
             Papers
             and
             Letters
             of
             the
             King
             's
             ,
             under
             his
             own
             Hand
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             own
             Writing
             ,
             and
             other
             Papers
             are
             produced
             and
             read
             in
             open
             Court.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Challoner
            
             also
             reporteth
             several
             Papers
             and
             Letters
             of
             the
             Kings
             writing
             ,
             aud
             under
             the
             Kings
             own
             Hand
             .
          
           
             After
             which
             the
             Court
             sate
             private
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             taking
             into
             Consideration
             the
             whole
             Matter
             in
             Charge
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             passed
             these
             Votes
             following
             ,
             as
             preparatory
             to
             the
             Sentence
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             Ordered
             that
             they
             should
             not
             be
             binding
             finally
             to
             conclude
             the
             Court
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Resolved
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             ,
             
               That
               this
               Court
               will
               Proceed
               to
            
             entence
             of
             Condemnation
             against
             Charles
             Stuart
             ,
             
               King
               of
            
             England
             .
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               That
               the
            
             Condemnation
             
               of
               the
               King
               shall
               be
               for
               a
            
             Tyrant
             ,
             Traitor
             and
             Murtherer
             .
          
           
             
               That
               the
            
             Condemnation
             
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               shall
               be
               likewise
               for
               being
               a
               publique
            
             Enemy
             
               to
               the
            
             Common-wealth
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             
               That
               this
            
             Condemnation
             
               shall
               extend
               to
            
             Death
             .
          
           
             Memorandum
             ,
             
               The
               last
               aforementioned
               Commissioners
               were
               present
               at
               these
            
             Votes
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             then
             moved
             concerning
             the
             Deposition
             and
             Deprivation
             of
             the
             King
             before
             ,
             and
             in
             Order
             to
             that
             part
             of
             his
             Sentence
             ,
             which
             concerned
             his
             Execution
             ,
             thought
             fit
             to
             defer
             the
             Consideration
             thereof
             to
             some
             other
             time
             ,
             and
             Ordered
             the
             Draught
             
             of
             a
             Sentence
             grounded
             upon
             the
             said
             Votes
             ,
             to
             be
             accordingly
             prepared
             by
             Mr.
             Scot
             ,
             Mr.
             Marten
             ,
             Col.
             Harrison
             ,
             Mr.
             Lisle
             ,
             Mr.
             Say
             ,
             Commissary
             Gen.
             Ireton
             and
             Mr.
             Love
             ,
             ,
             or
             any
             three
             of
             them
             ,
             with
             a
             Blank
             for
             the
             manner
             of
             his
             Death
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Members
               of
               this
               Court
               who
               are
               in
               and
               about
            
             London
             ,
             
               and
               are
               not
               now
               present
               ,
               be
               Summoned
               to
               attend
               the
               Service
               of
               this
               Court
               to
               morrow
               at
               One
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               the
               Afternoon
            
             ;
             for
             whom
             Summons
             were
             issued
             forth
             accordingly
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             the
             Morrow
             at
             One
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Veneris
               ,
               26
               Jan.
               1648.
               
                 post
                 Merid.
              
               
            
          
           
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
             Three
             Proclamations
             .
             
               The
               Court
               called
            
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Mildmay
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Martin
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blakistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wait.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Mounson
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dove
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hammond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Fleetwood
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Browne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             the
             Court
             sate
             private
             .
          
           
             The
             Draught
             of
             a
             Sentence
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             according
             to
             the
             Votes
             of
             the
             25
             th
             .
             Instant
             ,
             prepared
             ,
             and
             after
             several
             Readings
             ,
             Debates
             and
             Amendments
             ,
             by
             the
             Court
             thereupon
             ,
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             &c.
             
             That
             
               this
               Court
               do
               agree
               to
               the
               Sentence
               now
               read
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               said
               Sentence
               shall
               be
               ingrossed
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               King
               be
               brought
               to
            
             Westminster
             
               to
               morrow
               ,
               to
               receive
               his
               Sentence
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             the
             Morrow
             at
             Ten
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Morning
             to
             this
             Place
             ;
             the
             Court
             giving
             notice
             that
             they
             then
             intended
             to
             Adjourn
             from
             thence
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Sabbati
               ,
               27
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             .
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             being
             made
             ,
             
               The
               Court
               is
               thereupon
               called
            
             .
          
           
             
               Commissioners
               present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Matthew
                 Tomlinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Fleetwood
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Browne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Alured
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scott
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Hamond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Waite
              
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             Sentence
             agreed
             on
             ,
             and
             ordered
             by
             this
             Court
             26
             Instant
             ,
             to
             be
             ingrossed
             ,
             being
             accordingly
             ingrossed
             ,
             was
             read
             .
          
           
             Resolved
             ,
             
               That
               the
               Sentence
               now
               read
               shall
               be
               the
               Sentence
               of
               this
               Court
               for
               the
               Condemnation
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               Read
               and
               Published
               in
            
             Westminster-Hall
             
               this
               day
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             hereupon
             considered
             of
             certain
             Instructions
             for
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ,
             to
             manage
             the
             Business
             of
             this
             day
             in
             Westminster-Hall
             ;
             and
             Ordered
             ,
          
           
             That
             the
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               manage
               what
               Discourse
               shall
               happen
               between
               him
               and
               the
               King
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               discretion
               ,
               with
               the
               advice
               of
               his
               two
               Assistants
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               still
               persist
               in
               excepting
               against
               the
               Courts
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               to
               let
               him
               know
               that
               the
               Court
               do
               still
               affirm
               their
               Jurisdiction
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               submit
               to
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               pray
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Charge
               ,
               that
               then
               the
               Court
               do
               withdraw
               and
               advise
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               move
               any
               thing
               else
               worth
               the
               Courts
               Consideration
               ,
               that
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               upon
               Advice
               of
               his
               said
               Assistants
               ,
               do
               give
               Order
               for
               the
               Courts
               withdrawing
               to
               advise
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               in
               case
               the
               King
               shall
               not
               submit
               to
               Answer
               ,
               and
               there
               happen
               no
               such
               Cause
               of
               withdrawing
               ,
               that
               then
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               do
               command
               the
               Sentence
               to
               be
               read
               ;
               but
               that
               the
            
             Lord
             President
             
               should
               hear
               the
            
             King
             
               say
               what
               he
               would
               before
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               and
               not
               after
               .
            
          
           
             And
             thereupon
             it
             being
             further
             moved
             ,
             Whether
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             should
             use
             any
             Discourse
             or
             Speeches
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             other
             Prisoners
             to
             be
             condemned
             ,
             was
             usual
             before
             the
             Publishing
             of
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             received
             general
             Directions
             to
             do
             therein
             as
             he
             should
             see
             cause
             ,
             and
             to
             press
             what
             he
             should
             conceive
             most
             seasonable
             and
             sutable
             to
             the
             Occasion
             .
             And
             it
             was
             further
             directed
             ,
             That
             after
             the
             Reading
             of
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             should
             declare
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             was
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             Judgment
             and
             Resolution
             of
             the
             whole
             Court
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Commissioners
             should
             thereupon
             signifie
             their
             Consent
             by
             standing
             up
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             forthwith
             Adjourned
             it self
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             
               27
               Jan.
               1648.
               
                 post
                 Merid.
              
               
            
             Westminster-Hall
             .
          
           
             The
             
               Lord
               President
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Commissioners
             come
             together
             from
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             Adjournment
             ,
             and
             take
             their
             Seats
             there
             ,
             as
             formerly
             ;
             and
             three
             Proclamations
             being
             made
             for
             Attendance
             and
             Silence
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               is
               called
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Crowwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Knight
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Barkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Matthew
                 Tomlinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
                 ▪
              
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
                 ▪
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
                 ▪
              
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               L.
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleve●e●
              
               ▪
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Alured
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               ,
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawle●
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downs
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Hamond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 George
                 Fleetwood
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Waite
              
               .
            
          
           
           
             The
             Prisoner
             is
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar
             ,
             and
             Proclamation
             is
             again
             (
             as
             formerly
             )
             made
             for
             Silence
             ;
             and
             the
             Captain
             of
             the
             Guard
             ordered
             to
             take
             into
             his
             Custody
             all
             such
             as
             should
             disturb
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             The
             President
             stood
             up
             ,
             with
             an
             intention
             of
             address
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             who
             had
             so
             often
             declined
             the
             Jurisdiction
             of
             the
             Court
             ;
             which
             the
             Prisoner
             observing
             ,
             moved
             he
             might
             be
             heard
             before
             Judgment
             given
             ;
             whereof
             he
             received
             assurance
             from
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             be
             heard
             after
             he
             had
             heard
             them
             first
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             the
             Court
             proceeded
             ,
             and
             remembred
             the
             great
             Assembly
             then
             present
             ,
             of
             what
             had
             formerly
             passed
             betwixt
             the
             Court
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             the
             Charge
             against
             him
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             exhibited
             to
             them
             ,
             being
             a
             Court
             constituted
             by
             the
             Supream
             Authority
             of
             England
             ,
             his
             refusal
             three
             several
             days
             and
             times
             to
             own
             them
             as
             a
             Court
             ,
             or
             to
             answer
             to
             the
             Matter
             of
             his
             Charge
             ,
             his
             thrice
             recorded
             Contumacy
             ,
             and
             other
             his
             Contempts
             and
             Defaults
             in
             the
             precedent
             Courts
             ;
             upon
             which
             ,
             the
             Court
             then
             declared
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             be
             wanting
             to
             themselves
             ,
             or
             to
             the
             Trust
             reposed
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             mans
             Wilfulness
             ought
             to
             serve
             him
             to
             prevent
             Justice
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             had
             therefore
             thought
             fit
             to
             take
             the
             substance
             of
             what
             had
             passed
             ,
             into
             their
             serious
             consideration
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Charge
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoners
             Contumacy
             ,
             and
             the
             Confession
             which
             in
             Law
             doth
             arise
             upon
             that
             Contumacy
             ,
             the
             Notoriety
             of
             the
             Fact
             charged
             ,
             and
             other
             the
             Circumstances
             material
             in
             the
             Cause
             ;
             and
             upon
             the
             whole
             Matter
             ,
             had
             resolved
             and
             agreed
             upon
             a
             Sentence
             then
             ready
             to
             be
             pronounced
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             :
             But
             that
             in
             regard
             of
             his
             desire
             to
             be
             further
             heard
             ,
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             hear
             him
             as
             to
             any
             thing
             material
             which
             he
             would
             offer
             to
             their
             consideration
             before
             the
             Sentence
             given
             ,
             relating
             to
             the
             Defence
             of
             himself
             concerning
             the
             Matter
             charged
             ;
             and
             did
             then
             signifie
             so
             much
             to
             the
             Prisoner
             ;
             who
             made
             use
             of
             that
             leave
             given
             ,
             only
             to
             protest
             his
             respects
             to
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
             ;
             and
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             
               the
               same
               made
               
               him
               at
               last
               to
               desire
               ,
               That
               having
               somewhat
               to
               say
               that
               concerned
               both
               ,
               he
               might
               before
               the
               Sentence
               given
               ,
               be
               heard
               in
               the
            
             Painted
             Chamber
             ,
             
               before
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
            
             ;
             saying
             ,
             
               it
               was
               fit
               to
               be
               heard
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               Reason
               which
               he
               should
               offer
               ,
               whereof
               they
               were
               Judges
            
             :
             And
             pressing
             that
             Point
             much
             ,
             he
             was
             forthwith
             answered
             by
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             told
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               that
               which
               he
               had
               moved
               was
               a
               declining
               of
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               whereof
               he
               had
               Caution
               frequently
               before
               given
               him
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               it
               sounded
               to
               further
               delay
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               had
               been
               too
               much
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               the
               Court
               being
               founded
               (
               as
               often
               had
               been
               said
               )
               upon
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
            
             Commons
             of
             England
             ,
             
               in
               whom
               rested
               the
            
             Supream
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             
               the
               motion
               tended
               to
               set
               up
               another
               ,
               or
               a
               co-ordinate
               Jurisdiction
               in
               derogation
               of
               the
               Power
               whereby
               the
               Court
               sate
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               manifest
               delay
               of
               theif
               Justice
               ;
               in
               which
               regard
               ,
            
             he
             was
             told
             ,
             
               they
               might
               forthwith
               proceed
               to
               Sentence
               ;
               yet
               for
               his
               further
               satisfaction
               of
               the
               entire
               Pleasure
               and
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               upon
               what
               he
               had
               then
               said
               ,
            
             he
             was
             told
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             it
             was
             declared
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Court
               would
               withdraw
               half
               an
               hour
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             by
             command
             being
             withdrawn
             ,
             the
             Court
             make
             their
             recess
             into
             the
             Room
             called
             The
             
               Court
               of
               Wards
            
             ,
             considered
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             Motion
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             President
             Direction
             to
             declare
             their
             Dissent
             thereto
             ,
             and
             to
             proceed
             to
             the
             Sentence
             .
          
           
             The
             Court
             being
             again
             set
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             returned
             ,
             was
             according
             to
             their
             Direction
             ,
             informed
             ,
             That
             
               he
               had
               in
               effect
               received
               his
               Answer
               before
               the
               Court
               withdrew
               ,
               and
               that
               their
               Judgment
               was
               (
               as
               to
               his
               Motion
               )
               the
               same
               to
               him
               before
               declared
            
             ;
             That
             ,
             
               the
               Court
               acted
               ,
               and
               were
               Judges
               appointed
               by
               the
               Highest
               Authority
               ,
               and
               that
               Judges
               were
               not
               to
               delay
               ,
               no
               more
               than
               to
               deny
               Justice
            
             ;
             That
             ,
             
               they
               were
               good
               words
               in
               the
               great
               old
               Charter
               of
            
             England
             ,
             Nulli
             negabimus
             ,
             nulli
             vendemus
             ,
             nulli
             differemus
             Justitiam
             vel
             Rectum
             .
             That
             ,
             
               their
               Duty
               called
               upon
               them
               to
               avoid
               further
               Delays
               ,
               and
               to
               proceed
               to
               Judgment
               ;
               which
               was
               their
               unanimous
               Resolution
               .
            
          
           
           
             Unto
             which
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             replied
             ,
             and
             insisted
             upon
             his
             former
             Desires
             ,
             confessing
             a
             delay
             ,
             but
             that
             it
             was
             important
             for
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             therefore
             pressed
             again
             with
             much
             earnestness
             to
             be
             heard
             before
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             .
          
           
             In
             Answer
             whereto
             ,
             he
             was
             told
             by
             the
             Court
             ,
             That
             
               they
               had
               fully
               before
               considered
               of
               his
               Proposal
               ,
               and
               must
               give
               him
               the
               same
               Answer
               to
               his
               renewed
               desires
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               were
               ready
               to
               proceed
               to
               Sentence
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               nothing
               more
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             Whereunto
             he
             subjoyned
             ,
             
               He
               had
               no
               more
               to
               say
            
             ;
             but
             desired
             that
             might
             be
             Entred
             which
             he
             had
             said
             .
          
           
             Hereupon
             ,
             after
             some
             Discourse
             used
             by
             the
             President
             ,
             for
             vindicating
             the
             Parliaments
             Justice
             ,
             explaining
             the
             Nature
             of
             the
             Crimes
             of
             which
             the
             Prisoner
             stood
             charged
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             he
             was
             to
             be
             condemned
             ;
             and
             by
             way
             of
             Exhortation
             to
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             to
             a
             serious
             Repentance
             for
             his
             high
             Transgressions
             against
             God
             and
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             to
             prepare
             for
             his
             Eternal
             Condition
             ;
          
           
             The
             Sentence
             formerly
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             and
             put
             down
             in
             Parchment-Writing
             ,
             
               O
               Yes
            
             being
             first
             made
             for
             Silence
             ,
             was
             by
             the
             Courts
             Command
             ,
             solemnly
             pronounced
             and
             given
             :
             the
             Tenor
             whereof
             followeth
             .
          
           
             
               Whereas
               the
            
             Commons
             of
             England
             
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               have
               by
               their
               late
               Act
               ,
               Entituled
               ,
            
             An
             Act
             of
             the
             Commons
             of
             England
             Assembled
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             for
             Erecting
             of
             an
             
               High
               Court
               of
               Justice
            
             for
             the
             Trying
             and
             Judging
             of
             
               CHARLES
               STVART
            
             K.
             of
             England
             ;
             
               Authorized
               and
               Constituted
               us
               an
            
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             
               for
               the
               Trying
               and
               Judging
               of
               the
               said
            
             CHARLES
             STUART
             ,
             
               for
               the
               Crimes
               and
               Treasons
               in
               the
               said
               Act
               mentioned
               ;
               By
               vertue
               whereof
               ,
               the
               said
            
             CHARLES
             STUART
             
               hath
               been
               three
               several
               times
               convented
               before
               this
               High
               Court
               ,
               where
               ,
               the
               first
               Day
               ,
               being
            
             Saturday
             
               the
               Twentieth
               of
            
             Jan.
             
               instant
               ,
               in
               pursuance
               of
               the
               said
               Act
               ,
               a
               Charge
               of
               high
               Treason
               and
               other
               high
               Crimes
               ,
               was
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               Exhibited
               against
               him
               ,
               and
               read
               openly
               unto
               him
               ,
               wherein
               he
               was
               charged
               ,
               That
               he
               the
               said
            
             CHARLES
             
             STUART
             ,
             
               being
               admitted
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               and
               therein
               trusted
               with
               a
               limited
               Power
               ,
               to
               govern
               by
               and
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               and
               not
               otherwise
               ;
               and
               by
               his
               Trust
               ,
               Oath
               and
               Office
               ,
               being
               obliged
               to
               use
               the
               Power
               committed
               to
               him
               ,
               for
               the
               Good
               and
               Benefit
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               preservation
               of
               their
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               ;
               Yet
               nevertheless
               ,
               out
               of
               a
               wicked
               Design
               to
               erect
               and
               uphold
               in
               himself
               an
               Vnlimited
               and
               Tyrannical
               Power
               to
               rule
               according
               to
               his
               Will
               ,
               and
               to
               overthrow
               the
               Rights
               and
               Liberties
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               and
               to
               take
               away
               and
               make
               void
               the
               Foundations
               thereof
               ,
               and
               of
               all
               Redress
               and
               Remedy
               of
               Misgovernment
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Fundamental
               Constitutions
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               were
               reserved
               on
               the
               Peoples
               behalf
               ,
               in
               the
               Right
               and
               Power
               of
               frequent
               and
               successive
               Parliaments
               ,
               or
               National
               Meetings
               in
               Councel
               ,
               he
               ,
               the
               said
               CHARLES
               STVART
               ,
               for
               accomplishment
               of
               such
               his
               Designs
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               protecting
               of
               himself
               and
               his
               Adherents
               in
               his
               and
               their
               wicked
               Practices
               ,
               to
               the
               same
               End
               ,
               hath
               trayterously
               and
               maliciously
               Levied
               War
               against
               the
               present
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               People
               therein
               represented
               ,
               as
               with
               the
               Circumstances
               of
               Time
               and
               Place
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               said
               Charge
               more
               particularly
               set
               forth
               ;
               And
               that
               he
               hath
               thereby
               caused
               and
               procured
               many
               Thousands
               of
               the
               free
               People
               of
               this
               Nation
               to
               be
               slain
               ;
               and
               by
               Divisions
               ,
               Parties
               and
               Insurrections
               within
               this
               Land
               ,
               by
               Invaisons
               from
               Foreign
               Parts
               ,
               endeavoured
               and
               procured
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               by
               many
               other
               evil
               ways
               and
               means
               ,
               he
               the
               said
               CHARLES
               STVART
               hath
               not
               only
               maintained
               and
               carried
               on
               the
               said
               War
               both
               by
               Sea
               and
               Land
               ,
               but
               also
               hath
               renewed
               or
               caused
               to
               be
               renewed
               the
               said
               War
               against
               the
               Parliament
               and
               good
               People
               of
               this
               Nation
               in
               this
               present
               Year
            
             1648.
             
               in
               several
               Counties
               and
               Places
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               in
               the
               Charge
               specified
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               hath
               for
               that
               purpose
               given
               his
               Commission
               to
               his
               Son
               the
               Prince
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               whereby
               besides
               multitudes
               of
               other
               persons
               ,
               many
               ,
               such
               as
               were
               by
               the
               Parliament
               intrusted
               and
               employed
               ,
               for
               the
               Safety
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               being
               by
               him
               or
               his
               Agents
               corrupted
               ,
               to
               the
               betraying
               of
               their
               Trust
               ,
               and
               revolting
               from
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               have
               had
               Entertainment
               and
               Commission
               for
               the
               continuing
               and
               renewing
               of
               the
               War
               and
               Hostility
               against
               the
               said
               Parliament
               and
               People
               ;
               and
               that
               by
               the
               said
               cruel
               and
               unnatural
               War
               so
               levied
               ,
               continued
               and
               renewed
               ,
               much
               innocent
               Blood
               of
               the
               free
               People
               of
               this
               Nation
               hath
               been
               spilt
               ,
               many
               Families
               undone
               ,
               the
               Publick
               Treasure
               wasted
               ,
               
               Trade
               obstructed
               ,
               and
               miserably
               decayed
               ,
               vast
               expence
               and
               dammage
               to
               the
               Nation
               incurred
               ,
               and
               many
               parts
               of
               the
               Land
               spoiled
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               even
               to
               desolation
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               still
               continues
               his
               Commission
               to
               his
               said
               Son
               ,
               and
               other
               Rebels
               and
               Revolters
               ,
               both
            
             English
             and
             Foreigners
             ,
             
               and
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
            
             Ormond
             ,
             
               and
               to
               the
            
             Irish
             Rebels
             
               and
               Revolters
               associated
               with
               him
               ,
               from
               whom
               further
               Invasions
               upon
               this
               Land
               are
               threatned
               by
               his
               Procurement
               ,
               and
               on
               his
               behalf
               ;
               And
               that
               all
               the
               said
               wicked
               Designs
               ,
               Wars
               and
               evil
               Practices
               of
               him
               the
               said
               CHARLES
               STVART
               ,
               were
               still
               carried
               on
               for
               the
               Advancement
               and
               Vpholding
               of
               the
               Personal
               Interest
               of
               Will
               ,
               Power
               and
               pretended
               Prerogative
               to
               himself
               and
               his
               Family
               ,
               against
               the
               Publick
               Interest
               ,
               Common
               Right
               ,
               Liberty
               ,
               Justice
               and
               Peace
               of
               the
               People
               of
               this
               Nation
               ;
               And
               that
               he
               thereby
               hath
               been
               and
               is
               the
               Occasioner
               ,
               Author
               and
               Continuer
               of
               the
               said
               unnatural
               ,
               cruel
               and
               bloody
               Wars
               ,
               and
               therein
               guilty
               of
               all
               the
               Treasons
               ,
               Murthers
               ,
               Rapines
               ,
               Burnings
               ,
               Spoils
               ,
               Desolations
               ,
               Dammage
               ,
               &
               Mischief
               to
               this
               Nation
               ,
               acted
               and
               committed
               in
               the
               said
               Wars
               ,
               or
               occasioned
               thereby
               :
               Whereupon
               ,
               the
               Proceedings
               and
               Judgment
               of
               this
               Court
               were
               prayed
               against
               him
               ,
               as
               a
               Tyrant
               ,
               Traytor
               and
               Murtherer
               ,
               and
               publick
               Enemy
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
               ,
               as
               by
               the
               said
               Charge
               more
               fully
               appeareth
               :
               To
               which
               Charge
               being
               read
               unto
               him
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               He
               the
               said
               CHARLES
               STVART
               was
               required
               to
               give
               his
               Answer
               ;
               but
               he
               refused
               so
               to
               do
               .
               And
               upon
            
             Monday
             ,
             
               the
               twenty
               second
               day
               of
            
             January
             
               instant
               ,
               being
               again
               brought
               before
               this
               Court
               ,
               and
               there
               required
               to
               answer
               directly
               to
               the
               said
               Charge
               ,
               he
               still
               refused
               so
               to
               do
               ;
               whereupon
               his
               Default
               and
               Contumacy
               was
               Entred
               :
               and
               the
               next
               day
               ,
               being
               the
               third
               time
               brought
               before
               the
               Court
               ,
               Judgment
               was
               then
               prayed
               against
               him
               on
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               People
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               for
               his
               Contumacy
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Matters
               contained
               against
               him
               in
               the
               said
               Charge
               ,
               as
               taking
               the
               same
               for
               confest
               ,
               in
               regard
               of
               his
               refusing
               to
               Answer
               thereto
               :
               Yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               this
               Court
               (
               not
               willing
               to
               take
               advantage
               of
               his
               Contempt
               )
               did
               once
               more
               require
               him
               to
               Answer
               to
               the
               said
               Charge
               ,
               but
               he
               again
               refused
               so
               to
               do
               ;
               Vpon
               which
               his
               several
               Defaults
               ,
               this
               Court
               might
               justly
               have
               proceeded
               to
               Judgment
               against
               him
               ,
               both
               for
               his
               Contumacy
               ,
               and
               the
               Matters
               of
               the
               Charge
               ,
               taking
               the
               same
               for
               confest
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Yet
               nevertheless
               ,
               this
               Court
               for
               their
               own
               clearer
               Information
               ,
               and
               further
               satisfaction
               ,
               have
               thought
               fit
               to
               examine
               Witnesses
               upon
               Oath
               ,
               and
               take
               notice
               of
               other
               Evidences
               touching
               the
               Matters
               contained
               in
               the
               said
               Charge
               ,
               which
               accordingly
               they
               have
               done
               .
            
          
           
             
               Now
               therefore
               upon
               serious
               and
               mature
               deliberation
               of
               the
               Premises
               ,
               and
               consideration
               had
               of
               the
               Notoreity
               of
               the
               Matters
               of
               Fact
               charged
               upon
               him
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               this
               Court
               is
               in
               judgment
               and
               Conscience
               satisfied
               that
               he
               the
               said
               CHARLES
               STVART
               is
               guilty
               of
               Levying
               War
               against
               the
               said
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               People
               ,
               and
               maintaining
               and
               continuing
               the
               same
               ;
               for
               which
               in
               the
               said
               Charge
               he
               stands
               accused
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               general
               course
               of
               his
               Government
               ,
               Councels
               and
               Practices
               before
               and
               since
               this
               Parliament
               began
               (
               which
               have
               been
               ,
               and
               are
               notorious
               and
               publick
               ,
               and
               the
               Effects
               whereof
               remain
               abundantly
               upon
               Record
               )
               this
               Court
               is
               fully
               satisfied
               in
               their
               Judgments
               and
               Consciences
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               been
               and
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               wicked
               Designs
               and
               Endeavors
               in
               the
               said
               Charge
               set
               forth
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               said
               War
               hath
               been
               Levied
               ,
               maintained
               and
               continued
               by
               him
               ,
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               in
               prosecution
               and
               for
               accomplishment
               of
               the
               said
               Designs
               ;
               And
               that
               he
               hath
               been
               and
               is
               the
               Occasioner
               ,
               Author
               and
               Continuer
               of
               the
               said
               unnatural
               ,
               cruel
               and
               bloody
               Wars
               ,
               and
               therein
               guilty
               of
               High
               Treason
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Murthers
               ,
               Rapines
               ,
               Burnings
               ,
               Spoils
               ,
               Desolations
               ,
               Dammage
               and
               Mischief
               to
               this
               Nation
               ,
               acted
               and
               committed
               in
               the
               said
               War
               ,
               and
               occasioned
               thereby
               .
               For
               all
               which
               Treasons
               and
               Crimes
               ,
               this
               Court
               doth
               adjudge
               ,
               That
               he
               the
               said
               CHARLES
               STVART
               ,
               as
               a
               Tyrant
               ,
               Traytor
               ,
               Murtherer
               and
               Publick
               Enemy
               to
               the
               good
               People
               of
               this
               Nation
               ,
               shall
               be
               put
               to
               Death
               by
               the
               severing
               of
               his
               Head
               from
               his
               Body
               .
            
          
           
             This
             Sentence
             being
             read
             ,
             the
             President
             spake
             as
             followeth
             ;
          
           
             
               The
               Sentence
               now
               Read
               and
               Published
               ,
               is
               the
               Act
               ,
               Sentence
               ,
               Judgment
               and
               Resolution
               of
               the
               whole
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             Whereupon
             the
             whole
             Court
             stood
             up
             and
             owned
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             being
             withdrawn
             ,
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             forthwith
             into
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Court
             being
             sate
             in
             the
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             according
             to
             Adjournment
             from
             Westminster-Hall
             aforesaid
             ;
          
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
               .
               Commissioners
               present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Waite
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               Lord
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Danvers
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Maleverer
              
               ,
               Baronet
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Heveningham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Pennington
              
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Berkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Matthew
                 Tomlinson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Andrews
              
               ,
               Ald.
               of
               Lond.
               
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 Stapeley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Hamond
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Lilbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cornelius
                 Holland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Miles
                 Corbet
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregrine
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Challoner
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Moore
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Alured
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Wogan
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gregory
                 Norton
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scott
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Harvey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
          
           
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             ,
             Col.
             Harrison
             ,
             Commissary
             Gen.
             Ireton
             ,
             Col.
             
               Deane
               ,
               and
            
             Col.
             Okey
             ,
             are
             appointed
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             Time
             and
             Place
             for
             the
             Execution
             of
             the
             Sentence
             against
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             And
             then
             the
             Court
             Adjourned
             it self
             till
             Monday
             Morning
             at
             Eight
             of
             the
             Clock
             to
             this
             Place
             .
          
           
           
             
               The
               more
               full
               Account
               of
               this
               Days
               Action
               ,
               take
               as
               follows
               .
            
          
           
             The
             King
             being
             come
             in
             in
             his
             wonted
             Posture
             ,
             with
             his
             Hat
             on
             ,
             some
             of
             the
             Soldiers
             began
             to
             call
             for
             
               Justice
               ,
               Justice
            
             ,
             and
             Execution
             :
             But
             Silence
             being
             Commanded
             ,
             His
             Majesty
             began
             :
          
           
             
               I
               desire
               a
               Word
               ,
               to
               be
               heard
               a
               little
               ;
               and
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               give
               no
               occasion
               of
               Interruption
               .
            
          
           
             Bradshaw
             Sawcily
             Answered
             ,
          
           
             You
             may
             answer
             in
             your
             time
             ,
             Hear
             the
             Court
             first
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             patiently
             Replied
             ,
          
           
             
               If
               it
               please
               you
            
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             
               I
               desire
               to
               be
               heard
               ;
               and
               I
               shall
               not
               give
               any
               occasion
               of
               interruption
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               only
               in
               a
               word
               .
               A
               sudden
               Judgment
               —
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               shall
               be
               heard
               in
               due
               time
               ;
               but
               you
               are
               to
               hear
               the
               Court
               first
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               
                 I
                 desire
                 it
                 ;
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 what
                 I
                 believe
                 the
                 Court
                 will
                 say
                 :
                 and
                 therefore
                 ,
              
               Sir
               ,
               —
               
                 A
                 hasty
                 Judgment
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 soon
                 recalled
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               shall
               be
               heard
               before
               the
               Judgment
               be
               given
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               you
               may
               forbear
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Well
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 Shall
                 I
                 be
                 heard
                 before
                 the
                 Judgment
                 be
                 given
                 ?
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               It
               is
               well
               known
               to
               all
               or
               most
               of
               you
               here
               present
               ,
               That
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               hath
               been
               several
               times
               convented
               and
               brought
               before
               this
               Court
               ,
               to
               make
               Answer
               to
               a
               Charge
               of
               Treason
               and
               other
               high
               Crimes
               exhibited
               against
               him
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               People
               of
               England
               :
               
               To
               which
               Charge
               being
               required
               to
               Answer
               ,
               he
               hath
               been
               so
               far
               from
               obeying
               the
               Commands
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               by
               submitting
               to
               their
               Justice
               ,
               as
               he
               began
               to
               take
               upon
               him
               to
               offer
               Reasoning
               and
               Debate
               unto
               the
               Authority
               of
               the
               Court
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Highest
               Court
               ,
               that
               
               pointed
               them
               to
               Try
               and
               Judge
               him
               :
               But
               being
               over-ruled
               in
               that
               ,
               ,
               and
               required
               to
               make
               his
               Answer
               ,
               he
               was
               still
               pleased
               to
               continue
               contumacious
               ,
               and
               to
               refuse
               to
               submit
               to
               answer
               .
            
             
               Hereupon
               ,
               the
               Court
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               not
               be
               wanting
               to
               themselves
               ,
               nor
               the
               Trust
               reposed
               in
               them
               ,
               nor
               that
               any
               mans
               Wilfulness
               prevent
               Justice
               ,
               they
               have
               thought
               fit
               to
               take
               the
               Matter
               into
               their
               consideration
               ;
               they
               have
               considered
               of
               the
               Charge
               ,
               they
               have
               considered
               of
               the
               Contumacy
               ,
               and
               of
               that
               Confession
               which
               in
               Law
               doth
               arise
               upon
               that
               Contumacy
               ;
               they
               have
               likewise
               considered
               of
               the
               Notoriety
               of
               the
               Fact
               charged
               upon
               this
               Prisoner
               :
               And
               upon
               the
               whole
               Matter
               ,
               they
               are
               resolved
               ,
               and
               are
               agreed
               upon
               a
               Sentence
               to
               be
               pronounced
               against
               this
               Prisoner
               .
               But
               in
               respect
               he
               doth
               desire
               to
               be
               heard
               before
               the
               Sentence
               be
               read
               and
               pronounced
               ,
               the
               Court
               hath
               resolved
               that
               they
               will
               hear
               him
               .
            
             
               Yet
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               Thus
               much
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               beforehand
               ,
               which
               you
               have
               been
               minded
               of
               at
               other
               Courts
               ,
               That
               if
               that
               which
               you
               have
               to
               say
               ,
               be
               to
               offer
               any
               debate
               concerning
               the
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               you
               are
               not
               to
               be
               heard
               in
               it
               .
               You
               have
               offered
               it
               formerly
               ,
               and
               you
               have
               struck
               at
               the
               Root
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Power
               and
               Supream
               Authority
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               ;
               which
               this
               Court
               will
               not
               admit
               a
               Debate
               of
               ,
               and
               which
               indeed
               it
               is
               an
               irrational
               thing
               in
               them
               to
               do
               ,
               being
               a
               Court
               that
               acts
               upon
               Authority
               derived
               from
               them
               .
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               in
               Defence
               of
               your self
               concerning
               the
               Matter
               Charged
               ,
               the
               Court
               hath
               given
               me
               in
               command
               to
               let
               you
               know
               they
               will
               hear
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Since
                 I
                 see
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 hear
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 Debate
                 concerning
                 that
                 which
                 I
                 confess
                 I
                 thought
                 most
                 material
                 for
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 wave
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 speak
                 nothing
                 to
                 it
                 :
                 But
                 only
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 this
                 many-a-day
                 all
                 things
                 have
                 been
                 taken
                 away
                 from
                 Me
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 that
                 I
                 call
                 dearer
                 to
                 Me
                 than
                 My
                 Life
                 ,
                 which
                 is
              
               My
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               My
               Honour
               :
               
                 And
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 a
                 respect
                 to
              
               My
               Life
               
                 more
                 than
                 the
              
               Peace
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Kingdom
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
              
               Liberty
               
                 of
                 the
              
               Subject
               ,
               
                 certainly
                 
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 made
                 a
                 particular
                 Defence
                 for
                 my self
                 ;
                 for
                 by
                 that
                 at
                 leastwise
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 delayed
                 an
                 ugly
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 believe
                 will
                 pass
                 upon
                 me
                 .
                 Therefore
                 certainly
                 ,
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 as
                 a
                 man
                 that
                 hath
                 some
                 understanding
                 ,
                 some
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 if
                 that
                 my
                 true
                 Zeal
                 to
                 my
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 overborn
                 the
                 care
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 for
                 my
                 own
                 Preservation
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 gone
                 another
                 way
                 to
                 work
                 than
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 .
                 Now
                 ,
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 I
                 conceive
                 that
                 an
                 hasty
                 Sentence
                 once
                 past
                 ,
                 may
                 sooner
                 be
                 repented
                 of
                 ,
                 than
                 recalled
                 :
                 And
                 truly
                 ,
                 the
                 self
                 same
                 desire
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 for
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 my
                 own
                 particular
                 Ends
                 ,
                 makes
                 me
                 now
                 at
                 last
                 desire
                 ,
              
               That
               I
               having
               something
               to
               say
               that
               concerns
               both
               ,
               before
               Sentence
               be
               given
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               be
               heard
               in
               the
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               before
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               .
               
                 This
                 Delay
                 cannot
                 be
                 prejudicial
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 whatsoever
                 I
                 say
                 .
                 If
                 that
                 I
                 say
                 no
                 reason
                 ,
                 those
                 that
                 hear
                 me
                 must
                 be
                 Judges
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 be
                 Judge
                 of
                 that
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 .
                 If
                 it
                 be
                 Reason
                 ,
                 and
                 really
                 for
                 the
                 Welfare
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 on
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 well
                 worth
                 the
                 hearing
                 :
                 Therefore
                 I
                 do
                 conjure
                 you
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 love
                 that
                 that
                 you
                 pretend
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 hope
                 it
                 is
                 real
                 )
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ,
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 grant
                 me
                 this
                 Hearing
                 before
                 any
                 Sentence
                 be
                 past
                 .
                 I
                 only
                 desire
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 you
                 will
                 take
                 this
                 into
                 your
                 consideration
                 ;
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 you
                 have
                 not
                 heard
                 of
                 it
                 before-hand
                 .
                 If
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 retire
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 may
                 think
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 but
                 if
                 I
                 cannot
                 get
                 this
                 Liberty
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 protest
                 ,
                 That
                 these
                 fair
                 Shews
                 of
                 Liberty
                 and
                 Peace
                 are
                 pure
                 Shews
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 not
                 hear
                 your
                 King.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               have
               now
               spoken
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               that
               you
               have
               said
               ,
               is
               a
               further
               declining
               of
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               this
               Court
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               thing
               wherein
               you
               were
               limited
               before
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Pray
                 excuse
                 Me
              
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
                 for
                 my
                 interruption
                 ,
                 because
                 you
                 mistake
                 Me.
                 It
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 declining
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 you
                 do
                 judge
                 Me
                 before
                 you
                 hear
                 me
                 speak
                 .
                 I
                 say
                 it
                 will
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 decline
                 it
                 ;
                 though
                 I
                 cannot
                 acknowledge
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 yet
                 ,
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 give
                 Me
                 leave
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 acknowledge
                 it
                 ;
                 in
                 this
                 I
                 do
                 protest
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 declining
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 since
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 if
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 say
                 any
                 thing
                 but
                 that
                 
                 that
                 is
                 for
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Liberty
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ,
                 then
                 the
                 shame
                 is
                 Mine
                 .
                 Now
                 I
                 desire
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 take
                 this
                 into
                 your
                 consideration
                 :
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 withdraw
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               This
               is
               not
               altogether
               new
               that
               you
               have
               moved
               to
               us
               ,
               not
               altogether
               new
               to
               us
               ,
               though
               the
               first
               time
               in
               person
               you
               have
               offered
               it
               to
               the
               Court.
               Sir
               ,
               You
               say
               you
               do
               not
               decline
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Not
                 in
                 this
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 said
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               I
               understand
               you
               well
               ,
               Sir
               ;
               but
               nevertheless
               ,
               that
               which
               you
               have
               offered
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               contrary
               to
               that
               Saying
               of
               yours
               ;
               for
               the
               Court
               are
               ready
               to
               give
               a
               Sentence
               .
               It
               is
               not
               as
               you
               say
               ,
               
                 That
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 hear
                 their
                 King
              
               ;
               for
               they
               have
               been
               ready
               to
               hear
               You
               ;
               they
               have
               patiently
               waited
               Your
               pleasure
               for
               three
               Courts
               together
               ,
               to
               hear
               what
               You
               would
               say
               to
               the
               Peoples
               Charge
               against
               You
               :
               To
               which
               You
               have
               not
               vouchsafed
               to
               give
               any
               Answer
               at
               all
               .
               Sir
               ,
               this
               tends
               to
               a
               further
               Delay
               .
               Truly
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               such
               Delays
               as
               these
               ,
               neither
               may
               the
               Kingdom
               nor
               Justice
               well
               bear
               .
               You
               have
               had
               three
               several
               days
               to
               have
               offered
               in
               this
               kind
               what
               You
               would
               have
               pleased
               .
               This
               Court
               is
               founded
               upon
               that
               Authority
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               ,
               in
               whom
               rests
               the
               Supream
               Jurisdiction
               .
               That
               which
               You
               now
               tender
               ,
               is
               to
               have
               another
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               and
               a
               co-ordinate
               Jurisdiction
               .
               I
               know
               very
               well
               You
               express
               Your self
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               That
               notwithstanding
               that
               you
               would
               offer
               to
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               in
               the
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               ,
               yet
               nevertheless
               You
               would
               proceed
               on
               here
               ;
               I
               did
               hear
               You
               say
               so
               .
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               that
               You
               would
               offer
               there
               ,
               whatever
               it
               is
               ,
               must
               needs
               be
               in
               Delay
               of
               the
               Justice
               here
               ;
               so
               as
               if
               this
               Court
               be
               resolved
               and
               prepared
               for
               the
               Sentence
               ,
               this
               that
               You
               offer
               they
               are
               not
               bound
               to
               grant
               .
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               According
               to
               that
               You
               seem
               to
               desire
               ,
               and
               because
               You
               shall
               know
               the
               further
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Court
               upon
               that
               which
               You
               have
               moved
               ,
               the
               Court
               will
               withdraw
               for
               a
               time
               .
            
             
             
               This
               he
               did
               to
               prevent
               the
               disturbance
               of
               their
               Scene
               by
               one
               of
               their
               own
               Members
               ,
               Col.
               
                 John
                 Downes
              
               ,
               who
               could
               not
               stifle
               the
               Reluctance
               of
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               when
               he
               saw
               his
               Majesty
               press
               so
               earnestly
               for
               a
               short
               Hearing
               ;
               but
               declaring
               himself
               unsatisfied
               ,
               forced
               them
               to
               yield
               to
               the
               King's
               Request
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Shall
                 I
                 withdraw
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               shall
               know
               the
               Pleasure
               of
               the
               Court
               presently
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               withdraws
               for
               half
               an
               hour
               into
               the
            
             Court
             of
             Wards
             .
          
           
             
               Serjeant
               at
               Arms.
               
            
             
               The
               Court
               gives
               Command
               that
               the
               Prisoner
               be
               withdrawn
               ;
               and
               they
               give
               Order
               for
               his
               Return
               again
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             withdrawing
             into
             the
             Chamber
             of
             the
             
               Court
               of
               Wards
            
             ,
             their
             Business
             was
             not
             to
             consider
             of
             His
             Majesties
             Desire
             ,
             but
             to
             chide
             Downes
             ,
             and
             with
             Reproachs
             and
             Threats
             to
             harden
             him
             to
             go
             through
             the
             remainder
             of
             their
             Villany
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Which
               done
               ,
               they
               return
               ;
               and
               being
               sate
               ,
            
             Bradshaw
             commanded
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 Serjeant
                 at
                 Arms
              
               ,
               Send
               for
               your
               Prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             
               Who
               being
               come
            
             ,
             Bradshaw
             proceeded
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               were
               pleased
               to
               make
               a
               Motion
               here
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               to
               offer
               a
               Desire
               of
               yours
               touching
               the
               propounding
               of
               somewhat
               to
               the
               Lords
               and
               Commons
               in
               the
               
                 Painted
                 Chamber
              
               ,
               for
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               Sir
               ,
               You
               did
               in
               effect
               receive
               an
               Answer
               before
               the
               Court
               Adjourned
               :
               Truly
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               their
               Withdrawing
               and
               Adjournment
               was
               
                 pro
                 forma
                 tantum
              
               ;
               for
               it
               did
               not
               seem
               to
               them
               that
               there
               was
               any
               difficulty
               in
               the
               
               thing
               .
               They
               have
               considered
               of
               what
               you
               have
               moved
               ,
               and
               have
               considered
               of
               their
               own
               Authority
               ,
               which
               is
               founded
               ,
               as
               hath
               been
               often
               said
               ,
               upon
               the
               Supream
               Authority
               of
               the
               Commons
               of
               England
               Assembled
               in
               Parliament
               :
               The
               Court
               acts
               accordingly
               to
               their
               Commission
               .
               Sir
               ,
               The
               Return
               I
               have
               to
               you
               from
               the
               Court
               is
               this
               ,
               That
               they
               have
               been
               too
               much
               delayed
               by
               you
               already
               ,
               and
               this
               that
               you
               now
               offer
               ,
               hath
               occasioned
               some
               little
               further
               Delay
               ;
               and
               they
               are
               Judges
               appointed
               by
               the
               highest
               Authority
               ,
               and
               Judges
               are
               no
               more
               to
               delay
               ,
               than
               they
               are
               to
               deny
               Justice
               :
               They
               are
               good
               Words
               in
               the
               
                 Great
                 Old
                 Charter
              
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 Nulli
                 negabimus
                 ,
                 nulli
                 vendemus
                 ,
                 nulli
                 deferemus
                 Justitiam
              
               :
               There
               must
               be
               no
               Delay
               .
               But
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               and
               so
               every
               man
               here
               observes
               it
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               much
               delayed
               them
               in
               your
               Contempt
               and
               Default
               ,
               for
               which
               they
               might
               long
               since
               have
               proceeded
               to
               Judgment
               against
               you
               ;
               and
               notwithstanding
               what
               you
               have
               offered
               ,
               they
               are
               resolved
               to
               proceed
               to
               Sentence
               and
               to
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               their
               unanimous
               Resolution
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 it
                 is
                 in
                 vain
                 for
                 me
                 to
                 dispute
                 ;
                 I
                 am
                 no
                 Sceptick
                 for
                 to
                 deny
                 the
                 Power
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 ;
                 I
                 know
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 Power
                 enough
                 .
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 I
                 must
                 confess
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 for
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 Peace
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 would
                 have
                 taken
                 the
                 pains
                 to
                 have
                 shewn
                 the
                 Lawfulness
                 of
                 your
                 Power
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 For
                 this
                 Delay
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 desired
                 ,
                 I
                 confess
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Delay
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Delay
                 very
                 important
                 for
                 the
                 Peace
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 :
                 For
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 My
                 Person
                 that
                 I
                 loook
                 at
                 alone
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 Welfare
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 Peace
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 an
                 old
                 Sentence
              
               ,
               That
               we
               should
               think
               on
               long
               before
               we
               resolve
               of
               great
               Matters
               suddenly
               .
               Therefore
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
                 I
                 do
                 say
                 again
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 put
                 at
                 your
                 doors
                 all
                 the
                 inconveniency
                 of
                 a
                 hasty
                 Sentence
                 .
                 I
                 confess
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 here
                 now
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 ,
                 this
                 Week
                 ,
                 this
                 day
                 eight
                 days
                 was
                 the
                 day
                 I
                 came
                 here
                 first
                 ;
                 but
                 a
                 little
                 Delay
                 of
                 a
                 Day
                 or
                 two
                 further
                 ,
                 may
                 give
                 Peace
                 ,
                 whereas
                 a
                 hasty
                 Judgment
                 may
                 bring
                 on
                 that
                 trouble
                 and
                 perpetual
                 inconveniency
                 to
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Child
                 that
                 is
                 unborn
                 may
                 repent
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 therefore
                 again
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Duty
                 I
                 owe
                 to
                 God
                 and
                 to
                 My
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 desire
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 heard
                 by
                 the
                 Lords
                 and
                 Commons
                 in
                 the
              
               Painted
               
               Chamber
               ,
               
                 or
                 any
                 other
              
               Chamber
               
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 appoint
                 Me.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               You
               have
               been
               already
               answered
               to
               what
               you
               even
               now
               moved
               ,
               being
               the
               same
               you
               moved
               before
               ,
               since
               the
               Resolution
               and
               the
               Judgment
               of
               the
               Court
               in
               it
               ;
               And
               the
               Court
               now
               requires
               to
               know
               whether
               you
               have
               any
               more
               to
               say
               for
               your self
               than
               you
               have
               said
               ,
               before
               they
               proceed
               to
               Sentence
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 say
                 this
              
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
                 That
                 if
                 you
                 hear
                 Me
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 give
                 Me
                 but
                 this
                 Delay
                 ,
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 I
                 shall
                 give
                 some
                 satisfaction
                 to
                 you
                 all
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 my
                 People
                 after
                 that
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 do
                 require
                 you
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 answer
                 it
                 at
                 the
                 dreadful
                 Day
                 of
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 will
                 consider
                 it
                 once
                 again
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               have
               received
               Direction
               from
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               Well
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               If
               this
               must
               be
               re-inforced
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               of
               this
               nature
               ,
               your
               Answer
               must
               be
               the
               same
               ;
               and
               they
               will
               proceed
               to
               Sentence
               ,
               if
               you
               have
               nothing
               more
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               I
               
                 have
                 nothing
                 more
                 to
                 say
                 ;
                 but
              
               I
               
                 shall
                 desire
                 that
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 entred
                 what
              
               I
               
                 have
                 said
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               The
               Court
               then
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               hath
               something
               to
               say
               unto
               you
               ,
               which
               although
               I
               know
               it
               will
               be
               very
               unacceptable
               ,
               yet
               notwithstanding
               they
               are
               willing
               and
               are
               resolved
               to
               discharge
               their
               Duty
               .
            
             
               Then
               Bradshaw
               went
               on
               in
               a
               long
               Harangue
               ,
               endeavouring
               to
               justifie
               their
               Proceedings
               ,
               misapplying
               Law
               and
               History
               ,
               and
               raking
               up
               and
               wresting
               whatsoever
               he
               thought
               fit
               for
               his
               purpose
               ,
               alledging
               the
               Examples
               of
               former
               Treasons
               and
               Rebellions
               ,
               both
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               ,
               as
               authentick
               Proofs
               ;
               and
               concluding
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               was
               a
               
                 Tyrant
                 ,
                 Traytor
                 ,
                 Murtherer
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Publick
                 Enemy
              
               to
               the
               Commonwealth
               of
               England
               .
            
             
             
               His
               Majesty
               having
               with
               his
               wonted
               Patience
               heard
               all
               these
               Reproaches
               ,
               answered
               ,
            
             
               
                 I
                 would
                 desire
                 only
                 one
                 Word
                 before
                 you
                 give
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 you
                 would
                 hear
                 Me
                 concerning
                 those
                 great
                 imputations
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 laid
                 to
                 My
                 Charge
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               must
               give
               me
               now
               leave
               to
               go
               on
               ;
               for
               I
               am
               not
               far
               from
               your
               Sentence
               ,
               and
               your
               time
               is
               now
               past
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               But
               I
               
                 shall
                 desire
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 Me
                 a
                 few
                 Words
                 to
                 you
                 ;
                 for
                 ,
                 truly
                 ,
                 whatever
                 Sentence
                 you
                 will
                 put
                 upon
                 Me
                 ,
                 in
                 respect
                 of
                 those
                 heavy
                 imputations
                 that
                 I
                 see
                 by
                 your
                 speech
                 you
                 have
                 put
                 upon
                 Me.
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 true
                 that
              
               —
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               must
               put
               you
               in
               mind
               :
               Truly
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               willingly
               ,
               at
               this
               time
               especially
               ,
               interrupt
               you
               in
               any
               thing
               you
               have
               to
               say
               that
               is
               proper
               for
               us
               to
               admit
               of
               :
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               You
               haue
               not
               owned
               us
               as
               a
               Court
               ,
               and
               you
               look
               upon
               us
               as
               a
               sort
               of
               People
               met
               together
               ,
               and
               we
               know
               what
               Language
               we
               receive
               from
               your
               Party
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 know
                 nothing
                 of
                 that
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               You
               disavow
               us
               as
               a
               Court
               ,
               and
               therefore
               for
               you
               to
               address
               your self
               to
               us
               ,
               not
               to
               acknowledge
               us
               as
               a
               Court
               to
               judge
               of
               what
               you
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               to
               be
               permitted
               .
               And
               the
               truth
               is
               ,
               all
               along
               from
               the
               first
               time
               you
               were
               pleased
               to
               disavow
               and
               disown
               us
               ,
               the
               Court
               needed
               not
               to
               have
               heard
               you
               one
               word
               ;
               for
               unless
               they
               be
               acknowledged
               a
               Court
               ,
               and
               engaged
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               proper
               for
               you
               to
               speak
               .
               Sir
               ,
               we
               have
               given
               you
               too
               much
               liberty
               already
               ,
               and
               admitted
               of
               too
               much
               Delay
               ,
               and
               we
               may
               not
               admit
               of
               any
               further
               .
               Were
               it
               proper
               for
               us
               to
               do
               ,
               we
               should
               hear
               you
               freely
               ,
               and
               we
               should
               not
               have
               declined
               to
               have
               heard
               you
               at
               large
               ,
               what
               you
               could
               have
               said
               or
               proved
               on
               your
               behalf
               ,
               whether
               for
               totally
               excusing
               ,
               or
               for
               in
               part
               excusing
               those
               great
               and
               heinous
               Charges
               that
               in
               whole
               or
               in
               part
               are
               laid
               upon
               you
               .
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               shall
               trouble
               you
               no
               longer
               ;
               your
               Sins
               are
               of
               so
               large
               a
               dimension
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               do
               but
               seriously
               think
               of
               them
               ,
               they
               will
               drive
               you
               to
               a
               sad
               
               consideration
               ,
               and
               they
               may
               improve
               in
               you
               a
               sad
               and
               serious
               Repentance
               .
               And
               that
               the
               Court
               doth
               heartily
               wish
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               be
               so
               penitent
               for
               what
               you
               have
               done
               amiss
               ,
               that
               God
               may
               have
               Mercy
               at
               leastwise
               upon
               your
               better
               part
               .
               Truly
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               for
               the
               other
               ,
               it
               is
               our
               Parts
               and
               Duties
               to
               do
               that
               that
               that
               the
               Law
               prescribes
               .
               We
               are
               not
               here
               
                 Jus
                 dare
              
               ,
               but
               
                 Jus
                 dicere
              
               :
               We
               cannot
               be
               unmindful
               of
               what
               the
               Scripture
               tells
               us
               ;
               
                 For
                 to
                 acquit
                 the
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 is
                 of
                 equal
                 abomination
                 as
                 to
                 condemn
                 the
                 Innocent
                 .
              
               We
               may
               not
               acquit
               the
               Guilty
               .
               What
               Sentence
               the
               Law
               affirms
               to
               a
               
                 Traytor
                 ,
                 Tyrant
                 ,
                 a
                 Murtherer
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 a
                 Publick
                 Enemy
              
               to
               the
               Country
               ,
               that
               Sentence
               you
               are
               now
               to
               hear
               read
               unto
               you
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               the
               Sentence
               of
               the
               Court.
               
            
             
               Make
               an
               
                 O
                 Yes
              
               ,
               and
               command
               Silence
               while
               the
               Sentence
               is
               read
               .
            
          
           
             Which
             done
             ,
             their
             Clerk
             ,
             Broughton
             ,
             read
             the
             Sentence
             ,
             drawn
             up
             in
             Parchment
             .
          
           
             
               Whereas
               the
            
             Commons
             of
             England
             
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               had
               appointed
               them
               an
               High
               Court
               of
               Justice
               for
               the
               Trial
               of
               CHARLES
               STVART
               ,
               King
               of
            
             England
             ,
             
               before
               whom
               he
               had
               been
               three
               times
               convented
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               first
               time
               a
               Charge
               of
            
             High
             Treason
             ,
             
               and
               other
            
             Crimes
             and
             Misdemeanors
             ,
             
               was
               read
               in
               the
               behalf
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
            
             England
             ,
          
           
             [
             Here
             the
             Charge
             was
             repeated
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               Which
               Charge
               being
               read
               unto
               him
               as
               aforesaid
               ,
               he
               the
               said
            
             CHARLES
             STUART
             ,
             
               was
               required
               to
               give
               his
               Answer
               ;
               but
               he
               refused
               so
               to
               do
            
             :
          
           
             [
             Expressing
             the
             several
             Passages
             of
             his
             refusing
             in
             the
             former
             Proceedings
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               For
               all
               which
            
             Treasons
             and
             Crimes
             ,
             
               this
               Court
               doth
               adjudge
               ,
               That
               he
               the
               said
            
             CHARLES
             STUART
             ,
             
               as
               a
            
             Tyrant
             ,
             Traytor
             ,
             Murderer
             ,
             
               and
               a
            
             Publick
             Enemy
             ,
             
               shall
               be
               put
               to
               Death
               by
               the
               severing
               of
               his
               Head
               from
               his
               Body
               .
            
          
           
           
             Which
             being
             read
             ,
             Bradshaw
             added
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Sentence
               now
               Read
               and
               Published
               ,
               is
               the
               Act
               ,
               Sentence
               ,
               Judgment
               and
               Resolution
               of
               the
               whole
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             To
             which
             they
             all
             expressed
             their
             Assent
             by
             standing
             up
             ,
             as
             was
             before
             Agreed
             and
             Ordered
             .
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             then
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               Will
               you
               hear
               me
               a
               Word
               ,
            
             Sir
             ?
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               You
               are
               not
               to
               be
               heard
               after
               the
               Sentence
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               No
               ,
               Sir
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bradshaw
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               Sir
               ;
               by
               your
               Favour
               ,
               Sir.
            
             
               Guard
               ,
               Withdraw
               your
               Prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               
                 I
                 may
                 speak
                 after
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 by
                 your
                 favour
                 ,
              
               Sir
               ,
               
                 I
                 may
                 speak
                 after
              
               Sentence
               ,
               ever
               .
            
             
               
                 By
                 your
                 favour
                 ,
                 hold
                 :
                 the
              
               Sentence
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 —
                 I
                 say
              
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
                 I
                 do
              
               —
            
             
               
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 suffered
                 to
                 speak
                 ;
                 expect
                 what
                 Justice
                 other
                 People
                 will
                 have
                 .
              
            
          
           
             His
             Majesty
             being
             taken
             away
             by
             the
             Guard
             ,
             as
             he
             passed
             down
             the
             Stairs
             ,
             the
             insolent
             Soldiers
             scoffed
             at
             him
             ,
             casting
             the
             smoke
             of
             their
             Tobacco
             (
             a
             thing
             very
             distastful
             unto
             him
             )
             in
             his
             Face
             ,
             and
             throwing
             their
             Pipes
             in
             his
             way
             ;
             And
             one
             more
             insolent
             than
             the
             rest
             ,
             spitting
             in
             his
             Face
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             wonted
             Heroick
             Patience
             ,
             took
             no
             more
             notice
             of
             so
             strange
             and
             barbarous
             an
             Indignity
             ,
             than
             to
             wipe
             it
             off
             with
             his
             Handkerchief
             .
          
           
             As
             he
             passed
             along
             ,
             hearing
             the
             Rabble
             of
             Soldiers
             ,
             crying
             out
             ,
             
               Justice
               ,
               Justice
            
             ;
             he
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               Poor
               Souls
               ,
               for
               a
               piece
               of
               Money
               they
               would
               do
               so
               for
               their
               Commanders
               .
            
          
           
             Being
             brought
             first
             to
             Sir
             Robert
             Cotton's
             ,
             and
             thence
             to
             Whitehall
             ,
             the
             Soldiers
             continued
             tneir
             brutish
             Carriage
             toward
             him
             ,
             abusing
             all
             that
             seemed
             to
             shew
             any
             respect
             ,
             or
             even
             Pity
             to
             him
             ;
             not
             suffering
             him
             to
             rest
             in
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             but
             thrusting
             in
             ,
             and
             smoking
             their
             Tobacco
             ,
             and
             disturbing
             his
             Privacy
             .
          
           
             But
             through
             all
             these
             Tryals
             (
             unusual
             to
             Princes
             )
             he
             passed
             with
             such
             a
             calm
             and
             even
             Temper
             ,
             that
             he
             let
             fall
             nothing
             unbeseeming
             his
             former
             Majesty
             and
             Magnanimity
             .
          
           
           
             In
             the
             Evening
             ,
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Army
             acquainted
             the
             Committee
             with
             his
             Majesties
             Desire
             ,
             
               That
               seeing
               they
               had
               passed
               a
               Sentence
               of
               Death
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               time
               might
               be
               nigh
               ,
               he
               might
               see
               his
               Children
               ;
               and
               Doctor
            
             Juxon
             
               Bishop
               of
            
             London
             ,
             
               might
               be
               admitted
               to
               assist
               him
               in
               his
               private
               Devotions
               ,
               and
               Receiving
               the
               Sacrament
               .
            
          
           
             Both
             which
             at
             length
             were
             granted
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             being
             Sunday
             ,
             He
             was
             attended
             by
             the
             Guard
             to
             S.
             
             James's
             ;
             where
             the
             Bishop
             Preached
             before
             Him
             upon
             these
             Words
             ,
             
               In
               the
               day
               when
               God
               shall
               judge
               the
               Secrets
               of
               all
               Men
               by
               Jesus
               Christ
               according
               to
               my
               Gospel
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             HIS
             MAJESTIES
             SPEECH
             TO
             THE
             Lady
             ELIZABETH
             ,
             AND
             HENRY
             Duke
             of
             GLOVCESTER
             ,
             
               January
               29.
               1648
               
               /
               9.
               
            
          
           
             Of
             His
             Majesties
             Discourse
             to
             His
             Children
             ,
             there
             being
             Several
             Relations
             ,
             it
             is
             thought
             fit
             to
             represent
             the
             Several
             Copies
             .
          
           
             
               I.
               A
               True
               Relation
               of
               the
               King's
               Speech
               to
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               the
               Duke
               of
               Gloucester
               ,
               the
               Day
               before
               his
               Death
               .
            
             
               HIS
               Children
               being
               come
               to
               meet
               Him
               ,
               He
               first
               gave
               His
               Blessing
               to
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               ;
               and
               bade
               her
               remember
               to
               tell
               her
               Brother
               James
               ,
               whenever
               she
               should
               see
               him
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               his
               Fathers
               last
               Desire
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               no
               more
               look
               upon
               Charles
               as
               his
               Eldest
               Brother
               only
               ,
               but
               be
               obedient
               unto
               him
               as
               his
               Sovereign
               :
               And
               that
               they
               should
               love
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               forgive
               their
               Father's
               Enemies
               .
               Then
               said
               the
               King
               to
               her
               ,
               
                 Sweet-Heart
                 ,
                 You
                 will
                 forget
                 this
                 .
                 No
                 ,
              
               said
               she
               ,
               
                 I
                 shall
                 never
                 forget
                 it
                 whilst
                 I
                 live
              
               ;
               and
               pouring
               forth
               abundance
               of
               Tears
               ,
               promised
               Him
               to
               write
               down
               the
               Particulars
               .
            
             
             
               Then
               the
               King
               taking
               the
               D.
               of
               Gloucester
               upon
               His
               Knee
               ,
               said
               ,
               
                 Sweet-Heart
                 ,
                 Now
                 they
                 will
                 cut
                 off
                 thy
                 Fathers
                 Head
              
               (
               upon
               which
               Words
               ,
               the
               Child
               looked
               very
               stedfastly
               upon
               Him
               )
               Mark
               ,
               Child
               ,
               
                 what
                 I
                 say
                 ;
                 They
                 will
                 cut
                 off
                 My
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 perhaps
                 make
                 Thee
                 a
                 King
                 :
                 But
                 mark
                 what
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 You
                 must
                 not
                 be
                 a
                 King
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 Your
                 Brothers
              
               Charles
               and
               James
               
                 do
                 live
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 will
                 cut
                 off
                 Your
                 Brothers
                 Heads
                 (
                 when
                 they
                 can
                 catch
                 them
                 )
                 and
                 cut
                 off
                 Thy
                 Head
                 too
                 at
                 last
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 charge
                 You
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 be
                 made
                 a
                 King
                 by
                 them
                 .
              
               At
               which
               ,
               the
               Child
               sighing
               ,
               said
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 be
                 torn
                 in
                 pieces
                 first
                 .
              
               Which
               falling
               so
               unexpectedly
               from
               one
               so
               young
               ,
               it
               made
               the
               King
               rejoyce
               exceedingly
               .
            
          
           
             
               II.
               Another
               Relation
               from
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeths
               own
               Hand
               .
            
             
               WHat
               the
               King
               said
               to
               Me
               the
               29
               th
               .
               of
               January
               1648.
               
               Being
               the
               last
               time
               I
               had
               the
               happiness
               to
               see
               Him
               ,
               He
               told
               Me
               ,
               He
               was
               glad
               I
               was
               come
               ;
               and
               although
               He
               had
               not
               time
               to
               say
               much
               ,
               yet
               somewhat
               He
               had
               to
               say
               to
               me
               ,
               which
               He
               had
               not
               to
               another
               ,
               or
               leave
               in
               Writing
               ,
               because
               He
               feared
               their
               Cruelty
               was
               such
               ,
               as
               that
               they
               would
               not
               have
               permitted
               Him
               to
               write
               to
               me
               .
               He
               wished
               me
               not
               to
               grieve
               and
               torment
               my self
               for
               Him
               ,
               for
               that
               would
               be
               a
               
                 Glorious
                 Death
              
               that
               He
               should
               die
               ,
               it
               being
               for
               the
               Laws
               and
               Liberties
               of
               this
               Land
               ,
               and
               for
               maintaining
               the
               
                 True
                 Protestant
                 Religion
              
               .
               He
               bid
               me
               read
               Bishop
               
               Andrews's
               Sermons
               ,
               
               Hooker's
               Ecclesiastical
               Polity
               ,
               and
               Bishop
               
               Laud's
               Book
               against
               Fisher
               ;
               which
               would
               ground
               me
               against
               Popery
               .
               He
               told
               me
               ,
               He
               had
               forgiven
               all
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               hoped
               God
               would
               forgive
               them
               also
               ;
               and
               commanded
               us
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               my
               Brothers
               and
               Sisters
               to
               forgive
               them
               .
               He
               bid
               me
               tell
               my
               Mother
               ,
               that
               His
               Thoughts
               had
               never
               strayed
               from
               her
               ,
               and
               that
               His
               Love
               should
               be
               the
               same
               to
               the
               last
               .
               Withal
               He
               commanded
               me
               and
               my
               Brother
               to
               be
               obedient
               to
               Her
               ,
               and
               bid
               me
               
               send
               His
               Blessing
               to
               the
               rest
               of
               my
               Brothers
               and
               Sisters
               ,
               with
               Commendation
               to
               all
               His
               Friends
               .
            
             
               
                 So
                 after
                 He
                 had
                 given
                 me
                 His
                 Blessing
                 ,
                 I
                 took
                 my
                 Leave
                 .
              
            
             
               Further
               ,
               He
               commanded
               us
               all
               to
               forgive
               those
               People
               ,
               but
               never
               to
               trust
               them
               ,
               for
               they
               had
               been
               most
               false
               to
               Him
               ,
               and
               to
               those
               that
               gave
               them
               Power
               ;
               and
               He
               feared
               also
               to
               their
               own
               Souls
               :
               And
               desired
               me
               not
               to
               grieve
               for
               Him
               ,
               for
               he
               should
               die
               a
               Martyr
               ;
               and
               that
               He
               doubted
               not
               but
               the
               Lord
               would
               settle
               His
               Throne
               upon
               His
               Son
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               should
               be
               all
               happier
               than
               we
               could
               have
               expected
               to
               have
               been
               if
               he
               had
               lived
               .
               With
               many
               other
               things
               ,
               which
               at
               present
               I
               cannot
               remember
               .
            
          
           
             
               III.
               Another
               Relation
               from
               the
               Lady
               Elizabeth
               .
            
             
               THE
               King
               said
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Gloucester
               ,
               That
               he
               would
               say
               nothing
               to
               him
               but
               what
               was
               for
               the
               good
               of
               his
               Soul.
               He
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               heard
               the
               Army
               intended
               to
               make
               him
               King
               ;
               but
               it
               was
               a
               thing
               not
               for
               him
               to
               take
               upon
               him
               ,
               if
               he
               regarded
               the
               Welfare
               of
               his
               Soul
               ,
               for
               he
               had
               two
               Brothers
               before
               him
               ;
               and
               therefore
               commanded
               him
               upon
               his
               Blessing
               never
               to
               accept
               of
               it
               ,
               unless
               it
               redounded
               lawfully
               upon
               him
               ;
               and
               commanded
               him
               to
               fear
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               he
               would
               provide
               for
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Painted
             Chamber
             .
             
               Lunae
               ,
               29
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             Three
             Proclamations
             made
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Court
               is
               called
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Commissioners
               Present
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Bradshaw
              
               ,
               Serjeant
               at
               Law
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 President
              
               of
               this
               Court.
               
            
             
               
                 Oliver
                 Crowwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Ireton
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
               ,
               Knight
               .
            
             
               
                 Valentine
                 Wauton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Harrison
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Whalley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Pride
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Isaac
                 Ewers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Ingoldsby
              
               .
            
             
               Tho.
               L.
               Grey
               of
               Groby
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 John
                 Bourchier
              
               ,
               Kt.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Marten
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Purefoy
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Barkstead
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Blackistone
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Gilbert
                 Millington
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Constable
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Edmond
                 Ludlow
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Hutchinson
              
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Michael
                 Livesey
              
               ,
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 James
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Dixwell
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 Robert
                 Tichbourne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Owen
                 Roe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 Deane
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Okey
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Huson
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Goffe
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Jones
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Francis
                 Allen.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Peregr
                 .
                 Pelham
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Anlaby
              
               .
            
             
               
                 William
                 Say.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Smith
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Humphrey
                 Edwards
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Venn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               
            
             
               
                 William
                 Cawley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Horton
              
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Lisle
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Nicholas
                 Love.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Vincent
                 Potter
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Augustine
                 Garland
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Simon
                 Meyne
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Daniel
                 Blagrave
              
               .
            
          
           
             Upon
             Report
             made
             from
             the
             Committee
             for
             considering
             the
             Time
             and
             Place
             of
             the
             Executing
             of
             the
             Judgment
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Committee
             have
             Resolved
             ,
             That
             the
             open
             Street
             before
             White-Hall
             ,
             is
             a
             fit
             Place
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Committee
             conceive
             it
             fit
             that
             the
             King
             be
             there
             Executed
             the
             Morrow
             ,
             the
             King
             having
             already
             Notice
             thereof
             ;
             The
             Court
             approved
             thereof
             ,
             and
             Ordered
             a
             Warrant
             
             to
             be
             drawn
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             which
             said
             Warrant
             was
             accordingly
             drawn
             and
             agreed
             unto
             ,
             and
             Ordered
             to
             be
             Engrossed
             ;
             which
             was
             done
             ,
             and
             Signed
             and
             Sealed
             accordingly
             ,
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     At
                     the
                     
                       High
                       Court
                       of
                       Justice
                    
                     for
                     the
                     Trying
                     and
                     Judging
                     of
                     CHARLES
                     STVART
                     ,
                     King
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     Jan.
                     
                       29.
                       1648.
                    
                     
                  
                   
                     WHereas
                     
                       CHARLES
                       STVART
                    
                     ,
                     King
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     is
                     and
                     standeth
                     Convicted
                     ,
                     Attainted
                     and
                     Condemned
                     of
                     
                       High
                       Treason
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     other
                     
                       High
                       Crimes
                    
                     ,
                     and
                     Sentence
                     upon
                     Saturday
                     last
                     was
                     Pronounced
                     against
                     him
                     by
                     this
                     Court
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     put
                     to
                     Death
                     by
                     the
                     severing
                     of
                     his
                     Head
                     from
                     his
                     Body
                     ,
                     of
                     which
                     Sentence
                     ,
                     Execution
                     yet
                     remaineth
                     to
                     be
                     done
                     ;
                     These
                     are
                     therefore
                     to
                     Will
                     and
                     Require
                     you
                     to
                     see
                     the
                     said
                     Sentence
                     Executed
                     in
                     the
                     open
                     Street
                     before
                     White-Hall
                     ,
                     upon
                     the
                     Morrow
                     ,
                     being
                     the
                     Thirtieth
                     Day
                     of
                     this
                     instant
                     Month
                     of
                     January
                     ,
                     between
                     the
                     hours
                     of
                     Ten
                     in
                     the
                     Morning
                     ,
                     and
                     Five
                     in
                     the
                     Afternoon
                     of
                     the
                     same
                     Day
                     ,
                     with
                     full
                     effect
                     .
                     And
                     for
                     so
                     doing
                     ,
                     this
                     shall
                     be
                     your
                     sufficient
                     Warrant
                     .
                     And
                     these
                     are
                     to
                     require
                     all
                     Officers
                     ,
                     Soldiers
                     and
                     others
                     ,
                     the
                     Good
                     People
                     of
                     this
                     Nation
                     of
                     England
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     assisting
                     unto
                     you
                     in
                     this
                     Service
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Given
                       under
                       our
                       Hands
                       and
                       Seals
                       .
                    
                     To
                     Col.
                     
                       Francis
                       Hacker
                    
                     ,
                     Col.
                     
                       Huncks
                       ,
                       and
                    
                     Lieutenant
                     Col.
                     
                       Phray
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       every
                       of
                       them
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                       Sealed
                       and
                       Subscribed
                       by
                       
                         
                           
                             John
                             Bradshaw
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Tho.
                             Grey
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Oliver
                             Cromwell
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Edward
                             Whalley
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Michael
                             Livesey
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Okey
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Danvers
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Bourchier
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Henry
                             Ireton
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Thomas
                             Maleverer
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Blackistone
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Hutchinson
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             William
                             Goffe
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Thomas
                             Pride
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Peter
                             Temple
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Tho.
                             Harrison
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Huson
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Henry
                             Smith
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Peregrine
                             Pelham
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Simon
                             Meyne
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Thomas
                             Horton
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Jones
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Moore
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Hardress
                             Waller
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Gilbert
                             Millington
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             George
                             Fleetwood
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Alured
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Rob●rt
                             Tilbourne
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             William
                             Say.
                          
                           
                        
                         
                           
                             Anthony
                             Stapeley
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Richard
                             Deane
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Robert
                             Tichbourne
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Humphrey
                             Edwards
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Daniel
                             Blagrave
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Owen
                             Roe
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             William
                             Purefoy
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Adrian
                             Scroope
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             James
                             Temple
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Augustine
                             Garland
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Edmund
                             Ludlow
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Henry
                             Marten
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Vincent
                             Potter
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             William
                             Constable
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Richard
                             Ingoldsby
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             William
                             Cawley
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Berkstead
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Isaac
                             Ewers
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Dixwell
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Valentine
                             Wauton
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Gregory
                             Norton
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Tho.
                             Challoner
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Thomas
                             Wogan
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Venn
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Gregory
                             Clement
                          
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Downes
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Thomas
                             Waite
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Thomas
                             Scott
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             John
                             Carew
                          
                           .
                        
                         
                           
                             Miles
                             Corbet
                          
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       It
                       was
                       Ordered
                       ,
                       
                         That
                         the
                         Officers
                         of
                         the
                         Ordnance
                         within
                         the
                         Tower
                         of
                      
                       London
                       ,
                       
                         or
                         any
                         other
                         Officer
                         or
                         Officers
                         of
                         the
                         Store
                         within
                         the
                         said
                         Tower
                         ,
                         in
                         whose
                         Hands
                         or
                         Custody
                         the
                         bright
                         Execution-Axe
                         for
                         the
                         Executing
                         Malefactors
                         ,
                         is
                         ,
                         do
                         forthwith
                         deliver
                         unto
                      
                       Edward
                       Dendy
                       ,
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       Serjeant
                       at
                       Arms
                       ,
                       
                         attending
                         this
                         Court
                         ,
                         or
                         his
                         Deputy
                         or
                         Deputies
                         ,
                         the
                         said
                         Axe
                      
                       ;
                       and
                       for
                       their
                       or
                       either
                       of
                       their
                       so
                       doing
                       ,
                       this
                       shall
                       be
                       their
                       Warrant
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         Directed
                         to
                      
                       Col.
                       
                         John
                         White
                         ,
                         or
                         any
                         other
                         Officer
                         within
                         the
                         Tower
                         of
                      
                       London
                       ,
                       
                         whom
                         it
                         concerneth
                      
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
           
           
             The
             Court
             Adjourned
             till
             to
             morrow
             Morning
             at
             Nine
             of
             the
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             *
             
               Mercurii
               ,
               30
               Jan.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             Commissioners
             meet
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               Mr.
            
             Marshall
             ,
             Mr.
             Nye
             ,
             Mr.
             Caryl
             ,
             Mr.
             Salway
             ,
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Dell
             
               be
               desired
               to
               Attend
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               Administer
               to
               him
               those
               Spiritual
               Helps
               as
               should
               be
               sutable
               to
               his
               present
               Condition
               .
               And
               Lieut.
               Col.
            
             Goffe
             
               is
               desired
               forthwith
               to
               repair
               unto
               them
               for
               that
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             Who
             did
             so
             ,
             but
             after
             informed
             the
             Court
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             being
             aquainted
             therewith
             ,
             refused
             to
             confer
             with
             them
             ;
             expressing
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             not
             be
             troubled
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Scaffold
               upon
               which
               the
               King
               is
               to
               be
               Executed
               ,
               be
               covered
               with
               Black.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Warrant
             for
             Executing
             the
             King
             ,
             being
             accordingly
             delivered
             to
             those
             Parties
             to
             whom
             the
             same
             was
             directed
             ,
             Execution
             was
             done
             upon
             him
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Tenor
             of
             the
             said
             Warrant
             ,
             about
             Two
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             of
             the
             said
             Thirtieth
             of
             January
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Phelpes
             makes
             as
             short
             Work
             of
             this
             part
             of
             the
             Narrative
             ,
             as
             his
             
               Infamous
               Masters
            
             had
             done
             of
             their
             
               Pretended
               Tryal
            
             of
             this
             
               Illustrious
               Innocent
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             to
             supply
             that
             Defect
             ,
             take
             the
             following
             Account
             of
             the
             Conclusion
             of
             this
             Dismal
             Tragedy
             .
          
           
             Tuesday
             ,
             the
             Thirtieth
             of
             January
             ,
             the
             Fatal
             Day
             ,
             being
             come
             ,
             the
             Commissioners
             met
             ,
             and
             Ordered
             four
             or
             five
             of
             their
             Ministers
             to
             attend
             upon
             the
             King
             at
             St.
             
             James's
             ,
             where
             they
             then
             kept
             him
             ;
             but
             his
             Majesty
             well
             knowing
             what
             miserable
             Comforters
             they
             were
             like
             to
             prove
             ,
             refused
             to
             have
             Conference
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             That
             Morning
             ,
             before
             his
             Majesty
             was
             brought
             thence
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             (
             who
             with
             much
             ado
             was
             permitted
             to
             wait
             upon
             him
             a
             day
             or
             two
             before
             ,
             and
             to
             assist
             him
             in
             that
             sad
             Instant
             )
             read
             Divine
             Service
             in
             his
             Presence
             ;
             in
             which
             the
             27th
             .
             of
             St.
             Matt.
             (
             the
             History
             of
             our
             Saviours
             Crucifixion
             )
             proved
             the
             Second
             Lesson
             .
             The
             King
             supposing
             it
             to
             have
             been
             selected
             on
             purpose
             ,
             thank'd
             him
             afterwards
             for
             his
             seasonable
             Choice
             :
             But
             the
             Bishop
             modestly
             declining
             that
             ,
             undue
             Thanks
             ,
             told
             him
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Lesson
             appointed
             by
             the
             Calendar
             for
             that
             day
             ,
             He
             also
             then
             and
             there
             received
             of
             the
             Bishop
             the
             
               Holy
               Sacrament
            
             ,
             and
             performed
             all
             his
             Devotions
             in
             preparation
             to
             his
             Passion
             .
          
           
             Which
             ended
             ,
             about
             Ten
             of
             the
             Clock
             his
             Majesty
             was
             brought
             from
             St.
             
             James's
             to
             White-Hall
             ,
             by
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Foot
             ,
             with
             Colours
             flying
             and
             Drums
             beating
             ,
             part
             marching
             before
             ,
             and
             part
             behind
             ,
             with
             a
             private
             Guard
             of
             Partisans
             about
             him
             ,
             the
             Bishop
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             Col.
             Tomlinson
             (
             who
             had
             the
             Charge
             of
             him
             )
             on
             the
             other
             ,
             both
             bare-headed
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             walking
             very
             fast
             ,
             and
             bidding
             them
             go
             faster
             ,
             added
             ,
          
           
             That
             ,
             
               he
               now
               went
               before
               them
               to
               strive
               for
               an
               Heavenly
               
               Crown
               ,
               with
               less
               solicitude
               than
               he
               had
               often
               encouraged
               his
               Soldiers
               to
               fight
               for
               an
               Earthly
               Diadem
               .
            
          
           
             Being
             come
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Park
             ,
             he
             went
             up
             the
             Stairs
             leading
             to
             the
             
               Long
               Gallery
            
             in
             White-Hall
             ,
             &
             so
             into
             the
             Cabinet-Chamber
             ,
             where
             he
             us'd
             formerly
             to
             lodge
             .
             There
             finding
             an
             unexpected
             Delay
             in
             being
             brought
             upon
             the
             Scaffold
             ,
             which
             they
             had
             not
             as
             then
             fitted
             ,
             he
             past
             the
             time
             ,
             at
             convenient
             Distances
             ,
             in
             Prayer
             .
          
           
             About
             Twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             refusing
             to
             Dine
             ,
             ,
             only
             eat
             a
             Bit
             of
             Bread
             ,
             and
             drank
             a
             Glass
             of
             Claret
             ;
             and
             about
             an
             hour
             after
             ,
             Col.
             Hacker
             ,
             with
             other
             Officers
             and
             Soldiers
             ,
             brought
             him
             ,
             with
             the
             Bishop
             and
             Col.
             Tomlinson
             ,
             through
             the
             Banquetting-House
             to
             the
             Scaffold
             ,
             to
             which
             ,
             the
             Passage
             was
             made
             through
             a
             Window
             .
          
           
             Divers
             Companies
             of
             Foot
             and
             Troops
             of
             Horse
             were
             placed
             on
             each
             side
             of
             the
             Street
             ,
             which
             hindred
             the
             Approach
             of
             the
             very
             numerous
             Spectators
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             from
             speaking
             what
             he
             had
             premeditated
             ,
             and
             prepared
             for
             them
             to
             hear
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             finding
             himself
             disappointed
             ,
             omitted
             much
             of
             his
             intended
             Matter
             ;
             and
             for
             what
             he
             meant
             to
             speak
             ,
             directed
             himself
             chiefly
             to
             Col.
             Tomlinson
             .
          
           
             
               I
               shall
               be
               very
               little
               heard
               of
               any
               body
               here
               ;
               I
               shall
               therefore
               speak
               a
               Word
               unto
               you
               here
               .
            
          
           
             
               Indeed
               I
               could
               hold
               my
               peace
               very
               well
               ,
               if
               I
               did
               not
               think
               that
               holding
               my
               peace
               would
               make
               some
               men
               think
               that
               I
               did
               submit
               to
               the
               Guilt
               as
               well
               as
               to
               the
               Punishment
               :
               But
               I
               think
               it
               is
               my
               Duty
               ,
               to
               God
               first
               ,
               and
               to
               my
               Country
               ,
               for
               to
               clear
               my self
               both
               as
               an
               honest
               Man
               ,
               a
               good
               King
               ,
               and
               a
               good
               Christian
               .
            
          
           
             I
             shall
             begin
             first
             with
             my
             Innocence
             .
          
           
             
               In
               troth
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               not
               very
               needful
               for
               me
               to
               insist
               long
               upon
               this
               ;
               for
               all
               the
               World
               knows
               that
               I
               never
               did
               begin
               a
               War
               first
               with
               the
            
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             
               and
               I
               call
               God
               to
               witness
               ,
               to
               whom
               I
               must
               shortly
               make
               an
               Account
               ,
               that
               I
               never
               did
               intend
               for
               to
               encroach
               upon
               their
               Priviledges
               ;
               they
               
               began
               upon
               me
               ;
               it
               is
               the
               Militia
               they
               began
               upon
               ;
               they
               confest
               that
               the
               Militia
               was
               mine
               ,
               but
               they
               thought
               it
               fit
               for
               to
               have
               it
               from
               me
               .
               And
               to
               be
               short
               ,
               if
               any
               body
               will
               look
               to
               the
               Dates
               of
               Commissions
               ,
               of
               their
               Commissions
               and
               mine
               ,
               and
               likewise
               to
               the
               Declarations
               ,
               they
               will
               see
               clearly
               that
               they
               began
               these
               unhappy
               Troubles
               ,
               not
               I.
               So
               that
               as
               to
               the
               guilt
               of
               these
               enormous
               Crimes
               that
               are
               laid
               against
               me
               ,
               I
               hope
               in
               God
               that
               God
               will
               clear
               me
               of
               it
               .
               I
               will
               not
               (
               I
               am
               in
               Charity
               )
               God
               forbid
               that
               I
               should
               lay
               it
               on
               the
            
             Two
             Houses
             of
             Parliament
             ;
             
               there
               is
               no
               necessity
               of
               either
               :
               I
               hope
               they
               are
               free
               of
               this
               Guilt
               .
               For
               I
               do
               believe
               that
               ill
               Instruments
               between
               them
               and
               me
               have
               been
               the
               chief
               Cause
               of
               all
               this
               Bloodshed
               :
               So
               that
               by
               way
               of
               speaking
               ,
               as
               I
               find
               my self
               clear
               of
               this
               ,
               I
               hope
               and
               pray
               God
               that
               they
               may
               too
               .
               Yet
               for
               all
               this
               ,
               God
               forbid
               that
               I
               should
               be
               so
               ill
               a
               Christian
               as
               not
               to
               say
               that
               God's
               Judgments
               are
               just
               upon
               me
               ;
               many
               times
               he
               does
               pay
               Justice
               by
               an
               unjust
               Sentence
               ;
               that
               is
               ordinary
               .
               I
               will
               only
               say
               this
               ,
               That
            
             an
             unjust
             Sentence
             that
             I
             suffered
             to
             take
             effect
             ,
             
             is
             punished
             now
             by
             an
             unjust
             Sentence
             upon
             me
             .
             
               That
               is
               ,
               —
               So
               far
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               to
               shew
               you
               that
               I
               am
               an
            
             Innocent
             Man.
             
          
           
             Now
             for
             to
             shew
             you
             that
             I
             am
             a
             
               good
               Christian
            
             ;
          
           
             
             
               I
               hope
               there
               is
               a
               good
               Man
               that
               will
               bear
               me
               witness
               that
               I
               have
               forgiven
               all
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               even
               those
               in
               particular
               that
               have
               been
               the
               chief
               causers
               of
               my
               Death
               :
               Who
               they
               are
               ,
               God
               knows
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               I
               pray
               God
               forgive
               them
               .
               But
               this
               is
               not
               all
               ,
               my
               Charity
               must
               go
               further
               ;
               I
               wish
               that
               they
               may
               repent
               ;
               for
               indeed
               they
               have
               committed
               a
               great
               Sin
               in
               that
               Particular
               ;
               I
               pray
               God
               with
               St.
            
             Stephen
             ,
             that
             this
             be
             not
             laid
             to
             their
             Charge
             .
             
               Nay
               ,
               not
               only
               so
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               may
               take
               the
               right
               way
               to
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               :
               For
               my
               Charity
               commands
               me
               not
               only
               to
               forgive
               particular
               men
               ,
               but
               my
               Charity
               commands
               me
               to
               endeavour
               to
               the
               last
               gasp
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               So
               ,
               Sirs
               ,
               I
               do
               wish
               with
               all
               my
               Soul
               ,
               (
               and
               I
               do
               hope
               there
               is
               some
               here
               will
               carry
               it
               further
               )
               that
               they
               may
               endeavour
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
          
           
             
               Now
               ,
               Sirs
               ,
               I
               must
               shew
               you
               both
               how
               you
               are
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ,
               and
               will
               put
               you
               in
               a
               way
               .
            
          
           
             First
             ,
             
               You
               are
               out
               of
               the
               way
               :
               For
               certainly
               all
               the
               way
               
               you
               ever
               have
               had
               yet
               ,
               as
               I
               could
               find
               by
               any
               thing
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               way
               of
               Conquest
               .
               Certainly
               this
               is
               an
               ill
               way
               ;
               for
               Conquest
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               in
               my
               opinion
               ,
               is
               never
               just
               ,
               except
               there
               be
               a
               good
               just
               Cause
               ,
               either
               for
               matter
               of
               wrong
               or
               just
               Title
               ;
               and
               then
               if
               you
               go
               beyond
               it
               ,
               the
               first
               Quarrel
               that
               you
               have
               to
               it
               ,
               that
               makes
               it
               unjust
               at
               the
               end
               that
               was
               just
               at
               the
               first
               .
               But
               if
               it
               be
               only
               matter
               of
               Conquest
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               a
               great
            
             Robbery
             ,
             
               as
               a
               Pyrate
               said
               to
            
             Alexander
             
               the
               Great
               ,
               That
            
             he
             was
             the
             great
             Robber
             ,
             he
             was
             but
             a
             petty
             Robber
             .
             
               And
               so
            
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             
               I
               do
               think
               the
               way
               that
               you
               are
               in
               is
               much
               out
               of
               the
               way
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             
               for
               to
               put
               you
               in
               the
               way
               ;
               believe
               it
               ,
               you
               will
               never
               do
               right
               ,
               nor
               God
               will
               never
               prosper
               you
               ,
               until
               you
               give
            
             God
             
               his
               Due
               ,
               the
            
             King
             
               his
               Due
               (
               that
               is
            
             ,
             My
             Successors
             )
             
               and
               the
            
             People
             
               their
               Due
               :
               I
               am
               as
               much
               for
            
             Them
             
               as
               any
               of
               you
            
             .
          
           
             
               You
               must
               give
            
             God
             
               his
               Due
               ,
               by
               Regulating
               rightly
               his
               Church
               according
               to
               his
               Scripture
               ,
               which
               is
               now
               out
               of
               Order
               .
               For
               to
               set
               you
               in
               a
               way
               particularly
               ,
               now
               I
               cannot
               ,
               but
               only
               this
               ,
               a
            
             National
             Synod
             ,
             freely
             Called
             ,
             freely
             Debating
             among
             themselves
             ,
             
               must
               settle
               this
               ,
               when
               that
               every
               Opinion
               is
               freely
               and
               clearly
               heard
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               indeed
               I
               will
               not
            
             .
             —
          
           
             (
             Then
             turning
             to
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             touched
             the
             Axe
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               Hurt
               not
               the
               Axe
               ,
               that
               may
               hurt
               me
               .
            
             )
          
           
             
               For
               the
            
             King
             ,
             
               The
               Laws
               of
               the
               Land
               will
               clearly
               instruct
               you
               for
               that
               ;
               therefore
               ,
               because
               it
               concerns
               my
               own
               Particular
               ,
               I
               only
               give
               you
               a
               Touch
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               For
               the
            
             People
             :
             
               And
               truly
               I
               desire
               their
               Liberty
               and
               Freedom
               as
               much
               as
               any
               body
               whomsoever
               ;
               but
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               that
               their
               Liberty
               and
               Freedom
               consists
               in
               having
               of
               Government
               ,
               those
               Laws
               by
               which
               their
               Life
               and
               their
               Goods
               may
               be
               most
               their
               own
               .
               It
               is
               not
               for
               having
               share
               in
               Government
               ,
            
             Sir
             ;
             
               that
               is
               nothing
               pertaining
               to
               them
               :
               a
               Subject
               and
               a
               Sovereign
               are
               clear
               different
               things
               .
               And
               therefore
               until
               they
               do
               that
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               that
               you
               do
               put
               the
               People
               in
               that
               Liberty
               as
               I
               say
               ,
               certainly
               they
               will
               never
               enjoy
               themselves
               .
               Sirs
               ,
               it
               was
               for
               this
               that
               now
               I
               am
               come
               here
               :
               If
               I
               would
               have
               given
               way
               to
               an
               
               Arbitrary
               way
               ,
               for
               to
               have
               all
               Laws
               changed
               according
               to
               the
               power
               of
               the
               Sword
               ,
               I
               needed
               not
               to
               have
               come
               here
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               tell
               you
               (
               and
               I
               pray
               God
               it
               be
               not
               laid
               to
               your
               Charge
               )
               that
               I
               am
               the
            
             MARTYR
             
               of
               the
            
             People
             .
          
           
             
               In
               troth
               ,
               Sirs
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               hold
               you
               much
               longer
               ;
               for
               I
               will
               only
               say
               this
               to
               you
               ,
               That
            
             in
             truth
             I
             could
             have
             desired
             some
             little
             time
             longer
             ,
             because
             that
             I
             would
             have
             put
             this
             that
             I
             have
             said
             in
             little
             more
             order
             ,
             and
             a
             little
             better
             digested
             than
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             
               and
               therefore
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               excuse
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               I
               have
               delivered
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               I
               pray
               God
               that
               you
               do
               take
               those
               courses
               that
               are
               best
               for
               the
               good
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               your
               own
               Salvation
               .
            
          
           
             
               Then
               the
            
             Bishop
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               Though
               it
               be
               very
               well
               known
               what
               your
               Majesties
               Affections
               are
               to
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               yet
               it
               may
               be
               expected
               that
               You
               should
               say
               somewhat
               for
               the
               Worlds
               satisfaction
               in
               that
               Particular
               .
            
          
           
             Whereupon
             the
             King
             replied
             ,
          
           
             
               I
               thank
               you
               very
               heartily
            
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             
               for
               that
               ,
               I
               had
               almost
               forgotten
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               In
               troth
            
             ,
             Sirs
             ,
             
               My
               Conscience
               in
               Religion
               ,
               I
               think
               is
               very
               well
               known
               to
               all
               the
               World
               ;
               and
               therefore
               I
               declare
               before
               you
               all
               ,
               That
            
             I
             die
             a
             Christian
             according
             to
             the
             Profession
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             I
             found
             it
             left
             me
             by
             my
             Father
             ;
             
             
               and
               this
               honest
               man
               I
               think
               will
               witness
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             turning
             to
             the
             Officers
             ,
             
               He
               said
            
             ,
          
           
             
               Sirs
               ,
               Excuse
               me
               for
               this
               same
               ,
            
             I
             have
             a
             good
             Cause
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             a
             gracious
             God
             ,
             
               I
               will
               say
               no
               more
            
             .
          
           
             Then
             to
             Col.
             Hacker
             he
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               Take
               care
               that
               they
               do
               not
               put
               me
               to
               pain
               .
               And
               ,
            
             Sir
             ,
             
               this
               ,
               and
               it
               please
               you
            
             —
          
           
           
             But
             a
             Gentleman
             coming
             near
             the
             Axe
             ,
             the
             King
             said
             ,
          
           
             
               Take
               heed
               of
               the
               Axe
               ,
               pray
               take
               heed
               of
               the
               Axe
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               to
               the
            
             Executioner
             
               he
               said
            
             ,
          
           
             I
             shall
             say
             but
             very
             short
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             thrust
             out
             my
             hands
             —
          
           
             
               Then
               he
               called
               to
               the
               Bishop
               for
               his
               Cap
               ,
            
             and
             having
             put
             it
             on
             
               asked
               the
            
             Executioner
             ,
          
           
             Does
             my
             Hair
             trouble
             you
             ?
          
           
             Who
             desired
             him
             to
             put
             it
             all
             under
             his
             Cap
             ;
             which
             as
             he
             was
             doing
             ,
             by
             the
             help
             of
             the
             Bishop
             and
             the
             Executioner
             ,
             he
             turned
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
          
           
             I
             have
             a
             good
             Cause
             ,
             and
             a
             gracious
             God
             on
             my
             side
             .
          
           
             The
             Bishop
             said
             ,
          
           
             There
             is
             but
             one
             Stage
             more
             ;
             which
             ,
             
             though
             turbulent
             and
             troublesome
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             very
             short
             one
             ;
             you
             may
             consider
             it
             will
             soon
             carry
             you
             a
             very
             great
             way
             ;
             it
             will
             carry
             you
             from
             Earth
             to
             Heaven
             ;
             and
             there
             you
             shall
             find
             ,
             to
             your
             great
             Joy
             ,
             the
             Prize
             you
             hasten
             to
             ,
             a
             Crown
             of
             Glory
             .
          
           
             The
             King
             adjoyns
             .
          
           
             I
             go
             from
             a
             corruptible
             to
             an
             incorruptible
             Crown
             ,
             where
             no
             disturbance
             can
             be
             ,
             no
             disturbance
             in
             the
             world
             .
          
           
             Bishop
             .
             You
             are
             exchanged
             from
             a
             Temporal
             to
             an
             Eternal
             Crown
             .
             A
             good
             Exchange
             !
          
           
             
               Then
               the
            
             King
             
               asked
               the
            
             Executioner
             ,
          
           
             Is
             my
             Hair
             well
             ?
          
           
           
             And
             taking
             off
             his
             Cloak
             and
             George
             ,
             he
             delivered
             his
             George
             to
             the
             Bishop
             ,
             saying
             ,
          
           
             Remember
             .
          
           
             Then
             putting
             off
             his
             Doublet
             ,
             and
             being
             in
             his
             Wast-coat
             ,
             he
             put
             on
             his
             Cloak
             again
             ,
             and
             looking
             upon
             the
             Block
             ,
             said
             to
             the
             Executioner
             ,
          
           
             You
             must
             set
             it
             fast
             .
          
           
             
               Executioner
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               fast
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               It
               might
               have
               been
               a
               little
               higher
               .
            
          
           
             
               Executioner
               .
            
             
               It
               can
               be
               no
               higher
               ,
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               King.
               
            
             
               When
               I
               put
               out
               my
               hands
               this
               way
               ,
               then
               —
            
          
           
             Then
             having
             said
             a
             few
             Words
             to
             himself
             ,
             as
             he
             stood
             ,
             with
             hands
             and
             eyes
             lift
             up
             ,
             immediately
             stooping
             down
             ,
             he
             laid
             his
             Neck
             upon
             the
             Block
             ,
             and
             the
             Executioner
             again
             putting
             his
             Hair
             under
             his
             Cap
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             thinking
             he
             had
             been
             going
             to
             strike
             bad
             him
          
           
             Stay
             for
             the
             Sign
             .
          
           
             
               Executioner
               .
            
             
               Yes
               I
               will
               and
               it
               please
               your
               Majesty
               .
            
          
           
             After
             a
             very
             short
             pause
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             stretching
             forth
             his
             Hands
             ,
             the
             Executioner
             severed
             his
             head
             from
             his
             Body
             :
             Which
             being
             held
             up
             and
             shewed
             to
             the
             People
             ,
             was
             with
             his
             Body
             put
             into
             a
             Coffin
             covered
             with
             Velvet
             ,
             and
             carried
             into
             his
             Lodging
             .
          
           
             His
             Blood
             was
             taken
             up
             by
             divers
             Persons
             for
             different
             ends
             :
             By
             some
             as
             trophies
             of
             their
             Villany
             ,
             by
             others
             as
             Reliques
             of
             a
             Martyr
             ;
             and
             in
             some
             hath
             had
             the
             same
             effect
             by
             the
             Blessing
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             was
             often
             found
             in
             his
             Sacred
             Touch
             when
             living
             .
          
           
             The
             Malice
             of
             his
             Enemies
             ended
             not
             with
             his
             Life
             :
             For
             when
             his
             Body
             was
             carried
             to
             St.
             
             James's
             to
             be
             opened
             ,
             they
             directed
             their
             Empiricks
             to
             search
             for
             such
             Symptoms
             as
             might
             disgrace
             his
             Person
             or
             his
             Posterity
             ;
             but
             herein
             they
             were
             prevented
             by
             an
             honest
             Intruder
             ,
             who
             gave
             a
             true
             account
             of
             his
             Sound
             and
             Excellent
             Temparament
             .
          
           
           
             Being
             imbalmed
             and
             laid
             in
             a
             Coffin
             of
             Lead
             ,
             to
             be
             seen
             for
             some
             dayes
             by
             the
             People
             ,
             at
             length
             upon
             Wednesday
             the
             seventeenth
             of
             February
             ,
             it
             was
             delivered
             to
             four
             of
             His
             servants
             ,
             
               Herbert
               ,
               Mildmay
               ,
               Preston
            
             and
             Joyner
             ,
             who
             with
             some
             others
             in
             mourning
             Equipage
             attended
             the
             Herse
             that
             night
             to
             Windsor
             ,
             and
             placed
             it
             in
             the
             Room
             which
             was
             formerly
             the
             Kings
             Bed-Chamber
             .
          
           
             Next
             day
             it
             was
             removed
             into
             the
             Deans
             Hall
             ,
             which
             was
             hung
             with
             black
             and
             made
             dark
             ,
             and
             Lights
             were
             set
             burning
             round
             the
             Herse
             .
             About
             three
             Afternoon
             the
             Duke
             of
             Richmond
             ,
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Hartford
             ,
             the
             Earls
             of
             Southampton
             and
             Lindsey
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             ,
             (
             others
             that
             were
             sent
             ,
             to
             refusing
             that
             last
             service
             to
             the
             best
             of
             Princes
             )
             came
             thither
             with
             two
             Votes
             passed
             that
             morning
             ,
             whereby
             the
             ordering
             of
             the
             Kings
             Burial
             was
             committed
             to
             the
             Duke
             ,
             provided
             that
             the
             Expences
             thereof
             exceeded
             not
             Five
             Hundred
             Pound
             .
             This
             Order
             they
             shewed
             to
             Colonel
             Whichcot
             the
             Governour
             of
             the
             Castle
             desiring
             the
             interment
             might
             be
             in
             St.
             
             George's
             Chappel
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Form
             of
             the
             Common-Prayer
             :
             The
             latter
             Request
             the
             Governour
             denied
             ,
             saying
             that
             it
             was
             improbable
             the
             Parliament
             would
             permit
             the
             use
             of
             what
             they
             had
             so
             solemnly
             abolished
             ,
             and
             therein
             destroy
             their
             own
             Act.
             
          
           
             The
             Lords
             replied
             .
          
           
             That
             there
             was
             a
             difference
             betwixt
             destroying
             their
             own
             Act
             ,
             and
             dispensing
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             power
             so
             binds
             its
             own
             hands
             ,
             as
             to
             disable
             it self
             in
             some
             cases
             .
             But
             all
             prevailed
             not
             .
          
           
             The
             Governour
             had
             caused
             an
             ordinary
             Grave
             to
             be
             digged
             in
             the
             Body
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Windsor
             for
             the
             interment
             of
             the
             Corps
             ;
             which
             the
             Lords
             disdaining
             found
             means
             by
             the
             direction
             of
             an
             Honest
             Man
             ,
             one
             of
             the
             old
             Knights
             ,
             to
             use
             an
             Artifice
             to
             discover
             a
             Vault
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Quire
             ,
             by
             the
             hollow
             sound
             they
             might
             perceive
             in
             knocking
             with
             a
             staff
             upon
             that
             place
             ;
             that
             so
             it
             
             might
             seem
             to
             be
             their
             own
             accidental
             finding
             out
             ,
             and
             no
             person
             receive
             blame
             for
             the
             discovery
             .
             This
             place
             they
             caused
             to
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             entring
             saw
             one
             large
             Coffin
             of
             Lead
             in
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Vault
             covered
             with
             a
             Velvet
             Pall
             ,
             and
             a
             lesser
             on
             one
             side
             (
             supposed
             to
             be
             Henry
             the
             eighth
             ,
             and
             his
             beloved
             Queen
             
               Jane
               Saint-Maure
            
             )
             on
             the
             other
             side
             was
             room
             left
             for
             another
             (
             probably
             intended
             for
             Queen
             
               Katherine
               Parre
            
             ,
             who
             survived
             him
             )
             where
             they
             thought
             fit
             to
             lay
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Hither
             the
             Herse
             was
             born
             by
             the
             Officers
             of
             the
             Garrison
             ,
             the
             four
             Lords
             bearing
             up
             the
             Corners
             of
             the
             Velvet
             Pall
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishop
             of
             London
             following
             .
             And
             in
             this
             manner
             was
             this
             great
             King
             ,
             upon
             Fryday
             the
             ninth
             of
             February
             ,
             about
             three
             ,
             afternoon
             ,
             Silently
             and
             without
             other
             Solemnity
             then
             of
             sighs
             and
             tears
             ,
             committed
             to
             the
             Earth
             ,
             the
             Velvet
             Pall
             being
             thrown
             into
             the
             vault
             over
             the
             Coffin
             ,
             to
             which
             was
             fastned
             an
             Inscription
             in
             Lead
             of
             these
             Words
             ,
          
           
             King
             Charles
             ,
             1648.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             .
             The
             Commissioners
             of
             the
             High
             Court
             of
             Justice
             met
             ,
             
               Jan.
               30.
               1648.
               
            
             
               post
               Merid.
            
             
          
           
             
               Col.
               Hewson
               .
            
             
               Col.
               Okey
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Carey
               .
            
             
               Col.
               Deane
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Allen.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Scott
               .
            
             
               Col.
               Titchbourne
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Holland
               .
            
             
               Col.
               Wauton
               .
            
             
               Col.
               
                 Ja.
                 Temple
              
               .
            
             
               Col.
               Ludlow
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Meyne
               .
            
             
               Col.
               Rowe
               .
            
          
           
             They
             or
             any
             five
             of
             them
             shall
             have
             power
             ,
             and
             are
             hereby
             appointed
             a
             Committee
             to
             issue
             forth
             their
             Warrants
             under
             five
             of
             their
             Hands
             ,
             to
             Captain
             
               John
               Blackwell
            
             ,
             for
             Disbursing
             and
             Payment
             of
             such
             Sums
             of
             Money
             as
             they
             shall
             think
             fit
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             upon
             such
             Bills
             as
             they
             shall
             allow
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             a
             particular
             Account
             of
             the
             Moneys
             already
             disbursed
             and
             to
             be
             disbursed
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Report
             thereof
             to
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             are
             to
             meet
             in
             
               Queens
               Court
            
             on
             Thursday
             at
             Nine
             in
             the
             Morning
             ;
             and
             the
             Care
             hereof
             is
             particularly
             referred
             to
             Col.
             Titchbourne
             .
          
           
             They
             thereupon
             Adjourned
             till
             the
             Morrow
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             Febr.
             1.
             1648.
             
          
           
             The
             Commissioners
             being
             met
             ,
             Lieut.
             Col.
             Goffe
             ,
             Col.
             Ewers
             ,
             Col.
             Pride
             ,
             Sir
             
               Hardress
               Waller
            
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Committee
             of
             Accounts
             ,
             or
             any
             three
             or
             two
             of
             them
             are
             appointed
             and
             desired
             to
             take
             the
             Examination
             of
             
               William
               Evans
            
             ,
             Gent.
             and
             of
             all
             others
             that
             shall
             be
             apprehended
             for
             any
             Words
             or
             Actions
             spoken
             or
             done
             against
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             to
             peruse
             all
             such
             Papers
             ,
             Letters
             or
             Writings
             that
             shall
             be
             found
             with
             or
             about
             the
             said
             Persons
             ,
             and
             to
             make
             Report
             thereof
             to
             the
             Court
             :
             And
             the
             Committee
             
             above
             mentioned
             are
             added
             to
             the
             Committee
             of
             Account
             .
          
           
             And
             thereupon
             Adjourn
             till
             the
             Morrow
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Painted
               Chamber
            
             ,
             
               Feb.
               2.
               1648.
               
            
          
           
             The
             Commissioners
             being
             met
             ,
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             That
             Capt.
             Blackwell
             shall
             issue
             forth
             such
             Moneys
             as
             shall
             be
             requisite
             for
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             contingent
             Charges
             not
             yet
             satisfied
             in
             relation
             to
             the
             Trying
             ,
             Judging
             and
             Execution
             of
             
               CHARLES
               STVART
            
             late
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             according
             to
             such
             Warrant
             as
             he
             shall
             receive
             from
             the
             Committee
             appointed
             to
             take
             the
             Accounts
             of
             the
             Monies
             Disbursed
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             this
             Court
             ;
             and
             the
             said
             Gentlemen
             are
             desired
             to
             meet
             at
             White-Hall
             to
             morrow
             Morning
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             an
             exact
             Account
             from
             the
             said
             Captain
             Blackwell
             ,
             of
             the
             Monies
             by
             him
             disbursed
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Hall
            
             was
             brought
             before
             this
             Court
             upon
             Information
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             be
             engaged
             in
             a
             Design
             against
             this
             Court
             ;
             who
             being
             Examined
             concerning
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             
               Thomas
               Maurice
               ,
               William
               Hitch
            
             and
             
               Tho.
               Baxter
            
             Witnesses
             produced
             against
             him
             ,
             being
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             ,
             the
             said
             
               John
               Hall
            
             was
             committed
             to
             the
             Custody
             of
             the
             Marshal
             General
             of
             the
             Army
             .
          
           
             One
             Mr.
             Nelson
             and
             Mr.
             Evans
             were
             likewise
             brought
             before
             the
             Court
             upon
             an
             Information
             Exhibited
             against
             them
             ,
             of
             a
             Practice
             and
             Design
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             Engaged
             in
             against
             this
             Court
             ;
             and
             
               John
               Minshaw
               ,
               Mary
               Minshaw
               ,
               John
               White
               ,
            
             and
             
               John
               Haydon
            
             Clerk
             ,
             were
             Sworn
             ,
             and
             gave
             Evidence
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             Ordered
             ,
             
               That
               the
               said
            
             Evans
             and
             Nelson
             
               be
               committed
               to
               the
               Custody
               of
               the
            
             Marshal
             General
             
               of
               the
               Army
               ,
               and
               Col.
            
             Moore
             
               is
               desired
               to
               acquaint
               the
               House
               herewith
               .
            
          
           
             The
             
               Lord
               President
            
             moved
             the
             Court
             ,
             That
             in
             regard
             the
             Courts
             Commission
             is
             now
             determining
             ,
             care
             may
             
             be
             likewise
             taken
             for
             a
             sufficient
             Remuneration
             for
             the
             Guards
             that
             have
             so
             freely
             and
             chearfully
             attended
             the
             
               Lord
               President
            
             and
             the
             Court.
             
          
           
             Col.
             Titchbourne
             Reports
             from
             the
             Committee
             appointed
             for
             that
             purpose
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Committee
             have
             considered
             of
             a
             Gratuity
             to
             be
             given
             unto
             the
             respective
             Officers
             and
             Attendants
             of
             this
             Court
             ;
             of
             which
             Allowances
             this
             Court
             doth
             approve
             ,
             and
             desire
             Col.
             Harrison
             to
             move
             the
             House
             for
             Moneys
             to
             satisfie
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Charges
             of
             this
             Court.
             
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Garland
            
             
               Mr.
               Lisle
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Hardress
                 Waller
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Say
            
             
               Commissary
               Gen.
               Ireton
            
             
               Mr.
               Marten
            
             
               Mr.
               Scott
            
          
           
             The
             aforesaid
             Members
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             or
             any
             three
             of
             them
             are
             Ordered
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             this
             Court
             to
             peruse
             and
             consider
             the
             Substance
             of
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             this
             Court
             ,
             and
             prepare
             the
             same
             to
             be
             presented
             to
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Say
             is
             Ordered
             to
             present
             it
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             Expiration
             of
             the
             Month
             in
             the
             Act
             mentioned
             ,
             the
             Commission
             determined
             .
          
           
             
               Attested
               
                 per
                 John
                 Phelpes
              
               ,
               Clerk
               to
               the
               said
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Examined
                 ,
                 and
                 Attested
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 True
                 Copy
                 from
                 the
                 Original
                 ,
              
               By
               me
               
                 John
                 Nalson
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             THE
             CONCLUSION
             .
          
           
             THus
             fell
             the
             most
             Glorious
             Monarch
             ,
             and
             most
             Admirable
             Monarchy
             of
             the
             whole
             Universe
             .
             By
             these
             Hands
             were
             the
             Manacles
             of
             Slavery
             ,
             and
             the
             Yoke
             of
             the
             most
             Arbitrary
             Servitude
             put
             upon
             the
             Neck
             and
             Hands
             of
             the
             English
             Nation
             ;
             and
             the
             same
             Blow
             which
             severed
             that
             Royal
             Head
             and
             Body
             ,
             cut
             the
             very
             Nerves
             and
             Ligaments
             of
             the
             English
             Liberty
             ;
             and
             even
             those
             men
             who
             begun
             that
             detestable
             Rebellion
             ,
             upon
             the
             most
             Solemn
             Pretences
             of
             freeing
             the
             Nation
             from
             the
             imminent
             Dangers
             of
             Popery
             and
             Arbitrary
             Power
             ,
             erected
             the
             most
             unbounded
             Tyranny
             ,
             and
             gave
             the
             greatest
             Advantages
             to
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             mortal
             Wound
             to
             the
             Reformed
             Catholick
             Religion
             ,
             that
             ever
             it
             received
             since
             Rome
             first
             left
             us
             ,
             because
             we
             left
             her
             unwarrantable
             ,
             unsound
             and
             unprimitive
             Practices
             and
             Doctrines
             ,
             some
             of
             which
             have
             such
             a
             Treasonable
             Conformity
             with
             those
             of
             our
             bloody
             Regicides
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             were
             nothing
             else
             were
             sufficient
             to
             excuse
             the
             Church
             of
             Englands
             Departure
             from
             Rome
             ,
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             Schism
             .
             These
             were
             the
             men
             ,
             who
             to
             amuse
             the
             People
             ,
             and
             animate
             them
             to
             Rebellion
             ,
             made
             such
             horrid
             Exclamations
             against
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             yet
             themselves
             Acted
             what
             the
             very
             worst
             men
             of
             those
             Orders
             had
             ever
             written
             ;
             who
             reduced
             those
             Fatal
             Doctrines
             of
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             Resisting
             ,
             even
             by
             Armed
             Force
             ;
             of
             Deposing
             and
             Murdering
             Crowned
             Heads
             ;
             from
             the
             dull
             Theory
             whereof
             they
             so
             clamorously
             accused
             the
             Papists
             into
             the
             execrable
             Act
             and
             Practice
             ;
             these
             were
             the
             glorious
             Founders
             ,
             Promoters
             and
             Encouragers
             of
             the
             Separation
             ,
             who
             scorning
             the
             little
             Villanies
             of
             a
             Clement
             ,
             or
             a
             Ravailac
             ,
             or
             the
             more
             secret
             Methods
             of
             murdering
             Princes
             ,
             made
             the
             very
             Sun
             blush
             to
             behold
             their
             Triumphant
             and
             Daring
             Wickedness
             ;
             being
             resolved
             to
             eternize
             themselves
             for
             the
             most
             
               Renowned
               Villains
            
             ,
             by
             surpassing
             all
             that
             ever
             went
             before
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             outdo
             
             even
             Cassius
             and
             ingrateful
             Brutus
             with
             the
             sneaking
             three
             and
             twenty
             Daggers
             of
             the
             Roman
             Senators
             ,
             who
             to
             recover
             their
             Commonwealth-Liberty
             ,
             murdered
             Caesar
             ,
             by
             solemnly
             murdering
             a
             most
             Lawful
             Sovereign
             ;
             whereas
             the
             others
             ,
             wretchedly
             enough
             ,
             took
             away
             only
             the
             Life
             of
             a
             bold
             Vsurper
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             Principles
             which
             lead
             men
             insensibly
             from
             Conscientious
             Disobedience
             ,
             to
             a
             Rebellious
             Conscience
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             false
             Pretences
             of
             
               Religious
               Zeal
            
             ,
             to
             commit
             such
             Impieties
             as
             modest
             Heathens
             ,
             nay
             even
             some
             Atheists
             would
             blush
             at
             ,
             and
             be
             ashamed
             to
             be
             guilty
             of
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             for
             one
             transient
             Act
             that
             we
             accuse
             them
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             the
             eternal
             inseparable
             Mischiefs
             and
             Consequences
             of
             these
             Principles
             of
             Separation
             which
             we
             are
             for
             ever
             to
             dread
             ;
             for
             assoon
             shall
             the
             Ocean
             quit
             its
             treacherous
             instability
             ,
             and
             forget
             to
             Rage
             and
             Foam
             ,
             and
             overthrow
             all
             its
             Banks
             upon
             the
             Summons
             of
             every
             impetuous
             Tempest
             ,
             as
             these
             Turbulent
             Principles
             cease
             to
             be
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Peace
             and
             Repose
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             or
             the
             safety
             of
             Government
             .
             Assoon
             ,
             nay
             sooner
             shall
             we
             see
             Lyons
             and
             Tygers
             ,
             Wolves
             and
             Panthers
             become
             as
             tame
             ,
             harmless
             and
             serviceable
             as
             our
             domestick
             Animals
             ,
             as
             see
             their
             savage
             Principles
             permit
             those
             who
             come
             to
             be
             bewitched
             with
             them
             ,
             continue
             to
             be
             Innocent
             longer
             then
             they
             are
             Impotent
             :
             For
             Rebellion
             with
             its
             portentous
             Retinue
             ,
             is
             as
             naturally
             included
             in
             Separation
             as
             Fire
             in
             a
             Flint
             ,
             and
             though
             it
             may
             sleep
             there
             so
             as
             to
             deceive
             the
             Ignorant
             ,
             who
             never
             beleive
             there
             is
             fire
             but
             when
             their
             fingers
             are
             burnt
             ,
             it
             will
             alwayes
             be
             ready
             upon
             the
             Summons
             of
             Steel
             to
             shew
             it self
             ;
             and
             the
             Tinder
             Conscience
             of
             Dissenters
             is
             as
             obedient
             as
             Gunpowder
             ,
             to
             catch
             every
             Spark
             of
             Rebellion
             that
             falls
             into
             it
             ,
             and
             improve
             it
             into
             a
             Combustion
             and
             Conflagration
             both
             of
             Church
             and
             State.
             
          
           
             Now
             though
             Sovereign
             Princes
             have
             the
             greatest
             Stake
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             their
             Crowns
             and
             Scepters
             ,
             their
             
             Dignity
             ,
             Lives
             and
             Honour
             ,
             all
             which
             are
             manifestly
             in
             hazzard
             ,
             where
             these
             Principles
             prevail
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             would
             be
             a
             foolish
             presumption
             to
             think
             they
             do
             not
             know
             their
             own
             Interest
             ,
             and
             most
             insufferable
             Arrogance
             and
             Vanity
             to
             pretend
             to
             inform
             and
             instruct
             them
             ;
             yet
             since
             they
             can
             never
             suffer
             alone
             ,
             and
             that
             Private
             persons
             of
             all
             Ranks
             ,
             Degrees
             and
             Qualities
             ,
             have
             Life
             ,
             Liberty
             and
             Estates
             ,
             which
             if
             their
             Possessors
             be
             Loyal
             ,
             cannot
             avoid
             running
             the
             same
             course
             with
             the
             fortune
             of
             their
             Prince
             :
             Nay
             even
             those
             who
             propose
             to
             themselves
             the
             greatest
             advantages
             in
             Rebellion
             ,
             should
             it
             prove
             successful
             ,
             in
             the
             Conclusion
             are
             like
             to
             be
             the
             greatest
             Losers
             ,
             the
             gains
             which
             they
             shall
             make
             by
             such
             Godliness
             ,
             being
             the
             loss
             of
             their
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             ,
             Heaven
             and
             Eternal
             Happiness
             :
             Certainly
             it
             is
             the
             True
             interest
             of
             all
             English-Men
             ,
             even
             for
             their
             own
             security
             and
             preservation
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             to
             suppress
             the
             further
             growth
             and
             progress
             of
             their
             pernicious
             Principles
             of
             Separation
             .
          
           
             Nor
             is
             it
             less
             the
             interest
             of
             the
             Dissenters
             themselves
             ,
             to
             abandon
             those
             Disloyal
             and
             Ruinous
             Doctrines
             ,
             Practices
             and
             Opinions
             ,
             which
             are
             so
             destructive
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Happiness
             and
             Prosperity
             of
             this
             Nation
             ;
             and
             by
             a
             timely
             repentance
             to
             attone
             Heaven
             for
             the
             former
             Guilt
             ,
             and
             most
             especially
             that
             of
             the
             Blood
             of
             this
             
               Royal
               Martyr
            
             ,
             which
             as
             it
             evidently
             lies
             at
             their
             Door
             ,
             so
             it
             cryes
             aloud
             in
             the
             Ears
             of
             the
             Almighty
             Avenger
             of
             Blood
             for
             Vengance
             ;
             and
             let
             them
             be
             assured
             ,
             that
             though
             hand
             joyn
             in
             hand
             ,
             it
             shall
             not
             go
             unpunished
             ,
             if
             they
             continue
             obstinately
             impenitent
             .
             Nay
             their
             Confederacies
             and
             Common
             Union
             against
             the
             King
             and
             the
             Church
             ,
             will
             be
             their
             ruine
             ,
             and
             their
             Associating
             themselves
             in
             the
             Closest
             Conspiracies
             ,
             will
             be
             but
             the
             Prologue
             to
             their
             punishment
             ,
             and
             then
             that
             they
             may
             be
             broken
             in
             pieces
             :
             and
             truly
             if
             they
             were
             not
             infatuated
             to
             destruction
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             but
             see
             the
             Miraculously
             Visible
             effects
             of
             Providence
             in
             the
             wonderous
             repeated
             Preservation
             
             of
             his
             Majestyes
             Sacred
             Person
             ,
             this
             Church
             and
             Monarchy
             from
             so
             many
             attempts
             ,
             and
             Traiterous
             Enterprizes
             of
             all
             their
             implacable
             Enemies
             :
             And
             if
             they
             do
             see
             all
             this
             ,
             and
             will
             notwithstanding
             Run
             upon
             their
             own
             destruction
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             mouth
             of
             Hell
             charged
             with
             Damnation
             ,
             such
             desperate
             Rage
             ,
             as
             it
             renders
             them
             more
             formidable
             ,
             so
             ought
             it
             to
             render
             all
             honest
             Loyal
             Persons
             more
             vigilant
             and
             cautious
             against
             them
             ;
             and
             to
             inspire
             them
             with
             the
             same
             ,
             but
             more
             Noble
             Zeal
             to
             save
             their
             Country
             from
             Ruine
             ,
             with
             which
             their
             Enemies
             are
             animated
             to
             seek
             its
             Destruction
             ;
             and
             though
             Charity
             for
             them
             ,
             commands
             us
             to
             pity
             them
             ,
             yet
             that
             true
             Charity
             which
             begins
             at
             home
             ,
             does
             at
             the
             same
             time
             oblige
             us
             to
             preserve
             our selves
             ,
             as
             we
             would
             do
             from
             Wolves
             and
             Tygers
             ,
             and
             other
             Furious
             Beasts
             of
             Prey
             ,
             who
             are
             ready
             to
             devour
             us
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             this
             naked
             Exposure
             of
             these
             Men
             and
             Principles
             ,
             will
             expose
             me
             to
             the
             Rage
             ,
             and
             entitle
             me
             to
             the
             Revenge
             of
             the
             Party
             ;
             but
             if
             I
             have
             abused
             them
             ,
             if
             I
             have
             misrepresented
             them
             ,
             if
             I
             have
             traduced
             them
             ,
             or
             if
             they
             are
             able
             to
             convince
             me
             of
             Fiction
             or
             Falshood
             ,
             let
             them
             do
             it
             ;
             I
             beg
             no
             Quarter
             ,
             no
             Mercy
             from
             them
             ;
             but
             if
             what
             I
             have
             written
             be
             Truth
             ,
             
               Magna
               est
               Veritas
               ,
               &
               praevalebit
               ,
            
             I
             cannot
             fear
             the
             Rage
             neither
             of
             Men
             nor
             Devils
             ;
             but
             must
             let
             them
             know
             assuredly
             that
             it
             will
             to
             their
             eternal
             Horror
             ,
             Shame
             and
             Confusion
             ,
             stand
             the
             Test
             and
             abide
             the
             Tryal
             of
             the
             God
             of
             Truth
             ,
             to
             whose
             infallible
             Tribunal
             and
             definitive
             Sentence
             I
             submit
             my self
             ;
             and
             let
             but
             the
             most
             angry
             of
             the
             Faction
             soberly
             ,
             in
             retired
             thoughts
             ,
             state
             themselves
             ,
             their
             Principles
             and
             Actions
             ,
             as
             they
             must
             one
             day
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             before
             the
             Almighty
             Judge
             ,
             and
             I
             perswade
             my self
             ,
             they
             would
             find
             occasion
             to
             return
             me
             Thanks
             for
             my
             severe
             Truths
             ,
             rather
             than
             to
             any
             of
             their
             Deluders
             for
             their
             dangerous
             Flattery
             .
          
           
           
             Be
             it
             as
             it
             will
             ,
             
               liberavi
               Animam
            
             ;
             I
             wash
             my
             Hands
             of
             all
             the
             Miseries
             and
             Mischiefs
             which
             for
             want
             of
             Precaution
             ,
             may
             happen
             either
             to
             ,
             or
             from
             those
             of
             the
             Separation
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             these
             horrible
             Positions
             ,
             Principles
             and
             Practices
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           Alphabetical
           Catalogue
           OF
           THE
           MEMBERS
           Of
           the
           Execrable
           Pretended
           High
           Court
           of
           Justice
           :
           SHEWING
           Which
           of
           them
           Acted
           ,
           the
           times
           When
           ,
           and
           Where
           ,
           they
           Sate·
           By
           the
           Letters
           
             P
             C
          
           ,
           are
           their
           Meetings
           in
           the
           
             Painted
             Chamber
             .
             P
             C
             ,
             W
             H
             ,
          
           such
           as
           met
           in
           the
           
             Painted
             Chamber
          
           and
           Adjourned
           to
           
           Westminster-Hall
           .
           
             S
             W
          
           ,
           such
           as
           Signed
           the
           Warrant
           for
           the
           King's
           Murther
           .
           
             W
             H
             S
          
           ,
           such
           as
           was
           sitting
           in
           
           Westminster-Hall
           when
           Sentence
           was
           given
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 A.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 ALlison
                 Sir
                 Will.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Atkins
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Armyn
                 Sir
                 Will.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Allen
                   Francis
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Anlaby
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Alured
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WHS
                 PC
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Andrews
                   Tho.
                
                 Ald.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 B.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 BOurchier
                 Sr
                 Joh.
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Barrington
                 Sir
                 Joh.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Brereton
                 Sir
                 Will.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Bosvile
                   Godfrey
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Barkstead
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Blakeston
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   Berners
                   Josias
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Bond
                   Dennis
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Bradshaw
                   Joh.
                
                 Pres
                 .
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Burrel
                   Abraham
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Bainton
                 Sr
                 Edw.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Blunt
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Boon
                   Thomas
                
                 20.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Blagrave
                   Daniel
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Brown
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 C.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   CRomwel
                   Oliver
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Constable
                 Sr
                 William
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Carew
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Corbet
                   Miles
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Challoner
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Challoner
                   James
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Clement
                   Gregory
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Cawley
                   William
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Corbet
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 D.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 DAnvers
                 Sr
                 Joh.
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Deane
                   Richard
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Disborough
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Duckenfield
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Darley
                   Richard
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Dove
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Downes
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Dixwell
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 E.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   EWer
                   Isaac
                
                 40.
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Edwards
                   Humph.
                
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                 F.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   FAirfax
                   Tho.
                
                 Lo.
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Fag
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Frye
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Fowke
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Fenwick
                   George
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Fleetwood
                   George
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 G.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   GRay
                   Tho.
                
                 Lord
                 of
                 Groby
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Goffe
                   William
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Gourdon
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Gratwick
                   Roger
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Garland
                   Augustine
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 H.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   HArrison
                   Tho.
                
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Honywood
                 Sr
                 Tho.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Harrington
                 Sr
                 Jam.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Heveningham
                   Will.
                
                 
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hutchinson
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Hesilrigg
                 Sr
                 Arth.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hewson
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Holland
                   Cornel.
                
                 60
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Harvey
                   Edmond
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Horton
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hammond
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Hill
                   Roger
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   IRton
                   Henry
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Ingoldesby
                   Richard
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Jones
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                 L.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   LIsle
                   Philip
                
                 Lo.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Ludlow
                   Edmund
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lambert
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Livesey
                 Sr
                 Michael
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lilburne
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lister
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lassells
                   Francis
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lisle
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Love
                   Nicholas
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lenthal
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Lowry
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 M.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   MIldmay
                   Henry
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Mounson
                   Wil.
                
                 Lo.
                 80
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Maleverer
                 Sr
                 Tho.
                 Bt
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Mildmay
                 Sr
                 Henry
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Masham
                 Sr
                 William
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Marten
                   Henry
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Morley
                   Herbert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Millington
                   Gilbert
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Manwaring
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Moore
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Meyne
                   Symon
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 N.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   NVtt
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Nelthorpe
                   James
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Norton
                 Sr
                 Gregory
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Nicholas
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 O.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
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                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   OKey
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Overton
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                 P.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
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                 22.
                 
              
               
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                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   PRide
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Pennington
                   Isaac
                
                 Al.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Purefoy
                   William
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Pelham
                   Peregrine
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Potter
                   Vincent
                
                 100.
                 
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Pickering
                 Sr
                 Gilb.
                 Bt
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 R.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   ROwe
                   Owen
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Roberts
                 Sr
                 William
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Rigby
                   Alexander
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Reynolds
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 S.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
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                 22.
                 
              
               
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                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   SKipon
                   Philip
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Salway
                   Richard
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Salway
                   Humphrey
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Scroop
                   Adrian
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Sydney
                   Algernon
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Say
                   William
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Smith
                   Henry
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Scott
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Stapeley
                   Anthony
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Skinner
                   Augustine
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 T.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
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                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 27.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   TRenchard
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Tomlinson
                   Matthew
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Titchbourn
                   Robert
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Thorp
                   Francis
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Temple
                   James
                
                 120
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Temple
                   Peter
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Temple
                 Sr
                 Peter
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                 V.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
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                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 
                   VEnn
                   John
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 W.
                 
              
               
                 Jan.
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 18.
                 
              
               
                 19.
                 
              
               
                 20.
                 
              
               
                 22.
                 
              
               
                 23.
                 
              
               
                 24.
                 
              
               
                 25.
                 
              
               
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
               
                 29.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 WAller
                 Sir
                 Hardness
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Wauton
                   Valentine
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Whalley
                   Edward
                
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 PC
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 Wroth
                 Sr
                 Thomas
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Wallop
                   Robert
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Wilson
                   Rowland
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 Wentworth
                 Sr
                 Peter
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Weston
                   Benjamin
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Wild
                   Edmond
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Wogan
                   Thomas
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                 WH
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Weaver
                   John
                
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
            
             
               
                 
                   Wayte
                   Thomas
                
                 135
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                  
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
              
               
                 PC
                 WHS
              
               
                 SW
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Some
           BOOKS
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Dring
          
           ,
           at
           
           Chancery-lane
           End
           in
           Fleet-street
           .
        
         
           DR
           .
           
           Willis's
           Practice
           of
           Physick
           ,
           being
           the
           whole
           Works
           of
           that
           Renowned
           and
           Famous
           Physician
           :
           Containing
           these
           Eleven
           several
           Treatises
           ,
           viz.
           1.
           
           Of
           Fermentation
           .
           2.
           
           Of
           Feavers
           .
           3.
           
           Of
           Urins
           .
           4.
           
           Of
           the
           Accension
           of
           the
           Blood.
           5.
           
           Of
           Musculary
           Motion
           .
           6.
           
           Of
           the
           Anatomy
           of
           the
           Brain
           .
           7.
           
           Of
           the
           Description
           and
           use
           of
           the
           Nerves
           .
           8.
           
           Of
           Convulsive
           Diseases
           .
           9.
           
           
             Pharmacutice
             Rationalis
          
           ,
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           First
           and
           Second
           Part.
           10.
           
           Of
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           .
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             Juxta
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           1640.
           
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             Qui
             &
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           Work.
           
        
         
           
             The
             Countermine
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             A
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             Discovery
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             Principles
             and
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             Rebellion
             is
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             .
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             Foundation
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             State
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             Arbitrary
             Tyranny
             .
          
           
             The
             Common
             Interest
             of
             King
             and
             People
             :
             shewing
             the
             Original
             ,
             Antiquity
             ,
             and
             Excellency
             of
             Monarchy
             ,
             compared
             with
             Aristocracy
             and
             Democracy
             ,
             and
             Particularly
             of
             our
             English
             Monarchy
             ,
             and
             that
             absolute
             ,
             Papal
             and
             Presbyterian
             Popular
             Supremacy
             are
             utterly
             inconsistent
             with
             Prerogative
             ,
             Property
             and
             Liberty
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             Liberty
             and
             Dominion
             of
             Conscience
             vindicated
             ,
             from
             the
             Usurpations
             and
             Abuses
             of
             Opinion
             and
             Persuasion
             .
          
           
             
               All
               Four
               Written
               by
               Dr.
            
             Nalson
             .
          
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A63490-e10
           
             *
             Edinburgh
             Castle
             so
             called
             ,
             till
             taken
             by
             
               Oliver
               Cromwel
            
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A63490-e1870
           
             *
             Tomasin
             's
             Collection
             of
             Petitions
             Anno
             1647.
             
          
           
             *
             St.
             James
             3.
             cap.
             
               15
               ,
               16
               ,
               17.
            
             ver
             .
          
           
             *
             The
             word
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             imports
             rerum
             status
             inconfusus
             inturbatus
             ,
             sine
             lite
             .
          
           
             Revel
             .
             Chap.
             2.
             ver
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             St.
             Jude
             .
             ver
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             *
             A
             sh●ewd
             Maxime
             from
             the
             Pen
             of
             one
             ,
             who
             knew
             them
             ●n●ùs
             &
             in
             cu●e
             .
          
           
             *
             Marchemont
             Needham
             .
          
           
             *
             Observe
             this
             Reservation
             ,
             for
             in
             
               ordine
               ad
               Spiritualia
            
             ,
             draws
             all
             things
             of
             civil
             nature
             to
             their
             Jurisdiction
             .
          
           
             *
             Suppose
             the
             point
             of
             this
             Reasoning
             were
             turned
             against
             these
             Tender
             Conscienced
             Rebels
             ,
             how
             would
             they
             approve
             of
             such
             Divinity
             ,
             and
             Perillus
             his
             Law
             —
             
               nec
               lex
               est
               justior
               ulla
            
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A63490-e17600
           
             Read
             Decemb
             .
             xi
             .
             1650.
             
          
           
             *
             This
             ought
             to
             be
             Carew
             .
          
           
             *
             Alured
             .
          
           
             58
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             56
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             must
             be
             a
             Mistake
             for
             there
             was
             no
             Axe
             there
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             Bill
             in
             
             Phelpe's
             Journal
             ;
             which
             Bill
             was
             the
             Charge
             ,
             which
             the
             King
             meant
             ,
             when
             now
             ,
             as
             also
             before
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             
               He
               did
               not
               fear
               that
               Bill
               .
            
          
           
             62
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             70
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             Hereabout
             I
             was
             stopt
             ,
             and
             not
             suffered
             to
             speak
             any
             more
             concerning
             Reasons
             .
          
           
             63
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             71
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             Holderness
             is
             in
             the
             County
             of
             York
             .
          
           
             *
             Sir
             John
             Hotham's
             keeping
             Hull
             as
             a
             Garrison
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             was
             before
             this
             ,
             was
             ,
             it
             seems
             no
             Act
             of
             Hostility
             ,
             in
             this
             Perjur'd
             Villain
             's
             account
             .
          
           
             *
             How
             is
             it
             possible
             this
             Fellow
             could
             swear
             the
             King
             spoke
             this
             to
             every
             Colonel
             ,
             seeing
             it
             was
             as
             they
             passed
             b●
             ;
             and
             when
             his
             Col.
             was
             passed
             by
             ,
             he
             could
             hear
             no
             more
             .
          
           
             62
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             67
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             64
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             Here
             a
             Lady
             interpos'd
             saying
             ,
             
               Not
               half
               the
               People
            
             ;
             but
             was
             silenced
             with
             Threats
             .
          
           
             48
             Commissioners
             present
             .
          
           
             *
             Martis
             .
          
           
             Vpon
             the
             E.
             of
             Strafford
          
           
             Pointing
             to
             the
             Bishop
             .
          
           
             Turning
             to
             some
             Gentlemen
             that
             wrote
             ,
          
           
             Pointing
             to
             the
             Bishop
             .
          
           
             These
             words
             were
             spoken
             upon
             occasion
             of
             private
             Discourse
             between
             His
             Majesty
             &
             the
             Bishop
             concerning
             the
             several
             Stages
             of
             mans
             Life
             ,
             and
             his
             Course
             through
             them
             ,
             in
             allusion
             to
             Posts
             and
             Stages
             in
             a
             Race
             .