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             The Lord Digby his last speech against the Earle of Strafford occasioned upon the reading the bill of attainder touching the point of treason.
             Last speech against the Earle of Strafford
             Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.
          
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             1641.
          
           
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           Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, -- Earl of, 1593-1641.
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           THE
           LORD
           DIGBY
        
         
           His
           last
           Speech
           against
           the
           Earle
           of
           Strafford
           ,
           Occasioned
           upon
           the
           reading
           the
           Bill
           of
           
             Attainder
          
           touching
           the
           point
           of
           Treason
           .
        
         
           Printed
           
             Anno
             ,
          
           1641.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           The
           Lord
           
             Digby's
          
           last
           speech
           against
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           occasioned
           upon
           the
           reading
           the
           Bill
           
             of
             Attainder
             ,
             touching
             the
             point
             of
             Treason
             .
          
        
         
           
             Master
             Speaker
             .
          
        
         
           WEe
           are
           now
           upon
           the
           point
           of
           giving
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           us
           lyes
           )
           the
           finall
           sentence
           unto
           death
           or
           life
           ,
           on
           a
           great
           Minister
           of
           
             State
             ,
          
           and
           
             Peere
          
           of
           this
           Kingdome
           ,
           
             Thomas
          
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
             .
          
        
         
           A
           name
           of
           hatred
           in
           the
           present
           ages
           by
           his
           practices
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           be
           made
           a
           terrour
           to
           future
           ages
           by
           his
           punishment
           .
           I
           have
           had
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           employed
           by
           the
           House
           ,
           in
           this
           great
           busines
           ;
           from
           the
           first
           houre
           that
           it
           was
           taken
           into
           consideration
           ,
           
           it
           was
           a
           matter
           of
           great
           trust
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           say
           with
           confidence
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           served
           the
           House
           in
           it
           with
           industry
           (
           according
           to
           my
           ability
           )
           with
           most
           exact
           faithfulnesse
           and
           secrecie
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           I
           have
           hitherto
           discharged
           my
           duty
           to
           this
           House
           ,
           and
           to
           my
           Country
           in
           the
           progresse
           of
           this
           great
           cause
           ,
           so
           I
           trust
           I
           shall
           do
           now
           in
           the
           last
           period
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           good
           conscience
           .
        
         
           I
           doe
           with
           the
           peace
           of
           that
           unto
           my selfe
           ,
           and
           the
           blessings
           of
           Almighty
           God
           to
           me
           and
           my
           posterity
           ,
           according
           as
           my
           judgment
           on
           the
           life
           of
           this
           man
           shall
           be
           consonant
           with
           my
           heart
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           my
           understanding
           in
           all
           integritie
           .
           I
           know
           well
           
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           That
           by
           some
           things
           I
           have
           said
           of
           late
           ,
           whilst
           this
           Bill
           was
           in
           agitation
           ,
           I
           have
           raised
           some
           prejudices
           upon
           me
           in
           the
           cause
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           some
           (
           I
           thank
           them
           for
           their
           plain
           dealing
           )
           have
           been
           so
           free
           as
           to
           tell
           mee
           ,
           That
           I
           suffered
           much
           ,
           by
           the
           backwardnesse
           I
           have
           shewn
           in
           this
           Bill
           of
           
             Attainder
          
           of
           the
           E.
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           against
           whom
           I
           
           had
           been
           formerly
           so
           ●een
           ,
           so
           active
           .
        
         
           
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           I
           beg
           of
           you
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           but
           a
           suspension
           of
           judgments
           concerning
           mee
           ,
           till
           I
           have
           opened
           my
           heart
           unto
           you
           freely
           and
           cleerly
           in
           this
           businesse
           .
        
         
           Truly
           Sir
           ,
           I
           am
           still
           the
           same
           in
           my
           opinions
           and
           affections
           unto
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           as
           that
           I
           confidently
           believe
           him
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Minister
           ,
           the
           most
           insupportable
           to
           free
           subjects
           that
           can
           be
           caractered
           .
        
         
           I
           believe
           his
           practizes
           in
           themselves
           as
           high
           ,
           as
           Tyrannicall
           ,
           as
           any
           subject
           ever
           ventred
           on
           ;
           and
           the
           malignity
           of
           them
           hugely
           aggravated
           by
           those
           rare
           abilities
           of
           his
           ,
           where
           of
           God
           hath
           given
           him
           the
           use
           ,
           and
           the
           Devill
           the
           application
           ;
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           I
           believe
           him
           still
           that
           grand
           
             Apostate
          
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           who
           must
           not
           expect
           to
           be
           pardon'd
           it
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           till
           he
           be
           dispatched
           to
           the
           other
           :
           and
           yet
           let
           mee
           tell
           you
           
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           My
           hand
           must
           not
           be
           to
           that
           dispatch
           ;
           I
           protest
           ,
           as
           
           my
           conscience
           stands
           informed
           ,
           I
           had
           rather
           it
           were
           off
           .
        
         
           Let
           mee
           unfold
           unto
           you
           the
           Mystery
           ,
           (
           Master
           Speaker
           )
           I
           will
           not
           dwell
           much
           upon
           justifying
           unto
           you
           my
           seeming
           variance
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           from
           what
           I
           appeared
           formerly
           ,
           by
           putting
           you
           in
           minde
           of
           the
           difference
           betweene
           
             Prosecutors
          
           and
           
             Iudges
             ,
          
           how
           misbecomming
           that
           fervour
           would
           be
           in
           a
           
             Iudge
             ,
          
           which
           perhaps
           was
           commendable
           as
           a
           
             Prosecutor
             ;
             Iudges
          
           we
           are
           now
           ,
           and
           must
           put
           on
           another
           personage
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           honest
           and
           noble
           to
           be
           earnest
           in
           order
           to
           the
           discovery
           of
           
             Truth
             ;
          
           but
           when
           
             that
          
           hath
           bin
           brought
           as
           farre
           as
           it
           can
           to
           light
           ,
           our
           judgment
           thereupon
           ought
           to
           be
           calme
           and
           cautious
           .
        
         
           In
           
             Prosecution
             ,
          
           upon
           probable
           grounds
           ,
           we
           are
           accountable
           onely
           for
           our
           
             Industry
             ,
          
           or
           
             Remisnesse
             ;
          
           but
           in
           
             Iudgment
          
           wee
           are
           deeply
           responsible
           to
           
             God
             Almighty
             ,
          
           for
           its
           rectitude
           ,
           or
           obliquity
           :
           In
           
             Cases
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           the
           
             Iudge
             is
             Gods
             steward
          
           of
           the
           parties
           bloud
           ,
           
           and
           must
           give
           a
           strict
           account
           for
           every
           drop
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           I
           told
           you
           
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           I
           will
           not
           insist
           long
           upon
           this
           ground
           of
           difference
           in
           me
           now
           ,
           from
           what
           I
           was
           formerly
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           on
           't
           is
           
             sir
             ,
          
           The
           same
           ground
           whereupon
           I
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           five
           ,
           to
           whom
           you
           first
           committed
           the
           
             consideration
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             Strafford
             ,
          
           brought
           down
           our
           opinion
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             fit
             hee
             should
             bee
             accused
             of
             Treason
             ;
          
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           ,
           I
           was
           engaged
           with
           earnestnesse
           in
           his
           
             prosecution
             ,
          
           and
           had
           the
           same
           ground
           remayned
           in
           that
           force
           of
           beliefe
           with
           me
           (
           which
           till
           very
           lately
           it
           did
           )
           I
           should
           not
           have
           bin
           tender
           in
           his
           
             Condemnation
          
           :
           but
           truly
           
             sir
             ,
          
           to
           deale
           plainly
           with
           you
           ,
           That
           ground
           of
           our
           accusation
           ,
           that
           spur
           to
           our
           
             prosecution
             ,
          
           and
           that
           which
           should
           be
           the
           
             Basis
          
           of
           my
           judgment
           of
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
             ,
          
           as
           unto
           
             Treason
             ,
          
           is
           to
           my
           understanding
           quite
           vanished
           away
           .
        
         
           This
           it
           was
           
             Master
             Speaker
             .
          
        
         
         
           His
           advising
           the
           King
           to
           employ
           the
           
             Army
          
           of
           
             Ireland
          
           to
           reduce
           
             England
             .
          
        
         
           This
           I
           was
           assured
           would
           be
           proved
           before
           I
           gave
           my
           consent
           to
           his
           accusation
           ,
           I
           was
           still
           confirmed
           in
           the
           same
           belief
           ,
           during
           the
           prosecution
           ,
           and
           fortified
           in
           it
           most
           of
           all
           since
           Sir
           
             Henry
             Vains
          
           preparatory
           examinations
           by
           the
           assurances
           which
           that
           worthy
           member
           M.
           
             Pimme
          
           gave
           me
           ,
           That
           his
           testimony
           would
           be
           made
           convincing
           by
           some
           notes
           of
           what
           passed
           at
           the
           
             juncto
          
           concurrent
           with
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           ever
           understanding
           to
           be
           of
           some
           other
           Counsellour
           ,
           you
           see
           now
           prove
           but
           a
           copy
           of
           the
           same
           
             Secretaries
          
           notes
           discovered
           and
           produced
           in
           the
           manner
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           and
           those
           such
           disioynted
           fragments
           of
           the
           venemous
           part
           of
           discourses
           ,
           no
           
             results
             ,
          
           no
           
             conclusions
          
           of
           
             Counsels
             ,
          
           which
           are
           the
           onely
           things
           that
           Secretaries
           of
           
             State
          
           should
           register
           ;
           there
           being
           no
           use
           at
           all
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           but
           to
           accuse
           and
           to
           bring
           men
           into
           danger
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           This
           is
           not
           that
           which
           overthrows
           the
           
             Evidence
          
           with
           me
           ,
           concerning
           
           the
           
             Army
          
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           nor
           yet
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           
             juncto
          
           upon
           their
           oaths
           remember
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           
             Sir
          
           which
           I
           shall
           tell
           you
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           works
           with
           me
           (
           under
           favour
           )
           to
           an
           utter
           overthrow
           of
           his
           
             Evidence
             ,
          
           as
           unto
           that
           of
           the
           
             Army
          
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           before
           whilst
           I
           was
           a
           
             Prosecutor
             ,
          
           and
           under
           tye
           of
           
             secrecie
             ,
          
           I
           might
           not
           discover
           any
           weaknesse
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           which
           now
           as
           a
           
             Iudge
          
           I
           must
           .
        
         
           Master
           
             Secretary
          
           was
           examined
           thrice
           upon
           oath
           at
           the
           preparatory
           Cōmittee
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           time
           ,
           hee
           was
           questioned
           to
           all
           the
           
             Interrogatories
             ;
          
           and
           to
           that
           part
           of
           the
           seventh
           which
           concerns
           the
           
             Army
          
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           positively
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           I
           cannot
           charge
           him
           with
           that
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           desires
           time
           to
           recollect
           himselfe
           ,
           which
           was
           granted
           him
           .
        
         
           Some
           days
           after
           (
           the
           precise
           time
           I
           cannot
           say
           )
           he
           was
           examined
           a
           second
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           deposés
           these
           words
           concerning
           the
           Kings
           being
           absolved
           from
           rules
           
           of
           
             Government
          
           and
           so
           forth
           ,
           very
           cleerly
           ;
           but
           being
           prest
           to
           that
           part
           concerning
           the
           
             Irish
             Armie
          
           again
           ,
           can
           say
           nothing
           to
           that
           .
        
         
           Here
           we
           thought
           wee
           had
           done
           with
           him
           ,
           till
           divers
           weeks
           after
           ,
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Northumberland
             ,
          
           and
           all
           others
           of
           the
           
             Iuncto
             ,
          
           denying
           to
           have
           heard
           any
           thing
           concerning
           those
           words
           of
           reducing
           
             England
          
           by
           the
           
             Irish
             Armie
             ,
          
           It
           was
           thought
           fit
           to
           examine
           the
           
             Secretarie
          
           once
           more
           ;
           and
           then
           he
           deposed
           these
           words
           to
           have
           bin
           said
           by
           the
           Earle
           of
           
             Strafford
          
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           
             You
             have
             an
             Armie
             in
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             which
             you
             may
             employ
             here
             to
             reduce
          
           (
           or
           some
           words
           to
           that
           sence
           )
           
             this
             Kingdome
             .
          
        
         
           
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           these
           are
           the
           
             circumstances
          
           which
           (
           I
           confesse
           with
           my
           conscience
           )
           thrust
           quite
           out
           of
           doores
           that
           grand
           Article
           of
           our
           
             charge
             ,
          
           concerning
           his
           desperate
           advice
           to
           the
           
             King
             ,
             of
             employing
             the
             Irish
             Army
             here
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           not
           this
           I
           beseech
           you
           be
           driven
           to
           an
           aspersion
           upon
           
             Master
             Secretarie
             ,
          
           as
           if
           
           hee
           should
           have
           sworne
           otherwise
           then
           he
           knew
           ,
           or
           believed
           ;
           hee
           is
           too
           worthy
           to
           doe
           that
           ;
           onely
           let
           thus
           much
           be
           inferred
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           twice
           upon
           oath
           ,
           with
           time
           of
           recollection
           ,
           could
           not
           remember
           any
           thing
           of
           such
           a
           businesse
           ,
           might
           well
           a
           third
           time
           misremember
           somewhat
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           businesse
           ,
           the
           difference
           of
           one
           Letter
           ,
           
             here
          
           for
           
             there
             ,
          
           or
           
             that
          
           for
           
             this
             ,
          
           quite
           alters
           the
           case
           ,
           the
           latter
           also
           being
           more
           probable
           ,
           since
           it
           is
           confessed
           of
           all
           hands
           ,
           that
           the
           debate
           then
           was
           concerning
           a
           war
           with
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           you
           may
           remember
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           Bar
           hee
           once
           said
           ,
           to
           employ
           there
           ;
           and
           thus
           
             Master
             Speaker
          
           I
           have
           faithfully
           given
           you
           an
           account
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           that
           hath
           blunted
           the
           edge
           of
           the
           hatchet
           or
           bill
           with
           mee
           towards
           my
           Lord
           of
           
             Strafford
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           that
           whereupon
           I
           accused
           him
           with
           a
           free
           heart
           ,
           prosecuted
           him
           with
           earnestnesse
           ,
           and
           had
           it
           to
           my
           understanding
           bin
           proved
           ,
           should
           have
           condemned
           him
           with
           innocence
           :
           Wherein
           
           now
           I
           professe
           I
           cannot
           satisfie
           my
           conscience
           to
           doe
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           professe
           I
           can
           have
           no
           Notion
           of
           my
           Lords
           intent
           to
           subvert
           the
           Laws
           treasonably
           by
           force
           ,
           and
           this
           designe
           of
           force
           not
           appearing
           ,
           all
           his
           other
           wicked
           practices
           cannot
           amount
           so
           high
           with
           me
           .
        
         
           I
           can
           find
           a
           more
           easie
           and
           more
           naturall
           spring
           ,
           from
           whence
           to
           derive
           all
           his
           other
           crimes
           ,
           then
           from
           an
           intent
           to
           bring
           in
           tyranny
           (
           and
           to
           make
           his
           own
           posterity
           aswell
           as
           us
           slaves
           )
           as
           from
           
             Revenge
             ,
          
           from
           
             Pride
             ,
          
           from
           
             Avarice
             ,
          
           from
           
             Passion
             ,
          
           and
           
             insolence
          
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           But
           had
           
             this
          
           of
           the
           
             Irish
             Army
          
           bin
           proved
           it
           would
           have
           diffused
           a
           complexion
           of
           
             Treason
          
           over
           all
           ;
           it
           would
           have
           beene
           a
           Weith
           indeed
           to
           binde
           all
           those
           other
           scattered
           and
           lesser
           branches
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           into
           a
           faggot
           of
           
             Treason
             .
          
        
         
         
           I
           doe
           not
           say
           but
           the
           rest
           may
           represent
           him
           a
           man
           as
           worthy
           to
           die
           ,
           and
           worthier
           perhaps
           then
           many
           a
           
             Traitour
             ;
          
           I
           doe
           not
           say
           ,
           but
           they
           may
           justly
           direct
           us
           to
           
             enact
          
           that
           the
           
             like
          
           shall
           be
           
             Treason
          
           for
           the
           future
           :
           but
           God
           keep
           me
           from
           giving
           judgment
           of
           death
           on
           
             any
             man
             ,
          
           and
           of
           ruine
           to
           his
           innocent
           
             posteritie
          
           upon
           a
           
             Law
          
           made
           
             à
             posteriore
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           the
           mark
           be
           set
           on
           the
           door
           where
           the
           
             Plague
          
           is
           ,
           and
           then
           let
           him
           that
           will
           enter
           die
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           there
           is
           in
           Parliament
           a
           double
           power
           of
           
             Life
          
           and
           
             Death
          
           by
           
             Bill
             ,
          
           a
           
             judiciall
          
           power
           ,
           and
           a
           
             Legislative
             ;
          
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           one
           is
           what
           's
           
             Legally
             just
             ,
          
           of
           the
           other
           what
           's
           
             Prudentially
          
           and
           
             Politickly
          
           fit
           for
           the
           good
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           whole
           .
        
         
           But
           these
           two
           (
           under
           favour
           )
           are
           not
           to
           be
           confounded
           in
           judgment
           ,
           we
           must
           
           not
           proceed
           upon
           want
           of
           
             Legalitie
          
           with
           matter
           of
           
             conveniencie
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           defailance
           of
           
             Prudentiall
          
           fitnesse
           ,
           with
           a
           pretence
           of
           
             Legall
             justice
             .
          
        
         
           To
           condemne
           my
           
             Lord
             of
             Strafford
          
           judicially
           as
           for
           
             Treason
             ,
          
           my
           
             Conscience
          
           is
           not
           assured
           that
           the
           matter
           will
           beare
           it
           .
           And
           to
           do
           it
           by
           the
           
             Legislative
          
           power
           ,
           my
           
             Reason
          
           consultively
           cannot
           agree
           to
           that
           ,
           since
           I
           am
           perswaded
           ,
           neither
           the
           
             Lords
          
           nor
           the
           
             King
          
           will
           passe
           the
           
             Bill
             ;
          
           and
           consequently
           ,
           that
           our
           passing
           it
           will
           be
           a
           cause
           of
           great
           divisions
           and
           combustions
           in
           the
           
             State
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           my
           humble
           advice
           is
           ,
           That
           laying
           aside
           this
           
             Bill
          
           of
           
             Attainder
             ,
          
           we
           may
           think
           of
           another
           (
           saving
           onely
           Life
           )
           such
           as
           may
           secure
           the
           
             State
          
           from
           my
           
             Lord
             of
             Strafford
             ,
          
           without
           indangering
           
             it
          
           as
           much
           by
           division
           concerning
           his
           
             punishment
             ,
          
           as
           he
           hath
           endangered
           it
           by
           his
           practizes
           .
        
         
         
           If
           this
           may
           not
           be
           hearkned
           unto
           ,
           let
           me
           conclude
           in
           saying
           that
           unto
           you
           all
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           thoroughly
           incultated
           to
           my
           own
           conscience
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ;
           Let
           every
           man
           lay
           his
           hand
           upon
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           sadly
           consider
           what
           wee
           are
           going
           to
           doe
           ,
           with
           a
           
             breath
          
           ,
           either
           
             Iustice
          
           or
           
             Murther
             ,
             Iustice
          
           on
           the
           one
           side
           or
           
             Murther
          
           heigthned
           and
           aggravated
           ,
           to
           its
           supremist
           extent
           :
           For
           as
           the
           
             Ca●●ists
          
           say
           ,
           
             That
             he
             who
             lies
             with
             his
             sister
             commits
             incest
             ,
             but
             hee
             that
             marries
             his
             sister
             ,
             sins
             higher
             by
             applying
             Gods
             
               ordinance
            
             to
             his
             crime
             :
          
           So
           doubtlesse
           he
           that
           commits
           
             Murther
          
           with
           the
           sword
           of
           
             Iustice
             ,
          
           heightens
           that
           crime
           to
           the
           utmost
           .
        
         
           The
           danger
           being
           so
           great
           ,
           the
           case
           so
           doubtfull
           ,
           that
           I
           see
           the
           best
           Lawyers
           in
           
             Diametrall
             opposition
          
           concerning
           it
           Let
           everyman
           wipe
           his
           heart
           ,
           as
           hee
           does
           his
           eyes
           when
           he
           would
           judge
           of
           a
           
             nice
          
           and
           subtle
           object
           ,
           the
           Eye
           if
           it
           be
           pretainted
           with
           any
           colour
           is
           
             vitiated
          
           in
           its
           discerning
           .
           Let
           us
           take
           heed
           of
           a
           blood
           sho●t●…
           Eye
           of
           judgment
           .
        
         
         
           Let
           every
           man
           purge
           his
           heart
           cleere
           of
           all
           passions
           ,
           I
           know
           this
           great
           and
           wise
           body
           politike
           can
           have
           none
           ;
           but
           I
           speake
           to
           
             Individuals
             ,
          
           from
           the
           weaknesse
           which
           I
           find
           in
           my selfe
           :
           Away
           with
           all
           
             personall
             animosities
             ;
          
           Away
           with
           all
           
             flatteries
          
           to
           the
           
             people
          
           in
           being
           the
           sharper
           against
           
             him
             ,
          
           because
           he
           is
           odious
           to
           
             them
             ;
          
           away
           with
           all
           
             feares
             ,
          
           lest
           by
           the
           sparing
           his
           blood
           
             they
          
           may
           be
           incenst
           ;
           away
           with
           all
           such
           
             considerations
             ,
          
           as
           that
           it
           is
           not
           fit
           for
           a
           
             Parliament
             ,
          
           that
           one
           accused
           by
           it
           of
           
             Treason
             ,
          
           should
           scape
           with
           life
           .
        
         
           Let
           not
           the
           former
           vehemencie
           of
           
             any
          
           against
           him
           ,
           no
           feare
           from
           thence
           ,
           that
           
             his
          
           cannot
           be
           safe
           ,
           while
           
             that
             man
          
           lives
           to
           be
           an
           ingredient
           in
           the
           sentence
           of
           any
           one
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           Of
           all
           these
           
             corruptives
             of
             judgement
             ,
             Master
             Speaker
             ,
          
           I
           doe
           before
           God
           discharge
           my selfe
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           my
           power
           :
           and
           with
           a
           cleer
           conscience
           wash
           my
           hands
           of
           this
           mans
           blood
           ,
           by
           this
           solemne
           protestation
           ,
           
             That
             my
             vote
             goes
             not
             to
             the
             taking
             of
             the
             Earle
             of
          
           Straffords
           
             life
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .