An exact narrative of the tryal and condemnation of John Twyn for printing and dispersing of a treasonable book with the tryals of Thomas Brewster, bookseller, Simon Dover, printer, Nathan Brooks, bookbinder, for printing, publishing, and uttering of seditious, scandalous, and malitious pamphlets : at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, London, the 20th, and 22th of February, 1663/4.
         Twyn, John, d. 1664.
      
       
         
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             An exact narrative of the tryal and condemnation of John Twyn for printing and dispersing of a treasonable book with the tryals of Thomas Brewster, bookseller, Simon Dover, printer, Nathan Brooks, bookbinder, for printing, publishing, and uttering of seditious, scandalous, and malitious pamphlets : at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, London, the 20th, and 22th of February, 1663/4.
             Twyn, John, d. 1664.
             Brewster, Thomas.
             Dover, Simon.
             Brooks, Nathan.
          
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           Dover, Simon -- Trials, litigation, etc.
           Brooks, Nathan -- Trials, litigation, etc.
           Twyn, John, d. 1664 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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           An
           Exact
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           THE
           Tryal
           and
           Condemnation
           OF
           John
           Twyn
           ,
           FOR
           Printing
           and
           Dispersing
           of
           a
           Treasonable
           Book
           ,
           WITH
           THE
           TRYALS
           Of
           
             Thomas
             Brewster
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           .
           
             Simon
             Dover
          
           ,
           Printer
           .
           
             Nathan
             Brooks
          
           ,
           Bookbinder
           .
        
         
           FOR
           Printing
           ,
           Publishing
           ,
           and
           Uttering
           of
           Seditious
           ,
           Scandalous
           ,
           and
           Malitious
           Pamphlets
           .
        
         
           At
           Justice-Hall
           in
           the
           
             Old-Bayly
             London
          
           ,
           the
           20
           th
           .
           and
           22
           th
           .
           of
           February
           1663
           /
           4.
           
        
         
           Published
           by
           AUTHORITY
           .
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Thomas
             Mabb
          
           for
           
             Henry
             Brome
          
           at
           the
           Gun
           in
           Ivy-lane
           .
           1664.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           by
           Authority
           ,
           that
           these
           Tryals
           are
           Published
           ;
           and
           exact
           care
           has
           been
           taken
           ,
           that
           the
           Criminals
           may
           be
           as
           fairly
           used
           in
           the
           Narrative
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           at
           the
           Bar
           ;
           and
           how
           they
           were
           there
           dealt
           with
           ,
           let
           the
           Reader
           judge
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           noted
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Four
             Lives
          
           forfeited
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Kings
           incomparable
           Clemency
           would
           take
           but
           One
           :
           for
           (
           as
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Hide
           ,
           often
           ,
           and
           excellently
           observed
           )
           It
           was
           only
           his
           Majesties
           Mercy
           toward
           the
           
             other
             three
          
           ,
           to
           call
           that
           a
           Misdemeanour
           ,
           which
           the
           Law
           calls
           Treason
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           next
           place
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
           the
           Tenderness
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           the
           large
           allowances
           of
           Freedom
           ,
           and
           Favour
           to
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           while
           they
           were
           upon
           their
           Tryals
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Adjournment
           of
           the
           Sessions
           from
           Saturday
           till
           Munday
           ,
           only
           for
           their
           
           sakes
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           want
           nothing
           ,
           which
           even
           they
           themselves
           thought
           necessary
           for
           their
           defence
           .
        
         
           And
           Thirdly
           ;
           It
           is
           considerable
           ,
           That
           the
           
             One
             half
          
           of
           the
           Jury
           were
           Book-sellers
           and
           Printers
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           lay
           against
           the
           Verdict
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           not
           been
           Governed
           by
           a
           stronger
           Impulse
           of
           Loyaltie
           and
           Justice
           .
        
         
           To
           descant
           upon
           the
           Hainousness
           of
           their
           Offences
           ,
           is
           not
           within
           the
           
             Prefacers
             Commission
          
           ;
           neither
           shall
           any
           mention
           be
           made
           unnecessarily
           of
           their
           Names
           ;
           but
           to
           speak
           one
           word
           concerning
           the
           Books
           Themselves
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           have
           suffered
           ;
           and
           Another
           ,
           touching
           the
           Reasons
           of
           
             laying
             open
          
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           what
           is
           here
           Exposed
           ,
           will
           not
           I
           presume
           be
           altogether
           Impertinent
           ,
           or
           Vseless
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           Treatise
           for
           which
           Twyn
           dyed
           ,
           a
           little
           shall
           suffice
           .
           It
           was
           Moulded
           and
           Timed
           for
           the
           12
           
             th
             ▪
          
           of
           October
           ,
           and
           any
           man
           that
           shall
           compare
           the
           Cast
           ,
           and
           Bias
           of
           it
           ,
           with
           the
           Rebels
           late
           Declaration
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           will
           swear
           that
           they
           were
           Both
           written
           with
           the
           same
           Ink.
           It
           was
           in
           fine
           ,
           an
           Arrow
           drawn
           out
           of
           a
           
             Presbyterian
             Quiver
             [
             Lex
             Rex
          
           ]
           The
           
           very
           Shaft
           ,
           that
           formerly
           pierced
           the
           
             Late
             King
          
           through
           the
           Heart
           ,
           now
           Levelled
           at
           This.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Pamphlets
           whereupon
           the
           other
           Three
           were
           Indicted
           :
           
             viz
             The
             Speeches
             ,
             and
             Prayers
             of
             some
             of
             the
             late
             Kings
             Judges
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Be
           it
           known
           to
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           this
           Book
           was
           not
           ,
           as
           it
           pretends
           to
           be
           ,
           a
           true
           account
           of
           the
           words
           (
           written
           ,
           or
           spoken
           )
           of
           
             dying
             men
          
           ;
           but
           a
           meer
           Forgery
           and
           
             Imposture
             ,
             Fathered
          
           upon
           those
           ,
           that
           were
           Executed
           ;
           but
           contrived
           by
           the
           Traytors
           that
           scaped
           ;
           as
           deeming
           it
           their
           safest
           way
           ,
           to
           publish
           the
           designs
           of
           the
           living
           ,
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           dead
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           conducing
           to
           their
           Project
           of
           destroying
           the
           
             Present
             King
          
           ,
           to
           perswade
           the
           Multitude
           into
           a
           good
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           Last
           .
           To
           conclude
           ;
           Notorious
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Libel
           is
           a
           Cheat
           ,
           the
           Letters
           and
           Speeches
           a
           Counterfeit
           ,
           and
           framed
           only
           by
           
             Recommending
             one
             Rebellion
          
           ,
           to
           
             stir
             up
             Another
          
           .
           The
           Phaenix
           ,
           (
           whereupon
           Brewster
           only
           was
           Indicted
           )
           was
           Printed
           soon
           after
           the
           burning
           of
           the
           Covenant
           by
           Order
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           bears
           for
           the
           Device
           ,
           a
           Phaenix
           
           
             Rising
             out
             of
             the
             Flames
          
           .
           The
           Drift
           of
           which
           Book
           is
           to
           
             Charge
             Damnation
             upon
             the
             Deserters
             of
             that
             Impious
             League
             ,
             and
             to
             Authorize
             a
             Rebellion
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           the
           whole
           Businesse
           ,
           These
           are
           but
           Three
           of
           above
           
             Three
             Hundred
          
           several
           Sorts
           of
           
             Treasonous
             ,
             Seditious
             ,
             Schismatical
          
           ,
           and
           Scandalous
           Books
           ,
           Libels
           ,
           and
           Papers
           ,
           Printed
           since
           His
           Majesties
           Return
           ;
           which
           are
           already
           Gathered
           into
           a
           Catalogue
           ,
           and
           the
           Pamphlets
           Themselves
           in
           Readinss
           to
           be
           produced
           ,
           whensoever
           Authority
           shall
           Require
           it
           .
           (
           Beside
           Those
           Numbers
           that
           have
           Escaped
           the
           Observation
           of
           the
           Collector
           )
           If
           there
           be
           any
           Man
           that
           will
           yet
           pretend
           to
           doubt
           of
           a
           Settled
           ,
           Formal
           Plot
           against
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           Establish'd
           Government
           ;
           let
           him
           but
           advise
           ,
           with
           these
           Horrible
           Luxuriances
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           either
           Renounce
           his
           Reason
           ,
           or
           Confess
           ,
           that
           
             The
             Generality
             of
             all
             the
             Separate
             Factions
             ,
             within
             the
             Kings
             Dominions
             ,
             are
             Engaged
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
          
           And
           it
           is
           no
           more
           wonder
           to
           find
           a
           People
           Distemper'd
           ,
           that
           's
           entertain'd
           with
           Poyson
           ,
           instead
           of
           wholesome
           Nourishment
           ,
           then
           to
           see
           the
           
             Sea
             Rage
          
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Winds
             blow
          
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           much
           said
           ,
           might
           seem
           to
           give
           the
           Disaffected
           Party
           a
           greater
           Reputation
           then
           Convenient
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           that
           their
           maine
           Design
           has
           lately
           suffered
           so
           Fatal
           a
           Disappointment
           ;
           that
           many
           of
           them
           are
           at
           this
           Instant
           ,
           under
           a
           Course
           of
           Justice
           ;
           Others
           in
           Custody
           ,
           and
           Expecting
           it
           ;
           and
           the
           Residue
           neither
           in
           Humour
           ,
           nor
           Condition
           to
           prosecute
           the
           Quarrel
           ;
           Being
           so
           fully
           satisfied
           of
           the
           
             Vigilance
             ,
             Power
          
           ,
           and
           Activity
           of
           the
           
             Kings
             Friends
          
           ,
           (
           which
           in
           Effect
           ,
           are
           as
           many
           ,
           as
           either
           Love
           the
           Publique
           ,
           or
           themselves
           )
           that
           they
           find
           it
           morally
           impossible
           for
           them
           ever
           to
           bring
           any
           Villanie
           to
           Perfection
           ,
           upon
           so
           desperate
           a
           Bottome
           ;
           Beside
           that
           they
           have
           Undeceived
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           made
           appear
           to
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           that
           all
           Mercy
           is
           lost
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           pass
           now
           to
           the
           Reasons
           of
           Publishing
           this
           Relation
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           make
           an
           End.
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           There
           has
           not
           been
           any
           One
           Traytor
           cut
           off
           by
           the
           Stroke
           of
           Justice
           ,
           since
           the
           Blessed
           time
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Restauration
           ,
           whose
           Case
           ,
           and
           Tryal
           has
           not
           been
           Surreptitiously
           Printed
           ,
           and
           Published
           ;
           and
           impudently
           ,
           
           in
           Justification
           of
           the
           Offender
           ,
           with
           most
           Scandalous
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           His
           Government
           (
           Except
           the
           Late
           Tryals
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           which
           are
           violently
           presumed
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           this
           Instant
           upon
           the
           Forge
           )
           So
           that
           ,
           
             To
             Prevent
             mis-informations
             ,
             is
             one
             Reason
             of
             Publishing
             This
             Narrative
             .
          
        
         
           
             A
             Second
             is
          
           ,
           To
           manifest
           the
           Insufferable
           Liberties
           of
           the
           Presse
           ,
           and
           the
           Necessity
           of
           bringing
           it
           into
           better
           Order
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             and
             Lastly
          
           ,
           It
           is
           Published
           for
           a
           Caution
           to
           all
           Persons
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           see
           the
           Hazzard
           of
           Dispersing
           of
           Books
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Printing
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           end
           that
           none
           presume
           to
           flatter
           themselves
           with
           an
           Expectation
           of
           coming
           off
           ,
           in
           Cases
           of
           Treason
           and
           Sedition
           ,
           upon
           the
           Plea
           of
           Trade
           ,
           or
           
             Ignorance
             .
             His
             Majesty
             being
             Justly
             Resolved
             upon
             a
             Strict
             ,
             and
             Necessary
             Severity
             toward
             all
             Offenders
             in
             that
             Kind
             for
             the
             Future
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           Five
           several
           Indictments
        
         
           
             Beeing
             drawn
             up
             ,
             
               viz.
               One
            
             ,
             of
             High-Treason
             ;
             against
             
               John
               Twyn
            
             ,
             Printer
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Four
             ,
             for
             
               Sedition
               ,
               viz.
            
             Two
             against
             
               Thomas
               Brewster
            
             ,
             Book
             seller
             ▪
             One
             against
             
               Simon
               Dover
            
             ,
             Printer
             ▪
             and
             One
             against
             
               Nathan
               Brooks
            
             ,
             Bookbinder
             ,
             were
             Presented
             to
             the
             Grand-Inquest
             in
             London
             ,
             at
             the
             sessions
             of
             Goale
             Delivery
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             holden
             at
             Justice-hall
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Baily
            
             ,
             the
             19th
             ▪
             day
             of
             
               February
               1663.
            
             
             Except
             that
             against
             Brooks
             ,
             which
             was
             found
             the
             day
             following
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Inquest
             .
             And
             after
             divers
             Witnesses
             were
             Sworn
             and
             Examined
             before
             the
             said
             
               Grand
               Inquest
            
             ,
             the
             said
             Bils
             of
             Indictment
             were
             severally
             returned
             ,
             
               Billa
               vera
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Names
             of
             the
             said
             
               Grand
               Inquest
            
             ,
             being
             as
             followeth
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Arthur
             Jourdan
             ,
          
           
             Arthur
             Browne
             ,
          
           
             Simon
             Rogers
             ,
          
           
             James
             Whetham
             ,
          
           
             Ralph
             Blore
             ,
          
           
             Isaack
             Barton
             ,
          
           
             Roger
             Locke
          
           
             Thomas
             Cooper
             ,
          
           
             Roger
             Hart
             ,
          
           
             John
             Watson
             ,
          
           
             Christopher
             Pits
             ,
          
           
             Thomas
             Gerrard
             ,
          
           
             John
             Cropper
             ,
          
           
             Thomas
             Partington
             ,
          
           
             Ralph
             Coppinger
             ,
          
           
             Matthew
             Pelazer
             .
          
           
             Samuell
             Taylor
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             At
             Justice-hall
             in
             the
             
               Old-Bayly
               .
               February
            
             20.
             in
             the
             Morning
             .
          
           
             
               THE
               Court
               being
               set
               ,
               Proclamation
               was
               made
               :
            
             O
             Tes
             ,
             All
             manner
             of
             Persons
             ,
             that
             have
             any
             thing
             more
             to
             doe
             at
             this
             Sessions
             of
             the
             Peace
             and
             Sessions
             of
             Oyer
             and
             Terminer
             ,
             held
             for
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             Sessions
             of
             Goale
             Delivery
             ,
             holden
             for
             the
             Citty
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ,
             ●aw
             near
             and
             give
             your
             attendance
             ,
             for
             now
             the
             Court
             will
             proceed
             to
             the
             Pleas
             of
             the
             Crown
             of
             the
             said
             City
             and
             County
             .
          
           
             God
             save
             the
             King.
             
          
           
             Silence
             Commanded
             .
          
           
             
               Clerk
               of
               the
               Peace
               .
            
             
               Set
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
            
             
               [
               who
               was
               set
               there
               accordingly
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Clerk
               John
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               Hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               understand
               the
               meaning
               of
               it
               ;
            
             
               [
               But
               being
               told
               he
               must
               held
               up
               his
               hand
               in
               order
               to
               his
               Tryall
               ,
               he
               held
               it
               up
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               &c.
               
            
             
               Thou
               standest
               Indicted
               in
               London
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               late
               of
               London
               Stationer
               ,
               for
               that
               thou
               as
               a
               false
               Traitor
               against
               the
               most
               Illustrious
               Charles
               the
               second
               ,
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 France
              
               and
               Ireland
               ,
               King
               ;
               Defender
               of
               the
               Faith
               ,
               &c.
               
               Thy
               supream
               and
               natural
               Lord
               and
               Soveraign
               —
               ,
               not
               having
               the
               feare
               of
               God
               in
               thine
               heart
               ,
               nor
               weighing
               the
               Duty
               of
               thy
               Allegiance
               ,
               but
               being
               moved
               and
               seduced
               by
               the
               instigation
               of
               the
               Devill
               ,
               and
               the
               cordiall
               Love
               ,
               true
               Duty
               ,
               and
               natural
               Obedience
               ,
               which
               true
               and
               faithfull
               Subjects
               towards
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               bear
               and
               of
               right
               ought
               to
               bear
               ,
               altogether
               withdrawing
               ,
               minding
               and
               with
               all
               thy
               sorce
               intending
               the
               Peace
               and
               common
               tranquility
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               to
               disturbe
               ;
               and
               Sedition
               and
               Rebellion
               within
               these
               his
               Majesties
               Kingdomes
               to
               move
               ,
               stir
               up
               ,
               and
               procure
               ;
               and
               discord
               between
               our
               said
               Soveraign
               and
               his
               subjects
               to
               make
               and
               move
               ;
               The
               27.
               day
               of
               October
               in
               the
               Year
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               our
               said
               Soveraign
               Lord
               Charls
               the
               second
               ,
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               &c.
               the
               15th
               .
               at
               the
               Parish
               of
               
                 St.
                 Bartholmews
              
               in
               the
               Ward
               of
               Farrington
               without
               London
               aforesaid
               ,
               traiterously
               
               didst
               compose
               ,
               imagine
               ,
               and
               intend
               the
               death
               and
               final
               destruction
               of
               our
               said
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Ancient
               and
               Regal
               Government
               of
               this
               Kingdome
               of
               England
               to
               change
               ,
               and
               subvert
               :
               And
               our
               said
               soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               of
               his
               Crown
               ,
               and
               Regall
               Government
               to
               depose
               ,
               and
               deprive
               ;
               And
               these
               thy
               most
               wicked
               Treasons
               ,
               and
               Traiterous
               imaginations
               to
               fulfill
               ,
               thou
               the
               said
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               ,
               the
               said
               27.
               day
               of
               October
               in
               the
               year
               aforesaid
               ,
               in
               the
               Parish
               and
               Ward
               aforesaid
               ,
               advisedly
               ,
               Devillishly
               and
               Maliciously
               didst
               declare
               ,
               by
               Imprinting
               a
               certain
               Seditious
               ,
               Poysonous
               and
               scandalous
               Book
               ,
               Entituled
               ,
               
                 A
                 Treatise
                 of
                 the
                 Execution
                 of
                 Justice
                 ,
                 &c.
                 —
              
            
             
               In
               which
               said
               Book
               ,
               amongst
               other
               things
               ,
               thou
               the
               said
               J.
               Twyn
               ,
               the
               27th
               .
               day
               of
               October
               in
               the
               Year
               aforesaid
               ,
               in
               the
               Parish
               and
               Ward
               aforesaid
               ,
               falsely
               ,
               maliciously
               and
               Traiterously
               didst
               imprint
               ,
               &c.
               —
               Against
               the
               Duty
               of
               thy
               Allegiance
               ,
               and
               the
               Statute
               in
               that
               case
               made
               and
               provided
               ;
               and
               against
               the
               peace
               of
               our
               said
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               his
               Crown
               and
               Dignity
               .
               
                 What
                 sayest
                 thou
              
               ,
               John
               Twyn
               ,
               
                 art
                 thou
              
               Guilty
               
                 of
                 this
              
               High
               Treason
               ,
               
                 whereof
                 thou
                 standest
                 indicted
                 ,
                 or
              
               Not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               leave
               to
               speak
               a
               few
               words
               ;
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               very
               poore
               man
               :
               I
               have
               been
               in
               Prison
               severall
               Moneths
               —
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Are
               you
               Guilty
               ,
               or
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               With
               all
               due
               submission
               to
               your
               Honours
               ;
               I
               desire
               to
               speak
               a
               few
               words
               —
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Chief
               Just
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               You
               must
               first
               plead
               to
               your
               Indictment
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               may
               say
               what
               you
               will
               ;
               That
               's
               the
               Rule
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               We
               receive
               no
               expostulations
               till
               you
               have
               pleaded
               to
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               Guilty
               or
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               intend
               to
               answer
               to
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               by
               what
               I
               shall
               now
               say
               ;
               I
               am
               a
               poore
               ▪
               man
               ,
               have
               a
               Family
               
               and
               three
               smal
               Children
               ,
               I
               am
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               have
               been
               kept
               prisoner
               divers
               moneths
               .
               —
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               
            
             
               Pray
               plead
               to
               the
               Indictment
               ;
               you
               shall
               be
               heard
               ;
               say
               what
               you
               will
               afterwards
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               
            
             
               I
               humbly
               thank
               you
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Are
               you
               Guilty
               ,
               or
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               beseech
               you
               to
               allow
               me
               Councel
               ,
               and
               some
               consideration
               ;
               I
               desire
               it
               with
               all
               submission
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               must
               Plead
               first
               ;
               then
               aske
               what
               you
               will.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Are
               you
               Guilty
               or
               not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               of
               those
               Crimes
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               God
               forbid
               you
               should
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               How
               wilt
               thou
               be
               Tryed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               be
               Tryed
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               that
               God
               that
               is
               the
               searcher
               of
               all
               hearts
               ,
               and
               the
               disposer
               of
               all
               things
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               God
               Almighty
               is
               present
               here
               ;
               there
               is
               no
               other
               Tryal
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               England
               ,
               but
               by
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Peers
               ;
               that
               is
               the
               Countrey
               ;
               honest
               men
               .
               You
               shall
               have
               all
               your
               challenges
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               's
               due
               to
               you
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               God
               ;
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               be
               your
               Councel
               ,
               to
               see
               you
               have
               no
               wrong
               ;
               therefore
               put
               your self
               upon
               your
               Tryal
               ,
               say
               how
               you
               will
               be
               Tryed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               be
               Tried
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               So
               you
               shall
               ;
               God
               Almighty
               is
               present
               here
               ;
               looks
               down
               ,
               and
               beholds
               what
               we
               do
               here
               ,
               and
               we
               shall
               answer
               severely
               if
               we
               do
               you
               any
               wrong
               .
               We
               are
               as
               carefull
               of
               our
               soules
               ,
               as
               you
               can
               be
               of
               yours
               .
               You
               must
               answer
               in
               the
               words
               of
               the
               Law.
               
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               By
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Now
               say
               what
               you
               will.
               
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               a
               very
               poor
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               let
               me
               interrupt
               you
               thus
               farr
               ,
               
               what
               ere
               you
               speak
               in
               your
               defence
               to
               acquit
               your self
               of
               this
               Crime
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               reserve
               till
               by
               and
               by
               ;
               This
               is
               but
               an
               Arraignment
               ,
               afterwards
               the
               Evidence
               for
               the
               King
               is
               to
               be
               heard
               ,
               then
               make
               your
               defence
               ;
               If
               you
               have
               any
               Witnesses
               on
               your
               part
               ,
               let
               's
               know
               their
               names
               ,
               we
               'le
               take
               care
               they
               shall
               come
               in
               .
               If
               I
               did
               not
               mistake
               ;
               
                 you
                 desired
                 to
                 have
                 Councell
              
               ;
               Was
               That
               your
               request
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               ,
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               be
               of
               Councell
               with
               you
               ,
               in
               point
               of
               Law
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Court
               ,
               my
               Brethren
               ,
               and
               my Self
               ,
               are
               to
               see
               that
               you
               suffer
               nothing
               for
               your
               want
               of
               knowledg
               ,
               in
               matter
               of
               Law
               ;
               I
               say
               ,
               we
               are
               to
               be
               of
               Councell
               with
               you
               ;
               But
               for
               this
               horrid
               Crime
               ,
               (
               I
               will
               hope
               in
               Charity
               you
               are
               not
               Guilty
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               are
               )
               it
               is
               the
               most
               Abominable
               and
               Barbarous
               Treason
               that
               ever
               I
               heard
               of
               ,
               or
               any
               man
               else
               ;
               The
               very
               Title
               of
               the
               Book
               (
               if
               there
               were
               no
               more
               )
               is
               as
               perfectly
               Treason
               as
               possibly
               can
               be
               :
               The
               whole
               book
               through
               ;
               all
               that
               is
               read
               in
               the
               Indictment
               ;
               not
               one
               Sentence
               ,
               but
               is
               as
               absolute
               High
               Treason
               ,
               as
               ever
               I
               yet
               heard
               of
               .
               A
               company
               of
               mad
               brains
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               the
               Worship
               and
               Service
               of
               God
               to
               bring
               in
               all
               Villanies
               and
               Atheisme
               ,
               (
               as
               is
               seen
               in
               that
               Cook
               )
               what
               a
               horrid
               thing
               is
               this
               !
               But
               you
               shall
               have
               free
               liberty
               of
               defending
               your self
               .
               To
               the
               matter
               of
               Fact
               ;
               whether
               it
               be
               So
               or
               No
               ;
               in
               This
               case
               ,
               the
               Law
               does
               not
               allow
               you
               Councel
               to
               Plead
               for
               you
               ;
               but
               in
               matter
               of
               Law
               ,
               We
               are
               of
               Councell
               with
               you
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               be
               our
               care
               to
               see
               that
               you
               have
               no
               wrong
               done
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Set
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
              
               to
               the
               Barr
               ;
            
             
               [
               Who
               being
               set
               ,
               his
               Indictment
               was
               read
               ,
               to
               the
               purpose
               following
               .
               ]
            
             
               Thou
               standest
               Indicted
               in
               London
               ,
               by
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
              
               ,
               late
               of
               
                 London
                 ,
                 Stationer
              
               ,
               for
               that
               thou
               ,
               &c.
               the
               15th
               .
               day
               of
               February
               ,
               in
               the
               13th
               .
               year
               of
               the
               Reign
               ,
               &c.
               at
               the
               Parish
               of
               St.
               
                 Leonards
                 Fosterlane
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Ward
               of
               
                 Aldevsgate
                 ,
                 London
              
               ,
               Falsly
               Maliciously
               and
               Wickedly
               didst
               Imprint
               a
               Certain
               ,
               
               Fals
               ,
               Malicious
               ,
               Scandalous
               and
               Seditious
               Book
               ,
               Intituled
               .
               -
               
                 The
                 Speeches
                 and
                 Prayers
                 of
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Kings
                 Judges
              
               &c.
               and
               the
               same
               didst
               Sell
               &
               Vtter
               ,
               against
               the
               duty
               of
               thy
               Allegiance
               ,
               &c.
               
               How
               sayest
               thou
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
                 ;
                 art
                 thou
                 Guilty
                 of
                 this
                 Sedition
                 and
                 Offence
                 ,
                 whereof
                 thou
                 standest
                 Indicted
              
               ;
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               and
               the
               Honourable
               Bench
               ,
               I
               desire
               I
               may
               be
               heard
               a
               few
               words
               ,
               —
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               When
               you
               have
               Pleaded
               ,
               you
               shall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               shall
               be
               willing
               to
               Plead
               ,
               —
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               must
               either
               confess
               it
               ,
               or
               Plead
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               .
               I
               hope
               you
               are
               not
               Guilty
               of
               this
               Foule
               Crime
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               am
               Not
               ,
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               
                 England
                 ,
                 Guilty
              
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               You
               shall
               be
               Tryed
               by
               the
               Laws
               of
               England
               ,
               whether
               you
               are
               Guilty
               or
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               glad
               I
               am
               come
               before
               you
               to
               that
               purpose
               ;
               having
               been
               long
               a
               Prisoner
               ,
               I
               
                 am
                 not
                 Guilty
                 of
                 any
                 thing
                 in
                 this
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 neither
                 as
                 to
                 Matter
                 ,
              
               Time
               ,
               nor
               Place
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               What
               do
               you
               mean
               by
               Time
               ,
               and
               Place
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               Guilty
               in
               Manner
               or
               Forme
               ;
               And
               now
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               being
               altogether
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               I
               humbly
               beg
               Councell
               ,
               and
               a
               Copie
               of
               my
               Indictment
               ;
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               not
               be
               destroyed
               ,
               because
               I
               am
               ignorant
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               I
               have
               been
               eighteen
               weeks
               close
               prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               What
               would
               you
               have
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               desire
               Time
               and
               Councell
               assigned
               me
               ,
               and
               a
               Copie
               of
               my
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               For
               a
               Copie
               of
               your
               Indictment
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               for
               a
               Foule
               Offence
               ,
               yet
               (
               in
               favour
               to
               you
               ,
               it
               being
               not
               made
               so
               Capital
               as
               the
               other
               )
               we
               cannot
               deny
               it
               you
               ,
               for
               Councel
               ,
               you
               may
               have
               what
               you
               will
               ,
               we
               need
               not
               assign
               it
               .
               
                 [
                 Make
                 him
                 a
                 copie
                 ,
                 ]
              
               but
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               ,
               
                 We
                 shall
                 try
                 it
                 ,
                 now
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               do
               protest
               I
               knew
               not
               what
               I
               came
               for
               ,
               I
               never
               imagined
               what
               my
               Indictment
               was
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               what
               there
               's
               in
               't
               .
               —
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               You
               shall
               have
               a
               Copie
               made
               presently
               ;
               If
               you
               have
               Councel
               ,
               or
               Witnesses
               ,
               send
               for
               them
               ;
               we
               must
               try
               you
               to
               day
               ,
               but
               you
               will
               have
               some
               time
               ,
               for
               we
               will
               begin
               with
               the
               other
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               beg
               I
               may
               have
               a
               Copie
               of
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               in
               English
               ,
               I
               cannot
               understand
               Latine
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               That
               that
               is
               against
               you
               ,
               is
               in
               English
               ;
               the
               Latine
               signifies
               no
               more
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               did
               Seditiously
               and
               Malitiously
               Print
               all
               that
               which
               is
               in
               English
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               I
               hope
               I
               have
               done
               nothing
               ,
               but
               I
               shall
               acquit
               my self
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               I
               hope
               you
               may
               ;
               But
               we
               can
               give
               you
               nothing
               but
               a
               Copie
               of
               the
               Record
               :
               send
               for
               your
               own
               Clerke
               to
               understand
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Set
               Thomas
               Brewster
               
                 to
                 the
                 Barr.
              
               
               
                 [
                 Who
                 was
                 set
                 ;
                 And
                 then
                 his
                 Indictment
                 was
                 read
                 ;
                 ]
              
               
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 the
                 faid
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Brewster
                 ,
              
               late
               of
               
                 London
                 Stationer
              
               ,
               Not
               having
               ,
               &c.
               (
               in
               the
               forme
               aforesaid
               )
               the
               15th
               .
               day
               of
               February
               ,
               &c.
               at
               the
               Parish
               of
               
                 Little
                 St.
                 Bartholmews
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Ward
               of
               Farington
               without
               London
               ,
               Maliciously
               ,
               &c.
               did
               cause
               to
               be
               imprinted
               the
               aforesaid
               Book
               of
               Speeches
               ,
               and
               Prayers
               ,
               &c.
               and
               the
               same
               did
               Sell
               and
               Vtter
               ,
               against
               the
               duty
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Who
               being
               demanded
               whether
               he
               was
               Guilty
               of
               that
               Sedition
               and
               offence
               ?
               answered
               .
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               How
               will
               you
               be
               tryed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ,
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               Say
               what
               you
               will
               now
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ,
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               I
               am
               wholy
               Ignorant
               of
               the
               Proceedings
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               I
               have
               been
               a
               close
               prisoner
               these
               eighteen
               Weeks
               ,
               no
               body
               to
               advise
               with
               me
               ,
               scarce
               my
               wife
               suffered
               to
               come
               to
               me
               ;
               I
               desire
               some
               time
               to
               take
               advice
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L
               Ch
               ▪
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               I
               doubt
               we
               shall
               not
               be
               able
               ?
               If
               you
               mean
               till
               next
               Sessions
               ,
               —
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ,
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               had
               too
               long
               Imprisonment
               already
               ,
               would
               I
               had
               been
               here
               the
               first
               Sessions
               after
               I
               was
               a
               Prisoner
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               desire
               a
               Copie
               of
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               and
               Councel
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ▪
               
            
             
               I
               humbly
               thank
               you
               ;
               but
               I
               must
               have
               time
               to
               consult
               them
               ,
               or
               they
               will
               do
               me
               little
               good
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               Ch
               Ju.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               If
               you
               have
               any
               friends
               ,
               or
               Witnesses
               ,
               you
               may
               send
               for
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ,
            
             
               I
               thank
               you
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Brewster
              
               ,
               Thou
               standst
               again
               Indicted
               in
               London
               by
               the
               name
               of
               ,
               &c.
               
               For
               that
               thou
               not
               having
               ,
               &c.
               The
               10th
               .
               day
               of
               July
               ,
               in
               the
               13th
               .
               year
               ,
               &c.
               at
               the
               Parish
               of
               
                 Little
                 St.
                 Bartholmews
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Ward
               of
               Farington
               without
               London
               ,
               &c.
               
               Falsely
               ,
               Maliciously
               ,
               Scandalously
               and
               Seditiously
               ,
               didst
               cause
               to
               be
               Imprinted
               ;
               a
               Book
               Intituled
               ,
               
                 The
                 Phaenix
                 ,
                 Or
                 the
                 Solemn
                 League
                 and
                 Covenant
                 :
              
               &c.
               —
               And
               the
               said
               Book
               didst
               Sell
               and
               Vtter
               ,
               against
               the
               duty
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 How
                 saist
                 thou
                 ?
                 Art
                 thou
              
               Guilty
               
                 of
                 this
                 Sedition
                 and
                 Offence
                 ,
                 whereof
                 thou
                 standest
                 Indicted
                 ;
                 or
              
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ,
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               How
               will
               you
               be
               Tryed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               ,
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               to
               the
               Barr.
               
            
             
               Thou
               standest
               Indicted
               in
               London
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ,
               late
               of
               London
               Stationer
               ;
               Not
               having
               ,
               &c.
               (
               the
               same
               as
               to
               make
               time
               and
               place
               with
               that
               of
               Dovers
               )
               and
               knowing
               the
               said
               Book
               to
               be
               Scandalous
               and
               Seditious
               ;
               did
               Sell
               ,
               Vtter
               ,
               and
               Publish
               the
               same
               against
               the
               duty
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 How
                 sayst
                 thou
              
               Nathaniel
               Brooks
               ?
               
                 Art
                 thou
              
               Guilty
               
                 of
                 this
              
               Sedition
               and
               Offence
               
                 whereof
                 thou
                 standest
                 Indicted
                 ,
                 or
              
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Brooks
               ,
            
             
               Not
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               How
               will
               you
               be
               Tryed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               ,
            
             
               By
               God
               and
               the
               Countrey
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               God
               send
               thee
               a
               good
               deliverance
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               If
               you
               desire
               to
               have
               a
               Copie
               of
               your
               Indictment
               ,
               and
               Councel
               ,
               you
               may
               have
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               ,
            
             
               I
               am
               a
               poor
               man
               ,
               I
               have
               not
               money
               to
               get
               Councel
               ,
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               not
               want
               that
               that
               belongs
               to
               me
               by
               Law
               ,
               for
               want
               of
               money
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               You
               shall
               not
               by
               the
               Grace
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Set
               John
               Twin
               ,
               Simon
               Dover
               ,
               Thomas
               Brewster
               ,
               and
               Nathan
               Brooks
               
                 to
                 the
                 Barr.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               ,
               Those
               men
               that
               you
               shall
               hear
               called
               ,
               and
               Personally
               appear
               ,
               must
               pass
               between
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               and
               you
               ,
               upon
               Trial
               of
               your
               Life
               and
               Death
               ;
               if
               you
               will
               challenge
               them
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               you
               must
               do
               it
               when
               they
               come
               to
               the
               Book
               to
               be
               Sworn
               ,
               before
               they
               be
               Sworn
               ;
               And
               you
               that
               are
               for
               the
               Seditions
               and
               Offences
               ,
               look
               to
               your
               challenges
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               ,
            
             
               We
               desire
               we
               may
               have
               a
               Jury
               of
               Book-sellers
               and
               Printers
               ;
               they
               being
               the
               men
               that
               only
               understand
               our
               businesse
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               ,
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               There
               are
               those
               already
               that
               understand
               it
               as
               well
               as
               Book-sellers
               or
               Printers
               ;
               besides
               ,
               half
               the
               Jury
               are
               such
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               able
               to
               make
               the
               rest
               understand
               it
               ,
               but
               you
               may
               challenge
               whom
               you
               will.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Jury
               were
               ,
            
             
               William
               Samborne
               ,
            
             
               William
               Hall
               ,
            
             
               William
               Rutland
               ,
            
             
               John
               Williams
               ,
            
             
               Thomas
               Honylove
               ,
            
             
               James
               Flesher
               ,
            
             
               Robert
               Lucas
               ,
            
             
               Simon
               Waterson
               ,
            
             
               Robert
               Beversham
               ,
            
             
               Samuel
               Thomson
               ,
            
             
               Richard
               Royston
            
             
               Thomas
               Roycrost
               .
            
          
           
             Who
             were
             severally
             Sworn
             by
             the
             Oath
             following
             .
          
           
           
             You
             shall
             well
             and
             truly
             Try
             ,
             and
             true
             deliverance
             make
             ,
             between
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Barr
             whom
             you
             shall
             have
             in
             charge
             according
             to
             your
             Evidence
             ,
             
               so
               help
               you
               God.
            
             
          
           
             All
             foure
             .
             We
             are
             all
             satisfied
             with
             this
             Jury
             .
          
           
             
               Cl.
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               
                 Make
                 Proclamation
              
               .
               O
               Yes
               ,
               If
               any
               one
               can
               informe
               my
               Lords
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Justices
               ,
               the
               Kings
               Serjeant
               ,
               or
               the
               Kings
               Attorney
               ,
               before
               this
               Inquest
               be
               taken
               between
               our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ,
               let
               them
               come
               forth
               and
               they
               shall
               be
               heard
               ,
               for
               now
               the
               Prisoners
               stand
               at
               the
               Barr
               upon
               their
               Deliverance
               ;
               and
               all
               others
               that
               are
               bound
               by
               Recognizance
               to
               give
               Evidence
               against
               any
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Barr
               ,
               come
               forth
               and
               give
               evidence
               ,
               or
               else
               you
               will
               forfeit
               your
               Recognizance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               John
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               
                 Hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
              
               ,
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               look
               upon
               the
               Prisoner
               and
               hearken
               to
               his
               Cause
               ,
               you
               shall
               understand
               that
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               in
               London
               ,
               by
               the
               name
               of
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               Late
               of
               London
               ,
               Stationer
               ;
               
                 [
                 here
                 the
                 Indictment
                 is
                 read
                 over
                 again
                 ;
                 ]
              
               Vpon
               this
               Indictment
               he
               hath
               been
               Arraigned
               ,
               and
               thereunto
               hath
               pleaded
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               ;
               and
               for
               his
               Tryal
               ,
               hath
               put
               himself
               upon
               
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Countrey
              
               ,
               which
               Countrey
               you
               are
               ▪
               your
               charge
               is
               to
               inquire
               whether
               he
               be
               Guilty
               of
               the
               High
               Treason
               ,
               in
               manner
               and
               forme
               as
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               ;
               if
               you
               finde
               him
               Guilty
               ,
               you
               shall
               inquire
               what
               Goods
               and
               Chattels
               ,
               Lands
               and
               Tenements
               he
               had
               at
               the
               time
               of
               committing
               the
               said
               Treason
               ,
               or
               at
               any
               time
               sithence
               :
               If
               you
               finde
               him
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               ,
               you
               shall
               inquire
               whether
               he
               fled
               for
               it
               ;
               if
               you
               finde
               that
               he
               fled
               for
               it
               ,
               you
               shall
               inquire
               of
               his
               good
               and
               Chattels
               ,
               Lands
               and
               Tenements
               ,
               as
               if
               you
               had
               found
               him
               Guilty
               ;
               if
               you
               finde
               him
               
                 not
                 Guilty
              
               ,
               nor
               that
               he
               did
               fly
               for
               it
               ,
               say
               so
               ,
               and
               no
               more
               ,
               and
               heare
               your
               Evidence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North
               ,
            
             
               
                 Barrister
                 of
                 the
                 Law.
                 John
                 Twyn
                 ,
              
               Stands
               here
               Indicted
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               as
               a
               false
               Traytor
               to
               the
               most
               Illustrious
               Charles
               the
               second
               ,
               &c.
               
               Not
               having
               the
               fear
               of
               God
               before
               his
               eyes
               nor
               weighing
               the
               duty
               of
               his
               Allegiance
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 [
                 here
                 was
                 opened
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ]
              
               to
               which
               he
               hath
               Pleaded
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               ;
               if
               there
               shall
               be
               sufficient
               Evidence
               given
               you
               of
               the
               charge
               in
               the
               Indictment
               you
               must
               do
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Nation
               that
               Justice
               
               as
               to
               finde
               him
               Guilty
               ,
               that
               sentence
               of
               Law
               may
               passe
               upon
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Serjeant
               Morton
               ,
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Lordships
               ,
               and
               you
               Gentlemen
               that
               are
               sworn
               of
               this
               Jury
               ,
               I
               am
               of
               Councell
               with
               the
               King
               ▪
               against
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               ,
               the
               Prisoner
               here
               at
               Barr
               ;
               who
               stands
               Indicted
               of
               a
               most
               Horrid
               ,
               and
               Damnable
               Treason
               .
               It
               is
               ,
               
                 The
                 Compassing
                 and
                 Imagining
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 deprive
                 him
                 of
                 his
                 Crown
                 and
                 Royal
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 Alter
                 and
                 Change
                 the
                 Antient
                 Legal
                 and
                 Fundamental
                 Government
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdome
                 :
              
               which
               he
               has
               indeavoured
               to
               do
               and
               did
               intend
               to
               do
               ,
               by
               Printing
               a
               Traiterous
               and
               Seditious
               Book
               ,
               which
               in
               it self
               contains
               as
               many
               and
               as
               great
               Treasons
               as
               it
               was
               possible
               either
               for
               the
               Malice
               of
               the
               Devil
               or
               the
               Corrupt
               and
               Treasonable
               thoughts
               of
               Blood-thirsty
               Men
               to
               invent
               ;
               It
               contains
               Treasons
               against
               the
               King
               in
               his
               own
               Royal
               Person
               ;
               against
               his
               Government
               ,
               both
               Ecclesiastical
               and
               Civil
               ;
               full
               of
               Treasons
               ,
               (
               as
               my
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
               was
               pleased
               to
               observe
               to
               you
               )
               Treasons
               against
               the
               Queen
               ,
               Scandals
               against
               all
               manner
               of
               Profession
               both
               in
               Church
               and
               Kingdom
               ,
               of
               Magistracy
               ,
               and
               Ministry
               :
               My
               Lord
               ,
               there
               are
               in
               this
               Indictment
               Thirteen
               Paragraphs
               of
               that
               Treasonable
               Book
               Recited
               ,
               and
               each
               of
               them
               contains
               as
               many
               Treasons
               ,
               as
               there
               be
               lines
               in
               it
               ;
               nay
               (
               My
               Lord
               )
               this
               Treasonable
               Book
               ,
               it
               was
               intended
               to
               set
               a
               Flame
               in
               this
               Nation
               ;
               to
               raise
               and
               stir
               up
               Rebellion
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               against
               the
               King
               and
               his
               Government
               .
               I
               shall
               observe
               to
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               the
               Time
               when
               it
               was
               to
               be
               Printed
               :
               It
               was
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               October
               ,
               your
               Lordship
               knows
               ,
               and
               I
               do
               not
               doubt
               but
               the
               Jury
               have
               heard
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               great
               and
               dangerous
               design
               in
               this
               Nation
               ,
               set
               on
               foot
               by
               men
               of
               dangerous
               Principles
               ,
               to
               Imbroyle
               this
               Nation
               in
               a
               
                 New
                 Warr
              
               ,
               for
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               King
               and
               his
               Government
               ;
               It
               was
               Executed
               in
               part
               ,
               as
               farr
               as
               Time
               and
               other
               Circumstance
               would
               give
               way
               and
               leave
               to
               the
               undertakers
               ;
               (
               the
               12.
               of
               October
               last
               )
               and
               my
               Lord
               ,
               it
               was
               proved
               upon
               the
               Execution
               of
               a
               Commission
               of
               Oyer
               and
               Terminer
               at
               York
               ,
               that
               
               there
               was
               a
               Council
               here
               in
               London
               ,
               that
               sat
               to
               prepare
               matter
               for
               an
               Universal
               Rebellion
               all
               England
               over
               ;
               they
               sent
               their
               Agitators
               into
               the
               
                 North
                 ,
                 West
              
               ,
               all
               parts
               ;
               to
               give
               notice
               to
               their
               Party
               to
               be
               ready
               to
               Rise
               at
               a
               certain
               time
               ;
               several
               dayes
               were
               appointed
               ,
               but
               it
               seems
               they
               could
               not
               be
               ready
               till
               that
               12th
               .
               of
               Octob.
               for
               
                 the
                 Seditious
                 Books
                 that
                 were
                 to
                 lead
                 on
                 that
                 Design
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Libels
                 and
                 Declarations
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 Printed
                 before
                 that
                 day
              
               ;
               and
               truely
               that
               had
               been
               Printed
               and
               Published
               too
               ,
               if
               there
               had
               not
               been
               great
               Diligence
               used
               by
               the
               Kings
               Agents
               and
               Ministers
               ,
               to
               take
               them
               just
               as
               they
               were
               preparing
               it
               .
               This
               Book
               ,
               Gentlemen
               ,
               doth
               contain
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Scandal
               upon
               the
               Kings
               Government
               ,
               dispersing
               False
               and
               Base
               Rumours
               ,
               to
               the
               prejudice
               of
               it
               .
               It
               is
               a
               rule
               in
               my
               Lord
               Cooke
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 dispersing
                 of
                 false
                 and
                 evil
                 Rumours
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Government
                 ;
                 and
                 Libels
                 upon
                 Justices
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ;
                 they
                 are
                 the
                 forerunners
                 of
                 Rebellion
                 .
              
            
             
               We
               shall
               now
               go
               the
               proof
               ;
               we
               shall
               prove
               that
               this
               Prisoner
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               to
               Print
               this
               Book
               ,
               had
               two
               Presses
               in
               one
               Roome
               ;
               that
               he
               himself
               did
               work
               at
               one
               of
               those
               Presses
               ,
               his
               Servants
               at
               the
               other
               ,
               by
               his
               Command
               and
               in
               his
               presence
               :
               That
               he
               did
               Compose
               part
               of
               it
               .
               Print
               the
               sheets
               ,
               Correct
               the
               Proofs
               ,
               and
               Revise
               them
               all
               in
               his
               own
               house
               ,
               which
               were
               corrected
               and
               brought
               back
               into
               the
               Work-house
               by
               himself
               ,
               in
               so
               short
               a
               time
               that
               they
               could
               not
               be
               carryed
               abroad
               to
               Correct
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               must
               needs
               Correct
               them
               himself
               :
               That
               this
               Work
               was
               done
               in
               the
               Night
               time
               ,
               (
               and
               it
               was
               proper
               ,
               it
               was
               a
               deed
               of
               great
               darknesse
               and
               not
               fit
               indeed
               to
               see
               the
               light
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               well
               it
               was
               strangled
               in
               the
               Birth
               ,
               or
               else
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               we
               might
               by
               this
               time
               have
               been
               wallowing
               in
               our
               blood
               )
               We
               shall
               make
               it
               appear
               ,
               that
               this
               man
               when
               Mr.
               Le-Strange
               came
               to
               search
               his
               house
               ,
               brake
               the
               Forms
               ,
               conveyed
               away
               as
               many
               of
               the
               Sheets
               as
               he
               could
               from
               the
               Presse
               to
               other
               places
               ;
               yet
               notwithstanding
               ,
               Gods
               Providence
               was
               so
               great
               in
               the
               thing
               that
               he
               left
               there
               three
               or
               four
               sheets
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               
                 Le
                 Strange
              
               ,
               
               then
               seized
               on
               ,
               and
               many
               more
               within
               a
               little
               time
               after
               :
               And
               somewhat
               of
               the
               same
               matter
               ,
               remained
               upon
               part
               of
               a
               Form
               of
               I
               etter
               ,
               which
               his
               hast
               would
               not
               give
               him
               leave
               to
               break
               ;
               When
               he
               was
               charged
               with
               it
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Le
                 Strange
              
               ,
               he
               confessed
               that
               he
               had
               printed
               some
               sheets
               of
               this
               Seditious
               Book
               ,
               and
               being
               demanded
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Le
                 Strange
              
               ,
               what
               he
               thought
               of
               it
               ?
               He
               told
               him
               ,
               he
               thought
               
                 it
                 was
                 mettlesome
                 stuff
              
               ;
               he
               had
               great
               joy
               in
               it
               ,
               he
               confessed
               he
               had
               received
               money
               for
               printing
               of
               this
               ;
               and
               much
               other
               matter
               ,
               taken
               upon
               Examination
               before
               Mr.
               Secretary
               .
               We
               shall
               call
               our
               Witnesses
               ;
               I
               should
               have
               observed
               to
               you
               ,
               that
               this
               man
               would
               have
               it
               done
               with
               all
               the
               privacy
               that
               could
               be
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               done
               forthwith
               ;
               there
               was
               great
               hast
               of
               it
               ,
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               October
               and
               the
               designe
               in
               the
               North
               ,
               was
               upon
               the
               Twelfth
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               was
               clearly
               intended
               for
               that
               Designe
               .
            
          
           
             Several
             Witnesses
             new
             sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Joseph
               Walker
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               whereas
               my
               Master
               is
               Indicted
               for
               Printing
               this
               Book
               —
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               
            
             
               Your
               Master
               ?
               Who
               is
               your
               Master
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               
            
             
               He
               at
               the
               Bar.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               say
               you
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               see
               the
               Book
               ,
               
                 [
                 it
                 was
                 shewed
                 him
                 .
                 ]
              
               About
               the
               foure
               first
               pages
               of
               this
               Treatise
               I
               composed
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               delivered
               it
               to
               you
               to
               compose
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               My
               Master
               delivered
               the
               Copy
               to
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               doe
               you
               mean
               by
               Composing
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Setting
               the
               Letters
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Well
               ,
               and
               you
               set
               the
               letters
               to
               Print
               according
               to
               the
               Copy
               ,
               and
               you
               had
               it
               of
               your
               Master
               ,
               had
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ;
               but
               all
               this
               Copy
               we
               did
               not
               print
               .
            
          
           
             [
             Part
             of
             the
             Copy
             in
             manuscript
             being
             shewed
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             composed
             by
             that
             copy
             .
             ]
          
           
             
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               How
               much
               did
               you
               Print
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               About
               three
               sheets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               of
               those
               did
               your
               Mr.
               compose
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Truly
               Sir
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               compose
               one
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               a
               whole
               one
               ,
               I
               cannot
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               Compose
               the
               Title
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Here
               is
               no
               Title
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               No
               ?
               Read
               the
               top
               .
            
          
           
             
               Wal.
               
            
             
               A
               Treatise
               of
               the
               Execution
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               [
               He
               reads
               the
               Title
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               Did
               your
               Master
               Compose
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               I
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Did
               your
               Master
               give
               you
               that
               to
               Compose
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Who
               Composed
               the
               second
               ,
               third
               ,
               and
               fourth
               sheet
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               Composed
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               to
               particularize
               I
               cannot
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               gave
               you
               what
               you
               did
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               My
               Master
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Can
               you
               turn
               to
               any
               part
               of
               that
               you
               did
               Compose
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               ,
            
             
               I
               cannot
               tell
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               Composed
               you
               say
               foure
               pages
               ;
               there
               are
               eight
               in
               a
               sheet
               ,
               who
               composed
               the
               other
               of
               the
               same
               sheet
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               my
               Master
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               same
               time
               and
               in
               the
               same
               room
               with
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               He
               wrought
               not
               in
               the
               same
               Room
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
            
             
               After
               you
               had
               stampt
               the
               sheet
               ,
               who
               did
               peruse
               ,
               and
               over-read
               it
               ,
               to
               see
               if
               it
               were
               right
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               carried
               them
               into
               the
               Kitchen
               and
               laid
               them
               down
               upon
               the
               Dresser
               by
               my
               Master
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               compared
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               brought
               them
               back
               to
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Walker
               
            
             
               My
               Master
               brought
               them
               into
               the
               Workhouse
               and
               laid
               them
               down
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Was
               there
               any
               body
               in
               the
               house
               that
               might
               Correct
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Not
               that
               I
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               When
               you
               had
               carried
               a
               sheet
               down
               ,
               how
               long
               was
               it
               ere
               it
               was
               brought
               back
               again
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               About
               an
               hour
               ,
               or
               an
               hour
               and
               a
               half
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Was
               there
               any
               body
               in
               the
               house
               besides
               you
               and
               your
               Master
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               There
               was
               my
               fellow
               Apprentice
               ,
               and
               the
               Woman
               that
               keeps
               the
               House
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Were
               there
               no
               strangers
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Rec.
               
            
             
               Were
               they
               Printed
               in
               your
               Masters
               house
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               room
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Press-room
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               your
               Master
               work
               at
               the
               Presse
               about
               this
               work
               ,
               any
               part
               of
               the
               time
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               saw
               him
               beat
               some
               sheets
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               When
               you
               had
               printed
               one
               sheet
               ,
               were
               there
               not
               some
               mistakes
               of
               the
               Letters
               to
               be
               mended
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               there
               were
               Literals
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               made
               the
               Amendment
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Upon
               my
               Oath
               I
               cannot
               tell
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Do
               you
               believe
               it
               to
               be
               your
               Masters
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               tell
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               seen
               your
               Master
               write
               heretofore
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               seen
               him
               write
               ,
               but
               because
               I
               have
               heard
               of
               them
               that
               could
               counterfeit
               mens
               hands
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               swear
               it
               was
               his
               Writing
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Were
               the
               amendments
               that
               were
               brought
               back
               ,
               like
               his
               hand
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               The
               Letters
               were
               something
               like
               them
               ,
               but
               I
               cannot
               swear
               positively
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               his
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               that
               you
               cannot
               ,
               unless
               you
               saw
               him
               write
               them
               ;
               but
               was
               it
               like
               his
               hand
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               not
               much
               unlike
               his
               hand
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               your
               Master
               use
               to
               correct
               other
               works
               before
               this
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               Then
               by
               the
               Oath
               that
               you
               have
               taken
               ,
               were
               not
               the
               corrections
               of
               this
               Book
               like
               those
               of
               other
               corrections
               by
               his
               own
               hand
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               any
               body
               correct
               books
               in
               your
               house
               but
               your
               Master
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               you
               see
               your
               Master
               with
               Copie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               he
               had
               Copy
               before
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               time
               was
               this
               Printed
               ?
               by
               night
               ,
               or
               by
               day
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               night
               time
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               directions
               did
               your
               Master
               give
               you
               about
               Printing
               it
               ,
               did
               he
               direct
               any
               privacy
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               not
               much
               desirous
               of
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               At
               what
               time
               did
               you
               work
               about
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               morning
               ,
               from
               two
               till
               four
               or
               five
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Pray
               Sir
               thus
               ;
               were
               you
               in
               the
               house
               when
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estrange
              
               came
               up
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Were
               you
               at
               work
               then
               ,
               or
               before
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Not
               when
               he
               was
               above
               ,
               but
               immediately
               before
               ,
               I
               was
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               You
               are
               not
               bound
               to
               conceal
               Treason
               ,
               though
               you
               are
               bound
               to
               keep
               your
               Masters
               secrets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               were
               you
               then
               at
               work
               upon
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               signature
               D
               ,
               the
               sheet
               D
               of
               this
               Treatise
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               did
               your
               Master
               say
               when
               you
               told
               him
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estrange
              
               was
               below
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Very
               few
               words
               ▪
               I
               cannot
               be
               positive
               in
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Seri
               .
               Morton
               .
            
             
               To
               what
               purpose
               were
               they
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Hearing
               some
               body
               knock
               at
               the
               door
               ,
               I
               went
               down
               into
               the
               Composing
               room
               ,
               and
               looked
               through
               the
               window
               ,
               and
               saw
               people
               ▪
               I
               imagined
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estrange
              
               was
               there
               ,
               and
               I
               told
               my
               Master
               ▪
               whereupon
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 he
                 was
                 und●ne
              
               ,
               or
               to
               that
               effect
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               not
               wish
               you
               to
               make
               hast
               in
               composing
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No
               he
               did
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               How
               long
               had
               you
               been
               at
               work
               upon
               it
               ?
               how
               many
               dayes
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               tell
               justly
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               You
               can
               gess
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               About
               three
               or
               four
               dayes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               your
               Master
               work
               in
               that
               time
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               He
               was
               in
               the
               Work-house
               ,
               and
               did
               set
               Letters
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               not
               likewise
               Print
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               he
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               you
               by
               his
               direction
               break
               the
               Form
               when
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               came
               to
               search
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               brake
               one
               indeed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               became
               of
               the
               other
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               My
               fellow
               prentice
               brake
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               By
               whose
               direction
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               had
               no
               order
               for
               it
               ,
               I
               brought
               it
               down
               and
               went
               to
               set
               it
               against
               a
               post
               ,
               and
               it
               fell
               in
               peices
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               ask
               your
               Master
               who
               delivered
               him
               this
               Copy
               to
               Print
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               
            
             
               I
               did
               ask
               him
               two
               several
               times
               ,
               but
               he
               made
               no
               answer
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               
                 Did
                 he
                 not
                 say
              
               ,
               He
               would
               not
               tell
               you
               ▪
               
                 or
                 that
              
               it
               was
               no
               matter
               to
               you
               ?
               
                 nor
                 nothing
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               he
               did
               afterwards
               say
               it
               was
               no
               matter
               to
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               your
               Master
               nor
               fellow-apprentice
               tell
               you
               who
               brought
               the
               Coppy
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               And
               did
               not
               you
               know
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Was
               he
               not
               used
               to
               tell
               you
               the
               Authors
               of
               books
               that
               you
               printed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               The
               Authors
               he
               did
               not
               ;
               but
               for
               whom
               they
               were
               printed
               he
               used
               to
               tell
               me
               :
               My
               Lord
               I
               humbly
               beg
               pardon
               for
               what
               I
               did
               ,
               I
               was
               his
               Apprentice
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               sheets
               did
               you
               print
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Two
               Reams
               on
               a
               sheet
               ,
               which
               makes
               1000.
               
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               page
               ,
               being
               the
               Title
               of
               it
               ,
               your
               Master
               brought
               to
               you
               to
               compose
               ;
               At
               the
               same
               time
               when
               you
               were
               composing
               one
               part
               ,
               your
               Master
               was
               composing
               another
               part
               of
               the
               same
               sheet
               in
               the
               next
               room
               ,
               And
               part
               of
               it
               your
               Master
               did
               print
               as
               well
               as
               compose
               ,
               I
               think
               you
               said
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               that
               the
               proofs
               were
               carried
               to
               him
               to
               overlook
               ,
               and
               he
               brought
               them
               back
               within
               an
               hour
               or
               an
               hour
               and
               half
               after
               ,
               and
               laid
               them
               down
               in
               the
               work-house
               ;
               and
               that
               you
               saw
               the
               hand
               of
               the
               amendments
               ,
               but
               you
               cannot
               swear
               it
               was
               his
               ,
               only
               you
               say
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               unlike
               it
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               had
               corrected
               former
               sheets
               that
               you
               had
               printed
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               hand
               with
               which
               he
               corrected
               others
               ,
               and
               this
               ,
               was
               alike
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               was
               no
               stranger
               in
               the
               house
               to
               correct
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Not
               that
               I
               saw
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               substance
               of
               what
               you
               said
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               your
               other
               man
               ,
               or
               you
               ,
               ever
               correct
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               use
               other
               Correctors
               at
               any
               time
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Yes
               about
               some
               books
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               What
               Books
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               Hookers
               Ecclesiastical
               Policy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               did
               rise
               to
               work
               at
               two
               of
               the
               clock
               in
               the
               morning
               about
               it
               ,
               and
               your
               Master
               said
               when
               you
               told
               him
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               was
               below
               ,
               that
               
                 he
                 was
                 undone
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               so
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North
            
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               ,
               Pray
               tell
               my
               Lord
               and
               the
               Jury
               of
               your
               taking
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               I
               do
               remember
               that
               three
               or
               four
               daies
               or
               thereabouts
               before
               the
               twelfth
               of
               October
               last
               ,
               I
               had
               notice
               of
               a
               Press
               that
               had
               been
               at
               work
               for
               several
               nights
               in
               
                 Cloth
                 fair
              
               ,
               and
               imployed
               a
               person
               to
               watch
               the
               house
               ;
               who
               told
               me
               that
               they
               still
               gave
               over
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               at
               day
               light
               ,
               or
               soon
               after
               ;
               At
               length
               ,
               intelligence
               was
               brought
               me
               in
               these
               very
               words
               ,
               That
               
                 now
                 they
                 were
                 at
                 it
                 as
                 hard
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 drive
              
               (
               which
               was
               about
               four
               in
               the
               morning
               )
               I
               arose
               ,
               went
               to
               one
               of
               the
               Kings
               Messengers
               ,
               and
               desired
               him
               to
               take
               a
               Printer
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               who
               did
               so
               ,
               and
               I
               call'd
               up
               a
               Constable
               ,
               and
               so
               went
               to
               Twyns
               house
               ,
               where
               we
               heard
               them
               at
               work
               :
               I
               knocked
               a
               matter
               of
               a
               quarter
               of
               an
               hour
               ,
               and
               they
               would
               not
               open
               the
               door
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               was
               fain
               to
               send
               for
               a
               Smith
               to
               force
               it
               ;
               but
               they
               perceiving
               that
               ,
               opened
               the
               door
               and
               let
               us
               in
               ;
               there
               was
               a
               light
               when
               we
               came
               ,
               but
               before
               the
               door
               was
               opened
               it
               was
               put
               out
               :
               when
               I
               was
               got
               up
               stairs
               ,
               and
               a
               candle
               lighted
               ,
               I
               found
               a
               form
               broken
               ,
               (
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               letters
               dispersed
               )
               only
               one
               corner
               of
               it
               standing
               intire
               ,
               which
               was
               compared
               by
               a
               Printer
               that
               was
               there
               ,
               with
               a
               corner
               of
               a
               page
               newly
               printed
               ,
               and
               appear'd
               to
               be
               the
               same
               ;
               This
               form
               was
               brought
               down
               out
               of
               the
               Press
               room
               into
               the
               composing
               room
               .
               As
               yet
               we
               could
               not
               find
               the
               whole
               Impression
               ,
               but
               at
               last
               they
               were
               found
               thrown
               down
               a
               pair
               of
               back
               stairs
               ,
               (
               I
               remember
               )
               they
               told
               me
               the
               Impression
               was
               
                 a
                 thousand
              
               :
               I
               asked
               him
               where
               he
               had
               the
               copy
               ?
               he
               told
               me
               
                 he
                 knew
                 not
                 :
                 it
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 an
                 unknown
                 hand
              
               ;
               I
               told
               him
               he
               must
               give
               an
               account
               of
               it
               ;
               he
               told
               me
               at
               last
               
                 he
                 had
                 it
                 from
              
               Calverts
               Maid
               ;
               I
               ask'd
               him
               where
               the
               copy
               was
               ,
               he
               told
               me
               
                 he
                 could
              
               
               
                 not
                 tell
              
               ,
               (
               when
               I
               speak
               of
               the
               Copy
               ,
               I
               mean
               the
               manuscript
               )
               we
               searched
               near
               two
               hours
               and
               could
               not
               find
               it
               ;
               and
               at
               length
               went
               thence
               to
               the
               Constables
               house
               in
               Smithfield
               ,
               and
               staid
               there
               a
               while
               with
               the
               prisoner
               .
               I
               asked
               him
               (
               Mr.
               Twyn
               said
               I
               )
               who
               corrected
               this
               sheet
               ?
               Alas
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 skill
                 in
                 such
                 things
              
               ;
               who
               revised
               it
               then
               ?
               who
               ●i●ted
               it
               for
               the
               Press
               ?
               
                 Truely
                 I
                 had
                 no
                 body
                 but
                 my self
                 ;
                 I
                 read
                 it
                 over
              
               ;
               What
               thought
               you
               upon
               reading
               it
               ?
               
                 Methoughts
                 it
                 was
                 mettlefome
                 stuffe
                 ,
                 the
                 man
                 was
                 a
                 hot
                 fiery
                 man
                 that
                 wrote
                 it
                 ,
              
               but
               he
               knew
               no
               hurt
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
            
             
               When
               you
               had
               taken
               these
               sheets
               ,
               were
               they
               wet
               ,
               or
               not
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               They
               were
               not
               only
               wet
               ,
               but
               half
               of
               them
               were
               imperfect
               ,
               printed
               only
               on
               one
               side
               ;
               missing
               the
               copy
               ,
               I
               told
               him
               after
               he
               was
               carried
               to
               Whitehall
               ,
               (
               Mr
               Twyn
               said
               I
               )
               it
               may
               possibly
               do
               you
               some
               good
               yet
               to
               bring
               forth
               this
               Copy
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               be
               so
               ingenuous
               to
               produce
               the
               Copy
               ,
               and
               discover
               the
               Author
               you
               may
               find
               mercy
               for
               your self
               ,
               pray
               therefore
               get
               this
               copy
               ,
               perchance
               I
               may
               make
               some
               use
               of
               it
               .
               After
               that
               ,
               his
               servant
               ,
               
                 Bazilla
                 Winsor
              
               brought
               out
               this
               part
               of
               the
               Copy
               .
               
                 [
                 producing
                 a
                 sheet
                 of
                 the
                 Manuscript
                 in
                 Court.
                 ]
              
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Hide
               .
            
             
               
                 Joseph
                 Walker
              
               ,
               was
               the
               whole
               copy
               of
               this
               book
               in
               the
               house
               at
               that
               time
               when
               you
               composed
               that
               which
               you
               did
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ;
               I
               saw
               it
               but
               sheet
               by
               sheet
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               Did
               not
               you
               see
               the
               whole
               intire
               Copy
               in
               your
               Masters
               hand
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Walker
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               but
               
                 [
                 taking
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Manuscript
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 said
                 ]
              
               this
               is
               the
               hand
               that
               I
               composed
               by
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               where
               had
               you
               the
               entire
               Copy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               only
               the
               Copy
               of
               the
               last
               sheet
               that
               I
               took
               in
               the
               Press
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               Who
               helped
               you
               to
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               
                 Bazilla
                 Winsor
              
               ,
               by
               direction
               of
               the
               Prisoner
               
               as
               I
               conceive
               ,
               for
               I
               told
               him
               if
               you
               can
               help
               〈◊〉
               to
               the
               Copy
               ,
               it
               may
               do
               you
               some
               good
               and
               soon
               after
               ,
               part
               of
               it
               was
               brought
               me
               by
               her
               .
               I
               asked
               Mr.
               Twyn
               further
               ,
               How
               did
               you
               dispose
               of
               those
               sheets
               which
               you
               had
               printed
               ,
               those
               several
               heaps
               whether
               are
               they
               gone
               ?
               He
               told
               me
               he
               had
               delivered
               those
               sheets
               to
               Mistriss
               Calverts
               maid
               ,
               at
               the
               Rose
               in
               Smithfield
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Record
               .
            
             
               You
               say
               he
               told
               you
               Mistriss
               Calverts
               maid
               received
               them
               of
               him
               ,
               Did
               you
               since
               speak
               with
               that
               maid
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               I
               was
               long
               in
               searching
               Twyns
               house
               and
               one
               of
               his
               Apprentices
               made
               his
               escape
               ,
               and
               probably
               gave
               notice
               of
               it
               ,
               for
               the
               night
               I
               went
               to
               Mistriss
               Calverts
               house
               ,
               she
               and
               the
               maid
               too
               were
               fled
               ,
               I
               have
               since
               taken
               the
               Mistress
               and
               she
               is
               now
               in
               custody
               ,
               I
               have
               heard
               nothing
               of
               the
               maid
               since
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Twyn
               owned
               to
               you
               that
               he
               had
               corrected
               some
               of
               the
               sheets
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               read
               them
               ,
               and
               sa
               d
               it
               was
               mettlesome
               stuff
            
          
           
             
               Mr
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               ask
               him
               in
               the
               house
               of
               the
               Constable
               :
               Who
               corrected
               this
               ?
               the
               Corrector
               must
               certainly
               know
               what
               it
               was
               .
               Said
               he
               ,
               
                 I
                 have
                 no
                 skill
                 in
                 correcting
                 .
              
               But
               when
               I
               speak
               of
               correcting
               ,
               I
               mean
               who
               revised
               it
               ,
               overlooked
               it
               for
               the
               Press
               ;
               
                 I
                 read
                 it
                 over
              
               ,
               sayes
               he
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               never
               said
               such
               a
               word
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               He
               spake
               this
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               two
               or
               three
               here
               present
               ;
               could
               you
               read
               over
               this
               Book
               ,
               said
               I
               ,
               and
               not
               know
               that
               it
               was
               not
               fit
               to
               be
               Printed
               ?
               
                 I
                 thought
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 hot
                 fiery
                 fellow
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 mettle
                 or
                 mettlesome
                 stuff
                 ,
              
               some
               what
               to
               that
               effect
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               did
               you
               hear
               him
               confess
               before
               Sir
               
                 Hewy
                 Bennet
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               He
               owned
               the
               thing
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               he
               acknowledged
               he
               had
               printed
               the
               sheet
               ,
               I
               shewed
               there
               ,
               and
               two
               other
               sheets
               of
               the
               same
               Treatise
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               acknowledge
               he
               corrected
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               before
               Sir
               
                 H.
                 B.
              
               he
               did
               ,
               or
               no.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               know
               you
               about
               money
               received
               by
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               He
               said
               Calverts
               maid
               paid
               him
               40
               s.
               in
               part
               for
               that
               work
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               said
               I
               had
               received
               money
               of
               Calverts
               maid
               for
               work
               I
               had
               done
               ,
               but
               named
               not
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Dickenson
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               About
               the
               seventh
               day
               of
               October
               ,
               it
               being
               Wednesday
               as
               I
               remember
               ,
               about
               five
               a
               clock
               we
               attended
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estrange
              
               ,
               my self
               and
               others
               ;
               we
               came
               to
               the
               house
               of
               the
               prisoner
               ,
               in
               Cloth-fair
               and
               ▪
               upon
               the
               backside
               of
               his
               house
               we
               stood
               listening
               a
               good
               while
               ,
               and
               heard
               Presses
               a
               working
               ;
               upon
               that
               ,
               I
               came
               to
               the
               fore
               part
               ,
               by
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estranges
              
               order
               ,
               and
               knocked
               ,
               but
               none
               would
               answer
               ,
               I
               took
               the
               Constables
               staff
               and
               knockt
               again
               ,
               and
               none
               would
               answer
               yet
               ;
               After
               that
               ,
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estrange
              
               knockt
               near
               half
               an
               hour
               and
               no
               body
               coming
               ,
               he
               at
               last
               sent
               for
               a
               Smiths
               hammer
               to
               force
               it
               open
               .
               Afterwards
               ,
               they
               came
               down
               ,
               and
               opened
               the
               door
               .
               Then
               
                 Mr.
                 L'Estrange
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Printer
               (
               Mr.
               Mabb
               )
               went
               up
               stairs
               ,
               I
               continued
               below
               with
               the
               Constable
               ,
               and
               the
               Kings
               Messenger
               to
               observe
               whether
               any
               went
               in
               or
               out
               .
               After
               which
               ,
               some
               sheets
               fell
               down
               on
               the
               other
               side
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               meeting
               with
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               perceiving
               they
               had
               discovered
               the
               sheets
               they
               inquired
               after
               ,
               I
               read
               some
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               finding
               what
               it
               was
               ,
               I
               went
               up
               and
               found
               the
               sheets
               thrown
               behind
               the
               door
               ;
               Mr.
               Twyn
               (
               said
               I
               )
               I
               wonder
               you
               would
               Print
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               this
               ,
               you
               could
               not
               choose
               but
               know
               that
               it
               was
               very
               dangerous
               to
               do
               any
               such
               thing
               ;
               he
               answered
               ,
               that
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 consider
                 what
                 it
                 was
              
               ;
               questionless
               said
               I
               ,
               you
               could
               not
               but
               know
               it
               was
               very
               dangerous
               ,
               for
               when
               you
               revised
               it
               ,
               you
               must
               needs
               know
               the
               sence
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               think
               it
               was
               a
               dangerous
               business
               ,
               what
               did
               you
               think
               of
               it
               ?
               saies
               he
               
                 I
                 thought
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 good
                 smart
                 angry
                 fellow
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 mettlesome
                 stuff
              
               ;
               or
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
               
               This
               was
               the
               substance
               of
               our
               discourse
               :
               I
               did
               see
               some
               of
               the
               sheets
               Printed
               on
               one
               side
               ,
               and
               some
               on
               both
               sides
               ,
               the
               Form
               lay
               disordered
               ,
               yet
               not
               so
               ,
               but
               there
               was
               one
               corner
               of
               it
               yet
               remaining
               ,
               and
               I
               having
               the
               sheet
               in
               my
               hand
               did
               compare
               them
               together
               ;
               and
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               remembrance
               I
               do
               remember
               these
               very
               words
               ,
               
                 Execution
                 of
                 Judgement
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 have
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               L
               ▪
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               did
               he
               say
               revised
               the
               Press
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dickenson
               .
            
             
               He
               seemed
               to
               confess
               that
               he
               had
               corrected
               it
               himself
               ,
               for
               when
               I
               urged
               it
               to
               him
               that
               he
               could
               not
               chuse
               but
               know
               the
               matter
               of
               it
               by
               reading
               it
               ?
               truly
               saies
               he
               ,
               
                 I
                 thought
                 he
                 was
                 an
                 angry
                 smart
                 fellow
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 good
                 mettlesome
                 stuff
                 indeed
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               The
               question
               asked
               by
               my
               Lord
               ,
               is
               ,
               whether
               he
               did
               confess
               he
               revised
               it
               ,
               or
               whether
               you
               did
               collect
               it
               from
               his
               reply
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dickenson
               .
            
             
               Truly
               by
               that
               answer
               I
               guessed
               he
               corrected
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               confess
               that
               he
               read
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dickenson
               .
            
             
               I
               put
               that
               question
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               remembrance
               he
               did
               not
               deny
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               To
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               he
               confessed
               he
               read
               it
               over
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Mabb
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               I
               was
               with
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               in
               this
               mans
               house
               ,
               and
               being
               there
               ,
               going
               up
               ,
               we
               found
               the
               Press
               had
               been
               lately
               at
               work
               ,
               there
               was
               at
               each
               Press
               a
               sheet
               lay
               ,
               I
               took
               them
               off
               the
               Tinpin
               
                 [
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 understand
                 that
                 term
                 ]
              
               they
               were
               just
               laid
               upon
               the
               Points
               ,
               printed
               on
               one
               side
               ,
               I
               gave
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               these
               two
               sheets
               ,
               the
               same
               with
               these
               
                 [
                 shewing
                 two
                 sheets
                 ]
              
               some
               were
               perfect
               ,
               others
               imperfect
               ;
               I
               could
               not
               find
               the
               Forme
               a
               great
               while
               ,
               I
               gave
               him
               the
               sheet
               to
               peruse
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               mean
               while
               I
               went
               down
               ,
               and
               below
               I
               found
               the
               two
               Formes
               ,
               but
               broken
               ,
               somewhat
               indeed
               was
               standing
               ;
               whereof
               I
               took
               part
               in
               my
               hand
               ,
               and
               read
               in
               the
               letters
               ;
               Mr.
               Dickenson
               having
               the
               
               sheets
               ,
               he
               heard
               what
               I
               read
               ,
               and
               looking
               on
               the
               sheet
               found
               them
               agree
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               What
               were
               the
               words
               that
               you
               read
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mabb
               .
            
             
               The
               words
               were
               
                 Execution
                 and
                 Judgement
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 have
              
               —
               There
               was
               a
               back
               pair
               of
               stairs
               out
               of
               his
               Press
               room
               ,
               partly
               between
               his
               house
               and
               his
               neighbours
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               hurry
               they
               had
               thrown
               the
               sheets
               down
               there
               ,
               part
               fell
               behind
               the
               door
               ,
               and
               part
               at
               the
               bottom
               .
               When
               I
               questioned
               him
               how
               many
               was
               done
               ?
               he
               said
               five
               hundred
               ,
               but
               I
               adjudged
               those
               I
               saw
               to
               be
               about
               seven
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               ;
               looking
               again
               over
               the
               door
               I
               espied
               the
               remainder
               of
               the
               sheets
               about
               two
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               more
               ,
               and
               I
               brought
               them
               together
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               owned
               there
               was
               one
               thousand
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               else
               do
               you
               know
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mabb
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               Constables
               house
               ,
               I
               heard
               him
               use
               the
               words
               ,
               that
               
                 it
                 was
                 mettlesome
                 stuff
              
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 no
                 body
                 corrected
                 it
                 but
                 himself
              
               ;
               said
               I
               ,
               I
               wonder
               you
               would
               offer
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               you
               could
               not
               compose
               it
               but
               you
               must
               understand
               it
               .
               Said
               he
               ,
               
                 It
                 was
                 my
                 bad
                 fortune
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 it
              
               ;
               said
               I
               ,
               You
               lost
               a
               Press
               but
               a
               little
               while
               since
               ,
               I
               wonder
               you
               would
               do
               this
               ;
               he
               seemed
               to
               be
               sorrowful
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               He
               did
               confess
               he
               corrected
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mabb
               .
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               I
               did
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               John
               Wickham
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               seventh
               of
               Octob.
               as
               I
               take
               it
               ,
               about
               four
               a
               Clock
               in
               the
               morning
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               came
               to
               my
               house
               ,
               being
               one
               of
               the
               Kings
               Messengers
               ,
               and
               told
               me
               I
               must
               go
               immediately
               with
               him
               to
               
                 Cloth
                 fair
              
               ,
               and
               sent
               me
               to
               call
               one
               Mr.
               Mabb
               by
               the
               way
               .
               I
               met
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               near
               
                 Mr.
                 Twyns
              
               house
               ▪
               between
               five
               and
               six
               a
               Clock
               ,
               we
               had
               a
               Constable
               and
               went
               and
               knocked
               at
               the
               door
               ,
               they
               knocks
               at
               least
               half
               an
               hour
               before
               they
               got
               in
               ;
               I
               heard
               some
               Papers
               
               tumbling
               down
               ,
               and
               heard
               a
               ratling
               above
               before
               they
               went
               up
               ,
               but
               I
               stood
               at
               the
               back
               door
               to
               secure
               any
               from
               running
               out
               that
               way
               :
               and
               at
               last
               ,
               when
               they
               said
               there
               were
               some
               sheets
               thrown
               into
               the
               next
               house
               ,
               I
               went
               and
               look'd
               and
               there
               were
               two
               or
               three
               hundred
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               wet
               ,
               newly
               come
               off
               the
               Press
               ,
               that
               's
               all
               I
               can
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               hear
               this
               man
               say
               that
               he
               had
               corrected
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Wickham
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               but
               I
               having
               him
               in
               custody
               at
               my
               house
               ,
               I
               asked
               him
               about
               it
               ,
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 It
                 was
                 a
                 very
                 bitter
                 thing
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 unhappy
                 fortune
                 to
                 meet
                 with
                 it
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               ▪
               
            
             
               Did
               he
               confess
               he
               Printed
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Wickham
               ▪
               
            
             
               Not
               to
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj
               ▪
               Morton
               .
            
             
               He
               said
               ,
               
                 It
                 was
                 a
                 Bitter
                 Thing
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 unhappy
                 Fortune
                 to
                 meet
                 with
                 it
                 ▪
              
               make
               the
               best
               of
               tha●
               ,
               compare
               that
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Evidence
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Story
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               Upon
               the
               seventh
               of
               October
               last
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               ,
               I
               was
               sent
               for
               to
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               into
               
                 Cloth
                 fair
              
               ,
               we
               went
               to
               the
               house
               of
               this
               Twyn
               ,
               after
               some
               time
               knocking
               ,
               they
               went
               up
               stairs
               and
               brought
               down
               several
               papers
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               what
               they
               were
               .
               I
               went
               into
               the
               next
               house
               with
               Mr.
               Wickham
               ,
               and
               there
               we
               found
               two
               or
               three
               hundred
               sheets
               ,
               and
               brought
               them
               to
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
               I
               asked
               the
               Prisoner
               at
               my
               house
               ,
               whether
               he
               could
               not
               write
               or
               read
               ?
               he
               said
               ,
               Yes
               ;
               did
               not
               you
               use
               to
               read
               what
               you
               Printed
               ?
               he
               said
               ,
               Yes
               ;
               did
               not
               you
               know
               Treason
               when
               you
               read
               it
               ?
               
                 It
                 was
                 a
                 fury
                 thing
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 mind
                 it
                 much
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 got
                 money
                 by
                 it
                 ▪
              
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Mabb
               .
            
             
               He
               owned
               he
               had
               but
               a
               very
               small
               price
               for
               the
               doing
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Joseph
               Williamson
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               I
               can
               say
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               I
               know
               this
               
                 [
                 looking
                 upon
                 a
                 paper
                 ]
              
               to
               be
               my
               own
               hand
               writing
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               the
               examination
               taken
               of
               this
               Twyn
               .
               I
               took
               it
               ,
               and
               he
               owned
               it
               after
               it
               was
               written
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
            
             
               What
               was
               the
               substance
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               
                 Hide
                 ▪
              
            
             
               What
               did
               he
               confess
               before
               Mr.
               Secretary
               ?
               when
               he
               was
               examined
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Williamson
               .
            
             
               He
               said
               that
               the
               Copie
               of
               the
               Book
               was
               brought
               to
               him
               by
               one
               Evans
               ,
               maid
               to
               Mistris
               
                 Calvert
                 ▪
              
               that
               for
               the
               Author
               ,
               being
               asked
               if
               he
               knew
               him
               ?
               he
               said
               he
               did
               not
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               seen
               the
               Copie
               of
               three
               sheets
               of
               the
               Book
               ;
               that
               he
               had
               Printed
               only
               two
               of
               those
               sheets
               ,
               a
               thousand
               exemplaries
               of
               each
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               confess
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Williamson
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ;
               and
               further
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               delivered
               them
               to
               this
               Evans
               at
               the
               sign
               of
               the
               Rose
               in
               Smithfield
               ;
               that
               he
               himself
               had
               corrected
               those
               sheets
               he
               had
               Printed
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               had
               read
               them
               after
               they
               were
               Printed
               :
               that
               for
               his
               pains
               and
               Printing
               of
               them
               ,
               he
               had
               received
               fourty
               shillings
               in
               part
               ,
               from
               this
               maid
               at
               the
               delivery
               of
               them
               ,
               at
               the
               Rose
               ,
               that
               the
               maid
               carried
               away
               those
               Exemplaries
               ,
               from
               the
               Rose
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               parted
               with
               her
               at
               the
               door
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               I
               hope
               you
               observe
               Gentlemen
               ;
               we
               have
               now
               done
               :
               we
               desire
               the
               Prisoner
               may
               give
               his
               answer
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               then
               we
               shall
               make
               our
               reply
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               say
               you
               ?
               you
               have
               heard
               the
               Witnesses
               and
               what
               is
               laid
               to
               your
               charge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               never
               read
               a
               line
               of
               it
               in
               my
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               That
               's
               impossible
               ,
               I
               'le
               tell
               you
               :
               first
               your
               own
               man
               ,
               who
               set
               part
               ,
               swears
               you
               did
               both
               Set
               and
               Print
               part
               of
               this
               Book
               your self
               ;
               you
               gave
               him
               the
               title
               to
               Set
               ,
               you
               composed
               one
               part
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               whilst
               he
               was
               Composing
               
               another
               part
               ;
               Is
               it
               possible
               you
               conld
               Compose
               ,
               and
               not
               read
               a
               line
               of
               it
               ?
               He
               tells
               you
               further
               wheu
               the
               first
               Sheet
               was
               Printed
               ,
               he
               brought
               it
               into
               the
               Kitchin
               ,
               and
               laid
               it
               down
               ,
               knew
               not
               of
               any
               one
               in
               the
               House
               but
               your self
               ;
               About
               an
               hour
               ,
               or
               an
               hour
               and
               a
               half
               after
               ,
               you
               brought
               it
               back
               again
               Corrected
               ,
               laid
               it
               down
               ,
               and
               the
               hand
               that
               Corrected
               it
               ,
               was
               not
               unlike
               your
               hand
               upon
               other
               Corrections
               of
               Books
               Pray
               Brother
               Morton
               ,
               Let
               the
               Jury
               have
               Books
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Lee
               Read
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               see
               they
               agree
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               I
               observed
               to
               you
               ,
               there
               were
               Thirteen
               Treasonable
               Paragraphs
               ,
               you
               shall
               find
               them
               marked
               out
               in
               the
               Margent
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               shall
               see
               there
               are
               Treasons
               with
               a
               Witnesse
               ,
               see
               the
               very
               Title
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Lee.
               
            
             
               [
               Reads
               the
               Title
               of
               the
               Indictment
               ]
            
             
               A
               Treatise
               of
               the
               Execution
               of
               Justice
               ;
               wherein
               is
               clearly
               proved
               ,
               that
               the
               Execution
               of
               Judgment
               and
               Justice
               ,
               is
               as
               well
               the
               Peoples
               as
               the
               Magistrates
               Duty
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               Magistrates
               pervert
               Judgement
               ,
               the
               People
               are
               bound
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               to
               execute
               Judgement
               without
               them
               and
               upon
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               That
               you
               gave
               to
               your
               man
               to
               set
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Lee
               reads
               ,
            
             
               
                 It
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Scarlet
                 Sins
                 of
                 this
                 Nation
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 People
                 suffer
                 their
                 Rulers
                 ,
              
               &c.
               —
               The
               Particular
               Passages
               are
               too
               Impious
               to
               be
               Published
               ,
               and
               indeed
               too
               Foul
               to
               be
               Repeated
               ;
               but
               in
               Substance
               .
               Those
               mentioned
               in
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               are
               as
               follows
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               The
               Supream
               Magistrate
               is
               made
               Accomptable
               to
               the
               People
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               People
               are
               Rebelliously
               Incited
               ,
               to
               take
               the
               Menage
               of
               the
               Government
               into
               their
               own
               Hands
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               They
               are
               Animated
               to
               take
               up
               Armes
               ,
               not
               only
               against
               the
               Person
               of
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               ;
               but
               likewise
               against
               the
               Royal
               Family
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               They
               are
               Stirred
               up
               to
               a
               
                 [
                 Revolt
                 ]
              
               (
               in
               that
               very
               Term
               )
               as
               an
               Action
               Honourable
               ,
               and
               Conscientious
               ;
               making
               Publication
               
               in
               the
               next
               Clause
               ,
               of
               Encouragement
               to
               any
               Town
               ,
               City
               ,
               or
               County
               in
               the
               Three
               Nations
               to
               begin
               the
               Work.
               
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               The
               People
               are
               Laboured
               ,
               not
               only
               to
               cast
               off
               their
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               King
               ;
               but
               in
               Direct
               Terms
               to
               put
               His
               Sacred
               Majesty
               to
               Death
               
                 And
                 to
                 the
                 purposes
                 before
                 mentioned
                 tends
                 the
                 whole
                 Scope
                 of
                 the
                 Treatise
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               You
               may
               judge
               of
               the
               rest
               ,
               by
               this
               ;
               we
               will
               not
               put
               you
               to
               any
               more
               expence
               of
               Time
               ,
               there
               hath
               been
               sufficient
               Treason
               in
               that
               which
               you
               have
               read
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
            
             
               Now
               say
               what
               you
               will
               ;
               but
               I
               must
               tell
               you
               ,
               in
               those
               particulars
               that
               have
               been
               compared
               ,
               there
               is
               as
               much
               Villanie
               and
               Slander
               ,
               as
               is
               possible
               for
               the
               Devil
               ,
               or
               man
               to
               invent
               :
               It
               is
               to
               destroy
               the
               King
               in
               his
               Person
               ▪
               to
               Rob
               him
               of
               the
               Love
               and
               Affections
               of
               His
               People
               ;
               to
               Destroy
               the
               whole
               Family
               and
               all
               Government
               ,
               Ecclesiastical
               and
               Civil
               :
               and
               this
               Read
               by
               your self
               ,
               Owned
               ,
               and
               Caused
               to
               be
               Printed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               Except
               it
               was
               that
               sheet
               that
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               read
               to
               me
               when
               I
               was
               taken
               ,
               I
               never
               heard
               it
               before
               ,
               nor
               read
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Your
               man
               swears
               that
               you
               did
               Set
               and
               Print
               part
               of
               it
               ;
               it
               's
               impossible
               to
               Compose
               and
               Set
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               Read
               it
               ;
               nay
               you
               did
               Examine
               and
               Correct
               the
               sheets
               ;
               brought
               them
               up
               again
               ;
               Mr.
               L'strange
               swears
               you
               confessed
               you
               read
               it
               over
               ,
               it
               was
               
                 Mettlesome
                 stuffe
              
               ;
               Mr.
               Dickenson
               sayes
               ,
               you
               did
               not
               say
               you
               read
               it
               over
               ,
               but
               he
               saying
               to
               you
               ,
               it
               was
               impossible
               you
               should
               Set
               it
               and
               not
               Read
               it
               ,
               You
               told
               him
               also
               
                 It
                 was
                 Mettlesome
                 Stuffe
              
               ;
               You
               could
               not
               Judge
               it
               to
               be
               
                 Mettlesome
                 Stuffe
              
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               read
               it
               ;
               There
               is
               Mr.
               Williamson
               sayes
               that
               you
               confessed
               before
               Mr.
               Secretary
               Bennet
               ,
               that
               you
               had
               seen
               three
               Sheets
               ,
               Printed
               off
               two
               Sheets
               ,
               Corrected
               those
               two
               Sheets
               ;
               and
               after
               Printed
               ,
               and
               delivered
               them
               ;
               and
               that
               you
               had
               40●
               ,
               in
               part
               of
               Payment
               ;
               Besides
               this
               ,
               when
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               came
               first
               ,
               you
               were
               up
               ,
               (
               nay
               at
               two
               a
               Clock
               in
               the
               morning
               )
               when
               they
               came
               and
               knocked
               at
               the
               Door
               ,
               they
               heard
               Presses
               going
               ,
               you
               would
               make
               no
               
               answer
               till
               they
               call'd
               a
               Smith
               with
               intent
               to
               force
               it
               open
               :
               when
               they
               came
               in
               ,
               they
               found
               a
               Form
               brought
               out
               of
               the
               Printing
               ▪
               Room
               ,
               and
               broken
               all
               but
               one
               Corner
               :
               That
               taken
               up
               by
               a
               Printer
               ,
               and
               compared
               with
               the
               Lines
               of
               the
               Printed
               Sheets
               ,
               and
               found
               to
               agree
               .
               Some
               of
               the
               Sheets
               were
               Printed
               on
               one
               side
               only
               ,
               the
               rest
               perfected
               ,
               you
               threw
               them
               down
               Stairs
               ,
               part
               into
               your
               Neighbours
               House
               ;
               Said
               ,
               
                 You
                 were
                 undone
              
               ,
               when
               you
               understood
               Mr.
               
                 L'
                 Estrange
              
               was
               there
               .
               What
               needed
               all
               this
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               knew
               what
               you
               were
               doing
               ?
               And
               did
               it
               purposely
               to
               do
               mischief
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               I
               did
               never
               Read
               ,
               or
               hear
               a
               line
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               when
               Mr
               
                 L'
                 Estrange
              
               read
               it
               when
               I
               was
               taken
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               Keeling
               ,
            
             
               Was
               it
               printed
               at
               your
               House
               or
               no
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               but
               that
               it
               might
               ;
               not
               that
               I
               did
               it
               with
               my
               own
               hand
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               Keeling
               ,
            
             
               The
               papers
               were
               found
               wet
               wi●h
               you
               ;
               who
               was
               in
               your
               House
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               My
               two
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               Keeling
               ,
            
             
               Did
               any
               set
               them
               at
               work
               but
               your self
               ?
               did
               they
               work
               of
               their
               own
               heads
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               I
               did
               use
               to
               set
               them
               at
               work
               ,
               but
               I
               did
               not
               set
               them
               on
               that
               particular
               work
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               thing
               else
               to
               say
               ?
               God
               forbid
               but
               you
               should
               be
               heard
               ,
               but
               the
               Jury
               will
               not
               easily
               believe
               such
               denialls
               against
               so
               much
               Evidence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               Keeling
               ,
            
             
               Tell
               us
               to
               whom
               you
               carried
               this
               Copy
               to
               be
               Corrected
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               who
               Corrected
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               ,
            
             
               If
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               ,
               speak
               it
               ,
               God
               forbid
               but
               you
               should
               have
               a
               full
               hearing
               ,
               say
               what
               you
               will
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ,
            
             
               I
               say
               I
               did
               not
               read
               it
               ,
               nor
               heard
               it
               ,
               till
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               Read
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               thing
               else
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               It
               's
               possible
               I
               may
               upon
               Consideration
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               We
               cannot
               spend
               all
               the
               day
               ,
               I
               must
               let
               the
               Jury
               know
               they
               are
               not
               to
               take
               your
               Testimony
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Serj.
               Morton
            
             
               I
               am
               of
               Councel
               for
               the
               King
               ;
               I
               shall
               reply
               if
               he
               will
               say
               no
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               Judge
               
                 Keeling
                 ▪
              
            
             
               You
               have
               heard
               your
               Charge
               ,
               this
               is
               your
               time
               to
               make
               your
               Answer
               ;
               if
               you
               do
               not
               speak
               now
               ,
               you
               must
               not
               speak
               after
               ;
               therefore
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               speak
               in
               your
               Justification
               ,
               or
               witnesses
               to
               call
               ,
               now
               is
               your
               time
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Let
               me
               give
               you
               this
               Caution
               ,
               we
               cannot
               spend
               time
               in
               vain
               ,
               we
               have
               other
               business
               before
               us
               ,
               and
               it
               grows
               late
               ,
               The
               best
               Councel
               I
               can
               give
               you
               is
               this
               ;
               You
               said
               at
               first
               ,
               that
               You
               desired
               to
               be
               Tryed
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               God
               ;
               You
               are
               here
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               and
               I
               would
               to
               God
               you
               would
               have
               so
               much
               care
               of
               your Self
               ,
               and
               do
               so
               much
               right
               to
               your Self
               ,
               to
               declare
               the
               Truth
               ,
               that
               there
               may
               be
               means
               of
               mercy
               to
               you
               .
               The
               best
               you
               can
               now
               do
               toward
               amends
               for
               this
               Wickednesse
               you
               have
               done
               ,
               is
               by
               discovering
               the
               Authour
               of
               this
               Villainous
               Book
               ;
               If
               not
               ,
               you
               must
               not
               expect
               ,
               and
               indeed
               God
               forbid
               that
               there
               should
               be
               any
               mercy
               towards
               you
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               never
               knew
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               nor
               who
               it
               was
               ,
               nor
               whence
               it
               came
               ,
               but
               as
               I
               told
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Then
               we
               must
               not
               trouble
               our selves
               ;
               Did
               you
               never
               see
               the
               hand
               before
               ,
               with
               which
               this
               Copy
               was
               written
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               very
               confident
               you
               would
               not
               then
               have
               been
               so
               mad
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               taken
               such
               a
               Copy
               ;
               A
               Copy
               fraught
               with
               such
               abominable
               Treason
               ,
               and
               Lies
               ;
               Abusing
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               the
               late
               King
               that
               is
               dead
               who
               was
               ,
               I
               'le
               be
               bound
               to
               say
               it
               ,
               as
               Virtuous
               ,
               Religious
               ,
               Pious
               ▪
               Mercifull
               ,
               and
               Just
               a
               Prince
               as
               ever
               Reigned
               ,
               and
               was
               as
               Villainously
               and
               Barbarously
               used
               by
               his
               Rebellious
               Subjects
               ;
               Nay
               ,
               you
               have
               not
               rested
               here
               ,
               but
               have
               fallen
               upon
               this
               King
               ,
               who
               has
               been
               Gentle
               and
               Mercifull
               ,
               beyond
               all
               President
               ;
               Since
               ▪
               He
               came
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               He
               has
               spared
               those
               that
               had
               forfeited
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               all
               they
               had
               ;
               And
               he
               has
               endeavoured
               to
               
               Oblige
               all
               the
               rest
               of
               His
               People
               by
               Mildnesse
               and
               Clemency
               :
               And
               after
               all
               this
               for
               you
               to
               Publish
               so
               Horrid
               a
               Book
               ;
               you
               can
               never
               make
               amends
               ,
               God
               forgive
               you
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               never
               knew
               what
               was
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               I
               will
               say
               only
               this
               ,
               that
               in
               point
               of
               Law
               ,
               in
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               doubt
               in
               the
               World
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               the
               Publishing
               such
               a
               Book
               as
               this
               ,
               is
               as
               High
               a
               Treason
               as
               can
               be
               Committed
               ;
               by
               this
               he
               has
               indeavoured
               to
               take
               away
               the
               Life
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               destroy
               the
               whol
               Family
               ;
               and
               so
               consequently
               to
               deliver
               us
               up
               into
               the
               Hands
               of
               Forreigners
               and
               Strangers
               ;
               It
               is
               a
               great
               blessing
               that
               we
               have
               the
               Royal
               Line
               amongst
               us
               .
               But
               I
               say
               there
               is
               no
               Question
               (
               and
               my
               Brothers
               will
               declare
               the
               same
               if
               you
               doubt
               it
               )
               that
               this
               Book
               is
               as
               fully
               Treason
               by
               the
               Old
               Statute
               ;
               as
               much
               the
               Compassing
               and
               indeavouring
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               as
               possible
               ;
               and
               he
               rests
               not
               there
               ,
               but
               he
               incites
               the
               People
               to
               Rebellion
               ,
               to
               Dethrone
               Him
               ,
               to
               raise
               War
               ;
               And
               the
               Publishing
               of
               this
               Book
               is
               all
               one
               and
               the
               same
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               raised
               an
               Army
               to
               do
               this
               ;
               The
               Proofe
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               Set
               part
               ,
               Printed
               part
               ,
               and
               Corrected
               it
               ,
               by
               his
               own
               Confession
               ,
               read
               it
               over
               ,
               it
               was
               
                 mettlesome
                 stuffe
              
               ;
               Confessed
               how
               many
               Sheets
               he
               Printed
               ,
               the
               Reward
               and
               Recompence
               you
               took
               notice
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               I
               presume
               no
               man
               among
               you
               can
               doubt
               but
               the
               VVitnesses
               have
               spoken
               true
               ,
               and
               for
               his
               Answer
               ,
               you
               have
               nothing
               but
               his
               bare
               denyal
               ,
               and
               so
               we
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               You.
               
            
          
           
             Set
             
               Simon
               Dover
            
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               pray
               time
               till
               Munday
               morning
               ,
               I
               have
               sent
               away
               the
               Copy
               of
               my
               indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               The
               Sessions
               will
               be
               done
               to
               Night
               ;
               Mr.
               Recorder
               and
               the
               rest
               are
               to
               go
               away
               on
               Munday
               ,
               and
               therefore
               we
               must
               end
               to
               night
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               beseech
               your
               Lordship
               I
               may
               have
               time
               till
               night
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Men
               Clamour
               and
               say
               they
               are
               hardly
               used
               ,
               their
               .
               Tryals
               being
               put
               off
               ;
               Are
               you
               content
               to
               lye
               in
               Goal
               till
               the
               next
               Sessions
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               have
               had
               enough
               of
               that
               ,
               we
               are
               willing
               now
               to
               have
               it
               Tryed
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               have
               had
               a
               kindness
               done
               you
               that
               it
               i●
               not
               laid
               Treason
               ,
               and
               therefore
               go
               on
               to
               your
               Tryal
               ;
               But
               because
               you
               shall
               not
               say
               you
               are
               surprized
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               not
               go
               on
               now
               ,
               you
               must
               lye
               in
               the
               Goal
               till
               the
               next
               Sessions
               ,
               we
               cannot
               Bail
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Indictment
               is
               full
               of
               Law
               ,
               and
               I
               understand
               not
               the
               Formalities
               of
               it
               ,
               I
               desire
               but
               till
               four
               a
               Clock
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               We
               must
               do
               it
               before
               we
               go
               to
               dinner
               ,
               or
               not
               at
               all
               ,
               for
               there
               is
               Judgement
               to
               be
               given
               to
               the
               Goal
               ,
               and
               all
               of
               us
               Judges
               are
               Commanded
               by
               the
               King
               to
               attend
               him
               to
               night
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               plead
               to
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Then
               because
               you
               shall
               not
               say
               ,
               you
               had
               not
               all
               the
               Right
               imaginable
               ,
               we
               will
               dispatch
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Goal
               to
               night
               ,
               and
               Adjourn
               the
               Sessions
               till
               Munday
               morning
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               then
               have
               a
               fair
               Tryal
               by
               the
               help
               of
               God
               ;
               you
               and
               your
               Company
               ;
               
                 Nathan
                 Brookes
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Brewster
              
               ,
               are
               you
               all
               desirous
               to
               be
               Tryed
               on
               Munday
               morning
               ?
            
          
           
             
               All
               Three
               ,
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Because
               you
               shall
               not
               want
               Advice
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               else
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               all
               the
               Liberty
               you
               will
               desire
               ,
               to
               send
               for
               Persons
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               be
               Prisoners
               till
               then
               .
            
          
           
             
               All
               three
               ,
            
             
               We
               humbly
               thank
               you
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Jury
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             after
             about
             half
             an
             hours
             Consultation
             ,
             they
             returned
             to
             the
             Court
             and
             took
             their
             Places
             .
          
           
             
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Are
               you
               all
               agreed
               of
               your
               verdict
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               ▪
               
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Who
               shall
               say
               for
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               .
            
             
               The
               Foreman
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Set
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
               Look
               upon
               him
               my
               Masters
               ;
               how
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               he
               Guilty
               of
               the
               
                 High
                 Treason
              
               whereof
               he
               stands
               indicted
               ,
               or
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Newgate
               .
            
             
               Look
               to
               him
               Keeper
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Hearken
               to
               your
               Verdict
               as
               the
               Court
               hath
               Recorded
               it
               ;
               You
               say
               that
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               is
               Guilty
               of
               the
               
                 High
                 Treason
              
               whereof
               he
               stood
               indicted
               ,
               and
               that
               at
               the
               time
               of
               committing
               the
               said
               Treason
               ,
               or
               any
               time
               since
               ,
               he
               had
               no
               goods
               ,
               chattles
               ,
               lands
               nor
               tenements
               to
               your
               knowledge
               ,
               and
               so
               you
               say
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               ,
               Thou
               hast
               been
               arraigned
               for
               High
               Treason
               and
               thereunto
               hast
               pleaded
               Not
               Guilty
               ,
               and
               for
               thy
               tryal
               hast
               put
               thy self
               upon
               God
               and
               the
               Country
               ,
               and
               the
               Country
               hath
               found
               thee
               Guilty
               ;
               what
               canst
               thou
               now
               say
               for
               thy self
               ,
               why
               the
               Court
               should
               not
               proceed
               to
               Judgement
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               Award
               Execution
               of
               Death
               against
               thee
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               humbly
               beg
               mercy
               ;
               I
               am
               a
               poor
               man
               ,
               and
               have
               three
               small
               Children
               ,
               I
               never
               read
               a
               word
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               I
               'le
               tell
               you
               what
               you
               shall
               do
               ;
               Ask
               mercy
               of
               them
               that
               can
               give
               it
               ;
               that
               is
               of
               God
               and
               the
               King.
               
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               humbly
               beseech
               you
               to
               intercede
               with
               his
               Majesty
               for
               mercy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Newgate
               .
            
             
               Tye
               him
               up
               Executioner
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               .
            
             
               O
               yes
               ,
               My
               Lords
               the
               Kings
               Justices
               command
               all
               manmer
               of
               persons
               to
               keep
               silence
               while
               Judgement
               is
               in
               giving
               ,
               upon
               pain
               of
               Imprisonment
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               (
               and
               
                 John
                 ●ursmore
                 ,
                 one
                 convicted
                 for
                 clipping
                 of
                 money
                 :
                 )
              
               Iam
               heartily
               sorry
               that
               your
               carriages
               and
               grievous
               offences
               should
               draw
               me
               to
               give
               that
               Judgement
               upon
               you
               that
               I
               must
               .
               It
               is
               the
               Law
               pronounces
               
               it
               ,
               God
               knows
               it
               is
               full
               sore
               against
               my
               inclination
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               trouble
               my self
               or
               you
               with
               repeating
               what
               you
               have
               done
               ,
               but
               only
               this
               in
               the
               general
               ,
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               ,
               for
               you
               ;
               Yours
               is
               the
               most
               grievous
               and
               Highest
               Treason
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               complicated
               of
               all
               wickedness
               that
               ever
               I
               knew
               ;
               for
               you
               have
               as
               much
               as
               possibly
               lay
               in
               you
               ,
               so
               reproached
               and
               reviled
               the
               King
               ,
               the
               dead
               King
               ,
               and
               his
               Posterity
               ,
               on
               purpose
               to
               endeavour
               to
               root
               them
               out
               from
               off
               the
               face
               of
               the
               earth
               ▪
               I
               speak
               it
               from
               my
               soul
               ,
               I
               think
               we
               have
               the
               greatest
               happiness
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               in
               enjoying
               what
               we
               do
               under
               so
               gracious
               and
               good
               a
               King
               :
               yet
               you
               in
               the
               rancour
               of
               your
               heart
               thus
               to
               abuse
               him
               !
               I
               will
               be
               so
               charitable
               to
               think
               you
               are
               misled
               .
               There
               's
               nothing
               that
               pretends
               to
               Religion
               that
               will
               avow
               or
               justifie
               the
               killing
               of
               Kings
               ,
               but
               the
               Jesuit
               on
               the
               one
               side
               ,
               and
               the
               Sectary
               on
               the
               other
               ;
               indeed
               it
               is
               a
               desperate
               and
               dangerous
               Doctrine
               ,
               fomented
               by
               divers
               of
               your
               temper
               ,
               and
               it
               's
               high
               time
               some
               be
               made
               examples
               for
               it
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               spend
               my
               time
               in
               discourse
               to
               you
               to
               prepare
               you
               for
               death
               ;
               I
               see
               a
               grave
               Person
               whose
               office
               it
               is
               ,
               and
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               him
               .
               Do
               not
               think
               of
               any
               time
               here
               ▪
               make
               your
               peace
               with
               God
               ,
               which
               must
               be
               done
               by
               confession
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               discovery
               of
               those
               that
               are
               guilty
               of
               the
               same
               crime
               with
               you
               .
               God
               have
               mercy
               upon
               you
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               so
               do
               he
               will
               have
               mercy
               upon
               you
               .
               But
               forasmuch
               as
               you
               
                 John
                 Twyn
              
               have
               been
               indicted
               of
               
                 High
                 Treason
              
               ,
               you
               have
               put
               your self
               upon
               God
               and
               the
               Country
               ,
               to
               try
               you
               ;
               and
               the
               Country
               have
               found
               you
               guilty
               ,
               therefore
               the
               Judgement
               of
               the
               Court
               is
               ,
               and
               the
               Court
               doth
               Award
               .
            
             
             
               That
               you
               be
               led
               back
               to
               the
               place
               from
               whence
               you
               came
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               to
               be
               drawn
               upon
               an
               Hurdle
               to
               the
               place
               of
               Execution
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               shall
               be
               hanged
               by
               the
               Neck
               ,
               and
               being
               alive
               shall
               be
               cut
               down
               ,
               and
               your
               privy
               Members
               shall
               be
               cutoff
               ,
               your
               Entrails
               shall
               be
               taken
               out
               of
               your
               body
               ,
               and
               you
               living
               ,
               the
               same
               to
               be
               burnt
               before
               your
               eyes
               :
               your
               head
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               ,
               your
               body
               to
               be
               divided
               into
               four
               quarters
               ,
               and
               your
               head
               and
               quarters
               to
               be
               disposed
               of
               at
               the
               pleasure
               of
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               .
               And
               the
               Lord
               have
               mercy
               upon
               your
               soul
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               ▪
               
            
             
               I
               most
               humbly
               befeeth
               your
               Lordship
               to
               remember
               my
               condition
               ,
               and
               intercede
               for
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               I
               would
               not
               intercede
               for
               my
               own
               Father
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               alive
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Munday
             22.
             
             Feb.
             6¼
             .
          
           
             TE
             Court
             Proclaimed
             .
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Set
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 Brewster
              
               and
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
               Look
               to
               your
               challenge
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               Jury
               sworn
               anew
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               Set
               Tho.
               
            
             
               Brewster
               
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 set
                 by
              
               ;
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               look
               upon
               the
               Prisoner
               :
               you
               shall
               understand
               that
               he
               stands
               indicted
               in
               London
               by
               the
               name
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Brewster
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               
                 [
                 and
                 here
                 he
                 reads
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ]
              
               For
               causing
               to
               be
               Printed
               and
               selling
               a
               Book
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Speeches
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               Vpon
               this
               Indictment
               he
               hath
               been
               arraigned
               ,
               and
               thereunto
               hath
               pleaded
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               ,
               and
               for
               his
               ,
               &c.
               
               Your
               charge
               is
               to
               enquire
               whether
               he
               be
               Guilty
               of
               this
               Sedition
               and
               offence
               or
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               if
               you
               find
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               My
               it
               please
               your
               Lordship
               and
               you
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               
                 T.
                 B.
              
               stands
               here
               Indicted
               of
               a
               foul
               misdemeanor
               ;
               it
               is
               for
               causing
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               publishing
               and
               uttering
               a
               seditious
               ,
               scandalous
               and
               malicious
               Book
               ;
               The
               Indictment
               sets
               forth
               ,
               That
               he
               not
               having
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 [
                 Here
                 Mr.
                 North
                 opens
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ]
              
               and
               to
               this
               Indictment
               he
               hath
               pleaded
               
                 Not
                 Guilty
              
               ;
               If
               there
               be
               sufficient
               proof
               of
               the
               charge
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               find
               him
               Guilty
               of
               the
               matter
               contained
               in
               it
               .
            
          
           
             Thomas
             Creek
             ,
             George
             Thresher
             ,
             Thomas
             Loft
             and
             Peter
             Bodvel
             Sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Creek
              
               ,
               tell
               my
               Lord
               and
               the
               Jury
               what
               you
               know
               concerning
               Brewsters
               ,
               and
               your
               Printing
               of
               a
               
               Book
               called
               
                 The
                 Speeches
              
               ,
               &c.
               and
               his
               uttering
               and
               publishing
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               I
               shall
               Sir
               ;
               There
               is
               a
               mistake
               in
               the
               time
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               before
               Christmas
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Brewster
               ,
               Mr.
               Calvert
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Chapman
               did
               come
               to
               me
               at
               the
               Cock
               in
               Little-Brittain
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               had
               some
               Copie
               of
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Speeches
               of
               the
               men
               that
               suffered
               ,
               that
               were
               the
               Kings
               Judges
               ,
               and
               they
               spake
               to
               me
               to
               Print
               it
               ;
               and
               I
               did
               Print
               part
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               you
               how
               much
               ,
               without
               I
               had
               the
               Book
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               can
               tell
               you
               how
               much
               I
               did
               Print
               ,
               
                 [
                 The
                 Book
                 being
                 shewed
                 him
                 ]
              
               If
               this
               be
               my
               Printing
               ;
               I
               suppose
               it
               was
               done
               afterwards
               ,
               another
               Impression
               ,
               and
               I
               must
               not
               own
               it
               in
               that
               ,
               
                 [
                 be
                 was
                 shewed
                 one
                 of
                 another
                 Impression
                 ]
              
               My
               Lord
               thus
               far
               I
               own
               ,
               the
               Printers
               that
               are
               of
               the
               Jury
               will
               judge
               ,
               
                 [
                 Pointing
                 to
                 the
                 Page
                 ]
              
               this
               is
               my
               Letter
               ,
               and
               here
               I
               ended
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
            
             
               What
               folio
               is
               that
               you
               ended
               at
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               You
               shall
               see
               ,
               it
               is
               36.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               By
               whose
               order
               did
               you
               Print
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               They
               all
               gave
               me
               order
               together
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               They
               all
               ?
               name
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Calvert
               ,
               Brewster
               and
               Chapman
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr
               North
            
             
               Did
               they
               charge
               you
               to
               do
               it
               privately
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               With
               as
               much
               privacy
               and
               expedition
               as
               I
               could
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               When
               you
               had
               Printed
               them
               ,
               what
               did
               you
               do
               with
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               disposed
               of
               them
               by
               their
               order
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Did
               you
               Print
               but
               one
               Impression
               ?
               or
               more
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               did
               Print
               part
               of
               ●
               second
               Impression
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               That
               we
               use
               as
               Evidence
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               uttered
               the
               first
               ,
               because
               he
               went
               upon
               a
               second
               :
               how
               many
               did
               you
               Print
               at
               first
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               To
               my
               best
               remembrance
               ,
               the
               first
               Impression
               was
               3000.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               These
               three
               employed
               you
               to
               Print
               this
               Book
               ,
               and
               you
               Printed
               to
               the
               36.
               folio
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               And
               who
               Printed
               the
               other
               part
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               I
               cannot
               say
               positively
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               These
               three
               did
               afterwards
               direct
               you
               to
               give
               out
               the
               sheets
               to
               such
               and
               such
               Persons
               ,
               Book-binders
               to
               stitch
               up
               ,
               and
               dispose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               was
               three
               thousand
               you
               say
               ,
               what
               number
               did
               they
               take
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               They
               had
               all
               ;
               they
               sent
               for
               them
               of
               me
               as
               fast
               as
               I
               did
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Who
               did
               you
               send
               the
               Proofs
               to
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               They
               were
               sent
               for
               to
               my
               house
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Sometimes
               by
               Calvert
               ,
               sometimes
               his
               man
               ,
               sometimes
               his
               maid
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               Brewster
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Do
               not
               you
               know
               who
               began
               where
               you
               left
               off
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               able
               positively
               to
               say
               ,
               I
               do
               believe
               ,
               and
               I
               have
               heard
               ,
               and
               spoken
               with
               them
               that
               said
               Mr.
               Dover
               did
               ,
               but
               I
               cannot
               positively
               say
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               were
               not
               by
               to
               see
               it
               done
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               grounds
               have
               you
               to
               believe
               that
               Dover
               Printed
               the
               rest
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               Grounds
               ;
               truly
               it
               is
               so
               long
               ago
               ,
               to
               swear
               positively
               I
               cannot
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               but
               three
               years
               ago
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               best
               of
               my
               remembrance
               ,
               Mr.
               Dover
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Printing
               of
               it
               ,
               did
               meet
               me
               ,
               and
               converse
               with
               me
               about
               it
               ,
               but
               to
               express
               time
               or
               place
               ,
               I
               cannot
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               and
               he
               agree
               that
               he
               should
               Print
               the
               other
               part
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ;
               I
               had
               nothing
               to
               do
               to
               agree
               it
               with
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               declare
               to
               you
               that
               he
               Printed
               the
               other
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               best
               of
               my
               memory
               he
               told
               me
               he
               Printed
               some
               sheets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Who
               changed
               sheets
               with
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Some
               sheets
               were
               changed
               at
               Mr.
               Dovers
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Who
               paid
               for
               the
               Printing
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Brewster
               paid
               me
               some
               ,
               and
               some
               Mr.
               Calvert
               paid
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               desire
               to
               ask
               him
               any
               questions
               you
               may
               .
            
          
           
             
               Browster
               .
            
             
               By
               and
               by
               I
               shall
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               he
               may
               tarry
               till
               I
               come
               to
               my
               tryal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Don't
               doubt
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               
                 George
                 Thresher
              
               ,
               speak
               your
               knowledge
               to
               my
               Lord
               and
               the
               Jury
               ,
               whether
               Brewster
               did
               not
               bring
               you
               the
               Book
               called
               the
               
                 The
                 Speeches
              
               ,
               &c.
               to
               be
               Stiched
               ,
               and
               what
               you
               did
               with
               them
               ,
               tell
               the
               manner
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               you
               my
               Lord
               and
               the
               Honourable
               Bench
               ,
               it
               is
               thus
               ;
               This
               Book
               it
               seems
               was
               Printed
               ,
               Mr.
               Brewer
               came
               to
               my
               house
               to
               know
               whether
               I
               could
               fold
               them
               and
               stitch
               them
               in
               blew
               Paper
               ;
               That
               night
               I
               went
               to
               several
               Printers
               ,
               Mr.
               Dover
               was
               one
               of
               them
               ;
               we
               had
               several
               sheets
               from
               thence
               (
               I
               did
               not
               see
               them
               printed
               )
               I
               carried
               them
               home
               ,
               and
               went
               about
               the
               working
               them
               that
               night
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               Books
               were
               delivered
               to
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               First
               and
               last
               ,
               about
               500.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Who
               delivered
               them
               to
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Some
               were
               brought
               to
               my
               House
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               By
               whose
               Direction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Brewster's
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               deliver
               them
               to
               any
               Body
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               to
               
                 Nathan
                 Brookes
              
               ,
               ready
               stiched
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Who
               paid
               you
               for
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Brewster
               ,
               for
               them
               he
               had
               ,
               and
               Brookes
               for
               them
               he
               had
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Loft
              
               ,
               tell
               your
               Knowledge
               in
               this
               businesse
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Thomas
               Loft
               .
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               You
               ,
               All
               that
               I
               can
               say
               is
               this
               ;
               There
               was
               to
               the
               Number
               of
               about
               ,
               or
               near
               upon
               a
               Thousand
               ,
               as
               I
               take
               it
               ,
               Folded
               and
               Stiched
               in
               my
               Masters
               House
               ,
               one
               Mr.
               Perry
               ,
               I
               was
               then
               his
               Apprentice
               ;
               they
               were
               sent
               in
               as
               I
               judge
               by
               Mr.
               Brewster's
               Order
               ,
               but
               I
               cannot
               positively
               say
               it
               ,
               my
               Mr.
               appointed
               us
               to
               do
               them
               ;
               I
               saw
               Mr.
               Brewster
               there
               sometimes
               ,
               but
               I
               cannot
               positively
               say
               that
               Mr.
               Brewster
               paid
               for
               the
               doing
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Did
               not
               your
               Mr.
               presse
               the
               dispatch
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Loft
               .
            
             
               My
               Mr.
               did
               so
               ,
               but
               I
               know
               not
               whether
               they
               conversed
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               VVho
               fetched
               them
               away
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Loft
               .
            
             
               His
               then
               Apprentice
               did
               fetch
               some
               of
               them
               from
               our
               House
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Bodvell
              
               ,
               tell
               my
               Lord
               ,
               and
               the
               Jury
               what
               you
               know
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               carry
               some
               three
               years
               agoe
               some
               Bundles
               of
               Books
               from
               Mr.
               Creekes
               House
               ,
               and
               I
               think
               they
               were
               the
               Bundles
               of
               
                 The
                 Speeches
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Judges
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               From
               whence
               had
               you
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               From
               Mr.
               Creekes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               What
               did
               you
               do
               with
               them
               ?
               were
               they
               sold
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               
            
             
               I
               did
               see
               some
               of
               them
               sold
               in
               the
               Shop
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North
            
             
               VVhosold
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               My self
               ,
               and
               my
               Mistris
               sometimes
               ,
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
            
             
               VVere
               they
               brought
               to
               the
               Shop
               to
               sell
               by
               his
               privity
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               believe
               he
               knew
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               By
               the
               Oath
               you
               have
               taken
               ,
               did
               he
               send
               you
               for
               them
               to
               the
               Printers
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               He
               ,
               or
               my
               Mistris
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Has
               he
               been
               in
               the
               Shop
               when
               they
               have
               been
               sold
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               truly
               tell
               ,
               it
               's
               three
               Years
               agoe
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Tirrel
               .
            
             
               To
               whom
               did
               you
               pay
               the
               money
               that
               you
               receied
               for
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               We
               put
               it
               in
               the
               Box.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Do
               not
               Book-Sellers
               keep
               Account
               ▪
               what
               Books
               they
               sell
               ,
               and
               set
               down
               the
               money
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               Not
               for
               Pamphlets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Did
               he
               not
               send
               you
               to
               the
               Book-binders
               for
               them
               when
               they
               were
               stitched
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               
            
             
               It
               was
               by
               his
               or
               my
               Mistris's
               order
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               What
               was
               your
               Book
               ▪
               binder's
               Name
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               Perry
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
            
             
               Where
               was
               this
               Book
               kept
               ?
               Publickly
               ,
               as
               other
               Books
               ,
               or
               in
               other
               Roomes
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Shop
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
            
             
               Were
               they
               Publickly
               to
               view
               as
               other
               Books
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               Not
               so
               Publick
               as
               other
               Books
               ,
               but
               publick
               enough
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 L'
                 Estrange
              
               knows
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               you
               use
               to
               let
               your
               Titles
               of
               a
               New
               Book
               lie
               open
               upon
               your
               Stalls
               ,
               did
               you
               lay
               these
               open
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               they
               did
               not
               do
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               was
               the
               cause
               they
               did
               not
               ,
               did
               your
               Master
               direct
               the
               privacy
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               he
               did
               ,
               we
               had
               some
               Direction
               to
               that
               end
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Not
               to
               lay
               them
               open
               upon
               the
               Stall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Bodvell
               .
            
             
               No.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Give
               the
               Jury
               some
               Books
               ,
               and
               Read
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               let
               them
               be
               Compared
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clerk.
               
            
             
               Reads
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               First
               the
               Title
               ;
               
                 The
                 Speeches
              
               and
               Prayers
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Late
               Kings
               Judges
               ,
               (
               viz
               ▪
               )
               
                 Major
                 Generall
                 Harrison
                 ▪
              
               October
               13.
               
               Mr.
               
                 John
                 Carey
              
               ,
               October
               15.
               
               Mr.
               Justice
               Cooke
               Mr.
               
                 Hugh
                 Peters
              
               ,
               October
               16.
               
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Scot.
              
               Mr.
               
                 Gregory
                 Clement
              
               Col.
               
                 Adrian
                 Scroope
              
               .
               Col.
               
                 John
                 Jones
                 ▪
              
               October
               17.
               
               Col.
               
                 Daniell
                 Axtell
              
               ,
               and
               Col.
               
                 Francis
                 Hacker
              
               ,
               October
               19
               1660.
               
               The
               times
               of
               their
               Deaths
               ,
               together
               with
               several
               Occasional
               Speeches
               ,
               and
               Passages
               in
               their
               Imprisonment
               ,
               till
               they
               
               came
               to
               the
               place
               of
               Execution
               ;
               Faithfully
               ,
               and
               Impartially
               Collected
               for
               further
               Satisfaction
               .
               
                 [
                 Mr.
                 Cooke's
                 Letter
                 to
                 a
                 Friend
                 .
                 ]
              
               Folio
               40.
               
            
             
               
                 And
                 so
                 I
                 D●scend
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Cause
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   I
                   am
                   in
                   Bonds
                
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 good
                 as
                 ever
                 it
                 was
                 ,
                 And
                 I
                 believe
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 a
                 Saint
                 that
                 hath
                 Ingaged
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 will
                 wish
                 at
                 the
                 last
                 Day
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 Sealed
                 to
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 it
                 with
                 his
                 Blood
                 ,
                 if
                 thereupon
                 called
                 ;
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 that
                 
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   most
                   Noble
                   and
                   Glorious
                   Cause
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   Agitated
                   for
                   God
                   and
                   Christ
                   since
                   the
                   Apostolical
                   Times
                   ,
                
                 Being
                 for
                 Truth
                 ,
                 Holiness
                 ,
                 and
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 for
                 our
                 Liberties
                 ,
                 as
                 Men
                 ▪
                 and
                 as
                 Christians
                 for
                 removing
                 all
                 Yoa●s
                 and
                 Oppressions
                 .
                 (
                 and
                 41.
                 )
                 It
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 Cause
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Martyrs
                 would
                 come
                 again
                 from
                 Heaven
                 to
                 suffer
                 for
                 it
                 if
                 they
                 might
                 :
                 I
                 look
                 upon
                 it
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 High
                 Act
                 of
                 Justice
                 that
                 our
                 Story
                 can
                 Parallel
                 ,
              
               ;
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             [
             Not
             to
             trouble
             the
             Reader
             with
             all
             the
             Particulars
             mentioned
             in
             the
             Indictment
             ;
             Since
             the
             Rest
             are
             but
             more
             of
             the
             same
             in
             other
             words
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               say
               you
               to
               this
               Book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               ask
               Mr.
               Creek
               a
               few
               Questions
               ;
               Mr.
               Creek
               ,
               How
               much
               of
               that
               in
               the
               Indictment
               did
               you
               Print
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               The
               Jury
               may
               see
               if
               they
               please
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Truly
               if
               he
               saies
               true
               ,
               he
               saies
               he
               Printed
               no
               part
               of
               that
               with
               which
               you
               are
               charged
               ,
               but
               the
               Title
               Page
               ,
               he
               left
               off
               at
               folio
               36.
               your
               charge
               is
               the
               Title
               ,
               and
               beginning
               at
               fol.
               40.
               
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               you
               see
               he
               Printed
               nothing
               for
               me
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               Print
               the
               Title
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creeke
               .
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               And
               you
               Printed
               the
               rest
               ,
               by
               
                 His
                 ,
                 Calverts
              
               ,
               and
               Chapmans
               Directions
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creeke
               .
            
             
               They
               delivered
               me
               the
               Copy
               together
               to
               Print
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               ,
               speak
               to
               the
               Court
               ,
               the
               Jury
               will
               hear
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr
               ▪
               North.
               
            
             
               Pray
               my
               Lord
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               aske
               Creeke
               one
               question
               ?
               There
               were
               two
               Impressions
               Printed
               ,
               did
               not
               you
               Print
               more
               in
               one
               ,
               then
               in
               the
               other
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creeke
               
            
             
               I
               am
               upon
               my
               Oath
               ,
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               Remembrance
               I
               Printed
               the
               same
               that
               I
               did
               before
               ,
               for
               I
               had
               some
               of
               it
               standing
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               had
               the
               same
               Sheets
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Had
               you
               no
               more
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creeke
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               I
               had
               rather
               lesse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               That
               's
               usuall
               ,
               he
               that
               Prints
               the
               First
               ,
               doth
               Print
               the
               same
               of
               the
               Second
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               He
               saies
               he
               did
               so
               ;
               what
               have
               you
               to
               say
               to
               the
               Charge
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               conceive
               that
               part
               that
               I
               ordered
               the
               Printing
               of
               ,
               is
               not
               included
               in
               the
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Yes
               every
               part
               ;
               He
               sayes
               in
               both
               Impressions
               he
               Printed
               to
               the
               36.
               
               Folio
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               was
               Printed
               by
               your
               Direction
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creeke
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               Printed
               to
               the
               36
               fol.
               by
               his
               Direction
               ,
               the
               rest
               was
               Printed
               else
               where
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Your
               Indictment
               was
               This
               ,
               For
               
                 Causing
                 to
                 be
                 Printed
                 this
                 Book
                 ,
                 called
                 the
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 for
                 selling
                 and
                 uttering
                 of
                 it
              
               ;
               For
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               that
               you
               caused
               it
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               he
               swears
               you
               directed
               some
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               not
               likely
               you
               would
               Print
               half
               ,
               and
               let
               the
               other
               half
               alone
               ;
               we
               leave
               that
               to
               the
               Jury
               ,
               for
               your
               uttering
               that
               anon
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               There
               are
               these
               two
               particular
               Charges
               in
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               that
               you
               must
               answer
               ;
               The
               First
               ,
               is
               your
               causing
               it
               to
               be
               Printed
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               not
               essential
               ,
               or
               of
               necessity
               that
               every
               particular
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Indictment
               be
               proved
               to
               be
               done
               by
               you
               ;
               You
               caused
               this
               Book
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               with
               such
               a
               Title
               :
               That
               he
               swears
               he
               did
               for
               you
               ,
               then
               let
               the
               Jury
               ,
               or
               any
               man
               living
               Judge
               whether
               you
               did
               direct
               the
               Book
               to
               be
               wholly
               perfected
               ,
               or
               by
               halfs
               :
               The
               second
               
               Charge
               is
               ,
               that
               you
               Vttered
               them
               :
               You
               delivered
               five
               hundred
               of
               these
               to
               be
               stitched
               up
               ,
               and
               disposed
               of
               them
               ,
               so
               that
               you
               are
               in
               Effect
               both
               Printer
               and
               Publisher
               of
               the
               whole
               Book
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               
            
             
               He
               speaks
               of
               one
               part
               that
               I
               ordered
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               more
               proof
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               but
               to
               the
               36.
               page
               ;
               he
               speaks
               also
               of
               some
               body
               else
               that
               was
               present
               with
               me
               ;
               and
               where
               they
               had
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Copy
               Printed
               ,
               he
               tells
               you
               he
               knows
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               
            
             
               Yes
               my
               Lord
               ,
               Though
               he
               saies
               ,
               I
               caused
               that
               part
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               yet
               he
               doth
               not
               say
               ,
               I
               did
               it
               maliciously
               ,
               or
               w
               th
               any
               design
               against
               the
               Government
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               The
               thing
               speaks
               it self
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               Book-Sellers
               do
               not
               use
               to
               read
               what
               they
               sell
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
            
             
               You
               have
               forgot
               what
               he
               Swore
               ;
               You
               brought
               the
               Proof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               He
               did
               not
               swear
               that
               ,
               he
               saies
               Mr.
               Calvert's
               Man
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
            
             
               Ask
               him
               again
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creeke
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               Declare
               ,
               that
               the
               proofs
               were
               sent
               for
               ,
               and
               carried
               away
               and
               Read
               ,
               sometimes
               by
               Mr.
               Calvert's
               Man
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               by
               his
               Servants
               ,
               not
               by
               Himself
               ,
               they
               were
               wrapt
               up
               and
               sent
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               For
               a
               man
               to
               pretend
               he
               did
               not
               know
               ,
               when
               he
               being
               Master
               ,
               sends
               for
               the
               proofes
               by
               his
               Servant
               ;
               for
               any
               man
               to
               suppose
               this
               is
               not
               the
               Masters
               Act
               ;
               (
               nay
               and
               directing
               it
               to
               be
               done
               privately
               ,
               )
               you
               shall
               never
               find
               a
               man
               Guilty
               ;
               They
               were
               sold
               in
               his
               Shop
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               The
               grand
               part
               of
               the
               Indictment
               lies
               that
               it
               was
               done
               Maliciously
               ,
               and
               Seditiously
               ,
               and
               then
               it
               saies
               Knowingly
               ;
               Though
               it
               be
               granted
               I
               did
               do
               it
               ,
               and
               sell
               it
               ,
               yet
               it
               does
               not
               follow
               that
               I
               did
               it
               Maliciously
               ,
               and
               Seditiously
               ;
               I
               did
               it
               in
               my
               Trade
               ,
               we
               do
               not
               use
               to
               read
               what
               we
               put
               to
               Print
               or
               Sell
               ;
               I
               say
               my
               Lord
               ,
               selling
               of
               Books
               is
               our
               Trade
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               bare
               Exercising
               of
               it
               ,
               knowing
               nothing
               
               of
               evil
               in
               it
               ,
               it
               came
               out
               in
               a
               time
               too
               ,
               when
               there
               were
               no
               Licensers
               ,
               or
               appointed
               rules
               ;
               so
               that
               what
               ever
               was
               done
               we
               are
               not
               accountable
               for
               ,
               for
               we
               read
               very
               seldome
               more
               than
               the
               Title
               ;
               that
               some
               of
               the
               Jury
               knows
               ,
               so
               that
               I
               hope
               I
               cannot
               be
               said
               to
               do
               it
               maliciously
               or
               knowingly
               .
               I
               can
               give
               testimony
               I
               am
               no
               person
               given
               to
               sedition
               ,
               but
               have
               been
               ready
               to
               appear
               upon
               all
               occasions
               against
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               ?
               if
               you
               have
               ,
               say
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               They
               are
               the
               sayings
               of
               dying
               men
               ,
               commonly
               printed
               without
               opposition
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Never
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               can
               instance
               in
               many
               ,
               The
               Bookseller
               only
               minds
               the
               getting
               of
               a
               penny
               ;
               That
               declares
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               as
               they
               lived
               such
               desperate
               lives
               ,
               so
               they
               died
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               might
               shew
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               Justice
               in
               their
               punishment
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               think
               it
               a
               benefit
               ,
               far
               from
               Sedition
               ;
               It
               was
               done
               so
               long
               ago
               too
               ,
               it
               was
               not
               done
               in
               private
               ,
               it
               went
               commonly
               up
               and
               down
               the
               streets
               ,
               almost
               as
               common
               as
               a
               Diurnal
               :
               it
               's
               three
               years
               and
               a
               quarter
               ago
               ,
               or
               thereabouts
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Tirrel
               .
            
             
               You
               speak
               of
               your
               behaviour
               ▪
               have
               you
               any
               testimony
               here
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               expect
               some
               Neighbours
               ;
               Maj.
               Gen.
               Brown
               knows
               me
               ,
               Capt.
               Sheldon
               ,
               Capt.
               Colchester
               ,
               and
               others
               ;
               I
               can
               give
               a
               very
               good
               account
               as
               to
               my
               behaviour
               ever
               since
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Say
               what
               you
               will
               ,
               and
               call
               your
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               make
               as
               much
               speed
               as
               you
               can
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               another
               Indictment
               against
               you
               ,
               and
               while
               that
               is
               trying
               your
               Neighbours
               may
               come
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               I
               shall
               desist
               for
               the
               present
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Lordship
               and
               you
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ;
               
                 I
                 am
                 of
                 Council
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 against
                 
                   Tho
                   Brewster
                
                 ,
                 Bookseller
                 ;
                 that
                 stands
                 here
                 Indicted
                 for
                 that
                 he
                 ,
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 duty
                 of
                 his
                 Allegiance
                 which
                 he
                 
                 owes
                 to
                 our
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 cause
                 maliciously
                 a
                 seditious
                 and
                 scandalous
                 Book
                 to
                 be
                 printed
                 ;
                 wherein
                 there
                 are
                 divers
                 scandalous
                 clauses
                 contained
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 disparagement
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Royal
                 Prerogative
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 his
                 Government
                 ,
                 Crown
                 and
                 Dignitie
                 ;
                 and
                 likewise
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 sold
                 and
                 uttered
                 the
                 same
                 Books
                 in
                 contempt
                 of
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Laws
                 .
              
               This
               is
               the
               effect
               of
               the
               Indictment
               ;
               it
               has
               been
               proved
               to
               you
               by
               four
               Witnesses
               ,
               that
               for
               which
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               :
               First
               ,
               that
               
                 he
                 did
                 cause
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Book
                 to
                 be
                 Printed
              
               ;
               that
               's
               clearly
               proved
               by
               Creek
               ;
               likewise
               ,
               that
               
                 he
                 has
                 sold
                 ,
                 and
                 uttered
                 those
                 Books
                 in
                 his
                 Shop
              
               ;
               nay
               he
               confesses
               that
               he
               did
               ,
               and
               saies
               they
               were
               sold
               openly
               ,
               as
               a
               Diurnal
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               thinks
               it
               was
               lawful
               for
               him
               to
               do
               it
               ;
               he
               has
               gone
               about
               to
               make
               a
               defence
               of
               this
               his
               seditious
               behaviour
               ;
               he
               tells
               you
               he
               did
               not
               print
               all
               the
               Book
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               said
               that
               he
               printed
               such
               and
               such
               a
               Letter
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               caused
               such
               a
               Book
               to
               be
               printed
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               to
               be
               presumed
               ,
               if
               he
               caused
               one
               part
               ,
               he
               would
               cause
               the
               other
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               it
               would
               be
               a
               Book
               of
               maimed
               sence
               and
               imperfect
               .
               Gentlemen
               ,
               for
               the
               uttering
               ,
               and
               selling
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               himself
               confesses
               ;
               you
               have
               heard
               the
               excuses
               he
               hath
               made
               ,
               whether
               you
               will
               not
               find
               him
               Guilty
               of
               this
               crime
               ,
               that
               I
               must
               leave
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               direction
               of
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               you
               see
               the
               Indictment
               is
               for
               causing
               a
               libellous
               and
               seditious
               Book
               to
               be
               printed
               ,
               under
               such
               a
               Title
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               
                 The
                 Speeches
                 and
                 Prayers
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               It
               is
               for
               causing
               this
               ,
               seditiously
               ,
               factiously
               and
               wickedly
               to
               be
               printed
               :
               and
               for
               selling
               and
               publishing
               it
               abroad
               to
               the
               Kings
               people
               :
               For
               the
               matter
               of
               Evidence
               ,
               you
               have
               heard
               it
               ;
               I
               will
               not
               repeat
               the
               particulars
               to
               you
               ,
               only
               something
               to
               what
               he
               has
               said
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               not
               be
               misled
               .
               First
               ,
               He
               saies
               it
               does
               not
               appear
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               it
               maliciously
               or
               knowingly
               ,
               there
               are
               some
               things
               that
               you
               that
               are
               of
               the
               Jury
               are
               not
               to
               expect
               Evidence
               for
               ,
               which
               it
               is
               impossible
               
               to
               know
               but
               by
               the
               Act
               it self
               :
               malice
               is
               conceived
               in
               the
               heart
               ;
               no
               man
               knows
               it
               unless
               he
               declares
               it
               .
               As
               in
               Murder
               ;
               I
               have
               malice
               to
               a
               man
               ,
               no
               man
               knows
               it
               ;
               I
               meet
               this
               man
               ,
               and
               kill
               him
               ;
               the
               Law
               calls
               this
               malice
               .
               If
               a
               man
               speak
               scandalous
               words
               against
               a
               man
               in
               his
               calling
               ,
               or
               trade
               ,
               he
               laies
               his
               action
               ,
               Malice
               ,
               though
               he
               cannot
               prove
               it
               but
               by
               the
               words
               themselves
               .
               If
               I
               say
               a
               Printer
               ,
               or
               Stationer
               is
               an
               ignorant
               person
               ,
               has
               no
               skill
               in
               his
               Trade
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               have
               any
               man
               to
               deal
               with
               him
               ,
               he
               understands
               not
               how
               to
               Set
               Letters
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               :
               here
               is
               nothing
               of
               malice
               at
               all
               appears
               ,
               yet
               if
               you
               bring
               your
               Action
               ,
               you
               must
               lay
               it
               ,
               Maliciously
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               destroying
               your
               Trade
               ,
               and
               you
               will
               have
               damages
               .
               I
               instance
               in
               this
               particular
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               see
               there
               is
               
                 malice
                 ,
                 supposed
              
               to
               a
               particular
               private
               person
               in
               that
               slander
               ,
               much
               more
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               State.
               The
               thing
               it self
               ,
               in
               causing
               a
               Book
               to
               be
               printed
               ,
               that
               is
               so
               full
               of
               scandals
               and
               lies
               ,
               to
               inveigle
               ,
               misguide
               ,
               and
               deceive
               the
               people
               ,
               this
               is
               in
               construction
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               Malice
               ;
               though
               no
               malice
               appear
               further
               .
               The
               next
               is
               this
               ;
               
                 factiously
                 ,
                 seditiously
                 ,
                 knowingly
              
               ;
               This
               carries
               sedition
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               malice
               .
               Such
               a
               barbarous
               transcendent
               wretch
               ,
               that
               murdered
               his
               Prince
               ,
               without
               the
               least
               colour
               of
               Justice
               ,
               to
               declare
               that
               
                 he
                 rejoyced
                 in
                 his
                 bonds
              
               ,
               and
               that
               
                 the
                 Martyrs
                 would
                 willingly
                 come
                 from
                 Heaven
                 to
                 suffer
                 for
                 it
                 :
              
               horrid
               blasphemy
               !
               
                 all
                 the
                 Saints
                 that
                 ingaged
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 wish
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 sealed
                 it
                 with
                 their
                 blood
                 !
              
               what
               can
               you
               have
               more
               to
               incourage
               and
               incite
               the
               people
               to
               the
               killing
               of
               Kings
               ,
               and
               murdering
               their
               lawful
               Prince
               !
               This
               they
               publish
               ,
               and
               say
               it
               was
               spoken
               publickly
               ,
               let
               it
               be
               upon
               his
               own
               soul
               that
               did
               it
               ;
               for
               in
               case
               he
               did
               it
               ,
               no
               man
               knew
               it
               but
               those
               that
               heard
               it
               :
               But
               to
               publish
               it
               all
               over
               England
               ,
               (
               3000
               ,
               of
               the
               first
               Impression
               ,
               and
               a
               second
               )
               This
               is
               to
               fill
               all
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               with
               the
               justification
               of
               that
               horrid
               murther
               ;
               I
               will
               be
               bold
               to
               say
               ,
               
                 Not
                 so
                 horrid
                 a
                 villany
                 has
                 been
                 done
                 upon
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 crucifying
              
               
               
                 of
                 our
                 Saviour
              
               .
               To
               Print
               ,
               and
               publish
               this
               ,
               is
               Sedition
               .
               The
               next
               thing
               is
               your
               Trade
               .
               I
               have
               a
               Calling
               to
               use
               ,
               and
               I
               may
               justifie
               the
               using
               of
               it
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               I
               use
               it
               lawfully
               ;
               but
               that
               must
               not
               justifie
               me
               in
               all
               manner
               of
               wickedness
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               State.
               As
               if
               a
               Lawyer
               (
               I
               will
               put
               it
               in
               my
               own
               Coat
               )
               pleads
               a
               mans
               Cause
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               King
               ;
               this
               is
               justifiable
               ,
               he
               ought
               to
               plead
               for
               his
               Client
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               plead
               as
               becomes
               him
               ;
               if
               a
               Lawyer
               in
               defence
               of
               his
               Client
               will
               speak
               Sedition
               ,
               do
               you
               think
               he
               is
               free
               from
               being
               punished
               :
               so
               of
               a
               Printer
               ;
               if
               a
               Printer
               prints
               seditious
               and
               factious
               Books
               ,
               he
               must
               look
               to
               himself
               ;
               that
               's
               no
               part
               of
               his
               Calling
               ,
               to
               poison
               the
               Kings
               people
               ;
               so
               though
               printing
               of
               a
               Book
               be
               lawful
               ,
               he
               must
               use
               it
               as
               the
               Law
               appoints
               him
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               incite
               the
               people
               to
               faction
               :
               Writing
               of
               Letters
               ,
               you
               know
               it
               is
               common
               and
               lawful
               ,
               but
               if
               I
               write
               Treasonable
               Letters
               ,
               give
               notice
               to
               Rise
               ,
               do
               such
               and
               such
               unlawful
               acts
               ,
               I
               am
               to
               be
               punished
               for
               these
               Letters
               :
               A
               Printer
               he
               is
               a
               publick
               Agent
               ,
               he
               is
               to
               do
               what
               he
               is
               able
               to
               answer
               ,
               or
               else
               he
               must
               take
               what
               follows
               .
               He
               saies
               there
               was
               
                 no
                 Act
                 against
                 bim
              
               ;
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               you
               see
               he
               is
               not
               Indicted
               upon
               the
               Statute
               ,
               but
               at
               the
               
                 Common
                 Law
              
               ,
               for
               an
               offence
               in
               the
               nature
               of
               a
               Libel
               .
               If
               I
               were
               a
               Printer
               and
               would
               compile
               a
               Pamphlet
               against
               a
               man
               ,
               though
               not
               in
               Authority
               ,
               and
               disparage
               him
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               publishing
               of
               a
               Libel
               ;
               and
               an
               offence
               for
               which
               he
               ought
               to
               be
               Indicted
               ,
               and
               punished
               by
               the
               
                 Common
                 Law
              
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               prints
               that
               Libel
               against
               me
               as
               a
               publick
               person
               ,
               or
               against
               me
               as
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Hide
              
               ;
               That
               Printer
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               sets
               him
               at
               work
               must
               answer
               it
               ,
               much
               more
               when
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               State.
               Another
               thing
               is
               this
               ,
               he
               talks
               to
               you
               of
               
                 dying
                 mens
                 words
              
               ;
               if
               men
               will
               be
               so
               vile
               to
               be
               as
               wicked
               at
               their
               deaths
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               been
               in
               their
               lives
               ;
               put
               the
               Case
               of
               that
               man
               on
               Saturday
               ,
               convicted
               for
               printing
               a
               horrible
               villainous
               thing
               ,
               if
               he
               will
               be
               so
               unchristian
               to
               himself
               ,
               as
               to
               justifie
               this
               at
               his
               death
               ,
               or
               to
               
               speak
               as
               bad
               as
               he
               had
               caused
               to
               be
               printed
               ,
               is
               that
               a
               Justification
               to
               publish
               them
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               the
               words
               of
               a
               dying
               man
               !
               God
               forbid
               ;
               a
               Robber
               declares
               at
               the
               Gallows
               ,
               it
               is
               for
               a
               Noble
               Cause
               ,
               for
               taking
               a
               Purse
               upon
               the
               high-way
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               an
               unjust
               Law
               to
               condemn
               to
               death
               for
               such
               Crimes
               :
               Shall
               any
               man
               publish
               this
               in
               Print
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               lyable
               to
               be
               punished
               for
               it
               ?
               If
               any
               that
               were
               tryed
               here
               upon
               Saturday
               ,
               shall
               vrlifie
               the
               Lord
               Mayor
               ,
               or
               any
               of
               the
               Bench
               ,
               traduce
               them
               for
               doing
               of
               justice
               ,
               shall
               this
               go
               unpunished
               ,
               if
               a
               man
               take
               it
               up
               and
               print
               it
               ?
               This
               I
               speak
               to
               let
               you
               see
               ,
               this
               is
               without
               colour
               of
               Law
               ;
               He
               pretended
               he
               did
               it
               not
               knowingly
               ;
               I
               will
               not
               repeat
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               
                 He
                 sent
                 for
                 them
                 ,
                 had
                 them
                 stitched
                 ,
                 caused
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 kept
                 privately
                 ,
              
               (
               not
               upon
               the
               Stall
               )
               And
               observe
               ,
               he
               tells
               you
               it
               was
               done
               
                 long
                 agoe
              
               ;
               it
               is
               but
               three
               years
               agoe
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               as
               publickly
               sold
               as
               Diarnals
               ,
               he
               sayes
               :
               I
               shall
               repeat
               no
               more
               ,
               I
               know
               you
               are
               men
               of
               understanding
               ,
               and
               of
               obedience
               to
               your
               King
               ;
               it
               is
               high
               time
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               this
               dispersing
               of
               Pamphlets
               ,
               if
               therefore
               you
               do
               believe
               that
               he
               did
               cause
               it
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               or
               published
               it
               ,
               or
               both
               ,
               he
               is
               guilty
               of
               the
               Misdemeanour
               ●aid
               in
               the
               Indictment
               ;
               (
               and
               
                 he
                 hath
                 a
                 great
                 kindness
                 in
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 made
                 Capital
                 )
              
               If
               you
               do
               believe
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               either
               cause
               it
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               or
               Published
               ,
               that
               's
               enough
               to
               find
               him
               guilty
               of
               this
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Hearken
               to
               the
               other
               Indictment
               ,
               He
               stands
               Indicted
               in
               London
               ,
               &c.
               and
               this
               is
               for
               causing
               to
               be
               Printed
               a
               certain
               Book
               ,
               called
               the
               Phoenix
               ,
               &c.
               publishing
               the
               same
               ,
               
                 [
                 the
                 Indictment
                 was
                 wholly
                 read
                 ]
              
               To
               this
               Indictment
               he
               hath
               pleaded
               ,
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               ;
               so
               your
               Issue
               is
               to
               inquire
               whether
               he
               be
               guilty
               of
               this
               offence
               or
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North
               ,
            
             
               
                 [
                 Opened
                 the
                 Indictment
                 in
                 manner
                 as
                 before
                 .
                 ]
              
            
             
               To
               this
               he
               hath
               pleaded
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               ,
               if
               the
               Charge
               of
               the
               Indictment
               be
               sufficiently
               proved
               ,
               you
               are
               to
               find
               him
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               ,
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               and
               you
               gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               here
               is
               another
               Bill
               of
               Indictment
               preferred
               against
               
                 Tho.
                 Brewster
              
               ,
               it
               is
               that
               contrary
               to
               the
               duty
               of
               his
               Allegiance
               to
               his
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               purposely
               to
               incite
               the
               people
               to
               Sedition
               ,
               and
               to
               withdraw
               them
               from
               their
               natural
               Allegiance
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               hath
               caused
               to
               be
               imprinted
               ,
               maliciously
               ,
               falsly
               ,
               and
               scandalously
               ,
               a
               certain
               scandalous
               book
               entituled
               ,
               
                 The
                 Phoenix
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               And
               this
               he
               hath
               done
               to
               disturb
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               to
               withdraw
               the
               people
               from
               their
               Allegiance
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               scandal
               of
               his
               Majesty
               and
               Government
               ,
               he
               hath
               caused
               this
               book
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               uttered
               ,
               and
               sold
               ,
               and
               this
               we
               take
               to
               be
               a
               great
               offence
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               his
               Crown
               ,
               and
               Dignity
               .
               Gentlemen
               ,
               the
               dispersing
               of
               Seditious
               Books
               is
               of
               great
               danger
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               ;
               false
               Rumours
               they
               are
               the
               main
               incentives
               that
               stir
               up
               the
               people
               to
               Sedition
               and
               Rebellion
               ,
               that
               raise
               discontentments
               among
               the
               people
               ,
               and
               then
               presently
               they
               are
               up
               in
               Arms.
               Dispersing
               seditious
               Books
               is
               very
               near
               a
               kin
               to
               raising
               of
               Tumults
               ,
               they
               are
               as
               like
               as
               Brother
               and
               Sister
               ;
               Raising
               of
               Tumults
               is
               the
               more
               Masculine
               ,
               and
               Printing
               and
               Dispersing
               Seditious
               books
               ,
               is
               the
               Feminine
               part
               of
               every
               Rebellion
               .
               But
               we
               shall
               produce
               our
               Witnesses
               ;
               We
               shall
               prove
               that
               this
               
                 Tho.
                 Brewster
                 caused
              
               this
               book
               to
               be
               Printed
               ,
               that
               when
               it
               was
               Printed
               ,
               he
               did
               receive
               three
               hundred
               ;
               that
               these
               he
               caused
               to
               be
               
                 stiched
                 up
              
               ;
               that
               he
               uttered
               ,
               and
               sold
               them
               ,
               part
               in
               his
               own
               Shop
               ,
               and
               part
               elsewhere
               .
               It
               being
               an
               offence
               of
               that
               great
               and
               dangerous
               consequence
               ,
               which
               tends
               to
               the
               disturbance
               of
               the
               Peace
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               :
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               take
               it
               into
               your
               serious
               consideration
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               matter
               stand
               proved
               against
               him
               ,
               you
               will
               give
               him
               his
               due
               demerit
               .
            
          
           
             Creek
             ,
             Thresher
             ,
             Loft
             ,
             and
             Bodvel
             
               sworn
               again
            
             .
          
           
             
               Mr
               ,
               North.
               
            
             
               Creek
               ,
               Tell
               my
               Lord
               and
               the
               Jury
               what
               you
               know
               of
               the
               printing
               of
               the
               book
               called
               
                 The
                 Phoenix
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               it
               was
               in
               May
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               
                 Calvert
                 ,
                 Brewster
              
               ,
               and
               Chapman
               brought
               that
               book
               to
               me
               to
               Print
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               book
               ?
               name
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               The
               Phoenix
               ,
               &c.
               It
               was
               printed
               for
               them
               three
               .
               All
               that
               I
               can
               say
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Brewsters
               part
               was
               delivered
               to
               me
               by
               his
               direction
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Who
               paid
               you
               for
               printing
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Brewster
               paid
               for
               his
               part
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               was
               his
               part
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               His
               part
               of
               2000
               ,
               that
               was
               600
               ,
               and
               odd
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               These
               three
               men
               joyn'd
               to
               bear
               each
               man
               his
               share
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               every
               man
               was
               to
               have
               his
               share
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               wish
               you
               to
               do
               it
               with
               privacy
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               with
               expedition
               and
               privacy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               Was
               the
               Copy
               written
               ,
               or
               printed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               all
               printed
               formerly
               ,
               some
               in
               quarto
               ,
               some
               in
               octavo
               ,
               and
               might
               have
               been
               bought
               single
               in
               any
               place
               almost
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               do
               you
               mean
               by
               
                 all
                 printed
                 formerly
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               they
               were
               in
               several
               parcels
               printed
               ,
               there
               was
               Mr.
               Calamy's
               Sermon
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Douglas
               his
               Sermon
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               How
               long
               agoe
               was
               it
               since
               they
               were
               brought
               to
               you
               to
               print
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               in
               May
               ,
               three
               years
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               Did
               I
               order
               you
               how
               you
               should
               print
               them
               ,
               or
               Mr.
               Calvert
               ?
               Did
               not
               you
               hear
               him
               say
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               staid
               two
               hours
               for
               me
               at
               an
               Ale-house
               to
               be
               his
               Partner
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               hear
               him
               say
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               What
               made
               you
               so
               loath
               to
               be
               their
               Partner
               ,
               were
               they
               two
               hours
               perswading
               of
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               No
               ,
               they
               waited
               two
               hours
               for
               him
               to
               be
               their
               Partner
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Thresher
               ,
               did
               Brewster
               deliver
               any
               of
               those
               books
               ●o
               you
               to
               stich
               up
               !
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               and
               please
               you
               my
               Lord
               ,
               and
               I
               had
               them
               by
               Mr.
               Brewsters
               order
               to
               ●old
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               To
               the
               number
               of
               2.
               or
               300.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Did
               he
               not
               enjoyn
               you
               privaey
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               think
               he
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               VVhen
               they
               were
               bound
               ,
               had
               you
               a
               Note
               to
               deliver
               those
               Books
               safely
               to
               any
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               from
               his
               own
               hand
               ▪
               he
               desired
               me
               to
               go
               and
               give
               them
               to
               such
               and
               such
               Persons
               ,
               Booksellers
               :
               said
               I
               ,
               I
               shall
               hardly
               remember
               them
               ▪
               he
               thereupon
               gave
               me
               a
               Note
               of
               their
               Names
               to
               whom
               I
               should
               deliver
               them
               ;
               I
               judge
               they
               were
               to
               be
               trusted
               more
               then
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               deliver
               them
               accordingly
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               I
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               did
               you
               deliver
               in
               that
               manner
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Two
               dozen
               and
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               will
               ask
               him
               any
               Questions
               ,
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               Did
               I
               give
               you
               any
               order
               to
               deliver
               them
               to
               any
               particular
               Booksellers
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               you
               did
               ,
               I
               believe
               Mr.
               Lestrange
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Williams
               (
               one
               of
               the
               Jury
               )
               can
               remember
               I
               shewed
               them
               the
               paper
               you
               wrote
               to
               that
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Williams
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               see
               the
               Note
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               remember
               I
               gave
               you
               any
               Order
               ,
               they
               were
               all
               Common
               things
               before
               .
            
          
           
             
               J
               ▪
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               You
               may
               ask
               him
               what
               Questions
               you
               will.
               
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               ask
               him
               no
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               
                 Peter
                 Bodvel
              
               ,
               speak
               what
               you
               know
               concerning
               the
               selling
               or
               〈◊〉
               of
               the
               book
               called
               the
               Phenix
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               I
               never
               knew
               of
               the
               Printing
               of
               them
               ,
               I
               never
               knew
               my
               Master
               sell
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               nor
               heard
               him
               give
               order
               for
               selling
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               sell
               any
               of
               them
               for
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               I
               did
               sell
               some
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               VVere
               they
               in
               the
               Shop
               to
               be
               sold
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               they
               were
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Were
               they
               in
               the
               Shop
               publickly
               ,
               with
               the
               Title
               Page
               lying
               open
               upon
               the
               Stall
               as
               other
               books
               do
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               newly
               out
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               We
               seldom
               did
               so
               with
               bound
               books
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Where
               were
               the
               books
               found
               when
               they
               were
               seized
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               they
               were
               in
               some
               of
               the
               upper
               Rooms
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Where
               were
               they
               found
               by
               the
               Oath
               you
               have
               taken
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               That
               Mr.
               Lestrange
               can
               tell
               better
               then
               
                 I
                 ,
                 I
              
               did
               not
               see
               him
               find
               any
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               By
               the
               Oath
               you
               have
               taken
               ,
               where
               was
               the
               place
               whence
               you
               were
               to
               fetch
               them
               ,
               when
               you
               were
               to
               sell
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Hall
               ,
               the
               Room
               over
               the
               Shop
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Were
               they
               put
               up
               privately
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               They
               were
               so
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               What
               private
               place
               was
               that
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               It
               was
               a
               hole
               in
               the
               wall
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Tirrel
               .
            
             
               By
               whose
               direction
               were
               they
               said
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               whether
               by
               his
               ,
               or
               my
               Mistris
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Were
               not
               some
               found
               under
               the
               bed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Bodvel
               .
            
             
               I
               heard
               that
               Mr.
               Le●●r●nge
               found
               some
               of
               the
               Titles
               under
               the
               bed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Mor.
               
            
             
               I
               think
               it
               is
               enough
               ,
               what
               say
               you
               to
               it
               Friend
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Observe
               this
               ,
               and
               answer
               it
               ,
               it
               appears
               that
               you
               and
               two
               more
               ,
               (
               Calvert
               and
               Chapman
               )
               did
               agree
               with
               Creek
               for
               Printing
               this
               book
               ,
               (
               several
               parcels
               drawn
               into
               one
               Volumn
               )
               and
               you
               were
               to
               bear
               each
               of
               you
               a
               third
               part
               ,
               and
               to
               have
               a
               third
               part
               of
               the
               books
               ;
               he
               swears
               you
               did
               both
               pay
               your
               part
               ,
               and
               had
               your
               part
               of
               the
               books
               .
               These
               books
               were
               Printed
               before
               ,
               &
               so
               they
               were
               common
               enough
               ,
               and
               therefore
               you
               must
               needs
               
               know
               what
               was
               in
               them
               .
               The
               third
               full
               part
               was
               brought
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               delivered
               by
               your
               appointment
               ;
               you
               gave
               a
               note
               how
               they
               should
               be
               disposed
               of
               ;
               and
               you
               owned
               them
               not
               in
               publick
               .
               (
               your
               own
               soul
               told
               you
               they
               were
               not
               to
               be
               justified
               )
               two
               dozen
               were
               delivered
               privately
               to
               particular
               persons
               ,
               by
               your
               direction
               ;
               lay
               these
               things
               together
               ,
               and
               now
               answer
               them
               ;
               For
               the
               Indictment
               is
               that
               
                 you
                 caused
                 such
                 a
                 Book
                 to
                 be
                 Printed
                 and
                 published
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               the
               Evidence
               does
               say
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Calvert
               did
               acknowledge
               when
               he
               gave
               him
               the
               Copy
               to
               Print
               ,
               that
               he
               staid
               so
               long
               for
               me
               in
               order
               to
               be
               their
               Partner
               ,
               he
               that
               was
               the
               Collector
               of
               it
               together
               :
               They
               were
               all
               printed
               before
               ,
               and
               printed
               by
               License
               ;
               for
               the
               books
               I
               never
               read
               them
               ;
               we
               seldome
               read
               the
               books
               we
               sell
               ,
               being
               they
               were
               before
               Printed
               ,
               and
               with
               License
               sold
               single
               ,
               (
               as
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               know
               )
               I
               thought
               there
               was
               no
               Crime
               to
               print
               them
               all
               together
               :
               It
               was
               done
               in
               an
               Interval
               when
               there
               were
               no
               Licensers
               ,
               we
               knew
               not
               where
               to
               go
               ;
               what
               has
               been
               Printed
               formerly
               ,
               we
               took
               it
               for
               granted
               it
               might
               be
               Reprinted
               ,
               till
               this
               late
               Act
               for
               Printing
               ;
               and
               this
               was
               done
               before
               this
               Act.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               the
               Jury
               ,
               but
               my
               Lord
               ,
               here
               are
               now
               some
               Neighbours
               to
               testifie
               that
               I
               am
               no
               such
               person
               as
               the
               Indictment
               sets
               forth
               ,
               that
               I
               did
               Maliciously
               ,
               and
               Seditiously
               ,
               do
               such
               and
               such
               things
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               We
               will
               hear
               them
               ,
               though
               I
               'le
               tell
               you
               it
               will
               not
               much
               matter
               ;
               the
               Law
               sayes
               it
               is
               Malice
               .
            
          
           
             Capt.
             Sheldon
             Sworn
             .
          
           
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               all
               that
               I
               can
               say
               ,
               is
               ,
               he
               was
               ready
               at
               beat
               of
               Drum
               upon
               all
               occasions
               ,
               what
               he
               has
               been
               guilty
               of
               by
               Printing
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               stranger
               to
               that
               ,
               I
               know
               he
               was
               of
               civil
               behaviour
               and
               deportment
               amongst
               his
               Neighbours
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               very
               ill
               that
               the
               King
               hath
               such
               trained
               Souldiers
               in
               the
               Band.
               
            
          
           
             Capt.
             
               Hanson
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               offered
               to
               like
               purpose
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               have
               a
               thousand
               to
               this
               purpose
               only
               ,
               what
               signifies
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Are
               you
               his
               Captain
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Capt.
               Sheldon
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               Capt.
               Bradshaw
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               He
               should
               be
               casheir'd
               the
               Band
               ;
               not
               but
               that
               he
               should
               be
               charged
               with
               Armes
               .
               I
               'le
               tell
               you
               ,
               do
               not
               mistake
               your self
               ,
               the
               Testimony
               of
               your
               civil
               Behaviour
               ,
               going
               to
               Church
               ,
               appearing
               in
               the
               Train'd
               Bands
               ,
               going
               to
               Pauls
               ,
               being
               there
               at
               Common-Service
               ,
               this
               is
               well
               ;
               but
               you
               are
               not
               charged
               for
               this
               ,
               a
               man
               may
               do
               all
               this
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               a
               naughty
               man
               in
               printing
               abusive
               books
               ,
               to
               the
               misleading
               of
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               .
               If
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               as
               to
               that
               ,
               I
               shall
               be
               glad
               to
               find
               you
               Innocent
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               no
               more
               to
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Then
               you
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               there
               are
               some
               things
               in
               this
               Indictment
               (
               as
               in
               the
               other
               )
               necessary
               to
               be
               stated
               to
               you
               ,
               My
               Brothers
               and
               I
               have
               consulted
               here
               about
               it
               ,
               the
               Indictment
               is
               for
               causing
               a
               Factious
               and
               Seditious
               book
               called
               the
               Phoenix
               ,
               &c.
               with
               divers
               other
               things
               therein
               to
               be
               Printed
               .
               But
               pray
               let
               them
               see
               the
               Book
               ,
               and
               compare
               it
               with
               the
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               [
               Reads
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               and
               first
               the
               Title
               ]
            
             
               The
               Phenix
               ,
               or
               the
               Solemn
               League
               and
               Covenant
               .
               
                 
                   [
                   Edinburg
                
                 ,
                 Printed
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 of
                 Covenant-Breaking
                 ]
              
               A
               King
               abusing
               his
               Power
               ,
               to
               the
               overthrow
               of
               Religion
               ,
               Lawes
               ,
               and
               Liberties
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               very
               Fundamentals
               of
               this
               Contract
               and
               Covenant
               ,
               may
               be
               controlled
               and
               opposed
               .
               And
               if
               he
               set
               himself
               to
               Overthrow
               all
               these
               by
               Armes
               ,
               then
               they
               who
               have
               Power
               ,
               as
               the
               Estates
               of
               a
               Land
               ,
               may
               and
               ought
               to
               Resist
               by
               Armes
               ▪
               because
               he
               doth
               by
               that
               Opposition
               break
               the
               very
               Bonds
               ,
               and
               overthrow
               the
               Essentials
               of
               this
               Contract
               and
               Covenant
               .
               This
               may
               serve
               to
               Justifie
               the
               proceedings
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               against
               the
               late
               King
               ,
               who
               in
               a
               Hostile
               way
               set
               himself
               to
               overthrow
               Religion
               ,
               Parliaments
               ,
               Lawes
               and
               Liberties
               .
               
                 [
                 The
                 rest
                 is
                 much
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 Rate
                 ,
                 only
                 now
                 and
                 then
                 a
                 spice
                 of
                 Blasphemy
                 for
                 the
                 Credit
                 of
                 the
                 Holy-League
                 
                   [
                   A
                   greater
                   Sin
                
                 (
                 is
                 the
                 Breach
                 of
                 that
                 Scotch
                 
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 
                   according
                   to
                   our
                   Author
                
                 ,
                 pag.
                 158.
                 )
                 then
                 a
                 Sin
                 against
                 a
                 Commandement
                 or
                 against
                 an
                 Ordinance
                 ,
                 &c.
                 ]
              
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               you
               see
               the
               Indictment
               agrees
               with
               the
               Book
               ;
               there
               's
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Mercy
               that
               this
               man
               hath
               not
               been
               Indicted
               of
               Treason
               ;
               for
               those
               very
               particulars
               you
               have
               heard
               ,
               are
               as
               high
               Treason
               as
               can
               be
               .
               First
               ,
               He
               doth
               declare
               ,
               `
               That
               the
               King
               abusing
               his
               `
               Power
               ,
               the
               people
               may
               resist
               and
               take
               up
               Armes
               against
               him
               ;
               that
               's
               express
               Treason
               without
               any
               more
               ado
               :
               Then
               he
               tells
               you
               what
               a
               horrid
               thing
               it
               is
               to
               break
               that
               
                 Solemn
                 League
              
               and
               Covenant
               ;
               justifies
               the
               raising
               of
               Armes
               ,
               and
               Rebellion
               against
               the
               late
               King
               ,
               un-Throning
               ,
               and
               Murdering
               of
               him
               .
               I
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               
                 Solemn
                 League
              
               and
               Covenant
               ,
               was
               a
               most
               wicked
               and
               ungodly
               thing
               ;
               against
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Law
               of
               the
               Land
               :
               To
               have
               such
               Villanous
               stuff
               to
               be
               published
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               great
               Mercy
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               it
               had
               not
               been
               drawn
               higher
               ;
               You
               see
               the
               man
               is
               so
               far
               from
               acknowledging
               any
               Guilt
               ,
               that
               he
               justifies
               the
               Fact.
               
            
          
           
             
               Brewster
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               Justifie
               my self
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               you
               do
               !
               The
               Printer
               Swears
               he
               was
               to
               go
               Share
               and
               Share
               like
               ;
               he
               had
               his
               part
               ,
               he
               publishes
               them
               to
               some
               particular
               Friends
               ;
               I
               say
               he
               Justifies
               this
               .
               He
               tells
               you
               in
               his
               Defence
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               commonly
               printed
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               done
               by
               printed
               Copie
               ;
               and
               that
               done
               formerly
               by
               Licence
               ;
               and
               when
               things
               are
               printed
               by
               Licence
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               expect
               or
               need
               any
               New
               ,
               or
               second
               Licence
               ;
               they
               were
               commonly
               sold
               asunder
               ,
               here
               they
               are
               only
               printed
               together
               :
               That
               he
               sayes
               is
               nothing
               .
               What
               is
               this
               but
               Justifying
               the
               printing
               of
               it
               ?
               Observe
               ,
               Weigh
               ,
               and
               see
               what
               kind
               of
               Defence
               here
               is
               .
               The
               Title
               ,
               what
               is
               it
               ?
               The
               
                 Phenix
                 ,
                 or
                 Solemn
                 League
                 and
                 Covenant
              
               ;
               you
               all
               know
               it
               ,
               and
               rue
               it
               ;
               When
               was
               it
               printed
               ?
               It
               was
               when
               the
               Wicked
               Rebels
               here
               could
               not
               Seduce
               sufficient
               numbers
               of
               the
               Kings
               Subjects
               to
               support
               their
               Rebellion
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               Invite
               their
               Dear
               Brethren
               (
               as
               they
               called
               them
               )
               the
               Scots
               to
               Unite
               with
               them
               .
               The
               Scots
               were
               Cunning
               ,
               they
               
               would
               not
               do
               it
               till
               they
               had
               entred
               into
               a
               
                 Covenant
                 ▪
              
               in
               a
               League
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               consent
               to
               Unite
               with
               the
               Rebels
               here
               ;
               This
               League
               and
               Covenant
               was
               indeed
               in
               defence
               of
               the
               King
               ▪
               but
               how
               long
               ?
               so
               long
               as
               he
               defended
               them
               
                 (
                 the
              
               Presbytery
               and
               Scotch
               Discipline
               )
               when
               they
               had
               got
               this
               Good
               King
               into
               their
               hands
               ,
               they
               put
               what
               terms
               upon
               him
               they
               pleased
               ;
               and
               then
               were
               these
               Seditious
               Sermons
               printed
               .
               Douglas
               his
               was
               printed
               in
               Scotland
               ;
               Was
               it
               Licensed
               here
               ?
               No
               ,
               it
               was
               done
               there
               ,
               and
               brought
               hither
               .
               Then
               for
               the
               other
               Sermon
               ,
               by
               what
               Licence
               was
               that
               printed
               ?
               Observe
               the
               time
               when
               it
               was
               printed
               ,
               
                 was
                 it
                 not
                 to
                 set
                 forward
                 Rebellion
                 ?
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 the
              
               Scotch
               Presbytery
               ?
               And
               this
               in
               45.
               when
               they
               were
               in
               Arms
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               after
               the
               King
               put
               himself
               upon
               his
               defence
               ,
               and
               was
               at
               Oxford
               ;
               Do
               you
               tell
               me
               of
               the
               License
               of
               
                 Rebels
                 ?
                 )
                 Then
              
               for
               your
               Justification
               ;
               Now
               ;
               when
               the
               King
               is
               so
               happily
               returned
               ,
               now
               to
               publish
               these
               things
               a
               fresh
               to
               the
               people
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               do
               the
               same
               again
               !
               And
               I
               tell
               you
               once
               again
               ▪
               
                 It
                 is
                 mercy
                 in
                 the
                 King
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 Indicted
                 of
              
               Treason
               .
               I
               shall
               leave
               it
               to
               you
               ,
               you
               have
               had
               it
               fully
               proved
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clark.
               
            
             
               Set
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
              
               to
               the
               Bar
               
                 [
                 and
                 here
                 the
                 Indictment
                 is
                 read
                 .
                 ]
              
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               [
               Opens
               this
               Indictment
               as
               the
               rest
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               We
               have
               but
               two
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               they
               will
               prove
               the
               matter
               clearly
               ;
               there
               were
               
                 two
                 Impressions
              
               of
               this
               book
               ,
               we
               will
               prove
               he
               had
               a
               share
               in
               both
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               [
               Sworn
               again
               .
               ]
            
             
               I
               delivered
               before
               what
               I
               can
               say
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Look
               you
               ,
               you
               must
               deliver
               all
               that
               evidence
               over
               again
               ,
               because
               it
               concerns
               another
               person
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               say
               ,
               and
               say
               still
               ,
               that
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               memory
               ,
               Mr.
               Dover
               did
               print
               part
               of
               that
               book
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               and
               I
               did
               converse
               about
               it
               in
               the
               time
               it
               was
               doing
               ,
               but
               I
               
               cannot
               swear
               it
               positively
               ,
               because
               I
               cannot
               remember
               the
               time
               when
               ,
               or
               the
               place
               where
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ju.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               change
               sheets
               with
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               With
               him
               ,
               I
               cannot
               say
               ,
               but
               some
               sheets
               were
               changed
               by
               our
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               You
               say
               you
               think
               you
               had
               some
               discourse
               with
               him
               ;
               did
               not
               you
               speak
               about
               the
               danger
               of
               printing
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               We
               talked
               of
               making
               an
               end
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Can
               you
               remember
               to
               what
               Letter
               you
               printed
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               shewed
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ju.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Had
               you
               no
               discourse
               of
               the
               danger
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               thought
               it
               could
               not
               come
               to
               any
               thing
               ,
               I
               did
               tell
               Sir
               
                 R.
                 Brown
              
               ,
               (
               then
               Lord
               Mayor
               )
               that
               if
               they
               hanged
               twenty
               more
               ,
               I
               thought
               I
               should
               print
               their
               Speeches
               .
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               You
               knew
               the
               contents
               of
               the
               book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Yes
               I
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ju.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Such
               men
               as
               you
               ,
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Government
               hath
               a
               great
               interest
               in
               your
               Trade
               ;
               that
               you
               should
               think
               it
               lawful
               to
               print
               what
               a
               man
               sayes
               when
               he
               dies
               ,
               and
               to
               scatter
               it
               abroad
               though
               never
               so
               bad
               ,
               it
               s
               a
               great
               offence
               ,
               I
               would
               not
               have
               it
               pass
               for
               so
               clear
               a
               thing
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               are
               of
               such
               Principles
               to
               print
               what
               you
               list
               ,
               you
               are
               not
               fit
               to
               live
               in
               a
               civil
               place
               ,
               for
               a
               Printer
               ,
               or
               Bookseller
               to
               print
               any
               thing
               one
               against
               the
               other
               ,
               is
               Actionable
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Do
               you
               think
               the
               Press
               is
               open
               to
               print
               what
               you
               list
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               ▪
               
            
             
               I
               did
               so
               then
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               I
               'le
               deal
               plainly
               with
               you
               ;
               for
               this
               book
               ,
               if
               you
               had
               had
               your
               due
               ,
               you
               ought
               both
               to
               have
               been
               drawn
               hang'd
               and
               quarter'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               When
               did
               you
               give
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               information
               of
               this
               matter
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               Lately
               ,
               when
               I
               was
               a
               Prisoner
               in
               Ludgate
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Royston
               .
            
             
               
                 [
                 One
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 .
                 ]
              
               I
               desire
               to
               ask
               him
               one
               Question
               ▪
               whether
               Mr.
               Creek
               saw
               this
               book
               a
               printing
               at
               Mr.
               Dovers
               house
               ,
               or
               no
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               No
               I
               did
               not
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               They
               changed
               sheets
               ▪
            
          
           
             Thresher
             sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               all
               that
               I
               have
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               night
               that
               Mr.
               Brewster
               sent
               for
               me
               to
               stitch
               these
               books
               ,
               it
               was
               very
               late
               before
               we
               could
               get
               them
               ▪
               I
               went
               that
               night
               to
               Mr.
               Dovers
               ,
               and
               had
               some
               of
               the
               sheets
               ,
               the
               rest
               at
               Mr.
               Creeks
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               see
               him
               print
               any
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               What
               quantity
               was
               there
               of
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               ▪
               
            
             
               I
               suppose
               there
               was
               two
               or
               three
               hundred
               sheets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Were
               they
               not
               of
               this
               book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               of
               the
               Speeches
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               Where
               were
               they
               delivered
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               lower
               room
               ,
               I
               suppose
               some
               of
               them
               were
               hanging
               upon
               lines
               before
               I
               had
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               say
               you
               to
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               ask
               him
               some
               Questions
               .
               I
               do
               say
               ,
               I
               never
               saw
               the
               man
               before
               ,
               I
               would
               ask
               whether
               ever
               he
               saw
               me
               before
               in
               his
               life
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               Not
               before
               that
               ,
               I
               was
               never
               in
               his
               house
               buy
               that
               night
               ▪
               s
               by
               this
               token
               I
               saw
               you
               ,
               and
               you
               me
               ;
               when
               I
               came
               for
               the
               sheets
               ,
               you
               asked
               Mr.
               Brewster
               whether
               he
               and
               Mr.
               Calvert
               were
               agreed
               ,
               or
               else
               you
               would
               not
               deliver
               the
               sheets
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               time
               and
               place
               ;
               I
               am
               charged
               in
               the
               Indictment
               on
               a
               day
               and
               place
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               
                 Hide
                 ▪
              
            
             
               That
               's
               not
               very
               material
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               He
               fixes
               nothing
               on
               me
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               Jury
               can
               best
               tell
               ;
               have
               you
               any
               more
               questions
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
             [
             The
             Indictment
             and
             Books
             were
             Compared
             .
             ]
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               Person
               swears
               that
               I
               Printed
               it
               ,
               or
               part
               of
               it
               ;
               Nothing
               fixed
               upon
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               The
               first
               man
               swears
               that
               you
               set
               it
               to
               Printing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               swear
               it
               positively
               ,
               I
               never
               saw
               him
               Print
               a
               sheet
               ,
               it
               was
               the
               report
               of
               the
               Town
               that
               he
               did
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               printed
               it
               :
               for
               whom
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               For
               Brewster
               ,
               Calvers
               ,
               and
               Chapman
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               But
               you
               say
               that
               you
               and
               he
               did
               converse
               about
               it
               when
               it
               was
               Printing
               .
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               did
               say
               to
               the
               best
               of
               my
               memory
               ,
               we
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               By
               the
               Oath
               you
               have
               taken
               ,
               who
               did
               you
               change
               sheets
               with
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Creek
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               say
               ,
               I
               did
               change
               any
               with
               him
               ;
               I
               say
               that
               some
               sheets
               were
               changed
               by
               my
               men
               ,
               and
               they
               told
               me
               they
               had
               them
               of
               his
               men
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               Where
               are
               those
               men
               that
               changed
               the
               sheets
               ,
               which
               of
               my
               men
               were
               they
               ?
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               Look
               you
               Dover
               ,
               you
               are
               indicted
               for
               causing
               to
               be
               Printed
               this
               wicked
               Book
               ,
               and
               for
               publishing
               and
               Vending
               of
               it
               ;
               You
               are
               a
               Printer
               by
               your
               Trade
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               this
               man
               that
               comes
               against
               you
               ,
               he
               says
               he
               did
               not
               see
               you
               Print
               it
               ,
               but
               he
               took
               it
               and
               believed
               that
               you
               Printed
               it
               ;
               I
               tell
               you
               how
               far
               that
               weighs
               ;
               You
               are
               a
               Printer
               by
               Trade
               ,
               and
               comes
               the
               other
               and
               desires
               the
               sheets
               ,
               you
               would
               not
               deliver
               them
               unless
               Mr.
               Brewster
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Calvert
               were
               agreed
               ;
               How
               come
               the
               sheets
               to
               your
               house
               ,
               being
               a
               Printer
               ,
               and
               yet
               you
               not
               print
               it
               ?
               Answer
               that
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               my
               Lord
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               consequence
               at
               all
               ;
               Admit
               I
               had
               these
               sheets
               ,
               it
               is
               no
               consequence
               at
               all
               that
               I
               printed
               them
               ;
               For
               Printers
               and
               Booksellers
               usually
               have
               books
               they
               did
               not
               print
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Thresher
               ,
               by
               the
               Oath
               that
               you
               have
               taken
               ,
               did
               you
               see
               those
               sheets
               hang
               ▪
               upon
               the
               line
               in
               his
               house
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               judged
               these
               had
               lately
               hung
               up
               ,
               and
               I
               saw
               other
               sheets
               hanging
               there
               ,
               and
               I
               knew
               nothing
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               but
               that
               those
               that
               hung
               upon
               the
               line
               were
               the
               same
               with
               these
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Here
               are
               sheets
               upon
               the
               lines
               ,
               you
               delivered
               him
               to
               sold
               part
               of
               those
               on
               the
               lines
               :
               what
               would
               you
               have
               more
               plain
               !
               You
               would
               not
               deliver
               them
               if
               they
               were
               not
               agreed
               ;
               then
               they
               were
               agreed
               ,
               and
               you
               delivered
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               say
               this
               ,
               I
               look
               upon
               the
               Witness
               to
               be
               altogether
               invalid
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               person
               of
               no
               good
               repute
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               A
               better
               man
               than
               you
               ,
               for
               ought
               appears
               ;
               you
               are
               indicted
               for
               a
               foul
               offence
               ,
               so
               is
               not
               he
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               the
               man
               you
               take
               me
               to
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               shall
               have
               Evidence
               if
               you
               will
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               at
               work
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               upon
               as
               bad
               as
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               a
               crime
               ,
               I
               am
               sorry
               for
               is
               .
            
          
           
             Mr.
             Lestrange
             sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Lestrange
               .
            
             
               Shall
               I
               speak
               to
               the
               whole
               matter
               ,
               or
               only
               to
               the
               particular
               you
               last
               mentioned
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Say
               your
               knowledge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Lestrange
               .
            
             
               When
               I
               came
               to
               his
               house
               ,
               which
               was
               about
               the
               middle
               of
               October
               ,
               to
               search
               ,
               I
               found
               at
               that
               present
               a
               little
               Unlicenced
               Quaking
               book
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               pocket
               the
               Libel
               that
               was
               thrown
               up
               and
               down
               the
               Town
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 Murder
                 will
                 out
              
               ,
               ready
               printed
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Which
               was
               a
               Villanous
               thing
               and
               scattered
               at
               York
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               Since
               that
               ,
               I
               was
               at
               his
               house
               to
               compare
               a
               Flower
               ,
               which
               I
               found
               in
               the
               Panther
               (
               a
               dangerous
               Pamphlet
               )
               that
               Flower
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               very
               same
               
                 border
                 ,
                 I
              
               found
               in
               his
               house
               ,
               the
               same
               mixture
               of
               Letter
               ,
               great
               and
               small
               in
               the
               same
               Case
               ,
               and
               I
               took
               a
               Copy
               off
               the
               Press
               :
               I
               found
               over
               and
               above
               ,
               this
               Letter
               
                 [
                 producing
                 the
                 Letter
                 ]
              
               
               dated
               the
               7th
               of
               February
               ,
               1663
               and
               directed
               ,
               
                 For
                 my
                 dear
                 and
                 loving
                 Wife
                 ,
                 J.
                 Dover
                 .
              
               Is
               it
               your
               Lordships
               pleasure
               ,
               I
               shall
               read
               it
               all
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               If
               it
               be
               touching
               the
               printing
               of
               things
               you
               found
               ,
               do
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               [
               Reads
               it
               ]
            
             
               I
               would
               fai●
               see
               my
               Sister
               Mary
               ,
               therefore
               since
               Sister
               Hobbs
               will
               not
               come
               ,
               take
               her
               Order
               ,
               and
               instead
               of
               her
               Name
               ,
               put
               in
               Sister
               Marys
               ,
               it
               will
               never
               be
               Questioned
               here
               ;
               However
               ,
               do
               it
               as
               wisely
               ,
               and
               handsomly
               as
               you
               can
               ,
               &c.
               
               
                 [
                 And
                 thei●
                 in
                 a
                 P.
                 S.
                 ]
              
               You
               must
               either
               get
               
                 Tom
                 Porter
              
               ,
               or
               some
               very
               trusty
               Friend
               (
               possibly
               
                 ●
                 .
                 D.
              
               may
               help
               you
               )
               to
               get
               for
               you
               a
               safe
               and
               convenient
               Room
               to
               dry
               books
               in
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               possibly
               you
               can
               .
               
                 [
                 And
                 again
                 ]
              
               Let
               me
               know
               what
               you
               intend
               to
               do
               with
               the
               two
               sheets
               and
               half
               ,
               I
               will
               have
               it
               published
               when
               I
               am
               certain
               I
               shall
               be
               tryed
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Let
               the
               Jury
               see
               now
               ,
               whether
               you
               are
               the
               man
               you
               would
               be
               thought
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               whether
               my
               name
               be
               to
               that
               letter
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               No
               it
               is
               nor
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Where
               did
               you
               receive
               or
               find
               this
               Letter
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               found
               it
               about
               his
               Wife
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Let
               the
               Jury
               judge
               if
               this
               come
               from
               you
               or
               no.
               
            
          
           
             
               J.
               Keeling
               .
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               you
               must
               understand
               this
               ,
               that
               what
               is
               said
               now
               ,
               is
               only
               upon
               his
               Reputation
               ,
               not
               to
               the
               point
               in
               question
               at
               all
               ;
               that
               matter
               rests
               upon
               it's
               own
               bottom
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               I
               'le
               deal
               plainly
               with
               you
               ,
               Had
               he
               not
               stood
               upon
               such
               terms
               ,
               I
               should
               not
               have
               spoke
               of
               this
               ;
               but
               when
               a
               man
               will
               be
               thus
               bold
               and
               confident
               ,
               I
               thought
               it
               proper
               to
               let
               you
               see
               how
               he
               continues
               now
               in
               the
               Goal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               vindicate
               my self
               in
               it
               ,
               but
               I
               speak
               against
               the
               witness
               ,
               I
               do
               conceive
               that
               the
               witness
               does
               not
               fix
               any
               thing
               upon
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               any
               thing
               else
               to
               say
               to
               the
               Indictment
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               Indicted
               as
               a
               Malicious
               and
               Factions
               man
               ,
               the
               witnesses
               sayes
               no
               such
               thing
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               are
               not
               Indicted
               so
               ,
               but
               that
               you
               have
               Maliciously
               ,
               and
               Factiously
               caused
               to
               be
               Printed
               such
               a
               Seditious
               Book
               ,
               not
               your
               Person
               ,
               but
               the
               Action
               .
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               nothing
               of
               that
               proved
               ;
               admit
               I
               was
               guilty
               of
               it
               ,
               it
               was
               done
               when
               there
               was
               no
               Act
               or
               Law
               in
               being
               touching
               Printing
               .
               The
               witnesses
               do
               not
               swear
               positively
               that
               I
               did
               do
               it
               ;
               one
               sayes
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               see
               me
               ,
               the
               other
               ,
               that
               he
               only
               believed
               it
               ;
               that
               he
               did
               see
               some
               sheets
               upon
               the
               line
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               the
               same
               for
               ought
               he
               knew
               ;
               Does
               not
               remember
               the
               time
               or
               place
               of
               our
               discourse
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               know
               that
               ever
               I
               had
               half
               an
               hours
               discourse
               with
               him
               in
               my
               life
               :
               I
               never
               had
               any
               meeting
               with
               him
               about
               any
               such
               matter
               ,
               nor
               had
               any
               converse
               with
               him
               .
               The
               Title
               of
               the
               book
               sayes
               ,
               
                 [
                 Faithfully
                 and
                 Impartially
                 collected
                 for
                 further
                 satisfaction
                 ;
                 ]
              
               so
               that
               it
               cannot
               be
               interpreted
               maliciously
               ;
               it
               's
               a
               Maxime
               in
               Law
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 best
                 interpretations
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 put
                 upon
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 in
                 favour
                 of
                 the
                 prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 barr
              
               ;
               and
               I
               hope
               this
               Honourable
               Bench
               and
               the
               Jury
               will
               mind
               that
               ;
               I
               am
               a
               Printer
               by
               trade
               ,
               what
               I
               did
               was
               for
               my
               livelyhood
               ;
               the
               Scripture
               sayes
               ,
               
                 He
                 is
                 worse
                 than
                 an
                 Infidel
                 that
                 takes
                 not
                 care
                 for
                 his
                 Family
                 :
                 I
              
               speak
               not
               this
               to
               justifie
               any
               thing
               against
               his
               Majesty
               or
               his
               Government
               ;
               through
               my
               ignorance
               I
               may
               possibly
               transgress
               ,
               if
               I
               have
               done
               any
               such
               thing
               ,
               I
               am
               sorry
               for
               it
               ,
               I
               hope
               I
               shall
               be
               more
               careful
               for
               the
               future
               :
               The
               other
               part
               of
               the
               Indictment
               is
               for
               selling
               of
               them
               ;
               no
               man
               Swears
               that
               I
               sold
               one
               book
               of
               them
               ;
               Mr.
               Creek
               saies
               ,
               that
               some
               of
               his
               men
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               some
               of
               those
               sheets
               from
               some
               of
               my
               folkes
               ,
               but
               of
               whom
               he
               does
               not
               say
               :
               That
               I
               did
               meddle
               with
               them
               ,
               knowing
               them
               to
               be
               scandalous
               ,
               I
               hope
               there
               is
               nothing
               proved
               of
               that
               nature
               ;
               there
               being
               then
               
                 no
                 Law
                 ,
                 I
              
               humbly
               hope
               there
               was
               
                 no
                 Transgression
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Have
               you
               done
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Dover
               .
            
             
               I
               humbly
               desire
               your
               Honours
               and
               this
               Jury
               ,
               to
               take
               notice
               of
               what
               I
               have
               said
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               spend
               time
               (
               it
               is
               too
               late
               )
               in
               repeating
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               you
               have
               heard
               the
               Evidence
               particularly
               ,
               and
               his
               answer
               ;
               he
               doth
               in
               part
               make
               the
               same
               answer
               with
               his
               fellowes
               ;
               which
               was
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               his
               Trade
               :
               It
               's
               true
               ,
               no
               doubt
               but
               he
               ought
               to
               maintaine
               his
               Wise
               and
               Children
               ,
               by
               his
               lawful
               Calling
               ;
               but
               if
               a
               Thief
               should
               tell
               you
               that
               he
               maintained
               his
               Wife
               by
               Stealing
               ,
               is
               that
               lawful
               ?
               Printing
               books
               lawfully
               ,
               no
               man
               will
               call
               him
               to
               account
               for
               it
               ;
               but
               if
               he
               prints
               that
               that
               is
               abusive
               to
               the
               King
               and
               his
               Government
               ,
               that
               's
               no
               part
               of
               his
               trade
               ,
               and
               his
               trade
               will
               not
               bear
               him
               out
               in
               it
               :
               He
               is
               charged
               for
               Printing
               and
               publishing
               of
               these
               scandalous
               books
               ,
               that
               he
               did
               it
               
                 Knowingly
                 ,
                 Maliciously
                 ,
                 Falsly
                 ,
                 Factiously
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Seditiously
                 ;
                 I
              
               told
               you
               ,
               that
               although
               all
               these
               things
               be
               not
               proved
               ,
               yet
               if
               he
               did
               it
               ,
               the
               Law
               calls
               it
               
                 Malice
                 ,
                 Faction
              
               ,
               and
               Sedition
               ;
               Consider
               the
               circumstances
               ,
               you
               see
               it
               is
               done
               in
               the
               dark
               ;
               the
               sheets
               delivered
               at
               his
               house
               ,
               and
               discourse
               about
               delivery
               of
               them
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               deliver
               them
               unless
               Brewster
               and
               Calvert
               were
               agreed
               ;
               I
               leave
               the
               Evidence
               to
               you
               ,
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               pregnant
               strong
               undeniable
               Circumstances
               ,
               are
               good
               Evidences
               :
               Though
               a
               man
               doth
               not
               come
               and
               tell
               you
               ,
               he
               declared
               to
               him
               he
               knew
               what
               was
               contained
               in
               this
               book
               ,
               yet
               if
               there
               be
               sufficient
               Evidence
               to
               satisfie
               you
               in
               your
               Consciences
               ,
               that
               he
               knew
               what
               was
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               was
               privy
               to
               the
               Printing
               and
               publishing
               of
               it
               ;
               there
               's
               enough
               for
               you
               to
               find
               the
               Indictment
               .
               You
               are
               to
               weigh
               circumstances
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               pregnant
               full
               proof
               ,
               in
               cases
               of
               this
               nature
               .
            
          
           
             
               Clark.
               
            
             
               Set
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               to
               the
               Bar
               ;
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               you
               shall
               understand
               that
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ,
               &c.
               
               Reads
               the
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North
               ,
            
             
               Afterwards
               opened
               the
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               This
               man
               ,
               we
               shall
               only
               prove
               him
               guilty
               of
               stitching
               ,
               and
               dispersing
               the
               said
               books
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Thresher
               
            
             
               [
               Sworn
               ]
            
             
               This
               man
               I
               have
               not
               seen
               these
               three
               Years
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Did
               he
               set
               you
               to
               work
               in
               Stitching
               those
               books
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               He
               brought
               none
               to
               me
               that
               I
               can
               remember
               ;
               but
               by
               Mr.
               Prewsters
               order
               I
               delivered
               about
               200.
               or
               there
               .
               abouts
               ,
               and
               carried
               them
               to
               his
               house
               in
               St.
               Martins
               ,
               and
               he
               took
               them
               at
               the
               Stair-foot
               ,
               and
               paid
               me
               for
               stitching
               of
               them
               in
               
                 blew
                 paper
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Who
               furnished
               you
               with
               blew
               paper
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Tresher
               .
            
             
               I
               went
               by
               Mr.
               Erensters
               order
               to
               a
               Stationer
               in
               Breadstreet
               ,
               and
               received
               some
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               whether
               in
               those
               books
               he
               said
               he
               delivered
               me
               ,
               there
               were
               those
               passages
               in
               the
               Indictment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               they
               were
               the
               
                 Speeches
                 and
                 Prayers
              
               that
               I
               delivered
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               How
               did
               you
               deliver
               them
               to
               me
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               They
               were
               Stitcht
               ,
               and
               I
               tyed
               them
               up
               with
               a
               piece
               of
               packthread
               ,
               and
               carried
               them
               to
               him
               ;
               he
               received
               them
               himself
               ,
               and
               came
               afterwards
               to
               an
               Ale-house
               ,
               and
               gave
               me
               a
               Flagon
               of
               Beer
               ;
               he
               knew
               what
               they
               were
               ,
               for
               some
               being
               Imperfect
               ,
               he
               said
               Mr.
               Brewster
               must
               make
               them
               good
               ;
               and
               Mr.
               Brewster
               gave
               order
               ,
               if
               he
               came
               for
               them
               ,
               they
               should
               be
               delivered
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               know
               there
               were
               those
               passages
               in
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Thresher
               .
            
             
               No
               not
               I.
               
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               I
               knew
               only
               the
               Title
               of
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Let
               there
               be
               what
               there
               will
               in
               it
               ,
               if
               you
               knew
               the
               Title
               ,
               look
               you
               to
               it
               ;
               have
               you
               any
               thing
               else
               to
               ask
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             Henry
             Mortlock
             Sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Mortlock
               ,
               How
               many
               of
               those
               books
               
               did
               you
               receive
               of
               this
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               About
               fourty
               or
               fifty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
            
             
               What
               talk
               had
               you
               about
               receiving
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlack
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               remember
               any
               discourse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Serj.
               Morton
               .
            
             
               Where
               did
               you
               receive
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               I
               am
               not
               certain
               ,
               whether
               in
               my
               shop
               ,
               or
               no.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Were
               they
               open
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               They
               were
               tyed
               up
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               speak
               for
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ,
               he
               brought
               them
               to
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               How
               came
               he
               to
               bring
               them
               to
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               May
               be
               I
               might
               speak
               for
               them
               ,
               I
               paid
               him
               for
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               and
               he
               knew
               what
               book
               it
               was
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               I
               think
               we
               did
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               not
               open
               them
               ?
               They
               might
               have
               been
               
                 the
                 Devil
                 of
                 Edmonton
              
               ,
               for
               ought
               you
               knew
               .
               Did
               you
               open
               them
               afterward
               ,
               and
               did
               they
               appear
               to
               be
               this
               book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mortlock
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             Mr.
             L'
             Estrange
             sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'
               Estrange
               .
            
             
               I
               came
               to
               the
               house
               of
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ,
               about
               October
               last
               ,
               and
               knocking
               at
               the
               door
               ,
               they
               made
               a
               difficulty
               to
               let
               me
               in
               ;
               At
               last
               seeing
               not
               how
               to
               avoid
               it
               ,
               Brooks
               opened
               the
               Door
               ;
               I
               asked
               him
               ,
               what
               he
               was
               ?
               He
               told
               me
               ,
               he
               was
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               house
               .
               By
               and
               by
               comes
               one
               that
               lodged
               in
               the
               house
               ,
               and
               throws
               down
               this
               book
               
                 [
                 shewing
                 the
                 book
              
               ]
               in
               the
               Kitchin
               ,
               with
               this
               Expression
               ;
               
                 I
                 le
                 not
                 be
                 hang'd
              
               (
               says
               he
               )
               
                 for
                 ne're
                 a
                 Rogue
                 of
                 you
                 all
                 ;
                 Do
                 you
                 hide
                 your
                 books
                 in
                 my
                 Chamber
                 ?
              
               This
               book
               had
               the
               Speeches
               in
               it
               ,
               with
               other
               Schismatical
               Treatises
               .
               After
               this
               I
               searched
               the
               next
               house
               ,
               and
               there
               I
               found
               more
               difficulty
               to
               get
               in
               ;
               but
               after
               a
               long
               stay
               ,
               I
               saw
               the
               second
               Floor
               in
               a
               blaze
               ,
               and
               then
               with
               a
               Smiths
               Sledge
               ,
               I
               endeavoured
               
               to
               force
               the
               door
               ;
               At
               length
               ,
               the
               fire
               was
               put
               out
               ,
               and
               one
               comes
               down
               and
               opens
               the
               door
               ;
               I
               went
               in
               ,
               and
               up
               Staires
               where
               I
               found
               about
               200.
               of
               the
               
                 Prelatick
                 Preachers
              
               ,
               and
               certain
               Notes
               of
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ,
               wherein
               he
               mentions
               the
               delivery
               of
               several
               of
               these
               Speeches
               ,
               and
               other
               Sedicious
               Pamphlets
               .
               There
               is
               one
               particular
               ,
               wherein
               he
               records
               ,
               that
               
                 Thomas
                 Brewster
              
               did
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               Captain
               Hanson
               ,
               undertake
               to
               bear
               his
               charges
               of
               imprisoment
               .
               This
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               having
               been
               formerly
               imprisoned
               for
               a
               crime
               ,
               wherein
               Browster
               was
               to
               bear
               him
               out
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               What
               was
               it
               that
               burnt
               above
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'
               Estrange
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               they
               had
               burnt
               I
               suppose
               ,
               some
               of
               the
               
                 Prelatick
                 Preachers
              
               ,
               (
               a
               desperate
               book
               )
               I
               found
               one
               bundle
               untied
               ,
               and
               I
               suppose
               (
               as
               the
               man
               told
               me
               after
               )
               that
               it
               was
               a
               part
               of
               that
               which
               was
               burnt
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               say
               this
               was
               in
               the
               next
               house
               to
               Brookes
               ;
               what
               had
               Brooks
               to
               do
               there
               ,
               had
               he
               conveyed
               those
               books
               thither
               ▪
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               .
            
             
               The
               owner
               of
               the
               house
               said
               ,
               he
               knew
               nothing
               of
               them
               ;
               but
               a
               man
               and
               his
               wife
               lodging
               in
               the
               Chamber
               where
               the
               fire
               was
               ,
               said
               that
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               had
               delivered
               with
               his
               own
               hands
               to
               them
               ,
               those
               parcel
               of
               books
               that
               were
               there
               found
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               hear
               what
               he
               says
               ;
               that
               one
               of
               your
               Guests
               came
               down
               ,
               said
               ,
               
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 hanged
                 for
                 ne're
                 a
                 Rogue
                 of
                 you
                 all
              
               ;
               Throws
               down
               the
               book
               —
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               What
               's
               that
               tome
               ;
               if
               a
               man
               have
               a
               book
               in
               his
               house
               ,
               and
               throw
               it
               down
               ,
               and
               say
               so
               ,
               doth
               that
               concern
               me
               ?
               He
               did
               not
               bring
               it
               out
               of
               my
               Chamber
               .
            
          
           
             One
             Mercer
             sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               
                 [
                 having
                 the
                 book
                 in
                 his
                 hand
                 ]
              
               this
               is
               the
               book
               that
               I
               did
               find
               in
               a
               Room
               brought
               up
               by
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ,
               and
               I
               brought
               it
               down
               ;
               I
               had
               it
               in
               a
               Room
               where
               two
               boyes
               and
               my
               sister
               lay
               .
               He
               came
               first
               and
               knockt
               at
               
               our
               Chamber
               door
               ;
               said
               I
               ,
               Who
               is
               there
               ?
               sayes
               he
               ,
               
                 A
                 Friend
              
               ,
               Who
               are
               you
               ?
               
                 Brookes
                 your
                 Landlord
              
               ,
               saies
               he
               ,
               
                 pray
                 you
                 open
                 the
                 door
                 ,
                 and
                 lay
                 up
                 this
                 book
                 for
                 me
                 .
              
               No
               said
               I
               ,
               if
               you
               were
               my
               Father
               ,
               or
               Brother
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               receive
               it
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               meddle
               or
               make
               with
               you
               .
               After
               I
               had
               denied
               the
               book
               ,
               he
               flings
               it
               into
               the
               next
               Room
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               How
               came
               you
               by
               the
               book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               After
               Mr.
               Lestrange
               had
               inquired
               there
               for
               books
               ,
               I
               knew
               nothing
               ;
               but
               my
               Wife
               called
               to
               my
               Sister
               ,
               and
               asked
               her
               if
               she
               heard
               Mr.
               Brooks
               in
               the
               Boom
               ;
               she
               said
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 had
                 left
                 a
                 book
                 with
                 her
                 :
              
               Having
               notice
               ,
               I
               went
               up
               stairs
               ,
               took
               the
               book
               ,
               and
               brought
               it
               down
               presently
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               Is
               that
               the
               book
               ?
               the
               very
               individual
               book
               that
               I
               brought
               up
               there
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               He
               swears
               this
               ,
               that
               you
               knocked
               ,
               and
               prayed
               him
               to
               take
               in
               a
               book
               ;
               he
               refused
               it
               .
               You
               went
               up
               to
               the
               next
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               left
               it
               ;
               and
               his
               Wife
               asking
               afterwards
               if
               you
               had
               been
               there
               ;
               his
               Sister
               said
               ,
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 you
                 had
                 left
                 a
                 book
                 ,
              
               he
               brought
               it
               down
               ,
               and
               this
               appears
               to
               be
               the
               very
               Individual
               book
               ,
               nothing
               can
               be
               more
               clear
               .
            
          
           
             Mercers
             Wife
             Sworn
             .
          
           
             That
             morning
             they
             knocked
             at
             Brooks
             his
             door
             ,
             we
             were
             a
             bed
             ,
             I
             heard
             a
             noise
             of
             Theeves
             ;
             upon
             that
             I
             being
             awake
             ,
             &
             my
             Husband
             asleep
             ,
             I
             waked
             him
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Window
             ;
             he
             asked
             who
             was
             there
             ?
             one
             said
             to
             him
             rise
             and
             open
             the
             Door
             ;
             said
             my
             Husband
             I
             am
             but
             a
             Lodger
             ,
             let
             my
             Landlord
             open
             it
             if
             he
             will.
             
               Who
               is
               your
               Landlord
            
             ?
             Mr.
             Brook's
             ,
             That
             's
             the
             man
             I
             look
             for
             ,
             sayes
             the
             other
             ;
             so
             with
             that
             after
             some
             time
             Mr.
             Brooks
             went
             down
             and
             opened
             the
             door
             .
             Mr.
             Lestrange
             coming
             up
             to
             my
             Husband
             ,
             sayes
             he
             ,
             
               Are
               you
               sure
               there
               is
               nothing
               in
               your
               Rooms
               ?
            
             There
             is
             nothing
             said
             he
             .
             When
             my
             Husband
             went
             down
             ,
             I
             called
             to
             my
             Sister
             ;
             said
             I
             ,
             Did
             you
             hear
             Mr.
             Brooks
             there
             ?
             
               Yes
               ,
               said
               she
               ,
               he
               has
               left
               a
               book
               here
               :
            
             said
             I
             ,
             Do
             you
             know
             what
             's
             in
             it
             ?
             it
             
             may
             bring
             us
             all
             into
             Trouble
             .
             And
             my
             Husband
             having
             confidently
             denyed
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             fearing
             he
             might
             be
             troubled
             ,
             I
             called
             him
             up
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             of
             it
             ;
             said
             my
             Husband
             ,
             
               I
               'le
               call
               up
               the
               Gentleman
               ,
               and
               give
               it
               him
               ,
            
             no
             said
             I
             ,
             go
             take
             the
             book
             and
             carry
             it
             him
             .
          
           
             Mercers
             Sister
             Sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Thomazin
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               very
               true
               that
               that
               is
               the
               very
               book
               I
               received
               from
               Mr.
               Brooks
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               individual
               book
               is
               brought
               to
               light
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               What
               was
               the
               Title
               of
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 was
                 the
              
               Speeches
               of
               the
               ten
               men
               that
               were
               executed
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               Did
               you
               see
               that
               book
               ,
               that
               very
               book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               T.
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             One
             Mr.
             Merridale
             sworn
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Merridale
               .
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               this
               very
               book
               did
               Mercer
               bring
               down
               ,
               told
               us
               ,
               
                 He
                 would
                 be
                 hang'd
                 for
                 never
                 a
                 Rogue
                 of
                 them
                 all
                 ;
                 did
                 he
                 think
                 to
                 lay
                 his
                 books
                 at
                 my
                 door
                 ?
              
               I
               know
               this
               is
               the
               very
               book
               ,
               I
               took
               notice
               of
               the
               Picture
               of
               Sir
               
                 Hen
                 Vane
              
               in
               it
               ;
               and
               he
               there
               owned
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mercer
               .
            
             
               I
               can
               tell
               that
               he
               owned
               it
               ,
               and
               said
               ,
               it
               was
               brought
               to
               him
               to
               be
               bound
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Here
               are
               two
               hundred
               of
               these
               books
               are
               delivered
               to
               you
               to
               sell
               ,
               fifty
               you
               deliver
               to
               another
               ;
               When
               Mr.
               L'
               Estrange
               comes
               to
               search
               ,
               you
               open
               not
               your
               doors
               ,
               when
               you
               see
               you
               could
               not
               stay
               longer
               ,
               you
               run
               up
               to
               deliver
               it
               to
               Mercer
               your
               guest
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               receive
               it
               ;
               you
               deliver
               it
               to
               his
               Sister
               ,
               shee
               keeps
               it
               in
               her
               hands
               ;
               when
               her
               Husband
               had
               denyed
               books
               to
               be
               there
               ,
               and
               his
               Wife
               understanding
               afterwards
               you
               had
               left
               it
               ,
               she
               was
               afraid
               of
               her
               Husband
               for
               denying
               it
               ,
               calls
               him
               ,
               and
               gives
               him
               the
               book
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               said
               ,
               
                 He
                 would
                 be
                 hang'd
                 for
                 never
                 a
                 Rogue
                 of
              
               
               
                 you
                 all
              
               ;
               throws
               down
               the
               book
               ,
               and
               that
               was
               the
               very
               book
               the
               received
               from
               you
               ,
               and
               your self
               did
               own
               it
               and
               confess
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               Mr.
               L'
               Estrange
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               so
               ;
               he
               sayes
               ,
               when
               first
               he
               knocked
               at
               the
               door
               ,
               I
               did
               not
               hear
               him
               ,
               afterwards
               I
               called
               out
               who
               's
               there
               ,
               said
               one
               ,
               Which
               is
               Mr.
               Brooks
               ?
               said
               I
               ,
               here
               ,
               I
               told
               them
               if
               they
               would
               be
               civil
               ,
               I
               would
               open
               the
               door
               ,
               give
               me
               but
               leave
               to
               put
               on
               my
               Breeches
               ;
               I
               went
               and
               opened
               it
               ;
               He
               doth
               not
               swear
               positively
               they
               are
               my
               books
               .
               My
               Lord
               ,
               This
               Mercer
               was
               a
               lodger
               in
               my
               house
               ;
               I
               have
               often
               desired
               him
               to
               pay
               his
               Rent
               ,
               and
               since
               I
               have
               been
               taken
               ,
               I
               have
               sent
               several
               messengers
               ;
               I
               told
               him
               I
               would
               seize
               his
               goods
               ,
               and
               thereupon
               he
               speaks
               against
               me
               maliciously
               .
               I
               desire
               you
               to
               consider
               ,
               I
               being
               only
               a
               workman
               ,
               how
               can
               I
               be
               guilty
               of
               Sedition
               and
               Scandalous
               things
               ?
               I
               never
               printed
               any
               thing
               ,
               I
               am
               only
               a
               Book-binder
               ,
               that
               's
               my
               Trade
               :
               I
               hope
               you
               will
               consider
               that
               ,
               I
               am
               only
               a
               bare
               workman
               ▪
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               desire
               when
               they
               go
               out
               ,
               that
               some
               body
               may
               stand
               at
               the
               door
               ,
               that
               no
               body
               may
               go
               into
               the
               Jury
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               We
               will
               take
               care
               of
               that
               ;
               Have
               you
               any
               more
               to
               say
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Brooks
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               you
               have
               heard
               so
               much
               of
               the
               other
               Indictments
               of
               the
               same
               nature
               ,
               I
               need
               not
               say
               much
               to
               this
               .
               That
               which
               he
               speaks
               touching
               his
               Trade
               ,
               I
               must
               repeat
               the
               same
               as
               before
               ;
               he
               is
               not
               questioned
               for
               using
               ,
               but
               abusing
               of
               his
               Trade
               ,
               for
               publishing
               and
               
                 despersing
                 Sedicious
              
               and
               
                 Scandalous
                 Books
                 ,
                 printing
              
               and
               publishing
               ,
               but
               the
               evidence
               is
               only
               for
               publishing
               .
               If
               you
               be
               satisfied
               that
               he
               published
               it
               ,
               that
               's
               the
               Crime
               ;
               Printing
               alone
               is
               not
               enough
               ,
               for
               if
               a
               man
               print
               a
               book
               to
               make
               a
               fire
               on
               ,
               that
               's
               no
               offence
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               publishing
               of
               it
               which
               is
               the
               Crime
               ;
               You
               have
               heard
               the
               evidence
               ,
               how
               far
               forth
               it
               is
               proved
               ,
               two
               hundred
               delivered
               to
               him
               ,
               fifty
               by
               him
               delivered
               to
               another
               ;
               this
               book
               you
               see
               his
               own
               Conscience
               tells
               him
               
               what
               it
               was
               ▪
               when
               Mr.
               L'Estrange
               came
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               slipt
               it
               into
               his
               Guests
               Chamber
               ,
               he
               refused
               it
               ;
               then
               he
               carries
               it
               to
               another
               ,
               lay
               your
               evidence
               together
               ,
               if
               you
               find
               him
               guilty
               of
               the
               publishing
               ,
               it
               is
               enough
               .
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               .
            
             
               We
               desire
               to
               know
               upon
               what
               
                 Statute
                 Law
              
               this
               Indictment
               is
               grounded
               ?
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               Upon
               none
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               an
               offence
               at
               
                 common
                 Law
              
               ,
               I
               told
               you
               so
               at
               first
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Jury
             went
             forth
             ,
             and
             after
             near
             an
             hours
             consultation
             returned
             to
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             took
             their
             places
             .
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Are
               you
               all
               agreed
               of
               your
               Verdict
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Who
               shall
               say
               for
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               .
            
             
               The
               Foreman
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Set
               up
               the
               Prisoners
               to
               the
               Bar
               ,
               how
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               
                 Tho.
                 Brewster
                 guilty
              
               of
               the
               Offence
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ,
               for
               printing
               the
               Sedicious
               book
               called
               
                 The
                 Speeches
              
               ,
               &c.
               or
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               of
               selling
               and
               uttering
               
                 the
                 said
                 books
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               What
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               he
               guilty
               of
               the
               Offence
               of
               printing
               and
               publishing
               the
               book
               called
               
                 The
                 Phenix
              
               ,
               &c.
               or
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               of
               publishing
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               How
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
              
               guilty
               of
               the
               Offence
               for
               printing
               and
               publishing
               
                 The
                 Speeches
              
               ,
               &c.
               or
               
                 not
                 guilty
              
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               How
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               guilty
               of
               the
               Offence
               for
               printing
               and
               selling
               the
               said
               book
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               of
               selling
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               
            
             
               Hearken
               to
               your
               Verdicts
               as
               the
               Court
               hath
               Recorded
               them
               ;
               You
               say
               ,
               that
               &c.
               and
               so
               you
               say
               all
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Jury
               ▪
               
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               North.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               we
               humbly
               pray
               Sentence
               against
               the
               Prisoners
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Ju.
               Hide
               .
            
             
               You
               three
               ,
               
                 Tho.
                 Brewster
                 ,
                 Simon
                 Dover
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ;
               you
               have
               been
               severally
               Indicted
               for
               a
               Hainous
               and
               great
               Offence
               ;
               Brewster
               ,
               you
               have
               been
               Indicted
               for
               two
               several
               books
               ,
               as
               full
               of
               Villany
               ,
               and
               Slander
               ,
               and
               Repreach
               ,
               to
               the
               King
               and
               Government
               ,
               as
               possibly
               can
               be
               :
               and
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               all
               three
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 Kings
                 great
                 mercy
                 you
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 Indicted
                 Capitally
              
               ;
               for
               every
               one
               of
               those
               books
               are
               fill'd
               with
               Treason
               ,
               and
               you
               for
               Publishing
               of
               them
               ,
               by
               strictness
               of
               Law
               have
               for
               feited
               your
               Lives
               ,
               and
               All
               to
               the
               King
               ;
               It
               is
               his
               Clemency
               towards
               you
               .
               You
               may
               see
               the
               Kings
               Purpose
               ;
               He
               desires
               to
               Reform
               ,
               not
               to
               Ruine
               his
               Subjects
               :
               The
               Press
               is
               grown
               so
               common
               ,
               and
               men
               take
               the
               boldness
               to
               Print
               what
               ever
               is
               brought
               to
               them
               ,
               let
               it
               concern
               whom
               it
               will
               ;
               it
               is
               high
               time
               Examples
               be
               made
               .
               1.
               
               I
               must
               let
               you
               and
               all
               men
               know
               ,
               by
               the
               course
               of
               the
               Common
               Law
               ,
               before
               this
               new
               Act
               was
               made
               ,
               for
               a
               Printer
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               ,
               under
               pretence
               of
               Printing
               ,
               to
               Publish
               that
               which
               is
               a
               Reproach
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               the
               State
               ,
               to
               his
               Government
               ,
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               nay
               ,
               to
               a
               
                 Particular
                 person
              
               ,
               it
               is
               Punishable
               as
               a
               Misdemeanour
               .
               He
               must
               not
               say
               ,
               
                 He
                 knew
                 not
                 what
                 was
                 in
                 it
              
               ;
               that
               is
               no
               Answer
               in
               Law.
               I
               speak
               this
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               have
               men
               avoid
               this
               for
               time
               to
               come
               ,
               and
               not
               think
               to
               shelter
               themselves
               under
               such
               a
               Pretence
               .
               I
               will
               not
               spend
               time
               in
               discoursing
               of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               Offence
               ,
               it
               hath
               been
               declared
               already
               ;
               it
               is
               so
               High
               ,
               that
               truly
               the
               highest
               Punishment
               that
               by
               Law
               may
               be
               justly
               inflicted
               ,
               is
               due
               to
               you
               .
               But
               
                 Tho
                 Brewster
              
               ,
               your
               Offence
               is
               double
               ;
               therefore
               the
               Judgement
               of
               the
               Court
               is
               ,
               That
            
             
               You
               shall
               pay
               to
               the
               King
               for
               these
               Offences
               committed
               ,
               100.
               
               Marks
               ;
               And
               for
               you
               (
               the
               other
               two
               )
               
                 Simon
                 Dover
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Nathan
                 Brooks
              
               ,
               You
               shall
               pay
               either
               of
               you
               ,
               a
               Fine
               of
               40
               Marks
               to
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               You
               shall
               ,
               either
               of
               you
               ,
               severally
               stand
               upon
               the
               Pillory
               ,
               from
               Eleven
               to
               One
               of
               the
               Clock
               in
               one
               place
               at
               the
               Exchange
               ,
               and
               another
               day
               (
               the
               same
               space
               of
               time
               )
               in
               Smithfield
               ;
               and
               you
               
               shall
               have
               a
               Paper
               set
               over
               your
               Ha●●
               ,
               declaring
               your
               Offence
               ,
               
                 For
                 Printing
                 ,
                 Publishing
                 ,
                 Scandalous
                 ,
                 '
                 Treasonable
                 ,
                 and
                 Factious
                 Books
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 State.
                 
              
            
             
               You
               shall
               be
               committed
               til
               the
               next
               Gaol-Delivery
               ,
               without
               Bayl
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               shall
               make
               an
               Open
               Confession
               ,
               and
               Acknowledgement
               of
               you
               Offences
               ,
               in
               such
               words
               as
               shall
               be
               Directed
               you
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               ,
            
             
               You
               shall
               remain
               Prisoners
               during
               the
               Kings
               Pleasure
               ;
               and
               when
               you
               are
               Discharged
               ,
               you
               shall
               put
               in
               good
               Security
               ,
               by
               Recognizance
               ,
               your selves
               400l
               .
               a
               peece
               ,
               and
               two
               Securities
               ,
               each
               of
               you
               ,
               of
               ●00l
               .
               a
               peece
               ,
               not
               to
               Print
               or
               Publish
               any
               Books
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               shall
               be
               allowed
               of
               :
               
                 And
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 Judgement
                 of
                 the
                 Court.
                 
              
            
          
           
             IN
             the
             Interval
             ,
             betwixt
             the
             Condemnation
             and
             Execution
             of
             
               John
               Twyn
            
             ,
             diverse
             Applications
             were
             made
             to
             him
             ,
             in
             order
             both
             to
             his
             Temporal
             and
             Eternal
             Good
             ;
             and
             in
             particular
             ,
             Mr.
             Weldon
             ,
             the
             Ordinary
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             spent
             much
             time
             and
             pains
             upon
             him
             ,
             to
             convince
             him
             of
             that
             horrid
             Crime
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             to
             Suffer
             ;
             Particularly
             pressing
             him
             to
             a
             Confession
             both
             of
             his
             Offence
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Author
             of
             that
             Treasonable
             Piece
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             to
             Die.
             His
             Answer
             was
             ,
             That
             
               it
               was
               not
               his
               Principle
               to
               betray
               the
               Au●hour
            
             ;
             but
             it
             belong'd
             to
             others
             :
             Whereupon
             Mr.
             Ordinary
             demanded
             of
             him
             ,
             What
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             could
             prevail
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             undertake
             the
             Printing
             of
             it
             ?
             He
             said
             ,
             
               He
               was
               a
               Poor
               man
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               Received
            
             40s
             .
             
               and
               the
               Promise
               of
               a
               Larger
               Summe
               ,
               whereupon
               he
               undertooke
               it
            
             ;
             but
             who
             it
             was
             that
             made
             him
             that
             Promise
             ,
             he
             would
             not'discover
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Ordinary
             did
             likewise
             further
             urge
             him
             to
             a
             Confession
             of
             the
             Author
             ,
             upon
             a
             Confidence
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             Discovery
             might
             save
             his
             Life
             .
             To
             which
             he
             Replyed
             ,
             that
             he
             
             neither
             could
             do
             it
             ,
             not
             did
             believe
             himself
             obliged
             to
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             he
             could
             ;
             for
             better
             (
             sayes
             he
             )
             one
             suffer
             ,
             then
             many
             .
             Being
             pressed
             to
             receive
             the
             
               blessed
               Sacrament
            
             ,
             he
             return'd
             ,
             that
             
               he
               was
               not
               free
               to
               do
               it
               ;
               He
               was
               against
               receiving
               according
               to
               the
               Forms
               of
               this
               Church
               ;
               and
               he
               hoped
               ,
               he
               might
               do
               well
               enough
               without
            
             it
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             temper
             he
             continued
             till
             he
             came
             to
             the
             Place
             of
             Execution
             ;
             Where
             going
             up
             the
             Ladder
             ,
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             say
             ,
             he
             should
             remember
             the
             cautions
             he
             had
             given
             him
             .
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               suppose
               this
               appearance
               of
               people
               doth
               expect
               that
               I
               should
               say
               something
               as
               to
               the
               matter
               I
               come
               here
               for
               .
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               I
               come
               here
               Condemn'd
               as
               a
               Traytor
               ,
               for
               
                 printing
                 a
                 book
              
               ,
               taken
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               owned
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               judged
               to
               be
               ,
               Scandalous
               and
               Seditious
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               And
               Treasonable
               ,
               put
               that
               in
               too
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               For
               my
               own
               part
               ,
               I
               can
               say
               this
               ,
               I
               knew
               it
               not
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               till
               I
               came
               to
               the
               Bar
               to
               be
               Tryed
               ;
               I
               was
               surprized
               in
               the
               doing
               of
               it
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               ,
               I
               was
               clear
               and
               free
               in
               my
               own
               thoughts
               as
               to
               intend
               any
               Sedition
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               I
               would
               not
               willingly
               interrupt
               a
               dying
               man
               ;
               I
               told
               you
               before
               that
               you
               must
               not
               declare
               any
               thing
               in
               justification
               ,
               or
               mitigation
               ,
               of
               so
               soul
               a
               Crime
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               had
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               that
               was
               for
               the
               disburthening
               of
               your
               own
               Conscience
               ,
               or
               to
               give
               any
               good
               Admonitions
               to
               the
               people
               to
               beware
               of
               falling
               into
               the
               like
               Crime
               ,
               you
               should
               be
               patiently
               heard
               :
               but
               I
               wonder
               you
               should
               go
               about
               to
               justifie
               your self
               in
               this
               ,
               when
               you
               did
               confess
               both
               to
               my
               brother
               here
               ,
               and
               my
               self
               ,
               after
               Sentence
               ,
               that
               That
               which
               was
               passed
               upon
               you
               ,
               was
               just
               ,
               and
               deserved
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               say
               otherwise
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               was
               just
               ;
               but
               as
               to
               my
               ignorance
               of
               the
               matter
               of
               intending
               or
               imagining
               to
               foment
               and
               contrive
               any
               such
               thing
               tending
               to
               such
               ends
               ,
               but
               barely
               for
               getting
               a
               little
               mony
               for
               my
               Family
               ;
               I
               was
               as
               clear
               as
               the
               Child
               unborn
               of
               any
               other
               design
               knowingly
               ,
               of
               any
               such
               thing
               ,
               I
               do
               look
               upon
               it
               as
               a
               Surprizal
               ;
               
               First
               ,
               I
               was
               Surprized
               in
               this
               matter
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               that
               dangerous
               sickness
               ,
               and
               weakness
               I
               was
               in
               when
               it
               was
               brought
               ▪
               I
               received
               it
               with
               my
               own
               hands
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               wrapt
               up
               in
               wast
               paper
               ,
               and
               so
               I
               delivered
               is
               to
               my
               servant
               ,
               he
               went
               on
               with
               it
               ▪
               and
               two
               or
               three
               dayes
               after
               ,
               it
               was
               taken
               from
               me
               by
               those
               that
               came
               to
               search
               my
               house
               ,
               who
               themselves
               told
               me
               they
               came
               upon
               information
               ;
               so
               that
               it
               was
               a
               matter
               I
               was
               surprized
               with
               when
               it
               was
               brought
               in
               ,
               by
               reason
               of
               my
               sickness
               and
               weakness
               ,
               being
               unable
               to
               over
               look
               it
               :
               And
               likewise
               as
               soon
               as
               it
               was
               brought
               in
               ,
               the
               third
               day
               I
               was
               discovered
               in
               it
               ,
               by
               some
               way
               of
               information
               ;
               and
               whether
               those
               that
               were
               the
               senders
               of
               it
               in
               ,
               might
               not
               be
               the
               discoverers
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               some
               discovery
               was
               made
               by
               by
               the
               confession
               of
               those
               that
               searched
               my
               house
               they
               came
               by
               information
               ,
               not
               by
               chance
               :
               then
               when
               they
               had
               taken
               me
               ,
               I
               did
               ingeniously
               acknowledge
               and
               confess
               who
               I
               had
               it
               of
               ;
               and
               yet
               for
               all
               this
               ,
               the
               searching
               after
               those
               persons
               concern'd
               was
               neglected
               that
               whole
               day
               ;
               they
               were
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               easie
               to
               be
               taken
               ,
               I
               could
               prove
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Twyn
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               once
               more
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               heartily
               sorry
               you
               have
               given
               me
               the
               occasion
               to
               interrupt
               you
               a
               second
               time
               ;
               All
               these
               things
               you
               pleaded
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               and
               said
               as
               much
               as
               you
               could
               ;
               the
               Wisdom
               and
               Justice
               of
               the
               Bench
               did
               not
               think
               this
               to
               be
               a
               sufficient
               excuse
               of
               that
               Treason
               you
               are
               found
               guilty
               of
               it
               ;
               I
               would
               ask
               to
               what
               end
               this
               discourse
               tends
               ;
               tell
               me
               your
               end
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               My
               end
               is
               this
               ,
               and
               it
               please
               your
               Worship
               ,
               to
               shew
               how
               ignorant
               and
               unacquainted
               I
               was
               with
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               thing
               ;
               and
               how
               far
               I
               was
               in
               my
               Conscience
               ,
               from
               intending
               that
               Treason
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               You
               say
               you
               were
               surprized
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               knew
               not
               the
               Treason
               ;
               Was
               it
               not
               clearly
               and
               plainly
               (
               by
               your
               own
               servant
               )
               proved
               that
               you
               composed
               some
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               printed
               it
               your self
               ,
               and
               corrected
               it
               ;
               You
               understood
               English
               ,
               or
               else
               you
               could
               not
               Correct
               it
               ;
               if
               you
               understood
               English
               ,
               or
               sense
               ,
               you
               could
               not
               be
               ignorant
               that
               it
               was
               
               a
               Horrid
               piece
               of
               Treason
               ,
               such
               as
               no
               honest
               man
               ought
               to
               see
               and
               conceal
               one
               half
               hour
               .
               Therefore
               do
               not
               justifie
               your self
               ,
               it
               serves
               not
               to
               any
               purpose
               here
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               world
               to
               come
               ;
               if
               you
               are
               not
               guilty
               of
               the
               malice
               ,
               you
               have
               the
               more
               easie
               access
               to
               〈◊〉
               hereafter
               ;
               but
               that
               will
               not
               help
               you
               here
               on
               earth
               ;
               pray
               spend
               that
               little
               time
               you
               have
               to
               some
               better
               purpose
               then
               this
               ;
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               to
               say
               that
               may
               become
               a
               modest
               man
               to
               say
               ,
               we
               are
               willing
               to
               hear
               it
               ▪
               if
               you
               can
               remember
               any
               person
               that
               assisted
               you
               in
               Correcting
               it
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               were
               concerned
               in
               it
               ,
               say
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               No
               person
               assisted
               me
               ,
               I
               Corrected
               it
               not
               ,
               it
               was
               carried
               out
               of
               my
               house
               to
               Correct
               ,
               and
               brought
               in
               Corrected
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir.
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               You
               shall
               not
               say
               that
               you
               are
               denied
               that
               
                 Christian
                 Liberty
              
               a
               dying
               man
               ought
               to
               have
               ▪
               We
               are
               not
               to
               suffer
               any
               reflections
               on
               this
               business
               ;
               You
               had
               a
               fair
               tryal
               ,
               I
               say
               we
               would
               not
               deprive
               you
               your
               Liberty
               of
               speaking
               ,
               but
               do
               not
               abuse
               that
               Liberty
               that
               is
               given
               you
               ,
               by
               spending
               your
               time
               impertinently
               ,
               and
               fruitlesly
               ,
               but
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               further
               to
               offer
               to
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               more
               for
               your
               good
               ,
               go
               to
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               forbear
               to
               insist
               any
               further
               as
               to
               the
               Narration
               of
               that
               matter
               ,
               I
               shall
               be
               very
               unwilling
               and
               tender
               of
               reflecting
               any
               thing
               upon
               the
               King
               ,
               or
               the
               Government
               ,
               or
               give
               offence
               to
               your
               Worships
               ,
               any
               way
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               Nothing
               but
               that
               ,
               shall
               offend
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               go
               to
               prayer
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               Do
               ,
               do
               ,
               we
               will
               joyn
               with
               you
               ,
               and
               pray
               for
               you
               .
            
          
           
             He
             continued
             in
             private
             Prayer
             on
             the
             Ladder
             some
             time
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               R.
               Ford.
               
            
             
               Executioner
               ,
               do
               not
               turn
               him
               off
               ,
               till
               he
               has
               given
               you
               a
               sign
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Ordinary
               of
               Newgate
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Twyn
               ,
               give
               a
               signe
               to
               the
               Executioner
               ,
               when
               you
               have
               done
               ▪
               You
               must
               not
               throw
               yourself
               off
               ,
               you
               will
               be
               your
               own
               Executioner
               in
               that
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Twyn
               ▪
               
            
             
               Executioner
               ,
               when
               I
               give
               you
               the
               sign
               ,
               by
               pulling
               you
               by
               the
               Shoo●
               ,
               then
               turn
               me
               off
               .
            
          
           
             
               Executioner
               .
            
             
               I
               will
               ▪
               I
               will
               ,
               the
               Lord
               bless
               thy
               poor
               soul
               .
            
          
           
             Afterwards
             the
             Executioner
             comming
             down
             ,
             Mr.
             Twyn
             told
             him
             the
             Signe
             should
             be
             by
             Moving
             his
             Foot.
             
          
           
             
               Twyn
               .
            
             
               O
               Lord
               hear
               the
               Prayer
               of
               thy
               poor
               Servant
               ,
               receive
               me
               into
               thy
               Merry
               ▪
               Lord
               in
               thee
               ▪
               I
               believe
               receive
               my
               spirit
               ;
               Lord
               Jesus
               ▪
               Let
               my
               Prayers
               be
               acceptable
               in
               thy
               ●ights
               O
               Lord
               my
               strength
               ,
               and
               my
               Redeemer
               ;
               O
               Lord
               ▪
               I
               beseech
               thee
               receive
               me
               into
               the
               Armes
               of
               thy
               mercy
               ,
               let
               me
               have
               an
               inheritance
               with
               thee
               ,
               to
               live
               with
               thee
               for
               ever
               ,
               and
               then
               come
               Lord
               Jesus
               come
               quickly
               .
            
             
               Then
               giving
               the
               Signe
               ,
               the
               Executioner
               did
               his
               Office
               ,
               and
               being
               cut
               Down
               ,
               his
               Head
               was
               severed
               from
               his
               Body
               ,
               and
               his
               body
               Divided
               into
               four
               Quarters
               ,
               which
               are
               to
               be
               Disposed
               of
               as
               the
               King
               shall
               Assigne
               ▪
               
                 Since
                 which
                 time
                 ▪
                 his
              
               Head
               
                 is
                 placed
                 over
              
               Ludgate
               ,
               
                 and
                 his
              
               Quarters
               upon
               Aldersgate
               ,
               
                 and
                 other
                 Gates
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             It
             will
             be
             here
             Convenient
             ,
             to
             make
             Two
             Observations
             upon
             the
             Words
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
             FIrst
             ,
             He
             sayes
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Proofs
               were
               sent
               out
               of
               his
               House
               to
               be
               Corrected
               ,
               and
               brought
               back
               again
               Corrected
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               Corrected
               by
               himself
               :
            
             Which
             is
             not
             onely
             contrary
             to
             what
             he
             formerly
             Owned
             ,
             as
             was
             made
             out
             by
             several
             Proofs
             at
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             concerning
             
               his
               own
               Correcting
            
             
             
               of
               it
            
             ;
             but
             to
             his
             solemn
             Declaration
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             avowing
             that
             he
             knew
             nothing
             more
             of
             the
             Business
             then
             what
             he
             There
             delivered
             :
             For
             ,
             supposing
             such
             a
             Confession
             ,
             the
             next
             Question
             would
             Infallibly
             have
             been
             ,
             
               To
               whom
               was
               it
               carried
            
             ?
             Or
             ,
             
               Who
               Corrected
               it
            
             ?
             as
             the
             readiest
             way
             to
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Author
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             He
             sayes
             ,
             That
             
               the
               Persons
               concerned
            
             ,
             (
             meaning
             Calvert
             ,
             and
             her
             
               Maid
               )
               were
               neglected
               that
               whole
               day
               ,
               being
               at
               Home
               ,
               and
               easie
               to
               be
               taken
               ,
            
             which
             is
             Disproved
             ,
             both
             by
             
               his
               own
               Servant
            
             ,
             and
             Mrs.
             Calvert's
             :
             And
             likewise
             proved
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             That
             
               if
               he
               himself
               would
               have
               ordered
               his
               Apprentice
               to
               have
               looked
               after
               the
               Maid
               ,
            
             (
             as
             he
             Promised
             ,
             and
             was
             Directed
             )
             
               she
               had
               been
               Secured
               that
               very
               morning
               :
            
             The
             Fellow
             meeting
             her
             in
             St.
             Bartholomews-Close
             ,
             within
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             after
             his
             Master
             was
             carried
             away
             ;
             not
             knowing
             that
             she
             had
             any
             concern
             in
             the
             Business
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Mistress
             her self
             ,
             she
             is
             at
             Present
             under
             Custody
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .