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~ haveVI%‘btEn;.from,4 my ofthofc things, ;that I do4c% Wish 77c[onfid::tm avcmit,‘
that I have‘é%s freely m;I1 myfword in my band‘ C Upon Vcmr andéthcir primi-
givc dcclarcd principfé§)Vadventurcd my life and blood for % the prcéfervation of
the" lawcjsmd,11b¢r:icsA‘o£ Ebglgxgd  {with‘asAmuchrc:’f0iuai0n 3.9 any Lordin
‘Eng1and, arx§:Eth0ughV'it “mayxrrxiu my bcgb:uc::d“ 2i;bjt0ad%~t0“$;31y%1  dii"gtAace,4 by the
Hmxffe of Lords, or ffomcothexvLof:%r§y* adverfarics; ‘that  A am new falcnftijxifx,

andfor{akcn myfitfi principalsg. and wouldhavc-;” neither‘laW‘nor~g0vcm- «

meat; 3526:: zfdoc jxyich abundance ofconfldcncc avers it, V that I am not (if!
5<flOWf 5;11y o%Un%%fi¢:t%fi§)w chan;‘z;*:'d"o£r fal¢§1‘fr§)m my firfl prjncipIé:s1‘n the leaff,
but that’: zhthords “ f;themAfeiv¢¢s ’jarc*thici;rue ap’_b&ate‘s” ; V, and that they are the:
mcn;th‘atgin5 theiriconihnz praaizcs now of « ‘iate yeV‘a.i*cs%; ffiwfiagiy‘ A¢ma’m'z*zom‘
W ieffrayalz [wand government: and to fat up in ihémfc1'ies“ rm a;bfo1’ute
arbitrary Tyrafnic; WOW: than either Stau%rr:‘Cb.4mé;er3,i   C'am2celZTw&j1e, on
High»£c0n:1mifl3dn;ox all three 0f.£h€mput alltogcchcr in‘ one, gwhicb I doubt

_ not bum1‘r ny fqllfiwing plea; zomake aPParan-nothis*Co_mmic;ec¢;a“sQ;:hc A
’Sum:hacfl1;m:csat noencA&ay,.fgz; whAim} cud l';dgfir}c‘ ghxsj C’0mm1;z_c_c _ to-ta_kex

hmticc in the firfi place... A Iha

4  9. AndbythePetittot1 oftightgmadc A N W A
allthofe lawes, 9ndlib€.l‘£i€S‘"aI'€ mommy conftrmedl but it l8tl'1€_I,C‘ina&7€d
Aaztdfully declmcdaathatlno man be adjudged or condemned, butby the lavves 

ielttteltll

font and equities be bound,’ but by thcttowtt ‘free ‘confents, neither in realm};
tttllzce, 61‘ eqttttva can any: be lawmakers tothem,thtta:e fl’0t‘ tlteteunto

«jéiltllly lmgmwred by them, which theflottfe 0fLOrds atet.totiml1eleal"t3latl?t I

ttte meerly and altogether the cteatutet of the King made by his prerogative:

fame times ofthe bafeft and cortupteltofthc people,  being the tneere tffue
ll ofltts Wills fitting by his cammancl, who himfelfc in telettence to the buddies

and eflates of the people, is lytmitted tmdbottnded by the law» _ _
A 7' 1. As for lnllance by the 29.th oFMagm Cbarta, the King htmfelfe can»

hotimptifon my manfi not difpoflefle himlof his freehold, liberties or free" _ _
\;cufl'0met, or Outlstw hxm, exile him ‘Or any Othfifwlfct deflroyl hm, but by "

due procefl‘ett:»flt w,’ igccording to the law ot theLaad»f neitltet can he fell, dt-.~
cry, or deferre, [0 any mam either lufticem: ttgltt. ‘t

L 2. And by'the’Statute nfthe 2» 86lV$7é'.€$".'3'2 3 8 and I4. Eolvmardg, ttt:ttt<l—m '
I I -R, —2. «I 0 the Kmg it tyecl that he lhal not hittdet,dzfittt'be,nor delay com:

mon right and juttécelwaccotding to me Law of the Landl, by any ctttsemmatgtl

..-undlfir the great Seale, or the little Sealemeithetby any letters of his Signet oti
privy feale, and tf hemall fentl any fuel‘: commands, the Jtttlges notwt_thfiatt-
ding, {hall and ought to goe on to execute the Law in cvety poittt; W as if any

fuel: command had never been.

already cfilfilified, and declared.‘ and thatallthee Atltfiittillrators oftlie lawes
offingland, and all other of theKings mimtletsflhatll fewrvc: lh*im;andl the

Kingdome» according to thctleclated l.aW§'S tflietctaft, :1ndno_t tf:}tl1CflVlf€.5 A
4. And in th”e‘ac?ts thé”tabloli£hedtSlii[5mQt1ey,l A 3fld,_abQl1fhCd the Star gfisdwéerg
ttttd reétiffetlaltltecouncell Board, l all and every the particulars of the {aid

Petttton afright isnottanlyconfitmedt but it is inaéted fu'I;Ehc£‘1,£haBnCiEhctA

power orbthet authoreitfil3Y[Englifl1l:lBill$,.’P¢€ili0U.i Atticl‘eSs 'hlbCi_l5t {Or any

totltetttbittlatie waywhatfoevet, t0?f:X.i-Imiilfi otdraw into quefiion, . deter-

mine or difpofe of the Lands", Tenements. , hCfCdCC3mCfl!$_a goods or chat.

9 text; tiftatay the fubjefis“ ofthis Kittgfiome, ’ but that the fame ought to be try»

ed and determined in that ordinary Ccuttsofjufcice, and by tthe urdinaty

,~.et1qtfest Qeif_la1_J‘V,l »whicft1alt Cl__3ul:C is exttibfdinary  pCttin€t1r‘to my purpofe,  
__t;h;tt4the ordznarie Courts Oflufilcfiafifld thceotghnaty tiouttsofthc law, ate .
' tel be ttyl'erL§o%f a;ll‘eaufesMl.and dtfibtcnccs: bcttvtxt pattte and pas,-tit-.t A   At

A ‘That tltelatds doc notfit la the;ir.I-Ital”; by anyptzwerg or_autlIqrity;,1&e$; =
 meal {tom the peoples {tee elefitton and chotcsc, ( who CW.2”§I11_’1O;€_Rfl‘i;l1filCC.’ajlwgfla.-t _

\

inthc 3. d.; Qf'lltt\l1C"PrefenttKltllg,   

M 3.

his Maififlya not llismprivie Gotmcell, h-’:1VC0l?.0lJgh€EOU???auyflliltifdifilona - t

cu.

   W  e     .
flhfl in eheeafi there in remeoiie g2:*oe~i:%§_o.i Eoe  sew:  hé°§:;2.‘i_i?Z::;_-gee???’
gueefggfimyggfgmmenrzor hereafieer he a:Ajomh'2z&;e«eAa'i Am? 2“ »";‘:i‘i‘§“:?.‘.’<‘z§f':‘fi*»£3i oi‘ his 1:.?:et'g:2mhv
the command or warrant oi the Mug: himm. A
their own potion, yea atidehe Kmge oaeh,  aha: he :.2kesWI1e21 he 13 made

 his -heirs-s or fucceflfors in o

King I-CCQ1’d5daI_ pare booke o'ec1a.page 7123 71.3 714. wee him eogovcsum “

higpeoyifa ;;gg._){diflg to the effablifhed Laws, and to prefmve unto them
theirhbeme-s_and freedomes. e_ A A ‘ _

  A eNow Sir; 1f the Kmg the creator of the Lozcis be £hi1S'1‘£fi1‘a!DCd by Law as
he is, that he ihalinot doc to the Freemen of England what he plcafezh, not

A exerciie an arbztraricatyranicall. illegal}; power over their bodies or cffates. .A

It isimpoffible fox hum zogm u_’nro the Lords the c xerehe of ma: bimzric
tyranicall, illegal}. pow-er,over then: hves. liberties, or eilaccs, for i::1s ;1m4.1':-

g,,,,,,in mm-e, rber: £1720 écing éeycmd the poiwrnf Mhwg.-. enehher 1 am confident h
V “' are they able to produce any folcd tcfurhome that he ever gave them any {am A
power. And though Igram that the King [0 the xudge.-ts gurus {och .2 power, A

as he can not, not doth not in his own pcrfon execute, yeti: fay that in is al-

wzyes a po A er, not flowing from his owne will, but limiitcd by the Law, by he

which heis auehoreizoed Toto docby :38.-goof‘ Parliament, and I am {me by the

worasoftlacwrietbyewhichhc {ummondthemto fitin ParIiamenc,(asI“

 find is: primedina lame printed book. called Elli? maumcte of holdingPar-

liammrs: pag.)_ Awhjch WrittiSthcf0m‘AJd;A1tiQfl A and more of their power) all
the power that 15 Vgxven them by;-hat wnzta 51:4 mmc'A to the Parliament, m~
eonfar and treat with the wg‘( or afl”OA1‘d”hJthCit Cdunccn) 0fc'e'rmina hard or nu.

afi"4ire.:’,if ca;-warning the King,~:l'2: Sm.:,¢ixd dcfmc‘: of the Kiugdame offnglgnd, and

Axe: C/aura? zbereofi But my pretended offence, touching none of tI1efethings,

but atthe moft is nxeerely an a&ion, or offence tryable at common f Law,
Cask: 5. part ercpoxrs dc/W115: Fawn/5:, . and befidcs theLords aboeucome had
noeconfez-eence n'orhcr_cat1e Wzth the oAKmg Achcir prorogaAriv‘efouncaiiifisoh as by

1 seem writ: offummonssewhithekis chefoundarion mhdgroundofthei}: ‘A power

they ought cohavc.

V And therefore the Lotdhso nhotw only by the common law, A hut Byechc ix: own».
law. and princzpkzs hadflot the Icafl ground” cfci pretend; to aApowc1: eoriur;foi§5h A

tioninthcleaft ofmy“caufeh.A I  A A A A A
~ 2ly,I am fummond by the Lords .Warrantco

come zdthcir B;u-re; and RS 

ahfwer {och things es I fiend ‘chaegcd Wiichebefore their LordVihips,concetmo’g.
A 2 pamphlet inutullcd tire 2:4]? mm» inflzficatian}. Now Mr: M’aym¢rd,‘admit thgxe
that pamphlet as they call him, were mine; and full of {candals in the high‘-4 -

cfio nacurayct 13/bells and jcomdalflm magmcmm is ‘not to be ' trycd by thee

Hwie of L0Id$2 but isfobe tryedonly (nomthc. Szarcbnm6&r‘is.dov;-inc) by

I

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%%*n§&ion azA‘thecammbé1aw, “as appearres by the 5» W5? Of Cwké: reports: A

age: 251. and the 2;: Hw2¢’—7_ Kala}, E 5; VEt.V’i«%, Dist. 285. and 30. affis

A la. 19. aifi which isfuily confitmcd by your own w'0rds1:1-your own denia-

ation, of the 19.;/1/fay 1644‘ ” I‘ PM bDC’k.€ DTCZCLV P33» 398- Wbcrc Ayo%uaf-
firmg agagnftghe King; max 13.: hash w'aycS cnoaxgil, 1“ ms “7?"§‘”?*‘~'YL Courwts
of j ufiicca to ipunéfh finch fedizzous 93mPh3553~%_ %’*’T““~‘5 W-‘m.Q“5 35 3?? 9~1”}’~W3Y
prciudiciaii to his rights, H0flO£_31_': Mid 3‘-3ifl7‘?¥‘%‘?5’ 3 31‘d1‘*:f§“Y 0* ffifim haw?
been fo info}:,=nti%y viaiaacdp ‘and v1§4:fiedghz3AZ\;’Luef’é:€:s own LQLYUCEH and. oFfi-

='cers; have bzzeme to bixmrr, Mid 110*: ‘IE6 P3iT1§£'~l 11fii?11sV ’~’5’4’?¢0 did f.?WCf i7CfiI'31Ut'1

ahy praccscfiengs 0% that kind“iza ozAhé:r‘£’C:1vri£..s5;% and {ma

 you% there javcrc of 

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ling{ which yet :5. deny minfitabc) is Quay auxcommon hmva where there is

a W; mfijjand afiign by the 1 aw ggd3%igm.;§,a‘;'=fc;md£aZ£5 m;ig;v2;¢:r%r¢m{aS alfo for Iiiicflsf
mi}? tziabic bv 9. ‘uric; man 3“ 53131185 mim a~5C‘3mm0“:1mV*1”d“U5 .0513‘ 1' 34 L

Wifmand“rhis aifo team as man " be very C7mrcs4%d andeVvifim1rbyrhc Sta-A4

isms 3: E! , g3.and 37,  %3T; 13J311d;33.~E§ 3;~:§~*3;“d. 43‘~ E» 3» 3+ and 2;» ;2. "5.

A and “.3” 2' I I‘ A‘ flOmc_.U§ whjqf} [gm fqrc g2'vc~:s4 th?c:iH~ou{%c4 of Lor_ds,," any
% wgngzanmw,-W pm€m§¢§AAc;izise5 3; therefore forithcm so meddle With mm

‘having’najufriflificiion Qfmy«cauiE.. it&bg:;’n,’gVn’ci:hc';r about arrow; ordclay,

of*iu35C“i“‘§?‘Mnfé‘ri6r% ;¢{ourts,t?1€iwr~ 9f:b¢¢;éd”ifi£S»% W‘-Zth:¥¢.upon4 »a1i¢ar»2m mm

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blifhed Law for the :u,dgcn;encof;h:Lords In an? fihmfl W%“¢5-W“? 1?*“£ P. ‘L’-' ‘
C*r¢%aV:ar%is«n¢‘:concur:dn=%Af9=:_—th¢L°*‘*SfiS§W ”€¥“?°§Vi
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1-4. B. 3; 5. which Statute isrhe principal flrength and-bafis ofthe"Loi‘ds power;%‘

but my. cafeis neithm: delay 05 Iuficicein an other

Gears, nor cormptfion of Izzdgement in another?

Cmxrkt, »which is all the _ca‘fes4:he Lords"ha%ve jurif-s
d%flion.o§E7— by Law , whzch IS as binding to them as

to any o:~her‘Courts jof f1_1fiiCf3‘§n »E:*:gland , M as" is ~

else: by the 4.1-1.4. :23." which Statute "pofitivfily

declares, ‘T£t=z3~ afizévarfiarzaf the Law krk-eLmd,
  for the Lam’: ~ar£g.Im2z!ly to rake cagmizamée of mag/’£°.r,;
 --42'?‘ to ozzerwrzizie =2‘/aejzrzfl and owdizmrj ;5ra‘mdingx oft/Je  _ b

Lam in az%er~a‘nfa¢£aav»Ccwrt.v:%Z *5 Neither was them‘
%:[%made in mgrcafe a'ny;Pstition'4:to the Kiflgg nor any?   
  ~“*CommiH¥nn of his granted to the Lords to autho-- ”
¢ rize them to meddlcavwirh me, and therefore :11!‘

‘fihefiir proceedings againfi me are illegal! fromw firfi

»t;osiaf’c.in EhC~hig«hE‘fl=r:a.tLIIfEg   *;Aga’ir1,:Tit? is V l’a§.n%b5;  

* »-the Law of the Land , Tlmt:  ncwmm v_/fmli Km pmfi$~¢soi
M V flnfwa?*wif 1aam¥?;pr¢efcr2t mm: éefarcffifiicex ,‘or;m.m*er
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  A C%Qo»kes‘Expafiriamf L/'1/fa:‘gm(‘ /9.52;»:-a, butnot any
Qfxhis, was done irzumyfcafeg; fozmthc aLo1=ds=.fum‘~.-=%  
  % §31Q1}€d«fB€_~0?j_'e,texm‘ .b.ef;ore:mjV;cIm"gi€ was ;;fi!ed.. at-“F

,_gainPc me, amd examined meiVz*’zza -was iup0nA.im%i: r-3

;.me from firfi
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  %:.&::B,§gh%:,A Whigh. expzjct fl3r%‘*dec§azes;~, ’ ?17héen.‘n<s; B1ii ans is m be judged butby his pmrcs,

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to -alaft are’t0ta11yiii'€:gaU and nmfc  

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enci by due peoeeffe eaceercflng tovdae L21» *)o;f' eh-e-Lanai (fee C‘./m-/.»;';_r cafe in 5 part’
Caakg Reg;:nm:¢:s)tiiv2cae.: is; as ieamed Sir Edward Caaiq in his Expoiitiors turf “Magma.
Ch:+":;,e:a:*e:.e  §g#;?3.7f,‘r'li§‘.~'3:Z1*.?t»‘C‘3. fee good Law by two fpeciall Orders of your Houfe) 1";2.ith,;
by his #“T’(;’;§'2‘7.V:’-t>‘:‘3.-:{.%f_~,, ehziez is,’%m%e2_z of/b.iso‘1avjrz_ca;¢;2itia;¢, Comma»; only being peerex to com;

‘ 27¢;§;vz:,aSM§§.:Zit‘{317&3 of Pa”reliame_11t areepeeresto Barons of ‘Parliament. :2, Part IriPci-g A

mt. fQl-‘E53,. 29. 46. so. where alfo he declares what title theybear that [are come?
prehended Within the name of peeereesof«Par3eiamem: , and aifo what tieles they“
have that are crnprehended within the title of Commons. And notable m=
t.his%eV:_%‘111:_'gsof¢ is :e"e.e~eReeo of Sir Simmm’ de 3er£;'rf9rd.ineth€ 4.  3. Ra. 2. which

Ix/1;..,EIa;¢;«}?;/V7/;f:z}~r£:e~”'r;:1ci‘ fxjom meaat iarge laff year under. the hand (if the Record-'e

Keepereof‘ %%th\eTb.ew;e;ree%Aef London 5 the fubfiance ofwhich Record is’, Time E. 3w.
in  .:.“W'F’Z per]‘E;a—dipi_c/azzrge tbaHo:¢fi;=‘of Lam’: to give right mi lawful! ?z¢:z'gmmt'
dgaz'mfle.5.ir-Simeoned ede Berisf7o1'd far .5255: trmfazwzm,’ 'mz¢rder immflrdaring lair Fe?-L‘

zlaer Kiwg Edwin. but the Lords to the King in eParIiament ‘fetid all with e.one. 

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&'m¢(Zeé<y«:;%e.LV};zda2e to gi<z¢ejm1gmmtp2gei22fi'1:im;; yet enuevertheleeffe at the Kings:
i,n1pQrg:u—niety they did, [wt it 2a?2:zéf~z<zJ/fe22—te.a.’, agreed and waged (‘ faith Sir Ede.Cook.
:3 pm; Inf’c.F01.‘5 0;) by the King“d:%d 4/! the grandee: iszfull Tarliement , T/mt tlmt“

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 Thei‘e%f0¢ fie e?fe7Le»»1*dIs ought mt to have% ji'zdged%thi.e caufe ?0f’h1ine,:e. fOr~t::§:ea”t"Lfé

.;cqneeeg3s t_1*xe.,n“«it ft3;E'$,’€5;. we-etV:§*lea€}‘% 0ff4’&i:'¢c/s'£ffier*Whz.» was Sp-eak¥er an the
::three:fe5zerai1e§;1mes I‘Wes;i:ée+{f01*e; ehezrfiouie, who With thee r=.::fin:'  feeiiuvyv
A1.£«0£.df¢eeeWere1aee, engy, Pgncxeeg bu: ['ampl4im?;¢tJ,;‘Perfic%zeW, Wirngg’ ¢%:,‘;1m»y 
w 4“. “ z ‘ H H '  I I
 ;  ya; M “  152:’-5 arm:

 lfardgéx, which praflifer is againfl all the Lawes of England and‘-the formes there--

of, as you your {elves notably confefli: and declare in the tale of t‘l‘l<‘.‘.fil.’fi

5 ;Members, 3; part Boole Decl;pa;g2oI. and a greater aélc of itijttfiicei then ever

I heard done, by either the Smrre-(’/mméer, [’azam'a!!-.C/3’oazrcl or Hzgiaflomnzzflfv

  a ma (hart, inthe clayes of their greattit tyraeny and ~opptel’iion.

:6 If the Lords judgement originally were binding inymyteafe, then a. few
Lords would bind not lonely me, but all the ‘Commons of England, who all

one after one, may he fo ferved by them, as I am, and that without any hope of

veedteffe in the WO1’lCl,.,(WhlCh both Law and reafoo abhotree) either by Writ of‘

t Error ot "Appeale, Attaim: or Certificate of"A£i'ize to any Cot1rt'vehatever, no

not to the Parliament it tfelfe, for then it would lcomelibeiiore themfelves
agaioe , who would nevercondemne thcmfelyes not their owne Decrees.
A And if the Houfe of COmm0nS.fL1fl‘€r: the Lordsyto eacercife fuch an a_rhitrar3r

 rilluegall tyranny as they have done uponme, and without all grounds, rules or
wformes of Law,fufFe1*thyem tofencl for whom of the Commons of England
A they will, and at their will and pleafure condemne them in what and how they

lpleafqthen the Houfe of Commons‘ Pcands formeere cyphers, the Judges in

iVV_ef’ctninfter»-Halal for cyphers, and all the l.awesitiEngland for cyphers, and
we the Commons of England are become the perfeéteft Haves this day upon

it ‘the faterof the earth, and by this praftice the end of all Go vetmnent is over-
vthtowne, viz. the weale and flifl-I)’ oft/ae people , as your Honfemdeclatesit to he
.-in yourinotable Declaration of17. Apri/,1e.4cf.2.p.2rr BaokDeci. pazg.879.Wher6: ..

you alfo declare, (but I may fay by your dealings with me, without any intenm
tions to performe It) t/zmtjou will not nor ti7?}f5)' coloatr of any aatlaarity derived
fiomyym, flu all z':erer7’z¢pt~ t.1s'e- mlmme comjfe lofjafiice, in the fewm!7~ arm‘: magi

 mlicxatorie: 0 this Kim alamemoic imermeddle in cat at 0  lriwzte ixtere , at/flew
. 5 P

where deter’mimz[aZc,m¢Zcfle it he» in cafe of male admiioffratiom ofjzifiice, wlaarcirz
yet./54!! fee and provide that right ée dome and pmrzl/Zmem inflified 44 there

‘/ball, be accafiwa, according to the Lowe: of the ICimgdame, azm’ the tmfz‘ re-=_ '
cw» y_pofI,-va.’ in y»oz»z; y ya ‘   _ x i »

Yea, and hereby the people of the Kingdome are left without all meanes A
iifto prefervtt ghemfelves,w5h£ch]ovarj2z’~ve.r fie‘), it m'z2c=2' mg/atto éa, being aw old :3

Law 4»: my 51572 the I(z'2agdome, I part Book Decl.pag.ao7. in that you fuffer the
Houfe of Lords without controule to exerczfe at thetr pleafure {itch ‘a power:

over the Lives, Liberties and'Efiates of the Free-men of’yEngland, as I confi-

dently aver it, cannot legally nor jullly be exetciled by King, Lordsand Corn-

‘monsjoyned andagreeing altogether, who are ’( when the molt is {aid that

can be faid of them ) hut)/lagzftrates (as allother Miagiltrates are) appzointed

for the protecflion and *~preferevati0n,ér»zr notrztine or defirufiion of the people,

3 1 part Boolt Dec. pa.g.15o.yyea a«n.dldafaf%a,habitually to doezhat,‘for?butten--A

84.1

deaxrottring

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cleave-u-ring: of” which, the gm’: ofSmzfi~"oni Jail My head by the clecreet of this

very Parliament, and for which I doubt not but either I or my poflerity A /Ea:/I /Ge _
the prmolefi and flomtefl of i~bem~ to do theirs; it hein gmore jnlt, eq;1itable,~ an-ill‘: "

xationall,‘ to cleftroy a man for a<.‘?isingl:tt1clcloing of a mifchiefe, then intending

i it, L9!fr£3_}?."7:""0{__, heingi.a.iySaiii11thandle jiili. man upon their 0W-nee principles in compa-
A mloin of themfelv~es.. t V" W i A it e

Andytl1eref‘0reySil.2'3.. if y0l‘i~0‘1'lZi3’@ LO‘rdSl11aall.‘fl1€hV‘Ene ,as:many Prefidenitsti
aswill fill Tzmlx, that they have done to others as they have clo_ne to me, 1 Va--
lue lZl‘1‘€m4flO£l.'1lf_)1‘¢?. in CO111paElfOn,t0 the feverall Ac5%s_.of Parliament, and the

C0mmo117Law¢ol?2tiihe 1.:/md,,wl1ich. are above- Aflrs, that, I have cited, which

age ypyeim; bl;m_kyyyag3.inl‘t their.ii£mipations,then I yaiue _;a dirty rag on the Clllngw.

hill, and .[f4;I~.pz:4ra yazcz, that  the Lord: in t/aeir Hcmfei-cam mafia Prefidem‘s to‘ de-
fifiroye/:16}: of Parliament, (and placket the ftmdamentalli common Law ofvEn--

glamdhp bythe roots) y;€‘2?.,l‘uCh Aft; as have been confirmed by {cores of ‘
Ra.rliaments,then why cloe you eozen,,.bli11cl,;deceive ancl-i delucle the ,peop:le~
of: England, by flitting for ‘CyP.ha_ES\" in the Houfe of: C0lTI‘1ll'i1-ODS-3,5157% t/ae;~e—

fir‘: awake and rcwzse zap like me22..,V and pawerfliyllyey and‘ cfiéfimziljr refme our Libs.-r-...-

hie: fiam r/cam, Z.mf‘.we doe it am-féZ'Ue;t, mm! ymzziflvgau, .4»:  yozx ale/Ervefir yaurm

eanaardly or tieeaclzreram see‘-gr£:Ig_::2ce,_

7. : The Lords being :11‘: meere creaturesyof the Kinggmrnade by his will and 
pleafure, anclyfeezthyere as Prerogative lpetfons, and yet in Law land by theiriown ~ -
p_rineiples,as_ Lmds Wi:‘;hOL1.lZEl1€I{ing, they have no Preroyygmve, and yet have
acftled upon mee, without the Kingyyothis. particular Com million, which makesii
all they have done unto me,_t.o heynull andiyvoid both in Law and reafon; yea,i;
andl mayjuflily fay, th-it they, both inyreference to the Kingland people there-‘
153,./ape-we firfiitm’ r/aeir poiiazer az;azLéJo:zozzr, yanclitainnot julily -by ytmsith-e Truflfeesl Of ‘
. V the people, (semi 337130/Ziazilci éet/ye Gzmrdizwsiyofytlaeir Laws: .-and Liévertienr any
longer be ownecllly. or, acl«;nowledge_d, ei.r.her:in Cql.1l,lZlC9. ., rCafon,y,y_l1onour, ljui’cice,_

fgtfety oz confciencye to bee. E-Iouife of Peers, but a company.0f Apofiatsgfalne

A from §Zl1€ll‘f:.fl7cl21iiZlEil1tl0fl and degenerated into Tyrants, and therefo.re.;deferve A

at -leafi"fr01n yQL1..,aI:}[Cl the ".jKil’1gdOrm€£h€ Starre-:Chambers cloorneh, L A
y Oéiefi. ‘Shave comcmpt pfaz Came, !7};~;‘hc La2;v,{Z4éjac.‘z‘.t ffl 7»77r:fi35€~’gZ'C3- ,F_£nmz2zd ifmpisi
yl?-:"3fi’3é”7?Z"«. ' i

- iflnfm. Ianfwer :i ,iixPt, Idee abfolutiel y deny, that I did either contemne hot

zifhiont theit..Cot1rt,’fo.r I obeyed their VV1?il‘. of'fSu:.nm,ons, and »v,ithall.re~
fperfl: and Comylementcamfi to their lBarre,i (which I aver was moite then by

l.,aW Ineecledto have done) where éairzzr exazmirzed ..w}7on., .1m‘6’rr0a‘a:ror£e3* .<ao'.4zifizfl”"
L ' ' ‘ 1 C3 . i ' ‘> . 5. .

my Ipreflied /mm! to ms‘ de;zZ;.['eg.zzZ} wit/9 ,_y_y_iz:za.’ ~z‘o fieam} c/Marge m writing,-,__ I

and to kgaolzire my agcmfer mzd pijrflsczzrorjotfa cf wlaic/9 W55, denied me , contr.¢zry'~.tay— l

.Li,¢1.w_m2.5l.1§—ffilz'(€;; ;w_:2 azjzwlgemmt izzmy oz2.z;i;=.y, mfie given 12}. I/9m@‘7:el_v.e:, we 2:/cg, ‘
 i ii i e . .Fe&rzza:v3t.«.»

‘rm

,Fe57*z£.azr}éefbreiAgzzin§? t/ae ‘Stm"rE-L”}Jzzm[4er, ‘£7!7#zJ:7?’r;%' r1”<»¢,=}t'zz'€c!¢zre:stf"oz‘/’5’at!z“t i%e*_5"z"’:z’2“~"?‘4§*-=~e’t*
_C!:wzméer.rj}ntm6e and all their proceedings‘  me ( Which was upon the ve- —

t -my famepoingfor retufing to anfwet Inte1‘:'t;‘:g;:tox.*ies) 552'/[eg.¢z[Z mm’ mbflv ms-
h j:z.eyZ‘}:zg.ziw2§} ;_]g,; ;L£égrrzIe of the Szaréjefz‘, tflififl Law of tin: Lewd, and /I/[.tg::z.4z C barre,

 meal mzfir. to ”c"o:v2tim1e‘:&z;)o7»' Record, yea and ‘in another Decree gaverme’2oco:;.L .

dana;1ges,.a,s__r,:ti:r‘a{‘c fome of the Iudgessmnd Executorsrof that fentence; all

‘which; Ip1‘&i’{:fc3d‘ againe and againe a£’th€ir»Op€I.1 Barre; which was to 11o~pur— ;

pofe; for they angrily prefied me to give an pofitive anfvvet to their iliegali
qLte£7tions,manci? beieeving in my owne bref’c,.Itf11ouidt'be committed Forre-

hh ft1Gng»to“anfwer, I delivered in my Plea by way of[<“prote*ft, agaérrft their Iurif-»

1 dicfh1o.12,t:as-ju{’tl‘y I 'x_fm%-ght do, (it being a maxime in Lam (as I fgtid before) that
 that which is illegal! in the éeginrziqg, 5} etnzé? of time. mmoztr :5: nzadé «Km-ufzarli)
h for whichtand nothing eife, they moftfll“-egally committed me to Newgatte, the

 I I». }-une, I646; which Warrant Idefire may be read, as alfo theDecree.

(I ar:fwer,._their Court wasrro Courtto.meir1 my cafe; £121.?/£.?2g".'i"53‘0" $2/ozrzfi

diffiwz of rice cm4fi>,hei1“rgnOtztny of the C;1L1h’;’Sthat they by the :4. &2’.r_:;“.“o"..f;~?‘.j
have'r]r1rifdi&ion of, armed 1.1: it had. }*-etvléy I/mt Statute‘ they cw/5129202? mleddie hhwitb

o  met mtkam‘ the King: conczrrrrwce, and }):«3‘f})c'ci‘a2I! ammzjfiarz, \7V1’1iCh they hid not
' in the leaft, and therefore in a double refpeét allmheir proceedings withme,

are mofi illegal}?andsLlnjufi,:md;th€ref01'e.;=ntfzIl and void in Law.   — A M A V
 3 Butin the third place Itgrc-mt, that co:nt.er'np‘t or~:af~?1‘ronto£‘..a Court‘tha.t
hath 1'urifdi6’ci.on.:over the Caufe is fineable amt imprifonahle,but to rafftonhth,con-
temne, or abr1£ea.Cot:r.t thathath no Iurifdxétion ofthe ‘caufe for which the
party is convened beforethem, Ifay by Law as neirherfineable nor in'spritfor:a—
_ ble: As forjinftancoiif atrCou~rt or? Sefiions qg_ePcions me fo.rrnyFr*eehold,;anc1

I refufe totahfvver them, and give them tonte:ro'ptu'ous words for rhedltinflhg with _ A

to that which by Lawzthey have no jtlri-fdiffi'it®i1 of 5.t.hey may by ..L:;zwvbir1dhh more to

 gmy ‘good behaviour, b‘ut..car1not~fine or impriibrz me, much lttflhdifnfrzmcihife me o

 of all the privi1edges«of;3.nEz1gloifl1ma~h,.o at the Lorcist have dorreto rne,f as ap-
pearesoby their fentence :.th.e fame holds gooti tn the Court of Common Pleas,
whoif they go aboutto ho1dtP1ea of Murder her ore them, tori: the party refhfe

to aniwer, it is no contempt of the Cout't,be'cau.fe they hzwe no jtzrifdiétiom or-o
vet fuch tcar1fes.. And pertinent» to this purpofe iS.B2zggI Cafe in the 1I..pat”9t0f ‘

A g_'oa£2¢s~:Reparm,w'hobeing, ofrrrmnoneod before the Mayor of PM-’1':':(")Hlfh,' in open

A Court called him cumming Igf222a»va,ar1d {said unto him‘,c‘amcr,{:_i,7e,&o,c. for which the h ‘
V Mtayor dif.F;'anchi.fed h1m,:md it was Eif“i01‘-.f(3d,th£1t the at:/"3-ffgrfldrijrefirrnt mu 2'!/a-t 3
~" go1J.fu.=mwfl:rit WM rzotraccomfizg toLazw,fa2r z‘.[M.«.t..»I1.?c’ /‘léfrrzytor in Lmv 12.5251:-to prnavcr to

V da,z§zf,t and at moPceouId have ohe}yeboLmdthimr.to hés good behaviour.  o
aS‘o:that.the Lords affirmimg over me aopower of jurzidzétsonhhwithoutlaw,

fmm/»t/as K zlrzgr. C ammzflfw ¢zccard£2¢g;.ro to/ac formcaafr/2c,oSmr::a:t‘e in. 1/mt ézckazlfit they   ‘

3.l'.C

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   . .   fit)    - 
are no ‘Court to me tn my cafe, not capable of the caufe tr: cohttfoverfie hetwlxt

5,-

r us, aridthereforel fay again in a double fenfe , they have not the leafl grotlhd
- or colour ‘:11 Law«either to Pme or Imprifon me_.,but at molt (in tale there were~

 ‘htlviorttrr ;  and as for lteepingoh my hart, refzrflizgfo Iqgzecl, hwlflappisrg ofmy mm: 9;,
;.r4:e05=¢et'hJ aftermy flffi?‘CO111m1tfIl€E1t1ll.CO.nt€mpt 0lffl‘l€1flll€g'£ill u"furpaltlone,.ha- 

an afl'ron.t, as Ildenyr) to bind the (or caufe me ) robe lzotmcl to my  be»
.4

wing long before that juftly appealed tothe Houfe of Commonsll am not in the

leaf’: fenfurable therefore as they have ferlfured me, even to woo. Z. fizre, 7. yea:.-at
 'imp?'rfl37¢»W2‘€%Z', had everllzflihg dirfrmrchi/hmerzt, feemg IE is a Maainle In Law and
T’Retaf0n b0th,Th;zt rhlzt n2r19r‘c‘hflo»m.hrhe hegihhihg ix mt valid :1 can he tier he mam’:

good 5)! tmé? aftimeg 'or‘"z‘hafe rhiizgr that t>I?’e...é,6g#;¢ fiam e?z£__/,.; PM”, flip 15:, am 337,5?

C

. attain a legal! or i/]}»:.e,

 ohjgzl. But iflt {hall be objeeted ,!That this Arglnnem: deeleoves the la 

- of the continuance of this Parliament , hem!)/E the I(£;zg his mclfa‘ hath. hm ‘ah/.3.=:«zrw:i‘""
J eased hat in at ‘capacity according to tI7e«;S?tpzrrrte ~rognzmlrli‘H»' Claz:e;*;ta2fl?ma1aoi Comma?-{ ll
Mzzce. " or 1 do A V t t

A . SoZ.I Anfwer, That the aft of continuance givzker the .l_Z:rd.s no more power their

.r what they had hy the Law hefare, for it gives them fi€)4;l..l"lll73g out continuance, and 
—rtherefore the Argument lslegal 8: Juft agarr;-.f’c them,rh.at the PrerogatweLord;s. 

forlakingdthelr own creator, and dealing »t~ttri«th»—me eor:.trary to theLawes and 

rstattttesof the Kingdom; yet as much in 1:Qr'ce .'etse.ver, and not appropriatin,g..g.

«or affuming to themfelves any formallurnew lgower, but meerly {land by the Pri-
a genitive power derived from him ( hebeing try» their own declared principles as

l lrnuchttheir King as ever,alllW.r-its,a”&c. ftill rurlhinfg in His Name) they have lofl:

g their Honor atldjufiice in going beyond their lflfillfildfis and dealing fog illegally, A
 “t tilrattlcally, ‘and unjuftly with me as they have done. Therefore from all the A .13
-gpremlfes and authorities before mentioned laid together, Ido draw my con-g
~ elufioh which is this , Thatlwas originally and {fill am moi’: illegally irnpriml, “
toned by the Houfe of Lords , and illegally fined , and illegally disfranchized ; "'
lg.;'ln filth a manner that in all ages bygthe moflt oppreflive and vvorft of Courts of _.
 maps in England, wasllnevelr lrnown nor heard of .before , for a bare and .fup--, «
ayofed Mlfdemeahor. d l l  

And therefore I‘ mol-‘t earnefcly and tmofi preflingly octave as my right? thg r
I‘

Juelgement of the I-loule of Commons upon my appeale to them againfl: the ,g
lords, (.fOl.“V:.'VlLllCl.1I>'hZlVC W.’.1l'L'€d upon them almlofi feventeen months) and
 that I may no longer run the hazard of mine and del‘tm8:ion, of me, thy wlfe,

IilitildllltlflCl1llCll‘Ql‘1,fOI‘COE1t<?"ll.ll'1g for my bwn , both in the fight" oh God and 

man ; and which is mine bGEh-by the law of God , Nature , and myrCount1*y*; ‘ ‘"
,;th3l;.lStQ*fi13r.3 My lentehce vacated, m§,,rliberties.for future feeured, and the
1'.d§_€§i€mpl&l‘lly’ §)L1Ellll1,§’:Cl, asvwella as«theStar~Chamher, High--Commiffion, or

Qohncelg

Cetzncelefiearcfibeing tluetr may   Size elmrged theta any 0ftheml,f?25* mat
lggepivzgteem/’1}v3'r.«z;: raiziflw ;2oz'»=2z: Z2‘jr«.'£_l~v 5’?*‘*~‘» 157 L71/oelmaw med Stem res af tide
'_Z?;_’;;;zrw;,,l;;;c&,z, l.:2t1tl1:~z*a;*le{_'ge?;*:»le mule wtt"x ;:;‘;s:., we mtlx multwtudes of" others) zefzm-,lep*..
M/‘(en ta _;M«‘*!~’if6 where m;  ma?  77l7t"7I"'7'éZ7Tli‘3“.:6t'l5'§~7!»7.“~: re 5’ r@a“cree:_for r,’ais¢g:,f0r which
theyhave :10 fuelt 3ll’Cl10lfllZf,7,£1l‘lCt 1:0 lnfl:  lg;-:;.;;v:er putmflnlments then. by any Law
is warranted,wh§:cl1 as the ail: it fell’ e:;;jggre l”l:":tl‘l were the principle czlufes oftheit
abolition , and may more ;7ufily be 0:; the Houfe of Lords , for tlm.t.elthere was

hopes of remedy (in cafe ofimullllee clone by tl1em)by appeale to at Parliament, .

which can.n0tintl1eleaf’t be elxpeified agazinft the l-loufe efiorcls, thetappelal be-
ing {till to theznfelves, unlelle the leloule of Comm one do inflate appeales at-¥
flglainft them foly in tl1€mf(';’lV€S: “ And by how much the more they judge them:
“‘ C011?-tvtO be higlherthen other Courts , by fol zsnuclt the more they ought in
“ law, jullcilee,.equ.ity3tconfcilet:ce and l101'10l‘,' to be tranfcendent in the equal, lee.-

l"'€.£;gall,jL1:l?c, andimpa1'tiall adntinllltration ofluftice: an aél of tyrany and op» «

prefion l3e%in’g tetrtimes MOFE odious in eltem then in any other inferior Cotxrtal.

_ael,elamed Sir Ealw. [‘00k:_:=V\"J€ll ol>f"et'vesix1 his lnllcituts‘.

And alfo I demand as my right and due, ample reparations from the Lords ~

for all their tyranny illegallywithout temorle,.pitie,ll and coznpalliozt exercim

fedt2_po11:me,t0;the appatlent hazmrcl oflmy llifee and b€l11g+a11Cl that I may alfer -

liave frmn them {Q much money: formy legall maintenance, as in all ages for
thefe three or feure hundred ears hath beenallowed to men in my condition
and prifon,an~d may be prev; ed forfor the time to come during my fizzy l‘.l‘l(:‘1‘€..

And that Imetylreely be left; totalte my eourfe.at Common Law upon all A
jaylors, Keepersef Prlf0ns,and El1€‘Sl1€?1‘lfl'6€‘l0f Lotxclon, ashzwe moPcNi‘lAlega"lly 4

anduhwlarrantably eitecuted their illegal}, 8L'I‘l)lm‘€1l‘y, and unbinding tx,rrannicall

Orders and Decrees upon me, and that en owllalfter feven yeares delztydby you, I
may alfo m1med1:xt’ly lje put b_V'- f,l'Ql.11” ljlmtle Intott certajn eapaetty to recetve of ’
t’lt‘EllllElal‘rll‘olF .5'zflz:fl7!r2r}’,0lCl.’TSl1‘.H'€i6’7"]"lV4’fi§6,Cl‘l€ Lord Clnef Iultice B‘7‘:>1mflw2', anal l

Dfioftor A/lzffil, t’vho- have Vlfible and pie-tatlfulll eltates in being, my longfinlce

decreed ’rep;tr;:titons agaitft myStar-Clmlnbefllltdges, with juclt aclclitions for ‘

mylot1gl’t}.ty, latge»e:xpez#ces, and gl”_€.‘£1*.'. troubles tl1e1‘el’0re, and not be put to

lfeelt it from the il..of:‘cl tC,’0r:.i;¢gz‘0.e2,- Sill" Framer}: Wina’eée;a£g; and l\»lIr.12¢ Mm, ‘latell ‘
\V3.rclerl of tl1elFleet,wh0fe ell:t'at.es tare fo w;al’ted% and deltrolyecl by lequel‘t1'at1— V
on,&e..thztt;l}ltnv.:=wnot ‘l?“.'l1t2l“t.t‘ to Eat? them, and may l3el1e1<eafter, as I have 

beenalre;;:ete?;::'l,l{even y<:::.trs in Ol~;tE'.E«1fllZil.t'l 5" l’ll},,I julf’c.1'i.gl)lt and clue from ChiI'l"l- A
And lLt_l—l€l_§,i‘,It3__fd.»1‘!3€llZly Cl6:"l‘lI‘(3 and pt'e'lle, that fpeelcly V care by your I-leufc be
jralietgto pm: l:l1e»l:iarl0f7 f%l'mzc‘/953/Peer :-trad CGl.Ed2‘Mrd Ifimg upon them" th0-

(‘1‘<>I-lgli "7l‘i"f‘i?-ill:%=, upon the forelléticl l;mpe;lcl1.:";llez:ts, either to their juftifications or A
  e.,~',_ w,- ' ~ . _- _ - _ e l~ .
Cmluet“ttmttm.s;l attlel. that all 3Lr.lZIS of theirs agCommon Lavv agampc-n;e-for 

E’l"0fCl$1l?0l§£”l1,?ai2::~:.~ll; or colt“tcet‘tfs.lng the {aid Impe%acehn1ents,_ maylbelloppecl,as

m 

4 i5tr”.}Tu{3tEee, law, and quity they ou

t —§1::tve%At~ofay%agaiu£’t the Lords irregular deem

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gm: to  till they be eith:~:r toudemrreri oi?
;tz{tifiedL1po11"t.’_ue  IAmp;ez:.éc‘rm1euts. A
And now 31:‘, Iharve done with all and ever"

gswith me,ti1l they reply: {ome 0-’-

V therothiugs in refere.ute.totth.e Houfe of Corrrruons (Ithink as erfleut?.ail_to any

own wetifare as any thing I héiir/eru~§1lr‘eady rm) I-have ready to fay, but that my
ggrefeut {treogtrtand voice is in :;u.,mauuerr quite fpentt , fothat I cannot well go

on at prefent, thougir I havr,5‘,LaH' my matter r'es.cE;r; andutherefore I earne{‘t1yrin.—-

treat driew dazy to fay out tkeérefig and to leave it to your judgment : and Tueil
day n:extr(o.err1g; ‘the 26. of Ofllooer r6.r§{7., at two a clock. rrr the rafternorone in

2 thefame plate) ‘oeiug your own appoituteté time, -I earnefty defi~re«yo;ur prefenceo

there, wheri and where I doubt not butt" {haii tiemeane my fetfe rwith as much w

r honour and reifpeft towards you, as you upon Weduefday iafis, with jufiice, can-=-

dor and fairneffe did demean your feif towards me, and the Kingdom:-,fo 

eoneerueuin me,%in.givingt«me for faitgpublike, free and uninterrupted ahear—- we

. that in fincfi-fity’fL!b§‘C1‘ib€5 himfelf, V

ing, which can not but in ingenuity be acknowledged a_ great obligationto hint

Si r J Yours aaudthe Kingdoms faithfu11'Servant;
    fobn Lilbwrneg  

“FIN I S.

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X3.’ fining t?-3?‘ in point of'LawhI',.u_