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         Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?
      
       
         
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             An appeal of murther from certain unjust judges, lately sitting at the Old Baily to the righteous judge of heaven and earth; and to all sensible English-men, containing a relation of the tryal, behaviour, and death of Mr. William Anderton, executed June 16. 1693. at Tyburn, for pretended high treason.
             Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?
          
           41, [1] p.
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1693]
          
           
             By Samuel Grascome.
             Caption title.
             Discusses the trial of William Anderton, tried for high treason, after being accused of printing two pamphlets: "Remarks upon the present confederacy and the late revolution in England" and "A French conquest neither desirable nor practicable". He was sentenced to death and executed at Tyburn on June 16th, 1693. -- Cf. Plomer.
             Includes "To the Right Honourable Sir John Fleet, Lord Mayor of the City of London, and the rest of the commissioners for the Goal delivery of Newgate. The humble petition of William Anderton a convicted prisoner in Newgate.".
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           Anderton, William, d. 1693 -- Early works to 1800.
           Lawton, Charlwood, 1660-1721. -- French conquest neither desirable nor practicable.
           Anderton, William, d. 1693. -- Remarks upon the present confederacy and the late revolution in England &c.
           Trials (Treason) -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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           An
           Appeal
           of
           Murther
           from
           certain
           unjust
           Judges
           ,
           lately
           sitting
           at
           the
           
             Old
             Baily
          
           ,
           to
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           ;
           and
           to
           all
           sensible
           English-men
           ,
           containing
           a
           Relation
           of
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           Behaviour
           ,
           and
           Death
           of
           Mr.
           
             William
             Anderton
          
           ,
           Executed
           
             June
             16.
             1693.
          
           at
           Tyburn
           ,
           for
           pretended
           High-Treason
           .
        
         
           WEre
           all
           Men
           truly
           Good
           ,
           publick
           Laws
           would
           be
           of
           little
           or
           no
           use
           .
           For
           all
           political
           Laws
           are
           the
           
             good
             Daughter
          
           of
           a
           
             bad
             Mother
          
           ,
           as
           being
           preventionally
           or
           occasionally
           the
           Off-spring
           of
           ill
           Manners
           ;
           but
           without
           them
           there
           is
           no
           Living
           in
           any
           Comfort
           or
           Security
           :
           hence
           all
           civilized
           Nations
           have
           ever
           gloried
           in
           their
           Laws
           ,
           as
           their
           Honour
           and
           Safety
           ,
           and
           heretofore
           none
           more
           than
           the
           English
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           none
           with
           greater
           reason
           ;
           for
           it
           may
           be
           a
           difficult
           Task
           for
           a
           well-read
           Historian
           to
           find
           out
           a
           Kingdom
           under
           the
           Cope
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           the
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Properties
           of
           Subjects
           are
           more
           cautiously
           and
           critically
           secured
           ;
           but
           especially
           in
           case
           of
           Life
           (
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           humane
           Blessings
           )
           wherein
           no
           Conjectures
           or
           Presumptions
           are
           allowed
           ,
           but
           the
           Law
           requires
           at
           least
           two
           credible
           and
           positive
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           thing
           be
           doubtful
           or
           controverted
           ,
           always
           judgeth
           in
           
             favorem
             vite
          
           ,
           and
           makes
           even
           the
           Judg
           himself
           of
           Councel
           to
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           by
           no
           means
           miscarry
           through
           any
           Error
           ,
           Ignorance
           ,
           Passion
           ,
           or
           Inadvertency
           .
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           the
           Law
           is
           a
           dead
           Letter
           ,
           and
           cannot
           execute
           it self
           ;
           and
           when
           it
           so
           happens
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           ,
           which
           were
           made
           against
           Offences
           ,
           are
           seized
           by
           the
           Offenders
           ,
           and
           turned
           against
           those
           whom
           they
           were
           designed
           to
           protect
           ,
           the
           Sins
           of
           any
           Nation
           can
           scarce
           draw
           upon
           them
           a
           more
           heavy
           Curse
           and
           Judgment
           :
           For
           then
           the
           Sheep
           are
           daily
           dragg'd
           to
           tryal
           before
           the
           Wolf
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           Villany
           is
           maintain'd
           ,
           encouraged
           ,
           
           and
           promoted
           ;
           and
           an
           honest
           Man
           had
           a
           thousand
           times
           better
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           a
           Confederacy
           of
           High-way-men
           ,
           who
           will
           rob
           and
           dispatch
           him
           with
           some
           kind
           of
           Generosity
           ,
           than
           under
           the
           clutches
           of
           a
           
             corrupt
             Minister
             of
             Law
          
           ,
           who
           after
           a
           swinging
           mortification
           in
           a
           nasty
           Prison
           ,
           shall
           at
           length
           in
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           state
           ,
           with
           mighty
           formality
           ,
           and
           tedious
           ceremony
           ,
           proudly
           doom
           him
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           all
           under
           colour
           and
           pretence
           of
           those
           Laws
           ,
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           could
           speak
           for
           themselves
           ,
           would
           
             acquit
             the
             Prisoner
             and
             hang
             the
             Judge
          
           ;
           and
           whether
           the
           following
           case
           be
           not
           a
           fresh
           and
           lamentable
           Instance
           of
           something
           too
           like
           this
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           wholly
           to
           the
           Readers
           Judgment
           ,
           after
           an
           impartial
           Perusal
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           
             William
             Anderton
          
           knowing
           himself
           to
           be
           mortally
           ,
           though
           caulesly
           hated
           ,
           by
           some
           Persons
           ,
           had
           absconded
           of
           late
           for
           a
           considerable
           time
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           been
           the
           hard
           fortune
           of
           divers
           great
           and
           good
           Men
           to
           do
           in
           these
           difficult
           times
           ;
           but
           being
           by
           a
           parcel
           of
           false
           Villains
           betrayed
           to
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Stephens
          
           ,
           Messenger
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           his
           sworn
           Enemy
           ,
           he
           was
           apprehended
           on
           the
           second
           of
           May
           this
           present
           1693.
           and
           Stephens
           (
           whose
           Malice
           much
           out-weighs
           his
           Brains
           )
           not
           content
           with
           his
           Person
           ,
           plainly
           plundered
           the
           House
           ,
           carrying
           away
           Goods
           to
           a
           considerable
           Value
           ,
           which
           there
           was
           no
           colour
           of
           Law
           for
           him
           or
           any
           Man
           else
           to
           seize
           ;
           and
           this
           I
           suppose
           might
           be
           one
           great
           motive
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           swear
           so
           desperately
           at
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           take
           away
           a
           Man's
           Life
           ,
           who
           otherwise
           might
           come
           upon
           him
           for
           Robbing
           him
           of
           his
           Goods
           ;
           the
           Booty
           secured
           ,
           away
           he
           goes
           ,
           in
           triumph
           with
           his
           Prisoner
           ,
           to
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Holt
           ,
           where
           he
           railed
           against
           him
           in
           a
           very
           indecent
           manner
           ;
           the
           Judge
           was
           very
           calm
           ,
           and
           said
           very
           little
           to
           the
           matter
           ,
           but
           ,
           upon
           the
           accusation
           ,
           committed
           Mr.
           Anderton
           to
           Newgate
           ,
           not
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           as
           is
           falsely
           alledged
           ,
           by
           that
           Lying
           Pamphleteer
           ,
           
             licensed
             according
             to
             Order
          
           ,
           who
           published
           that
           malicious
           Account
           of
           his
           
             Conversation
             ,
             Behaviour
             and
             Execution
          
           which
           was
           cryed
           about
           Streets
           immediately
           after
           his
           death
           ;
           That
           Judge
           knew
           the
           Law
           better
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           is
           not
           in
           himself
           so
           very
           forward
           
           to
           overstrain
           it
           .
           Whilst
           he
           thus
           stood
           committed
           for
           Misdemeanour
           ,
           he
           was
           bailable
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           very
           sufficient
           Bail
           was
           offered
           for
           him
           ;
           but
           
             Aaron
             Smith
          
           ,
           who
           wisely
           weighs
           what
           advantage
           is
           to
           be
           made
           of
           every
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           considers
           not
           only
           the
           Person
           himself
           ,
           but
           the
           Interest
           he
           is
           engaged
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           Friends
           he
           may
           be
           supposed
           to
           have
           ,
           thought
           too
           few
           Guineas
           were
           offered
           ;
           and
           therefore
           still
           kept
           off
           the
           Bail
           endeavouring
           to
           make
           a
           better
           Market
           ;
           but
           while
           things
           hung
           thus
           between
           the
           Bail
           and
           the
           Bail-master
           ,
           on
           a
           suddain
           the
           Controversy
           was
           ended
           by
           the
           coming
           of
           a
           fresh
           Warrant
           upon
           the
           former
           ,
           which
           committed
           the
           Prisoner
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           .
        
         
           This
           way
           of
           Proceeding
           being
           somewhat
           unusual
           gave
           occasion
           to
           divers
           Censures
           ;
           some
           said
           ,
           
             it
             was
             only
             a
             Trick
             to
             prevent
             his
             being
             bayled
             :
          
           others
           said
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Fact
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             fully
             proved
             ,
             could
             not
             amount
             to
             High
             Treason
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             could
             not
             touch
             his
             Life
             ;
             and
             that
             they
             had
             hereby
             done
             him
             a
             Kindness
             ,
             because
             upon
             his
             Tryal
             he
             would
             be
             discharged
             without
             any
             further
             Imprisonment
             or
             Corporal
             Punishment
             :
          
           But
           these
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           were
           more
           conversant
           among
           the
           Lawyers
           than
           the
           Politicians
           ,
           and
           could
           better
           tell
           what
           ought
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           than
           what
           some
           Men
           were
           contriving
           to
           do
           .
           Others
           judg'd
           this
           
             fresh
             Commitment
             to
             be
             the
             result
             of
             new
             Councels
             ,
             and
             a
             plain
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             taken
             new
             Measures
             ;
             and
             therefore
             did
             hence
             conclude
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             thought
             a
             Person
             not
             only
             dangerous
             ,
             but
             fit
             to
             make
             an
             Example
             ,
             and
             that
             therefore
             it
             was
             resolved
             he
             should
             be
             hanged
             right
             or
             wrong
             :
          
           And
           the
           Event
           proved
           these
           to
           be
           in
           the
           right
           .
        
         
           Now
           such
           illegal
           Proceedings
           and
           bloody
           Councels
           very
           ill
           becomes
           those
           who
           complained
           of
           smaller
           Failings
           in
           others
           ,
           and
           have
           turned
           all
           things
           upside
           down
           under
           a
           pretence
           to
           mend
           Matters
           and
           reform
           Abuses
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           sanguinary
           ,
           than
           a
           pretending
           State-Reformer
           ;
           nothing
           more
           cruel
           and
           savage
           ,
           than
           a
           Moderation-Man
           got
           into
           Power
           .
           But
           these
           doings
           being
           naturally
           so
           odious
           to
           English
           men
           ,
           I
           hope
           they
           will
           consider
           ,
           
           that
           the
           difference
           is
           not
           great
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           hanged
           with
           Popish
           or
           Protestant
           Halters
           ;
           and
           will
           see
           at
           last
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           a
           very
           ill
           security
           for
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           Properties
           ,
           when
           those
           who
           take
           upon
           them
           to
           guard
           them
           from
           Popery
           ,
           become
           more
           Lawless
           and
           Cruel
           than
           Papists
           .
           There
           were
           indeed
           some
           even
           in
           the
           Councel
           who
           did
           dislike
           these
           Proceedings
           :
           but
           others
           prevailed
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           not
           be
           forgotten
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           certain
           sly
           
             plump
             Divine
          
           ,
           who
           perhaps
           is
           as
           good
           at
           
             Hocus
             Pocus
          
           Tricks
           ,
           as
           any
           Man
           in
           Europe
           ;
           he
           can
           cut
           a
           Man's
           Throat
           so
           neatly
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           never
           know
           who
           hurt
           him
           ;
           he
           will
           put
           at
           his
           pleasure
           all
           into
           confusion
           and
           hurry
           ,
           make
           Men
           so
           mad
           that
           they
           know
           not
           where
           they
           are
           ,
           nor
           care
           what
           Mischief
           they
           do
           ;
           and
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           
           Gyges's
           Ring
           ,
           shall
           walk
           invisible
           ,
           and
           shall
           not
           be
           so
           much
           as
           suspected
           to
           have
           had
           any
           hand
           in
           the
           matter
           :
           To
           this
           Crafts-Master
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           made
           haste
           over
           the
           Water
           to
           set
           forth
           his
           great
           Services
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           ample
           Praises
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           Reward
           .
           But
           his
           Expectation
           was
           sadly
           baulk'd
           ;
           for
           the
           Oracle
           fell
           foul
           upon
           him
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           
             that
             now
             he
             was
             threatened
             to
             be
             turn'd
             out
             of
             his
             Place
             he
             could
             find
             these
             Men
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             might
             justly
             be
             thought
             that
             he
             had
             been
             confederate
             with
             them
             all
             this
             while
             ,
             and
             false
             to
             the
             Government
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             he
             did
             not
             give
             better
             Testimony
             of
             his
             good
             affection
             to
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             an
             Enemy
             to
             such
             kind
             of
             Men
             ,
             he
             might
             lose
             his
             Place
             for
             all
             this
             .
          
           Now
           all
           this
           is
           only
           an
           Use
           of
           Instruction
           to
           a
           Messenger
           who
           was
           malicious
           enough
           of
           himself
           ;
           for
           the
           plain
           English
           of
           it
           is
           this
           ;
           
             'T
             is
             true
             you
             have
             taken
             a
             Printer
             ,
             but
             what
             of
             that
             ?
             For
             unless
             you
             go
             through
             with
             your
             Work
             ,
             and
             swear
             him
             out
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             you
             do
             the
             Government
             no
             Service
             ,
             and
             had
             as
             good
             have
             done
             nothing
             at
             all
             :
          
           Guilt
           is
           ever
           merciless
           and
           bloody
           ,
           a
           Man
           is
           got
           into
           the
           head
           of
           a
           Schism
           ,
           has
           seiz'd
           on
           
           N●bath's
           Vineyard
           ,
           and
           there
           wanted
           not
           much
           but
           they
           had
           kill'd
           to
           secure
           the
           Possession
           ;
           for
           had
           not
           
           Fuller's
           Plot
           miscarried
           we
           had
           had
           a
           
           Jezebel's
           Fast
           ,
           and
           
             Sons
             of
             Belial
          
           had
           been
           set
           up
           to
           testify
           ,
           that
           the
           poor
           old
           innocent
           Gentleman
           did
           
             blasphemy
             God
             〈◊〉
             
             the
             King
          
           ;
           now
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           of
           a
           Trade
           that
           told
           Tales
           ,
           and
           the
           wicked
           Mufty
           strongly
           presum'd
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Man
           ,
           who
           had
           not
           only
           often
           refresh'd
           his
           Memory
           with
           the
           mention
           of
           his
           Guilt
           ,
           but
           did
           give
           him
           some
           disturbance
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           his
           ill-gotten
           Goods
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           was
           unpardonable
           ,
           such
           a
           Man
           he
           could
           not
           endure
           should
           live
           .
           But
           though
           he
           knows
           not
           how
           to
           forgive
           ,
           yet
           I
           heartily
           wish
           he
           may
           repent
           ,
           that
           God
           may
           forgive
           him
           ,
           lest
           he
           find
           Hell
           a
           more
           difficult
           place
           to
           get
           out
           of
           than
           of
           late
           he
           imagin'd
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           pass
           by
           several
           Circumstances
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           some
           would
           think
           material
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           avoid
           Tediousness
           and
           come
           to
           the
           Tryal
           itself
           ,
           which
           was
           begun
           on
           
             Thursday
             June
          
           1
           ,
           but
           respited
           till
           Saturday
           following
           ,
           that
           this
           bloody
           Scene
           might
           be
           acted
           with
           the
           greater
           Solemnity
           .
           The
           Court
           being
           set
           ,
           several
           appeared
           on
           the
           Bench
           ,
           but
           his
           real
           and
           effectual
           Judg
           was
           Treby
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           old
           Republican
           strain
           ,
           and
           as
           fit
           a
           Person
           as
           could
           have
           been
           pickt
           out
           for
           such
           a
           murderous
           Design
           ;
           this
           Man
           being
           Recorder
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           Russel
           was
           condemned
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           place
           being
           to
           pass
           Sentence
           upon
           him
           did
           declare
           himself
           exceedingly
           troubled
           in
           mind
           and
           mightily
           dissatisfy'd
           because
           there
           was
           only
           one
           positive
           Witness
           ,
           and
           other
           circumstantial
           Evidence
           against
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           not
           two
           positive
           Evidences
           to
           the
           same
           fact
           ,
           as
           he
           said
           the
           Law
           required
           :
           But
           see
           how
           mens
           Consciences
           can
           face
           about
           ,
           when
           their
           Malice
           is
           to
           be
           gratified
           ;
           he
           could
           now
           brow-beat
           ,
           revile
           ,
           and
           in
           effect
           
             force
             a
             Jury
          
           to
           bring
           in
           a
           Verdict
           of
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           not
           one
           positive
           Evidence
           to
           any
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           any
           Evidence
           at
           all
           ,
           that
           could
           directly
           affect
           the
           Prisoner
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           in
           his
           Indictment
           .
           The
           Lord
           deliver
           me
           and
           all
           honest
           Men
           from
           
             Trebyan
             Justice
             .
             Herodotus
          
           relates
           of
           Cambyses
           ,
           that
           he
           took
           an
           unjust
           Judge
           and
           caused
           his
           Skin
           to
           be
           slead
           off
           ,
           and
           tann'd
           ,
           and
           therewith
           the
           Seat
           of
           Justice
           to
           be
           lined
           ,
           and
           then
           put
           his
           Son
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           who
           sitting
           upon
           his
           Father's
           hide
           ,
           could
           not
           want
           a
           Monitor
           to
           make
           him
           careful
           
           to
           pronounce
           righteous
           Judgment
           ;
           and
           for
           my
           part
           I
           cannot
           give
           a
           reason
           why
           Christians
           should
           not
           be
           as
           sollicitous
           to
           have
           Justice
           duly
           administred
           as
           Heathens
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Anderton
           made
           it
           his
           Request
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           have
           a
           Copy
           of
           his
           Indictment
           ,
           but
           it
           would
           not
           be
           granted
           ;
           and
           indeed
           so
           great
           Care
           was
           taken
           ,
           and
           so
           strict
           a
           Charge
           given
           ,
           that
           neither
           before
           nor
           after
           his
           Tryal
           could
           any
           Copy
           be
           obtained
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           he
           lived
           ;
           whether
           it
           may
           be
           had
           now
           I
           know
           not
           .
           The
           Crime
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           was
           the
           
             Composing
             ,
             Printing
             and
             Publishing
             two
             Malicious
             Treasonable
             Libels
             :
          
           The
           first
           intituled
           ,
           
             Remarks
             upon
             the
             present
             Confederacy
             ,
             and
             late
             Revolution
             in
             England
          
           ;
           The
           second
           ,
           
             a
             French
             Conquest
             neither
             desirable
             nor
             practicable
             .
          
           As
           to
           the
           later
           of
           these
           it
           is
           now
           certainly
           known
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           no
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           Printed
           at
           a
           Press
           which
           he
           never
           saw
           ,
           and
           by
           Persons
           with
           whom
           for
           a
           long
           time
           he
           had
           no
           Communication
           :
           and
           it
           must
           be
           allowed
           to
           be
           a
           reasonable
           Supposal
           ,
           that
           his
           Judge
           knew
           this
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Tryal
           .
           For
           the
           Government
           had
           at
           that
           time
           in
           their
           custody
           those
           Persons
           ,
           who
           knew
           when
           and
           where
           it
           was
           Printed
           (
           and
           as
           it
           was
           said
           )
           had
           made
           a
           Discovery
           of
           all
           ▪
           perhaps
           of
           more
           than
           they
           knew
           :
           The
           Papers
           of
           that
           sort
           taken
           upon
           the
           Prisoner
           were
           sent
           to
           him
           the
           day
           before
           he
           was
           seized
           ;
           and
           some
           have
           a
           vehement
           suspicion
           ,
           that
           it
           being
           resolved
           he
           should
           be
           taken
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           those
           Pamphlets
           were
           sent
           before
           hand
           that
           something
           might
           certainly
           be
           found
           upon
           him
           :
           But
           his
           Innocence
           in
           that
           Matter
           hath
           since
           been
           made
           evident
           to
           all
           the
           World
           by
           an
           irrefragable
           Testimony
           ;
           for
           this
           September
           Sessions
           at
           the
           
             Old
             Baily
             ,
             Price
          
           in
           open
           Court
           made
           Oath
           ,
           that
           he
           and
           the
           Prisoners
           then
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           Newbolt
           and
           Butler
           ,
           Printed
           the
           
             French
             Conquest
          
           .
           This
           was
           both
           a
           Surprise
           and
           a
           Choak-pear
           to
           some
           there
           ,
           and
           a
           murmuring
           noise
           ran
           through
           the
           Court
           ,
           whilst
           some
           whisper'd
           ,
           
             And
             was
          
           Anderton
           
             then
             hanged
             for
             that
             which
             othes
             have
             done
             ?
          
           And
           the
           
             Attorney
             General
          
           ,
           a
           Man
           who
           need
           not
           be
           taught
           to
           speak
           ,
           was
           struck
           dumb
           and
           look'd
           blank
           ,
           I
           suppose
           in
           anger
           and
           indignation
           that
           he
           should
           be
           
           impos'd
           upon
           to
           accuse
           a
           Man
           of
           a
           thing
           for
           which
           he
           lost
           his
           Life
           ;
           and
           the
           same
           Man
           in
           the
           same
           Court
           proved
           innocent
           .
           For
           this
           I
           do
           think
           of
           him
           that
           he
           would
           not
           knowingly
           prosecute
           a
           false
           Accusation
           against
           an
           innocent
           Man
           ,
           tho
           this
           is
           more
           than
           I
           would
           say
           of
           the
           Judge
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Tryal
           the
           principal
           Evidence
           against
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           the
           Messenger
           :
           Now
           all
           Courts
           of
           Judicature
           use
           to
           have
           a
           particular
           regard
           to
           the
           Credibility
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           throw
           away
           any
           mans
           Life
           upon
           the
           Testimony
           of
           infamous
           malicious
           Persons
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           care
           not
           what
           they
           swear
           .
           Now
           the
           Man
           is
           yet
           living
           to
           bear
           witness
           of
           it
           against
           whom
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           in
           Malice
           made
           Oath
           before
           a
           
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           busie
           ,
           troublesome
           Dissenter
           ,
           came
           not
           to
           his
           Parish-Church
           ,
           nor
           had
           received
           the
           Sacrament
           there
           ,
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Twelve
           Months
           then
           last
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           Gentleman
           being
           brought
           before
           the
           
             Justice
             of
             Peace
          
           to
           satisfy
           the
           Law
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           he
           gave
           such
           convincing
           Evidence
           to
           the
           said
           Justice
           that
           he
           was
           a
           constant
           Churchman
           ,
           and
           for
           Eleven
           of
           the
           said
           Twelve
           Months
           had
           received
           the
           Sacrament
           at
           his
           own
           Parish-Church
           ,
           that
           the
           Justice
           gave
           him
           his
           Warrant
           to
           take
           up
           
             Stephens
             for
             making
             a
             false
             Oath
          
           ;
           and
           the
           Warrant
           he
           lately
           had
           to
           produce
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           hath
           still
           .
           But
           what
           a
           rare
           Fellow
           this
           is
           for
           honest
           Mens
           Lives
           to
           depend
           on
           ,
           you
           shall
           farther
           perceive
           by
           the
           Testimony
           he
           gave
           upon
           the
           Tryal
           .
        
         
           One
           thing
           whereof
           Mr.
           Stephens
           made
           Oath
           was
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           time
           of
           Mr.
           
           Anderton's
           Apprehension
           ,
           he
           did
           in
           Words
           disown
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           call'd
           K.
           
             W.
             Hook
             nose
          
           ,
           not
           submitting
           himself
           .
           Now
           as
           to
           the
           Words
           this
           is
           absolutely
           false
           ;
           for
           some
           scuffle
           there
           was
           but
           not
           a
           Word
           spoken
           .
           Mr.
           Anderton
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Health
           and
           Liberty
           was
           a
           Man
           of
           Integrity
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           from
           being
           given
           to
           Lying
           ,
           that
           he
           particularly
           hated
           a
           Lyar
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           Person
           no
           one
           can
           think
           would
           persist
           in
           a
           needless
           Lye
           at
           his
           Death
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           very
           last
           he
           denyed
           the
           speaking
           any
           such
           Words
           ;
           but
           for
           a
           further
           Evidence
           he
           told
           to
           several
           Persons
           the
           very
           reason
           of
           
           his
           Silence
           .
           For
           he
           said
           he
           knew
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           to
           be
           short-sighted
           ,
           but
           withal
           that
           he
           knew
           his
           Voice
           ,
           and
           that
           while
           he
           did
           not
           discover
           himself
           by
           speaking
           ,
           he
           was
           in
           some
           hope
           to
           give
           him
           the
           slip
           .
           But
           if
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           be
           pleased
           a
           little
           better
           to
           recollect
           himself
           ,
           he
           may
           then
           perhaps
           remember
           that
           another
           Person
           about
           three
           days
           before
           that
           time
           had
           said
           such
           Words
           to
           him
           ;
           but
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           care
           how
           he
           transfers
           Matters
           from
           one
           Man
           to
           another
           ;
           for
           that
           is
           the
           way
           not
           only
           to
           condemn
           the
           innocent
           ,
           but
           to
           acquit
           the
           guilty
           :
           But
           after
           all
           ,
           suppose
           it
           true
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           spoken
           that
           unhandsome
           Word
           ;
           a
           
             disrespectful
             Term
          
           it
           might
           be
           ,
           but
           Treason
           it
           was
           not
           ,
           neither
           was
           it
           any
           thing
           to
           his
           Indictment
           ;
           and
           why
           then
           should
           a
           Judge
           make
           such
           a
           bustle
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           exercise
           his
           Wit
           thence
           to
           prove
           the
           Prisoner
           disaffected
           to
           the
           Government
           ?
           What
           hath
           a
           Judge
           to
           do
           with
           a
           Man's
           Affections
           ?
           If
           a
           Jury
           will
           be
           prevail'd
           on
           to
           find
           a
           man
           guilty
           of
           High
           Treason
           for
           saying
           a
           Man
           has
           a
           Hook-nose
           ,
           who
           really
           has
           a
           Hook-nose
           ,
           they
           will
           hang
           a
           Man
           for
           speaking
           truth
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           an
           ill
           Country
           for
           an
           honest
           Man
           to
           live
           in
           .
        
         
           Another
           part
           of
           Mr.
           
           Stephens's
           Evidence
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           there
           took
           an
           old
           Trunk
           fill'd
           with
           Papers
           and
           Pamphlets
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           seen
           the
           said
           Trunk
           formerly
           ,
           and
           knew
           it
           to
           be
           Mr.
           
           Anderton's
           ,
           and
           lest
           the
           poor
           old
           Trunk
           should
           not
           be
           sufficiently
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           it
           is
           put
           into
           the
           Ordinary's
           Paper
           ,
           and
           also
           into
           that
           which
           was
           cry'd
           about
           on
           the
           day
           of
           his
           Execution
           .
           Now
           the
           Reason
           of
           Swearing
           to
           the
           Knowledge
           of
           the
           Trunk
           was
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           not
           found
           in
           any
           of
           the
           Rooms
           that
           could
           be
           proved
           to
           belong
           to
           Mr.
           Anderton
           :
           But
           if
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           had
           never
           seen
           that
           Trunk
           before
           ,
           then
           he
           must
           make
           a
           false
           Oath
           in
           swearing
           that
           he
           had
           seen
           it
           before
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           it
           to
           belong
           to
           Mr.
           Anderton
           :
           and
           indeed
           he
           had
           never
           seen
           that
           Trunk
           before
           ,
           nor
           did
           it
           belong
           to
           Mr.
           Anderton
           .
           For
           I
           can
           name
           the
           Gentlewoman
           to
           whom
           the
           Trunk
           did
           belong
           ;
           and
           in
           whose
           constant
           use
           it
           hath
           been
           for
           these
           Ten
           years
           last
           past
           and
           upwards
           ,
           in
           whose
           house
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           
           never
           was
           that
           she
           can
           tell
           ,
           nor
           doth
           she
           so
           much
           as
           know
           him
           ;
           and
           some
           Weeks
           before
           Mr.
           
           Anderton's
           Apprehension
           she
           innocently
           lent
           the
           said
           Trunk
           to
           a
           Person
           who
           said
           she
           had
           occasion
           for
           such
           a
           thing
           for
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           and
           did
           expect
           it
           to
           have
           been
           returned
           but
           now
           she
           must
           lose
           her
           Trunk
           ,
           and
           dare
           not
           own
           it
           ,
           lest
           she
           should
           bring
           herself
           into
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Trouble
           for
           doing
           a
           common
           neighbourly
           Kindness
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Evidence
           which
           was
           principally
           relyed
           on
           ,
           and
           which
           seemed
           most
           strongly
           to
           affect
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           was
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Desk
           ,
           as
           to
           which
           
             Robert
             Stephens
          
           made
           Oath
           ,
           
             that
             he
             took
             out
             of
             the
             said
             Desk
          
           40
           or
           50
           
             of
             a
             sort
             of
             the
             Remarks
             and
             French
             Conquests
             .
          
           Now
           herein
           lay
           the
           great
           Master-piece
           of
           Robin
           Stephens's
           Villany
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           seen
           the
           Desk
           formerly
           ,
           and
           might
           well
           remember
           and
           swear
           to
           the
           knowledge
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           moreover
           the
           Desk
           was
           taken
           in
           a
           room
           ,
           which
           was
           owned
           to
           belong
           to
           Mr.
           Anderton
           ;
           but
           all
           this
           comes
           short
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           no
           Treason
           to
           have
           a
           Desk
           ,
           yea
           even
           a
           notoriously
           known
           Desk
           ;
           and
           therefore
           to
           do
           the
           Feat
           it
           was
           requisite
           ,
           that
           some
           Books
           should
           be
           found
           in
           that
           Desk
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           would
           be
           reasonably
           supposed
           ,
           that
           the
           Books
           did
           belong
           to
           the
           Owner
           of
           it
           ;
           though
           this
           is
           no
           infallible
           Reasoning
           .
           For
           Mens
           Books
           ,
           Moneys
           ,
           and
           other
           Commodities
           ,
           are
           often
           laid
           up
           in
           other
           Mens
           Desks
           ;
           every
           thing
           is
           not
           a
           Man
           's
           own
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           in
           Possession
           .
           But
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           one
           of
           the
           Remarks
           or
           
             French
             Conquests
          
           in
           the
           said
           Desk
           ;
           and
           if
           after
           Mr.
           Anderton
           was
           apprehended
           ,
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           or
           any
           of
           his
           Gang
           did
           steal
           the
           said
           Desk
           ,
           and
           put
           such
           treasonable
           Papers
           into
           it
           ,
           I
           would
           ask
           of
           any
           indifferent
           Person
           ,
           Whether
           he
           ,
           or
           they
           ,
           or
           Mr.
           Anderton
           ought
           to
           be
           hanged
           for
           it
           ?
           I
           could
           name
           the
           Person
           who
           hath
           more
           than
           once
           told
           me
           ,
           that
           when-ever
           he
           could
           appear
           with
           safety
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           make
           Oath
           ,
           That
           about
           an
           hour
           before
           Mr.
           Anderton
           was
           seized
           he
           had
           occasion
           to
           look
           for
           something
           in
           the
           said
           Desk
           ;
           and
           that
           at
           that
           time
           there
           was
           nothing
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           two
           Quires
           of
           clean
           white
           Paper
           ,
           and
           some
           bound
           Books
           (
           i.e.
           such
           as
           the
           Bible
           ,
           
           Common
           Prayer-Book
           ,
           Whole
           Duty
           of
           Man
           ,
           and
           Books
           commonly
           used
           in
           Families
           )
           and
           not
           any
           stitcht
           Books
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           with
           Mr.
           Anderton
           to
           the
           very
           minute
           that
           he
           was
           taken
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           sure
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           Man
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           neither
           he
           nor
           any
           other
           did
           put
           any
           such
           Books
           into
           the
           said
           Desk
           from
           the
           time
           he
           had
           occasion
           to
           search
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           time
           of
           Mr.
           
           Anderton's
           apprehension
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           gives
           many
           convincing
           matters
           in
           evidence
           ,
           too
           long
           to
           be
           here
           inserted
           .
           He
           had
           no
           occasion
           to
           speak
           of
           this
           till
           after
           the
           Tryal
           ;
           for
           he
           could
           not
           foresee
           such
           a
           malitious
           Contrivance
           ,
           nor
           know
           before-hand
           what
           Stephens
           would
           swear
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           he
           durst
           not
           appear
           to
           give
           Evidence
           ,
           lest
           he
           himself
           should
           fall
           under
           the
           same
           sate
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           well
           known
           ,
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           peremptorily
           denied
           any
           such
           Books
           to
           have
           been
           there
           ,
           though
           he
           own'd
           the
           Desk
           ;
           and
           he
           used
           an
           Argument
           to
           convince
           the
           Bench
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           drawn
           from
           the
           very
           Evidence
           given
           against
           him
           ,
           viz.
           That
           the
           Desk
           was
           small
           and
           not
           able
           to
           contain
           half
           so
           many
           Books
           ,
           as
           were
           sworn
           to
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           for
           proof
           hereof
           desired
           that
           the
           Desk
           might
           be
           brought
           into
           the
           Court
           for
           the
           Juries
           ,
           and
           all
           others
           Satisfaction
           :
           But
           his
           righteous
           Judge
           would
           not
           allow
           it
           ,
           but
           shuffled
           off
           the
           matter
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           the
           Number
           of
           Books
           
             was
             only
             matter
             of
             supposal
          
           .
           But
           then
           is
           Blood
           with
           him
           so
           cheap
           ,
           and
           can
           he
           be
           satisfied
           in
           Conscience
           to
           hang
           a
           Man
           for
           a
           Supposal
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Supposal
             false
          
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           Supposal
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           durst
           not
           suffer
           to
           be
           examined
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           have
           made
           it
           apparent
           ,
           that
           their
           
             grand
             Evidence
          
           was
           a
           perjured
           Rogue
           ?
           This
           was
           the
           only
           piece
           of
           Evidence
           that
           did
           in
           the
           least
           seem
           to
           affect
           the
           Prisoner
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           fairly
           and
           fully
           canvassed
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           lightly
           huddled
           and
           sham'd
           over
           ;
           all
           the
           other
           Evidence
           was
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ;
           and
           if
           even
           this
           had
           been
           true
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           have
           cast
           him
           .
           For
           the
           having
           Books
           in
           a
           Desk
           is
           neither
           
             Compossing
             ,
             Printing
             ,
             nor
             Publishing
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           Crime
           charged
           in
           the
           Indictment
           .
        
         
           The
           substance
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Testimony
           concerning
           the
           Books
           
           being
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Desk
           was
           seconded
           by
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Hooper
           Beadle
           of
           the
           Hall
           ,
           and
           the
           Constable
           and
           his
           Beadle
           .
           Now
           though
           the
           Falshood
           of
           the
           thing
           is
           already
           made
           manifest
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           retain
           some
           Charity
           for
           these
           Persons
           ,
           till
           I
           find
           cause
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           because
           it
           is
           very
           probable
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           deceived
           .
           For
           if
           Stephens
           ,
           or
           any
           Agent
           of
           his
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           huddle
           ,
           and
           removal
           of
           things
           ,
           did
           put
           such
           Books
           into
           the
           Desk
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           examine
           it
           before
           the
           said
           Constable
           and
           Beadles
           ,
           they
           might
           ignorantly
           swear
           to
           his
           Contrivance
           ;
           and
           they
           might
           truly
           say
           such
           Books
           were
           
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             Desk
          
           ,
           and
           not
           know
           that
           Stephens
           and
           not
           Mr.
           Anderton
           put
           them
           in
           .
           But
           there
           is
           one
           thing
           ,
           which
           shews
           them
           to
           be
           too
           loose
           and
           heedless
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           in
           that
           they
           alledged
           so
           many
           of
           the
           
             French
             Conquests
          
           to
           be
           there
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           certain
           there
           was
           not
           the
           fourth
           part
           of
           so
           many
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           I
           have
           already
           told
           you
           )
           were
           sent
           him
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           and
           which
           the
           Government
           it self
           now
           (
           if
           it
           did
           not
           then
           )
           well
           knows
           were
           not
           Printed
           by
           him
           .
           And
           yet
           after
           all
           this
           multitude
           they
           were
           content
           to
           fall
           to
           one
           of
           each
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           particularly
           sworn
           to
           ;
           and
           when
           Mr.
           Constable
           was
           asked
           ,
           how
           he
           knew
           those
           to
           be
           the
           Books
           ,
           and
           was
           desired
           by
           the
           Prisoner
           to
           read
           the
           Titles
           of
           those
           Books
           whereof
           he
           accused
           him
           ,
           truly
           it
           appeared
           ,
           that
           the
           learned
           Gentleman
           had
           been
           bred
           to
           no
           such
           dangerous
           things
           as
           Writing
           or
           Reading
           .
           Now
           could
           a
           more
           unquestionable
           Witness
           have
           been
           produced
           to
           printed
           Books
           ,
           and
           their
           Titles
           ,
           than
           a
           Man
           that
           cannot
           read
           ?
           But
           for
           a
           help
           at
           a
           dead
           lift
           ,
           it
           was
           said
           that
           he
           had
           made
           
             his
             private
             Mark
          
           on
           the
           said
           Books
           ;
           but
           then
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           considered
           .
           That
           his
           
             private
             Mark
          
           was
           made
           to
           the
           two
           Books
           at
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           
           Holt's
           Chamber
           ,
           which
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           produced
           out
           of
           his
           Pocket
           ,
           when
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           brought
           to
           be
           examined
           .
           Now
           what
           did
           his
           Mark
           set
           on
           two
           Books
           at
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice's
           Chamber
           ,
           which
           were
           all
           the
           while
           before
           in
           another
           Man's
           Custody
           ,
           signify
           to
           prove
           that
           those
           were
           the
           Books
           ,
           which
           were
           about
           four
           hours
           before
           taken
           out
           of
           a
           Desk
           in
           S.
           James's
           ?
           
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           might
           have
           produced
           what
           Books
           he
           pleased
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           likelihood
           this
           Man
           would
           have
           set
           his
           
             private
             Mark
          
           on
           them
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           would
           have
           been
           sure
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           set
           his
           
             private
             Mark
          
           at
           the
           time
           of
           their
           being
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Desk
           ;
           but
           if
           there
           were
           not
           villanous
           Treachery
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           such
           Book
           to
           be
           marked
           .
           Would
           any
           Judge
           ,
           who
           had
           either
           a
           Grain
           of
           Sense
           or
           Conscience
           ,
           hang
           a
           Man
           upon
           such
           Evidence
           as
           this
           ?
        
         
           I
           suppose
           it
           is
           for
           a
           blind
           ,
           that
           Stephens
           swore
           ,
           
             that
             coming
             to
             the
             Door
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           Scudamore's
           )
           
             and
             asking
             what
             Lodgers
             they
             had
             ,
             turning
             his
             head
             aside
             ,
             he
             saw
             the
             Prisoner's
             Mother
             in
             the
             Yard
             ,
             who
             crying
             out
             Murther
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             came
             out
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             fell
             upon
             him
             .
          
           For
           I
           cannot
           imagine
           what
           should
           make
           him
           swear
           such
           a
           needless
           Lye
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           to
           cover
           the
           Treachery
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           betray'd
           ,
           and
           to
           bear
           the
           World
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           he
           accidentally
           discovered
           him
           by
           espying
           his
           Mother
           .
           For
           his
           Mother
           was
           not
           in
           the
           Yard
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           common
           Room
           ,
           which
           they
           used
           for
           their
           Kitchen
           ;
           and
           Stephens
           came
           into
           the
           Yard
           ,
           and
           directly
           to
           the
           Door
           ,
           which
           by
           chance
           at
           that
           time
           was
           bolted
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           could
           not
           by
           force
           get
           in
           (
           for
           the
           Prisoner's
           Wife
           and
           Mother
           spying
           him
           out
           at
           the
           Window
           would
           not
           open
           the
           Door
           )
           he
           took
           down
           a
           pane
           of
           Glass
           ,
           and
           was
           striving
           to
           come
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           whereupon
           they
           opened
           the
           Door
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           out-cry
           of
           his
           Mother
           and
           Wife
           in
           that
           Room
           ,
           the
           Prisoner
           Mr.
           Anderton
           came
           upon
           him
           ,
           who
           had
           escaped
           the
           Buzzard
           ,
           had
           it
           not
           been
           for
           the
           strong
           Guard
           he
           had
           set
           .
        
         
           This
           piece
           of
           Evidence
           also
           admirably
           well
           agrees
           with
           another
           ,
           
             That
             he
             saw
             him
             shoving
             up
             a
             Bed
             ,
             which
             ran
             upon
             Wheels
             .
          
           Now
           the
           Bed
           stood
           in
           a
           Room
           ,
           from
           which
           you
           must
           come
           thorough
           two
           Doors
           into
           the
           Yard
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           Mr.
           Anderton
           did
           not
           shove
           up
           the
           Bed
           ,
           nor
           was
           he
           first
           seen
           to
           Stephens
           at
           this
           time
           of
           his
           apprehension
           ,
           either
           in
           that
           Room
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Yard
           ,
           but
           in
           their
           Kitchen
           or
           common
           Room
           lying
           between
           both
           .
           And
           indeed
           as
           to
           this
           matter
           the
           Prisoner
           convinced
           him
           of
           the
           Falshood
           of
           it
           in
           the
           open
           Court
           ;
           
           but
           however
           it
           was
           taken
           no
           notice
           of
           .
           The
           Witness
           must
           not
           be
           disparaged
           or
           discouraged
           ,
           though
           some
           Men
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           wonder
           at
           his
           Wit
           ,
           how
           he
           could
           contrive
           to
           forswear
           himself
           in
           so
           many
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Besides
           
             Stephens
             ,
             the
             Constable
             and
             the
             Beadles
             ,
          
           there
           were
           also
           two
           Printers
           sworn
           ,
           
             viz.
             Roberts
          
           and
           Snowden
           ,
           the
           Substance
           of
           whose
           Evidence
           was
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             seen
             the
             Characters
             in
             the
             Hall
             ,
             together
             with
             the
          
           &c.
           
             and
             that
             they
             did
             believe
             it
             was
             the
             Letter
             that
             Printed
             that
             Book
             ,
             (
             i.
             e.
          
           the
           Book
           then
           shewed
           in
           Court
           )
           
             as
             also
             that
             the
             two
             Books
             were
             Printed
             with
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Letter
             or
             Character
             .
          
           Now
           if
           this
           Evidence
           be
           true
           ,
           it
           ought
           to
           have
           acquitted
           him
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           false
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           have
           hurt
           him
           .
           For
           the
           Government
           well
           knows
           where
           and
           by
           whom
           one
           of
           the
           Books
           was
           printed
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           not
           Printed
           by
           Mr.
           Anderton
           ,
           nor
           had
           he
           any
           manner
           of
           hand
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           any
           communication
           at
           that
           time
           with
           those
           Printers
           ;
           and
           if
           both
           the
           Books
           were
           printed
           with
           the
           same
           Letter
           or
           Character
           ,
           then
           I
           think
           it
           is
           a
           pretty
           fair
           and
           clear
           Inference
           ,
           That
           he
           printed
           neither
           of
           the
           said
           Books
           ,
           and
           consequently
           ought
           upon
           this
           Evidence
           to
           have
           been
           discharged
           .
           But
           be
           the
           matter
           true
           or
           false
           ,
           what
           signifies
           believing
           in
           this
           case
           ?
           Is
           one
           Man
           to
           be
           hanged
           for
           anothers
           believing
           ?
           Malice
           is
           put
           to
           its
           shifts
           ,
           when
           without
           any
           colour
           of
           Legal
           Evidence
           it
           is
           forced
           to
           believe
           a
           Man
           out
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           But
           if
           such
           Evidence
           as
           this
           shall
           be
           looked
           on
           as
           good
           and
           satisfactory
           in
           matter
           of
           Life
           ,
           I
           think
           the
           whole
           Society
           of
           Printers
           are
           deeply
           concerned
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           all
           in
           very
           dangerous
           Circumstances
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           assured
           by
           a
           very
           understanding
           Printer
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           not
           a
           Printing-house
           in
           Town
           ,
           but
           hath
           of
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           Letter
           or
           Character
           ,
           so
           that
           upon
           such
           an
           Oath
           as
           this
           ,
           any
           or
           all
           the
           Printers
           of
           the
           Town
           might
           have
           been
           taken
           ,
           and
           whom
           they
           thought
           fit
           hanged
           .
           For
           there
           is
           none
           of
           them
           but
           had
           Characters
           as
           suitable
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           was
           sworn
           to
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           had
           been
           seized
           ,
           and
           thus
           sworn
           to
           ,
           they
           were
           as
           lyable
           to
           be
           hanged
           as
           Anderton
           .
           At
           this
           rate
           the
           Government
           
           need
           not
           give
           themselves
           the
           charge
           of
           a
           Messenger
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           nor
           the
           trouble
           of
           such
           frequent
           Searches
           ;
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           any
           Seditious
           or
           Treasonable
           Pamphlet
           comes
           abroad
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           going
           to
           the
           next
           Printers
           and
           seizing
           his
           Letter
           ,
           and
           having
           found
           some
           of
           the
           same
           sort
           of
           Character
           ,
           to
           get
           a
           couple
           of
           Rattle-headed
           Fellows
           to
           swear
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           hang
           him
           ;
           and
           thus
           they
           may
           pick
           and
           chuse
           what
           Printers
           they
           please
           to
           hang.
           Was
           ever
           such
           a
           wise
           Oath
           made
           by
           two
           Printers
           ?
           but
           Snowden
           was
           made
           choise
           of
           ,
           for
           his
           notoriously
           known
           Malice
           against
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           but
           his
           Fellow
           was
           endued
           with
           some
           excellent
           Quality
           or
           other
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           brought
           in
           another
           Witness
           ,
           who
           made
           Oath
           ,
           that
           about
           three
           Quarters
           of
           a
           year
           before
           ,
           he
           had
           sold
           the
           Prisoner
           Paper
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Williamson
           .
           Now
           what
           is
           the
           Crime
           of
           buying
           Paper
           ?
           The
           Stationers
           would
           have
           an
           ill
           Trade
           ,
           if
           every
           Man
           should
           make
           himself
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           who
           becomes
           a
           Customer
           to
           any
           of
           them
           .
           Whatever
           they
           conjectured
           ,
           no
           body
           offered
           to
           prove
           ,
           that
           he
           made
           any
           ill
           use
           of
           his
           Paper
           ;
           and
           then
           if
           he
           had
           bought
           half
           the
           Paper
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           what
           harm
           had
           been
           in
           it
           ,
           provided
           that
           he
           had
           honestly
           paid
           for
           it
           .
           What
           need
           was
           there
           to
           have
           troubled
           such
           a
           Witness
           as
           this
           ?
           There
           can
           scarce
           be
           thought
           any
           other
           Reason
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           run
           a
           Man
           down
           with
           noise
           and
           number
           ,
           against
           whom
           they
           wanted
           sufficient
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           examined
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           not
           know
           that
           I
           have
           omitted
           any
           thing
           material
           spoken
           by
           them
           ;
           their
           business
           was
           to
           fix
           the
           Press
           ,
           Letter
           ,
           and
           Pamphlets
           upon
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           to
           prove
           he
           worked
           there
           ,
           but
           particularly
           ,
           that
           he
           printed
           the
           two
           Books
           laid
           in
           the
           Indictment
           ;
           which
           if
           their
           Evidence
           did
           not
           amount
           to
           ,
           it
           signified
           nothing
           .
           Now
           if
           a
           Man
           carefully
           consider
           the
           whole
           Evidence
           in
           relation
           hereto
           ,
           he
           will
           plainly
           perceive
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           either
           false
           ,
           inconsistent
           ,
           or
           impertinent
           ,
           and
           after
           all
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           .
           For
           he
           stood
           indicted
           for
           
             Composing
             ,
             Printing
             ,
             and
             Publishing
          
           two
           particular
           Pamphlets
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Remarks
           and
           
             ●●●●●h
             
             Conquest
          
           .
           I
           suppose
           they
           themselves
           did
           not
           think
           him
           the
           Composer
           ,
           that
           word
           was
           put
           in
           for
           Formality's
           sake
           ;
           but
           however
           if
           they
           did
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           offer
           in
           the
           least
           to
           prove
           it
           ;
           nor
           was
           there
           any
           proof
           ,
           that
           he
           printed
           both
           ,
           or
           either
           of
           the
           Books
           laid
           in
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Book
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           printed
           at
           all
           ;
           nor
           was
           it
           proved
           ,
           that
           he
           published
           the
           said
           Books
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Books
           ;
           nay
           ,
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           thing
           ,
           that
           looked
           like
           an
           Evidence
           towards
           any
           one
           of
           these
           things
           ;
           so
           that
           there
           was
           not
           one
           tittle
           of
           his
           Indictment
           proved
           .
           Let
           us
           now
           see
           what
           art
           this
           reverend
           Judg
           could
           use
           to
           condemn
           him
           ?
           For
           any
           Man
           who
           had
           known
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           would
           have
           thought
           he
           had
           been
           safe
           enough
           .
        
         
           The
           Prisoner
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           calmness
           and
           clearness
           had
           all
           along
           made
           appear
           the
           insufficiency
           of
           the
           Evidence
           ;
           but
           the
           Judg
           ,
           he
           as
           much
           crys
           it
           up
           ,
           strains
           all
           his
           Rhetorick
           to
           set
           glosses
           upon
           it
           ,
           over-rules
           all
           ,
           and
           though
           for
           Fashion-sake
           he
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Jury
           ,
           yet
           he
           perswades
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           could
           not
           but
           see
           in
           it
           ,
           what
           no
           body
           else
           could
           :
           and
           now
           like
           a
           Knavish
           Disputant
           ,
           who
           begs
           the
           the
           Question
           ,
           he
           takes
           for
           granted
           ,
           that
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           was
           proved
           ,
           though
           the
           contrary
           was
           as
           clear
           as
           Noon-day
           .
           But
           then
           from
           this
           false
           Supposition
           of
           the
           proof
           of
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           there
           arose
           matter
           of
           Law
           ,
           viz.
           Whether
           Printing
           were
           Treason
           ?
           And
           in
           consequence
           hereof
           ,
           Whether
           it
           were
           within
           the
           purview
           of
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           25
           Edw.
           3
           ?
           As
           to
           this
           ,
           the
           Prisoner
           desired
           he
           might
           have
           the
           benefit
           of
           Councel
           ,
           and
           pleaded
           his
           Right
           to
           it
           ,
           urging
           not
           only
           the
           Privilege
           of
           every
           English-man
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Practice
           of
           all
           our
           Courts
           of
           Justice
           ,
           and
           that
           no
           Man
           was
           denied
           Councel
           where
           any
           matter
           of
           Law
           arose
           ,
           and
           instanced
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Sydney
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           whom
           the
           Judges
           freely
           and
           readily
           assigned
           Councel
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Law
           ,
           and
           own'd
           it
           to
           be
           their
           Right
           .
           But
           the
           business
           of
           our
           tender
           Judge
           was
           by
           any
           means
           whatsoever
           to
           cast
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           several
           new
           Presidents
           in
           this
           one
           Man
           ,
           nor
           durst
           he
           trust
           so
           plain
           a
           case
           with
           the
           meanest
           Lawyer
           :
           or
           that
           had
           been
           to
           expose
           their
           own
           Malice
           and
           Weakness
           ,
           an
           〈…〉
           
           and
           whole
           Court
           would
           easily
           have
           seen
           through
           the
           Business
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           Prisoner
           himself
           they
           thought
           he
           might
           easily
           be
           dealt
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           veiled
           ;
           for
           either
           by
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           skill
           in
           Law
           ,
           or
           the
           awe
           of
           their
           Authority
           ,
           such
           a
           Person
           might
           be
           easily
           quelled
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           peremptorily
           deny
           to
           him
           ,
           what
           was
           (
           as
           the
           Learned
           in
           the
           Law
           tell
           me
           )
           never
           denied
           to
           any
           Man
           before
           ,
           
             Councel
             as
             to
             matter
             of
             Law.
          
           Being
           thus
           shamelesly
           over-ruled
           ,
           he
           was
           constrained
           to
           be
           his
           own
           Councel
           .
           A
           hard
           case
           ,
           and
           a
           very
           discouraging
           part
           to
           plead
           Law
           against
           a
           Judg
           of
           Law
           ,
           who
           improved
           his
           Art
           and
           Authority
           ,
           against
           him
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           and
           appeared
           resolutely
           bent
           to
           have
           his
           Blood
           right
           or
           wrong
           .
           Nevertheless
           not
           to
           be
           wanting
           to
           himself
           ,
           he
           undertook
           that
           part
           ,
           and
           made
           such
           a
           Plea
           as
           stunn'd
           his
           Jury
           ,
           and
           gave
           satisfaction
           to
           the
           whole
           Court
           ,
           except
           such
           as
           came
           thither
           with
           a
           resolution
           to
           Murther
           him
           .
           The
           things
           which
           he
           principally
           insisted
           on
           ,
           as
           to
           matter
           of
           Law
           ,
           were
           three
           .
           1.
           
           That
           Printing
           (
           though
           even
           that
           was
           not
           proved
           )
           was
           not
           Treason
           .
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Crime
           laid
           to
           his
           charge
           came
           not
           within
           the
           purview
           of
           the
           25
           Edw.
           3.
           3.
           
           That
           if
           it
           did
           ,
           yet
           by
           the
           said
           Statute
           he
           ought
           to
           be
           discharged
           ;
           because
           there
           was
           not
           such
           Witness
           against
           him
           as
           that
           Statute
           requires
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           it
           condemns
           no
           Man.
           And
           these
           he
           proved
           fully
           and
           clearly
           by
           several
           cases
           in
           Law
           ,
           by
           several
           Authorities
           from
           that
           great
           Oracle
           of
           Law
           the
           Lork
           Coke
           ,
           and
           from
           our
           plain
           Laws
           and
           Statutes
           themselves
           ,
           he
           argued
           from
           the
           Statute
           whereon
           he
           was
           indicted
           ,
           that
           whereas
           that
           made
           two
           things
           Treason
           ;
           
             Conspiring
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             Levying
             War.
          
           The
           Printer
           ,
           who
           worked
           for
           hire
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           guilty
           of
           this
           what-ever
           the
           Author
           might
           ;
           and
           further
           that
           the
           Books
           contained
           nothing
           of
           such
           matter
           ,
           but
           the
           contrary
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           produced
           an
           Instance
           full
           and
           plain
           ;
           he
           also
           urged
           ,
           that
           that
           Statute
           allows
           no
           conjectural
           Presumptions
           ,
           Inferences
           ,
           or
           strains
           of
           Wit
           ,
           but
           direct
           and
           manifest
           proof
           by
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           two
           Witnesses
           ,
           whereas
           there
           was
           not
           one
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           spoke
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           or
           any
           thing
           like
           it
           ;
           he
           pressed
           and
           explain'd
           
           the
           Statue
           1
           
             mo
             Marie
          
           ,
           even
           to
           a
           demonstration
           of
           his
           case
           .
           For
           whereas
           that
           Statute
           saith
           ,
           
             no
             Act
             ,
             Deed
             or
             Offence
             ,
             shall
             be
             adjudged
             Treason
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             are
             declared
             and
             expressed
             to
             be
             such
             by
             the
          
           25
           of
           Edw.
           3.
           
           It
           is
           absolutely
           impossible
           ,
           that
           Printing
           should
           be
           any
           ways
           declared
           or
           expressed
           in
           that
           Act
           ,
           it
           not
           being
           known
           in
           England
           till
           eight
           Kings
           Reigns
           after
           ,
           and
           not
           long
           invented
           ,
           before
           it
           travail'd
           hither
           .
           Any
           Man
           that
           had
           but
           a
           grain
           of
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           ,
           or
           Conscience
           ,
           would
           have
           thought
           this
           should
           have
           struck
           the
           matter
           dead
           ;
           but
           he
           still
           urged
           further
           an
           Act
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           and
           where
           Men
           will
           not
           so
           much
           as
           stand
           to
           their
           own
           Acts
           ,
           happy
           are
           they
           who
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           such
           .
           In
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           an
           Act
           was
           made
           to
           
             prevent
             abuses
             in
             Printing
          
           ,
           &c.
           by
           which
           the
           Printer
           upon
           the
           first
           Offence
           is
           disabled
           to
           follow
           his
           Trade
           for
           three
           years
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           second
           disabled
           for
           ever
           with
           Fine
           ,
           Imprisonment
           ,
           or
           other
           corporal
           Punishment
           not
           extending
           to
           Life
           or
           Limb
           ;
           this
           is
           pretty
           severe
           ,
           and
           yet
           a
           great
           way
           off
           Treason
           ;
           but
           this
           being
           in
           favour
           of
           that
           King
           was
           made
           only
           for
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           consequently
           expired
           with
           him
           ;
           but
           no
           longer
           since
           then
           the
           last
           Sessions
           of
           Parliament
           was
           this
           very
           Act
           revived
           ,
           and
           the
           
             present
             Government
          
           obtain'd
           it
           not
           without
           great
           Strugling
           :
           But
           to
           what
           purpose
           ?
           Or
           I
           would
           fain
           know
           what
           favour
           was
           done
           it
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           more
           effectual
           Remedies
           before
           ?
           And
           I
           think
           it
           may
           be
           worth
           while
           for
           the
           Parliament
           when
           they
           sit
           next
           to
           consider
           for
           what
           reason
           they
           revived
           that
           Law
           ,
           or
           whither
           it
           be
           to
           any
           purpose
           for
           them
           to
           make
           that
           or
           any
           other
           Law
           ,
           if
           even
           whilst
           they
           are
           fresh
           made
           ,
           and
           in
           all
           Mens
           view
           and
           knowledge
           ,
           a
           Judg
           shall
           dare
           openly
           not
           only
           to
           set
           them
           aside
           ,
           but
           to
           violate
           them
           ,
           and
           judge
           contrary
           to
           them
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           no
           further
           with
           his
           Plea
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           here
           inserted
           ,
           but
           that
           some
           thought
           it
           would
           be
           too
           tedious
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           proper
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           ,
           as
           being
           fraught
           with
           much
           Latin
           and
           French
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           necessitated
           to
           use
           as
           to
           the
           matters
           he
           cited
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           he
           acquitted
           himself
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           all
           indifferent
           Persons
           were
           abundantly
           satisfied
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           it
           proved
           to
           no
           more
           purpose
           than
           a
           Wall-lecture
           .
           The
           reason
           is
           ,
           the
           Tryal
           was
           only
           a
           piece
           of
           Pageantry
           ,
           and
           the
           Man
           was
           condemned
           long
           before
           ;
           but
           to
           over-rule
           this
           without
           more
           ado
           ,
           had
           been
           a
           down-right
           Affront
           both
           to
           Law
           and
           Reason
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Mr.
           Judge
           must
           needs
           make
           a
           Flourish
           ;
           and
           now
           a
           Man
           would
           expect
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           have
           gon
           through
           all
           the
           Cases
           ,
           Statutes
           ,
           and
           Arguments
           used
           by
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           fairly
           and
           fully
           confuted
           him
           ;
           but
           I
           thank
           you
           ,
           no
           such
           matter
           ;
           if
           the
           Man
           had
           but
           little
           Honesty
           ,
           yet
           he
           had
           more
           Wit
           ;
           he
           warily
           leaves
           it
           all
           in
           the
           Lurch
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           a
           blind
           upon
           the
           matter
           ,
           makes
           a
           Bluster
           with
           two
           or
           three
           old
           musty
           impertinent
           Presidents
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           seen
           the
           Sun
           for
           many
           Ages
           ,
           the
           chief
           of
           which
           was
           that
           of
           Sir
           
             John
             Oldcastle
          
           Lord
           Cobham
           ,
           and
           he
           might
           as
           well
           have
           urged
           the
           Case
           of
           the
           
             Man
             in
             the
             Moon
          
           .
           For
           what
           was
           my
           Lord
           
           Cobham's
           Case
           to
           Printing
           ?
           That
           famous
           Wicklevite
           lived
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           Richard
           the
           Second
           ,
           some
           scores
           of
           years
           before
           Printing
           was
           thought
           on
           ,
           which
           came
           not
           into
           England
           till
           the
           Reign
           of
           Henry
           the
           Seventh
           ;
           and
           the
           Prisoner
           had
           very
           well
           observed
           ,
           That
           what
           is
           not
           expressed
           in
           the
           Statute
           25
           Edw.
           3.
           (
           and
           it
           is
           impossible
           Printing
           should
           be
           expressed
           there
           )
           is
           barr'd
           from
           being
           any
           ways
           adjudged
           or
           interpreted
           Treason
           ,
           by
           the
           Statute
           1
           
             mo
             Marie
          
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           in
           summing
           up
           the
           Evidence
           to
           the
           Jury
           ,
           the
           Judg
           acted
           not
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Judg
           ,
           but
           rather
           of
           a
           keen
           malitious
           Councel
           or
           Accuser
           ,
           and
           mustered
           up
           all
           his
           Arts
           to
           insnare
           and
           impose
           upon
           the
           Jury
           ;
           he
           aggravated
           to
           the
           utmost
           every
           little
           Punctilio
           ,
           which
           he
           thought
           might
           be
           any
           thing
           servicable
           to
           beget
           in
           the
           Jury
           an
           hard
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Prisoner
           ;
           he
           could
           not
           let
           the
           Bed
           with
           Wheels
           alone
           ,
           but
           whipt
           it
           up
           and
           down
           like
           a
           Top
           ;
           he
           could
           not
           forbear
           brushing
           the
           poor
           Man's
           Night-gown
           ;
           he
           rambled
           from
           St.
           
           James's
           to
           Hoxton
           ,
           and
           fetcht
           in
           every
           little
           Trifle
           with
           all
           the
           witty
           Malice
           imaginable
           ;
           nay
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           him
           ,
           he
           lookt
           into
           the
           very
           Soul
           of
           the
           Man
           ,
           and
           told
           the
           Jury
           what
           was
           within
           him
           ;
           he
           was
           an
           
             ill-minded
             Man
          
           ,
           a
           
             disaffected
             Person
          
           ,
           he
           was
           
             no
             Lover
             of
             the
             Government
          
           ;
           and
           in
           my
           Conscience
           I
           
           cannot
           tell
           how
           he
           should
           ,
           the
           Government
           had
           not
           used
           him
           to
           well
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           passionately
           fond
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           above
           all
           he
           took
           mighty
           Pains
           to
           beat
           it
           into
           their
           heads
           ,
           That
           
             Printing
             was
             an
             Overt
             Act
          
           :
           But
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           of
           there
           being
           two
           Witnesses
           to
           the
           proving
           the
           Fact
           (
           alas
           ,
           he
           knew
           there
           was
           not
           one
           )
           or
           of
           any
           thing
           the
           Prisoner
           had
           pleaded
           though
           plain
           and
           substantial
           Law
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           thing
           that
           did
           make
           for
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           not
           a
           Word
           did
           he
           speak
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           had
           thus
           disguised
           the
           business
           with
           all
           the
           skill
           he
           had
           ,
           The
           Jury
           were
           sent
           out
           to
           consider
           of
           their
           Verdict
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           the
           Jury
           were
           withdrawn
           all
           sorts
           of
           People
           were
           big
           with
           Expectation
           ,
           what
           would
           be
           the
           Issue
           of
           the
           business
           ;
           many
           ,
           who
           who
           were
           very
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           thought
           he
           could
           not
           be
           found
           guilty
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           stick
           to
           say
           still
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           very
           hard
           measure
           ;
           nay
           ,
           even
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           ,
           who
           thirsted
           for
           his
           Blood
           ,
           was
           fearful
           he
           would
           escape
           ;
           for
           as
           he
           was
           passing
           along
           the
           Streets
           coming
           up
           to
           three
           Gentlemen
           ,
           one
           of
           whom
           asked
           what
           they
           thought
           would
           become
           of
           Mr.
           Anderton
           ,
           Stephen's
           laying
           his
           hand
           on
           Mr.
           M
           —
           sh
           's
           Shoulder
           said
           thus
           ,
           
             The
             Rogue
             pleaded
             bravely
             ,
             and
             I
             believes
             hopes
             he
             hath
             Friends
             among
             the
             Jury
             to
             get
             off
             ;
             but
             if
             such
             as
             he
             are
             acquitted
             ,
             the
             Government
             must
             give
             us
             Orders
             to
             stob
             them
             whereever
             we
             find
             them
             .
          
           I
           think
           this
           is
           a
           faithful
           Servant
           of
           the
           Government
           indeed
           ,
           a
           Man
           who
           will
           go
           through
           stitch
           with
           his
           work
           ;
           but
           then
           ,
           my
           Dear
           Country-men
           !
           what
           would
           become
           of
           the
           Laws
           ,
           if
           every
           Rogue
           should
           have
           a
           License
           to
           murther
           whom
           he
           pleaseth
           ?
        
         
           After
           two
           hours
           debate
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           Jury
           became
           very
           well
           inclined
           to
           have
           found
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ;
           but
           there
           was
           a
           true
           Trojan
           amongst
           them
           ,
           one
           who
           loved
           Mischief
           and
           the
           Government
           in
           his
           Soul
           ;
           and
           he
           was
           for
           hanging
           Men
           for
           being
           Jacobites
           ,
           not
           for
           being
           Guilty
           :
           and
           being
           since
           told
           of
           the
           severity
           of
           their
           Verdict
           ,
           he
           readily
           acknowledged
           ,
           
             that
             the
             Evidence
             did
             not
             amount
             to
             the
             proof
             of
             the
             Fact
             ,
             but
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             what
             of
             that
             ?
             I
             believed
             he
             was
             guilty
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             hang
             a
             hundred
             of
             them
             for
             half
             so
             much
             Evidence
             .
          
           A
           very
           
           useful
           Man
           ,
           and
           certainly
           deserves
           a
           Pention
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           not
           one
           already
           .
           When
           the
           Jury
           appeared
           ,
           the
           Question
           was
           asked
           ,
           Whether
           they
           were
           agreed
           of
           their
           Verdict
           ?
           A
           zealous
           Man
           answered
           ,
           No.
           Whereat
           the
           Court
           fround
           ,
           and
           shew'd
           themselves
           much
           displeased
           ,
           when
           the
           Fore-man
           of
           the
           Jury
           (
           who
           is
           a
           Man
           well
           affected
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           but
           withall
           a
           sensible
           Man
           ,
           not
           malicious
           ,
           and
           desirous
           that
           all
           Men
           may
           have
           fair
           play
           for
           their
           Lives
           )
           put
           this
           Question
           to
           the
           Bench
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             having
             those
             things
             by
             him
             ,
             without
             making
             any
             further
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             did
             affect
             the
             Prisoner
             as
             to
             Life
             ?
          
           Now
           this
           Question
           was
           very
           pertinent
           .
           For
           all
           that
           was
           proved
           against
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           was
           that
           such
           things
           were
           found
           there
           ,
           and
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           that
           though
           the
           thing
           was
           call'd
           in
           Question
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           not
           proved
           ,
           that
           the
           Room
           ,
           where
           the
           things
           were
           found
           ,
           did
           belong
           to
           him
           ;
           and
           there
           was
           a
           Person
           present
           in
           Court
           ,
           and
           brought
           thither
           by
           means
           of
           
             Robin
             Stephens
          
           ,
           who
           offered
           to
           make
           Oath
           ,
           that
           the
           Room
           was
           hired
           by
           one
           Williams
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           said
           Williams
           had
           paid
           the
           last
           Quarters
           Rent
           for
           it
           ;
           whereupon
           Stephens
           and
           others
           gave
           her
           very
           ill
           Names
           ,
           and
           with
           great
           Threatnings
           drave
           her
           out
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           both
           she
           and
           her
           Husband
           have
           been
           somewhat
           scurvily
           used
           since
           .
           The
           Question
           ,
           though
           very
           proper
           ,
           was
           nothing
           pleasing
           ;
           but
           after
           some
           frowning
           and
           pouting
           ,
           Treby
           arose
           and
           answered
           ,
           No.
           In
           which
           answer
           he
           plainly
           acknowledged
           ,
           that
           all
           that
           was
           offered
           in
           proof
           against
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           did
           not
           affect
           him
           ;
           but
           then
           he
           further
           said
           ,
           
             That
             was
             not
             their
             Business
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             find
             it
             Printing
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             a
             sufficient
             Overt-Act
             .
          
           But
           then
           is
           Printing
           Treason
           ?
           If
           so
           ,
           then
           we
           have
           a
           Trade
           that
           is
           Treason
           ,
           at
           which
           Men
           work
           every
           day
           ,
           and
           are
           allowed
           by
           Law
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           more
           severe
           against
           any
           thing
           ,
           than
           Treason
           .
           But
           perhaps
           he
           will
           say
           ,
           he
           meant
           
             the
             Printing
             these
             Books
          
           ;
           but
           with
           his
           good
           leave
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           proved
           ,
           nay
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           printed
           at
           all
           .
           And
           must
           a
           Jury
           find
           a
           matter
           of
           which
           no
           manner
           of
           Evidence
           at
           all
           is
           given
           ?
           He
           might
           as
           well
           have
           bid
           them
           find
           it
           Conjuring
           ,
           for
           any
           proof
           that
           was
           offered
           of
           
           it
           .
           But
           if
           the
           thing
           were
           supposed
           ,
           yet
           I
           believe
           his
           Lordship
           is
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           ever
           declared
           Printing
           as
           such
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           Overt-Act
           of
           Treason
           ;
           and
           I
           shall
           leave
           it
           to
           the
           Learned
           in
           the
           Law
           to
           declare
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           think
           fit
           ,
           what
           Crime
           that
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           be
           punished
           ,
           when
           a
           Judg
           takes
           away
           a
           Man's
           Life
           by
           declaring
           that
           to
           be
           an
           Overt-Act
           of
           Treason
           ,
           which
           the
           Law
           doth
           not
           so
           account
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           cannot
           omit
           it
           ,
           as
           seeming
           to
           me
           a
           thing
           of
           sad
           and
           dangerous
           Consideration
           ,
           that
           when
           some
           of
           the
           Jury-men
           ,
           as
           by
           way
           of
           complaint
           ,
           said
           thus
           .
           
             My
             lord
             ,
             our
             Fore-man
             is
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             this
             Fact
             is
             not
             proved
             .
          
           He
           presently
           replied
           ,
           
             Whether
             it
             be
             proved
             or
             no
             ,
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             determine
             ;
             the
             bare
             finding
             the
             Books
             in
             his
             Custody
             would
             not
             be
             Treason
             ;
             but
             the
             case
             is
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             Man
             that
             has
             a
             Printing-Press
             ,
             to
             which
             no
             Man
             has
             admission
             but
             himself
             ;
             and
             this
             Man
             is
             found
             with
          
           Errata
           and
           &c.
           (
           not
           a
           tittle
           of
           all
           this
           proved
           )
           
             so
             that
             he
             must
             needs
             print
             the
             Treason
             .
          
           To
           this
           a
           pert
           Jury-man
           answered
           ,
           
             'T
             is
             a
             very
             strong
             Presumption
             ,
             my
             Lord
          
           !
           And
           then
           Baron
           Powel
           clenched
           the
           Nail
           with
           this
           grave
           saying
           .
           
             A
             violent
             Presumption
             is
             as
             much
             as
             if
             a
             Man
             had
             been
             there
             and
             done
             it
             himself
             .
          
           What
           blessed
           times
           are
           these
           ?
           Would
           not
           a
           Man
           think
           ,
           that
           Astrea
           were
           come
           down
           from
           Heaven
           again
           ,
           and
           sat
           in
           Court
           ?
           For
           was
           ever
           such
           brave
           Justice
           known
           ?
           The
           Jury
           are
           sworn
           to
           proceed
           
             according
             to
             their
             Evidence
          
           ,
           but
           the
           Judg
           tells
           them
           ,
           
             they
             are
             not
             to
             determine
             whether
             the
             thing
             be
             proved
             or
             no.
             i.
             e.
          
           They
           are
           brought
           thither
           to
           be
           forsworn
           ,
           and
           to
           hang
           Men
           contrary
           to
           their
           Oath
           upon
           the
           bare
           Say-so
           of
           a
           Lying
           corrupt
           Judg.
           The
           Law
           says
           there
           shall
           be
           
             positive
             Evidence
             in
             case
             of
             Life
             ,
          
           but
           a
           great
           Lawyer
           says
           ,
           
             a
             violent
             Presumption
          
           is
           the
           same
           thing
           .
           In
           plain
           terms
           ,
           (
           Country-men
           )
           this
           is
           not
           to
           murther
           a
           single
           Man
           ,
           but
           to
           
             murther
             the
             Laws
          
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           innocent
           English-man
           breathing
           has
           no
           security
           of
           his
           Life
           against
           a
           presuming
           Judg.
           
        
         
           These
           Answers
           ,
           or
           rather
           Shams
           ,
           being
           returned
           to
           the
           Questions
           ,
           after
           some
           other
           ill
           Words
           ,
           and
           ill
           Looks
           ,
           the
           Jury
           were
           sent
           back
           
           again
           ,
           where
           almost
           three
           hours
           more
           were
           spent
           in
           debating
           the
           matter
           before
           they
           could
           come
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           and
           then
           part
           complied
           ,
           rather
           tired
           and
           frighted
           than
           convinced
           ;
           The
           last
           ,
           who
           came
           in
           ,
           was
           the
           Foreman
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           besitting
           the
           times
           ,
           for
           the
           head
           to
           follow
           the
           tail
           ;
           nor
           were
           they
           Arguments
           ,
           but
           Terrours
           ,
           which
           shock'd
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           off
           at
           the
           last
           ;
           some
           of
           his
           fellow
           Jury-men
           used
           him
           rudely
           ,
           gave
           him
           very
           ill
           Language
           ,
           and
           threatned
           him
           high
           with
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           thus
           all
           being
           awed
           into
           a
           Compliance
           ,
           away
           they
           come
           with
           their
           wicked
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           Court
           welcome
           ,
           Verdict
           ,
           and
           bring
           in
           the
           Prisoner
           Guilty
           .
           And
           now
           the
           Judg
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           acceptable
           it
           was
           to
           him
           ,
           falls
           a
           stroaking
           the
           Jury
           ;
           and
           endeavours
           to
           make
           them
           some
           amends
           for
           the
           hard
           words
           he
           had
           given
           them
           before
           ,
           telling
           them
           ,
           
             That
             they
             had
             done
             like
             honest
             and
             good
             Men
             ,
             and
             had
             brought
             in
             a
             Verdict
             agreable
             to
             their
             Evidence
             .
          
           The
           most
           impudent
           Lye
           that
           ever
           was
           spoke
           from
           a
           Bench
           ;
           for
           there
           was
           not
           one
           tittle
           of
           Evidence
           either
           as
           to
           his
           
             Composing
             ,
             Printing
             ,
             or
             Publishing
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           Crime
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           in
           the
           Indictment
           .
           But
           the
           Foreman
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           have
           the
           liberty
           of
           his
           thoughts
           ,
           was
           not
           pleased
           with
           what
           was
           done
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           prevent
           the
           mischief
           ,
           what
           in
           him
           lay
           ,
           he
           did
           declare
           his
           dissatisfaction
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           was
           made
           known
           ,
           and
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           had
           been
           enough
           to
           have
           staid
           Judgment
           :
           But
           they
           had
           gained
           their
           wicked
           Point
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           depart
           from
           it
           ;
           Sentence
           according
           to
           course
           was
           put
           off
           to
           the
           last
           day
           of
           the
           Sessions
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           either
           save
           his
           Life
           ,
           or
           leave
           those
           who
           sought
           his
           Blood
           without
           excuse
           ,
           had
           a
           Petition
           drawn
           and
           delivered
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
           
             
             
               
                 
                   
                     To
                     the
                     Right
                     Honourable
                     Sir
                     
                       John
                       Fleet
                    
                     ,
                     Lord
                     Mayor
                     of
                     the
                     City
                     of
                     London
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     rest
                     of
                     the
                     Commissioners
                     for
                     the
                     Goal
                     delivery
                     of
                     Newgate
                     .
                     The
                     humble
                     Petition
                     of
                     
                       William
                       Anderton
                    
                     a
                     convicted
                     Prisoner
                     in
                     Newgate
                     .
                  
                   
                     Sheweth
                     ,
                  
                   
                     THat
                     whereas
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     has
                     been
                     by
                     the
                     Jury
                     found
                     Guilty
                     of
                     Printing
                     the
                     Books
                     laid
                     in
                     the
                     Indictment
                     ,
                     and
                     thereby
                     is
                     concluded
                     from
                     Questioning
                     the
                     Legal
                     Evidence
                     they
                     had
                     for
                     it
                     ,
                     though
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     humbly
                     appeals
                     to
                     your
                     Lordships
                     Observations
                     and
                     Consciences
                     ,
                     whether
                     all
                     that
                     was
                     sworn
                     came
                     up
                     to
                     more
                     ,
                     than
                     bare
                     circumstantial
                     Evidence
                     ,
                     of
                     his
                     bare
                     Printing
                     them
                     ;
                     which
                     in
                     Cases
                     of
                     Treason
                     ,
                     as
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     is
                     informed
                     ,
                     has
                     never
                     been
                     allowed
                     .
                     And
                     whereas
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     was
                     advised
                     ,
                     That
                     bare
                     Printing
                     these
                     Books
                     (
                     admitting
                     the
                     same
                     proved
                     )
                     could
                     not
                     by
                     the
                     Laws
                     be
                     construed
                     as
                     an
                     Overt-Act
                     of
                     Treason
                     in
                     the
                     bare
                     Printer
                     ;
                     And
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     requested
                     the
                     Court
                     again
                     and
                     again
                     ,
                     That
                     this
                     matter
                     might
                     be
                     argued
                     by
                     his
                     Counsel
                     ,
                     which
                     the
                     Court
                     were
                     pleased
                     not
                     to
                     permit
                     .
                     Your
                     Petitioner
                     yet
                     notwithstanding
                     ,
                     not
                     doubting
                     of
                     your
                     Lordships
                     Inclinations
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     to
                     do
                     him
                     all
                     Justice
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     shew
                     him
                     all
                     the
                     Mercy
                     and
                     Favour
                     you
                     can
                     that
                     may
                     consist
                     with
                     your
                     Lordships
                     Justice
                     ;
                     and
                     humbly
                     conceiving
                     ,
                     That
                     this
                     Court
                     ,
                     by
                     further
                     considering
                     your
                     Petitioner's
                     Case
                     ,
                     may
                     ,
                     even
                     yet
                     ,
                     be
                     capable
                     of
                     Relieving
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     ,
                     especially
                     ,
                     if
                     upon
                     hearing
                     what
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     can
                     say
                     ,
                     your
                     Lordships
                     shall
                     be
                     satisfied
                     ,
                     That
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     hapned
                     to
                     be
                     Convicted
                     through
                     any
                     Errour
                     or
                     Mistake
                     ,
                     (
                     as
                     no
                     Man
                     was
                     ever
                     exempt
                     from
                     Errour
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     best
                     of
                     Men
                     are
                     always
                     readiest
                     to
                     confess
                     it
                     )
                     Your
                     Petitioner
                     therefore
                     humbly
                     beseecheth
                     your
                     Lordship's
                     Patience
                     seriously
                     to
                     read
                     and
                     
                     consider
                     some
                     few
                     (
                     of
                     many
                     )
                     Reasons
                     which
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     hath
                     heard
                     from
                     others
                     ,
                     which
                     he
                     herein
                     has
                     set
                     down
                     as
                     briefly
                     as
                     he
                     can
                     as
                     followeth
                     .
                     )
                     First
                     ,
                     They
                     lay
                     down
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Treason
                     laid
                     in
                     the
                     Indictment
                     ,
                     being
                     that
                     Of
                     the
                     intent
                     of
                     the
                     heart
                     ,
                     (
                     expressed
                     in
                     the
                     Statute
                     by
                     Compassing
                     and
                     Imagining
                     the
                     King's
                     Death
                     )
                     requires
                     by
                     Law
                     Two
                     Proofs
                     ,
                     The
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     Fact
                     ,
                     the
                     other
                     of
                     the
                     Inference
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     both
                     these
                     must
                     be
                     plain
                     ;
                     That
                     of
                     Fact
                     called
                     the
                     Overt-Act
                     )
                     must
                     be
                     proved
                     by
                     direct
                     and
                     positive
                     Evidence
                     ,
                     by
                     Two
                     Witnesses
                     at
                     least
                     ,
                     and
                     not
                     by
                     Circumstantials
                     only
                     (
                     as
                     this
                     of
                     Printing
                     was
                     against
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     ,
                     there
                     being
                     no
                     positive
                     Proof
                     at
                     all
                     ,
                     not
                     so
                     much
                     as
                     by
                     One
                     Witness
                     given
                     of
                     his
                     Printing
                     either
                     of
                     the
                     Books
                     laid
                     in
                     the
                     Indictment
                     .
                     )
                     And
                     then
                     ,
                     that
                     of
                     Fact
                     being
                     thus
                     proved
                     ,
                     must
                     by
                     necessity
                     of
                     Inference
                     as
                     evidently
                     and
                     certainly
                     prove
                     ,
                     That
                     the
                     Party
                     in
                     doing
                     such
                     Overt-Act
                     could
                     intend
                     or
                     imagine
                     thereby
                     nothing
                     less
                     than
                     the
                     King's
                     Death
                     ;
                     And
                     if
                     either
                     of
                     these
                     Proofs
                     fall
                     short
                     of
                     such
                     necessary
                     Certainty
                     such
                     Indictment
                     must
                     fail
                     ,
                     the
                     Law
                     ,
                     for
                     great
                     Reasons
                     ,
                     regarding
                     only
                     such
                     plain
                     and
                     direct
                     Proofs
                     in
                     these
                     great
                     Charges
                     .
                  
                   
                     Now
                     can
                     a
                     Printer
                     ,
                     Quatenus
                     only
                     the
                     Printer
                     of
                     these
                     Books
                     ,
                     be
                     thereby
                     inferred
                     to
                     Assent
                     to
                     and
                     Approve
                     of
                     the
                     matters
                     and
                     things
                     contain'd
                     in
                     these
                     Books
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     necessarily
                     too
                     ,
                     Quatenus
                     the
                     Printer
                     ?
                     By
                     the
                     same
                     Legal
                     Logick
                     every
                     Printer
                     may
                     be
                     proved
                     to
                     have
                     in
                     his
                     heart
                     and
                     approve
                     of
                     all
                     the
                     Opinions
                     ,
                     Notions
                     and
                     Imaginations
                     contained
                     in
                     all
                     the
                     Books
                     he
                     ever
                     Printed
                     :
                     For
                     ,
                     a
                     
                       Quatenus
                       ad
                       omne
                       valet
                       Consequentia
                    
                     .
                  
                   
                     'T
                     is
                     true
                     (
                     say
                     They
                     )
                     Writing
                     and
                     Speaking
                     have
                     ,
                     in
                     some
                     Instances
                     ,
                     been
                     accounted
                     as
                     Overt-Acts
                     ,
                     and
                     there
                     might
                     be
                     good
                     Reason
                     for
                     it
                     ,
                     as
                     a
                     Man
                     expressing
                     his
                     own
                     Mind
                     by
                     his
                     own
                     Writing
                     ,
                     and
                     by
                     his
                     own
                     Words
                     ,
                     which
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     manner
                     of
                     his
                     Writing
                     or
                     Speaking
                     ,
                     may
                     evidently
                     appear
                     to
                     come
                     from
                     his
                     Own
                     heart
                     ;
                     And
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     doth
                     not
                     doubt
                     but
                     that
                     the
                     Writing
                     a
                     Book
                     ,
                     as
                     in
                     Cardinal
                     
                     Pool's
                     Case
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Signing
                     the
                     
                     Warrant
                     for
                     the
                     Execution
                     of
                     King
                     Charles
                     the
                     First
                     ,
                     as
                     in
                     the
                     Case
                     of
                     the
                     Regicides
                     ,
                     which
                     Cases
                     were
                     urged
                     by
                     some
                     of
                     the
                     Court
                     against
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     ,
                     were
                     sufficient
                     Overt-Acts
                     ,
                     to
                     prove
                     the
                     Compassing
                     and
                     Imagining
                     the
                     King's
                     Death
                     .
                     But
                     can
                     these
                     Instances
                     be
                     any
                     thing
                     to
                     the
                     Case
                     of
                     a
                     Printer
                     ?
                     whose
                     business
                     it
                     is
                     ,
                     as
                     a
                     Printer
                     only
                     ,
                     to
                     print
                     the
                     Thoughts
                     of
                     Others
                     ,
                     being
                     accounted
                     in
                     Law
                     only
                     as
                     a
                     meer
                     Mechanick
                     ,
                     and
                     whose
                     end
                     thereby
                     is
                     to
                     get
                     Money
                     for
                     his
                     Work.
                     And
                     for
                     further
                     reason
                     in
                     this
                     matter
                     ,
                     they
                     observe
                     ,
                     That
                     as
                     it
                     doth
                     not
                     appear
                     that
                     bare
                     Printing
                     was
                     ever
                     pretended
                     to
                     be
                     an
                     Overt-Act
                     within
                     Stat.
                     25
                     Edw.
                     3.
                     so
                     when
                     the
                     Parliament
                     of
                     13
                     Car.
                     2.
                     carried
                     up
                     Treason
                     to
                     the
                     highest
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     Preservation
                     of
                     the
                     King's
                     Person
                     during
                     his
                     Life
                     ,
                     and
                     (
                     among
                     other
                     things
                     )
                     particularly
                     therein
                     took
                     notice
                     of
                     Printing
                     ,
                     yet
                     would
                     they
                     not
                     thereby
                     lay
                     so
                     great
                     a
                     Penalty
                     upon
                     the
                     Printers
                     ,
                     as
                     ,
                     no
                     doubt
                     ,
                     considering
                     the
                     unreasonableness
                     of
                     Comprising
                     such
                     Tools
                     and
                     Mechanicks
                     within
                     an
                     Act
                     intended
                     for
                     Persons
                     of
                     higher
                     Designs
                     :
                     But
                     this
                     Parliament
                     kept
                     the
                     Printers
                     in
                     their
                     Remembrance
                     ,
                     as
                     intending
                     to
                     consider
                     them
                     by
                     themselves
                     in
                     another
                     Act
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     very
                     soon
                     after
                     did
                     ;
                     for
                     the
                     very
                     same
                     Parliament
                     in
                     13
                     and
                     14
                     Car.
                     2.
                     make
                     an
                     Act
                     which
                     they
                     stile
                     ,
                     
                       An
                       Act
                       for
                       preventing
                       Abuses
                       in
                       Printing
                       Seditious
                       ,
                       Treasonable
                       ,
                       and
                       Unlicensed
                       Books
                       and
                       Pamphlets
                       ,
                       and
                       for
                       regulating
                       Printing
                       and
                       Presses
                    
                     ;
                     and
                     therein
                     ,
                     as
                     they
                     fix
                     them
                     their
                     Rules
                     and
                     Bounds
                     ,
                     so
                     they
                     allot
                     them
                     their
                     Punishment
                     :
                     Which
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     first
                     Offence
                     ,
                     is
                     Disability
                     for
                     three
                     years
                     ;
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     second
                     ,
                     perpetual
                     Disability
                     ,
                     Fine
                     ,
                     Imprisonment
                     ,
                     or
                     other
                     corporal
                     Punishment
                     at
                     Discretion
                     .
                  
                   
                     Wherefore
                     ,
                     the
                     Premises
                     throughly
                     weighed
                     and
                     considered
                     ,
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     humbly
                     implores
                     your
                     Lordships
                     ,
                     That
                     ,
                     in
                     favour
                     of
                     Life
                     ,
                     in
                     a
                     new
                     and
                     extraordinary
                     Case
                     ,
                     and
                     That
                     too
                     ,
                     of
                     Treason
                     ,
                     your
                     Lordships
                     would
                     be
                     pleased
                     to
                     extend
                     so
                     much
                     Mercy
                     to
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     as
                     to
                     suspend
                     your
                     Judgment
                     and
                     pronouncing
                     Sentence
                     upon
                     
                     on
                     him
                     untill
                     your
                     Lorships
                     shall
                     have
                     heard
                     what
                     can
                     be
                     further
                     Offered
                     by
                     Counsel
                     on
                     his
                     behalf
                     .
                     And
                     your
                     Petitioner
                     shall
                     ever
                     pray
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           no
           need
           of
           a
           Comment
           ;
           this
           Petition
           speaks
           for
           it self
           ,
           and
           doubtless
           will
           continue
           to
           speak
           to
           their
           everlasting
           Shame
           ,
           who
           answered
           it
           only
           with
           Neglect
           and
           Scorn
           .
           When
           the
           last
           day
           of
           the
           Sessions
           came
           ,
           and
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           asked
           in
           course
           what
           he
           had
           to
           say
           ,
           why
           Sentence
           should
           not
           be
           passed
           upon
           him
           ?
           He
           desired
           that
           his
           Petition
           might
           be
           read
           ;
           but
           the
           Court
           not
           being
           willing
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           knowledge
           of
           any
           such
           Petition
           ,
           thereby
           to
           elude
           his
           Request
           ,
           he
           foreseeing
           it
           ,
           had
           provided
           one
           ready
           ,
           and
           offered
           it
           to
           be
           read
           ,
           but
           no
           Man
           daring
           to
           take
           and
           read
           it
           ,
           he
           took
           the
           freedom
           to
           read
           it
           himself
           ,
           and
           then
           offered
           these
           things
           further
           in
           Arrest
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           which
           he
           drew
           up
           by
           way
           of
           Queries
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             Whether
             if
             a
             Jury
             not
             being
             competent
             Judges
             of
             the
             matter
             of
             Fact
             whereof
             they
             are
             to
             judge
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             their
             Verdict
             against
             the
             Defendent
             contrary
             to
             Law
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             whether
             Judgment
             ought
             to
             pass
             upon
             the
             Defendent
             because
             of
             that
             Verdict
             ?
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             Whether
             if
             a
             Judg
             ,
             (
             who
             is
             Counsel
             for
             the
             Defendent
             ,
             and
             therefore
             indispensibly
             bound
             to
             take
             particular
             Cognizance
             of
             what
             the
             Defendent
             urgeth
             in
             his
             own
             behalf
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             what
             is
             alledged
             against
             him
             )
             in
             summing
             up
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             doth
             omit
             (
             out
             of
             forgetfulness
             or
             otherwise
             )
             the
             only
             material
             Point
             upon
             which
             the
             whole
             Indictment
             is
             founded
             ,
             and
             which
             the
             Defendent
             so
             much
             urged
             in
             his
             own
             behalf
             ;
             and
             also
             which
             inevitably
             led
             the
             Jury
             into
             this
             Mistake
             of
             their
             Verdict
             ;
             whether
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             this
             be
             not
             sufficient
             to
             stay
             Judgment
             ?
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Whether
             any
             Judg
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             can
             construe
          
           Printing
           
             to
             be
             a
          
           sufficient
           Overt-Act
           ,
           
             till
             it
             be
             so
             declared
             by
             Parliament
             ?
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Whether
             the
             Stat.
             of
          
           13
           Car.
           2.
           
             does
             not
             plainly
             intimate
             the
             contrary
             ?
             And
             likewise
             the
          
           13
           and
           14
           Car.
           2.
           
             lately
             revived
          
           .
        
         
         
           These
           Queries
           ,
           and
           this
           Petition
           ,
           will
           some
           time
           or
           other
           be
           thought
           considerable
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           for
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           did
           make
           it
           his
           
             humble
             and
             last
             Request
             ,
             That
             these
             things
             being
             matter
             of
             Law
             ,
             he
             might
             be
             allowed
             Counsel
             to
             plead
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             matter
             of
             Law
             in
             his
             Case
             .
          
           And
           he
           backt
           his
           Request
           with
           this
           modest
           Reason
           ;
           
             That
             being
             matter
             of
             Law
             ,
             he
             thought
             the
             satisfaction
             of
             the
             Judg's
             Conscience
             concerned
             in
             it
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             his
             Life
             ;
             but
             if
             his
             Counsel
             could
             be
             satisfied
             or
             fairly
             over-ruled
             in
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             acquiesce
             without
             more
             ado
             .
          
           The
           matter
           now
           lay
           wholly
           before
           the
           
             City
             Recorder
             Salathiel
             Lovel
          
           ;
           and
           some
           Persons
           perhaps
           will
           wonder
           how
           the
           soppish
           Tool
           could
           so
           easily
           get
           over
           these
           matters
           ;
           but
           he
           is
           mounted
           into
           a
           Station
           above
           himself
           ,
           and
           now
           thinks
           himself
           above
           all
           Sense
           ,
           Reason
           or
           Law
           :
           Thus
           much
           he
           knew
           ,
           that
           his
           business
           was
           to
           doom
           the
           Man
           to
           die
           ,
           not
           to
           expose
           the
           matter
           by
           disputing
           the
           Case
           ,
           and
           therefore
           after
           a
           flourish
           or
           two
           of
           Empty
           Rhetorick
           ,
           he
           in
           a
           bravery
           proceeds
           to
           pronounce
           that
           dreadful
           Sentence
           ,
           which
           the
           Law
           allots
           to
           Treason
           ;
           which
           is
           not
           barely
           death
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           the
           heart
           and
           bowels
           torn
           out
           and
           burnt
           ,
           and
           the
           body
           dismemb'red
           ,
           and
           the
           Quarters
           set
           up
           or
           disposed
           as
           Authority
           orders
           .
           Thus
           Innocence
           falls
           before
           the
           Guilty
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           the
           Triumph
           of
           a
           hardned
           Sinner
           to
           wash
           his
           hands
           in
           blood
           .
        
         
           Whilst
           Mr.
           Anderton
           was
           preparing
           for
           his
           Death
           ,
           his
           Friends
           were
           struggling
           for
           his
           Life
           :
           he
           had
           many
           Friends
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           known
           ability
           ,
           industry
           ,
           and
           integrity
           ;
           others
           were
           taken
           with
           his
           manly
           behaviour
           ,
           and
           clear
           pleading
           upon
           his
           Tryal
           ;
           and
           others
           were
           more
           forward
           to
           move
           in
           his
           Case
           in
           pity
           or
           indignation
           at
           his
           Lawless
           usage
           .
           Those
           who
           were
           concern'd
           in
           it
           ,
           might
           have
           observed
           the
           activity
           and
           zeal
           of
           charitable
           and
           pitiful
           Christians
           ,
           the
           fair
           and
           open
           dealing
           of
           some
           generous
           Noble
           Persons
           ,
           the
           pretty
           Fetches
           and
           Tricks
           of
           little
           Courtiers
           to
           hook
           in
           a
           prize
           ,
           but
           above
           all
           the
           Artifices
           of
           a
           Council
           in
           declining
           what
           was
           before-hand
           resolved
           should
           not
           be
           granted
           .
           The
           Queen
           (
           as
           still
           upon
           occasion
           it
           was
           answered
           )
           could
           do
           nothing
           without
           the
           Council
           ,
           
           nor
           the
           Council
           without
           the
           Queen
           ;
           if
           the
           Council
           was
           met
           ,
           the
           Queen
           was
           not
           there
           ,
           or
           if
           she
           was
           there
           ,
           there
           wanted
           such
           and
           such
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           without
           whom
           nothing
           could
           be
           done
           ;
           and
           thus
           things
           at
           every
           turn
           were
           shuffled
           off
           :
           but
           where
           the
           danger
           is
           imminent
           ,
           and
           time
           short
           ,
           Persons
           are
           willing
           to
           watch
           hard
           and
           look
           out
           sharp
           ;
           taking
           this
           course
           his
           disconsolate
           Wise
           had
           at
           last
           so
           fairly
           set
           the
           Council
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           thought
           they
           could
           not
           avoid
           giving
           her
           a
           direct
           Answer
           ;
           for
           though
           they
           were
           resolved
           he
           should
           not
           live
           ,
           yet
           (
           the
           matter
           being
           so
           warmly
           debated
           amongst
           all
           sorts
           of
           Persons
           )
           they
           were
           not
           willing
           to
           say
           peremptorily
           he
           should
           die
           :
           To
           put
           her
           by
           now
           ,
           this
           Artifice
           served
           effectually
           ;
           a
           number
           of
           Waiters
           attending
           about
           the
           Council
           Chamber
           fell
           foul
           upon
           the
           poor
           Woman
           ,
           in
           no
           very
           courtly
           Language
           ,
           reproaching
           and
           reviling
           her
           ,
           That
           she
           did
           not
           bring
           her
           Husband
           to
           Confession
           :
           In
           short
           ,
           they
           so
           teazed
           and
           plagued
           her
           ,
           that
           they
           drove
           her
           away
           ,
           and
           an
           old
           Hag
           followed
           her
           ,
           persecuting
           her
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           came
           near
           her
           as
           Friends
           ,
           with
           such
           vehement
           and
           bitter
           Language
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           quit
           the
           place
           .
           But
           of
           these
           things
           there
           is
           a
           worthy
           pious
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           who
           never
           spares
           any
           pains
           to
           promote
           a
           work
           of
           Charity
           or
           Mercy
           ,
           can
           give
           a
           better
           account
           than
           I
           ;
           and
           they
           being
           too
           long
           to
           be
           inserted
           here
           ,
           with
           her
           ,
           and
           to
           her
           careful
           Observation
           ,
           I
           leave
           them
           .
           It
           did
           at
           last
           plainly
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           reason
           of
           Caiaphas
           prevailed
           ,
           
             It
             was
             expedient
             one
             should
             die
             .
          
           (
           Pardon
           the
           Expression
           ,
           for
           the
           very
           Words
           were
           used
           ,
           )
           and
           therefore
           no
           matter
           whether
           the
           Law
           was
           strained
           ,
           or
           not
           ;
           they
           had
           caught
           a
           Man
           whom
           they
           thought
           fit
           should
           die
           ,
           if
           not
           for
           his
           Crimes
           ,
           yet
           for
           Example
           :
           And
           thus
           we
           have
           bravely
           secured
           our
           Lives
           ,
           Liberties
           and
           Estates
           ,
           when
           men
           are
           hanged
           for
           Reasons
           of
           State
           ,
           not
           for
           Offences
           against
           Law.
           
        
         
           I
           now
           draw
           near
           to
           his
           last
           Exit
           ,
           only
           I
           crave
           leave
           to
           premise
           a
           very
           short
           account
           of
           his
           Life
           .
           Mr.
           
             Will.
             Anderton
          
           was
           born
           at
           Wakefield
           in
           
             Yorkshire
             ,
             Sept.
          
           29.
           1663.
           his
           Father's
           Name
           was
           also
           
             William
             Anderton
          
           ,
           an
           eminent
           Clothier
           in
           that
           Town
           ,
           his
           Mothers
           Elizabeth
           ,
           
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Mr.
           
             Maximilian
             Topham
          
           ,
           she
           is
           yet
           living
           ,
           a
           Woman
           of
           a
           Masculine
           Spirit
           ,
           yet
           as
           pious
           as
           couragious
           :
           for
           though
           in
           this
           Man
           she
           lost
           the
           Son
           both
           of
           her
           love
           and
           support
           ,
           (
           for
           she
           is
           fallen
           into
           poverty
           )
           and
           would
           readily
           have
           given
           her
           own
           life
           in
           exchange
           to
           have
           saved
           his
           ,
           yet
           she
           bore
           it
           with
           such
           a
           Christian
           Magnanimity
           ,
           that
           she
           did
           not
           stick
           to
           say
           ,
           That
           
             she
             thanked
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             singled
             out
             one
             of
             her
             Children
             to
             dye
             in
             so
             good
             a
             Cause
             .
          
           He
           was
           brought
           up
           in
           the
           Grammar-School
           there
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           fit
           for
           the
           University
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           designed
           by
           his
           Father
           ,
           whose
           desire
           was
           to
           have
           made
           him
           a
           Clergy-man
           ;
           but
           he
           ,
           considering
           with
           himself
           ,
           that
           since
           his
           Father's
           death
           ,
           by
           many
           Losses
           and
           Crosses
           ,
           the
           Estate
           had
           been
           very
           much
           impaired
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           others
           beside
           himself
           to
           be
           brought
           up
           ,
           and
           disposed
           of
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           so
           that
           a
           tolerable
           University-maintenance
           could
           not
           be
           allowed
           him
           without
           crushing
           his
           Mother
           ,
           and
           Brother
           and
           Sisters
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           betake
           himself
           to
           a
           Trade
           .
           When
           his
           School-master
           heard
           of
           this
           ,
           he
           was
           extreamly
           troubled
           ;
           for
           he
           looked
           on
           him
           as
           a
           Boy
           of
           as
           great
           hopes
           as
           any
           he
           had
           taught
           ;
           and
           to
           divert
           him
           from
           his
           Resolution
           ,
           did
           promise
           and
           undertake
           ,
           that
           amongst
           his
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintance
           he
           would
           procure
           him
           a
           Maintenance
           ,
           but
           the
           Boy
           being
           unwilling
           to
           depend
           on
           such
           Uncertainties
           made
           haste
           away
           up
           to
           London
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1679.
           where
           he
           was
           unfortunately
           bound
           Apprentice
           to
           one
           
             Thomas
             Snowden
          
           a
           Printer
           ,
           and
           withal
           a
           furious
           Bigotted
           Fanatick
           ;
           who
           using
           to
           pray
           (
           after
           his
           fashion
           )
           every
           Night
           in
           his
           Family
           ,
           never
           failed
           in
           one
           part
           of
           his
           Prayer
           to
           blother
           out
           most
           malitious
           Invectives
           and
           venomous
           Imprecations
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           its
           Members
           ,
           especially
           the
           Clergy
           .
           His
           new
           Apprentice
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           bred
           by
           his
           Loyal
           Parents
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           could
           not
           endure
           this
           ;
           but
           when
           his
           Master
           fell
           to
           praying
           backwards
           ,
           would
           get
           up
           on
           his
           Feet
           ,
           and
           manifestly
           shew
           his
           dislike
           .
           At
           first
           his
           Master
           reproved
           him
           ,
           and
           thought
           to
           have
           perswaded
           him
           with
           Argument
           ,
           but
           at
           that
           weapon
           the
           Apprentice
           was
           too
           hard
           for
           him
           ,
           which
           
           made
           his
           angry
           Master
           have
           recourse
           to
           the
           
             Argumentum
             bacillinum
          
           ,
           thinking
           he
           would
           at
           least
           be
           able
           to
           cudgel
           his
           young
           Man
           into
           Fanaticism
           :
           But
           still
           as
           often
           as
           the
           Master
           came
           to
           the
           malicious
           part
           of
           his
           Prayers
           ,
           so
           often
           the
           Apprentice
           arose
           ,
           though
           he
           was
           as
           often
           beaten
           for
           it
           ;
           till
           in
           the
           end
           his
           Master
           perceived
           his
           immoveable
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           knowing
           that
           he
           could
           not
           justifie
           his
           own
           Proceedings
           ,
           gave
           him
           leave
           to
           pray
           his
           own
           way
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           to
           Church
           :
           but
           withall
           bore
           him
           such
           an
           eternal
           grudge
           for
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           laid
           hold
           on
           all
           Advantages
           imaginable
           to
           use
           him
           ill
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           silly
           Oath
           he
           made
           against
           him
           at
           the
           Tryal
           ,
           any
           man
           would
           think
           ,
           it
           stuck
           by
           him
           still
           .
           Such
           doings
           made
           the
           Apprentice
           so
           very
           uneasie
           ,
           that
           about
           half
           of
           his
           Time
           being
           served
           ,
           after
           complaint
           made
           to
           the
           Chamberlain
           ,
           he
           was
           turned
           over
           to
           one
           
             Miles
             Fletcher
          
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           lived
           very
           comfortably
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           time
           ,
           he
           respecting
           and
           faithfully
           serving
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           his
           Master
           entirely
           loving
           his
           Apprentice
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Trade
           wherein
           some
           excel
           in
           one
           part
           ,
           and
           some
           in
           another
           ;
           but
           Mr.
           Anderton
           had
           attained
           to
           that
           perfection
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           several
           skilful
           Persons
           now
           give
           him
           the
           Character
           ,
           that
           
             take
             him
             for
             all
             parts
             of
             his
             Trade
             together
             ,
             he
             hath
             scarce
             left
             his
             Fellow
             behind
             him
             in
          
           England
           .
           When
           this
           unnatural
           Revolution
           was
           brought
           about
           ,
           wherein
           Men
           in
           the
           face
           of
           Heaven
           forsoook
           and
           renounced
           those
           Principles
           which
           before
           they
           had
           valued
           themselves
           upon
           ,
           against
           and
           above
           all
           the
           World
           ;
           our
           Sufferer
           chose
           the
           better
           ,
           not
           the
           stronger
           side
           ,
           adhereing
           to
           the
           Orthodox
           not
           the
           Apostate
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           being
           for
           True
           not
           Sham-Loyalty
           ,
           which
           became
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           glorious
           though
           untimely
           end
           .
        
         
           From
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Commitment
           to
           the
           very
           moment
           of
           his
           Death
           he
           was
           of
           a
           very
           even
           and
           sweet
           behaviour
           ,
           being
           modestly
           couragious
           ,
           chearful
           without
           Lightness
           ,
           and
           devout
           without
           Ostentation
           .
           He
           made
           it
           his
           particular
           Request
           ,
           that
           some
           Minister
           or
           Ministers
           would
           be
           with
           him
           every
           Morning
           and
           Evening
           to
           read
           the
           Prayers
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           perform
           such
           other
           Offices
           as
           in
           
           such
           case
           as
           his
           did
           belong
           to
           that
           Function
           ,
           which
           except
           one
           day
           in
           the
           Week
           was
           duly
           observed
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           oftner
           ;
           for
           when
           any
           Clergy
           came
           accidentally
           to
           visit
           him
           ,
           if
           they
           did
           neglect
           to
           offer
           ,
           he
           commonly
           requested
           them
           to
           pray
           with
           him
           .
           He
           gave
           little
           or
           no
           entertainment
           to
           any
           hopes
           of
           Life
           ,
           as
           being
           sensible
           that
           it
           was
           rather
           Malice
           than
           Matter
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Crime
           may
           be
           pardoned
           ,
           but
           Malice
           is
           not
           to
           be
           satisfied
           without
           the
           destruction
           of
           its
           Enemy
           ,
           if
           he
           once
           come
           in
           its
           Power
           .
           He
           often
           express'd
           a
           great
           Satisfaction
           in
           the
           Cause
           for
           which
           he
           suffered
           ;
           saying
           ,
           
             that
             it
             ministred
             to
             him
             both
             Comfort
             and
             Courage
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             doubted
             not
             but
             that
             God
             would
             acquit
             whom
             the
             Court
             had
             condemned
             .
          
           As
           to
           the
           Ordinary
           ,
           he
           indeed
           in
           point
           of
           Conscience
           refused
           to
           communicate
           with
           him
           ,
           yet
           mildly
           and
           modestly
           telling
           him
           that
           he
           was
           desirous
           to
           give
           him
           no
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           requested
           of
           him
           that
           he
           would
           not
           any
           ways
           concern
           himself
           with
           him
           or
           about
           him
           ;
           at
           which
           Mr.
           Smith
           fell
           into
           such
           an
           unseemly
           intemperate
           fit
           of
           Rage
           ,
           that
           he
           reviled
           the
           Prisoner
           with
           bitter
           Words
           ,
           and
           very
           generously
           damned
           both
           him
           and
           all
           the
           Ministers
           that
           came
           at
           him
           to
           Hell
           :
           but
           he
           took
           it
           patiently
           ,
           and
           returned
           not
           the
           least
           Word
           that
           might
           seem
           to
           sound
           harshly
           .
           As
           his
           Wife
           once
           laid
           her
           hand
           on
           his
           Fetters
           and
           wept
           ;
           he
           intreated
           her
           to
           forbear
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             he
             was
             less
             than
             a
             Man
             that
             could
             not
             bear
             that
             ,
             but
             that
             her
             Tears
             were
             more
             grievous
             to
             him
             than
             his
             Fetters
          
           :
           Another
           time
           as
           he
           was
           hanging
           a
           Link
           on
           the
           Chair
           thereby
           to
           ease
           himself
           somewhat
           from
           the
           weight
           of
           his
           Fetters
           ,
           and
           perceiving
           his
           Wife
           to
           look
           very
           heavily
           at
           it
           ,
           he
           said
           chearfully
           to
           her
           ,
           
             My
             Dear
             ,
             these
             are
             my
             Arms
          
           alluding
           to
           the
           Arms
           of
           their
           Family
           ,
           being
           Sable
           ,
           two
           single
           Shack-bolts
           ,
           and
           one-double
           Argent
           ,
           which
           if
           the
           Criticks
           will
           give
           me
           leave
           )
           I
           take
           to
           be
           very
           honourable
           bearing
           ,
           as
           being
           originally
           given
           to
           such
           ,
           who
           having
           behaved
           themselves
           valiantly
           in
           the
           
             Holy
             Wars
          
           ,
           yet
           had
           the
           Misfortune
           to
           be
           for
           some
           time
           made
           Prisoners
           by
           the
           Infidels
           ;
           or
           to
           such
           who
           did
           either
           by
           their
           Prowess
           fetch
           off
           ,
           or
           by
           their
           Charity
           redeem
           such
           Prisoners
           .
           
           But
           it
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           insist
           on
           these
           small
           Matters
           ,
           I
           will
           therefore
           hasten
           to
           the
           great
           and
           last
           Act
           of
           this
           sad
           Tragedy
           .
           When
           Tucker
           told
           him
           that
           the
           
             Dead
             Warrant
          
           was
           come
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           in
           it
           ;
           he
           gave
           him
           thanks
           for
           giving
           him
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           be
           sure
           he
           had
           now
           nothing
           else
           to
           do
           ,
           but
           to
           prepare
           to
           dye
           ;
           saying
           further
           ,
           
             The
             Lord's
             Will
             be
             done
          
           .
           He
           received
           the
           holy
           Sacrament
           twice
           during
           his
           Imprisonment
           ;
           but
           whether
           it
           be
           customary
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           had
           particular
           Order
           ,
           the
           Keeepers
           all
           (
           except
           Walker
           ,
           who
           was
           all
           along
           not
           only
           civil
           ,
           but
           even
           compassionate
           towards
           the
           Prisoner
           )
           the
           Evening
           and
           Morning
           before
           he
           suffered
           became
           exceeding
           rugged
           and
           harsh
           not
           only
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           to
           all
           that
           came
           to
           him
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           his
           Mother
           and
           Brother
           coming
           that
           Morning
           to
           receive
           the
           Communion
           with
           him
           could
           neither
           beg
           nor
           buy
           admission
           ;
           and
           the
           poor
           old
           Woman
           was
           forced
           to
           depart
           without
           joyning
           in
           the
           last
           Act
           of
           Christian
           Communion
           with
           him
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           taking
           her
           intended
           last
           Farewel
           of
           him
           ;
           which
           looks
           as
           if
           some
           Persons
           took
           a
           pride
           in
           Baseness
           and
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           studiously
           set
           themselves
           to
           add
           to
           the
           sorrows
           of
           the
           afflicted
           .
           Other
           very
           unbecoming
           Actions
           towards
           him
           I
           could
           mention
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           forbear
           ,
           being
           unwilling
           to
           set
           forth
           that
           Barbarity
           which
           some
           delight
           to
           act
           .
           When
           he
           was
           brought
           down
           to
           go
           to
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           he
           entred
           into
           the
           Sledge
           ,
           and
           rode
           along
           in
           it
           with
           that
           calm
           Behaviour
           and
           decent
           Courage
           ,
           as
           stroke
           the
           Beholders
           with
           remorse
           and
           amazement
           ,
           and
           made
           his
           Enemies
           gnash
           their
           Teeth
           with
           Indignation
           ,
           to
           see
           him
           triumph
           over
           their
           Malice
           even
           in
           his
           Death
           .
           In
           his
           Passage
           all
           the
           way
           the
           People
           rather
           seem'd
           sorrowful
           ,
           than
           inclinable
           to
           offer
           any
           Abuse
           ,
           except
           near
           S.
           
           Giles's
           Church
           ,
           where
           a
           rude
           fellow
           treated
           him
           with
           very
           spiteful
           Language
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           made
           no
           return
           ,
           but
           lifting
           up
           his
           eyes
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           said
           ,
           
             O
             sweet
             Jesus
             !
             how
             much
             more
             hast
             thou
             suffered
             for
             me
             and
             for
             Mankind
             ?
             and
             shall
             not
             I
             learn
             of
             thee
             patiently
             to
             bear
             the
             undeserv'd
             Reproaches
             of
             this
             inconsiderate
             Man
             ?
          
        
         
           As
           he
           was
           coming
           up
           to
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           a
           Clergy-man
           ,
           
           got
           up
           into
           the
           Cart
           to
           be
           ready
           to
           receive
           him
           ;
           at
           which
           the
           Ordinary
           seemed
           to
           be
           much
           incensed
           ;
           for
           he
           gave
           him
           very
           ill
           Words
           ,
           bidding
           him
           
             get
             him
             down
          
           ,
           and
           saying
           ,
           
             he
             ought
             not
             be
             there
             ,
             nor
             should
             he
             be
             suffered
          
           ;
           The
           Minister
           replyed
           little
           ,
           but
           stayed
           still
           ,
           till
           (
           see
           how
           one
           ill
           Nature
           helps
           another
           )
           Major
           Richardson
           came
           up
           ,
           and
           with
           Threatnings
           and
           his
           Cane
           lifted
           up
           forced
           him
           to
           come
           down
           ,
           who
           immediately
           thereupon
           applied
           himself
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           (
           for
           by
           this
           time
           they
           were
           come
           up
           )
           when
           some
           ill
           Person
           suggested
           that
           he
           was
           a
           Papist
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Prisoner
           presently
           answered
           ,
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
             upon
             the
             Words
             of
             a
             dying
             Man
             he
             is
             not
             ,
             but
             a
             Minister
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
           I
           mention
           this
           purposely
           that
           People
           may
           take
           notice
           what
           ill
           use
           is
           made
           of
           the
           Words
           Papist
           and
           Popery
           ;
           and
           how
           necessary
           it
           is
           that
           they
           were
           better
           understood
           :
           for
           to
           be
           called
           a
           Papist
           is
           dangerous
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           one
           or
           to
           teach
           the
           worst
           of
           Popish
           Doctrines
           is
           advantageous
           ;
           heretofore
           
             the
             Power
             of
             Deposing
             Kings
          
           and
           
             Equivocation
             ,
             either
             as
             to
             Oaths
             ,
             Promises
             ,
             or
             any
             Transactings
          
           were
           accounted
           
             Popish
             Doctrines
          
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           owned
           them
           were
           universally
           condemned
           ;
           but
           now
           you
           have
           those
           very
           Doctrines
           in
           every
           Pulpit
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           the
           Persons
           by
           all
           applauded
           .
           What
           preposterous
           Doings
           are
           these
           ,
           to
           hate
           the
           Name
           and
           love
           the
           Thing
           ?
           to
           knock
           an
           honest
           Man
           o'
           th'
           head
           ,
           for
           being
           maliciously
           and
           falsely
           called
           a
           Papist
           ,
           and
           to
           admire
           him
           for
           a
           Saint
           who
           really
           acts
           upon
           Popish
           Principles
           ,
           whilst
           he
           raiseth
           these
           Scandals
           ,
           and
           rails
           against
           Popery
           ?
           whether
           may
           not
           People
           be
           led
           ,
           who
           will
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           thus
           deluded
           ?
           
             I
             pray
             God
             open
             their
             eyes
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             see
             the
             things
             that
             belong
             to
             their
             Peace
             ,
             before
             they
             be
             hid
             from
             their
             eyes
             .
          
        
         
           Due
           to
           return
           to
           our
           Business
           ,
           the
           Ordinary
           made
           all
           the
           opposition
           he
           could
           ;
           but
           the
           Sheriff
           granted
           the
           Prisoner's
           Request
           ,
           bidding
           the
           Ordinary
           hold
           his
           Peace
           ,
           and
           saying
           it
           was
           a
           thing
           never
           deny'd
           to
           a
           dying
           Man.
           Being
           in
           the
           Cart
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           Prisoner's
           Brother
           ,
           he
           used
           an
           Office
           which
           seemed
           to
           be
           collected
           out
           of
           several
           Offices
           in
           the
           Common-Prayer
           Book
           ,
           with
           such
           small
           Alterations
           as
           
           might
           serve
           to
           adapt
           them
           to
           the
           present
           Occasion
           ;
           being
           since
           asked
           the
           Reason
           ,
           he
           said
           that
           he
           did
           it
           both
           for
           the
           Authority
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           avoid
           any
           Cavils
           that
           might
           be
           made
           at
           ,
           or
           any
           Snares
           that
           might
           be
           laid
           for
           ,
           any
           of
           his
           own
           Conceptions
           .
           But
           But
           when
           he
           came
           to
           mention
           the
           Creed
           he
           put
           these
           particular
           Questions
           to
           the
           Prisoner
           .
           
             Do
             you
             believe
             these
             Articles
             which
             you
             are
             now
             about
             to
             rehearse
             with
             me
             ,
             to
             contain
             that
             Faith
             which
             hath
             all
             along
             been
             received
             by
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ?
             and
             particularly
             by
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           ?
           
             and
             is
             this
             the
             Faith
             wherein
             you
             die
             ,
             and
             wherein
             you
             hope
             for
             Salvation
          
           ?
           The
           Prisoner
           making
           Answer
           ,
           
             I
             do
             so
             believe
             ,
             and
             am
             now
             ready
             to
             die
             in
             that
             Faith
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             Faith
             hope
             for
             Salvation
             .
          
           Then
           said
           the
           Minister
           ,
           if
           so
           ,
           say
           after
           me
           :
           Then
           they
           repeated
           the
           Creed
           ,
           raising
           their
           Voices
           somewhat
           higher
           than
           ordinary
           ;
           after
           that
           the
           Minister
           asked
           him
           several
           Questions
           concerning
           his
           Repentance
           ,
           his
           Charity
           ,
           his
           endeavours
           o●
           Restitution
           for
           any
           Wrongs
           by
           him
           done
           his
           forgiving
           of
           others
           any
           Wrongs
           done
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           at
           the
           earnest
           Request
           of
           the
           dying
           Man
           he
           denounced
           the
           Absolution
           ,
           then
           proceeding
           to
           divers
           other
           Prayers
           they
           concluded
           with
           that
           Sentence
           in
           the
           Office
           for
           the
           Burial
           of
           the
           Dead
           :
           
             O
             holy
             and
             merciful
             Saviour
             ,
             thou
             must
             worthy
             Judge
             eternal
             ,
             suffer
             me
             not
             at
             my
             hast
             hour
             for
             any
             pains
             of
             Death
             to
             fall
             from
             thee
             .
          
           This
           being
           over
           ,
           the
           Minister
           (
           whether
           that
           he
           could
           not
           endure
           to
           see
           the
           Man
           die
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           would
           not
           communicate
           with
           the
           Ordinary
           ,
           or
           for
           some
           other
           Reason
           best
           known
           to
           himself
           ,
           )
           after
           he
           had
           particularly
           embraced
           Mr.
           Anderton
           ,
           fervently
           recommended
           his
           Soul
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           taken
           his
           last
           Farewel
           of
           him
           ,
           went
           down
           out
           of
           the
           Cart
           :
           The
           Sheriffs
           civilly
           commanded
           a
           way
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           and
           were
           readily
           obeyed
           ,
           he
           passing
           through
           the
           Crowd
           ,
           not
           only
           with
           ease
           but
           respect
           .
           During
           the
           time
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           at
           his
           private
           Devotions
           ,
           an
           Order
           came
           to
           remit
           the
           Quartering
           of
           his
           Body
           ,
           which
           being
           by
           some
           thought
           a
           Reprieve
           ,
           it
           was
           handed
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           having
           read
           it
           ,
           and
           finding
           it
           no
           more
           ,
           he
           returned
           it
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             I
             thank
             you
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Lord
             
             be
             done
             .
          
           Having
           leave
           from
           the
           Sheriffs
           to
           speak
           his
           mind
           if
           he
           had
           any
           thing
           to
           say
           to
           the
           People
           ;
           he
           began
           to
           speak
           ,
           but
           being
           troublesomely
           interrupted
           by
           the
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           also
           finding
           he
           could
           not
           be
           heard
           ,
           he
           desired
           a
           Speech
           he
           had
           prepared
           might
           be
           taken
           out
           of
           his
           Pocket
           and
           given
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           to
           be
           by
           them
           Printed
           ,
           or
           Disposed
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           since
           Printed
           ,
           and
           is
           as
           followeth
           :
           
             
               
                 
                   To
                   my
                   Countrymen
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Liberty
                 and
                 Property
                 hath
                 for
                 some
                 years
                 made
                 an
                 hideous
                 Cry
                 in
                 these
                 Kingdoms
                 ,
                 and
                 nothing
                 more
                 than
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Privileges
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 is
                 the
                 Pretence
                 of
                 our
                 present
                 Deliverers
                 ;
                 and
                 doubtless
                 it
                 was
                 for
                 the
                 sake
                 of
                 these
                 that
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 my
                 insatuated
                 and
                 blind
                 Countrymen
                 rebell'd
                 against
                 their
                 Lawful
                 and
                 Injur'd
                 Monarch
                 ,
                 whilst
                 Religion
                 (
                 Rebellions
                 Umbrage
                 )
                 was
                 made
                 the
                 Covert
                 of
                 the
                 hidden
                 Designs
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 have
                 now
                 demonstratively
                 shewn
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 sought
                 nothing
                 less
                 than
                 our
                 Ruin
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 these
                 were
                 only
                 Pretences
                 to
                 gain
                 their
                 ends
                 ,
                 the
                 very
                 blind
                 ,
                 although
                 they
                 cannot
                 see
                 ,
                 yet
                 must
                 certainly
                 feel
                 it
                 .
                 Under
                 the
                 like
                 Pretences
                 do
                 our
                 Deliverers
                 still
                 continue
                 to
                 deliver
                 us
                 even
                 from
                 what
                 they
                 please
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 think
                 will
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 help
                 to
                 effect
                 what
                 they
                 came
                 for
                 :
                 Under
                 the
                 Notion
                 of
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 a
                 War
                 ,
                 they
                 deliver
                 us
                 from
                 our
                 Mony
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 our
                 Traffick
                 and
                 Commerce
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 is
                 sustained
                 :
                 Under
                 the
                 Notion
                 of
                 carrying
                 it
                 on
                 ,
                 they
                 kidnap
                 our
                 young
                 Men
                 ,
                 the
                 Flower
                 of
                 our
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 directly
                 contrary
                 to
                 Law
                 transport
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 save
                 their
                 own
                 Foreigners
                 put
                 them
                 in
                 them
                 first
                 Onsets
                 of
                 their
                 Battles
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Heathens
                 did
                 the
                 Christians
                 of
                 old
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Enemies
                 Swords
                 might
                 be
                 blunted
                 with
                 killing
                 them
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 encounter
                 them
                 :
                 They
                 exhaust
                 all
                 our
                 Stores
                 both
                 for
                 Sea
                 and
                 Land
                 ,
                 and
                 carry
                 away
                 all
                 our
                 Artillery
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 any
                 Man
                 seem
                 but
                 to
                 disapprove
                 of
                 these
                 their
                 Proceedings
                 under
                 the
                 Notion
                 of
                 Law
                 they
                 murther
                 
                 him
                 :
                 Nay
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 do
                 but
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 suppose
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 on
                 their
                 side
                 ,
                 he
                 must
                 be
                 a
                 Traitor
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 matter
                 what
                 the
                 Law
                 says
                 ,
                 they
                 say
                 he
                 shall
                 die
                 .
              
               
                 Can
                 any
                 thing
                 be
                 more
                 plain
                 to
                 demonstrate
                 this
                 than
                 my
                 present
                 Case
                 ?
                 My
                 supposed
                 Crime
                 was
                 Printing
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 that
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 could
                 personally
                 say
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 was
                 a
                 Man
                 against
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 called
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Orange
                 Hook-nose
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 protest
                 I
                 never
                 did
                 ;
                 not
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 could
                 say
                 ,
                 nor
                 did
                 they
                 offer
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 ever
                 printed
                 the
                 Books
                 of
                 which
                 they
                 accuse
                 me
                 ,
                 or
                 procured
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 printed
                 ,
                 or
                 published
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 the
                 Materials
                 were
                 mine
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 I
                 hired
                 the
                 Room
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 found
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 was
                 an
                 ill
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 was
                 sufficient
                 :
                 By
                 which
                 't
                 is
                 plain
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 resolved
                 right
                 or
                 wrong
                 to
                 have
                 my
                 Life
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 they
                 designed
                 not
                 to
                 Try
                 but
                 to
                 Convict
                 me
                 is
                 as
                 plain
                 ;
                 for
                 they
                 refused
                 positively
                 to
                 allow
                 me
                 Counsel
                 to
                 such
                 Matters
                 of
                 Law
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 never
                 refused
                 to
                 any
                 before
                 ;
                 and
                 though
                 I
                 caused
                 several
                 Statutes
                 to
                 be
                 read
                 ,
                 some
                 to
                 prove
                 that
                 there
                 must
                 be
                 two
                 Witnesses
                 at
                 least
                 to
                 the
                 Fact
                 ;
                 others
                 ,
                 that
                 though
                 there
                 had
                 been
                 two
                 ,
                 as
                 there
                 was
                 not
                 one
                 ,
                 yet
                 positively
                 declared
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 Treason
                 :
                 Nay
                 ,
                 the
                 very
                 last
                 Session
                 of
                 Parliament
                 was
                 it
                 enacted
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Printer
                 of
                 Seditious
                 and
                 Treasonable
                 Books
                 should
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 Offence
                 be
                 punished
                 no
                 otherwise
                 than
                 not
                 to
                 follow
                 his
                 Trade
                 for
                 three
                 years
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 second
                 Offence
                 never
                 to
                 follow
                 it
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 farther
                 Punishment
                 as
                 seemed
                 fit
                 to
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 
                   not
                   extending
                   to
                   Life
                   or
                   Limb.
                
                 Now
                 though
                 mine
                 (
                 had
                 it
                 been
                 proved
                 )
                 had
                 but
                 been
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 yet
                 you
                 see
                 contrary
                 and
                 in
                 direct
                 opposition
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 they
                 make
                 it
                 High
                 Treason
                 :
                 And
                 when
                 the
                 Jury
                 could
                 not
                 agree
                 to
                 find
                 me
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 down
                 to
                 ask
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 Whether
                 the
                 finding
                 these
                 Things
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 supposing
                 them
                 to
                 be
                 mine
                 ,
                 since
                 it
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 prov'd
                 that
                 I
                 printed
                 these
                 Books
                 ,
                 or
                 had
                 made
                 any
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 could
                 affect
                 my
                 Life
                 ?
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Jury
                 asked
                 this
                 Question
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Chief
                 Justice
                 Treby
                 told
                 
                 them
                 positively
                 ,
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   it
                   did
                   not
                
                 ;
                 yet
                 withal
                 he
                 told
                 them
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   that
                   was
                   not
                   their
                   Business
                   ,
                   their
                   Business
                   was
                   to
                   find
                   me
                   Guilty
                   of
                   Printing
                   :
                
                 And
                 while
                 they
                 stayed
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 frown'd
                 upon
                 them
                 to
                 that
                 degree
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Foreman
                 told
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 frighted
                 ;
                 upon
                 which
                 they
                 publickly
                 reviled
                 them
                 ,
                 calling
                 them
                 ,
                 
                   ill
                   Men
                   ,
                   ill
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Pack
                   of
                   Knaves
                
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 terrified
                 them
                 into
                 a
                 Compliance
                 .
                 That
                 this
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 near
                 know
                 too
                 well
                 ,
                 although
                 the
                 partial
                 Writer
                 of
                 the
                 Tryals
                 hath
                 most
                 perfidiously
                 published
                 not
                 only
                 an
                 unfair
                 ,
                 imperfect
                 ,
                 and
                 lame
                 Account
                 ,
                 but
                 hath
                 also
                 stuff'd
                 it
                 with
                 down-right
                 Untruths
                 and
                 Falshoods
                 ,
                 and
                 left
                 out
                 whatsoever
                 made
                 for
                 me
                 ;
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 mentioning
                 the
                 Contradictions
                 of
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 in
                 what
                 they
                 did
                 swear
                 ,
                 their
                 swearing
                 to
                 some
                 things
                 that
                 made
                 for
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 I
                 took
                 hold
                 of
                 them
                 they
                 denied
                 them
                 ,
                 nor
                 hath
                 he
                 in
                 the
                 least
                 told
                 the
                 World
                 of
                 the
                 Judg's
                 over-ruling
                 whatsoever
                 I
                 offered
                 ,
                 without
                 giving
                 any
                 other
                 Answer
                 than
                 that
                 
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   so
                   because
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   it
                   so
                
                 ;
                 with
                 many
                 other
                 such
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 conscientious
                 Auditors
                 can
                 testify
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 now
                 I
                 pray
                 consider
                 where
                 is
                 this
                 Liberty
                 and
                 Property
                 ?
                 where
                 the
                 Rights
                 and
                 Privileges
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 ?
                 Nay
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 very
                 Laws
                 themselves
                 ?
                 And
                 consequently
                 where
                 is
                 the
                 Security
                 of
                 any
                 Man
                 ?
                 Why
                 ,
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 Deliverers
                 Pockets
                 ,
                 where
                 your
                 Money
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 where
                 also
                 without
                 all
                 doubt
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 look
                 not
                 well
                 to
                 your selves
                 ,
                 your
                 Estates
                 e're
                 long
                 will
                 be
                 likewise
                 .
                 What
                 are
                 the
                 Proceedings
                 but
                 Arbitrary
                 in
                 a
                 superlative
                 Manner
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 as
                 no
                 Reign
                 ever
                 produced
                 before
                 ?
                 These
                 were
                 they
                 you
                 were
                 heretofore
                 only
                 afraid
                 of
                 ,
                 being
                 jealous
                 without
                 just
                 Cause
                 ;
                 but
                 now
                 you
                 see
                 them
                 actually
                 come
                 upon
                 you
                 .
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 your selves
                 will
                 put
                 a
                 stop
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 by
                 laying
                 these
                 Proceedings
                 before
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 for
                 had
                 it
                 been
                 Sitting
                 at
                 this
                 present
                 these
                 Proceedings
                 durst
                 not
                 have
                 been
                 practised
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 to
                 put
                 so
                 speedy
                 an
                 end
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 last
                 that
                 may
                 suffer
                 by
                 them
                 .
              
               
               
                 I
                 have
                 hitherto
                 lived
                 a
                 Member
                 of
                 the
                 Orthodox
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 as
                 by
                 Law
                 established
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 declare
                 I
                 now
                 die
                 in
                 the
                 Unity
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 :
                 Therefore
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 its
                 Discipline
                 ,
                 I
                 hold
                 my self
                 obliged
                 to
                 ask
                 Pardon
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 ,
                 of
                 every
                 particular
                 Person
                 whom
                 I
                 have
                 any
                 ways
                 offended
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 do
                 freely
                 and
                 sincerely
                 forgive
                 every
                 one
                 that
                 has
                 offended
                 me
                 ,
                 particularly
                 my
                 most
                 false
                 and
                 perjured
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 and
                 among
                 them
                 more
                 particularly
                 
                   ROBIN
                   STEPHENS
                
                 ,
                 my
                 most
                 unjust
                 and
                 unrighteous
                 Judges
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 repenting
                 Jury
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 may
                 not
                 lay
                 this
                 their
                 Sin
                 of
                 wilful
                 Murther
                 to
                 their
                 Charge
                 at
                 the
                 General
                 Bar
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 shall
                 appear
                 as
                 Criminals
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 Judges
                 .
              
               
                 May
                 the
                 Almighty
                 bless
                 ,
                 preserve
                 ,
                 prosper
                 and
                 restore
                 our
                 Sovereign
                 Lord
                 King
                 James
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 just
                 Possession
                 of
                 his
                 indubitable
                 Lawful
                 Crowns
                 ;
                 strengthen
                 him
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 vanquish
                 and
                 overcome
                 all
                 his
                 Enemies
                 here
                 on
                 Earth
                 ,
                 and
                 crown
                 him
                 with
                 eternal
                 Glory
                 hereafter
                 :
                 And
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 never
                 want
                 Heirs
                 to
                 inherit
                 his
                 Crown
                 ,
                 bless
                 I
                 beseech
                 thee
                 ,
                 O
                 God
                 ,
                 his
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 the
                 Prince
                 of
                 Wales
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 him
                 such
                 a
                 numerable
                 Issue
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 may
                 never
                 want
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Loins
                 to
                 sway
                 the
                 Scepters
                 of
                 these
                 Kingdoms
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 Sun
                 or
                 Moon
                 endure
                 .
                 
                   Amen
                   .
                   Amen
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   William
                   Anderton
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     June
                     15.
                     1693.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Several
           sorts
           of
           Men
           have
           their
           several
           Objections
           against
           this
           poor
           Man's
           Speech
           ,
           which
           he
           wrote
           the
           day
           before
           he
           dyed
           ,
           between
           the
           hours
           of
           Eight
           and
           One
           ,
           being
           fourteen
           times
           interrupted
           in
           the
           Writing
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           forced
           to
           convey
           a
           Copy
           of
           it
           through
           a
           Key-hole
           to
           a
           Friend
           ,
           least
           it
           should
           be
           taken
           from
           him
           .
           Some
           complain
           ,
           That
           
             he
             did
             not
             pray
             for
             the
             Queen
          
           ;
           but
           these
           surely
           forget
           what
           Man
           they
           have
           to
           do
           with
           .
           Formerly
           in
           such
           cases
           Men
           used
           to
           pray
           for
           their
           King
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           were
           acquitteed
           used
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             God
             bless
             the
             King
          
           ,
           without
           any
           further
           Notice
           of
           other
           Persons
           ,
           unless
           there
           were
           particular
           Reason
           for
           it
           :
           But
           since
           a
           
             joint
             Regency
          
           hath
           been
           set
           up
           ,
           it
           hath
           followed
           in
           course
           that
           they
           pray'd
           for
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           ;
           but
           he
           was
           a
           Man
           who
           would
           not
           countenance
           this
           ,
           or
           take
           any
           Notice
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           therefore
           used
           the
           old
           form
           and
           way
           ,
           not
           caring
           who
           excepted
           against
           it
           .
           But
           if
           any
           Honourers
           of
           their
           Queen
           by
           mistake
           except
           these
           ,
           they
           may
           know
           ,
           that
           he
           honoured
           her
           as
           much
           as
           they
           ;
           and
           doubtless
           she
           will
           believe
           no
           less
           of
           him
           ,
           who
           prayed
           so
           heartily
           for
           the
           Prince
           of
           Wales
           ,
           the
           Son
           of
           her
           Womb
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           care
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           good
           Subjects
           hopes
           .
        
         
           Others
           alledge
           ,
           that
           it
           hath
           too
           much
           Levity
           in
           it
           for
           the
           Speech
           of
           a
           dying
           Man
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           reason
           quarrel
           with
           the
           word
           Kidnapping
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           the
           very
           term
           now
           by
           all
           used
           ,
           and
           by
           which
           all
           Men
           express
           and
           understand
           the
           Fact
           signified
           by
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           would
           speak
           to
           be
           understood
           by
           all
           ,
           should
           speak
           in
           the
           Language
           used
           by
           all
           :
           when
           Words
           are
           new
           and
           fresh
           ,
           they
           carry
           along
           with
           them
           somewhat
           of
           the
           lightness
           ,
           quaintness
           ,
           or
           other
           particular
           Humour
           or
           Quality
           of
           the
           first
           Deviser
           ,
           but
           when
           they
           are
           once
           appropriated
           and
           naturalized
           by
           use
           ,
           that
           Humour
           is
           lost
           ,
           and
           they
           become
           in
           some
           measure
           necessary
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           will
           find
           fault
           with
           a
           Man
           for
           speaking
           as
           other
           Men
           do
           ,
           perhaps
           will
           find
           in
           the
           End
           ,
           that
           more
           will
           find
           fault
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           there
           are
           others
           who
           are
           as
           much
           displeased
           with
           the
           Sharpness
           and
           Severity
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           difficult
           a
           matter
           it
           is
           to
           please
           all
           Palats
           .
           But
           this
           is
           only
           in
           that
           part
           of
           his
           Speech
           ,
           where
           his
           subject
           matter
           plainly
           engaged
           him
           to
           speak
           somewhat
           after
           that
           manner
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Objectors
           ought
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           there
           are
           some
           things
           in
           their
           own
           Nature
           so
           harsh
           and
           ungrateful
           ,
           that
           a
           Man
           cannot
           mention
           them
           without
           seeming
           to
           grate
           or
           bite
           ;
           but
           then
           how
           Evil
           and
           Severe
           are
           those
           things
           themselves
           ?
           And
           if
           a
           Man
           must
           necessarily
           speak
           of
           such
           Matters
           ,
           they
           ought
           to
           lay
           the
           blame
           on
           the
           things
           ,
           which
           extort
           from
           a
           Man
           such
           severity
           of
           Language
           ,
           not
           on
           the
           Man
           ,
           who
           speaks
           properly
           and
           according
           
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           things
           ,
           which
           was
           always
           esteemed
           a
           Virtue
           and
           Commendation
           .
           Some
           Persons
           can
           find
           fault
           with
           the
           Excellencies
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           as
           I
           remember
           it
           was
           one
           Objection
           against
           Mr.
           
           Ashton's
           Paper
           ,
           that
           he
           
             reasoned
             too
             logically
          
           :
           the
           same
           Crime
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           will
           never
           be
           objected
           to
           him
           ,
           who
           pick'd
           the
           quarrel
           .
           Were
           any
           of
           these
           smooth
           Men
           to
           suffer
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           with
           such
           kind
           of
           Justice
           as
           Mr.
           Anderton
           had
           ,
           perhaps
           it
           might
           set
           their
           Tongues
           and
           Pens
           on
           edge
           to
           speak
           and
           write
           as
           severe
           Truth
           as
           he
           did
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           others
           ,
           who
           employ
           time
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           better
           spent
           in
           seeking
           or
           making
           Exceptions
           against
           this
           brave
           Man
           ;
           But
           I
           will
           leave
           them
           with
           Trinculo
           to
           mutiny
           by
           themselves
           ;
           I
           wish
           all
           of
           them
           had
           seen
           him
           and
           conversed
           with
           him
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Confinement
           ;
           they
           then
           would
           rather
           have
           admired
           him
           ,
           than
           disparaged
           him
           ;
           a
           Man
           upon
           whom
           the
           Terrours
           of
           Death
           made
           no
           Impression
           ;
           no
           Man
           that
           came
           to
           him
           could
           ever
           discover
           any
           the
           least
           sign
           of
           fear
           ,
           or
           perturbation
           of
           Mind
           in
           him
           ,
           but
           found
           him
           always
           in
           the
           same
           sweet
           even
           temper
           ,
           excepting
           only
           in
           his
           Devotions
           and
           Exercises
           of
           Religion
           ,
           wherein
           he
           was
           very
           fervent
           and
           vehement
           ,
           as
           powring
           out
           all
           his
           Soul
           to
           his
           God.
           To
           carp
           and
           cavil
           is
           no
           hard
           matter
           ,
           but
           to
           die
           is
           not
           so
           very
           easie
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           be
           thought
           to
           make
           no
           ill
           Wish
           ,
           if
           I
           wish
           that
           those
           who
           are
           so
           ready
           to
           censure
           ,
           may
           be
           able
           to
           make
           as
           brave
           and
           as
           Christian
           an
           End
           ,
           as
           this
           poor
           Man
           did
           ,
           who
           is
           persecuted
           both
           living
           and
           dead
           .
        
         
           During
           the
           time
           that
           the
           Ordinary
           busied
           himself
           ,
           he
           was
           observed
           not
           to
           mind
           him
           ,
           but
           to
           imploy
           himself
           in
           his
           private
           Devotions
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Delivery
           of
           his
           Speech
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           ,
           his
           Cap
           pulled
           over
           his
           Eyes
           ready
           for
           Execution
           ,
           he
           prayed
           thus
           ;
           
             Most
             great
             and
             most
             merciful
             Lord
             God!
             do
             thou
             look
             down
             upon
             me
             thy
             poor
             unworthy
             Servant
             in
             this
             hour
             of
             my
             great
             extremity
             ,
             and
             have
             Mercy
             upon
             me
             .
             Sweet
             Jesus
             ,
             receive
             my
             Soul
             into
             thine
             everlasting
             Kingdom
             ,
             for
             into
             thy
             hands
             do
             I
             commend
             
             my
             Spirit
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             redeemed
             it
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             of
             Truth
             !
             Come
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             receive
             my
             pretious
             Soul
             ,
             Father
             of
             Mercy
             have
             mercy
             upon
             me
             ;
             O
             God
             the
             Son
             ,
             Redeemer
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             have
             mercy
             upon
             me
             ;
             Lord
             ,
             comfort
             and
             support
             my
             Soul
             in
             these
             my
             last
             Minutes
             ,
             come
             sweet
             Jesus
             ,
             come
             quickly
             ,
             and
             save
             me
             sweet
             Jesus
             by
             thy
             most
             pretious
             Blood
             ,
             by
             thy
             Agony
             and
             bloody
             Sweat
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             do
             thou
             deliver
             me
             .
          
           Here
           the
           Ordinary
           put
           in
           saying
           ,
           you
           must
           give
           a
           sign
           when
           you
           are
           ready
           ;
           whereupon
           the
           Sheriffs
           charged
           him
           not
           to
           interrupt
           them
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           was
           proceeding
           his
           Sister
           desired
           to
           speak
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           was
           granted
           ;
           who
           kissing
           him
           and
           weeping
           over
           him
           said
           ,
           
             be
             of
             good
             comfort
             though
             there
             is
             no
             Pardon
             for
             you
             here
             yet
             there
             is
             above
             .
          
           So
           when
           they
           had
           taken
           a
           Christian
           leave
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           he
           returned
           to
           his
           Devotions
           ,
           when
           after
           a
           short
           pathetical
           Prayer
           constantly
           calling
           upon
           his
           Saviour
           the
           Cart
           drove
           away
           .
           His
           Body
           was
           conveyed
           to
           a
           House
           near
           ,
           till
           the
           dusk
           of
           the
           Evening
           ,
           and
           then
           brought
           to
           Town
           ,
           both
           for
           quietness
           sake
           and
           to
           prevent
           giving
           Offence
           ;
           but
           as
           privately
           as
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           that
           Blood-hound
           Stephens
           pursu'd
           him
           dead
           ,
           and
           was
           observed
           to
           walk
           several
           times
           by
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           Mob
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           who
           was
           designed
           to
           have
           been
           stollen
           to
           his
           Grave
           by
           a
           few
           Friends
           late
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           was
           follow'd
           by
           a
           very
           numerous
           Train
           ,
           but
           without
           any
           manner
           of
           Incivility
           ,
           and
           now
           lies
           interr'd
           in
           little
           S.
           
           Bartholomew's
           Church-yard
           ,
           expecting
           a
           joyful
           Resurrection
           ,
           and
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           righteous
           Judge
           ,
           before
           whom
           William
           and
           
             Mary
             ,
             Anderton
          
           and
           Treby
           shall
           appear
           without
           any
           other
           difference
           or
           respect
           ,
           than
           what
           their
           Sins
           or
           their
           Virtues
           shall
           make
           ;
           and
           from
           whom
           they
           shall
           receive
           according
           to
           what
           they
           have
           done
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           be
           it
           good
           or
           evil
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

