A Letter concerning Sir William Whitlock's bill for the trials in cases of treason written Oct. 1693 upon the request of a friend who is an honest member of the House of Commons, and now committed to the press upon the solicitation of several who think it may be of publick use to let it come abroad before the next meeting of the Parliament.
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A Letter concerning Sir William Whitlock's bill for the trials in cases of treason written Oct. 1693 upon the request of a friend who is an honest member of the House of Commons, and now committed to the press upon the solicitation of several who think it may be of publick use to let it come abroad before the next meeting of the Parliament.
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A
LETTER
concerning
Sir
William
Whitloc●●
Bill
for
Trials
in
Cases
of
Treason
,
written
Oct.
16●●
upon
the
Request
of
a
Friend
who
is
an
honest
Mem●●●
of
the
House
of
Commons
;
and
now
committed
to
〈◊〉
Press
upon
the
Solicitation
of
several
who
think
it
〈◊〉
be
of
publick
Vse
to
let
it
come
abroad
before
〈◊〉
next
meeting
of
the
Parliament
.
SIR
,
MY
speedy
Compliance
with
your
Commands
in
relation
to
Sir
William
Whitlock's
Bill
,
is
a
Demonstration
how
entire
a
Power
you
have
over
me
:
And
that
I
may
be
more
distinct
and
clear
in
the
Delivery
of
my
Thoughts
,
I
shall
briefly
set
them
down
under
the
following
Heads
.
1.
I
shall
consider
the
Reasonableness
and
Necessity
of
having
such
a
Bill
.
In
the
next
place
,
I
shall
consider
,
Whether
this
is
a
proper
time
to
propose
and
insist
upon
it
.
And
in
the
last
place
,
I
shall
give
some
account
of
the
Benefits
of
such
a
Bill
.
To
enforce
the
Reasonableness
and
Necessity
of
having
such
a
Bill
,
I
need
only
request
you
to
look
over
the
Trials
that
have
been
in
our
latter
Reigns
,
wherein
you
will
find
that
for
want
of
such
a
Bill
some
of
the
most
excellent
Personages
,
and
our
greatest
Patriots
,
have
bee●
〈◊〉
to
Death
,
and
that
many
others
〈…〉
whereof
were
Men
harmless
〈…〉
have
suffered
wrongfully
.
W
〈…〉
〈…〉
not
lament
,
What
good
Engl
〈…〉
is
not
afflicted
for
the
Death
〈…〉
Essex
and
Rawleigh
?
Can
an
〈…〉
that
knows
our
Laws
think
S●●
〈◊〉
Vane
was
fairly
dealt
with
〈◊〉
Plunket
ought
to
have
been
〈…〉
twice
?
Sidney
Executed
up●●
〈…〉
litude
of
Hands
,
and
one
W
〈…〉
Sir
Thomas
Armstrong
withou●
〈…〉
before
the
Outlawry
comp
〈…〉
coming
in
?
Ashton
upon
presu
〈…〉
Treason
?
And
Anderton
again●●
〈◊〉
plain
Sence
of
so
many
Statutes
.
〈◊〉
Blood
of
these
and
many
more
c
〈…〉
Vengeance
,
and
admonish
us
to
p●●vide
against
such
Extravagancies
〈…〉
after
.
Colledge
and
Cornish
call
a
〈…〉
for
such
a
Bill
.
Had
such
〈◊〉
〈…〉
been
in
force
,
could
the
Great
〈…〉
Russel
have
dyed
for
only
〈…〉
ng
to
prevent
the
wild
Attempts
of
others
,
and
because
Sir
Thomas
Armstrong
had
viewed
the
Guards
?
But
●t
is
needless
to
set
down
the
several
Instances
in
other
Reigns
,
when
the
Trials
under
this
afford
but
too
pregnant
Reasons
to
conclude
the
Judges
very
untoward
Counsel
for
the
Prisoner
,
and
that
Jury-men
may
be
byassed
by
Piques
and
Animosities
,
and
also
that
well-meaning
Men
of
a
Jury
ought
to
hear
the
Law
stated
by
such
of
the
Robe
as
are
not
in
the
Pay
of
the
Crown
;
not
only
because
the
Bench
too
often
prevaricates
,
but
because
the
Prisoners
are
often
wearied
out
,
as
the
Great
Rawleigh
was
,
with
the
clamourous
Harangues
of
the
King's
Counsel
,
and
so
drop
their
Defence
,
when
their
Lungs
(
which
are
not
so
well
breathed
as
those
of
Pleaders
)
fail
them
.
Another
Reason
which
may
enforce
the
Reasonableness
and
Necessity
of
having
such
a
Bill
is
,
because
though
our
Laws
surpass
the
Laws
of
all
other
Countries
in
many
other
Respects
,
yet
in
this
they
are
very
defective
,
insomuch
that
it
is
the
Opinion
of
such
as
have
a
greater
Insight
into
the
Laws
of
other
Governments
▪
and
our
own
,
than
I
will
pretend
to
that
there
is
not
any
one
Countrey
where
there
are
any
Legal
Trials
at
all
,
but
the
Life
of
the
Subject
is
better
guarded
,
the
meth●d
of
Trials
in
Capital
Cases
more
equal
than
in
ours
;
and
whoever
will
look
over
the
manner
of
Trials
here
,
during
the
Saxon
Times
,
will
find
we
are
in
some
great
Fundamentals
degenerated
from
our
ancient
Liberties
.
I
will
only
add
upon
this
first
Head
an
account
of
the
method
of
Capital
Trials
,
as
it
is
amongst
our
Neighbours
of
Scotland
,
who
,
though
since
they
have
been
made
,
as
it
were
,
a
Province
to
our
Crown
,
have
in
many
essential
Parts
of
it
,
undergone
very
great
Violations
of
their
Constitution
,
have
nevertheless
herein
preserved
what
may
afford
us
matter
of
Instruction
;
and
therefore
let
me
in
a
few
Words
give
you
their
Forms
of
trying
such
Criminals
.
The
Prisoner
is
to
receive
his
Indictment
with
sound
of
Trumpet
fifteen
Days
before
the
Day
of
his
Trial
,
all
Persons
then
have
access
unto
him
,
and
at
the
same
time
he
is
to
receive
a
L●st
of
his
Jury
,
and
of
the
King's
Witnesses
,
with
a
Warrant
to
subpoena
all
such
Persons
to
appear
whom
he
shall
think
fit
to
call
for
,
to
prove
his
good
Behaviour
,
and
his
Objections
against
the
Jury
or
the
King's
Witnesses
.
Upon
Application
from
the
Prisoner
,
The
Privy
Council
gives
order
to
such
Lawyers
as
are
named
in
his
Petition
to
appear
as
Counsel
for
him
,
with
Assurance
unto
them
,
that
they
shall
never
be
called
in
question
for
any
Thing
they
shall
urge
in
Defence
of
their
Client
.
When
the
Prisoner
comes
to
his
Trial
,
every
Word
that
is
spoken
by
the
King's
Attorney
General
to
enforce
the
Indictment
against
the
Prisoner
,
and
every
Word
spoken
by
the
Prisoner's
Counsel
for
him
,
is
written
down
by
the
Clerks
of
the
Court
,
and
entered
upon
Record
,
together
with
his
Indictment
,
to
furnish
ground
of
Process
afterwards
against
the
Judges
,
if
upon
Trial
it
be
found
that
they
have
judged
unjustly
;
and
the
Retaliation
is
carried
so
far
in
Scotland
,
that
if
upon
●he
Review
of
those
Proceedings
it
is
found
(
after
the
he●t
of
the
Prosecution
is
over
)
that
the
Judge
was
byassed
by
Interest
▪
Malice
or
any
other
Passion
▪
to
direct
a
Jury
wrong
and
give
a
wrong
Sentence
▪
then
the
Judge
,
if
alive
,
sh●ll
also
be
executed
▪
but
if
the
Judge
is
dead
▪
the
H●irs
of
the
executed
Persons
shall
rec●ver
from
he
Heirs
of
the
deceased
Judge
whatever
Damage
their
Fortune
sustained
upon
that
illegal
S●ntence
.
Before
the
King's
Witnesses
▪
are
exmined
the
Prisoner's
Witnesses
are
called
and
examined
upon
Oath
,
both
as
to
the
Prisoner's
good
Fame
,
and
the
Truth
of
his
Defences
;
as
also
whether
they
knew
that
any
of
the
King's
Witnesses
have
been
dealt
with
to
depone
against
the
Prisoner
,
or
have
ever
threatned
him
any
Mischief
,
or
are
of
bad
Fame
,
either
of
which
incapacitates
them
from
being
Witnesses
against
the
Prisoner
:
Nay
,
after
the
Prisoner
has
had
all
his
Probation
against
the
King's
Witnesses
,
he
may
demand
,
that
such
as
have
not
been
cast
by
his
Evidence
should
purg●
themselves
upon
Oath
,
before
the●
give
their
Testimony
,
that
they
bea●
the
Prisoner
no
Malice
,
that
they
n●ver
threatned
him
any
Mischief
,
an●
that
they
have
been
never
dealt
wit●
to
depone
against
him
.
The
Members
of
the
Jury
are
liable
to
the
sam●
legal
Incapacities
,
and
they
may
be
proved
against
them
by
Witnesses
,
o●
their
own
Oath
.
The
Judges
are
not
allowed
to
spea●
to
the
Jury
before
they
withdraw
.
If
any
Message
be
sent
to
the
Jury
,
a●ter
they
are
withdrawn
,
from
the
Judges
;
Attorney
General
,
or
an●
Person
concerned
in
the
Government
the
Prisoner
is
acquitted
upon
his
proving
it
.
The
Jury
is
never
returne●
to
amend
their
Verdict
.
There
mus●
be
Two
positive
deponing
Witnesse●
to
each
Matter
of
Fact
alledged
agains●
the
Prisoner
.
I
have
said
all
that
I
will
to
the
Reasonableness
and
Necessity
of
it
;
and
now
let
us
in
the
next
place
consider
,
Whether
this
is
a
proper
Time
to
propose
and
insist
upon
such
a
Bill
.
The
first
Consideration
which
I
shall
urge
,
might
have
been
brough●
as
a
Reason
for
the
absolute
Necessity
of
having
such
a
Bill
,
which
Consideration
is
this
.
The
P.
of
Orange
in
his
Declaration
assigned
the
Abuses
in
Capital
Trials
as
one
of
the
Reasons
o●
his
coming
over
;
and
what
the
P.
of
Orange
then
Declared
,
he
would
see
amended
before
he
laid
down
his
Arms
,
is
not
K.
William
engaged
in
Honour
and
Interest
,
are
not
all
that
design
to
support
this
Government
bound
to
promote
and
agree
to
?
And
consequently
,
Is
it
not
the
indispensable
Duty
of
all
that
wish
well
to
their
Majesties
,
with
all
Speed
to
insist
upon
proper
Bills
for
that
Purpose
?
How
certain
soever
it
is
,
that
the
only
Jus
divinum
of
our
Monarchs
,
and
all
other
Monarchs
too
,
is
derived
from
the
Voice
of
the
People
,
that
Hereditary
Right
is
one
of
Sir
Robert
Filmer's
Dreams
,
or
at
most
but
a
Monkish
Fable
,
that
Election
is
the
most
Authentick
Title
,
and
that
the
Commissions
of
Kings
are
de
Beneplacito
:
I
say
,
however
true
and
certain
all
these
Notions
are
,
yet
they
will
return
to
their
old
Bondage
,
will
again
fall
in
Love
with
Passive
Obedience
,
and
think
they
have
done
Wrong
to
King
James
,
if
the
Prince
of
Oran●e's
Promises
are
not
kept
,
and
our
Constitution
bettered
by
the
Change.
And
whereas
some
,
otherwise
judicious
and
worthy
Men
▪
would
have
this
Bill
take
effe●t
,
and
got
it
voted
in
the
House
that
it
should
take
effe●t
,
at
the
end
of
this
War
,
and
not
till
then
,
in
my
humble
Opinion
they
were
much
in
the
wrong
;
for
it
l●oks
as
if
the
Wh●gs
thems●lves
designed
this
Revolution
only
to
g●t
more
●●●er
into
their
own
Hands
,
and
to
make
use
of
that
Power
too
,
to
revenge
themselves
upon
their
Enemies
.
I
love
some
Men
that
were
concern'd
in
that
Clause
too
well
to
aggravate
this
Matter
,
or
to
recite
the
Reasons
some
of
them
gave
for
voting
for
it
.
Revenge
▪
is
a
very
ill
Reason
for
any
Vote
in
Parliament
;
and
if
any
honest
Man
has
been
persuaded
to
oppose
this
Bill
,
or
consent
to
that
Vote
,
that
they
might
the
better
secure
this
Government
,
I
beg
leave
to
inform
such
mistaken
Persons
,
That
all
Governments
are
better
secured
by
letting
▪
Twenty
guilty
escape
,
than
by
the
illegal
Condemnation
of
any
One
Man.
The
Blood
of
the
Martyr
is
the
Seed
of
Civil
as
well
as
Religious
Opinions
;
and
therefore
perhaps
through
Lenity
a
Throne
is
most
effectually
established
,
even
where
Men
are
,
according
to
the
strictest
Rules
of
Justice
and
Equity
,
at
the
Mercy
of
the
Government
;
but
whether
that
be
so
or
no
,
I
am
sure
that
where
the
Law
is
not
plain
,
an
Execution
is
a
Defeat
to
those
that
sit
at
the
H●lm
.
Moreover
,
that
the
opposition
that
those
who
have
,
or
would
have
Persions
,
whether
in
the
House
of
Lords
or
Commons
,
have
given
to
Sir
William
Whitlock's
Bill
has
not
in
the
least
preserved
our
present
Establishment
,
is
plain
to
all
that
reflect
how
few
there
has
been
proof
against
,
though
this
Bill
was
baffl●d
by
such
Ar●ifices
as
little
became
our
Reformation
,
our
Preten●es
to
Reformation
.
This
Bill
would
have
been
so
far
from
weakning
,
that
it
would
have
strengthned
our
Government
;
for
one
good
Bill
gains
the
King
that
gives
it
many
Friends
,
and
such
Friends
as
are
so
by
Principles
of
Liberty
;
and
who
therefore
are
the
fastest
Friends
to
an
Elective
Crown
.
Had
the
King
had
,
as
some
wish
,
Opportunities
,
by
the
help
of
the
Presidents
of
latter
Reigns
,
and
those
Stretches
of
Prerogative
which
we
ought
to
condemn
in
this
,
to
sacrifice
some
of
those
who
have
been
too
busy
for
K.
James
,
there
are
not
any
of
that
Sort
of
Men
who
have
not
amongst
us
Friends
and
Kindred
,
who
would
have
been
angry
at
the
disputed
Legality
of
the
Death
of
their
Relations
and
Friends
.
It
is
not
for
want
of
Blood
,
but
because
we
have
not
obtained
good
Laws
,
and
amongst
the
rest
THIS
,
that
our
Government
is
so
low
:
It
is
because
the
WHIGGS
have
not
kept
to
,
and
asserted
their
own
Principles
,
and
because
K.
William
has
fallen
into
the
Hands
of
Tories
,
and
such
Whiggs
as
he
has
made
Tories
,
that
all
our
Affairs
are
in
this
Condition
.
Illegal
Trials
and
Arbitrary
Notions
are
strange
Recipe's
for
a
Government
that
is
it self
founded
upon
a
Declaration
against
them
.
It
is
full
time
to
vindicate
the
Sincerity
of
the
P.
of
Orange's
Declaration
in
this
particular
;
and
therefore
this
is
a
proper
time
to
promote
and
insist
upon
such
a
Bill
.
But
I
will
not
dwell
upon
this
,
I
will
proceed
to
another
Consideration
.
Either
K.
William
is
a
good
Prince
,
or
a
bad
one
.
If
a
good
one
,
't
is
in
the
Reigns
of
such
we
must
get
Laws
against
such
as
are
bad
;
and
no
Man
can
tell
how
long
will
be
the
Reigns
of
the
best
of
Princes
.
If
he
is
not
so
affectionate
to
our
Liberties
as
we
could
wish
,
and
did
expect
him
,
then
we
have
great
Reason
to
endeavour
the
getting
of
this
Law
,
to
guard
us
against
even
his
own
Male
Administrations
.
And
this
is
the
time
to
gain
this
Law
,
because
he
will
give
us
any
Law
upon
Condition
we
will
provide
for
his
Journey
to
Flanders
.
Indeed
our
best
Princes
have
always
sold
us
for
our
Money
the
best
Commodities
,
good
Laws
:
But
even
the
worst
of
Princes
must
give
the
People
good
Laws
,
whilst
the
House
of
Commons
keeps
the
Pu●s●
,
and
the
Crown
stands
in
need
of
our
Supplies
.
But
further
,
How
can
our
Representatives
answer
it
to
their
Constituents
,
if
they
part
with
such
vast
Sums
,
and
don
't
obtain
for
them
a
Law
,
that
for
so
long
time
▪
almost
the
whole
Nation
has
thought
necessary
,
for
which
twelve
Years
agoe
we
would
almost
have
▪
given
half
our
Limbs
,
and
half
our
Fortunes
?
This
is
the
Time
to
promote
this
Bill
,
because
some
will
be
for
it
now
who
never
were
for
a
good
Bill
before
.
Wise
Men
should
make
use
of
the
Inclinations
and
Interests
of
all
Men
If
the
WHIGGS
were
true
to
their
own
former
Professions
this
Bill
might
be
now
carried
almost
Nemine
contradicente
,
more
unanimously
than
most
Bills
were
ever
carried
▪
Methinks
Men
should
not
care
for
what
Reasons
other
Men
come
into
that
Sence
which
is
for
the
good
of
their
Countrey
,
but
should
make
use
of
all
Factions
and
Parties
to
serve
it
.
The
Apostle
Paul
rejoiced
that
Christ
was
preached
,
though
for
By-Ends
,
and
we
should
rejoyce
that
our
honest
Notions
are
propagated
,
let
what
will
be
the
Designs
of
those
that
set
them
on
foot
,
or
go
in
with
them
.
But
farther
,
if
we
lose
this
Opportunity
,
it
is
not
impossible
but
we
may
lose
it
forever
.
If
we
lay
hold
on
this
Opportunity
,
though
the
Ministers
we
have
,
and
their
ill
Management
,
should
lose
us
our
Government
,
this
would
questi●nless
be
one
of
those
Laws
which
the
first
Parliament
under
King
James
will
desire
him
to
ratify
and
confirm
,
and
at
which
he
expresly
hints
to
in
his
last
Declaration
,
so
that
we
ought
to
ask
it
not
only
for
the
Safety
of
this
Government
,
but
to
preserve
us
in
the
next
,
if
that
should
happen
.
Nay
,
if
the
Jacobites
saw
we
persued
our
own
Principles
now
,
and
would
not
hurt
our
Constitution
to
hurt
them
,
all
amongst
that
Sett
of
Men
who
have
Sence
and
Generosity
,
would
rather
pity
what
they
thought
our
Mistakes
,
than
join
in
our
Destruction
hereafter
:
So
that
if
we
cannot
make
the
Tories
wise
at
present
,
upon
a
Revolution
we
may
be
fairly
heard
by
the
Jacobites
,
and
may
come
even
to
some
Accommodation
in
the
Principles
of
Government
;
but
if
we
shew
that
we
have
no
Principles
,
Men
will
never
be
persuaded
by
inveterate
Enemies
,
and
such
as
have
appeared
to
be
only
designing
Knaves
,
as
soon
as
Power
was
in
their
Hands
.
My
last
Thought
brings
me
under
a
great
Temptation
to
expostulate
with
some
of
the
Whiggs
,
upon
other
Matters
whereby
they
have
reproached
their
Character
,
nor
would
it
perhaps
be
an
unseasonable
Digression
;
but
I
resolved
at
first
to
confine
my self
●o
a
Letter
of
so
small
a
compass
as
should
not
weary
▪
out
your
P●tie●ce
,
and
therefore
will
only
add
a
few
Notes
concerning
the
Ben●fits
of
this
Bill
.
It
is
beneficial
both
to
the
Crown
and
Subject
.
Any
Man
,
that
can
reason
upon
what
he
reads
,
may
infer
from
what
I
have
already
said
,
that
it
is
beneficial
to
both
;
but
to
make
it
yet
more
plain
,
this
Bill
will
in
all
likelihood
very
much
prevent
the
shedding
of
innocent
Blood
,
for
which
Nations
,
generally
speaking
,
as
well
as
particular
Persons
reckon
even
in
this
World.
Impartial
Trials
augment
the
natural
Riches
of
a
Countrey
,
which
all
Men
of
great
Sence
and
Souls
know
are
the
Numbers
of
the
Inhabitants
.
Such
Impartiality
not
only
augments
the
Numbers
by
preserving
those
Individuals
that
would
otherwise
be
unjusty
destroyed
,
but
the
greater
Security
the
Lives
of
Subjects
are
in
,
the
surer
is
that
Government
to
be
crowded
with
Inhabitants
from
abroad
;
and
Crowds
of
People
make
Industry
necessary
for
Sustentation
,
and
from
Industry
an
abundance
of
Trade
and
Wealth
does
naturally
flow
,
as
may
be
seen
by
comparing
Ireland
with
the
United
Provinces
.
Again
,
such
a
Law
gives
an
exceeding
Reputation
to
a
Government
.
The
Subjects
of
other
Princes
,
though
they
should
not
be
able
to
transport
themselves
and
their
Fortunes
hither
,
will
all
consent
to
proclaim
our
Constitution
happy
,
and
acknowledge
that
our
Kings
are
under
a
glorious
and
happy
Necessity
of
not
being
imposed
upon
by
the
Malice
of
Ministers
,
and
the
Corruption
of
Judges
,
to
take
away
wrongfully
the
Lives
of
their
Subjects
.
This
Law
will
very
much
contribute
to
the
Safety
of
the
Prince
;
for
,
after
so
fair
a
Trial
,
if
a
Man
is
found
Guilty
,
and
Executed
according
to
the
Sentence
,
his
Relations
and
Friends
may
grieve
,
but
cannot
murmur
▪
Before
I
conclude
upon
this
Head
,
of
the
Benefits
that
the
Crown
will
receive
from
such
a
Law
,
I
cannot
f●rbear
ad●ressing
my self
to
King
William
,
and
humbly
,
tho'
earnestly
,
conjuring
him
to
become
as
vigorous
a
Sollicitor
for
this
B●ll
as
his
Enemies
say
he
has
been
against
it
.
And
here
I
must
set
before
him
the
Glory
of
our
Noble
EDWARD
the
Third
,
who
has
obtained
as
Immortal
Praises
by
his
good
Laws
as
his
Victorious
Arms
,
and
who
did
leave
his
Name
particularly
Great
and
Memorable
,
by
that
Law
in
the
25th
Year
of
his
Reign
,
wherein
he
fenced
the
Su●ject
from
the
dubious
and
divers
Opinions
of
what
amounted
to
Treason
,
and
made
a
Declaration
what
Offences
were
to
be
judged
Treasons
,
either
High
or
Petit
,
which
Law
is
so
often
referred
to
in
Acts
of
Parliament
that
have
been
made
since
his
Time
,
and
has
made
his
Name
dear
and
valuable
to
all
honest
and
worthy
Minds
,
from
his
down
to
our
Times
:
Tho'
mercenary
and
corrupt
Judges
have
so
much
interpreted
away
that
Act
,
that
we
stand
in
great
need
of
a
new
Law
to
explain
and
confirm
that
wise
and
excellent
Statute
.
I
wish
King
William
would
give
us
such
a
Law
,
and
give
us
likewise
this
Bill
of
Sir
William
Whitlock's
,
that
we
might
be
the
better
for
that
Law.
Such
Care
,
such
Condescentions
,
such
Provisions
for
our
Lives
and
our
Liberties
,
our
good
Names
and
our
Fortunes
would
transmit
the
remembrance
of
King
William
the
Third
to
all
future
Generations
,
as
our
Benefactor
,
our
Deliverer
,
as
one
of
the
best
of
Princes
and
the
common
Father
of
our
Countrey
.
My
Lord
Chief
Justice
Treby
,
when
Attorney
General
,
at
a
Conference
with
the
Lords
,
asserted
,
that
there
was
nothing
in
this
Bill
but
what
was
originally
amongst
our
Rights
.
We
will
not
stand
upon
it
as
such
.
We
are
willing
to
take
this
Law
as
a
Grant
from
the
Crown
,
and
not
as
our
Due
.
We
would
not
be
put
to
demand
it
as
a
Right
,
but
would
leave
the
Honour
and
Reputation
of
doing
so
acceptable
a
Thing
to
him
with
whom
we
have
shewn
but
little
Inclination
to
quarrel
.
However
,
I
must
take
the
Boldness
to
say
,
that
the
Temper
and
Backwardness
we
have
shewn
,
whilst
his
Tory
Parasites
have
provoked
us
,
should
engage
him
,
or
nothing
will
engage
him
,
to
gratify
us
with
so
necessary
a
Bill
as
this
for
Regulating
of
Trials
in
Cases
of
High
▪
Treason
.
This
Bill
is
necessary
and
beneficial
for
the
Subject
;
if
guarding
an
innocent
Man's
Life
and
Honour
,
the
Liberty
of
his
Person
,
and
all
that
he
or
his
Ancestors
have
got
,
deserves
to
be
called
,
in
this
Case
,
The
End
of
Society
,
The
Rise
of
Legislation
,
and
the
Design
of
Government
;
If
men
are
not
willing
to
admit
of
as
many
Tyrants
as
there
are
Judges
;
if
they
are
not
willing
to
be
bawl'd
and
hunted
out
of
their
Lives
;
if
they
are
not
unwilling
to
be
prepared
against
false
Accusations
,
by
a
knowledge
of
what
will
be
laid
to
their
Charge
;
if
they
do
not
think
it
unfit
to
have
other
Counsel
,
besides
those
who
are
almost
in
every
Trial
the
eagerest
in
the
Prosecution
of
the
Prisoner
;
if
they
would
not
have
a
matter
of
that
Importance
as
Treason
is
established
with
less
than
the
mouths
of
Two
Winesses
;
if
they
are
not
weary
of
the
true
intent
of
being
tryed
by
the
Vicinage
;
if
they
do
not
think
it
necessary
for
the
Support
of
the
Government
,
that
a
man
should
always
suspect
himself
in
danger
of
dying
by
the
Hand
of
the
Hangman
;
if
it
is
not
unreasonable
,
that
the
Compurgators
of
a
man's
Reputation
should
give
Weight
to
their
Words
by
the
Sanction
of
an
Oath
:
In
a
Word
,
if
it
is
not
expedient
,
that
a
man's
Life
and
all
that
he
has
,
his
Posterity
and
all
that
they
may
have
from
him
,
should
be
precarious
and
doubtful
,
in
the
Power
of
flattering
Sycophants
and
malicious
Informers
,
at
the
Mercy
of
chol-rick
and
corrupted
Judges
,
and
submitted
to
the
Consciences
of
pack'd
Juries
;
then
this
Law
is
expedient
,
this
Law
is
useful
,
this
Law
is
beneficial
and
necessary
for
the
Subject
.
Thus
you
see
,
in
Obedience
to
you
I
have
scribbled
down
some
few
Hints
concerning
The
Necessity
of
such
a
Bill
.
The
Reasonableness
of
proposing
and
insisting
upon
it
at
this
Time.
Together
with
an
Account
of
its
Benefits
.
I
am
,
with
all
imaginable
Friendship
and
Respect
,
Yours
H.
N.