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scroop_n richard_n dear_a john_n okey_n robert_n overton_n john_n huson_n john_n desborough_n william_n goff_n robert_n duckenfield_n cornelius_n holland_n john_n carew_n carey_n esquire_n sir_n william_n armyn_n baronet_n john_n jones_n esquire_n miles_n corbet_n francis_n allen_n thomas_n lister_n benjamin_n weston_n perigrin_n pelham_n john_n gourdon_n esquire_n francis_n thorp_n sergeant_n at_o law_n john_n nutt_n thomas_n challoner_n algernon_n sidney_n john_n anlaby_n john_n moor_n richard_n darley_n william_n say_v joh._n alured_n aldred_n john_n fag_n james_n nelthorp_n esquire_n sir_n william_n roberts_n knight_n francis_n lastell_v alexander_n rigby_n henry_n smith_n edmond_n wild_a james_n challoner_n josias_n berner_n dennis_n bond_n humphrey_n edwards_n gregory_n clement_n john_n fry_n thomas_n wogan_n esquire_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n baronet_n john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n at_o law_n edmond_n harvey_n john_n dove_n john_n venus_n esquire_n john_n fowk_n alderman_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n thomas_n scot_n esquire_n thomas_n andrews_n alderman_n of_o the_o city_n of_o london_n william_n cawley_n abraham_n burrell_n anthony_n stapeley_n roger_n gratwick_n john_n down_n thomas_n horton_n thomas_n hammond_n george_n fenwick_n esquire_n robert_n nicholas_n sergeant_n at_o law_n robert_n reynolds_n john_n lisle_n nicholas_n love_n vincent_n potter_n esquire_n sir_n gilbert_n pickering_n baronet_n john_n weaver_n roger_n hill_n john_n lenthall_n esquire_n sir_n edward_n banton_n john_n corbet_n thomas_n blunt_n thomas_n boon_n augustine_n garland_n augustine_n skinner_n john_n dixwell_n george_n fleetwood_n simon_n meyne_n james_n temple_n peter_n temple_n daniel_n blagrave_n esquire_n sir_n peter_n temple_n knight_n and_o baronet_n thomas_n wait_v john_n brown_n john_n lowry_n esquire_n shall_v be_v and_o be_v hereby_o appoint_v and_o require_v to_o be_v commissioner_n and_o judge_n for_o the_o hear_v try_v and_o adjudge_v of_o the_o say_v charles_n stuart_n and_o the_o say_a commissioner_n or_o any_o twenty_o or_o more_o of_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o be_v hereby_o authorize_v and_o constitute_v a_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n to_o meet_v and_o sit_v at_o such_o convenient_a time_n and_o place_n as_o by_o the_o say_a commissioner_n or_o the_o major_a part_n of_o twenty_o or_o more_o of_o they_o under_o their_o hand_n and_o seal_n shall_v be_v appoint_v and_o notify_v by_o public_a proclamation_n in_o the_o great_a hall_n or_o palace-yard_n at_o westminster_n and_o to_o adjourn_v from_o time_n to_o time_n and_o from_o place_n to_o place_n as_o the_o say_v high_a court_n or_o major_a part_n thereof_o meeting_n shall_v hold_v fit_a and_o to_o take_v order_n for_o the_o charge_v of_o he_o the_o say_v charles_n stuart_n with_o the_o crime_n and_o treason_n abovemention_v and_o for_o the_o receive_n of_o his_o personal_a answer_n thereunto_o and_o for_o the_o examination_n of_o witness_n upon_o oath_n which_o the_o court_n have_v hereby_o authority_n to_o administer_v or_o otherwise_o and_o take_v any_o other_o evidence_n concern_v the_o same_o and_o thereupon_o or_o in_o default_n of_o such_o answer_n to_o proceed_v to_o final_a sentence_n according_a to_o justice_n and_o the_o merit_n of_o the_o cause_n and_o such_o final_a sentence_n to_o execute_v or_o cause_v to_o be_v execute_v speedy_o and_o impartial_o and_o the_o say_a court_n be_v hereby_o authorize_v and_o require_v to_o appoint_v and_o direct_v all_o such_o officer_n attendants_z and_o other_z circumstance_n as_o they_o or_o the_o major_a part_n of_o they_o shall_v in_o any_o sort_n judge_v necessary_a or_o useful_a for_o the_o orderly_a and_o good_a manage_n of_o the_o premise_n and_o thomas_n lord_n fairfax_n the_o general_n and_o all_o officer_n and_o soldier_n under_o his_o command_n and_o all_o officer_n of_o justice_n and_o other_o well_o affect_a person_n be_v hereby_o authorize_v and_o require_v to_o be_v aid_v and_o assist_v unto_o the_o say_a court_n in_o the_o due_a execution_n of_o the_o trust_v hereby_o commit_v provide_v that_o this_o act_n and_o the_o authority_n hereby_o grant_v do_v continue_v in_o force_n for_o the_o space_n of_o one_o month_n from_o the_o make_n hereof_o and_o no_o long_o hen._n scobell_n cler._n par._n dom._n com._n in_o pursuance_n of_o which_o say_v act_n the_o house_n of_o commons_o order_v as_o follow_v viz._n die_fw-la sabbati_fw-la 6._o jan._n 1648._o order_v by_o the_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n that_o the_o commissioner_n nominate_v in_o the_o act_n for_o erect_v of_o a_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n for_o the_o try_v and_o judge_v of_o charles_n stuart_n king_n of_o england_n do_v meet_v on_o monday_n next_o at_o two_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n in_o the_o paint_a chamber_n by_o virtue_n of_o which_o say_v recite_v act_n and_o of_o the_o say_a order_n ground_v thereupon_o the_o commissioner_n who_o name_n be_v here_o under-written_a meet_v on_o monday_n the_o say_v eight_o day_n of_o january_n 1648._o in_o the_o say_v paint_v chamber_n at_o westminster_n where_o the_o say_a act_n be_v open_o read_v and_o the_o court_n call_v commissioner_n present_v thomas_n lord_n fairfax_n oliver_n cromwell_n esq_n henry_n ireton_n esq_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n valentine_n wauton_n edward_n whaley_n thomas_n pride_n isaac_n ewer_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n bar._n peter_n temple_n esq_n john_n venus_n esq_n thomas_n challoner_n esq_n henry_n martin_n esq_n john_n berkstead_n esq_n gilbert_n millington_n esq_n richard_n deane_n esq_n cornelius_n holland_n esq_n john_n jones_n esq_n john_n aldred_n esq_n henry_n smith_n esq_n john_n lisle_n esq_n james_n temple_n esq_n adrian_n scroop_n esq_n edmond_n ludlow_n esq_n john_n huson_n esq_n thomas_n harrison_n esq_n nicholas_n love_n esq_n thomas_n lord_n grey_n of_o groby_n sir_n john_n danvers_n sir_n though_o malevere_a bar._n sir_n john_n bourchier_n sir_n henry_n mildmay_n james_n challoner_n esq_n gregory_n clement_n esq_n john_n fry_n esq_n augustine_n garland_n esq_n daniel_n blagrave_n esq_n robert_n tichbourn_n esq_n wil._n heveningham_n esq_n william_n purefoy_n esq_n john_n blackistone_n esq_n william_n lord_n mounson_n john_n okey_n esq_n john_n carew_n esq_n
peregrine_n pelham_n esq_n francis_n lassells_n esq_n john_n down_n esq_n john_n brown_n esq_n john_n hutchinson_n esq_n miles_n corbet_n esq_n humphrey_n edward_n esq_n edmond_n harvy_n esq_n william_n goff_n esq_n the_o commissioner_n of_o the_o court_n be_v as_o aforesaid_a meet_v and_o inform_v themselves_o of_o the_o tenor_n of_o their_o commission_n they_o according_o appoint_v the_o say_a court_n to_o be_v hold_v in_o the_o same_o place_n on_o wednesday_n the_o ten_o of_o the_o say_a month_n of_o january_n and_o order_v proclamation_n thereof_o to_o be_v make_v in_o the_o great_a hall_n at_o westminster_n by_o edward_n dendy_n sergeant_n at_o arm_n authorise_v he_o thereunto_o by_o precept_n under_o their_o hand_n and_o seal_n in_o these_o word_n follow_v viz._n by_o virtue_n of_o a_o act_n of_o the_o commons_o of_o england_n assemble_v in_o parliament_n for_o erect_v of_o a_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n for_o the_o try_v and_o judge_v of_o charles_n stuart_n king_n of_o england_n we_o who_o name_n be_v hereunder_o write_v be_v commissioner_n among_o other_o nominate_v in_o the_o say_a act_n do_v hereby_o appoint_v that_o the_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n mention_v in_o the_o say_a act_n shall_v be_v hold_v in_o the_o paint_a chamber_n in_o the_o palace_n of_o westminster_n on_o wednesday_n the_o ten_o day_n of_o this_o instant_a january_n by_o one_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n and_o this_o we_o do_v appoint_v to_o be_v notify_v by_o public_a proclaim_v hereof_o in_o the_o great_a hall_n at_o westminster_n to_o morrow_n be_v the_o nine_o day_n of_o this_o instant_a january_n betwixt_o the_o hour_n of_o nine_o and_o eleven_o in_o the_o forenoon_n in_o testimony_n whereof_o we_o have_v hereunto_o set_v our_o hand_n and_o seal_n this_o eight_o day_n of_o january_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1648._o we_o the_o commissioner_n who_o name_n be_v hereunto_o subscribe_v do_v hereby_o authorize_v and_o appoint_v edward_n dendy_n sergeant_n at_o arm_n to_o cause_v this_o to_o be_v proclaim_v according_a to_o the_o tenor_n thereof_o and_o to_o make_v due_a return_n of_o the_o same_o with_o this_o precept_n to_o the_o say_a court_n at_o the_o time_n and_o place_n abovementioned_a seal_v and_o subscribe_v by_o william_n monson_n tho._n grey_n oliver_n cromwell_n gregory_n norton_n henry_n ireton_n h._n edward_n john_n hutchinson_n har._n waller_n william_n constable_n john_n lisle_n henry_n martin_n valentine_n wauton_n john_n blackistone_n gilbert_n millington_n adrian_n scroop_n james_n temple_n james_n chaloner_n thomas_n harrison_n john_n jones_n john_n huson_n peregr_n pelham_n edward_n ludlow_n john_n berkstead_n peter_n temple_n edw._n whaley_n john_n okey_n rob._n tichbourn_n thomas_n pride_n henry_n smith_z thomas_n malevere_a thomas_n challoner_n john_n fry_n john_n bourchier_n john_n carew_n aug._n garland_n richard_n deane_n daniel_n blagrave_n which_o say_v precept_n be_v thus_o return_v on_o the_o backside_n viz._n i_o have_v cause_v due_a proclamation_n to_o be_v make_v hereof_o according_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o precept_n within_o write_v e._n dendy_n sergeant_n at_o arms._n and_o in_o order_n to_o the_o more_o regular_a and_o due_a proceed_n of_o the_o say_a court_n they_o nominate_v officer_n and_o according_o choose_v mr._n ask_v dr._n dorislaus_n mr._n steel_n and_o mr._n cook_n council_n to_o attend_v the_o say_a court_n mr._n greaves_n and_o mr._n john_n phelpes_n clerk_n to_o who_o notice_n thereof_o be_v order_v to_o be_v give_v mr._n edward_n walford_n mr._n john_n powel_n mr._n john_n king_n mr._n phineas_n payne_n and_o mr._n hull_n be_v choose_v messenger_n to_o attend_v this_o court_n january_n the_o nine_o 1648._o according_a to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o eight_o instant_n sergeant_n dendy_n make_v proclamation_n for_o the_o sit_v of_o the_o say_a court_n in_o manner_n follow_v viz._n about_o ten_o of_o the_o clock_n of_o the_o same_o day_n the_o say_a sergeant_n be_v attend_v with_o six_o trumpet_n and_o a_o guard_n of_o two_o troop_n of_o horse_n himself_o with_o they_o on_o horseback_n bear_v his_o mace_n ride_v into_o the_o middle_n of_o westminster-hall_n the_o court_n of_o chancery_n then_o sit_v at_o a_o general_a seal_n where_o after_o the_o say_v trumpet_n sound_v the_o drums_z then_o likewise_o beat_v in_o the_o palace-yard_n he_o cause_v the_o say_a precept_n to_o be_v open_o read_v which_o be_v do_v the_o house_n of_o commons_o at_o the_o same_o time_n sit_v order_v as_o follow_v die_v martis_n 9_o januarii_n 1648._o order_v by_o the_o commons_o assemble_v in_o parliament_n that_o the_o same_o proclamation_n that_o be_v make_v this_o morning_n in_o westminster-hall_n touch_v the_o trial_n of_o the_o king_n be_v make_v at_o the_o old_a exchange_n and_o in_o cheapside_n forthwith_o and_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o that_o sergeant_n dendy_n the_o sergeant_n at_o arm_n do_v proclaim_v the_o same_o according_o and_o that_o the_o guard_n that_o lie_v in_o paul_n do_v see_v the_o same_o do_v in_o pursuance_n whereof_o sergeant_n dendy_n about_o twelve_o of_o the_o clock_n of_o the_o same_o day_n accompany_v with_o ten_o trumpet_n and_o two_o troop_n of_o horse_n draw_v out_o for_o that_o purpose_n in_o paul_n churchyard_n himself_o mount_v bear_v his_o mace_n they_o all_o march_n from_o thence_o unto_o the_o old_a exchange_n london_n where_o after_o the_o trumpet_n have_v sound_v he_o make_v proclamation_n as_o he_o have_v do_v before_o in_o westminster-hall_n and_o from_o thence_o they_o immediate_o march_v to_o cheapside_n make_v the_o like_a proclamation_n there_o also_o in_o manner_n as_o aforesaid_a during_o all_o which_o time_n the_o street_n be_v throng_v with_o spectator_n without_o the_o least_o violence_n injury_n or_o affront_n public_o do_v or_o offer_v mercurii_n 10_o januarii_n 1648._o commissioner_n present_a paint_a chamber_n oliver_n cromwell_n esq_n henry_n ireton_n esq_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n 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inconfusus_fw-la inturbatus_fw-la sine_fw-la light_fw-la revel_v chap._n 2._o ver_fw-la 9_o st._n judas_n ver_fw-la 13._o 13._o a_o shrewd_a maxim_n from_o the_o pen_n of_o one_o who_o know_v they_o â—nâ—ùs_fw-la &_o in_o cuâ—e_n cuâ—e_n marchemont_n needham_n needham_n observe_v this_o reservation_n for_o in_o ordine_fw-la ad_fw-la spiritualia_fw-la draw_v all_o thing_n of_o civil_a nature_n to_o their_o jurisdiction_n jurisdiction_n suppose_v the_o point_n of_o this_o reason_v be_v turn_v against_o these_o tender_a conscienced_a rebel_n how_o will_v they_o approve_v of_o such_o divinity_n and_o perillus_n his_o law_n nec_fw-la lex_fw-la est_fw-la justior_fw-la ulla_fw-la read_v decemb_v xi_o 1650._o 1650._o this_o aught_o to_o be_v carew_n carew_n alured_n 58_o commissioner_n present_a 56_o commissioner_n present_a present_a this_o must_v be_v a_o mistake_n for_o there_o be_v no_o axe_n there_o but_o it_o be_v bill_n in_o phelpe_n journal_n which_o bill_n be_v the_o charge_n which_o the_o king_n mean_v when_o now_o as_o also_o before_o he_o say_v he_o do_v not_o fear_v that_o bill_n 62_o commissioner_n present_a 70_o commissioner_n present_a hereabout_o i_o be_v stop_v and_o not_o suffer_v to_o speak_v any_o more_o concern_v reason_n 63_o commissioner_n present_a 71_o commissioner_n present_a present_a holderness_n be_v in_o the_o county_n of_o york_n york_n sir_n john_n hotham_n keep_v hull_n as_o a_o garrison_n against_o the_o king_n which_o be_v before_o this_o be_v it_o seem_v no_o act_n of_o hostility_n in_o this_o perjure_a villain_n be_v account_n account_n how_o be_v it_o possible_a this_o fellow_n can_v swear_v the_o king_n speak_v this_o to_o every_o colonel_n see_v it_o be_v as_o they_o pass_v bâ—_n and_o when_o his_o col._n be_v pass_v by_o he_o can_v hear_v no_o more_o 62_o commissioner_n present_a 67_o commissioner_n present_a 64_o commissioner_n present_a here_o a_o lady_n interpose_v say_v not_o half_o the_o people_n but_o be_v silence_v with_o threat_n 48_o commissioner_n present_a present_a martis_n upon_o the_o e._n of_o strafford_n point_v to_o the_o bishop_n turn_v to_o some_o gentleman_n that_o write_v point_v to_o the_o bishop_n these_o word_n be_v speak_v upon_o occasion_n of_o private_a discourse_n between_o his_o majesty_n &_o the_o bishop_n concern_v the_o several_a stage_n of_o man_n life_n and_o his_o course_n through_o they_o in_o allusion_n to_o post_n and_o stage_n in_o a_o race_n
england_n be_v open_o read_v by_o one_o of_o the_o clerk_n of_o the_o court._n the_o act_n be_v read_v the_o court_n be_v call_v every_o commissioner_n present_a thereupon_o rise_v to_o his_o name_n commissioner_n present_a westminster-hall_n jan._n 20._o 1648._o john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n at_o law_n lord_n precedent_n oliver_n cromwell_n henry_n ireton_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n valentine_n wauton_n thomas_n harrison_n edward_n whaley_n thomas_n pride_n isaac_n ewer_n tho._n lord_n grey_n of_o groby_n william_n lo._n mounson_n sir_n john_n danvers_n sir_n thomas_n malevere_a baronet_n sir_n john_n bourchier_n kt._n isaac_n pennington_n ald._n of_o lond._n henry_n marten_n william_n purefoy_n john_n berkstead_n john_n blackistone_n gilbert_n millington_n sir_n william_n constable_n bar._n edmund_n ludlow_n john_n hutchinson_n sir_n michael_n livesey_n bar._n robert_n tichbourne_n owen_n roe_n robert_n lilbourne_n adrian_n scroop_n thomas_n horton_n thomas_n hammond_n john_n lisle_n nicholas_n love_n vincent_n potter_n augustine_n garland_n richard_n deane_n john_n okey_n john_n huson_n william_n goffe._n cornelius_n holland_n john_n carew_n john_n jones_n thomas_n lister_n peregr_n pelham_n francis_n allen._n thomas_n challoner_n john_n moor_n william_n say_n john_n aldred_n francis_n lassells_n henry_n smith_z james_n challoner_n humphrey_n edward_n gregory_n clement_n john_n fry_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n bar._n edmund_n harvey_n john_n venn_n thomas_n scot._n william_n cawley_n anthony_n stapeley_n john_n down_n john_n dixwell_n simon_n meyne_n james_n temple_n peter_n temple_n daniel_n blagrave_n john_n brown_n this_o do_v the_o court_n command_v the_o sergeant_n at_o arm_n to_o send_v for_o the_o prisoner_n and_o thereupon_o col._n thomlinson_n who_o have_v the_o charge_n of_o the_o prisoner_n within_o a_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n space_n bring_v he_o attend_v by_o col._n hacker_n and_o two_o and_o thirty_o officer_n with_o partisan_n guard_v he_o to_o 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misgovernment_n which_o by_o the_o fundamental_a constitution_n of_o this_o kingdom_n be_v reserve_v on_o the_o people_n behalf_n in_o the_o right_n and_o power_n of_o frequent_a and_o successive_a parliament_n or_o national_a meeting_n in_o council_n he_o the_o say_v charles_n stuart_n for_o accomplishment_n of_o such_o his_o design_n and_o for_o the_o protect_v of_o himself_o and_o his_o adherent_n in_o his_o and_o their_o wicked_a practice_n to_o the_o same_o end_n have_v traitorous_o and_o malicious_o levy_v war_n against_o the_o present_a parliament_n and_o the_o people_n therein_o represent_v particular_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o june_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1642._o at_o beverley_n in_o the_o county_n of_o york_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o july_n in_o the_o year_n aforesaid_a in_o the_o county_n of_o the_o city_n of_o york_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o four_o and_o twenty_o day_n of_o august_n in_o the_o same_o year_n at_o the_o county_n of_o the_o town_n of_o nottingham_n where_o and_o when_o he_o set_v up_o his_o standard_n of_o war_n and_o also_o on_o or_o about_o the_o twenty_o three_o day_n of_o octob._n in_o the_o same_o year_n at_o edge-hill_n and_o keynton_n field_n in_o the_o county_n of_o warwick_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o november_n in_o the_o same_o year_n at_o brainford_n in_o the_o county_n of_o middlesex_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o august_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 1643_o at_o caversham-bridge_n near_o read_v in_o the_o county_n of_o berks_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o october_n in_o the_o year_n last_o mention_v at_o or_o near_o the_o city_n of_o gloucester_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o november_n in_o the_o year_n last_o mention_v at_o newbury_n in_o the_o county_n of_o berks_n and_o upon_o or_o about_o the_o thirty_o first_o