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the_o history_n of_o independency_n great_o commend_v by_o he_o special_o for_o some_o passage_n p._n 107_o 108._o 2_o because_o can_v such_o a_o thing_n be_v do_v it_o will_v content_v he_o very_o much_o and_o the_o author_n of_o such_o treason_n and_o murder_n shall_v be_v repute_v by_o he_o to_o be_v the_o true_a lover_n of_o the_o liberty_n and_o freedom_n of_o england_n p._n 108_o 109._o 3_o because_o as_o to_o the_o mean_n and_o way_n assert_v by_o the_o witness_n how_o he_o will_v destroy_v the_o parl._n &_o council_n of_o state_n be_v the_o same_o which_o elsewhere_o he_o declare_v public_o to_o the_o world_n p._n 109_o 110_o 111._o what_o lilburn_n have_v suffer_v for_o his_o device_n have_v he_o live_v among_o the_o lycian_n p._n 111_o 112._o his_o gross_a hypocrisy_n discover_v by_o himself_o that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o people_n liberty_n which_o move_v he_o to_o oppose_v authority_n but_o his_o own_o private_a gain_n and_o advantage_n p._n 112_o 113_o reason_n to_o believe_v that_o he_o promise_v the_o lord_n hopton_n and_o other_o to_o settle_v charles_n stuart_n king_n of_o england_n as_o he_o call_v he_o in_o his_o throne_n in_o england_n 1_o because_o no_o man_n be_v more_o against_o the_o put_n of_o the_o last_o king_n to_o death_n than_o he_o p._n 113_o 114._o 2_o acknowledge_v prince_n charles_n apparent_a heir_n to_o his_o father_n crown_n and_o throne_n p._n 114._o 3_o have_v persuade_v the_o people_n to_o receive_v he_o and_o to_o join_v with_o he_o as_o be_v more_o justifiable_a before_o god_n or_o man_n yea_o a_o thousand_o time_n more_o just_o then_o to_o join_v with_o the_o present_a roll_a man_n p._n 114._o 4_o the_o great_a familiarity_n which_o be_v between_o he_o and_o the_o arch_a cavalier_n whilst_o he_o be_v resident_a in_o the_o low_a country_n be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v the_o same_o p._n 115._o how_o lilburn_n will_v make_v the_o world_n believe_v that_o the_o cavalier_n suspect_v he_o to_o be_v a_o spy_n send_v over_o 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ordinary_a practice_n of_o former_a incendiary_n take_v the_o advantage_n of_o our_o change_n in_o the_o government_n of_o state_n and_o thus_o for_o two_o reason_n partly_o because_o thing_n be_v then_o unsettle_a and_o partly_o because_o at_o such_o turn_n many_o man_n be_v unsatisfied_a p._n 121._o 5_o several_a passage_n be_v open_v which_o he_o write_v in_o a_o letter_n to_o his_o wife_n of_o seditious_a consequence_n p._n 121_o 122._o 6_o if_o he_o have_v not_o his_o pass_n grant_v he_o how_o he_o will_v take_v major_a gen_n harrison_n for_o his_o principall_a and_o grande_v adversary_n and_o what_o he_o have_v oonceive_v already_o in_o his_o brain_n against_o the_o major_a gen_n pag._n 122_o 123._o some_o observation_n upon_o it_o ibid._n 7_o with_o who_o lilburn_n dine_v and_o sup_v when_o he_o be_v at_o callais_n immediate_o before_o his_o come_n over_o and_o his_o companion_n with_o he_o in_o the_o passageboat_n p._n 124._o the_o three_o assertion_n namely_o no_o man_n banish_v out_o of_o england_n be_v return_v again_o ever_o offer_v such_o insolence_n and_o high_a contempt_n against_o authority_n as_o he_o have_v do_v since_o his_o come_n over_o special_o for_o the_o time_n ibid._n 8_o his_o great_a swell_a word_n at_o canterbury_n as_o that_o he_o need_v no_o pass_n be_v as_o good_a a_o man_n as_o cromwell_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n lilburn_n scorn_v to_o have_v his_o mouth_n stop_v like_o the_o goose_n in_o their_o flight_n over_o taurus_n p._n 125._o 9_o no_o soon_o be_v he_o come_v at_o london_n but_o he_o send_v his_o agent_n and_o paper_n abroad_o to_o acquaint_v the_o people_n where_o he_o be_v and_o how_o to_o come_v to_o he_o as_o intend_v to_o have_v make_v new_a tumult_n present_o if_o the_o people_n will_v have_v join_v with_o he_o p._n 125._o for_o his_o carriage_n since_o his_o come_n over_o 1_o what_o he_o have_v say_v 2_o what_o he_o have_v do_v upon_o his_o trial_n at_o the_o session_n in_o the_o old_a bailie_n he_o speak_v as_o follow_v 1_o that_o the_o act_n whereupon_o he_o be_v indict_v be_v a_o lie_n a_o falsehood_n it_o have_v no_o law_n nor_o reason_n in_o it_o etc._n etc._n p._n 125._o the_o answer_n to_o it_o p._n 126._o 2_o that_o the_o parliament_n can_v not_o make_v any_o act_n of_o parliament_n since_o the_o king_n head_n be_v cut_v off_o ibid._n how_o he_o speak_v treason_n but_o covert_o p._n 126_o 127._o by_o the_o same_o law_n they_o vote_v he_o to_o death_n they_o may_v vote_n his_o honest_a 12_o juryman_n p._n 127._o reason_n move_v his_o jury_n to_o acquit_v he_o hereupon_o p._n 127_o 128._o 4_o how_o he_o commend_v the_o parliament_n which_o be_v before_o the_o king_n head_n be_v cut_v off_o p._n 128._o two_o thing_n observe_v thereupon_o 1_o his_o notable_a dissimulation_n ibid._n 2_o his_o gross_a absurdity_n and_o contradiction_n p._n 129._o how_o the_o parliament_n never_o make_v good_a law_n since_o lilb_n have_v some_o money_n bestow_v upon_o he_o ibid._n how_o lilburn_n speak_v plain_a english_a and_o so_o make_v himself_o a_o traitor_n by_o coke_n institutes_n p._n 129._o his_o jury_n encourage_v to_o quit_v he_o in_o hear_v he_o to_o speak_v treason_n so_o bold_o p._n 130._o how_o slight_o he_o speak_v of_o all_o parliament_n as_o have_v no_o power_n to_o send_v for_o he_o or_o any_o other_o man_n etc._n etc._n ibid._n his_o great_a inhumanity_n towards_o the_o parliament_n as_o to_o take_v away_o their_o weapon_n and_o afterward_o to_o beat_v they_o p._n 131._o his_o falsehood_n answer_v and_o ignorance_n discover_v p._n 131_o 132_o how_o most_o unworthy_o he_o abuse_v the_o court_n p._n 132._o 1_o the_o lord_n mayor_n ibid._n wherein_o 1_o he_o lie_v against_o knowledge_n and_o conscience_n 2_o gross_o contradict_v himself_o 3_o wherein_o he_o speak_v truth_n it_o be_v against_o himself_o p._n 132_o another_o reason_n to_o encourage_v the_o jury_n to_o quit_v he_o viz._n what_o a_o stout_a champion_n he_o will_v be_v for_o they_o in_o the_o great_a business_n when_o occasion_n shall_v serve_v p._n 133._o 2_o his_o rail_n at_o the_o lord_n keeble_n as_o be_v a_o partâ—â—_n and_o have_v a_o sallarie_n p._n 133._o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la for_o traitor_n and_o felon_n not_o for_o the_o liberty_n and_o security_n of_o honest_a man_n ibid._n why_o the_o lord_n keeble_n may_v not_o have_v 1000_o l._n per_fw-la annum_fw-la of_o the_o state_n to_o suppress_v riot_n and_o incendiary_n as_o lilburn_n to_o have_v 1000_o acre_n for_o ever_o to_o maintain_v riot_n and_o insurrection_n in_o the_o nation_n p._n 133_o 134._o 3_o what_o he_o call_v mr._n pridiaux_n attorney_n gen_n p._n 134._o how_o like_v herein_o to_o the_o beast_n duron_n who_o seek_v to_o escape_v by_o cast_v forth_o her_o dung_n against_o the_o
hunter_n p._n 134._o 4_o what_o he_o say_v of_o the_o army_n ibid._n the_o answer_n to_o it_o p._n 134_o 135_o 5_o what_o he_o call_v his_o jury_n to_o wit_n his_o honourable_a jury_n the_o keeper_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o england_n judge_n of_o the_o law_n as_o well_o as_o of_o the_o fact_n p._n 135._o how_o he_o handle_v his_o jury_n as_o if_o they_o be_v like_o brass_n pot_n he_o carry_v they_o by_o the_o ear_n where_o he_o will_v ibid._n his_o base_a asperse_v the_o present_a parliament_n p._n 136._o wherein_o be_v manifest_v the_o jury_n their_o disaffection_n to_o the_o state_n ibid._n care_v to_o be_v take_v that_o the_o corrupt_a proceed_n of_o this_o jury_n be_v not_o leave_v as_o a_o precedent_n to_o future_a age_n p._n 136._o how_o he_o call_v jehovah_n to_o witness_v and_o protest_v before_o god_n angel_n and_o man_n that_o he_o be_v not_o the_o john_n lilburn_n intend_v in_o the_o act_n p._n 137._o how_o such_o asseveration_n and_o oath_n be_v frequent_o use_v by_o he_o and_o the_o reason_n why_o ibid._n how_o it_o be_v machiavel_n maxim_n and_o the_o doctrine_n of_o jesuit_n to_o lie_v and_o forswear_v for_o profit_n and_o advantage_n p._n 137._o after_o his_o say_n his_o do_n follow_v and_o here_o we_o find_v he_o at_o his_o old_a trade_n disperse_v scandalous_a and_o seditious_a book_n p_o 138._o 1_o a_o print_a paper_n entitle_v more_o light_a to_o m._n john_n lilburn_n jury_n wherein_o be_v assert_v that_o a_o parl._n have_v no_o power_n to_o contradict_v alter_v or_o repeal_v any_o former_a stand_a law_n ibid._n the_o answer_n to_o it_o wherein_o be_v show_v how_o mr._n lilburn_n seek_v to_o enslave_v the_o nation_n and_o to_o disquiet_v the_o mind_n of_o the_o people_n by_o false_a suggestion_n and_o such_o as_o ask_v his_o liberty_n may_v as_o well_o ask_v our_o reason_n and_o understanding_n p._n 139._o how_o a_o jury_n though_o consist_v of_o two_o knave_n and_o ten_o fool_n yet_o be_v above_o parliament_n and_o law_n and_o no_o appeal_v be_v to_o be_v have_v from_o their_o sentence_n though_o never_o so_o illegal_a and_o unjust_a p._n 140_o 141._o how_o inventor_n of_o evil_a thing_n and_o inducer_n to_o sin_n be_v principal_o to_o be_v punish_v p._n 141._o 2_o another_o print_a paper_n call_v a_o word_n to_o the_o army_n wherein_o he_o speak_v nothing_o of_o the_o former_a division_n which_o he_o have_v make_v in_o the_o army_n but_o seek_v to_o raise_v more_o p._n 141_o 142._o 3_o a_o print_a paper_n entitle_v fundamental_a law_n and_o liberty_n of_o enland_n etc._n etc._n p._n 143._o how_o lilb_n show_v here_o his_o folly_n in_o trouble_v himself_o about_o parliament_n which_o as_o he_o state_v the_o case_n signify_v little_a ibid._n how_o he_o be_v proud_a a_o ignorant_a man_n as_o noâ—_n understanding_n what_o fundamental_a and_o stand_a law_n be_v p._n 143._o how_o law_n may_v be_v say_v to_o be_v stand_v and_o fundamental_a and_o what_o such_o law_n be_v p._n 143._o how_o lilburn_n be_v like_o the_o mass_n priest_n in_o edward_z 6._o his_o reign_n and_o seek_v to_o make_v commotion_n and_o tumult_n now_o as_o they_o do_v then_o in_o the_o like_o seditious_a way_n and_o design_n p._n 144._o how_o he_o extract_v something_o from_o all_o former_a incendiary_n to_o be_v a_o master_n workman_n as_o he_o style_v himself_o p._n 145._o 4_o another_o print_a paper_n called_z lieut._n coll._n john_n lilburn_n plea_n in_o law_n ibid._n here_o he_o undertake_v to_o prove_v that_o the_o parliament_n can_v alter_v none_o of_o the_o fundamental_a law_n ibid._n to_o which_o a_o large_a answer_n be_v give_v as_o show_v 1_o what_o be_v power_n 2_o government_n or_o the_o execution_n of_o that_o power_n p._n 145_o 146._o his_o ignorance_n and_o nonsense_n and_o how_o he_o seek_v to_o enslave_v the_o natian_a ibid._n he_o go_v backward_o to_o out-jump_a his_o fellow_n leper_n in_o sedition_n p._n 147._o how_o like_o the_o foolish_a fish_n he_o swim_v to_o the_o hide_a hook_n ibid._n another_o print_a paper_n call_v a_o word_n to_o the_o jury_n in_o behalf_n of_o john_n lilburn_n p._n 147_o a_o door_n for_o lilburn_n sake_n must_v be_v leave_v open_a for_o all_o incendiary_n to_o pass_v through_o without_o punishment_n p._n 148_o how_o the_o jury_n take_v upon_o they_o not_o only_o to_o be_v judge_n but_o condemner_n both_o of_o parliament_n and_o law_n p._n 148_o what_o be_v to_o he_o do_v by_o those_o who_o be_v in_o authority_n when_o they_o see_v not_o only_o their_o person_n but_o authority_n itself_o and_o their_o act_n and_o law_n tread_v under_o foot_n p._n 148_o 149._o lilburn_n reâ—ued_v practice_n to_o divide_v the_o army_n p._n 149._o his_o unreconciled_a hatred_n to_o the_o state_n p._n 150._o another_o print_a paper_n call_v a_o plea_n at_o large_a for_o john_n lilburn_n gent._n ibid._n here_o he_o prosecute_v the_o method_n which_o he_o propound_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o buckingham_n etc._n etc._n as_o to_o destroy_v the_o lord_n gen_n cromwell_n etc._n etc._n p._n 150_o 151._o how_o he_o can_v for_o his_o life_n forbear_v act_v sedition_n p._n 151._o lilb_n liberty_n not_o to_o be_v desire_v dangerous_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n reason_n for_o it_o 1_o because_o nothing_o will_v satisfy_v he_o but_o murder_n and_o blood_n p._n 151._o 2_o he_o know_v nothing_o of_o the_o present_a generation-work_n but_o one_o that_o scoff_n and_o jeer_n at_o it_o p._n 152_o 153._o 3_o be_v a_o profess_a enemy_n to_o reformation_n as_o to_o have_v thing_n continue_v proper_a to_o monarchy_n no_o way_n suitable_a to_o a_o commonwealth_n p._n 153_o 154._o 4_o no_o friend_n to_o those_o that_o fear_n god_n and_o love_v the_o commonwealth_n but_o he_o be_v for_o the_o cavalier_n and_o that_o party_n have_v so_o many_o agent_n as_o he_o say_v in_o the_o land_n it_o be_v fit_a he_o and_o they_o shall_v be_v keep_v asunder_o as_o man_n keep_v fire_n and_o gunpowder_n apart_o p._n 155_o 6_o the_o dangerous_a consequence_n of_o a_o ill_a precedent_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n p._n 155._o the_o conclusion_n of_o mr._n lilburn_n in_o that_o grave_a council_n of_o the_o senator_n of_o troy_n ibid._n concern_v mr._n lilburn_n late_a jury_n p._n 156._o here_o the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o take_v the_o marginal_a note_n along_o with_o he_o what_o the_o jury_n fit_o may_v be_v call_v and_o why_o p._n 156_o the_o examination_n of_o the_o jury_n take_v before_o the_o council_n of_o state_n 157._o thomas_n green_n foreman_n why_o choose_v by_o lilburn_n why_o foreman_n p._n 157._o he_o will_v not_o answer_v for_o reason_n best_o know_v to_o himself_o p._n 158._o michael_n rayner_n he_o confess_v they_o have_v a_o meeting_n all_o together_o at_o the_o windmill_n tavern_n in_o coleman_n street_n to_o agree_v together_o what_o answer_v to_o give_v the_o council_n p._n 159_o how_o he_o and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o jury_n take_v themselves_o to_o be_v judge_n of_o matter_n of_o law_n as_o well_o as_o matter_n of_o fact_n ibid._n thomas_n tunman_n a_o 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