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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	great_a	know_v	see_v	2,770	5	3.0783	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49553	Mr. Langhorn's memoires, with some meditations and devotions of his, during his imprisonment as also his petition to His Majesty, and his speech at his execution.	Langhorne, Richard, 1654-1679.	1679 (1679)	Wing L397; ESTC R5132	29,740	24

now upon this Charge laid by him upon me and others of more Value in the World by much than my poor self to profess himself again to be a Protestant I also found That upon comparing the several Evidences which he had given against others he had apparently contradicted himself and affirmed several things which could not subsist to be all true because they were contradictory one to the other And as to Mr. Bedloe I found by the Narrative of Mr. Reading's Tryal That he swore himself at that Tryal to be slatly Perjured when he gave Evidence against Mr. Whitebread and Mr. Fenwyck at Mr. Ireland's Tryal for being then sworn to speak the Truth the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth against the said Mr. Whitebread and Fenwyck And having then affirmed upon his said Oath That he was a Stranger to them and knew nothing to give in Evidence against them he did at the said Tryal of Mr. Reading swear that it was impossible that he should be such a Stranger to Mr. Whitebread and Mr. Fenwyck as he affirmed himself to be at their Tryals when he was sworn to give Evidence against them I was also informed and there was a Witness to prove the same That when at one of the former Tryals Witnesses were tendred to prove that Mr. Bedloe was a very Ill Man and that for that Reason no Credit was to be given to him He answered in the Court publickly That they might save their labour to prove how Ill he had been for he readily owned the worst things that could be said of him but that having the King's Pardon he was safe And as to both Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedloe I was informed from good hands 1. That they had owned themselves with what Truth I will not undertake to say Guilty of the same Treason that they now charged upon me and others and this was evident from what they swore at every Tryal 2. That they had received their Pardons more than once each of them 3. That they had received great Rewards for the Evidences by them given against others in the same case 4. That they expected greater and farther Rewards for the Evidence to be given against me and others All which I conceived would render their Evidence unfit to be credited by any Jury if not wholly invalid in Law Having gained these Lights after my long Imprisonment I did with very great longing expect my Tryal and with great joy went to it when the day came which was Saturday in Whitsun-Week being the 14th of June now past though in my passage from the Gaol to the Court I found my self condemned by the Multitude before my Tryal which I thank my God put me in remembrance of what my blessed Jesus suffered from the like Vote of the People I shall forbear to repeat the Particulars of my Tryal because I will give no occasion to think That I have any intention to Arraign the Justice of my King or of the Government or of my Judges or Jury onely I shall crave leave to observe these following Particulars viz. I. That the Two first Witnesses which were Sworn for the King Deposed nothing against me Those were Mr. Dugdale and Mr. Prance II. That Mr. Oates who was the Third Witness Sworn for the King and the first whose Evidence charged me Deposed That he had two several Communications with me since the Month of April 1678. namely in July and August 1678. whereas at the Try●● of Mr. Coleman he had expresly Sworn That after the Month of April 1678 he had never seen me to his knowledge or remembrance III. That Mr. Bedloe Deposed That as he and Mr. Coleman were together walking in my Chamber in the Temple he saw me Entring several Treasonable Letters into a Loo● in my Study and that the said Book was a great Book lying upon the Desk in my Study Whereas every person who knows my said Chamber and the scituation of my Study cannot but know that it is impossible to look out of my Chamber into my Study so as to see any one Writing there and that I never had at any time any Desk in my Study What passed farther at my Tryal I forbear to mention for the Reason before given but refer to such Narrative of my Tryal as I hear is published in Print which if it be truly made I thank the Reporter for his Justice if untruly I then beg of God to pardon the Reporter's Injustice In the mean time I do here in the Presence of the Great God who is the God of Truth and the Searcher of all Hearts Declare and Protest 1. That as to Mr. Bedloe I do not know remember or believe that I ever saw him or heard him speak before that time that he appeared in the said Court to give Evidence against me at my said Tryal 2. That I did never see or speak with Mr. Oates at any time since the Month of November 1677. so that I can with great Truth affirm and do affirm in the Presence of the All-knowing God That whatever was given in Evidence against me by the said Bedloe was utterly false and untrue As likewise whatever was given against me in Evidence by the said Oates as spoken by himself or by me in the Months of April July and August 1678. o● at any other times after the Month of November 1677. As also what was sworn in Evidence against me by the said Oates at his first coming to me in the Month of November 1677. which related to my prejudice and which I could have proved to be false by a very good Witness in case I could have foreseen that Mr. Oates would have had the confidence to have given any thing in Evidence against me as pretended to have been spoken by me at that time But Mr. Oates at the Tryal of Mr. Coleman gave a clear evidence of his skill in this kind of Fencing and of his great care and cunning to prevent that no Person whose Life he designs to take away by his Evidence shall ever be able to know what he intends to swear or consequently to produce any Witness to discover or disprove his Perjuries For being then upon his Oath and being interrogated what he had informed against Mr Coleman before His Majesty and the Council at Mr. Coleman's Examination there before he was Committed to Newgate Mr. Oates did not blush to swear That he did only at that time inform what he judged sufficient whereupon to ground Mr. Coleman's Commitment and concealed what he had farther to say lest he should by saying it enable Mr. Coleman to produce Witnesses as to the circumstances of time and place to disprove what Mr. Oates should say against him or to the like effect Add to all this that which Mr. Oates answered at my Tryal when interrogated by me and to my best remembrance Bedloe gave the like answer to the same question what Gratification or Reward he had received for his pretended Discovery of