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unfitness_n deter_v they_o q._n 10._o be_v the_o many_o thousand_o family_n that_o be_v put_v to_o fly_v the_o land_n to_o holland_n and_o america_n punish_v for_o nothing_o but_o sedition_n be_v new_a england_n and_o bermuda_n plant_v without_o any_o persecution_n or_o be_v it_o no_o punishment_n to_o be_v drive_v from_o house_n land_n good_n kindred_n and_o native_a country_n into_o a_o unplanted_a wilderness_n among_o wood_n and_o wild_a man_n and_o beast_n q._n 11._o be_v it_o no_o persecution_n to_o be_v excommunicate_a ipso_fw-la facto_fw-la by_o canon_n 6_o 7_o 8_o etc._n etc._n without_o be_v admonish_v or_o hear_v q._n 12._o be_v it_o nothing_o but_o amiable_a peace_n that_o lay_v all_o the_o ten_o sort_n of_o the_o excommunicate_a name_v in_o the_o statute_n in_o the_o common_a goal_n during_o life_n deprive_v they_o there_o of_o their_o estate_n unless_o they_o lie_v by_o a_o feign_a repentance_n q._n 13._o yea_o be_v it_o only_o harmless_a that_o make_v seriousness_n in_o 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tear_v the_o church_n and_o extirpate_v serious_a piety_n be_v against_o they_o so_o do_v the_o papist_n accuse_v they_o that_o blame_v their_o murder_n and_o inquisition_n §_o 41._o accus_n xxviii_o because_o i_o say_v the_o war_n be_v begin_v in_o our_o street_n by_o the_o ungodly_a drunken_a rabble_n seek_v our_o life_n he_o say_v in_o plain_n english_a mr._n b._n with_o other_o reformer_n put_v themselves_o into_o arm_n seize_v on_o the_o king_n fort_n and_o make_v they_o garrison_n against_o the_o king_n and_o this_o before_o king_n or_o parliament_n have_v any_o army_n ans_fw-fr in_o plain_a english_a this_o lie_n be_v shameless_a unless_o a_o poor_a hire_a chamber_n be_v the_o king_n fort_n i_o seize_v on_o none_o the_o first_o time_n the_o drunken_a rabble_n rise_v up_o against_o i_o be_v for_o preach_v original_a sin_n they_o say_v that_o i_o slander_v their_o child_n the_o next_o be_v for_o read_v the_o parliament_n order_n to_o deface_v the_o picture_n of_o the_o trinity_n the_o three_o be_v by_o bring_v in_o soldier_n that_o drive_v i_o away_o and_o it_o be_v long_o after_o this_o ere_o i_o have_v a_o private_a lodging_n in_o coventry_n §_o 42._o accus_n xxix_o page_n 26._o he_o make_v the_o repetition_n of_o his_o forgery_n a_o proof_n that_o i_o be_v guilty_a of_o perjury_n 1._o because_o i_o be_v prejudice_v against_o the_o bishop_n at_o nineteen_o and_o yet_o at_o ordination_n take_v the_o oath_n to_o obey_v my_o ordinary_n in_o licitis_fw-la &_o honestis_fw-la ans_fw-fr 1._o i_o do_v not_o swear_v a_o approbation_n of_o persecution_n i_o be_v not_o then_o prejudice_v against_o episcopacy_n but_o against_o the_o sin_n of_o bishop_n may_v not_o a_o man_n disow_v such_o shameless_a liar_n as_o some_o minister_n be_v without_o disow_v the_o ministry_n 2._o i_o be_v prejudice_v against_o bishop_n morton_n at_o fourteen_o ans_fw-fr utter_o false_a i_o honour_v he_o to_o his_o death_n but_o when_o i_o come_v to_o better_a understanding_n i_o dislike_v turn_v confirmation_n to_o a_o mere_a ceremony_n for_o the_o right_a use_n of_o which_o i_o have_v write_v a_o treatise_n agree_v to_o dr._n hammond_n 3._o he_o name_v my_o omit_v the_o cross_n and_o surplice_n ans_fw-fr i_o never_o swear_v nor_o promise_v to_o use_v they_o be_v in_o no_o station_n that_o oblige_v i_o to_o it_o and_o be_v under_o a_o ordinary_a that_o require_v it_o not_o and_o i_o have_v confess_v my_o sin_n in_o rath_n subscribe_v to_o their_o lawfulness_n §_o 43._o accus_n xxx_o page_n 27._o he_o tragical_o recite_v the_o reason_n i_o allege_v why_o i_o be_v for_o the_o parliament_n but_o his_o confutation_n be_v only_o by_o a_o exclamation_n how_o bad_a i_o be_v as_o worse_a than_o cook_n and_o bradshaw_n as_o if_o i_o have_v be_v for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o king_n when_o he_o know_v that_o the_o parliament_n be_v break_v up_o by_o cromwell_n for_o be_v for_o the_o king_n restoration_n and_o their_o union_n and_o that_o a_o faction_n call_v the_o rump_n do_v this_o as_o cromwell_n confederate_n i_o believe_v i_o do_v more_o against_o that_o faction_n than_o many_o such_o as_o he_o §_o 44._o accus_n xxxi_o page_n 27_o 28._o with_o what_o heart_n can_v he_o be_v a_o eye-witness_n of_o the_o inhuman_a butchery_n that_o have_v be_v make_v in_o almost_o every_o fight_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o war_n ans_fw-fr a_o lie_v so_o gross_a that_o it_o feign_v i_o to_o see_v far_o off_o where_o i_o never_o be_v i_o have_v answer_v it_o before_o i_o be_v a_o eye-witness_n of_o many_o of_o god_n provident_a disposal_n and_o a_o earwitness_n of_o more_o i_o see_v the_o field_n where_o they_o fight_v near_o worcester_n and_o edgehill_n and_o nantwich_n and_o i_o see_v many_o garrison_n wem_n leicester_n shrewsbury_n exeter_n sherburne_n bristol_n winchester_n that_o have_v be_v take_v but_o i_o see_v not_o the_o fight_v at_o any_o one_o of_o these_o but_o that_o at_o langport_n that_o end_v the_o field_n war_n i_o see_v afar_o off_o but_o see_v 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edgehill_n newberry_n nantwich_n montgomery_n horncastle_n naseby_n york_n langport_n etc._n etc._n he_o add_v it_o seem_v he_o be_v present_a in_o these_o fight_v ans_fw-fr not_o at_o any_o one_o of_o they_o save_v langport_n i_o say_v my_o eye_n shall_v no_o more_o see_v the_o earth_n cover_v with_o the_o carcase_n of_o the_o slay_v which_o be_v at_o edgehill_n the_o next_o day_n after_o where_o i_o have_v no_o more_o to_o do_v than_o any_o other_o that_o will_v see_v the_o place_n §_o 47._o accus_n xxxiv_o he_o have_v travel_v over_o the_o most_o of_o england_n to_o pursue_v the_o war._n ans_fw-fr it_o be_v much_o and_o not_o most_o and_o it_o be_v to_o have_v prevent_v the_o change_n of_o government_n and_o not_o to_o pursue_v the_o war_n that_o i_o go_v §_o 48._o accus_fw-la xxxv_o page_n 29._o he_o feign_v i_o according_o to_o see_v many_o noble_a lord_n and_o gentry_n perish_v in_o their_o integrity_n some_o perhaps_o by_o his_o own_o hand_n ans_fw-fr all_o mere_a forgery_n i_o 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