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The arraignment of the Anabaptists good old cause, vvith the manner and proceedings of the court of iustice against him. Also the names of the jury and witnesses that came in against him, with the sentence of death pronounced by the judge before his execution,.
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Wing A3752; Thomason E1017_32; ESTC R208078
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THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ANABAPTISTS Good Old Cause VVith the manner and proceedings OF THE COURT of IUSTICE Against him Also the Names of the JURY and WITNESSES that came in against him WITH THE SENTENCE Of Death pronounced by the Judge before his EXECUTION LONDON Printed by John Morgan 1660. THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ANABAPTISTS Good Old Cause Together with the manner and proceedings of the Court of Justice against him UPon the 11th of February last the Judge came to the place of Judicature attended with Knights Sheriffs and Justices of Peace other Officers The Commission was read for the Tryal of the Malefactor who being brought to the Bar the Jury was impannesd and sworn to give in a true Verdict according to the evidences The Clerk stands up and calls them by their names and the Cryer names them Mr. Conscience I. Mr. Obedience II. Mr. Honor-king III. Mr. Honesty IV. Mr. Duety V. Mr. Faithful VI. Mr. Trusty VII Mr. Law VIII Mr. Truth IX Mr. Love X. Mr. Vnity XI Mr. Justice XII Good Men and true stand together and hear the Charge and looking upon the Prisoner as the Judge commanded they were charged to take notice of every Passage and Sentence that should be read by the Clerk in the Inditement and thereupon to give up a true Verdict Silence being made the Prisoner is commanded to hold up his hand which being done the Clark read the Inditement as followeth Good Old Cause thou art here Indited by the name of Good Old Cause alias Rump of the City of Government in the County of Kingshire That thou didst assume unto thy self in the yeaâ— 1641. the name of Supream Authority and didsâ— Levy a War against the chief Magistrate and didst plot and endeavour to draw all other thy Fellow Subjects to do the same and cause there to bring in their Estates to defend and maintaiâ— thee in the pursuance of this War and didsâ— make a General over Horse and foot to be thâ— Captain and didst settle a Militia in every County of the Land against the Commission of Arrâ—… ordered by Law and then thou the Good Oâ—… Cause didst lay Siege against the strong Citieâ—… Castles Towns of the Land to batter them dowâ—… or yeild unto thee and hadst set Battels fought against the good people of the Land in whicâ— Battels many a brave Lord Knight and Gentleman was Slain or taken Prisoner by thee aâ—… kept a long time in prison and didst put out Oâ—ders and Ordinances to force and compel men 〈◊〉 serve thee which if they denyed thou didst either plunder them of their goods or secure them as ill affected or both contrary to all Law in that case made provided and also that thou the Good Old cause didst impeach thy Fellow Members Treason when thou thy self wast the greater Traytor and cause them to be put to death either by Hanging them Killing them or Shooting them to death upon no good account but only to exercise thy Power and Will over the people also thou didst borrow infinite Sums of mony of the good people and never paid any of it back again and those that would not lend thee any thou compelledst them to it and moreover imposed upon the people pole mony Taxes Free-quarter and Excise besides the voluntary subscriptions of the men of thy own judgement to the utter undoing of the people in general And moreover thou didst in the year 1647. exclude thy Fellow Members out of the House for many years because they would not Act with thee in those things which were contrary to Law Reason Honesty Faith and a good Conscience and thou the Good Old Cause didst add unto all thy wickednesse and abominations a greater than any of the former in betraying thy trust and committed that unparallel regicide against thy true and lawful Magistrate unto whom thou wast bound by the Oath of Allegiance to defend and maintain to the uttermost of thy power also in the same year thou dist Execute thy malice upon three Noble persons in one day which were far better and honester than thy self also thou the Good old Cause didst make an Ordinance that this Land should be a free-State and that no Writs should run in a single Persons name and that there should be no more Kingly Government because thou said'st it was burthensome and dangerous And that there should be no House of Lords for thou said'st it was useless And thou the Good old Cause didst banish the regal Line and madest it to be Treason to give them their proper titles or that any one should pray for them in their Pulpits or aid and assist them with any mony meat victuals or any other necessary thing and moreover thou the Good old Cause didst put to sale all Crown Lands Jewels Houses Mannors and Plate belonging to the chief Magistrate with the felling of his Woods demolishing of Castles in every part of the Land besides Bishops Deans and Chapters Lands which was not a little Also thou didst pluck down and deface all the royal arms in what place soever set up whether in Churches on Ships or Halls and didst place thine own instead thereof And moreover thou the Good old Cause didst break in pieces the great true Seal of the Land and madest a new stamp to coyn mony withall with this circumscription God with us when the Devil was in thee And also thou didst impose a Tax of 90 thousand pounds a month for several years upon thy fellow Subjects and madest them to subscribe to an engagement to be true to thee and madest thy self rich by undoing others of thy Brethren by plotting and fomenting things against them which they never knew so that thou becamest hatefull to the eyes of all for thy ill actings and grand misdemeanor was turned out of doors for the space of six years and upward after all which by thy craft and subtility thou the Good old Cause didst wind thy self in again and by the power of thy strength and policy didst defend and justifie thy doing to be agreeable to Laws and wouldest not be contradicted nor entreated by the request and petitions of the said truly good and honest but after all thou the Good old Cause didst out of malice and envy and invettered hatred against the honourable City by whom thou hast been much engaged to and from whom thou hast received so many gratuities favours and bounty thou hast in thy rage pluckt up their posts took off their Chains took off their Gates and broke in pieces their Percullisses and sold the iron for naught all which rebellions Murthers Robberies and Perjuries have been by thee committed contrary to the peace of our Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and dignity Judge then said to the Good old Cause what sayest thou for thy self to this Inditement Guilty or not guilty He answers not guilty and puts himself upon tryal then the Cryer said if there be any can give evidence against the Prisoner at the Bar
let them come for he stands upon his deliverance at which words came in Mr. Loyal and witnessed saying My Lord this fellow the Good old Cause came in a very formall way and promised to act good things and seemed to be a very holy man but his heart was full of hypocrisie and deceit My Lord he branded all the true hearted to their Superiours to be Malignants and those that would not give or bring in their mony at his order were called delinquents and ill-affected My Lord he would acknowledge no power above himself he valued the shedding of blood no more then the cutting off a dogs head he maintained Rebellion gave out Commissions to kill and slay justified Hothams actions and yet kild him at last made an excellent protestation a seeming holy Covenant and performed neither jugled with the People that they took him for a God Mr. Bishop can tell you more of him my Lord I am but a Servant what say you Mr. Bishop against the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord he was an utter enemie to us he thrust us out of our places and would not suffer us to sit with him he branded us by the name of Popish Prelates he took away our Means our Livings came dwelt in them himself put us in prison and some of us to death took away Churches liveings and sold them to others yea my Lord he took the very plate out of the Churches and melted it and coyned it into a new stamp her 's Mr. Duke my Lord a very noble person can evidence much more against him then I have done Mr. Church a witnesse Judge speaks Mr. Duke or Lord what can you say to the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord this Fellow called the Good old Cause did plunder me of all my Estate sold our Houses that whereas I had 5000 a year and kept a good house for all commers maintained good Hospitality relieveing the poor and setting whole Towns at work did Homage to my Soveraign when my turn was he took my Estate away bestowed it upon some of his own friends to one he gave a thousand a year to another five hundred a year to another two thousand a year and hath left me nothing for my self but one hundred a year to maintain my self my wife and children in our old age And besides after I was turned out of doors I was glad to compound for what I had and to fly into France to hide my self from being imprisoned and to save my life for he kild as many as he thought good Here 's Mr. Citizen can witness many other things Judge Mr. Citizen what can you say against this Prisoner at the Bar My Lord I can testifie against him that he imposed great Taxes upon us and if we did not pay him as soon as ever he demanded them he either quartered Souldiers upon us or else fetcht away by violence from us ten times the worth of the Tax he required he also hindred the trading amongst us kept us bare of mony and made us pay Excise for Meat and drink and layed insupportable Taxes upon us yea we gave him the meat out of our mouths And my Lord he even out of meer spite stole away the Gates and Chains of the City and made Bonsiers of the Posts And whereas his name was called the Good old Cause before it was afterwards called the Rump I think my Lord because he would not be known for he did hide himself somtimes being ashamed of his doings and then again would wipe his mouth and come to light Mr. Country-man that is here my Lord can give evidence also against him Judge Mr. Country-man what can you say to the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord this Fellow did send Troops of Horses into our Houses and Inns which eat up all our Hay Oats Beans and Peas yea my Lord he suffered his Horses to go into the Medows and Corn Fields to eat it tread it down and spoil it and when we complained against him for such abuses he would do ten times worse take the bread and meat out of our mouths eat up our Bacon kill our Poultry and Geese and Ducks and Lambs and Hogs insomuch that we had not any thing left for to keep us alive and kept us out of our beds that we never had a good nights rest and if we refused presently he would set a Pistol or Sword against our brests and force us to give what they required Mr. King can say much more against him then I have spoken Judge Mr. King what can you say against the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord I can say thus much of him that he is as great an adversary to any of my name as can be yea he is a mortal enemy for he hates their being place name and person he covets their Houses Mannors Lands Jewels Plate Apparrel and what not He endeavours to make them but titular or none he will break the oath of Allegiance he will promise to make them glorious and yet fight against them keeps no fidelity sends out Armies as if it were to bring him home from Councellours but with intention to kill him yet disparageth him of breach of trust intrudes into his Militia takes away his revenews reviles them that adhere to him gave out Commissions to Rebel and to secure all orthodox Ministers and put out of their Benefices and to bring in Anabaptism Independantism Quakerism Ranterism and all manner of prophanenesse and Poperism and all things to confusion Nay my Lord I can say of this Fellow the Good old Cause that he put to death a Gentleman of my name who was the most eminent and famous in the World for Prudence Goodnesse Love Chastity Godly life good Government Piety Religion Iustice and a Defender of the Faith and banisht his dear Wife and Children and would not suffer them to injoy the smallest Cottage he had or allow him the least maintenance that might be yea forbid strangers in other Lands to supply him in his necessity and to relieve his wants My Lord he is the greatest Rebel that ever was heard of all which he did under the Title of doing Reformation Yea my Lord he made Plots himself and then discovered them and we suffer'd for it My Lord we can bring many witnesses more of this ill life and name if it please your Lordship to call for them Judge Here are witnesses enough Jury have you heard what these Gentlemen have evidenced against the Prisoner at the Bar if you have give it in if you be agreed of the Verdict what think you of him is he guilty or not guilty The foreman Mr. Conscience answers in the behalf of the rest guilty my Lord. Then the Judge speaking to the Prisoner said Good Old Cause thou hast heard what all these have witnessed against thee what canst thou say for thy self why Sentence of Death should not be pronounced against thee then the Good Old Cause spake as followeth