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the_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n whereupon_o the_o court_n adjourn_v to_o westminster-hall_n forthwith_o westminster-hall_n 28_o jan._n 1648._o post_v merid._n three_o proclamation_n be_v make_v and_o attendance_n and_o silence_n command_v as_o former_o the_o court_n be_v thereupon_o call_v commissioner_n present_a present_a john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n at_o law_n lord_n precedent_n of_o this_o court_n oliver_n cromwell_n henry_n ireton_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n valentine_n wauton_n tho._n harrison_n edward_n whalley_n thomas_n pride_n isaac_n ewer_n henry_n martin_n william_n purefoy_n john_n berkstead_n john_n blakistone_n gilbert_n millington_n sir_n william_n constable_n bar._n edmond_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 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 miles_n corbet_n francis_n allen._n 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bar_n where_o he_o take_v his_o seat_n as_o former_o proclamation_n be_v thereupon_o make_v for_o silence_n while_o the_o plea_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v in_o hand_n and_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o guard_n command_v by_o proclamation_n to_o take_v into_o custody_n all_o that_o shall_v disturb_v the_o proceed_n of_o the_o court_n mr._n solicitor_n cook_n address_v himself_o to_o the_o court_n repeat_v the_o former_a delay_n and_o contempt_n of_o the_o prisoner_n so_o as_o that_o no_o more_o need_v on_o his_o part_n but_o to_o demand_v judgement_n yet_o offer_v notwithstanding_o the_o notoriety_n of_o the_o fact_n charge_v mention_v in_o the_o commons_o act_n appoint_v the_o trial_n to_o prove_v the_o truth_n of_o the_o same_o by_o witness_n if_o thereto_o require_v and_o therefore_o pray_v and_o yet_o he_o say_v not_o so_o much_o he_o as_o the_o innocent_a blood_n that_o have_v be_v shed_v the_o cry_n whereof_o be_v very_o great_a that_o a_o speedy_a sentence_n and_o judgement_n may_v be_v pronounce_v against_o the_o prisoner_n at_o the_o bar_n according_a to_o justice_n hereupon_o the_o court_n put_v the_o