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A88165 A coppy of a letter sent by Lieu. Col. John Lilburne to Mr. Wollaston keeper of Newgate or his Deputy. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. 1646 (1646) Wing L2091; Thomason 669.f.10[62]; ESTC R210488 1,147 1

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A coppy of a Letter serit by Liev. Col. John Lilburne to Mr. Wollaston Keeper of Newgate or his Deputy SIR I this morning have seen a Warrant from the house of Lords made yesterday to Command you to bring me this day at 10. a clocke before them the Warrant expresseth no cause wherfore I should dance attendance before them neither doe I know any ground or reason wherefore I should nor any Law that compels me thereunto for Their Lordships sitting by vertue of Prerogative pattents and not by Election or common consent of the People hath as Magna Carta and other good Lawes of the Land tels me nothing to doe to try me or any Commoner whatsoever in any criminall case either for life limb libertie or estate but contrary hereunto as incrochers and usurpers upon my freedomes and liberties they lately and illegally endeavoured to trie me a Commoner at their Bar for which I under my hand and seale protested to their faces against them as violent and illegall incrochers upon the rights and liberties of me and all the Commons of England a coppy of which c. I in Print herewith send you and at their Barre I openly appealled to my competent proper legall tryers and Iudges the Commons of England assembled in Parliament for which their Lordships did illegally Arbitrarily and Tiranically commit me to prison into your custody unto whom divers daies agoe I sent my appeale c. which now remaines in the hands of their speaker if it be not already read in their House unto which I doe and will stand and obey their commands Sir I am a free-man of England and therefore I am not to be used as a slave or Vassell by the Lords which they have already done and would further doe I also am a man of peace quietnes desire not to molest any if I be not forced there unto therefore I desire you as you tender my good your owne take this for an answer that I cānot without turning traitor to my liberties dance attendance to their Lordships Bar being bound in conscience duty to God my selfe myne my country to oppose their incroachments to the death which by the strength of God I am resolved to doe Sir you may or cause to be exercised upon me some force or violence to pull and drag me out of my chamber which I am resolved to maintaine as long as I can before I will be compelled to goe before them and therefore I desire you in a friendly way to be wise and considerate before you doe that which it may be you can never undoe From my Cock-loft in the Presse yard of Newgate this 23. of Iune 1646. Sir I am Your true and faire conditioned prisoner if you will be so to me IOHN LILBURNE The Coppy of the Order Die Lu●oe 22. Junij 1646. Ordered by the Lords in Parliament Assembled that Liv Col. John Lilburne now a prisoner in Newgate shall be brought before Their Lordships in the High Court of PALIAMENT tomorrow morning by ten of the clock And this to be a sufficient wa●rant in that behalfe To the Gen. Vsher of this House or his Deputy to be delivered to the Keeper of Newgate or his Deputy John Browne Cler. Parliamentorum