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merid._n paint_a chamber_n three_o proclamation_n the_o court_n call_v commissioner_n 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 thomas_n lord_n grey_n of_o groby_n sir_n john_n danvers_n sir_n henry_n mildmay_n kt._n william_n heveningham_n henry_n martin_n william_n purefoy_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 adrian_n scroop_n john_n dixwell_n simon_n meyne_n peter_n temple_n thomas_n wait._n cornelius_n holland_n thomas_n scot._n francis_n allen._n richard_n deane_n john_n okey_n john_n huson_n john_n carew_n john_n jones_n miles_n corbet_n william_n goffe._n peregrine_n pelham_n john_n moor_n william_n lord_n mounson_n humphrey_n edward_n thomas_n wogan_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n john_n dove_n john_n venn_n william_n cawley_n anthony_n stapeley_n john_n downes_n thomas_n horton_n thomas_n hammond_n john_n lisle_n nicholas_n love_n augustine_n garland_n george_n fleetwood_n james_n temple_n daniel_n blagrave_n john_n browne_n henry_n smith_z john_n berkstead_n sir_n thomas_n malevere_a bar._n present_a vincent_n potter_n here_o the_o court_n sit_v private_a the_o draught_n of_o a_o sentence_n against_o the_o king_n be_v according_a to_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o 25_o the_o instant_a prepare_v and_o after_o several_a readins_n debate_n and_o amendment_n by_o the_o court_n thereupon_o resolve_v etc._n etc._n that_o this_o court_n do_v agree_v to_o the_o sentence_n now_o read_v that_o the_o say_a sentence_n shall_v be_v ingross_v that_o the_o king_n be_v bring_v to_o westminster_n to_o morrow_n to_o receive_v his_o sentence_n the_o court_n adjourn_v itself_o till_o the_o morrow_n at_o ten_o of_o the_o clock_n in_o the_o morning_n to_o this_o place_n the_o court_n give_v notice_n that_o they_o then_o intend_v to_o adjourn_v from_o thence_o to_o westminster-hall_n sabbati_fw-la 27_o jan._n 1648._o paint_a chamber_n three_o proclamation_n be_v make_v the_o court_n be_v thereupon_o call_v commissioner_n present_a john_n bradshaw_n sergeant_n at_o law_n lord_n precedent_n oliver_n cromwell_n henry_n ireton_n sir_n hardress_n waller_n valentine_n wauton_n thomas_n harrison_n edward_n whalley_n thomas_n pride_n isaac_n ewer_n tho._n lord_n grey_n of_o groby_n sir_n john_n danvers_n sir_n thomas_n malevere_a baronet_n sir_n john_n bourchier_n kt._n william_n heveningham_n henry_n marten_n william_n purefoy_n john_n berkstead_n matthew_n tomlinson_n john_n blackistone_n gilbert_n millington_n sir_n william_n constable_n bar._n edmund_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 augustine_n garland_n george_n fleetwood_n james_n temple_n daniel_n blagrave_n john_n browne_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 peregrine_n pelham_n tho._n challoner_n john_n moor_n william_n say_n john_n alured_n henry_n smith_z humphrey_n edward_n gregory_n clement_n thomas_n wogan_n sir_n gregory_n norton_n bar._n edmund_n harvey_n john_n venn_n thomas_n scott_n tho._n andrews_n ald._n of_o lond._n william_n cawley_n anthony_n stapeley_n john_n downes_n thomas_n horton_n tho._n hamond_n john_n lisle_n nicholas_n love_n vincent_n potter_n john_n dixwell_n simon_n meyne_n peter_n temple_n thomas_n waite_n the_o sentence_n agree_v on_o and_o order_v by_o this_o court_n 26_o instant_a to_o be_v ingross_v be_v according_o ingross_v be_v read_v resolve_v that_o the_o sentence_n now_o read_v shall_v be_v the_o sentence_n of_o this_o court_n for_o the_o condemnation_n of_o the_o king_n which_o shall_v 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advice_n of_o his_o say_a assistant_n do_v give_v order_n for_o the_o court_n withdraw_v to_o advise_v that_o in_o case_n the_o king_n shall_v not_o submit_v to_o answer_v and_o there_o happen_v no_o such_o