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misery_n that_o have_v follow_v that_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v uneasy_a to_o their_o conscience_n and_o credit_n while_o they_o can_v make_v no_o answer_n to_o the_o proof_n of_o their_o iniquity_n i_o give_v such_o reason_n against_o their_o lay_n excommunicaters_n and_o their_o curse_v canon_n and_o their_o causeless_a and_o obstinate_a divide_v of_o the_o national_a church_n by_o their_o frivolous_a tear_v imposition_n as_o must_v make_v cruelty_n the_o more_o uneasy_a but_o if_o i_o be_v not_o blind_a and_o mad_a the_o government_n of_o church_n and_o state_n have_v be_v more_o easy_a if_o they_o will_v have_v hear_v our_o pacificatory_a request_n §_o 21._o accus_n viii_o or_o who_o have_v or_o can_v do_v more_o than_o mr._n b._n to_o renew_v all_o our_o trouble_n and_o confusion_n ans_fw-fr by_o what_o by_o study_v pray_v preach_v write_a and_o speak_v and_o exemplary_a live_n for_o unity_n and_o peace_n which_o god_n know_v have_v be_v my_o chief_a or_o second_o study_n and_o labour_v these_o forty_o four_o year_n value_v the_o supernal_a wisdom_n which_o be_v first_o pure_a and_o then_o peaceable_a but_o methinks_v i_o hear_v the_o legion_n that_o be_v his_o army_n who_o be_v a_o liar_n and_o murderer_n from_o the_o beginning_n say_v what_o have_v we_o to_o do_v with_o thou_o be_v thou_o come_v to_o torment_v we_o before_o the_o time_n but_o they_o have_v have_v leave_n to_o enter_v into_o the_o swine_n and_o o_o that_o their_o suffocation_n in_o the_o sea_n of_o confusion_n occasion_n not_o christ_n to_o be_v drive_v out_o of_o our_o coast_n by_o they_o that_o love_v their_o swine_n better_o than_o christ_n §_o 22._o accus_n ix_o so_o that_o i_o can_v not_o devise_v to_o give_v a_o better_a epitome_n of_o the_o late_a rebellion_n and_o schism_n than_o this_o account_n of_o mr._n b_n action_n and_o write_n which_o be_v a_o abstract_n of_o the_o rise_n and_o progress_n of_o both_o in_o who_o they_o yet_o both_o live_v and_o with_o who_o i_o wish_v they_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 none_o kill_v for_o they_o flee_v i_o think_v before_o a_o man_n be_v kill_v §_o 45._o accus_n xxxii_o i_o repent_v not_o of_o say_v that_o i_o be_v rescue_v from_o many_o danger_n nor_o that_o i_o have_v many_o tedious_a night_n and_o day_n in_o that_o army_n which_o after_o naseby_n fight_v i_o hazard_v my_o life_n and_o spend_v my_o labour_n to_o have_v undeceive_v and_o have_v many_o doleful_a sight_n and_o tiding_n i_o see_v the_o grave_n and_o some_o of_o the_o corpse_n in_o ditch_n near_o edgehill_n of_o the_o parliament_n soldier_n there_o kill_v and_o many_o that_o lay_v unbury_v when_o after_o i_o live_v in_o peace_n at_o coventry_n how_o oft_o be_v soldier_n of_o that_o garrison_n bring_v home_o mortal_o wound_v and_o many_o slay_v few_o week_n pass_v in_o which_o we_o hear_v not_o of_o fight_v in_o field_n or_o garrison_n which_o i_o think_v it_o lawful_a to_o call_v doleful_a tiding_n §_o 46._o accus_n xxxiii_o because_o i_o name_v the_o doleful_a fight_v at_o worcester_n 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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