Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	hand_n	life_n	6,519	5	4.2931	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63182	The triall of Mr. John Gibbons, in Westminster-Hall, before the High-Court of Justice, beginning July 18. 1651	Gibbons, John, d. 1651.	1652 (1652)	Wing T2200A; ESTC R203889	21,228	22

brought a purpose to this place to help me therein seeing my self thus totally deprived and cut off from all helps and hopes of making my defence I could not tell whither to goe or send but to your Lordship whom I thought upon my humble Petition might have granted both a copy of my Charge and the depositions of the Witnesses but seeing that could not be granted I am left without all possibilities of pleading or making any defence Therefore I do now again with all humility addresse my self to your Lordship and this honourable Court and doe most earnestly desire a Copie of the Charge also the depositions of Witnesses and Conncell assigned me to come to my Chamber to advise me there also Councell to plead for me before this Court and a Solicitor assigned me to follow my businesse and if God shall not incline your hearts to shew this mercy I doe not look upon my self as able to make my defence as to stand before a company of armed men Keeble The Court will be very tender of your bloud and they must and will be as tender to preserve the bloud of the Common wealth in execution of Justice upon Traitors that seek to destroy them you have had a great deal of favour and time given you therefore now you must make your defence Gib My Lord if ever Prisoner that came before this Court had reason to cry and call for possible helps and advantages that may be allowed them much more have I cause to doe the same verily believing never untill now there was ever any brought before Justice so unable to help or answer for himself as I am therefore I humbly beseech your Lordship and this High Court and I doe withall earnestly desire Councell a copy of my Charge the depositions of the Witnesses without which I am neverable to Plead or make any defence for my life and the rather am I invited to crave and desire the same for that I have both heard and seen Presidents before mine eyes of this nature Major Rolf that was accused for High Treason had Councell assigned him by whose assistance he saved his life Sir John Gell before this Court of Justice had his Brother Master Gell to speak for him and since M. Love had Councell to plead for him in this very place Keeb. M. Gibbons you will not be denyed Councell or any thingelse that may help you if there be found matter of Law Goe on and make your defence and make it appear to the Court that there is matter of Law and you shall not be denied Councel and what ever else may doe you good Gib My Lord had I the severall advantages that others have had to offer such matters of Law I should be as ready as any else to doe it but being deprived of all these helpes by the Officers of the Court who took away the book from my Notary after he had written the Charge therefore my Lord without a Copy of the Charge and the depositions of the Witnesses it will be in vain for me to trouble this honourable Court when I never had fight of the Charge nor depositions of the Witnesses the want of which have so dis-inabled me seeing I could not have help of Councell to advise me that I cannot tell what in the world to say my self Keeb. M. Gibbons you must proceed to plead or else you will incense the Court more then you are aware of for you to stand out thus and plead for that which cannot be granted will doe you no good therefore I advise you no longer to stand out but make your defence Gib My Lord if I should begin to proceed and make my defence being as I said already totally ignorant in all the Lawes and utterly unable both in memory and parts to take all just and clear objections against the advantages of the Charge and Evidences if I should make my defence when all means are thus taken away I should certainly throw away my own life and become guilty of shedding my own bloud therefore I had rather a 100 times leave my self to the mercy and Justice of the Court who I hope are very sensible how much the life of a man is worth and withall consider the hard measure I had in taking away the books of those that wrote for me that so I could never have sight of the Charge nor Depositions of the Witnesses which all others have had nor no Councels to advise me Thus being left naked and destitute of all helps I had rather submit to the mercy of the Court then ever plead to save my life my Lord I am perswaded I stand to be Judged by a Court where I see the faces of those that truly fear God and that they will seriously weigh and consider that the bloud of any for whom Christ hath died is exceeding precious in the sight of God who will not take any advantage against any for their ignorance and that you also doe remember that all your Judgements will be judged over again at the Tribunall of Christ who will both be a Councell and Advocate for me a Prisoner now standing at the Bar thus hoping that you will reckon the life and bloud of the meanest person for whom Christ hath died as much worth as the life of the greatest I will rather submit to your mercy then Plead if I cannot have what I doe desire But being very unwilling to have any hand to destroy my self and so become guilty of my own death therefore though for want of help I be not able to make my defence yet I shall make an Appeal to the Court which is all I can doe and therefore desire you seriously to weigh and consider how far short the Evidences come and how full of contrarieties and contradictions by the Law there ought to be two lawfull and sufficient Witnesses to make a man Guilty of Treason these Witnesses must agree punctually in their testimony and the Treason they prove must be against the expresse words of the Act Also the Law will not suffer those that are Guilty and Convict of the same Crime by their own confessions whereof they accuse me to give Evidence against me these Witnesses therefore cannot be lawful and sufficient against me they having confessed thus much against themselves and so do either witnesse against me out of fear of Death or promise of Reward this I am certainly inform'd will be proved against Major Adams and was declared in the face of the Court at M. Loves Triall concerning the Testimony of Major Adams which is the most materiall Witnesse against me I hope your Lordship and the Court will look upon it as not onely he hath been offered received and taken Money to discover the Designe and witnesse against me but also in regard to whatsoever he swears as that I should bring in the rough draught of Instructions to M. Loves And as to my presence at the Swan at severall Meetings was both contradicted