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their_o obedience_n within_o who_o precinct_n they_o never_o come_v to_o be_v publish_v yet_o this_o i_o dare_v aver_v that_o there_o be_v never_o any_o command_n from_o his_o majesty_n that_o any_o freeman_n shall_v be_v take_v disseize_v and_o axile_v without_o trial_n by_o his_o peer_n and_o the_o law_n nor_o do_v the_o king_n authorize_v any_o to_o be_v judge_n in_o their_o own_o cause_n or_o ever_o grant_v commission_n to_o byam_n to_o proceed_v against_o his_o majesty_n subject_n by_o a_o martial_a court_n and_o way_n contrary_a to_o the_o law_n and_o franchise_n of_o the_o land_n and_o yet_o see_v here_o byams_n confession_n for_o thus_o proceed_v against_o we_o nor_o can_v they_o deny_v this_o by_o still_v themselves_o the_o unite_a authority_n for_o grant_v their_o authority_n lawful_a it_o can_v deprive_v we_o of_o our_o magna_fw-la charta_fw-la privilege_n let_v bradshaw_n declaim_v with_o a_o voice_n of_o thunder_n and_o face_n of_o brass_n that_o his_o court_n be_v found_v on_o the_o high_a authority_n yet_o nothing_o but_o a_o army_n can_v draw_v a_o honest_a man_n silent_a assent_n i_o can_v less_o wonder_v at_o the_o diversity_n of_o judgement_n on_o one_o and_o the_o same_o fact_n have_v the_o law_n appoint_v the_o penalty_n it_o can_v not_o have_v be_v so_o strange_o different_a nor_o the_o judge_n if_o swear_v to_o observe_v that_o law_n have_v dare_v to_o dispense_v it_o in_o a_o various_a manner_n hence_o it_o be_v evident_a their_o judgement_n if_o by_o law_n be_v by_o a_o diverse_a and_o uncertain_a law_n and_o ubi_fw-la lex_fw-la aut_fw-la vaga_fw-la aut_fw-la incerta_fw-la miserrima_fw-la est_fw-la servitus_fw-la declaration_n sect._n 16._o the_o last_o that_o come_v before_o authority_n be_v lieutenant_n colonel_n sanford_n who_o though_o he_o bring_v up_o the_o rear_n be_v the_o head_n of_o the_o faction_n the_o first_o word_n that_o proceed_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n be_v the_o lie_n which_o he_o second_v with_o most_o impudent_a rail_n against_o the_o general_n assembly_n whereupon_o i_o remand_v he_o to_o prison_n to_o be_v secure_v in_o iron_n and_o afterward_o fine_v in_o five_o thousand_o pound_n of_o sugar_n and_o to_o be_v send_v off_o in_o the_o first_o ship_n bind_v for_o england_n which_o be_v his_o desire_n answer_n sect._n 16._o it_o be_v account_v a_o dangerous_a birth_n where_o the_o foot_n come_v foremost_a and_o certain_o if_o i_o be_v the_o head_n of_o this_o sedition_n as_o they_o call_v it_o the_o chief_a reason_n of_o its_o miscarriage_n be_v my_o appear_a last_o in_o the_o action_n the_o first_o word_n that_o proceed_v out_o of_o my_o mouth_n be_v a_o truth_n and_o that_o i_o second_v by_o other_o as_o great_a truth_n but_o when_o my_o argument_n grow_v of_o force_n i_o be_v silence_v and_o though_o this_o general_n answer_n may_v serve_v well_o enough_o to_o his_o general_a crimination_n such_o kind_n of_o return_v have_v be_v often_o adjudge_v iusufficient_a it_o be_v a_o rule_n that_o generale_fw-mi nil_fw-la certi_fw-la implicat_fw-la and_o therefore_o the_o law_n require_v and_o enjoin_v certainty_n yet_o i_o will_v be_v more_o particular_a a_o curiosity_n which_o byam_n have_v no_o good_a success_n in_o and_o therefore_o cunning_o decline_v it_o and_o tell_v the_o world_n the_o whole_a manner_n of_o my_o trial_n be_v guard_v up_o to_o the_o judgement-seat_n in_o the_o night_n through_o lane_n of_o soldier_n byam_n read_v to_o i_o some_o deposition_n contain_v the_o manner_n of_o my_o attempt_v a_o rescous_a on_o the_o prisoner_n the_o witness_n have_v not_o front_n enough_o to_o appear_v and_o therefore_o i_o must_v credit_v byam_n though_o no_o swear_a magistrate_n and_o my_o enemy_n that_o they_o have_v make_v such_o oath_n when_o he_o come_v to_o those_o word_n that_o i_o shall_v say_v to_o the_o prisoner_n i_o will_v assist_v you_o with_o my_o life_n and_o fortune_n i_o say_v that_o be_v a_o lie_n whoever_o swear_v it_o and_o so_o it_o be_v for_o i_o never_o 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