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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38938	An exact narrative of the tryal and condemnation of John Twyn for printing and dispersing of a treasonable book with the tryals of Thomas Brewster, bookseller, Simon Dover, printer, Nathan Brooks, bookbinder, for printing, publishing, and uttering of seditious, scandalous, and malitious pamphlets : at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly, London, the 20th, and 22th of February, 1663/4.	Twyn, John, d. 1664.; Brewster, Thomas.; Dover, Simon.; Brooks, Nathan.	1664 (1664)	Wing E3668; ESTC R15143	52,156	88

Inquest being as followeth viz. Arthur Jourdan Arthur Browne Simon Rogers James Whetham Ralph Blore Isaack Barton Roger Locke Thomas Cooper Roger Hart John Watson Christopher Pits Thomas Gerrard John Cropper Thomas Partington Ralph Coppinger Matthew Pelazer Samuell Taylor At Justice-hall in the Old-Bayly February 20. in the Morning THE Court being set Proclamation was made O Tes All manner of Persons that have any thing more to doe at this Sessions of the Peace and Sessions of Oyer and Terminer held for the City of London and Sessions of Goale Delivery holden for the Citty of London and County of Middlesex ●aw near and give your attendance for now the Court will proceed to the Pleas of the Crown of the said City and County God save the King Silence Commanded Clerk of the Peace Set John Twyn to the Bar who was set there accordingly Clerk John Twyn Hold up thy hand Twyn I desire to understand the meaning of it But being told he must held up his hand in order to his Tryall he held it up Clerk c. Thou standest Indicted in London by the Name of John Twyn late of London Stationer for that thou as a false Traitor against the most Illustrious Charles the second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. Thy supream and natural Lord and Soveraign not having the feare of God in thine heart nor weighing the Duty of thy Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devill and the cordiall Love true Duty and natural Obedience which true and faithfull Subjects towards our Soveraign Lord the King bear and of right ought to bear altogether withdrawing minding and with all thy sorce intending the Peace and common tranquility of this Kingdome to disturbe and Sedition and Rebellion within these his Majesties Kingdomes to move stir up and procure and discord between our said Soveraign and his subjects to make and move The 27. day of October in the Year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord Charls the second by the grace of God c. the 15th at the Parish of St. Bartholmews in the Ward of Farrington without London aforesaid traiterously didst compose imagine and intend the death and final destruction of our said Soveraign Lord the King and the Ancient and Regal Government of this Kingdome of England to change and subvert And our said soveraign Lord the King of his Crown and Regall Government to depose and deprive And these thy most wicked Treasons and Traiterous imaginations to fulfill thou the said John Twyn the said 27. day of October in the year aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid advisedly Devillishly and Maliciously didst declare by Imprinting a certain Seditious Poysonous and scandalous Book Entituled A Treatise of the Execution of Justice c. In which said Book amongst other things thou the said J. Twyn the 27th day of October in the Year aforesaid in the Parish and Ward aforesaid falsely maliciously and Traiterously didst imprint c. Against the Duty of thy Allegiance and the Statute in that case made and provided and against the peace of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity What sayest thou John Twyn art thou Guilty of this High Treason whereof thou standest indicted or Not Guilty Twyn I desire leave to speak a few words My Lord I am a very poore man I have been in Prison severall Moneths Cl. Are you Guilty or not Guilty Twyn With all due submission to your Honours I desire to speak a few words Lord Chief Just Hide You must first plead to your Indictment and then you may say what you will That 's the Rule of the Law We receive no expostulations till you have pleaded to the Indictment Guilty or not Guilty Twyn I do not intend to answer to the Indictment by what I shall now say I am a poore man have a Family and three smal Children I am ignorant of the Law and have been kept prisoner divers moneths L. Hide Pray plead to the Indictment you shall be heard say what you will afterwards Twyn I humbly thank you my Lord. Cl. Are you Guilty or not Guilty Twyn I beseech you to allow me Councel and some consideration I desire it with all submission L. Ch. Ju. Hide You must Plead first then aske what you will Cl. Are you Guilty or not Guilty Twyn Not Guilty of those Crimes L. Ch. Ju. Hide God forbid you should Cl. How wilt thou be Tryed Twyn I desire to be Tryed in the presence of that God that is the searcher of all hearts and the disposer of all things L. Ch. Ju. Hide God Almighty is present here there is no other Tryal by the Law of England but by God and the Peers that is the Countrey honest men You shall have all your challenges and all that 's due to you by the help of God we are bound to be your Councel to see you have no wrong therefore put your self upon your Tryal say how you will be Tryed Twyn I desire to be Tried in the presence of God L. Ch. Ju. Hide So you shall God Almighty is present here looks down and beholds what we do here and we shall answer severely if we do you any wrong We are as carefull of our soules as you can be of yours You must answer in the words of the Law Twyn By God and the Countrey Cl. God send thee a good deliverance L. Ch. Ju. Hide Now say what you will Twyn I am a very poor man L. Ch. Ju. Hide Nay let me interrupt you thus farr what ere you speak in your defence to acquit your self of this Crime that you may reserve till by and by This is but an Arraignment afterwards the Evidence for the King is to be heard then make your defence If you have any Witnesses on your part let 's know their names we 'le take care they shall come in If I did not mistake you desired to have Councell Was That your request Twyn Yes L Ch. Ju. Hide Then I will tell you we are bound to be of Councell with you in point of Law that is the Court my Brethren and my Self are to see that you suffer nothing for your want of knowledg in matter of Law I say we are to be of Councell with you But for this horrid Crime I will hope in Charity you are not Guilty of it but if you are it is the most Abominable and Barbarous Treason that ever I heard of or any man else The very Title of the Book if there were no more is as perfectly Treason as possibly can be The whole book through all that is read in the Indictment not one Sentence but is as absolute High Treason as ever I yet heard of A company of mad brains under pretence of the Worship and Service of God to bring in all Villanies and Atheisme as is seen in that Cook what a horrid thing is this But you shall