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allow_v to_o criminal_n in_o capital_a case_n with_o whatever_o else_o shall_v appear_v upon_o the_o record_n of_o outlawry_n produce_v which_o as_o yet_o my_o husband_n nor_o any_o for_o he_o ever_o see_v colonel_n sidney_n plea_n draw_v by_o mr_n serjeant_n rotherham_n predict_v algernon_n sidney_n dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la statut_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la inchoat_fw-la &_o tent_n apud_fw-la westm_n octavo_fw-la die_fw-la maij_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la domini_fw-la regis_fw-la nunc_fw-la decimo_fw-la tertio_fw-la &_o ibi_fw-la continuat_fw-la usque_fw-la tricesimum_fw-la diem_fw-la julij_fw-la tunc_fw-la prox_n sequen_n &_o ab_fw-la eodem_fw-la tricesimo_fw-la die_fw-la julij_fw-la adjornatum_fw-la usque_fw-la vicesimum_fw-la diem_fw-la novembris_fw-la tunc_fw-la prox_n sequen_fw-la intitulatum_fw-la a_o act_n for_o safety_n and_o preservation_n of_o his_o majesty_n person_n and_o government_n against_o treasonable_a and_o sedition_n practice_n and_o attempt_n inter_fw-la alia_fw-la ordinat_fw-la &_o inactitat_fw-la fuit_fw-la per_fw-la autoritatem_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la predicti_fw-la quod_fw-la null_n persona_fw-la sive_fw-la personae_fw-la virtute_fw-la actus_fw-la predicti_fw-la incurreret_fw-la aliquas_fw-la penalita_fw-la tes_fw-fr in_fw-la actu_fw-la predicto_fw-la mentionat_a nisi_fw-la ipse_fw-la vel_fw-la ipsi_fw-la prosecut_fw-la esset_fw-la vel_fw-la essent_fw-la infra_fw-la sex_n menses_fw-la prox_n offen_v commiss_o &_o indictat_fw-la esset_fw-la superinde_v infra_fw-la tres_fw-la menses_fw-la post_fw-la talem_fw-la prosecutionem_fw-la aliquo_fw-la in_o statuto_fw-la predict_v content_n in_o contrarium_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la et_fw-la predictus_fw-la algernon_n ulterius_fw-la dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la proseeut_fw-fr fuit_fw-la &_o commissus_fw-la prisonoe_n turris_n de_fw-fr london_n pro_fw-la offens_n in_o indictamento_n predict_v mentionat_a vicesimo_fw-la sexto_fw-la die_fw-la junij_fw-la ultimo_fw-la preterito_fw-la &_o non_fw-la anta_fw-la &_o ibidem_fw-la continuat_fw-la prisoner_n huousque_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la predict_v algernon_n non_fw-la fuit_fw-la indictat_fw-la pro_fw-la aliquo_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la offen_v in_o indictimento_n predict_v mentionat_a in_o from_o tres_fw-la menses_fw-la prox_n post_fw-la prosecutionem_fw-la predict_v et_fw-la hoc_fw-la predict_v algernon_n parat_fw-la est_fw-la verificare_fw-la unde_fw-la petit_fw-la judicium_fw-la si_fw-la ipse_fw-la predict_v algernon_n quoad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la crimen_fw-la sive_fw-la offen_v in_o indictamento_n predict_v mentionat_a quod_fw-la crimen_fw-la vel_fw-la offens_n non_fw-la fuit_fw-la alta_fw-la proditio_fw-la ante_fw-la confectionem_fw-la statuti_fw-la predict_v respondere_fw-la debeat_fw-la et_fw-la quoad_fw-la omnes_fw-la proditiones_fw-la crimina_fw-la &_o offens_n in_o indictimento_n predict_v mentionata_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la fuere_fw-la vel_fw-la fuit_fw-la alta_fw-la proditio_fw-la ante_fw-la confectionem_fw-la statuti_fw-la predict_v idem_fw-la algernon_n dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la per_fw-la statutum_n in_o parliamento_fw-la tento_fw-la apud_fw-la westm_n in_o com_n middlesex_n in_o festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la hillarij_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la domini_fw-la edwardi_fw-la nuper_fw-la regis_fw-la angliae_fw-la tertij_fw
anno_fw-la regni_fw-la svi_fw-la vicesimo_fw-la quinto_fw-la editum_fw-la intitulatum_fw-la a_o declaration_n which_o offence_n shall_v be_v judge_v high_a treason_n inter_fw-la alia_fw-la inactatum_fw-la fuit_fw-la autoritate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la ullus_fw-la casus_fw-la suppositus_fw-la esse_fw-la proditio_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la specificatur_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la statuto_fw-la acciderit_fw-la coram_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la justitiarijs_fw-la justitiarij_fw-la moram_fw-la facient_fw-la anglice_fw-la shall_v tarry_v sine_fw-la aliquo_fw-la progressuad_fw-la judicium_fw-la anglice_fw-la go_v to_o judgement_n de_fw-fr predictâ_fw-la proditioni_fw-la nsqu_fw-la causa_fw-la monstretur_fw-la &_o declaretur_fw-la coram_fw-la rege_fw-la &_o parliamento_fw-la svo_fw-la quodque_fw-la per_fw-la statatum_fw-la in_o parliamento_fw-la tent_n apud_fw-la west_n in_o com_n midds_n quinto_fw-la die_fw-la octobris_fw-la anno_fw-la regni_fw-la domine_fw-la mariae_fw-la nuper_fw-la reginae_fw-la anglae_fw-la primo_fw-la intitulatum_fw-la a_o repeal_n of_o several_a treason_n felony_n and_o premunire_n inactit_fw-la fuit_fw-la inter_fw-la alia_fw-la autoritate_fw-la ejusdem_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la quod_fw-la abinde_v nullum_fw-la factum_fw-la vel_fw-la offens_n existen_v per_fw-la actum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la vel_fw-la statut_fw-la fact_n proditio_fw-la per_fw-la verba_fw-la script_n notationem_fw-la anglice_fw-la cipher_v fact_n aut_fw-la aliter_fw-la quocunque_fw-la capt_n habit_n census_n anglice_fw-la deem_v vel_fw-la adjudicat_fw-la esse_fw-la alta_fw-la proditio_fw-la nifi_n tantum_fw-la tall_a quae_fw-la declarantur_fw-la &_o exprimuntur_fw-la esse_fw-la proditio_fw-la in_o vel_fw-la per_fw-la actum_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la vel_fw-la statut_fw-la factum_fw-la in_o anno_fw-la vicesimo_fw-la quinto_fw-la regni_fw-la prenobilis_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la tertij_fw-la tangen_fw-mi well_fw-mi concexnen_fw-mi proditiones_fw-la vel_fw-la declarationes_fw-la proditionis_fw-la &_o nul_fw-fr al._n nec_fw-la quod_fw-la aliquae_fw-la paene_fw-la mortis_fw-la penalitates_fw-la vel_fw-la forisfactur_n in_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la sequuntur_fw-la anglice_fw-la ensue_v vel_fw-la sint_fw-la alicui_fw-la peccatori_fw-la anglice_fw-la offender_n vel_fw-la peccatoribus_fw-la anglice_fw-la offender_n pro_fw-la facien_fw-fr well_fw-mi committen_v aliquam_fw-la proditionem_fw-la aliter_fw-la quam_fw-la tall_a quae_fw-la in_o statuto_fw-la predicto_fw-la facto_fw-la in_o dicto_fw-la anno_fw-la vicesiano_fw-it quinto_fw-la regni_fw-la dicti_fw-la edwardi_fw-la regis_fw-la ordinat_fw-la &_o provis_fw-la aliquo_fw-la actu_fw-la vel_fw-la actus_fw-la parliamenti_fw-la statut_fw-la vel_fw-la statuta_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquod_fw-la empus_fw-la antea_fw-la habit_n vel_fw-la fact_n post_fw-la dictum_fw-la vicesimum_fw-la quintum_fw-la annum_fw-la dictinuper_fw-la regis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la tertij_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquam_fw-la all_o declarationem_fw-la vel_fw-la materiam_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la aliquo_fw-la modo_fw-la non_fw-la obstante_fw-la et_fw-la predictus_fw-la algernon_n dicit_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la culpabilis_fw-la de_fw-fr aliqua_fw-la vel_fw-la aliquibus_fw-la proditione_n vel_fw-la proditionibus_fw-la in_o indictamento_n predicto_fw-la mentionat_a quae_fw-la specificatur_fw-la vel_fw-la specificantur_fw-la in_o statuto_fw-la ultimo_fw-la mentionato_fw-mi modo_fw-la &_o forma_fw-la prout_fw-la in_o indictimento_fw-la predicto_fw-la mentionat_a et_fw-la de_fw-la hoc_fw-la ponit_fw-la se_fw-la super_fw-la patriam_fw-la the_o name_n of_o the_o london_n grand-jury_n return_v july_n 1683._o when_o the_o conspirator_n have_v decree_v the_o murder_v my_o lord_n russell_n richard_z alie_z esq_n sworn_n peter_n parivicini_n sworn_n benjamin_n skutt_n sworn_n philip_n harman_n sworn_n benjamin_n thorowgood_n sworn_n william_n longmore_n sworn_n john_n price_n sworn_n francis_n brerwood_n sworn_n william_n wither_v seni_fw-la swear_a william_n lovel_n sworn_n john_n debnam_n sworn_n prcival_n gilborne_n sworn_n henery_n wood_n sworn_n john_n cooper_n sworn_n samuel_n newton_n sworn_n henry_n wagstaffe_n sworn_n thomas_n blackmore_n sworn_n thomas_n larner_n sworn_n john_n potts_n swear_a leonard_n bates_n john_n femill_n barth_n ferryman_n spencer_n johnson_n and_o james_n kelke_n the_o panel_n of_o juror_n pick_v for_o the_o trial_n of_o my_o lord_n russell_n in_o july_n 1683._o colman-street-ward_n sir_n james_n ward_n sir_n tho._n davall_n arthur_n baron_n thomas_n moffit_n john_n martin_n thomas_n hadges_n will._n fitzacherly_n &_o william_n rouse_v tower-ward_n peter_n joye_n john_n pell_v tho._n porey_n will._n winberry_n tho._n normansel_n richard_n meynell_n william_n pellatt_n jervas_n seaton_n &_o richard_n burden_n algate-ward_n jacob_n lucy_n peter_n jones_n and_o william_n crouch_v billingsgate_n ward_n henry_n load_v hugh_n strode_n robert_n mellish_n and_o abraham_n wright_n breadstreet_n ward_n peter_n ayleworth_n william_n danes_n john_n steventon_n william_n rutland_n william_n fashion_n thomas_n short_a samuel_n skinner_n theophilus_n man_n george_n baker_n richard_n kent_n ar._n &_o gerlington_n chapman_n dowgate-ward_n richard_n hamond_n fr._n chamberlain_n john_n jenew_v and_o john_n bridges_n ward_n of_o bishopsgate_n within_o john_n busson_n joel_n andrews_n and_o ralpo_n izard_n bridge-ward_n john_n short_a senior_n thomas_n nicholls_n &_o roger_n mingay_n candlewick_n ward_n george_n toriano_n william_n butler_n william_n parker_n and_o james_n pickering_n limestreet_n ward_n john_n hall_n matthew_n gibbon_n thomas_n angier_n robert_n master_n luke_n pead_z christopher_z johnson_n philip_n perry_n stephen_n gittings_n and_o william_n warren_n walbrooke_n ward_n john_n westbrooke_n john_n tempest_n john_n west_n and_o edward_n le_fw-fr neve_n langborne-ward_n william_n gerrard_n anthony_n mingay_n nathaniel_n hornby_n henry_n collyer_n james_n smith_n thomas_n lowfield_n thomas_n jenny_n &_o samuel_n hanckee_n cripplegate_n ward_n robert_n ask_v thomas_n jeve_v hugh_n noden_a robert_n brough_n john_n mallory_n thomas_n yate_n william_n crispe_n john_n walkly_n thomas_n oneby_n ward_n of_o farringdon_n within_o francis_n griffith_n peter_n pickering_n edward_n rigby_n richard_n hoare_n thomas_n barnes_n henry_n robins_n henry_n kempe_n john_n owen_n william_n simonds_n thomas_n grice_n ward_n of_o farringdon_n without_o paul_n week_n roger_n reeve_n edw._n reddish_n edw._n kempe_n will._n brown_n ambros_n istead_n thomas_n fowl_n thomas_n hamond_n thomas_n fitzer_n thomas_n dring_n henry_n baldwin_n robert_n fowl_n thomas_n rawlinson_n william_n warne_n valentine_n castillion_n jervas_n wilcox_n james_n smith_n ward_n of_o aldersgate_n within_o peter_n floyer_n ward_n of_o aldersgate_n without_o robert_n scott_n john_n andrews_n jeremiah_n wright_n jacob_n sheldrake_n cordwayner_n ward_n thomas_n coulson_n unity_n ward_n george_n perk_n john_n hoyle_n ward_n of_o castlebaynard_n sir_n william_n dodson_n sir_n edm._n wiseman_n william_n goslin_n nicholas_n alexander_n nicholas_n charleton_n christopher_n pitt_n robert_n beddingfield_n thomas_n warren_n by_o peter_n rich_a esq_n sheriff_n and_o sir_n dudley_n north_n sheriff_n knight_n sheriff_n the_o name_n of_o the_o grand-jury_n at_o the_o session_n the_o 14_o of_o october_n 1685._o when_o the_o conspirator_n have_v resolve_v to_o murder_n alderman_n cornish_n and_o mrs_n gaunt_n percival_n gilborne_n bart._n ferryman_n thomas_n blackmore_n thomas_n simonds_n william_n watton_n thomas_n barnes_o john_n greene_n thomas_n amy_n jofeph_n baggs_n john_n reynolds_n robert_n blackmore_n joseph_n caien_v w._n withers_n junior_n thomas_n deacon_n richard_n browne_n thomas_n mill_n john_n bernard_n william_n fowne_v john_n luker_n the_o panel_n of_o juror_n for_o the_o trial_n of_o alderman_n cornish_n in_o october_n 1685._o return_v out_o of_o most_o of_o the_o ward_n of_o the_o city_n by_o the_o particular_a care_n of_o sr._n benjamin_n thorowgoed_n in_o regard_n that_o mr_n cornish_n have_v be_v one_o of_o his_o predecessor_n see_v this_o page_n 289._o sir_n william_n russell_n sir_n mich._n hicks_n sr._n john_n mathews_n sir_n william_n dodson_n sir_n thomas_n griffith_n sir_n edmun._n wiseman_n sir_n john_n clarke_n sir_n thomas_n vernon_n sir_n edward_n boveree_n richard_z alie_z esq_n ralph_n box_n esq_n thomas_n hartepp_n esq_n thomas_n fowl_n arthur_n baron_n benjamin_n skutt_n thomas_n rawlinson_n john_n short_a senior_n thomas_n goddard_n william_n gore_n john_n kent_n edward_z griffith_z esq_n william_n withers_n sen._n john_n midgly_n john_n carpenter_n franc._n chamberlain_n peter_z joy_n thomas_n langham_n george_n toriano_n henry_n load_v robert_n bedingfeild_n ambrose_n istead_n william_n butler_n kenelm_n smith_n ralph_n lee_n william_n moyer_n robert_n scott_n william_n warne_n thomas_n short_a jermingham_n chaplin_n john_n jenew_v james_n pickering_n james_n smith_n thomas_n lofeild_n james_n wood_n tho._n pendleton_n samuel_n hinton_n nicholas_n smith_n james_n smith_n tho._n peircehouse_n john_n grice_n thomas_n oneby_n richard_n cotton_n richard_n hoare_n roger_n reeves_n william_n crouch_n john_n foster_n thomas_n sergeant_n james_n richardson_n william_n cloudsly_n richard_n holford_n thomas_n crane_n lewis_n wilson_n henry_n wood_n william_n tigh_a john_n pell_v gervis_n wilcox_n jacob_n sheldracke_n george_n perk_n francis_n breerewood_n w._n longmore_n john_n price_n william_n fitzacherly_n william_n fashion_v walter_n acton_n stephen_n coleman_n robert_n clavel_n william_n long_o john_n wells_n maurice_n mosely_n john_n pott_n thomas_n lardner_n james_n kelke_n john_n perrott_n thomas_n ashby_n samuel_n skinner_n william_n rouse_v noel_n basano_n paul_n sherman_n john_n walkly_n and_o william_n humfreys_n the_o panel_n of_o juror_n return_v for_o the_o trial_n of_o the_o honourable_a colonel_n sidney_n