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what_o these_o people_n can_v have_v say_v to_o the_o evidence_n of_o a_o deep_a and_o a_o dangerous_a discontent_n will_v have_v as_o ample_o make_v out_o the_o other_o these_o thing_n they_o do_v certain_o know_v and_o will_v not_o know_v and_o this_o be_v the_o blindness_n undoubted_o of_o those_o that_o will_v not_o see_v i_o have_v here_o discharge_v my_o conscience_n and_o my_o duty_n with_o a_o most_o affectionate_a and_o impartial_a respect_n to_o truth_n and_o justice_n and_o i_o have_v do_v it_o according_a to_o the_o best_a of_o my_o skill_n and_o understanding_n without_o gratify_v any_o passion_n or_o interest_n and_o without_o lean_v either_o to_o the_o right_a hand_n or_o to_o the_o left_a as_o i_o shall_v answer_v for_o it_o at_o the_o last_o day_n the_o two_o main_a point_n
205_o 208_o 324_o 328_o gibbon_n mary_n jun._n 179_o 181_o 182_o 190_o 191_o 193_o 199_o giles_n walter_n shoemaker_n girl_n joseph_n king_n bench._n 216_o 244_o 265_o goffe._n robert_n goodall_n charles_n m._n d._n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 316_o gow_v james_n joiner_n lond._n 269_o grundy_n tho._n gent._n westm._n 174_o h._n haddon_n thomas_n perriwig-maker_n st._n giles_n p._n harris_n thomas_n cheesmonger_n 242_o hartwell_n john_n wheelwright_n marybone_n 215_o 249_o 319_o hassard_n john_n vintner_n 268_o hayes_n richard_n sword-cutler_n 318_o hill_n john_n sword-cutler_n 318_o hill_n eliz._n widow_n st._n clements-dane_n 135_o hill_n christopher_n shoemaker_n saâ—voy_n hobbs_n thomas_n chirurgeon_n st._n clements_n danes_n 317_o huysman_n james_n painter_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 175_o 267_o j._n jennings_n edward_n cowkeeper_n 333_o l._n lasinby_n richard_n chirurgeon_n convent_n garden_n p._n 258_o leeson_n mary_n pewterer_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 173_o leigh_n lucy_n st._n giles_n in_o the_o field_n l'loyd_v bishop_n of_o st._n asaph_n 82.87_o m._n mason_n thomas_n gardner_n of_o marybone_n p._n 209_o 248_o 252_o 265.319_o merydale_n john_n st._n giles_n in_o the_o f._n milward_n thomas_n esq_n of_o grays_n inn._n moor_n henry_n of_o little-port_n 171_o 191_o 203_o 207_o moreton_n sarah_n searcher_n of_o st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 254.259_o n._n newens_n elizabeth_n london_n p._n 77_o o._n oswald_z john_n clark._n p._n 89_o p._n pamphlin_n judith_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 191_o 194_o 200_o 205_o 208_o paris_n john_n of_o marybone_n 216_o 267_o parson_n john_n coachmaker_n of_o st._n annes_n paulden_n captain_n st._n giles_n 200_o pengry_a aaron_n esq_n 205_o prance_v miles_n 126_o preston_n mary_n st._n clements_n danes_n 76_o primate_n stephen_n esq_n gray_n inn_n 218_o r._n radcliffe_n joseph_n oylman_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n p._n 178_o 300_o 301_o 307_o rawson_n john_n hamstead_n 216_o 267_o rawson_n margaret_n 218_o 267_o richardson_n george_n beadle_n s._n skillarne_v zachariah_n chirurgeon_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n p._n 230_o 234_o 235_o 257_o 263_o 266._o smith_n john_n st._n dunstan_n in_o the_o west_n smith_n joseph_n sword-cutle_a 318_o smith_n mary_n searcher_n 254_o snell_n thomas_n grocer_n 174_o standever_n simon_n cordwayner_n marybone_n 244_o 319_o t._n trotton_n robert_n taylor_n st._n giles_n in_o the_o field_n p._n 246_o 265_o u._n urwin_n william_n coffee-man_n w._n wallis_n catharine_n norfolk_n p._n 77_o walter_n john_n farrier_n st._n giles_n be_v in_o the_o field_n p._n 99_o warrior_n avis_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 142_o warrior_n james_n taylor_n st._n martin_n in_o the_o field_n 137_o week_n alice_n searcher_n st._n giles_n be_v in_o the_o field_n 255_o 256_o wheeler_n richard_n hosier_n new_a exchange_n 177_o 209_o 217_o 293_o 313_o white_a robert_n gent._n westm._n 199_o whitfield_n tho._n gent._n 146_o whitfield_n robert_n 148_o whitehall_n rob._n gent._n southw_o 199_o woollams_n thomas_n of_o st._n giles_n be_v in_o the_o field_n chandler_n 244_o 264_o 319_o wyanes_n philip_n pump-maker_n st._n giles_n be_v in_o the_o field_n 248_o 265_o wynel_n tho._n esq_n cranbrok_n essex_n 180_o 187_o 183_o 195._o y._n yeoman_n edmund_n milliner_n p._n 171_o ii_o enformation_n before_o the_o coroner_n zach_n skillarne_v 279_o zach._n skillarne_v 279_o nicholas_n cambridge_n ibid._n john_n wilson_n 280_o tho._n morgan_n 280_o w._n bromwell_n 281_o john_n walter_n 281_o john_n rawson_n 281_o caleb_n winde_n 281_o richard_n duke_n 281_o john_n brown_n 286_o john_n brown_n 286_o henry_n moor_n 297_o joseph_n radcliffe_n 299_o eleanor_n radcliffe_n 300_o mary_n gibbon_n 322_o iii_o deposition_n and_o report_n promiscuous_o as_o they_o occur_v bedloe_n narrative_a at_o the_o lord_n bar_v nou._n 8._o 1678._o p._n 16_o his_o further_o examination_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o 19_o his_o enformation_n nou._n 18._o 1678._o 19_o his_o enformation_n before_o the_o council_n june_n 24._o 1679._o 20_o his_o first_o appearance_n to_o his_o majesty_n nou._n 7._o 1678._o his_o narrative_a to_o the_o lord_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o 29_o his_o deposition_n in_o the_o council-chamber_n june_n 24._o 1679._o 37_o his_o evidence_n compare_v 44_o prance_n first_o deposition_n before_o the_o lord_n committee_n dec._n 21._o 1678._o p._n 43_o his_o enformation_n to_o the_o committee_n of_o secrecy_n 55_o his_o deposition_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o monmouth_n and_o my_o lord_n ossory_n 57_o his_o denial_n of_o his_o evidence_n before_o the_o council_n 61_o his_o evidence_n of_o the_o murder_n dec._n 24._o 1678._o 163_o boyce_n enformation_n about_o prance_n to_o the_o lord_n committee_n jan._n 2._o 1678_o 9_o 65.69_o captain_n richardson_n account_n of_o prance_n to_o the_o lord_n jan._n 3._o 1678_o 9_o 66_o 70_o charles_n cowper_n account_n of_o prance_v 67_o 68_o 69_o 70_o 71_o prance_n enformation_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n 80_o 81_o the_o enformation_n of_o mrs._n mary_n tilden_n 137._o catharine_n lee_n 137._o nicholas_n cambridge_n 151_o 235._o eliz._n curtis_n at_o the_o trial_n 151._o eliz._n curtis_n to_o the_o lord_n committee_n jan._n 8._o 1678_o 9_o richard_n spence_n 336._o john_n okeley_n 337._o henry_n moor._n justice_n balaam_n elizabeth_n dekin_n robert_n breedon_n ralph_n oakley_n 338._o benjamin_n man_n 339._o robert_n faucet_n 339._o the_o end_n see_v obs._n 10.32.33.39.42.44_o vol._n 3._o see_v the_o commons_o vote_n of_o jan._n 10._o 1680._o oâ—s_n num._n 38._o vol._n 3._o obs._n 39_o vol._n 3._o 3._o see_v ote'es_n veracity_n num._n 60.61.62.72_o vol._n 2._o 2._o 140.141.142.180_o vol._n 2._o 2._o oxford_n debate_n fol._n 1._o 1._o ibid._n fol._n 2._o 2._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n commons_o journal_n oct._n 31._o 1687._o a_o plot_n uote_v according_a to_o order_n two_o plot_n in_o question_n otes's_fw-fr plot._n have_v evidence_n the_o shammer_n shamm'd_n p._n 26._o ib._n p._n 35._o ib._n p._n 39.40_o obs._n n._n 138._o vol._n 1._o the_o party_n conscious_a that_o oat_n be_v a_o cheat._n cheat._n nou._n 19_o 1678._o 1678._o mar._n 21._o 1678._o 1678._o nou._n 4._o 1680._o 1680._o nou._n 12._o 1680._o jan._n 7._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n commons_o vote_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o 1680._o com._n vote_n jan._n 4._o 1680._o com._n vote_n jan._n 6._o 1680._o com._n vote_n jan._n 7._o 1680._o com._n vote_n add._n dec._n 21._o 1680._o no_o money_n but_o in_o composition_n for_o his_o crown_n journal_n mar._n 24._o 1678._o no_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n com._n journal_n dec._n 21._o 1678._o collection_n of_o debate_n dec._n 23._o 1680._o p._n 215._o bethel_n and_o cornish_n scruple_n about_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o lord_n stafford_n lord_n staffords_z trial_n fol._n 217._o bethel_n query_n coll._n of_o debate_n dec._n 23._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n fol._n 4._o lord_n stafford_n trial_n trial_n fol._n 5._o 5._o fol._n 6._o commons_o vote_n nou._n 22._o 1680._o commons_o vote_n nou._n 26._o 1680._o commons_o vote_n jan._n 10._o 1680._o vox_fw-la patriae_fw-la f._n 3._o ibid._n fol._n 4._o see_v whitlock_n memor_n fol._n 43._o vote_n dec._n 30._o 1680._o collection_n of_o debate_n p._n 218._o 218._o vote_n address_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o the_o 19_o proposition_n over_o again_o again_o ibid._n attempt_v upon_o the_o militia_n journal_n oct._n 24._o 1678._o journal_n nou._n 22._o 1678._o journal_n ap._n 1._o 1679._o journal_n may_v 10._o 1679._o a_o libellous_a address_n vote_n nou._n 29._o 1680._o p._n 77._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n the_o king_n friend_n be_v either_o papist_n convict_v or_o repute_a papist_n their_o proceed_v with_o papist_n journal_n oct._n 23._o 1678._o nou._n 8._o 1678._o nou._n 16._o 1678._o nou._n 23._o 1678._o dec._n 3._o 1678._o dec._n 7._o 1678._o nou._n 16._o 1678._o ap._n 27._o 1679._o journal_n may_v 7._o 1679._o bold_n address_n jour_fw-fr nou._n 8._o 1678._o may_v 11._o 1679._o ibid._n vote_n nou._n 2._o 1680._o address_v against_o the_o queen_n journal_n no._n 28._o 1678._o ibid._n the_o revenge_a address_n may_v 14._o 1679._o walcot_n trial_n fol._n 9_o ibid._n vo_o dec._n 15._o 1680._o dec._n 15._o 1680._o a_o address_n against_o prorogation_n coll._n of_o debate_n no._n 11._o 1680._o note_n upon_o the_o address_n the_o bill_n of_o exclusion_n the_o mean_v of_o repute_a papist_n vote_n nou._n 29._o 1680._o p._n 75._o vote_n jan._n 7._o 1680._o ibid._n the_o mean_v of_o evil_a counsellor_n the_o vnaccountable_a prerogative_n of_o the_o commons_o loyalty_n and_o religion_n the_o pretext_n journal_n nou._n 8._o 1678._o nou._n 10._o 1678._o mar._n 21._o 1678._o and_o nou._n 25._o 1680._o the_o old_a humiliation-stile_n over_o again_o l._n chancellor_n speech_n ap._n 30._o 1679._o journal_n may._n 11._o 1679._o exclusion_n alone_o will_v not_o do_v the_o business_n vote_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n a_o manifest_a conspiracy_n the_o witness_n and_o the_o conspirator_n agree_v upon_o it_o otes'es_n narrative_a fol._n 58.59.60.61_o their_o
cross_a mediation_n vote_n jan._n 10._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n vote_n jan._n 10._o 1680._o 1680._o mar._n 24._o 1678._o 1678._o jan._n 7._o 1681._o 1681._o oxon._n mar._n 26._o 1681._o their_o own_o vote_n and_o paper_n be_v the_o best_a evidence_n address_v no._n 29._o 1680._o address_v dec._n 21._o 1680._o the_o condition_n of_o the_o association_n the_o condition_n of_o the_o address_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o coll._n of_o debate_n p._n 202._o address_v no._n 29._o 1680._o proceed_n at_o the_o old-bailey_n london_n upon_o the_o bill_n of_o indictment_n for_o high-treason_n against_o anthony_n e._n of_o shaftsbury_n p._n 34._o middle-temple_n declaration_n see_v ob._n 106._o vol._n 1._o of_o adherent_n and_o abetter_n the_o intent_n and_o effect_v of_o the_o association_n worthy-men_a and_o menworthy_a oat_n narrative_a fol._n 58._o the_o character_n of_o the_o late_a e._n of_o shaftsbury_n his_o manage_n and_o practice_n chancellor_n shaftsbury_n speech_n feb._n 5._o 1672._o a_o great_a stickler_n for_o the_o test_n exclusion_n etc._n etc._n growth_n of_o popery_n p._n 39_o &_o 40._o inconsistent_a with_o himself_o feb._n 7._o 1673._o address_v nou._n 3._o 1673._o more_o of_o his_o character_n in_o soul_n and_o body_n in_o life_n in_o liberty_n in_o estate_n in_o peace_n of_o mind_n in_o religion_n in_o reputation_n in_o charity_n truth_n and_o justice_n the_o case_n hold_v betwixt_o a_o cheat_n at_o play_n and_o a_o cheat_n of_o state._n say_v and_o swear_v mr._n colemans_n letter_n coleman_n story_n &_o godfrey_n the_o two_o stilt_n of_o the_o plot._n a_o plot_n under_o a_o plot._n confusion_n and_o change_v of_o government_n design_v the_o association_n ibid._n nou._n 29._o 1680._o no._n 29._o 1680._o ibid._n the_o account_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o execute_v a_o writ_n of_o enquiry_n etc._n etc._n his_o insolence_n encourage_v see_v otes'es_n narrative_a fol._n 15_o &_o 64._o and_o pickering_n trial_n foe_fw-mi 22._o otes'es_n trial_n upon_o the_o 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