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and_o enjoin_v he_o to_o call_v his_o witness_n if_o he_o have_v any_o to_o which_o sir_n henry_n vane_n desire_v process_n of_o court_n to_o summon_v they_o and_o a_o further_a time_n to_o answer_v the_o charge_n but_o it_o be_v tell_v he_o the_o jury_n be_v to_o be_v keep_v without_o meat_n drink_n fire_n or_o candle_n till_o their_o verdict_n be_v deliver_v in_o and_o therefore_o that_o can_v not_o be_v grant_v he_o then_o cite_v the_o four_o part_n of_o cook_n be_v institutes_n concern_v the_o privilege_n of_o parliament_n and_o that_o many_o of_o these_o thing_n be_v transact_v there_o the_o court_n here_o interrupt_v he_o and_o say_v if_o the_o thing_n charge_v be_v do_v justify_v they_o if_o not_o excuse_v they_o so_o he_o go_v to_o give_v answer_n to_o the_o fact_n and_o as_o to_o the_o first_o warrant_n jan._n 30._o 1648_o he_o say_v that_o his_o hand_n have_v be_v oftentimes_o counterseit_v and_o among_o other_o occasion_n for_o two_o great_a sum_n to_o the_o value_n of_o ten_o thousand_o pound_n and_o that_o he_o have_v great_a reason_n to_o believe_v that_o this_o warrant_n be_v forge_v and_o produce_v two_o witness_n to_o prove_v it_o then_o say_v windham_n justice_n it_o may_v be_v your_o hand_n may_v have_v be_v forge_v for_o receive_v of_o money_n but_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v conjecture_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v forge_v to_o set_v ship_n to_o sea_n and_o direct_v to_o the_o jury_n to_o consider_v of_o the_o circumstance_n sir_n h._n vane_n neither_o of_o the_o witness_n ever_o see_v i_o set_v my_o hand_n to_o either_o of_o these_o warrant_n or_o order_n nor_o do_v one_o witness_v prove_v that_o he_o ever_o see_v i_o sit_v in_o the_o council_n of_o state_n he_o further_o say_v that_o he_o absent_v from_o the_o house_n from_o decemb._n 3._o 1648_o till_o febr._n 7._o that_o he_o 〈◊〉_d â—â—osen_v a_o member_n of_o the_o council_n of_o state_n without_o his_o consent_n and_o knowledge_n and_o be_v demand_v to_o take_v a_o oath_n of_o approbation_n 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