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abide_v for_o many_o year_n together_o and_o perpetual_o in_o danger_n of_o be_v betray_v out_o of_o his_o life_n sr._n humphrey_n bennet_n former_o a_o brigadeer_n in_o the_o king_n army_n a_o eminent_a person_n for_o his_o loyalty_n seize_v and_o secure_v as_o a_o partaker_n and_o confederate_n in_o that_o unfortunate_a business_n of_o col._n penruddock_n at_o salisbury_n be_v of_o that_o country_n as_o aforesaid_a be_v keep_v in_o prison_n at_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n from_o the_o time_n of_o that_o rise_n till_o oliver_n next_o plot_n in_o 1658._o upon_o sr._n william_n slingsby_n etc._n etc._n which_o be_v near_o 3_o year_n and_o then_o bring_v before_o the_o high_a court_n of_o justice_n with_o those_o gentleman_n where_o after_o some_o day_n attendance_n their_o preparation_n of_o his_o charge_n not_o take_v with_o their_o intention_n he_o be_v supersede_v from_o his_o trial_n and_o remit_v again_o to_o his_o confinement_n for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o city_n of_o lond._n s._n