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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25484	Another cry of the innocent & oppressed for justice, or, A second relation of the unjust proceedings at the sessions held at Hicks's Hall for the county of Middlesex, and at the Old Baily, London, the 6th and the 14th dayes of the 10th month or December, 1664, with and against 32 more of the people called Quakers ... together with an account of the most material passages between the prisoners and the aforesaid courts ... : unto which also is now added, a brief, short summary of the sentencing of 36 more of the aforesaid people ... where they were all sentenced for to be transposed to the island of Jamaica.		1664 (1664)	Wing A3255; ESTC R12642	22,154	31

against one of the Jury because he heard him say of two friends the would have them soundly whipt at Bridewell Judg. if that be all swear him c. Pris I will not deny the truth Judge ☞ Put him away that 's enough Then Edmond Ward was called to the Bar c. Evidence given as before Judge What have you to say Pris Is it a crime to wait upon the Lord Judge Twisden Yes yes Pris Speaking to the people said I have no more to say if it be a crime to wait upon the Lord. Then the Judge speaks as if he mistook what he said Pris Take notice I was at no seditious Conventicle Judge Take him away James Pierce was set to the Bar c. the Witnesses gave Evidence that he was at the Bull and Mouth such a time c. Judge What say you for your self Pris You do you know not what I look upon you not to be competent Judges to judge me or any of us upon this account we stand here indicted for Judge You are a Judge over the Kings Law away away The Prisoner seeing there was a bad Jury as well as Judges said Have a care what you do this is the stone at which Generations past and those that not long since were in power were confounded by and if you dash your selves against it you shall be broken and if it fall upon you it shall grind you to powder Thomas Vose was called to the Bar c. the Evidence against him as before Judge What have you to say was you at the Bull and Mouth Pris I was there and if I have my liberty I shall be there again Judge What would you do there Prisoner I have spoke enough already Lawrence Aplin at the Bar c. no Witnesses proved that he was at the Bull and Mouth but William Turner gave evidence that he had been in his Custody four times Judge What say you for your self Pris It is in vain for me to say any thing to you Then the Jury went forth and in less then half an hour returned again and brought all the aforesaid twenty persons in guilty Then the Recorder took the late Act in his hand and spoke something to the Prisoners concerning the breach of the Law as if their condemnation were just to which a Prisoner replyed and said Deceit you dead men I see through your law it is the eternal Gospel I stand here this day in bonds for which whosoever renounceth sorrow shall never depart from his house yea verily saith my God Another said you have dasht your selves against the stone and you shall be broken and it shall also fall upon you and grind you to powder but the Recorder without asking any of them what they had to say why judgement should not be given c. proceeded to read the Sentence which was this viz. That they and every of them should be Transported to the Island of Jamaica there to remain seven years Here followeth the Names of 32. more Sentenced the 16th of the 11th Moneth called Ianuary 1664. at the Sessions held in the Old Baily and also of four Sentenced at a Sessions held at Hicks-Hall on the 12th of the aforesaid Moneth Robert Hayes Robert Pute John Fox John Tilby Edward Walker John Tisdell William Garrald John Grane Mathias Gardener George Tayler Richard Lamhert Evan Jones William Tilleby William Tillet Isaac How Edward Bull James Harding George Evan John Mason Josiah Clare Christopher Dickinson Isaac Warner Edward Brush Richard Smith Mary Powell Ann Dance Elizabeth Dixson Katherin Charles Susanna Horn Dorethy Hall Allice Richardson Margaret Vshor Thomas Stokes Thomas Clarke Thomas Burbuke Bartholomew Harne Now because the proceedings of these two Courts was for manner matter and form the same with the former and little more observable then what is aheady mentioned in the foregoing Relation for brevity sake it shall only be touched at Thus the Grand Jury having found the Bills upon no better Evidence then the former they were brought from Newgate to the aforesaid Courts and their Indictments being read they generally pleaded not guilty of those evil things laid to their charge therein but acknowledged that they met together to Worship God c. which Judge Keeling said and declared publickly several times that that was matter of fact and that that was crime enough being against the Law and notwithstanding the Prisoners pleaded that they did not meet under colour and pretence c. but in reality and truth to Worship God which the Law was not expresly against and that the Law did not make that matter of fact yet Judge Keeleing Recorder Wilde and Rich. Brown when the Jury was ready to go together to consult the matter would faine have perswaded them that they need not go from the Bar matter of fact appearing so clear before them viz. the Witnesses gave Evidence that they met at such a time and place and the Prisoners they had confessed that the end of their meeting was to Worship God the Jury looked upon one another a while not knowing well what to do at last one of them spake and desired they might go together at which J. K. the Recorder and R. B. seemed to be greatly troubled and in a very threatening manner behaved themselves both in words and gestures especially towards him that desired to go forth and as they were going gave them charge encouragement and instructions to bring in their verdict according to the mind of the Court withall told them if they would come again quickly they would not go to Dinner till they come and then they should be discharged but they staying the Court was adjourned and went to Dinner About 4. they met again and immediately the Jury came and delivered their Verdict concerning all the 32. persons wherewith they were charged that they were guilty at which the Court seemed much delighted and very well pleased and Judge Keeling stood up and told them they had done very well and thanked them for their very good service and something was given by the hand of the Ordinary or Priest of Newgate into the hand of the Foreman some that saw it judged it to be a Reward from the Court so they were forthwith discharged then the Recorder took the late Act in his hand and began a colourable Preamble which the Prisoners would not regard nor give place unto so he stopt and said If you will not hear then you must hearken to your sentence which is that you and every of you shall be carried from hence to Newgate and from thence be Transported to the Island of Jamaica there to remain seven years Then he called to the Jaylor and said notwithstanding sentence was past Yet if any of them would send to him and signifie their Conformity to the Established Religion of the Church of England and come to St. Pauls Church next Sunday such should be discharged from that sentence and imprisonment also Then they were all

then afterwards asked him again whether he was guilty or no Pris Thou sets as Judge I leave it to thee do thou dread and fear God Judge Are you guilty or not Pris Look one another in the face there shall you see guilt Judge That shall not serve your turn Pris Here 's my body given up in the will of God Judge It shall be sent far enough Pris I value not thy Threats I shall take that with me which shall glad my heart and which all the Lawyers in England are not able to purchase even a good Conscience yea a good Conscience Judge You are an impudent fellow and do not talk as if you were a Religious man Pris That 's thy own it 's thou that art the stubborn and stiff-necked Jew who art for judgement Judge Take him away put him up So he was haled away and put into a stinking hole with B. G. among the Felons Then those eighteen that pleaded were set to the Bar and the London Jury were called over and sworn in their usual manner and form well and truly to Try c. Anne Preist at the Bar her Indictment read c. Judge Was you at the Bull and Mouth such a time Pris I was at the door I was not in the house but when the Officers came to disturb the peace as their usual manner is they forced me in but the Lord God hath made three Children fatherless and you go about to make them Motherless Pris Jurymen take heed to your Consciences Some of them answered we cannot help what we do William Newman called to the Bar Indictment read c. Judge Was you at the Bull and Mouth Before he answered one witnessed that he saw him there with about forty more by the same token he pull'd down one that was speaking c. Judge What say you for your self what did you do there Prisoner I was there according to the will of the Lord and who dare say against it Judge Set him by he confesseth that he was there John Clouse was set to the Bar c. And the City Marshall gave evidence that he was in the Meeting Judge What can you say for your self Pris I say I am not a subject of this Realm and therefore this Act doth not concern me Judge No no we have looked over the old Statutes and we finde that every one that comes hither to live for any time he is a subject to this Realme Pris May every subject then purchase Land Judge I tell you no but answer you to the Fact was you there or no he answered nothing Judges He cannot deny it put him by Rebccah Trump was set to the Bar c. Witnesses gave evidence that she was at the Meeting c. Judge What say you was you at the Bull and Mouth But before she did answer the Judge bid take her away she cannot deny but she was there Anne Royley at the Bar the like evidences above against her Judge What have you to say Pris I was at no seditious meeting or Conventicle Judge Take her away that 's enough Set James Carter to the Bar c. Witnesses gave evidence that he was at the Bull and Mouth such a day c. Judge What can you say for your self Pris There is nothing proved that the meeting I was at is unlawful for it must be an unlawful actions that makes a meeting unlawful Judge Set him by Then the Prisoner cryed out and said you had as good knock me on the head at the Bar as not let me plead for my life and my liberty and it may not only be my own life but the life of my Wife and Children Judge Take him away Then was William Parker set to the Bar c. Evidence given as before Judge What can you say for your self was you at the Bull and Mouth Pris I thought I should not accuse my self I was at no unlawful meeting therefore Jurymen take notice that none hath proved the meeting unlawful or that we did meet under a pretence c. Elizabeth Pike put to the Bar Indictment read c. Evidence given that she met c. Judge What say you Pris I tell you that I am unacquainted with your Law and was never before those called Judges till now but I have often met amongst the dear Children of the Lord and I do not question if you have not a hand in sheding my innocent blood I shall meet with them again and again Judge Take her away she hath said enough Pris Hear you Jurymen in whose hands my liberty and it may be my life is committed have you a care of destroying my liberty and of sheding this my innocent blood but if you are wilful and are resolved to do it who shall pray that it may not be laid to your charge Judge Take her away take her away Elizabeth Harding at the Bar c. Evidence given as before Judge What say you Pris I know the living God therefore I cannot worship graven Images And be it known unto you all if I had as many bodies as haires on my head I could lay them all down for the living eternal truth of the living God also know that I am not ashamed of the Testimony I bear for I was there in obedience to the Lord therefore have you a care that you shed not the blood of the Innocent She spoke also to the Jury and bid them observe the command of Christ As you would that men should do unto you so do unto them And take heed that you shed not Innocent blood Thomas Cox was set to the Bar c. the Evidence given was that he was in the Bull at a Meeting with others above 5 such a time c. Judge What say you were you there or not Pris I was there to wait upon the Lord and if that is become a Crime worthy of Banishment let all people judge Judge Set him by Mabell Wheeler at the Bar c. Evidence as before Judge Was you at the Bull and Mouth Pris I was there and it was for no other end then to worship God in spirit and truth Isabel Hacker at the Bar c. Evidence as before Judge What say you Pris We are innocent before the Lord God and I do believe you are resolved and determined what to do against us so it is little matter for to plead however in Gods Court I am not guilty of meeting under a colour and pretence nothing of that hath been proved against any of us John Chaplin called to the Bar c. the like Evidence against him Judge What say you Pris I am innocent Judge Set him by Manasseth Howard was set to the Bar Witnesses gave evidence as before that he was at the Meeting Judge What say you M. H. was you at the Meeting at the Bull and Mouth Pris The Swearers have sworn I was there Judge You will not deny it This Ed. W. excepted

carried away to Newgate where there are in all under the sentence of Transportation or Banishment 99. whereof two dead since their sentence At Hickes-Hall the four were dealt with after the like manner A few words to be considered by Iury-men that they might regard their Oaths their Law and Evidence though they lay aside Christianity and Religion WHy do you swear well and truly to Try c. and true deliverance make c. and to bring in your Verdict according to Evidence if you do not intend really so to do And if you did intend and truly desire and endeavour so to do how then comes it to pass that you so readily take the Judges Impositions and prejudiced Opinions for a sufficient evidential warrant to clear your Consciences in the sight of God and men Do you not know that those Indictments against those harmless people contains and expresses several crimes which are the matter of fact and should be proved to you by sufficient witnesses And are not you sole and absolute Judges of Matter of Fact Are you bound in Conscience or Law to believe or hear any Bitter Cain-like spirited Judge or Lawyer to tell you what matter of Fact is Ought you not to consult the Law it self which declares what the Fact is or may be of which you are to judge even according as the evidence in truth doth appear to you and no otherwise else how do you observe your Oaths Surely you know or ought to know that all penal Laws plainly expresses the manner and matter of Fact and also the manner and measure of the penalty or punishment and doth any Consciencious Judicious Jury need to value or regard the Judges and Lawyers meanings contrary or beyond the expressed mind of the Law it self by which and the evidence you are bound by your Oath to judge and deliver up your Verdict in all Cases how can you answer when you are called to account before God or men for bringing in Verdicts against innecent People contrary to evidence and the Law for did ever any witnesses give evidence otherwise then thus viz. that they were met together and that peaceably to worship God in spirit and truth is not this the largest evidence that ever you had which no Law in being is expresly against what if a Judge tell you that this is matter of fact and say you must finde them guilty when no Law of God nor man saith no will you destroy the liberty if not the lives of your Neighbours and Countrey-men to please men of corrupt minds who judge not for God but turn the sword against the Innocent unto which those that depart from iniquity become a prey and can these things be done except you violate your own consciences and unman your selves and smother your own reason understanding and judgment and so become Cyphers and Cloaks to cover the designes of evil men who thirst after the blood as well as the liberty and estates of the people that truly fear the Lord and is not this done by your hands by and with whom they make a shew of a fair Tryal when nothing less is intended for may not you perceive though these harmless people plead Reason Law Religion or Conscience all is to no effect or purpose as to overturn the design and determination of the Judges so longas you receive their Impositions and are afraid of their threats if the Prisoners plead and the Law also saith that it is the end of any meeting which makes it unlawful yet if the Judge tell you that it is only meeting that is unlawful are you not ready to disregard the Prisoners plea lay aside the Law your own Reason and Judgment dispence with your oaths and presently become Vassals to the Judges Opinion and so joyn hand in hand against the Innocent Consider this while you have time and load not your consciences with or by adding Sin unto Sin for a day of account will come and as the hills and the Mountains cannot save nor cover you from the wrath of the Lamb so shall not you save them but you both shall receive a reward by the hand of the Lord according to your doings Reader Thou may'st observe all along this brief Relation what slender proof is made to serve the turn for a pretence colour covering under which these Judges carry on their design against harmless people that they might with a shew of Justice bring their determinations to pass viz. to Judge and Condemn the Innocent and that for no other cause than for meeting together according to the command of the Lord and in obedience to his Requiring And this is some of their first fruits they have and do still offer up to God for his Restoring and keeping them in power with the sword in their hands which they turn against him and his precious truth and innocent people who are freely given up to bear their cruel unnatural and unmanlike dealings But though they are endeavouring to over-run them by the Might of their power and would trample upon a company of Innocent men and women of mine in the streets yet shall they never attain their ends nor finish their intended work against the Innocent and Oppressed servants of the Lord no more than Pharaoh and other persecutors and oppressors did who onely wrought their own destruction and shall manifest themselves more and more to be more brutish than those they call heathen in saying that it is a crime to worship God and in persecuting harmless people for no other Cause and in due time it will appear what God these Judges serve and worship seeing there is but God and the Devil one of which all men obey and by the fruits which are brought forth it becomes manifest which of them these people do obey and worship And may it not be said of them as Christ once said to the Scribes Pharisees and Lawyers viz. yee are of your Father the Devil and his works yee will do for are not his works manifest by these mens actions against the Lords Innocent people in persecuting them onely and alone for serving honouring obeying and worshipping the Lord God of heaven and earth And doth it not appear that they are hard and seared in their hearts and Consciences who dare affirm publickly in the face of their Country that it is Crime enough to meet to worship God in the Spirit and in the truth and that the Law is against it Did ever the Jews the Gentiles the Barbarians Turks or Infidels or people of any Nation that acknowledgeth and confesseth that there is a God affirm the like Shall not Sodom and Gomorrah Tyre and Sidon rise up in Judgment against this perverse crooked untoward blasphemous Generation who say in their hearts there is no God for though they sometimes confess him in words yet in works they deny him who shall stand in the gap who shall intercede for this Generation for the cry and the loud voice of