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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="1" MS="y">
<P>L'ESTRANGE
His <HI>Appeale</HI> from the
COVRT MARTIALL
To the
PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>Dedicated to the
Right Honourable the LORDS
and COMMONS a&s;&s;embled in
PARLIAMENT.</P>
<P>Printed in the Yeare. 1647.</P>
</DIV1>
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<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="text">
<PB REF="2">
<PB REF="2">
<HEAD><HI>Le'strange</HI> his <HI>Appeale</HI> from the
<HI>Court-Martiall</HI> to the <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>My Lords and Gentlemen,</HI></P>
<P>_HE that <HI>&s;uffers without</HI> a pre&s;ident
is not bound to <HI>act by</HI> one; if I
be the <HI>onely man,</HI> in <HI>who&s;e behalfe
no man</HI> will <HI>move,</HI> blame me not
(I <HI>be&s;eech</HI> you) if I be the <HI>onely
man too,</HI> that <HI>moves</HI> for <HI>him&s;elfe.</HI>
My <HI>Application</HI> mu&s;t be <HI>&s;ingular,</HI>
as my <HI>Fortune,</HI> which (I thinke)
is <HI>peculiarly</HI> mine <HI>owne.</HI></P>
<P>After <HI>thirty months patience,</HI> at
lea&s;t a <HI>hundred Petitions;</HI> (but for <HI>breathing roome)</HI> not &s;o
<HI>few Letters</HI> of <HI>thankes</HI> to your <HI>Members:</HI> (only for <HI>&s;aying
'tis hard.)</HI> After all this, and <HI>more,</HI> (and to no purpo&s;e) I
am told, <HI>my Ca&s;e</HI> is different from <HI>other</HI> mens. I am <HI>con|demn'd,</HI>
and there's <HI>nothing</HI> to be done in <HI>my bu&s;ine&s;&s;e.</HI> Am
I then <HI>becalm'd</HI> in <HI>Newgate? Truth</HI> it is, I was <HI>condemn'd</HI>
by a <HI>Court</HI> of <HI>Warre,</HI> but by your <HI>Honours Repriev'd,</HI> and
with &s;ome <HI>check</HI> to the <HI>temerity</HI> to the <HI>Court.</HI> For I was
(in effect) <HI>tryed</HI> by <HI>one Committee,</HI> and <HI>&s;entenced</HI> by <HI>ano|ther.</HI>
Since that, I have <HI>awaited</HI> my <HI>promi&s;ed Hearing,</HI>
and can now <HI>expect</HI> no <HI>longer,</HI> (unle&s;&s;e I make it a <HI>Bu&s;i|ne&s;&s;e</HI>
of the <HI>next World,)</HI> being (at this in&s;tant) <HI>reduc'd</HI> al|mo&s;t
to my <HI>fir&s;t Principles,</HI> by a <HI>Con&s;umptive, Hectique
Di&s;temper:</HI> I &s;hall therefore <HI>immediately</HI> bring my <HI>&s;elfe</HI>
to the <HI>Barre,</HI> and <HI>appeale</HI> to <HI>you</HI> as my <HI>Judges,</HI> My <HI>charge</HI>
<PB N="2" REF="3">
was taken in <HI>Characters</HI> from the <HI>mouth</HI> of the <HI>Judge-Ad|vocate,</HI>
and <HI>this</HI> is <HI>exactly</HI> the <HI>&s;ame</HI> with <HI>that</HI> whereupon I
&s;tand <HI>condemn'd.</HI> My <HI>An&s;wer</HI> to it, I <HI>pre&s;ent</HI> you with it;
and with <HI>that,</HI> my <HI>De&s;ires;</HI> which are, that either upon
<HI>&s;ecurity,</HI> or my <HI>Parole,</HI> I may enjoy a <HI>&s;ea&s;onable Liberty;</HI>
upon <HI>Conditions</HI> either of <HI>rendring</HI> my &s;elf a <HI>Pri&s;oner</HI> with|in
what <HI>time</HI> you <HI>fixe:</HI> or <HI>indefinitely,</HI> when you <HI>demand</HI>
it. If any man &s;hall yet <HI>&s;cruple</HI> my <HI>freedome</HI> upon the <HI>old
&s;core,</HI> I offer my <HI>&s;elfe</HI> to any <HI>charge</HI> hee &s;hall <HI>pretend</HI> a|gain&s;t
mee: But if <HI>thus</HI> I mu&s;t <HI>peri&s;h,</HI> as I have been <HI>civill</HI>
to <HI>you,</HI> I &s;hall be <HI>ju&s;t</HI> to my <HI>&s;elfe,</HI> and finde at la&s;t &s;ome
way to vindicate my A&s;hes from the <HI>reproach</HI> and <HI>infamy</HI>
of a <HI>Gaole.</HI></P>
<P>Be plea&s;ed <HI>now</HI> to take as faire a <HI>view</HI> of my <HI>Crime,</HI> as
you have of my <HI>puni&s;hment,</HI> and then to <HI>mea&s;ure them.</HI></P>
<DIV2 TYPE="trial narrative">
<P><HI>The</HI> Judge Advocate <HI>having</HI> read <HI>the &s;everall</HI> Exa|aminations
<HI>and the</HI> Commi&s;&s;ion, <HI>thus begins.</HI></P>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Judge-Advocate.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir <HI>John Corbet,</HI> I have now done with the <HI>Evidence,</HI> I
&s;hall onely crave leave now to make &s;ome few <HI>Ob&s;er|vations.</HI></P>
<P N="1">1.
<HI>Fir&s;t</HI> 'That this <HI>Commi&s;&s;ion</HI> of the <HI>Pri&s;oner,</HI> is not the
<HI>Commi&s;&s;ion</HI> of a <HI>Souldier,</HI> to <HI>ray&s;e,</HI> or <HI>conduct</HI> any <HI>&s;trength,</HI>
or <HI>men</HI> of <HI>Warre;</HI> but a <HI>Commi&s;&s;ion</HI> of meere <HI>Bribery</HI> and
<HI>corruption,</HI> to make a <HI>party</HI> with <HI>Money</HI> and <HI>Preferment.</HI></P>
<P N="2">2.
<HI>Secondly,</HI> the <HI>Pri&s;oner</HI> came with this <HI>Commi&s;&s;ion</HI> from
the <HI>Enemy,</HI> into the <HI>Quarters</HI> of the <HI>Parliament,</HI> without
<HI>Drum' Trumpe<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">,</HI> or <HI>Pa&s;&s;e;</HI> which alone brings him with|in
the <HI>danger</HI> and <HI>penalty</HI> of a <HI>Spye.</HI></P>
<P N="3"><PB N="3" REF="3">
3.
<HI>Thirdly,</HI> hee came attended with no manner of <HI>Por|ces</HI>
as an <HI>Enemy,</HI> but <HI>alone,</HI> in a <HI>&s;ecret manner,</HI> and made
choice of a <HI>&s;olitary</HI> place (neere <HI>Lynne)</HI> to ob&s;cure him|&s;elfe,
the better to effect his <HI>Treacherous De&s;igne.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4.
<HI>Fourthly,</HI> That hee relyed not on the &s;trength of his
<HI>owne Party,</HI> to have <HI>&s;urprized Lynne,</HI> but u&s;ed <HI>unwarran|table</HI>
and <HI>treacherous meanes</HI> to <HI>accompli&s;h</HI> the &s;ame, pro|mi&s;ing
<HI>Leman</HI> 1000. l. and <HI>Corporall Haggar</HI> 100. l. and a
<HI>Canonieres</HI> place, <HI>(both</HI> of the <HI>Garri&s;on)</HI> if they would con|tribute
their a&s;&s;i&s;tance therein.</P>
<P N="5">5.
La&s;tly, his <HI>De&s;igne</HI> was of that <HI>nature,</HI> and carried on
in &s;o <HI>clande&s;tine</HI> a way, as that him&s;elfe thought not fit to
<HI>Treat</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">pon it, without a &s;trict <HI>Obligation</HI> of <HI>Secrec<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">e.</HI></P>
<P>By all which it appeares, that as the <HI>pri&s;oner</HI> came not
into our <HI>Quarters,</HI> as a <HI>faire</HI> and <HI>open Enemy,</HI> but with
<HI>Treacherous ends</HI> and <HI>practi&s;es;</HI> &s;o, being now <HI>taken</HI> in
the <HI>manner,</HI> hee may not expect the <HI>priviledge</HI> of a <HI>ju&s;t
Enemy,</HI> but rather the <HI>condigne puni&s;hment,</HI> which by the
<HI>Law</HI> and <HI>Cu&s;tome</HI> of <HI>Armes,</HI> belongs to <HI>Spies</HI> and <HI>Trea|cherous
Con&s;pirators.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<P><PB N="4" REF="4">
TO <HI>the&s;e</HI> I <HI>an&s;wer</HI> in <HI>order,</HI> and for <HI>&s;atisfacti|on,</HI>
refer you to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ion</HI> it &s;elfe.</P>
<Q><TEXT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="commission">
<HEAD>The Commi&s;&s;ion.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>Charles R.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>VVE having received from our Tru&s;ty and Well-beloved
<HI>Roger L'e&s;trange,</HI> Declarations of the
Good Affections of divers of our well-affected Subjects
of our <HI>Counties</HI> of <HI>Norfolke</HI> and <HI>Suffolke,</HI> and particularly
of our <HI>Towne</HI> of <HI>Lynne,</HI> as al&s;o &s;ome overtures concer|ning
the reducing of our &s;aid <HI>Towne</HI> of <HI>Lynne:</HI> We have
thought fit forthwith to returne our <HI>Royall Thankes</HI> unto
our &s;aid well-affected Subjects, and particularly to give
our &s;aid Tru&s;ty and well-beloved <HI>Roger L'e&s;trange</HI> the&s;e
encouragements to proceed in our <HI>Service,</HI> and princi|pally
in the worke of <HI>Reducing</HI> the &s;aid <HI>Town</HI> of <HI>Lynne.</HI></P>
<P>Fir&s;t, That in ca&s;e, that attempt &s;hall be gone through
withall, hee the &s;aid <HI>Roger L'e&s;trange</HI> &s;hall have the <HI>Go|vernment</HI>
of the <HI>Place.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, That what <HI>Engagements</HI> &s;hall be made unto
the <HI>Inhabitants</HI> of the &s;aid <HI>place,</HI> or any <HI>other per&s;on</HI> capa|ble
of contributing effectually to that Service, by way of
<HI>Reward,</HI> either in <HI>employment</HI> in his <HI>Maje&s;ties Navy,</HI> or
<HI>Forts;</HI> or in <HI>Monies</HI> not exceeding the &s;umme of 5000. l.
the <HI>&s;ervice</HI> being <HI>performed,</HI> &s;halbe punctually made good
unto them.</P>
<P>Thirdly, That they &s;hall in this Worke receive what
<HI>A&s;&s;i&s;tance</HI> may bee given them from any our neere&s;t
<HI>Garri&s;ons.</HI></P>
<P>Fourthly, That when our &s;aid Towne &s;hall be <HI>reduced</HI>
<PB N="5" REF="4">
unto Our <HI>Obedience,</HI> Wee &s;hall forthwith &s;end thither
&s;uch a con&s;iderable <HI>Power&punc;</HI> as &s;hall be &s;ufficient to relieve
and pre&s;erve them, wee being at pre&s;ent (even without
this) fully re&s;olv'd to &s;end a con&s;iderable power, to <HI>en|courage</HI>
our <HI>faithfull Subjects</HI> in <HI>tho&s;e parts,</HI> and to <HI>regaine</HI>
our <HI>Rights</HI> and <HI>Intere&s;ts there.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>By his Maje&s;ties Command,</HI>

GEORGE DIGBY.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>Oxford, <DATE>Novemb. 28.
1644.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P>Now to my Charge.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>L'e&s;tr.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>_FIrst, </HI>This<HI> Commi&s;&s;ion </HI>is the<HI> Commi&s;&s;ion </HI>of a<HI>Souldier, enabling </HI>me to<HI> rai&s;e </HI>and<HI> conduct
&s;uch </HI>a<HI> Party, </HI>as &s;hould<HI> attempt </HI>the<HI> &s;urpri|zall</HI>of the<HI> Towne. </HI>The<HI> matter </HI>of<HI> Money</HI>and<HI> preferment </HI>is in the<HI> Commi&s;&s;ion expre&s;|ly
propounded by way of reward; </HI>and to<HI> pay</HI>the<HI> Souldier&punc; </HI>is neither<HI> Bribery, </HI>nor<HI> Corruption.</HI></P>
<P>Secondly, The <HI>Article</HI> runnes, within the <HI>Quarters</HI> of
the <HI>Army,</HI> not <HI>Parliament.</HI> But I was not <HI>apprehended</HI>
within the <HI>Quarters</HI> of the <HI>Army,</HI> therefore no <HI>Spye.</HI></P>
<P>Thirdly, I came <HI>attended</HI> as an <HI>Enemy;</HI> that is, <HI>enabled</HI>
to any <HI>Act</HI> of <HI>Ho&s;tility</HI> what&s;oever.</P>
<P>Fourthly, I <HI>relyed</HI> upon the <HI>&s;trength</HI> of <HI>mine owne Party,</HI>
and <HI>u&s;ed warrantable meanes</HI> to <HI>accompli&s;h</HI> the <HI>&s;urprize&punc;
Leman</HI> was not of the <HI>Garri&s;on; Haggar</HI> was, but <HI>appeared</HI>
<PB N="6" REF="5">
not to me under that <HI>Notion.</HI> Admit then <HI>both,</HI> what
you would <HI>have</HI> them, I could have <HI>ju&s;tifi'd</HI> it. They
<HI>voluntarily proffered</HI> to <HI>a&s;&s;i&s;t</HI> me, and I had been a <HI>Traytor</HI>
or a <HI>Foole,</HI> if I had either <HI>di&s;couraged,</HI> or <HI>di&s;&s;waded</HI>
them.</P>
<P>La&s;tly, the <HI>De&s;igne</HI> was of that <HI>nature,</HI> that if <HI>di&s;covered</HI>
it were <HI>lo&s;t,</HI> (the <HI>quality</HI> and <HI>hazzard</HI> of all <HI>&s;urprizes)</HI> I
therefore thought fit not to <HI>Treat,</HI> without a <HI>&s;trict obli|gation</HI>
of <HI>Secrecie.</HI></P>
<P>By all which it appeares;</P>
<P><HI>Fir&s;t,</HI> that I came not into your <HI>Quarters</HI> at all; that
is, not the <HI>Quarters</HI> of the <HI>Army.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Next,</HI> that I came as a <HI>faire</HI> and <HI>open enemy</HI> (never pre|tending
to be any other then I was.)</P>
<P><HI>La&s;tly,</HI> that I had no <HI>Treacherous ends.</HI></P>
<P>Being <HI>thus apprehended,</HI> by the <HI>Lawes</HI> and <HI>Cu&s;tomes</HI> of
<HI>Warre,</HI> I am a <HI>ju&s;t enemy,</HI> and <HI>Pri&s;oner</HI> of <HI>Warre;</HI> no <HI>Spye,</HI>
or <HI>Treacherous Con&s;pirator.</HI></P>
<P>Upon my de&s;ire of a dayes re&s;pit to prepare and dige&s;t my <HI>De|fence,</HI>
the <HI>Judge Advocate</HI> enterpo&s;ed in the&s;e words.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Judge Advocate.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir <HI>John Corbet,</HI> whereas the <HI>Pri&s;oner</HI> de&s;ires <HI>time</HI> to
make his <HI>Defence, alledging</HI> that hee hath <HI>Witne&s;&s;es</HI> to
<HI>purge</HI> him&s;elfe, that are <HI>nece&s;&s;ary</HI> for his <HI>Defence;</HI> I con|ceive
that altogether <HI>unnece&s;&s;ary,</HI> becau&s;e we <HI>proceed</HI> on|ly
upon his owne <HI>confe&s;&s;ion,</HI> and there being no <HI>Witne&s;&s;es</HI>
again&s;t him, <HI>wee</HI> take the <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> as <HI>hee</HI> hath <HI>&s;et it forth,</HI> and
<HI>committed</HI> it to <HI>your judgement,</HI> you may perceive, and
her might have remembred, that his <HI>Charge</HI> was founded
not onely upon the &s;peciall <HI>Articles,</HI> and <HI>Ordinances</HI> of
<HI>Parliament,</HI> but upon the generall <HI>Rules</HI> and <HI>Cu&s;tomes</HI> of
<HI>Warre,</HI> which every Souldier ought to bee knowing of.
And <HI>(Sir)</HI> &s;o farre as I under&s;tand any thing of the
<HI>Cu&s;tomes</HI> of <HI>Warre,</HI> It's a <HI>known Rule,</HI> that for any to
<PB N="7" REF="5">
come into the <HI>Enemies Quarters,</HI> without a <HI>Pa&s;&s;e, Drum,</HI>
or <HI>Trumpet, that</HI> makes him a <HI>Spie;</HI> and then to <HI>Treat</HI>
with them of the <HI>Garri&s;on,</HI> or to draw them to <HI>Treat,</HI> to
<HI>betray</HI> the <HI>Garri&s;on,</HI> this makes him a <HI>Treacherous Con&s;pi|rator.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>L'e&s;tr.</SPEAKER>
<P>If my <HI>Charge</HI> be <HI>founded</HI> upon mine owne <HI>confe&s;&s;ion,
produce</HI> tho&s;e <HI>clau&s;es, thence,</HI> whereupon this charge is to
be made <HI>good.</HI> My <HI>whole confe&s;&s;ion</HI> is (in <HI>&s;ub&s;tance) this;</HI>
that I had ever beene of the <HI>Kings Party,</HI> and that I <HI>in|tended</HI>
to <HI>execute This Commi&s;&s;ion.</HI></P>
<P>I urged then, the <HI>impo&s;&s;ibility</HI> of <HI>Betraying</HI> a <HI>Tru&s;t</HI> I
never <HI>received;</HI> and to my <HI>&s;elfe;</HI> and that I &s;hould bee
both <HI>Enemy,</HI> and <HI>Traytor;</HI> And again; how <HI>incon&s;i&s;tent</HI> it
was with the <HI>Equity,</HI> and <HI>Rea&s;on,</HI> of the <HI>Law</HI> of <HI>Armes,</HI>
(which is <HI>uniform,</HI> and <HI>univer&s;all)</HI> that the <HI>&s;ame Law</HI> which
<HI>puni&s;hes</HI> the <HI>De&s;ertour</HI> of his <HI>Tru&s;t</HI> with <HI>Death,</HI> &s;hould
with <HI>death</HI> al&s;o <HI>puni&s;h</HI> the <HI>A&s;&s;ertor</HI> of it.</P>
<P>To<HI> This</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Judge Advocate.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir, the <HI>Pri&s;oner</HI> mi&s;takes the <HI>Poynt,</HI> he is not <HI>charged</HI> with
<HI>breach</HI> of <HI>Tru&s;t:</HI> It is not &s;aid, he <HI>had</HI> any <HI>Tru&s;t,</HI> or <HI>broke
any,</HI> but that he did <HI>endeavour</HI> to <HI>procure</HI> them to <HI>betray,</HI>
which had a <HI>Tru&s;t,</HI> and &s;o he did <HI>plot,</HI> and <HI>tho&s;e</HI> were to
be his <HI>Confederates.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>L'e&s;tr.</SPEAKER>
<P>By <HI>this Rule,</HI> hee that <HI>Summons, A&s;&s;aults,</HI> or <HI>Be&s;ieges</HI> a
<HI>Place,</HI> becau&s;e in <HI>&s;o</HI> doing, hee <HI>endeavours the &s;urrendring</HI>
and <HI>yeelding of it up to the Enemy)</HI> &s;hall be <HI>arraigned</HI> as an
<HI>Apo&s;tate,</HI> or a <HI>Traytor:</HI> The very <HI>Article</HI> involving <HI>him</HI>
in the <HI>&s;ame</HI> danger with <HI>him</HI> that <HI>endeavours</HI> the betraying
of it. Againe, the <HI>Article</HI> &s;ayes <HI>expre&s;ly,</HI> it mu&s;t be <HI>con|trary
to the Rules of Warre: Rules</HI> (certainly) preceding
<HI>this,</HI> and <HI>which</HI> it <HI>&s;elfe is not Rules po&s;itive</HI> and <HI>knowne,</HI> not
<HI>Arbitrary.</HI> Now &s;hew that <HI>Po&s;itive, known Law,</HI> which I
have <HI>Tran&s;gre&s;t.</HI> In <HI>one word:</HI> The <HI>Court-Martiall</HI> by its
<HI>owne Lawes</HI> cannot <HI>try</HI> an <HI>Enemy.</HI></P>
<P><PB N="8" REF="6">
<HI>I in&s;i&s;ted next upon that </HI>Priviledge<HI> which a </HI>Souldier<HI>might </HI>challenge<HI> by the </HI>Law<HI> of </HI>Armes,<HI> To </HI>This</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Ju. Advocate.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>Sir</HI> you &s;ee the <HI>Ca&s;e,</HI> it is not what <HI>hee &s;ayes</HI> is <HI>Law,</HI> nor
what I &s;ay is <HI>Law,</HI> but what <HI>you judge</HI> to be <HI>Law.</HI> You &s;ee
the <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> is <HI>plain,</HI> he came without <HI>Trumpet, Drum,</HI> or <HI>Pa&s;&s;e,</HI>
into our <HI>Quarters</HI> from the <HI>Enemy; There,</HI> he dealt with
the <HI>Garri&s;on</HI> of <HI>Lynne,</HI> and in <HI>that ca&s;e,</HI> he came not with
the <HI>face</HI> of an <HI>Enemy,</HI> but as a <HI>Spye.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>L'e&s;tr.</SPEAKER>
<P>To the <HI>Bu&s;ine&s;&s;e</HI> of a <HI>Spye, Thus.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Fir&s;t,</HI> I was no <HI>Spye.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Next,</HI> I had not been <HI>tryable</HI> in <HI>this Court,</HI> if I <HI>had
beene one.</HI></P>
<P>I <HI>was none,</HI> being <HI>apprehended</HI> neither in your <HI>Garri&s;on,</HI>
nor <HI>Quarters,</HI> for by the <HI>Quarters</HI> of the <HI>Army,</HI> is inten|ded
<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>place</HI> where the <HI>Army</HI> lyes <HI>enquarter'd</HI> at the <HI>time</HI>
of the <HI>Apprehen&s;ion</HI> of &s;uch a <HI>per&s;on;</HI> but where no <HI>Forces</HI>
are, there is neither <HI>u&s;e,</HI> nor <HI>po&s;&s;ibility</HI> of a <HI>Spye.</HI></P>
<P>Upon this <HI>A&s;&s;ertion,</HI> that <HI>this Court</HI> tooke no <HI>Cogni|zance</HI>
of <HI>Spyes.</HI> The <HI>Judge Advocate,</HI> thus:</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>J. Advo.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir <HI>Iohn Corbet,</HI> the <HI>Gentleman</HI> might have
&s;aved a <HI>labour,</HI> and not <HI>limited</HI> the <HI>power</HI> of this <HI>Court:</HI> for
they <HI>proceed</HI> upon a <HI>Law, common,</HI> betwixt the <HI>enemy</HI> and <HI>us.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>L'e&s;tr.</SPEAKER>
<P>If <HI>this Court-Martiall</HI> proceed upon a <HI>Law com|mon</HI>
betwixt the <HI>two Armies,</HI> what mean tho&s;e <HI>re&s;trictive
Clau&s;es,</HI> &s;o frequent in tho&s;e <HI>Ordinances,</HI> by <HI>vertue</HI> where|of
they <HI>&s;it</HI> and <HI>determine;</HI> where they are expre&s;ly<NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">The letter of the Ordi|nance.</NOTE> <HI>limi|ted
and appointed,</HI> to <HI>proceed</HI> according to the <HI>Articles</HI> there
<HI>&s;pecified?</HI> Againe, what needs the <HI>annexion</HI> of <HI>five particu|lar
Articles</HI> of the Earle of <HI>E&s;&s;ex</HI> his, with <HI>Ordinances
virtuating</HI> them to <HI>proceed</HI> according to <HI>tho&s;e Articles?</HI>
what need the&s;e <HI>Ordinances,</HI> if the <HI>Court</HI> could, <HI>proceed
without</HI> them; And why are but <HI>five A<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ticles expre&s;t,</HI> if
their <HI>power exte<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ds</HI> to <HI>all?</HI> Now <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">f the <HI>Court</HI> be <HI>limited</HI> to
<HI>the&s;e Articles, there</HI> being no <HI>Article</HI> again&s;t <HI>Spyes</HI> among
them, I have <HI>provd</HI> what I <HI>de&s;ire.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<PB N="9" REF="6">
<SPEAKER>Jud. Adv.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir <HI>John Corbet,</HI> to take away all <HI>Dispute</HI>
about the <HI>power</HI> and <HI>Authority</HI> of the <HI>Court,</HI> and the <HI>rules</HI>
upon which they <HI>proceed,</HI> I &s;hall reade the <HI>la&s;t Ordinance
of Parliament</HI> that was <HI>made</HI> in this <HI>particular ca&s;e</HI> of Mr.
<HI>L'e&s;trange.</HI></P>
<Q><TEXT>
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="order">
<HEAD>The Order.</HEAD>
<P>IT is this day <HI>Ordered</HI> by the <HI>Lords</HI> and <HI>Commons,</HI> that <HI>Roger L'e|&s;trange</HI>
be referred to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> for <HI>Martiall Law,</HI> and to
be &s;peedily <HI>proceeded</HI> again&s;t, according to the <HI>proceedings</HI> of <HI>Marti|all
Law,</HI> for being taken with a <HI>Commi&s;&s;ion</HI> from the <HI>King,</HI> for the
<HI>delivering</HI> of the <HI>Towne</HI> of <HI>Lynne</HI> to the <HI>King,</HI> and <HI>endeavouring</HI> ac|cordingly
to doe it.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Browne.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<P>By this <HI>Ordinance</HI> you are not <HI>limited</HI> to any <HI>particular
Article,</HI> but are left to the <HI>latitude</HI> and <HI>&s;cope</HI> of <HI>Martiall
Law</HI> in <HI>generall,</HI> and this <HI>Court</HI> hath made choyce to <HI>pro|ceed</HI>
again&s;t the <HI>pri&s;oner</HI> upon a <HI>knowne</HI> and <HI>common Rule</HI> of
<HI>Martiall proceedings,</HI> by which the <HI>other &s;ide</HI> proceed a|gain&s;t
<HI>ours;</HI> therefore he hath no cau&s;e of <HI>complaining</HI> a|gain&s;t
the <HI>equity</HI> of this <HI>Rule.</HI></P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>R. L'e&s;tr.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>True,</HI> this <HI>Order referres</HI> mee to the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> for
<HI>Martiall Law,</HI> to be <HI>proceed<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">d</HI> again&s;t according to the
<HI>proceedings</HI> of <HI>Martiall Law;</HI> that is <HI>Such Martiall Law
as they are Commi&s;&s;ioners for;</HI> and what that is, tho&s;e <HI>Or|dinances</HI>
which <HI>enable</HI> them, will be&s;t <HI>determine;</HI> they are
<HI>there,</HI> as well as <HI>here, &s;til'd Commi&s;&s;ioners for,</HI> and <HI>Execu|tors
of Martial Law,</HI> yet not in the <HI>latitude;</HI> now if they be
not <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> for <HI>Martiall Law</HI> in the <HI>latitude,</HI> neither
mu&s;t their <HI>proceedi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">gs</HI> be in the <HI>latitude.</HI></P>
<P>Something <HI>more,</HI> to the <HI>&s;ame purpo&s;e,</HI> was (a while)
<HI>bandyed</HI> and <HI>retor<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">ed</HI> but (in <HI>&s;ub&s;tance)</HI> the <HI>Di&s;pute</HI> clo&s;ed
here. The <HI>Commi&s;&s;ioners</HI> with-drew to <HI>Weavers-Hall,</HI>
whence (after &s;ome <HI>halfe-houres Debate) returning,</HI> the
<HI>Judge Advocate admoni&s;hed</HI> mee to <HI>acknowledge</HI> the <HI>faire
re&s;pects</HI> of the <HI>Court,</HI> in that they had afforded mee till
<PB N="10" REF="7">
<HI>Saturday</HI> at <HI>three afternoone,</HI> to <HI>forme</HI> and <HI>&s;trengthen</HI> my
<HI>Defence (this</HI> being <HI>Thur&s;day.)</HI> Upon <HI>Saturday</HI> late at <HI>night</HI>
I was brought to the <HI>Barre,</HI> not <HI>&s;uffered to speake, Con|demned,
For endavouring the Betraying of the Towne and
Garri&s;on of Lynne, &amp;c. Adjudged to be hang'd;</HI> and <HI>ma|ny
per&s;ons contributed</HI> to <HI>this Vote,</HI> who had not <HI>heard</HI> one
<HI>&s;yllable</HI> of my <HI>Tryall.</HI> After I had <HI>received</HI> my <HI>&s;entence,</HI> I
<HI>threw</HI> a <HI>paper</HI> among them, <HI>adding</HI> with all, that it was my
<HI>Defence; which,</HI> &s;ince they would not <HI>heare,</HI> they might
<HI>reade&punc;</HI> A <HI>Wilt&s;. Gentleman burnt it.</HI> I was <HI>thence conducted</HI>
to <HI>Newgate;</HI> and <HI>here</HI> the <HI>&s;tory falls</HI> into a <HI>Circle,</HI> Sir
<HI>John Corbet</HI> was <HI>Pre&s;ident</HI> of the <HI>Court&punc;</HI> and in <HI>that relation</HI>
I have often to doe with his <HI>Name.</HI> I would <HI>leave</HI> it as
<HI>faire</HI> as I <HI>found</HI> it; I never <HI>beleeved</HI> the <HI>Gentleman</HI> my
<HI>Enemy.</HI></P>
<P>It is <HI>time now</HI> to <HI>winde</HI> up <HI>this Di&s;cour&s;e,</HI> it <HI>&s;wells,</HI> yet
have I been as <HI>contract</HI> as the <HI>matter</HI> would <HI>permit.</HI> My
<HI>&s;cope</HI> is onely to <HI>di&s;&s;olve</HI> that <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 word"> &s;cruple,</HI> to <HI>which</HI> I mu&s;t
otherwi&s;e be <HI>offer'd</HI> up a <HI>breathing Sacrifice,</HI> and which
hath <HI>already cost</HI> me the <HI>riche&s;t hou<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" RESP="tech" EXTENT="1 letter">e</HI> of my <HI>life.</HI> From
your <HI>Honours</HI> I doubt not of a <HI>faire Interpretation,</HI> nor
am <HI>I con&s;cient</HI> of <HI>meriting any other.</HI> Something of <HI>Re|laxation</HI>
and <HI>Liberty I</HI> mu&s;t <HI>reque&s;t</HI> of you, at <HI>lea&s;t</HI> if you
<HI>thinke I</HI> have <HI>&s;uffered enough;</HI> if not, <HI>all I aske,</HI> is but a
<HI>Determination</HI> of my <HI>Nature,</HI> if you can <HI>afford</HI> none to my
<HI>Troubles.</HI></P>
</SP>
</DIV2>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT>
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