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<P> Collections of Notes Taken at the KINGS Tryall, at VVe&s;tmin&s;ter Hall, On Sa|turday la&s;t, <HI>Janua.</HI> 20. 1648.</P>
<P>AND THE Charge of High-trea&s;on Read again&s;t the <HI>KING.</HI></P>
<P>VVith the &s;everall Speeches made by the King, the Lord Pre&s;ident, and the Councell which exhibited the Charge again&s;t Him.</P>
<P>Which Notes were taken by <HI>H. WALKER,</HI> who was pre&s;ent at the Tryall that day.</P>
<P><HI>January</HI> 20. 1648.</P>
<P>Imprimatur THEODORE JENNINGS.</P>
<P>LONDON Printed by <HI>Robert Ibbit&s;on,</HI> in Smithfield, neer the Queenes-head Tavern, 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>Collections of Notes, Taken at the Kings Tryal at <HI>We&s;tmin|&s;ter Hall,</HI> On Saturday la&s;t, <HI>January</HI> 20. 1648.</HEAD>
<P>_COllonel <HI>Fox</HI> led twenty Gentlemen with half pikes that were brought fr<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">m the <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ower, from the painted Chamber, to the place prepared for the High Court of Ju&s;tice in <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-hall,</HI> and then the U&s;hers, Me&s;&s;engers, and Cryer of the Court went all bare.</P>
<P>After them, Collonel <HI>Humphreys</HI> with the &s;word, and Serjeant <HI>Dendy</HI> with the Mace, came before the Lord Pre&s;ident; and after him, all the Members of the Court th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">t were then pre&s;ent, who took their places upon the Benches. And Proclamation was made, and <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter hall</HI> gate &s;et open.</P>
<Q><P><HI>Ho yes, ho yes, ho yes: All manner of per&s;ons that have any thing to doe in this Court, come in and give your attendance.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Ho yes,</HI> Every man keep &s;ilence upon pain of impri&s;onment, and hear the Commi&s;&s;ion
<PB N="2" REF="3"> of this Court read, which is authorized by an Act of the Commons of <HI>England</HI> in Parlia|ment a&s;&s;embled.</P></Q>
<P>The Commi&s;&s;ion was then read, and 68. which were the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Court then pre&s;ent, an&s;were<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> to their names.</P>
<P>After the Commi&s;sion was read, Serjeant <HI>Dendy</HI> was &s;ent with the Mace, with ten of the Gentlemen, with the halfe pikes to fetch the King into the Court, and immediately they returned u&s;hering the King (his atten|dance with him to the Court) to the place, where a chaire, and a little Table was &s;et for the King, at the Barre, before the Court.</P>
<P>Then the Lord Pre&s;ident made a Speech to the King, under the name of <HI>Charles Stuart</HI> King of <HI>England,</HI> letting him know that the Commons of <HI>England</HI> in Parliament a&s;&s;em|bled are &s;en&s;ible of the many Subjects that have been &s;lain; and that they are re&s;olved to make inqui&s;ition for this blood, other means having failed, they have erected this Court,</P>
<P>Then the Coun&s;ell exhibited the Charge again&s;t the King, who as he was offering it to the Court, the King lapped on the &s;houlder with a wand which he had in his hand, bidding him to &s;tay, but the Coun|&s;ell proceeded. And declared thus to the Court, that
<PB N="3" REF="3"> he did in the name of the Parliament and Commons of <HI>England,</HI> exhibit a charge of High Trea&s;on, and o|ther High crimes and mi&s;demeanors again&s;t <HI>Charles Stuart</HI> King of <HI>England,</HI> then pre&s;ent before the Court</P>
<P>The King again lapped him with his &s;tick, and bad him hold.</P>
<P>The Lord Pre&s;ident of the Court then &s;pake thus:</P>
<Q>Sir, <HI>This Court commands the Char<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">e again&s;t you to be read, and then you may be heard what you have to &s;ay.</HI></Q>
<P>Then the Charge was read, all being bare, but only the Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Court, and the King, who &s;ate in his chaire at the barre.</P>
<P>The charge, con&s;i&s;ted cheife on the late war, and many thou&s;ands that have beene &s;lain by Trayterous leavying war again&s;t the Parliament, and was pre&s;ent at the &s;everall fights at Yorke, Nottingham, Edge-hill, in Kenton-field, Branford, Oxford &s;hire, Glo|ce&s;ter, Newbery, Lecei&s;ter, Nazeby, and other places, where he cau&s;ed thou&s;ands of his good Subjects to be &s;lain, and forreigne forces to come over, and gave Commi&s;&s;ions under his hand and &s;eale to murder his good Subjects. And &s;ince again cau&s;ed war in Kent, Surrey, E&s;&s;ex and other places, cau&s;ed enemies to come in by &s;ea, fire, and civill ho&s;tility again&s;t his people, whereby much innocent blood hath been &s;pilt, hou&s;es burnt, places wa&s;ted, &amp;
<PB N="4" REF="4"> Commi&s;&s;ions granted to Act with the Iri&s;h Rebels, whereby the &s;aid <HI>Charles Stuart</HI> hath been the occa&s;ion, authour, and continuer of this civill war, by which much blood hath been &s;pilt, And rapine and out-rages on his good Subjects committed. And that they do proceed again&s;t &s;uch a Tyrant, Traitor, and Murtherer, as &s;hall be agreeable to ju&s;tice.</P>
<P>The&s;e are &s;ome heads of the Charge then read by the Clerke again&s;t him.</P>
<P>Then the Lord Pre&s;ident &s;itting in his chaire &s;pake, declaring to the King, That now hee had heard the Charge read again&s;t him, the Court expected his an&s;wer.</P>
<P>The King then &s;tood up and &s;pak, deny|ing the authority of the Court. And affirm|ing that he was to give An&s;wer to no power, but the &s;upream power above. And &s;everall other things in this nature was &s;poken by the King, to all which the Lord Pre&s;ident made, full and excellent an&s;wers. And &s;till an&s;wers and replyes were made on each &s;ide.</P>
<P>The &s;um of the Speeches were thus, 1. The King required to know by what Authority they lat there to try him? An&s;wer was made by authority of the Parliament of England,
<PB N="5" REF="4"> And that if he had marked what was read he might have under&s;tood that before. Then the king &s;aid, they had not a lawful authority, and that he &s;aw none of his Lords there. The Lord Pre&s;ident told him that they &s;ate by the authority of the Commons of England in Parliament a&s;&s;embled who had cho&s;en him to be their King, and to whom he mu&s;t give an account. The King denied that hee was cho&s;en by the people, But that hee had it by inheritance, and &s;aid that it hath been heridi|tary above a thou&s;and yeares. And the King &s;aid that if they did not &s;how a more lawfull authority for their &s;itting there, he would not give them any an&s;wer. The Lord Pre&s;ident told the King, That hee had beene told &s;e|verall times, that their &s;itting is by authori|ty of Parliament, And that if he will not give them an an&s;wer, the Court knows how to proceed again&s;t him. The King &s;aid that if hee did know that they were warranted by the word of God, the Scriptures, that hee would deliver his An&s;wer, but el&s;e hee will give no An&s;wer. The Lord Pre&s;ident told him that if he would give no further an&s;wer, the Court knew how to pro|ceed legally again&s;t him. And in the mean time tho&s;e that brought him thither, &s;hould take charge of him
<PB N="6" REF="5"> backe againe. Then the King pleaced an appeale to the God of Heaven, and that hee was intru&s;ted with the Government of the Kingdom, and pleaded the li|berties of the people, &s;aying, that it is as great a &s;in to lay down that power wherewith hee was intru&s;ted, as to commit a crime, &s;aying, that if he knew the autho|rity of the Court to be lawfull, he would give his an|&s;wer.</P>
<P>Then the Souldiers and the people cryed out <HI>Ju&s;tice, Ju&s;tice, Ju&s;tice.</HI> The King turned about thereat, and looked towards them, but &s;aid nothing to them.</P>
<P>The Lord Pre&s;id<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">nt having fully declared the pow|er of the Court, adverti&s;ed the King, how well &s;atis|fied they are of their authority, and the lawfullne&s;&s;e thereof, and bad him to con&s;ider further of it again&s;t Munday next. For if hee will give no an&s;wer, they mu&s;t proceed legally again&s;t him. The King then made a &s;hort &s;peech, but &s;till not owning the power of the Court. After which the Lord Pre&s;ident told the King that the Court had heard him what he had &s;aid. And then the King was carried backe to Sir <HI>Tho. Cottons.</HI> After which Proclamation was made</P>
<Q><HI>Ho yes, Ho yes, Ho yes, All manner of per&s;ons that have any thing more to do at this Court, ye are to depart at this time, And this Court doth adjourn it &s;elfe untill Munday morning next, at</HI> 9 <HI>of the clocke to meet in the Painted Chamber, and from thence hither again.</HI></Q>
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