The Trials of Charles the First and of Some of the Regicides: With Biographies of Bradshaw, Ireton, Harrison, and Others : and with NotesJ. Murray, 1832 - 338 pages |
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... hear the charge read ; and the court would proceed according to justice . Cook , the solicitor for the commonwealth , ( Steel the attorney having two days before excused himself on the ground of being sick , and in bed , ) then rose to ...
... hear the charge read ; and the court would proceed according to justice . Cook , the solicitor for the commonwealth , ( Steel the attorney having two days before excused himself on the ground of being sick , and in bed , ) then rose to ...
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... hear him . THE CHARGE . The " charge , " which could not from its very nature possess either the form or substance of any proceeding known to the law of England , seems yet to have been framed with a desire of giving it some faint ...
... hear him . THE CHARGE . The " charge , " which could not from its very nature possess either the form or substance of any proceeding known to the law of England , seems yet to have been framed with a desire of giving it some faint ...
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... hear more of me . Bradshaw . If you had been pleased to have observed what was hinted to you by the court , at your first coming hither , you would have known by what authority ; which authority requires you , in the name of the people ...
... hear more of me . Bradshaw . If you had been pleased to have observed what was hinted to you by the court , at your first coming hither , you would have known by what authority ; which authority requires you , in the name of the people ...
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... hear that forces This person was the agent to the Prince of Wales then in Holland , and shortly after the King's execution made his escape from Whitehall by the Thames . were raised , about 3000 foot , for the King's E 4 CHARLES THE ...
... hear that forces This person was the agent to the Prince of Wales then in Holland , and shortly after the King's execution made his escape from Whitehall by the Thames . were raised , about 3000 foot , for the King's E 4 CHARLES THE ...
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... hear the King encourage several regiments of Welsh- men in the field , which had run away at Edge Hill , saying unto them , " that he did hope they would regain their honour at Brentford , which they had lost at Edge Hill . " Robert ...
... hear the King encourage several regiments of Welsh- men in the field , which had run away at Edge Hill , saying unto them , " that he did hope they would regain their honour at Brentford , which they had lost at Edge Hill . " Robert ...
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Page 4 - The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene...
Page 164 - Dear Robin, our fleshly reasonings ensnare us. These make us say, 'heavy,' 'sad,' 'pleasant,' 'easy.' Was there not a little of this when Robert Hammond, through dissatisfaction too, desired retirement from the Army, and thought of quiet in the Isle of Wight ? > Did not God find him out there ? I believe he will never forget this.
Page 96 - For all which treasons and crimes this Court doth adjudge that he, the said Charles Stuart, as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy to the good people of this nation, shall be put to death by the severing of his head from his body.
Page 324 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand...
Page 101 - WHEREAS Charles Stuart, King of England, is and standeth convicted, attainted and condemned of High Treason and other high Crimes ; and Sentence upon Saturday last was pronounced against him by this Court, To be put to death by the severing of his head from his body ; of...
Page 129 - He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 101 - Heed, my child, what I say; they will cut off my head , and perhaps make thee a king. But, mark what I say, you must not be a king so long as your brothers Charles and James do live. For they will cut off your brothers' heads, when they can catch them, and cut off thy head too at the last. And therefore, I charge you, do not be made a king by them.
Page 165 - Thirdly, Whether this Army be not a lawful Power, called by God to oppose and fight against the king upon some stated grounds ; and being in power to such ends, may not oppose one Name of...
Page 101 - Sweetheart, now they will cut oft' thy father's head (upon which words the child looking very stedfastly on him) ; mark, child, what I say, they will cut off my head, and perhaps make thee a King. But mark what I say, you must not be a King, so long as your brothers, Charles and James do live ; for they will cut off your brothers...
Page 7 - ... which being made known to a committee there, she was by them ordered to have her tongue fastened by a nail to the body of a tree by the highway side on a market day, which was accordingly done ; and a paper in great letters, setting forth the heinousness of the fact, fixed to her back to make her the more notorious.