Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials, and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors from the Earliest Period [1163] to the Present Time [1820] ...Thomas Bayly Howell R. Bagshaw, 1809 - Trials |
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... divers ycars , to prefer me to two places ; to be Chief - Justice of the Common Pleas , and then Keeper of his Great- Seal : I say it in the presence of God , I was so far from the thought of the one , and from the ambition of the other ...
... divers ycars , to prefer me to two places ; to be Chief - Justice of the Common Pleas , and then Keeper of his Great- Seal : I say it in the presence of God , I was so far from the thought of the one , and from the ambition of the other ...
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... divers acts of parliament : and for effecting the same did unlawfully cause and procure undue return to be made of jurors , and great numbers of other persons who were unsworn , to be joined to them of the jury , and threatened and awed ...
... divers acts of parliament : and for effecting the same did unlawfully cause and procure undue return to be made of jurors , and great numbers of other persons who were unsworn , to be joined to them of the jury , and threatened and awed ...
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... divers malicious speeches inveighed against , and threatened all such as refused to pay Ship- money all which Opinions contained in the 4th , 5th , and 6th Articles , are against the law of the realm , the subjects right of property ...
... divers malicious speeches inveighed against , and threatened all such as refused to pay Ship- money all which Opinions contained in the 4th , 5th , and 6th Articles , are against the law of the realm , the subjects right of property ...
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... divers patrons of churches , by admitting , with out any colour of title , his own chaplams , and others whom he affected , into livings which be camne void within his diocess ; unjustly enforc ing the true and right patrons to long and ...
... divers patrons of churches , by admitting , with out any colour of title , his own chaplams , and others whom he affected , into livings which be camne void within his diocess ; unjustly enforc ing the true and right patrons to long and ...
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... divers of his majesty's liege people . III . That , for the better enabling the said Earl and himself to go on with their traiterous designs , he the said sir George Ratcliff traiter- ously joined and confederated with the said Earl ...
... divers of his majesty's liege people . III . That , for the better enabling the said Earl and himself to go on with their traiterous designs , he the said sir George Ratcliff traiter- ously joined and confederated with the said Earl ...
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accused act of parliament aforesaid answer appear Archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arms Articles bishop Book Bristol brought called cause Charge Church Church of England command Commission committed conceive concerning confessed contrary Council counsel court crime declared Defendant delivered desired dittay divers doth earl endeavour enemy England estates estates of parliament examinant Fiennes gave gentleman give Governor hath High Treason honour House of Commons house of peers humbly Impeachment informant Ireland Irish peers John Pate Judge judgment jury justice king king's kingdom Letter liament liberty London lord lord Savile lordships Macguire majesty majesty's Margaret Moone ment never oath offence parlia parliament particular persons Petition Popery present prisoner proceedings proof Protestant Prynn realm religion replied saith says sent shee shewed soldiers statute surrender taken therein thereof thing tion told Town traitor trial unto vote whereupon William Waller witnesses words
Popular passages
Page 81 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here ; and I humbly beg your majesty's pardon that I cannot give any other answer than this to what your majesty is pleased to demand of me.
Page 11 - And the House of Representatives, by protestation, saving to themselves the liberty of exhibiting at any time hereafter any further articles or other accusation...
Page 419 - No churchman had it since Henry 7's time. I pray God bless him, to carry it so, that the Church may have honour, and the king and the state service and contentment by it. And now if the church will not hold up themselves, under God, I can do no more.
Page 471 - And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude ; only ye heard a voice.
Page 351 - I evidently saw that the public neglect of God's service in the outward face of it, and the nasty lying of many places dedicated to that service, had almost cast a damp upon the true and inward worship of God, which while we live in the body, needs external helps, and all little enough to keep it in any vigour.
Page 791 - France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. To our right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin, James Marquis of Montrosr, greeting.
Page 669 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 81 - Well, since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you, that you shall send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But I assure you, on the word of a king, I never did intend any force; but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.
Page 669 - Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to death.
Page 585 - ... or their power or will to chastise. Persons of honour and great quality, of the Court and of the country, were every day cited into the High Commission Court, upon the fame of their incontinence, or other scandal in their lives, and were there prosecuted to their shame and punishment...