Side lights on English history; . r, remember that the kingis not suffered to give in his reasons for theliberty and freedom of all his subjects. President. Sir, you are not to have liberty,to use this language ; how great a friend youhave been to the laws and liberties of thepeople, let all England and the world judge. King. Sir, under favour, it was the lib-erty, freedom and laws of the subject thatever I took to defend myself with arms; Inever took up arms against the people, butfor the laws. President. The command of the courtmust be obeyed, no answer will be given tothe charge. King. Well
Side lights on English history; . r, remember that the kingis not suffered to give in his reasons for theliberty and freedom of all his subjects. President. Sir, you are not to have liberty,to use this language ; how great a friend youhave been to the laws and liberties of thepeople, let all England and the world judge. King. Sir, under favour, it was the lib-erty, freedom and laws of the subject thatever I took to defend myself with arms; Inever took up arms against the people, butfor the laws. President. The command of the courtmust be obeyed, no answer will be given tothe charge. King. Well, sir. . [3rd hearing ] President. Sir, this is thethird time that you have publicly disavowedthis court, and put an affront upon it; buthow far you have preserved the liberties ofthe people, your actions have spoke it; buttruly, sir, mens intentions ought to beknown by their actions; 30U have writtenyour meaning in bloody characters through-out the kingdom. But, sir, you understandthe pleasure of the court. Clerk, record the. Charles I. 87 default. And, gentlemen, you that took thecharge of the prisoner, take him back again. King. I will say this one word more tojou, if it were my own particular, I wouldnot say any more to interrupt you. President. Sir, you have heard the pleas-ure of the court, and you are (notwithstand-ing you will not understand it) to find thatyou are before a court of justice. . Jan. 27, 164S-9. The high court of justice sat inWestminster Hall, the president in hisscarlet robe, and many of the commis-sioners in their best habit. After the calling of the court, theking came in, in his wonted posture,with his hat on; as he passed by in thehall, a cry was vaaOte., Justice, Justice !Exccjition., exec7itionl This was bysome soldiers and others of the rabble. After this the clerk was coinmandedto read the sentence, which recited thecharge, and the several crimes of whichhe had been found guilty : For all which treasons and crimes,the court did adjudge, that he
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