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 ^tpa!, Citammation, 
 
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 CONDEMNATION, 
 
 O F 
 
 Occafional Conformity^ &c. 
 
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 BEFORE 
 
 Mr. Juftice UPRIGHT, 
 
 AND 
 
 Mr. Baron INTEGRITT. 
 
 At the Common-Hall of the faid City on T — — 
 
 the ^ 6th oi J~- — j, S70|. 
 
 LONDO N: Printed in the Year, 170 J. 
 
THE 
 
 '^ml Cjcaimnatton. 
 
 AND 
 
 CONDEMNATION 
 
 O F 
 
 Occalional Conformity > &c. 
 
 The Ccttrt being fttt, the "jury ImpAneltd, and the Vr'tfo' 
 ner brought to the Bar, as m the like Cafes, Jhe dejird a 
 Copy of the IndiUmenty which was grmted^ and ran thus : 
 
 The I N D I C T M E N T. 
 
 TH E Jurors upon their Oaths do fay. That Occafional Con- 
 formity jwt having the Fear of God before Her Eyes^ but mov'd by 
 the Injligation of the Devil^ didVillamvJly, Traytoroiijly, Malkioiijly^ 
 ■■■:d Fclor'ioiijly Confpire the Death of the Churchy EJiahliJIfd by Law^ 
 cYu Her to Mwther^ avd hivg to her final End^ did 'Plot and Con- 
 trv-i iir.prejidented JKxys and Meain covtrary to the Laws of this Realm ^ 
 ''^rid the Dignity and Authority of the Government now in Being-, That 
 7v order to bring about Her fid Tricked Defgns, and accomplijl) Her 
 Hellifi Purpofes, She did thrcughcut the whole Reign of His Late 
 Ji — -^ythat voTi; Sleeps with thc^zmts, provide and carry about Her an 
 U>daiv^\dand U^iffecblc JFeapon^ofa Frcdigiom Length and Breadth, calVd 
 
 A 2 Lat^ 
 
Latitudinarianifmj Her to Kill ii):d De/hey.^ the itje of iphich Weapon 
 her^ altogether mikvown to the aforefald EJiabliJh'd Chiinh^ She th^n 
 ayd theve did hj'e hsr Rights and Pnvileges^ avd almoji all ether 
 Lmmmhles to the aforefaid Chinch EJ}abliJ})ed bclovghig^ and ap pert.: in- 
 iyjg'^ andthathehigin Bodily Fear of Her Life^ and the utter Extincli- 
 on of thofe that belong' d^ She was forc'd to fitbmit to thefaid Occajional 
 
 Conformity's Infujferable Tyranny for the [pace of F n Tears ^ i^^hen 
 
 it pleafed Heaven to rejhre things ajid affairs to their Native and 
 Primitive Order. They therefore ^ the Jurors aforefaid^ ^<> f<^y-i That 
 Da?ne OiiCdfionsX Confonnity J aforefaid^ is IndireBly Gjiiilty of the 
 Murther afcrefaid^ by the JFays^ Means^ aad Jf^e.^pons aforefaid ^ and 
 ought to he found Quilty of Death^ as in Cafis of Treafon^^ fnce A- 
 hetting^ and Contrivuig the Extirpation of ibe EJfablifi'dkeligiojt^a- 
 forefaid^ is Equal to that of the Govermfnent^ aforefaid, 8cc. 
 
 PRifoner. My Lord, the Indidment runs very high, hut I cannot 
 underftand how it can poffibly reach to High-Treafbn •, I have 
 
 advifed with Council, and Mr. Serjeant L lays, if I did 
 
 notaftually Kill the faid Eftablifli'd Church, as W y did his 
 
 H— s, I cannot be Arraigned for Murther. 
 
 Judge. This is not the firft Miftake that Learned B r of 
 
 Ours has made -*-«** But Madam, you are firft to Plead to your 
 Indidment, whether Guilty or not, and afterwards to make 
 your Obfervations. 
 
 Prif. Under Favour, My Lord, I may be permitted to find a 
 Flaw in the Indidtment, it's a common Benefit every Ordinary 
 Criminal is Partaker of 
 
 Judge. But if that Flaw of yours appears to be none, and is 
 over-rul'd in the Judgaient of the Court, it is but neceflary you 
 Ihould proceed to Anfwer to the great Queftion you are concern'd 
 in. Whether Guilty or not. 
 
 . Prif My Lord, I ddire Council to Plead for me, lam unlkill'd 
 • in the Laws, and may be Detrimental to my felf for wantof pro- 
 per Advice. The Buiinefi of Life is of the higheft Confequence, 
 and it's my Duty to preferve it by what proper Methods I 
 can. 
 
 Judge. Had you been Ikill'd in the Laws as you fhould have 
 been, you would never have mif^interpreted the Meaning of 
 'em fo as to be brought to this Place for the Crimes you ftand ac- 
 cus'd of The Men of your Communion have alvi^ays been agalnft 
 the Allowance of Council for thofe of othof Principles than them- 
 
 felves. 
 
I cannot (ke wh^it i5en.elit it would be to you at this time, fince 
 J-, that am ; both your Council and that of the Governinentj 
 -cannot i>3rceiye aiiy. thing to be found Fault with in your In- 
 dictmentj -and mtift -^Attefl: the fame Hand could not doit, 
 
 tl:at drew yp- that againil: the E— ^ s, for the Characters 
 
 with the Rvtms-Head at the Top of 'em. 
 
 ■ Prif. Mj Lord^ under Submiffion, I am a poor Tgnorant 
 Woman \hat can fay nothing for my felf^ and the Modeftyof 
 my Sex will not perm.it that Freedom, of Speech which is Na- 
 tural to Men i I pray my Lord Mr. Serjeant £— , and Mr. 
 SI- -may be granted me for my Alfiflants. 
 
 Judge, Notwithftanding that Ignorance of yours, Miftrefs, 
 which is taken for Granted, you were under no want of Impu- 
 dence fometime fince. However, not to make it a Pre/ident for o- 
 ther Criminals, you liave the Favour of the Court, andthefe two 
 Worthy Gentlemen are allotted you, as your Afllftants in this 
 Kew State of Modefty. 
 
 CI of A/. Hold up your Hand. Ton^ Mijlrefs^ that hold tip your 
 Hard at the Bar hy the Name of (0CCallOna{ ConfOrmttp, heark- 
 en what I (hall lay to you. You ftand here Indided for Endea- 
 vouring to Compafs and bring about the Death of the Church 
 Eftablilh'd , I" or that yoii^ &c. How fay you. Are you Guilty, 
 or not? 
 
 hif. Not Guilty, My Lord. 
 ClofAr. Qdprit ? Who will you be Try'd by? 
 Tnf. By the A6t of Toleratmi ^ and my Country, 
 CI. of Jr. You fee Gentlemen, She is fomething Diffident of 
 Trufting Herfelf in the Hands of God, after She has been Guilty 
 of fo miucli Hypocriiie in the Exercife of his Divine Worlhip. 
 However, Miitrels, God fend you a good Deliverance. 
 
 A. G. Mr Lords, and you Gentlemen of the Jury, the Pri- 
 fbner at tlie Baritands Accufed of the Highefi; Crime any Earthly 
 Being can be Guilty cf, the Subverfion of a Religion that has 
 Iiad its Foundation from the very Date of Chriftianity, and has 
 been Efl:ablifh'"d in this Land by King, Lords, and Commons, the 
 three Eftatcs of it Affembled in Parliament, andfhould a Male- 
 faclor of fo high a Nature be Conniv'd at, we that hai^e Re- 
 form'd our felves from the Errors that have Crept into the 
 Church of AW?, have V/'orfhipp'd God from our Youth Up. -iaI 
 with DLXincy and Order, muft expert in Time to be wholly i. : : 
 
jiRXcrcue or our r.iiauiima rairn, ana me Uottrines made 
 
 Profeffiou of according to the Inftitutions of God, and Statutes 
 of the Kingdom. To prove her Guilty of the Crimes laid to her 
 Charge, give me leave to look back to former Reigns, and Hy- 
 pocrilie and Irreligion will manifeftly appear to be pradtifed by 
 
 Her from the Reign of K. J s I. to the Days of Her Prefent 
 
 M— y. What feduc'd that Mif-led Prince, and damp'd the Ki- 
 iiw^ Glories of his Reign but Occajional Conformity ? What brought 
 K. C-— il. to the Block but tlie Sufferance of fuch Offenders 
 in Places of High Truft and Dignity, and who were in continual 
 
 Plots againft K. C s II. Embittered the Sweetneis of a Reign 
 
 tliat was all Meeknefs and Compaffion, but this fame Prilbner at 
 the Bar, Dame Occafwnal Conformity ? Who Reduc'd the Beft of 
 Princes, though the moft Unfortunate of his Illuftrious Family, 
 to the worft of Misfortunes, a State of Baniihment, and Dilap' 
 pointment , a Precarious way of Living in another Court, but 
 the Followers and Abbetters of this fame Perfon now before you 
 and who is ftill Perfecuting Him in his Royal Remains, and" Re- 
 viling his Memory in the Q_ — n his Daughter ^ but this Indefati- 
 gable piece of Envy and Malice, this Sorcerefs and Diffembler. 
 She has put herfelf upon her Tryal, and has Join'd Ifliie by plead- 
 ing Not Guilty^ what little Reafon She had for fuch a Plea, will 
 appear by the Evidence to the contrarjr, and if we can prove 
 Her Guilty of RebelHon, and Murther, make Jier appear not fit 
 to Live amongft Civil Societies, and Confirm the Truth of the Al- 
 legations in the Indidment formed againft her by the Grand Inqueft 
 ot tliis City, we queltion not but you will do your felves and 
 Pofterity tliat Juftice, as to ftand up for the Caufe of God, Her 
 Majefcy, and the Cliildren tl^.at are to come after us ^ if not, 3-ou 
 are bound in jom Refpeciive Confciences to Acquit Her, accord- 
 ing to the Tenour of tlie Law, Vv'hich Condemns none but thofe 
 that are Guilty of the Breach of it. 
 
 » ^u. Coitn. I pretend not to add to what Mr. A-- G 
 
 lias laid before you; he has trac'd her from the Cradle to the 
 
 Mr. Tmema:!. 
 
 Cryer. Mt. Since iiiy Tru 
 
 Connc. Mr- 
 
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 Coitnc. MT.Truematt, be fo kind as to Acquaint this Hcnourabl^- 
 Court how long you have known the Prifoner at the Bar and 
 what Knowledge you have had of her from your firft Acquaint- 
 
 ance. 
 
 True^ My Lord, I have known the Prifoner at the Bar ever 
 fmce the Year Forty One; and have ftudied her Temper from 
 the very firft Moment of our Acquaintance. She's a Turbulent 
 Whimng, Canting, Plotting, Hypocritical, Old Offender. 
 
 S -~--^- L _ Prithee Friend, what Religion are you o£ 
 
 your Difcourfe renders you very Sufpicious ! What have you to 
 fay agamft the Proceedings in the Year Forty One. 
 
 Mr. 6"/. A very pertinent Qiieftion Mr. R r: I cannot 
 
 perfwade my felf but he is a downright Papift in his Heart which 
 Invalidates his Teftimony. He behaves himfelf as Impudently 
 in the Face of the Court, as I did at Zoo, when I told K. 
 ^—- that I had Served the Gamefters atTmihridge^ and had been 
 «s mucli too hard for them as tlie Frejich King for the Confede^ 
 rates. Ay, ay. Fellow, what Religion are you of > 
 
 ?^* '!t ^^^^&^^ that neither of the two Gentlemen that put 
 the Qiieftion have any Knowledge of ^ a Religion my Lord, that 
 teaches Obedience to Superiours, that does not wink at Rebellion, 
 or make a Jeft of the Royal Prerogative. The Church I belong 
 to, which IS the Church of Eughnd^ abhors Murthering or De- 
 y-?^"§, of ^ings, and I mult tell that Sour Gentleman in the 
 Coit this; That ladt like a good Subjed and a Chriftian, while 
 1 Ipeak againft t}iQ proceedings in the Year Forty One, when he 
 probably may not deferve the Name of either, 
 
 S L - One of her M s S — — s at L— w, 
 
 and neither a Good Subjed or Chriftian ! Would to God I had 
 
 him m my Loufe-Hole in the — d-B >, Hanging ihould be 
 
 the leaft of his Deferts ; I would Screw up Petty-Larceny into 
 High-Treafon, butmy Servant Mr. P-~ e fhould have the Finger- 
 ing of him. My Lord I crave the Favour of the Court, and 
 that I may have Leave to Ifliie out my Warrant to Commit him 
 to Nerpgater 
 
 Judge. A little more Temper, Brother, the prefent Conditi- 
 on of Affairs will not bear it. You have had your Day long 
 enough,_^ and it's high time we Ihould come in for Ours •, the 
 (l~~~'s Evidence muft not be Brow-beaten or Over-rul'd:; if 
 you hai^e any thing material toafk about the Prifoner at the Bar, 
 you have the Allowance of the Court, otherwife the Evidence is to 
 proceed. ' Mr. 67. 
 
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 Mr. SI My Lftrd, it is well known, neither of us who are 
 Council for the Prifoner, ever afk'd an Immaterial Qiieftion in our 
 Lives, and have a greater Reputation in the World than that 
 comes to. 
 
 yiitlge. What's your Reputation to the Court, it is no Concern 
 of Ours, it's your Biifinefs to objedt againft that of the Witnefs, 
 and produce any thing tjiat may*, weaken the Strength of his 
 Evidence. 
 
 S — L — . 1 have not been made Choice of fb often to Con- 
 
 'gratulate tlie King, for Pulli7ig the Lyon by the Beard ^ andretiirmig 
 
 Home Conqueror over a Son of Mahomet, but I have the Repute 
 
 of one, that amongft the Sober C s, know how to do my 
 
 Duty. 
 
 ^i. Comic. Well, Mr. Trueman^ You fay you have known this 
 Gentlewoman from the Year 1 641 , to this Day, and upon the Oath 
 which you have taken. She has always been of a Turbulent, Ma- 
 licious Spirit. Pray Sir, what place was it3'-oufirftgrew Acquaint- 
 ed together in. 
 
 True. Why truly, My Lord, to the beft of my Knowledge, it 
 was in our Parifh-Church. 
 
 ^— — « i-, Now I think I Ihall come up with him to the 
 
 Purpofe, Pray, Sir, is that a Place for People to grow acquaint- 
 ed together in ^ I thought, Mr. Tnman^ you went tliither to Exer- 
 cife your Devotion, and Serve God after your Method of Ser- 
 vicej but, it feems, Converfation is a great Inducement for you to 
 go to Church, Religion's but a fort of Pretence. 
 
 Mr. SI What a Dog was I not to think of that Cloer of 
 his ! He has Pinn'd him to the Ground like a Maftiffat the Nofe 
 of a Bull, and I muft come in for a piece of a Noflrril. Ay Sir, 
 Mr. S 1 fays Rights Do Folks ufe to go to Church to get Ac- 
 quaintance^ Come Anfwer that Queftion if you can > I think we 
 have puzzled you npw with a Witnels. 
 
 True. My Lord, I thought I came hither as an Evidence^ not to 
 bePunifh'd as a. Delmqusnt. My Lord, I lliall never be able to 
 continue in the Court if you fuffer that Gentleman in Black 
 there to make fuch a Noife in it. I fhall be forc'd to ftep to 
 Pye-Corner to have m.y Ears Syring'd, without your Lordlhip's 
 Commands to him to ceafe making me Deaf with Impertinence 
 and Nonfenfe. 
 
 *S — L . Be pleas'd to obferve my Lord , how that 
 
 Queftion of Ours has ftartied him, ha cannot AnO.ver it for the 
 
 Remorfe 
 
398^ 
 
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 Remorfeof hisConfcience, and now he would fhift it off by df-- 
 firing my Brother CoTincil may fpeak lower. 
 
 True. No fiich Thing, Good your Worfhip, R , I 
 
 took Her for one of us,, for adjoyning in tlie fame Commumon 
 with us, and accordmgly took feveral Opportunities of Gon- 
 verfing with Her, in Hopes toiixHer in the Converflon She made 
 Pretences to. 
 
 Jjidge. Honeft Friend, you fay you laid hold of feveral Op- 
 portunities to Difcourfe her, How did you find her, and which 
 way did her Pulfe beat ? 
 
 True. All manner of ways, may it pleafe yonr Lordfliip, and 
 fhe ftuck at nothing that 'had profitable Invitations with it. 
 
 Prif. He Accufes me, falfely, my Lord, I was always againfl: 
 ■Popery^ which is a way my Pulfe never beat towards. 
 
 Mr. SI My Glient obferves very well j That is one of the ways 
 indeed, tho' it be but a very Scurvy fort of a Road that it 
 leads to. 
 
 True. She would have Embrac'd Pojjery or any thing elfe to 
 have crept into Authority, and was always an Ambitious Baggage, 
 come Devil^ come Tw% (he would have comply d with any Pro- 
 pofals, fo that fhe could by any means run away with the 
 Chief Dignities in Church or State. 
 
 Prif. My Lord, How can he pretend to Divine, I am fiire I 
 never made him Acquainted with my Infide? 
 
 True. Yes, and your Outfide too j there was not a Motion in 
 your Heart but I was Confcious of, andfcarce an Impulfe biit I 
 was made Privy to it 
 
 Prif. That's a grand Miftake, and no Perfon breathing, that is 
 Acquainted with the Party I am Related to, will offer to fay it ^ 
 We learn the Gift of Secrecy from our firft Initiation, tfc. But 
 under Favour, I prefume I am not brought hither for Thinking, 
 butAding, and it is your Bufinefs to prove me Guilty of 111 
 Things charg'd againft me, not 111 Thoughts. 
 
 S L A very Lucky Obfervation, the Devil fiire has 
 
 taken PoffelFion of this Scull of mine, or I had it upon it my 
 felf. Yes, my Lord, my Client fays riglit, Jliiid eft Agere ^ 
 aliud Cogitare, no matter what Author tells us fb, I have Con- 
 jur'd up tliis Sentence of Latin^ and I will ftand by it, as long as 
 Cook upon Littlemi can help me out, or Kehle\ Reports keep me in 
 Countenance. 
 
 B ^ Ccini^ 
 
V ; 
 
 ^ CouTf. I never heard we had a Conjurer to deal Math, 
 my Lord,lDefore ; but fince that Gentleman has taken the Name 
 upon hhn, it's the BulTnefs of us that Pleads on the fide of the 
 Grown to be as Circumfped: as can be. He's a Man not e^ily 
 to be dafh'd •> and if to talk N— ; — fenfe, and never be out of 
 Countenance, be an Argument of an Even Temper or a ftrong 
 Judgment, I have feen him do it with as little Law as could 
 be, and without the Affiftance of my Lord Coke or KeHe. 
 
 S—D. My Lord, we have been fomething Tedious in 
 the Matter, and the Prifoner at the Bar feems Uneaiy till we 
 €ome to the Pointy which, I prefume, will be too foon for Her 
 if I am not Deceived in my Evidence. This Gentlewoman 
 ftands Indided for High Treafon, and we have hitherto been 
 giving only an Account of her Converfation j we beg the Favour 
 now to come to Matters, and make it apparent as the Sun at 
 Koon day, that Ihe is Guilty of the faid High Treafon, and 
 ought to be Adjudged accordingly. 
 
 Prif. My Lord, I don't like that Gentleman's F — *-v by any 
 Means5 I defire he may be remov'd from the Court, or I fhall ne- 
 ver be able to make my Defence as I fliould. I ftand here for 
 my Life, v/hich is the Tenderefl: Concern that can be, and 
 i beg I may have all Advantages that are to be granted to fave 
 itj for he's fo horrid Ugly, tliat I Ihall die with the Appre- 
 henfions of him before my Tryal is over. 
 
 Jttig. I can't think you are fb mighty Modeft, but you can 
 look^a Man in the Face ^ However, the Court, to give you no 
 Caufe of Complaint for Severitjr, grants your Requeft,. and 
 difmilTes my B — D — from any farther Attendance at this 
 time : Come, you that are Councel agamft the Prifoner at the 
 Bar, Go on with your Evidence, and be as Concife as you can 
 in what you have to urge againft Her. 
 
 ^Comi. My Lord, Mr. Truman has let this Honourable 
 Court into the Knowledge of this Occajioml Conformitfs Behavi- 
 our. He ha told you he has known her from the year 41 to 
 this Time, and given you to underftand that her Principles 
 have been Seditious from the very Original of her Conftitation 
 and inil:anc'd in feveral Things relating to the Proof of his Afl 
 iirmations, he could go on inudi farther, and prove herpniity of 
 thQ Intended Murther, &V. But having beni Unchangeable in 
 the Worfliip he inibib'd in his Infancj-, and the Dodrines he 
 lias fince been Inftituttd in, he prefumes v/liat he has yet to fay 
 
 againl! 
 
againfl Her may be taken for Malice, finre they are {b oppo ^ 
 fite in Religion. Wherefore we fhall ap])ly our felves, and 
 malce it appear from one of her Befom Friends, That Ihe is 
 Guiltj of the Crimes (lie flands here Accus'd of. Oyer^ Call, 
 Air. Amphibious Trimmer. 
 
 Cryer. Mr. Jmphib. Trimmer. You fhall well and truly Arv^ 
 fwer, G^c. 
 
 ^ Comu Mr. Trimvter, look upon the Prifoner at the Bar, and 
 tell the Court how long you have known jher. 
 
 Trim. Known her, my Lord, we are Brother and Siffcer's 
 Children. 
 
 Jitdg. Then give us an Account of this Kinfwoman of your*. 
 
 Tr2??i. Pardon me, my Lord, I defire you wou'd excuih me ^ 
 for it goes fomething againft my Confcience to appear againit 
 fo near a Relation. VVhen fhe was on the right fide ; I mean 
 the Strongefl, which is always mine, I had a lingular Kind- 
 nefs for her j which makes me fomething unwilling to fay what 
 I know in the Matter. 
 
 ^. Comu But yon are upon your Oath, and; muit anfwcr the 
 Interrogatories of the Court. 
 
 Tr??tL Nay then, if I muft, I mufl:-, God forbid I fhould be 
 forfworn, tho' the Family of the Trimmers have not been the 
 greateft Strangers in the World to the Thing, call'd Perjury. ^ 
 
 SSl ,Do you hear him, my Lord, I except againit this 
 Fellow's, Teftimony^ He's a mere Jcwobite^ one that is always a 
 f^peech-Maker in the Poetical Oljervator, I muft tell you^ a 
 Man that has been of ^o many Religions as he has been of, li 
 not capable to make a true Judgment of any; 
 
 Trim. However if Mr. Pert yonder, will give Leave, my 
 Lord, I can prove it is better to be of many Religions than of 
 none,' which is that worthy Gentleman's Character, that lias his 
 Church yettofeek. 
 
 y?u%. Pray no perfona! Reflexions, than what relate to the 
 pnfoncT in tlie Face of the Court. I won't fit here' to hear 
 
 Noifeand Scandal, as in the Courts at irefnn What have 
 
 you to fay, Mr. Trimmer, againft the Prifoner at the Bar. 
 
 7": <■;;;. I fay, my Lord, I call'd her Honeil whilfe I was ont? 
 ®f HcT followers i but now I adhere to the Church Eftabiilh'd, 
 She is a Rebel, a Thief, and a Murtherer. , .^ „ " 
 
 S L This is a rare Fellow indeed, li He were 
 
 h^t of oMr fide : how I could Hug the Rogue! TitmOcdes never 
 
 B 2 fpo.Kt 
 
fpoke three laeli Home words ^ and my Champion Capt. 2^-— 
 is but a puny Witnefs •, But, Sir, by your Leave, I prefume 
 youli find it hard to prove it, 
 
 Trh:. Tliat's more than you know, .R — ~ It's muchEafc 
 than to -prove Killing of H — - to be Manilaughter. 
 
 ^ Comi.What know you therefore, as to her Guilt of Re- 
 bellion? 
 
 Trim. My Lord, I was in all her Cabals,- in. King Charles 
 the MartyPs Time, and we agreed to Communicate after the. 
 Form of tl;e Court, to* get into Places of Truft, that we might 
 be enahlcd to bring in Anarchy and Conftifion, which by her 
 Means we Accomplilh'd ^ We did the fame in King Charles the 
 Second's Days, and tho' the Rye-Hovfe Confpiracy, and other 
 intended Riiings were to be Executed by Men of no Occafio- 
 nal Pihmples^ihe was always at the Bottom of the Plot^ and gave 
 Shaftpmy and the reft of the Malecontents Opportunity to 
 
 bring it about. She got in P — - w and B / to be 
 
 Sheriffs, and in the two following Reigns fupply'd us with 
 Officers of Truft. She Murther'd one King, Depos'd another, 
 and made a Mock King of a Third ; She was not indeed the 
 immediate Inftrument, but Ihe was the Remote, and the firft 
 mover of Sedition, tho' not the Sole Agent in it. 
 
 Prif. My Lord, this Gentleman, Swears like a Relation, 
 but I hope the Court will take Notice of his Charadter, and 
 make a Diftindion between a Trimmer and an Oceajiomlift. But 
 grant all that he fays is true, I humbly Conceive it not to 
 be of any Purpofe againft me, unlefs I was Charg'd with it 
 in the Indidlment. 
 
 iS— - X—- The Lady fays nothing but downright Law, 
 as if Ihe had been bred up at the Feet of Gamaliel > 
 
 ^ Cojijf. I never heard, may it pleafe your Lordfhip, that 
 file had Study 'd Juclaijm before, I thought always fhe made 
 but a very indifferent Chriftian, but was far from thinking 
 
 ihe was a Jew. But R may know better, and 
 
 probably may have had Ocular Demonftration of her Sub- 
 miffion to the Law of Mofes^ by way of Circwnci/iht^ at the 
 fame time as Ihe pays fo. little Deference to the Laws of the 
 Land. 
 
 SI. Why not. Sirs > My Brotlier, the Dr. wlio is the 
 ^opl Societfs Secret-monger, has made it appear to the World 
 
 in 
 
in his learned Writings, That a Woman may be CircumcisU 
 bee aiife Ihe has a Foreftin, nonvithftanding my Brother Bar- 
 rif?:er there feems to make a Jefi: of it. 
 
 Jiidg. You keep up to your old Charadter of Modefty, . 
 
 SI — ~ ^ I wiih 3^ou would Ihew it by giving tlie Court no .' 
 
 more Interruption. Come, you that are the Witnefs, mull; 
 know that the Woman at the Bar has made a proper Objedti- 
 on againft what you Charge her with, as not Incerted in the 
 Indidtment, Ihe ftands Indidted for intending the Murther of. 
 tht Church Eftablilh'd ^ Have you any thing diredtly to that 
 Point, other Accufations are Foreign, if not to the Purpofe 
 of what llie is Arraign'd for. 
 
 Trim. Then I do fay, That I have been in Company v/ith 
 her, when I have heard her Revile the Sacred Ordinances of the 
 Church, fpeak Evil of the Priefthood, and vent Blafphemies 
 againft the Worlhipping God Almighty Himfelf in Decency 
 and Order. 
 
 S — L — And what of all that, Mr. Trimmer^ Where's the 
 Treafon in that ? I heard People do that my felf feveral 
 times, but never knew they were Try'd for their Lives for 
 fo doing. Come, come, this will never do, the Law directs 
 Words Ihall not amount to Treaibn-, To a Mifdemeanour, 
 ^c. they may. 
 
 ^i. Coimc. But we have fomething befides Words, we have 
 the Confequence of thofe wicked Words, true Matters of Fadt 
 to lay to her Charge, we have Time and Place to Convince 
 the Jury with, and Overt- Acts to Convidt Her. Were you ne- 
 ver in Confiiltation with her at any Place ? 
 
 Trim. Yes-, My Lord, at Dlclis CofFee-Houfe, and at Man- 
 warhig^s^ and at the Roje-Tcweni without the Bar. 
 
 ^t. Comic. What Difcourfe had you there ? 
 ' Tri?n. We laid our Heads together, hov/ to prevent a cer^ 
 
 tain Bill that had Pafs'd the H of C- — from taking 
 
 Efrea. 
 
 S ■ L — Be pleas'd to take notice, my Lord ^ and you 
 Gentlemen of the Jury, That the !nt,:nt of the r coming to^ 
 gether, was only to provide fox ; :ir own Security. The 
 Parfon of myPariin never told me ;. ./asia. SinK> Adt on the 
 Defenfive •, t'liey had no OfFenfive Wt, ,r:t;4s,with;tlie;i?i, tp make 
 'em fafpedt^d of any Deflgn, tliafs v a enough Vit.'TrbufJurr.^ 
 
the Lad/ is oblig'd to yoii for fpeaking fo Kindly in her 
 Behalf. 
 
 Trim. She may keep her Thanks till I deferve'em. But, My 
 Lord, the Prifoner at the Bar was fo far from thinking to A6t 
 on the Defenfive, that She liir'd feveral Scriblers to Write 
 againft the Church Eftablilh'd, to defame its M mbers , and 
 render its Immunities as fo many Incurfions uix)n the Rights 
 and Liberties of the Subjeft, before any fuch thing as a Bill 
 was brought in againft her. 
 
 Pi-if. My Lord, I inuft confefs I never lov'd any Invasion 
 but one, the very Word puts me almoft in a Fright, and 
 I really thought the Gentlemen of my Communion had beeii 
 ill us'd for thefe two or three Years laft pali ■ 
 
 SI. D— me Madam, what are you going about, you 
 are Pleading for a Halt.r as Heartily as ever poor QiU 
 prit did for Tranfportation to the Eaft and Ifejl-hd'm. My 
 Lord, the Gentlewoman has not that Variety of Expreffion 
 as fome People, fuch as I and the Gentleman thataliifts me, 
 have i we therefore beg no Advantage may be taken, and 
 that She may not be accountable for every ^iip, tSfc. 
 
 S-.— L — I join in the Requeft, and affirm it to be ac- 
 cording to a Law made in the 13th Year of Edw. the 
 Sixth. 
 
 judg. Ko Truly, R God forbid but She fhould 
 
 ha\^e all the Favour Imaginable , we have no occaflon to 
 mind her Slips and Errors in Spe_ech, when you, and jrour 
 Brother Council have enough to Engrofs our whole Obfer- 
 vati(r)n. But, my Brother 6"—, what Lav is that 3rou mean, 
 for as I take it, Edward xh'c Sixth never Reign'd Thirteen 
 Years > - 
 
 S-... L— I have read fuch a Law, and my Brother SI 
 here knows it very xvell, but fliould v/e tell the Court 
 where to find it , other People would be as wKq as our 
 Sel es. 
 
 SI. Yes, My Lord, it is even fo as he fays, we fhould 
 be Wife AiTes indeed, to be Communicative of that which 
 we fpent fo much Pains and Time in fearching after. No, 
 we have not had fuch prodigious Gifts beftow'd on us for 
 ihat Purpofe, our Sculls are Ivipenetrable^ and far from being 
 
 Porcus\ 
 
Porous, as my Bi-other the Phyfician tells me, oth&rMen. 
 are. 
 
 ^. Couifc. t^o Man difputes yom Impenetrability, but it's 
 a Ihrewd Sign you have but an 111 Hand at Law, whenyoii 
 are forced to have Recourfe to Phyfick to defend your Cli- 
 ent by ; but we lofe time, therefore the Court, Mr. Trhnmer^ 
 thinks it proper that you fhould proceed. 
 
 rn>». Thefe Scriblers, My Lord, flung, about their Pam- 
 plilets as thick as Hail, and Legion-Letters^ England's late Ju^ 
 ries^ and Black Lifis flew about exceedingly— 
 
 PriJ. Suppofe they did, my Lord, can a little. Scandal 
 reach to an Oert-Aa, and render me Guilty of High- 
 Treafon > 
 
 ^t. Come. Under Favour, My Lord, here is an Overt- A61, 
 tlie Witnefs has Sworn he was in Company feveral time, 
 with the Prifoner at the Bar, was at her Cdnfultations and-' 
 Gabal^, where feveral times Money was Rais'd for Mercena- 
 ry Hirelings, to Write againfirthe Church Eftablilh'd. Now, 
 if it be Treafon in the Higheft Nature to Imagine, or 
 Endeavour, to Compafs the Death of the King or Queen, by 
 Levying Men , and keeping AflaflTms in Pay to bring a- 
 bout their faid Purpofes, this Honourable Court will certainly, 
 allow, that I intend the Deftru6tion of God's Holy Ordinan- 
 ces, which are Highly Superiour to thofe- of. Kings and Queens, 
 cannot be accounted lefs Criminal. 
 
 Bif. My Lord, If you will be pleas'd to remember. He 
 that drew up the Indidlinent, was pleas'd to take notice, I, 
 made u(e of a JFeapon, calVd Latitudhiariamjm, I befeech you 
 to know the Meaning of it, for my Councel have been 
 pleas'd. tp explain themfelves fo as to make it unintelligible' 
 to me. 
 
 JuJg. The Word is Comprehenfi\^e, and includes a Perfon 
 confln'd to no manner of Principle in Particular, but Em- 
 bracing all in General, that had any Regard to Profit or 
 Advantage. 
 
 Pjif, I ftand Corrected, my Lord, but they Inform'd me 'tu^as 
 either a fort of Black Bill, fuch as Dr. Oates's 4000© Spav'tJI) 
 Pilgrims were, or an Inftrument of War, like to the late 
 D.u]ce-of Mvnmojith^s Scyths, . 
 
 ^'^ X. 
 
5. L^ We did fo my Lord, and all the learned Languages agree 
 wirh us in the faid Explanations. 
 
 "Judqe, Then the Ancients underftood what Weapons Dr. O^tss 
 his Pilgrims, and <M)«/wa//^//s Rebels made ufeof? Indeed, Bro- 
 ther, it's more than the Court knew before. 
 
 SI. We believe it \ but it is not the firft time we have in- 
 ftruded-thc Court, and led 'em into the knowledge of what they 
 were Ignorant of: But fuppofe the Prifoner at the Bar had fur- 
 nilh'd her felf and Aflbciates with this very Numerical Weapon ; 
 Was ever Ihs or they found making ufe of it. 
 
 Trm. Found making ufe of it? 1 have feen her feveral times 
 make ufe of it with a Witnefs \ by the Alllftance of it, (he has 
 dar*d to deny her own Communion, and embrace that of others ^ 
 has taken Oaths and Sacraments that were held in Detellation by 
 her ; has broke thro' the Fence of the Law and Gofpel j has done 
 every thing that might render her odious to God, by endeavour- 
 ing to be in efleem with Men ; and after the Expiration of the 
 Time allow'd for fuch and luch Offices (he h^ been poiTefs'd of, 
 has returned to her former ways, like the Dog to his Vomit, and 
 forfworn and abjur'd the Dodiines (he had before adhered to, for 
 the fake of Advantages. 
 
 Sj^oum. A pretty fort of a Gentlewoman upon my Word, I 
 believe the Court need not trouble themfelves with any furtiter 
 Witnefs, Mr. Trimmer has faid enough to Convift her. 
 
 SL But fuppofe you (hould be miflaken, Friend of mine, 
 and reckon without your Holt, we have another Ad of Parlia- 
 ment at your Service, and another after that, to fatisfie the Court 
 that you mufi: have another fnfficient Witnefs before Matters can 
 be brought to that Pafs : See the Statute of William the Third in 
 the Year ^5. 
 
 S. L. h's true, ray Man (hew'J it me joft before f came into 
 Court, but I have been ia tuU/t upon keeping that Ad of Par- 
 liament of Edw. the 6th in my Head, that I have let flip all mo- 
 dern Affairs of the like nature. 
 
 ^Coim. We did nor tell the Court we had no more Evidencs 
 to produce, but we thought what had been produc d had been 
 fufficient ; However in compliaace with your Learned Quotati- 
 on, and to fnevv that we have na other Tlioughes but to do Jsi- 
 ftice, and dircdly follow the Laws which are our Guides, we iball 
 produce another Witnefs to prove her Guilty of the Overt- Ad 
 which Mr. Trimmer has made fo manifelt and apparent : Though 
 
I cannot but obierve at the fame time, tho* the Power is in our 
 Hands, and we have the Majority of our (ide_, we do not pretend 
 to Attaint her, becaulc we cannot produce another Witnefs to 
 CorJemn her, an Aftion ^'hich will never be loft in Forgetfulnefs 
 while this Town we are now in fhall be call'd Troynovam. 
 
 jHdg. Be tender as to any Refledions on the late Government, 
 we fit here to do Juftlce upon the Living, not to reproach the 
 Dead. 
 
 SI. 1 am a meer Pigmy in Scandal, and Saint in Impudence 
 to him, let him fay what he will of the Prifoner at the Ear and as 
 the two Council, we are able to anfwer him j as for ray pait, 
 ^u't me commorlt melius non Tangere clamo. 
 
 S. L. And for mine, my Abilities, my Lord, are too well 
 known, as to make me explain my felf otherwifc to any Man in 
 the Long Robe that reflets on me, than with that Famous Orator 
 the Roman Martial, Va tibi Caufidice. 
 
 Q^Coun. To fatisfie you then Nix. Clamorous^ and you Mr. Woe^ 
 full^ i (hall produce a better Orator than Martial the Poet to do 
 the Prifoner at the Bar's Bufinefs. 
 
 Prif. I would willingly be excus'd, for my Bufinefs is not in fuch 
 haft, but you may defer it to another time. 
 QjOoiin. Cryer. make Proclamation for Silence. 
 Call Dr. Canonical Meagre. 
 Cryer. Dr. Canomal Meagre^ 
 i Meagre. Here my Lord. 
 
 - Judg. Pray good Dodlor, be fo kind as to tell the Court whar 
 you know concerning the Prifoner at the Bar, this Woman that 
 ftands here Indided before you. 
 
 Meagre. I have known her formerly as well as any Perfon brea- 
 . thing, was always inveterate againft her before the Revolution, till 
 my Wif:S Reafons made me change my Sentiments, and confirm'd 
 me as good an Gccafimal ConformiJ^ as the beft of 'cm j but fince 
 this new Change of Government, I am inclinable to be as mjch 
 againft her Intereft asany one. 
 
 . Prif. Your Lorddiip may pleafeto obferveche D'>dors Inclina- 
 tion to take a Bribe to give his Teftimony againlt n^, but Ivhope 
 'this Honourable Court will (hew him no E'r;c''iira;?,f nicnt. ''' ,- ; 
 Msagre. I have no occafion for Bribes, ir , ; < , rlie Q. of ^. A 
 with other Preferments, is above h s..:^-.: ^, ' ^c^'^o;jIous a 
 Thought. 
 
'jud^. Pray Mrs. pay more Refped to a Perfon of the Dodor's 
 Gioth. 
 
 Frifoner, Of the Doiftor's Eftati: perhaps your Lordfiiip 
 means — - 
 
 5/. God a Mercy Client, fay T, cne of my eflabliih'd Forehead, 
 could not have added to that Afiurance of yours . I biulh to think 
 I am outdone thus in my known Taicut of Impudence. 
 
 ^ Conn. It's the firft time then BiOuicr of mine. But pray, 
 ©odor, where have you feen the Pi ifoner at the r ar ? 
 
 Meagre, At St. VauU Cathedral, whither file came conflantly af- 
 ter the Choir was built during the lace Reign, and is conilan tly 
 making Interetl to come in this. 
 
 ^Cmm. Do you know the Reafons thai indnc'd her to fre- 
 quent a Place that was held in deteftation always by thofe of 
 ber Profeffiony who in Olivers time made a Stable of it for 
 Hoifes. 
 
 Meagre, She has told me her Reafons, they were to keep cut 
 the Members of the Church eltablilh'd, and Elbow 'em out of all 
 Places of Truft, as far as it was poflible. 
 
 Q^Conn, You heard her fay thofe very words, Dodor 
 
 Meagre. I cannot fay tbofe very words upon the Oath which I 
 liave taken, tho 1 have taken Oaths two fevcral ways in my time, 
 but they were to the very fame purpofe. 
 
 QjCotm. Did fee hold any fai tl^er Difcourfe with yon. 
 
 Medgre. Yes, Invited me to Dinner, during her Mayoralty, 
 and us'd great Importanities wish me to make Intcrelt for fuch 
 Convocation Men, as fliould iurrender up the Rights of the 
 Church, She told me the Party had provided themfelves with 
 a Weapon, to cut the Church off Root and Branch, and defir'd 
 thofe in order to accomplish their Defigns, I would lide with fome 
 
 other P" tes. Deans, and Inff^rior Divines, to prefer a Bill of 
 
 Gompr^henGon to the Parli'imt^nt. 
 
 S. L. Mcer Word*, my Lo; d, the Proverb tells us words are 
 
 hvx wind, and fo a F. 1 tor ihe Doftor'i Evidence, its of 
 
 no weight or conftq'icice at all. 
 
 <2jCQtin, But Mr. S. perhaps yon may be mifraker, the . 
 
 Doctor has not dene yet. Fray, good Doitor, didyuuev\r f.e. 
 that Wta^ion you fpuk of. 
 
Meagre. Yes, my Lord, I law it ready drawn, 'twas k 
 certain Bill which confilled of about fix Skins of Parch- 
 ments. , 
 
 «^. Coun. How long and broad might it be ? 
 
 Meagre, About a Yard long, and near a Foot and an half 
 wide. 
 
 SI. Don't believe hira, my Lord, Taul Diacl(% Hnjfars in 
 I aly^ have not Sabres half fo wide; the very Story deftroys it 
 feif, and ought to die without any notice of it. 
 
 Jadg. For as much as I can fee, the Story will fooner dellroj 
 her) for it makes an Overt- Adt appear beyond any Difpucc or 
 Queltion. But, Dodlor, what Anfwerdid you give the Gentle- 
 woman at the Bar, when (he defir'd your Afliftance, and told 
 you what Preparations the Party bad made to come again in 
 Play. 
 
 Mei^gre. Why truly, my Lmd, every Body knows I am a down- 
 right Courtier, and hate Kudenefs. 
 
 J<ddge. That is as much as to fay, you complied with her Rc- 
 queft : Is it not fo, Do^ior ? 
 
 Meagre. Yes, my Lord, I did not know that Matters flood fo 
 much for the Advantage of tha Church as they did, elfe I Iboald 
 have taken the ftrongeft fide. Bat I have made amends for it 
 lince, and having, been of ai! King's Religions, but King famei% 
 I am now grown a mighty Stickler for the Queen and the Church 
 Eftabli(h*d. 
 
 ^Com. My Lord, Iprefume, we have detain'd this Honou- 
 rabk Court enough, and have fully made out our- Charge- a- 
 gainftthe Prifoner at tlis Ear: What remains now, is that the 
 Prifoner (hould call her WitneiTes tj Invalidate the Tefti- 
 monies which have hee.i given againll her \ and if (be can 
 prove her feif Innocent of the Crimes we have Accus'd her 
 of. 
 
 Judge, Yc:i have heard, you that are the Prifoner at the Bar, 
 whjit has b»-vii alledg'd ?ermP: you, and have now the Liberty of 
 making yoir D-T^rre, an:! caiiing futh Peifons that are Cre- 
 dible, and'^i^y^aMe to -.cquit yon if poii-ble, from the Sentence, 
 which othetvvilc , v'H infaii ■jly ' r^it njxin you. What Pcrfons have 
 you in Cc-irt to AiiCcft youi Refutation i 
 
 C 2. Prifoner, 
 
■Frifover. The Parfonhas fworn home. He fometime fmce was 
 of a SJueaaiilhCoDaitution, snd could not digelt an Uath tiU 
 rcme Body could not ride in her Glafs Coach, apd play at Dice 
 and Cards without his taking it ♦, but now I perceive ne has 
 ftrenf,thened his Stcoiach, which is grown like to that ot an 
 Oflrich and can cigeft Iron. I therefore refer my kit to ray 
 CounciC M ho are to go according to their Breviates, and aie belt 
 able to plead for me. 
 
 S. L. Call }/'r. £x,fi^if/ Piiz.de 'text. 
 
 Cryer. Mr. Ezekjet PfizxieTexr, 
 
 S.L. Reverend Sir, will you be pkas'd to fay what you know 
 concerning the Prifoner at the Bar. rj- « u 
 
 Pttz^Ue Text. My Lord, it is well known at P^^s-H^^/l.th^t 
 I am a Man of Healing Principles, and would not fay athing for 
 the World, that did not tend towards the Salvation of the 
 People committed to my charge. This Gentlewoman here is 
 one of my Auditors, and I never knew any body litt up her 
 Eyes, andskrew up her Face like her, which are great Tokens, 
 may it pleafe your Lordfhip, of exceeding Grace, and mighty 
 Workings of the Inward Woman. 
 
 ^ Com. And what of all this, Mr. Predeftinman, Have you 
 any thing to fay to her Reputation ? If not, give way to thofe 
 that will. 
 
 PHz.zJe Text, A little more moderation Friend, I have done no- 
 thing as I know to provoke you j What do you call Reputation, 
 if to have the Tokens of it be not fo ? u r 
 
 ^Cohn. That's like your own probably, that has the form of 
 Godlinefs, as a certain Parfon had that of Poetry without the 
 Power. Do you know any thing to excufe her Conforming with 
 us, at the fame time flie Herded with thofc that Diflented 
 with you. 
 
 PH2.de Text. Yes truly, the Prefervation of a whole Party de- 
 pended upon it, and you'll find Examples in Scripture, as Da^ 
 vid's pretended Madnefs, c^c. to prove the Legality and Seafoaa- 
 bieneff of Hypocrifie in fome cafes. 
 
 SI. 1 think the Boll works you to Wax, Mr. Cook, upon 
 Littleton. I hope you have not the Impudence to deny the 
 Scripture ? 
 
 S: L, If he docs, Vi\ prefer an Indidment of Blafphsmy a- 
 gainft him. 
 
 .^Coim. 
 
^. Conn. I rope you'ii diaw it up vowr fclf then, Mr. R. 
 as I may be fure to find a Flaw in ir. But time is precious; 
 has the Parion any more to fay to the Matter ? If not, bung in the 
 reil of your Affidavit^ M-en. 
 
 t-'Hz.z.k Text, My Teftimony is all of the fame nature, and I will 
 prove it from the Laws, of God and iMan, That KypociiUe is r^o 
 bin. 
 
 Q^. Coun, No doubt of it, but you are provided with a Ju. 
 fliSGatioH of your own darling Sin. Now for a nnore fiibflan- 
 
 tial Evidence, Mr li , '\{ you can, oiherwife all the Lav^r 
 
 that you, a!id your Afliftant there h;ive, will never fave your 
 Client's Life. 
 
 S, L. If that will not do, I have one that never fail'd yet : Call 
 Perjfiry Porker, 
 
 Crytr. Mr. Verjury Porker, 
 
 Porker. I am here, my Lord : Wou'd you pleafe to fend me in 
 
 fearch after Papers, P— ^ — g-P s, or Reflexions on any 
 
 Members of the Governmenr, 1 am your Lordfhip's humble 
 Servant. 
 
 Judge. No you Swine you: What Account can you give of 
 the Woman at the Bar? 
 
 SU Four Guinea's you Dog you j Speak home and you have 
 J'trn-^'—C Jjide,y 
 
 Porker. Account, my Lord? She's as honefl a Woman as e'er 
 broke Bread, and Til take my Oath of it, (lie vv-as never guilty 
 of any fort of Crime in hjr Life. 
 
 QXoun. My Lord, 1 except againft him, he has falfely fworn 
 againft fcverc! Peoples Lives. 
 
 5-. L. What then, he's making amends for it now, by endea- 
 vouring to fave the Prifonerat the Bar. 
 
 ^Conn.. No matter for that, take away that Snuffing Fellow, 
 the very Appearance of him on any bodies fide, is enough to 
 blacken the Caufe he efpoufes. 
 
 Porker, You> may repent what you hive faid ; next time I get 
 
 a Warr4.r't to fcaich for Sufpeded Peifons {J fide.) My 
 
 Lord, I am a Servant to the G —t, and it's a Rellc(ftion 
 
 upon it, to fay any Perfon is entertain'd in the Service of it that 
 is Pevjnr'd. 
 
 Jiidg. Have you any more WitnelTes in Behalf of the Pri- 
 foaer ? 
 
 M..'. 
 
^ic k'es, My JLorcl, and one that is more Mealy 
 TvloLitii-d than the other. Mr. Subcmation Gellybroth (there 3 
 yciir Money for you (AJide) tell the Court what you know 
 ccncerning the Gtntlev/oinan at the Bar. 
 
 Gdy. My Lord, I liave known her from her Infancy but 
 never heardof her doing an 111 thing. 
 
 ^i. CowK. What do you count an 111 thing, Mr. Gellybroth 
 the Court Ihall know your Charadler, that it Ihall if you 
 donVprevent kby taking Shame to your felf, and vvithdraw 
 rrom it. 
 
 Gelly. I count all things 111 that are againft one's Inte« 
 reft. 
 
 ^. Counc. A pretty Explication. But that, without doubt 
 muft be a good Deed that tends to the Deftrudion of your 
 Neighbour. Come Sirrah, to let you kuow I miftake not 
 thp Man, I Ihall acquaint my Lord, and the Jury, that you 
 came into a Printer's Houfe, and dropped a Treafonable Paper 
 there, and afterwards Swoxe, 'twas he that Printed it. 
 
 Gelly. Suppofe I did fo, 'twas the neceffity of tlie Times at 
 that Juncture, but I am grown Honeft ilncel hai^e been turn'd 
 out of my Place. 
 
 jfiidg. Brother L if you have no better Evidences than 
 
 what you have brought, you may fpare the Court any far- 
 ther Trouble. "^ 
 
 6- - jr—-- Truly My Lord, as things ivent lately 
 
 Ithmk em undeniable— ^ but we muft fubmit, and nope 
 
 the Gentlemen of the Jury will have other Sentiments. 
 
 Jiidg. What do you fay to it Miftrefs 5 Have you any Peo- 
 ple of Reputation Themfelves to fpeak in Behalf of 
 
 Yoiu-s 
 
 Prlf. I thought tliefe Credible Perfons , their Words have 
 been taken in the late Reign, and one would think would 
 pafs Currently now. But your Lordlhip's Thrn^hts are 
 different from mine, and I Entirely fling my felf upon the 
 Mercy of the Jury , and ask that Juftice from them that 
 leems to be Denied me by the Court. 
 
 Jfi'Jge. You Gentlemen of the Jury have heard the Tryal 
 of the Prifoner at the Barv have feen Her all'>w'd all the 
 Advantages the Law v/ould permJt ^ She laas had Ccmnl 
 to Plead for her^ has been fiiffer'd to make her Exceptions to 
 
 ■duv 
 
anj^ thing that h^is been urged againit Her, and bring wliat 
 Perfons She Pleal^'d, to Jultifie her Repiitalioii. iihe . Hands 
 Indidled of High-Tre-ifon, the greateft. Crime -dny Subluna- 
 ly Being can be guilty of, has Pleaded Not Gulhy, and 
 Join'd liiue accordnigiy. The ' Evidence againft the Prifoner 
 are Threej Mr. Truman, Mr. Trimmer, -diid Mr. Me.rgre, As 
 for the Firft, he feems to dive at Generals, only tells you. 
 She was a Hypocrite, a Plotter, ^c, from her very Origi- 
 nal, had been feen at Cliurch by him feveral Times, only 
 to get into Offices. The Second goes mucli farther, proves 
 an Overt- Ad, and makes it appear She had feveral Con- 
 ferrences, e^c. As at Dick's Coffee^ Hoiife, the Three Turn, and 
 the Rofe-Tavevn. And the Third puihes ftill Homer, and af- 
 firms upon Oath, He faw the Weapon She had contriv'd , 
 is particular in the Length and Breadth of it, and that 
 this very Weapon was defign'd for the Extirpation of the 
 Eftabliih'd Church , which is Treafon in the Hlghelf De- 
 gree. On the other hand, the Woman has produced her Witnefs, 
 but two of them are charg'd with Perjury, the Parfon fpeaks 
 little to the Purpofe, otherwife than to JuRifie the Sin of Hypo- 
 crite. Whofe WitnefTes are in the Right, yow are to Deter- 
 mine •, wherefore I ihall leave it to you, witliout any other 
 Direction, than, if you find the Allegations to be True, which 
 are made againft Her, you are to bring Her in Guilty of tJie 
 Treafon She ftands Accus'd of ; if not, and her Evidence 
 are of good Reputation, you are to Acquit Her , and fo may 
 yon do as Truth and Juft ice fhall guide you. 
 
 CI of Jr. The Frifoner flayiis Indited, &c. Mr, Foreman- 
 of the Jury, what % yow, is She Guilty, or net Guilty, 
 .what isyour Verdidf. 
 - Foreman. Guilty, my Lord.- 
 
 C/. of Jr. What Goods and Ghalte-ls > 
 
 Foremav. As much as She could Grafp at in Fourteen 
 Years Management of Affairs. 
 
 Judge. You Mrs. Occajiomd Coyiforviity have been Arraign 'd 
 at the Bar, put your felf uix>n your Tryai , and Pleaded 
 Not Guilty. You have not wanted for wnat Favour it was 
 in tlie Power of the Court , to Ihicw you, but yon have ' been 
 weigh' d in the Ballance, and found Eighty have been found. 
 Guilty by the Grand Inqueil for Juitice^ fo that nothing re- 
 mains ■ 
 
mains bat to pafs kit to pafs Sentence of Death, as in the^ 
 ]ike Cafes, unltfs you have anj thing to urge in Arreft of 
 Judgment. 
 
 Pi if. My Lord, if you pleafe to Remember, I faid I would 
 be Tried by the Ad of Toleration — — that permits me 
 to be of what Religion I will, fo that I behave my felf 
 Regularly and QLiietly under the Eilablifh'd Government. 
 
 Judge. But that Ad does not allow you to Plot againft 
 the Eftablifli'd Religion, and ftudy Ways and Means te Ex- 
 tirpate Her. 
 
 Mr: SI Plead your Belly, (to the Prifomr ) Under Favour, 
 my Lord, I have been told She is with Child. 
 
 jfiidge. Let a Jury be Impanel I'd ^ and accordingly^ a Jury 
 .was impanelld, and (he v/as Brought in not Qiiick with 
 Child. 
 
 S -- L My Lord, I except againft their Tefti- 
 
 -mony, they are no more Right Matrons than I am, if they 
 were, they muft of courfe have brought her in Quick with 
 Child. 
 
 ■ ^u Cowl But we have prevented their being Right Matrons 
 this Time, and hinder'd 'em from fingering the Money that 
 makes others fo Qiiick with Child. Marry that's a very good 
 Conceit, none butfuch a Countil that promoted the Plea would 
 have faid it. 
 
 SI Why not ? My Brother ivill tell you, that a Woman 
 may Conceive at above a Hundred Years Old. 
 
 ^/. Connc. Your Brother and you. are two Non-fiich's 5 but 
 the Court muft Hand by the Verdid that has been given 
 before them. 
 
 SI. I will make a Fool of Her — . — Councel, though 
 I Torture my Brains for a Text of Scripture to prove my 
 AfTertion by - — — So, now I have hit upon one with 
 much adoe ^ Avd Sarah was ayt Hundred Tears Old^ Sec. What 
 think you of that, Mr. Canfe-SpUtter > And yet this Sarah 
 was afterwards Delivered of a Son. WJio is in the Right 
 nov/, my Brother and I that have the Scripture on our Sides, 
 or your Jury of Matrons with a Pox to 'em > 
 
 ^i. Conn. 
 
^i. Colin. Why truly what you alledge, is Co little worth 
 any one's Thought, that I think nothing at all of it. You 
 might have made a Tolerable Parfon for all that I fee, but 
 you are a meer Devil for Law. 
 
 SI To (hew you that I can be too hard for you at either, 
 ni relinquifh my laft Plea, and refer my (elf to another. 
 
 Jtid^e. Hark you Sir, the Court has had a deal oituicv.a, has 
 heard with Calmnefs ev'ry thing that ha> been faid, and jermic- 
 ted you the ufeof a very fcnrvy Tongue ; but you havemifpent 
 the time allowed you, and inftead of Law-Qiiotations in vindi- 
 cation of your Client, have ftep'd into the Old Tejtamm to 
 fetch a Miracle to preferve her ; but unkfs your other Plea 
 you talk of, be more to the purjjofe than what yon Mt put up 
 in; her Defence, I muft proceed to give Judgment as the Court 
 awards. 
 
 SI, Have not I been a Barrifler long, enough, my Lord^ to 
 know what's good for my Client, and what is not. 1 lay I 
 am a Barrifter j and queftion not, if I could have fair Piay, 
 but I Ihould make appear I am a Credit to the Gown tliat is 
 now upon ray Back. But I am over-rul*d, and will enter my 
 Proteft accordingly. 
 
 5. L. So do we proteft againft thefe Arbitrary Proceedings, 
 my Lord, who the Devil of a Lawyer would fiing away any 
 more Arguments of this nature ; it's mere Pilling againfl the 
 Wind, it fignifies nothing : Wherefore 1 clofe this learned Mouth 
 of mine, with this fatisfadlion to my Confcience, That I have 
 clearly earn'd the Money given me by the Prifoner at the Bar, 
 and fold the Law as cheap as any Man in England could afford. 
 I proteft, I have exhaufted my felf fo much in this Tryal of 
 hers, that I know not when I (hall recruit again : So, Madam, 
 I muft take my leave of you, and home to my Study, for 
 fear this Skull of mine (hould furniOi Difputants to prove an 
 Argument for a VacuHm by it. 
 
 ^ Com, You fee, Miftrifs, your Champions have left you, 
 but their Proteftations will do you little Service, unlefs you 
 have any thing to offer that is momentous, and of higher Im- 
 portance than what the Court has been troubled with. 
 
 Prifoner. I fee but too plainly, my Lord, I am a loft Woman, 
 without your Lordftiip's Interpofition in my behalf. I had plea- 
 ded Guilty at firft, and defsrv'd fome Mercy at the Bands of 
 ' D the 
 
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 'he Cou' t \ bnt tkfe two Cxentlemcn perfuackd rne to the con- 
 trary and fed m: up with hopes that I fhould U Vayght off 
 with 'an unqucilioned Rcputaiion by their meavi.. .tut I per- 
 cei-.'e the quite contrary : I bav€ flung away my Money to m 
 purpofp and am rather Ruin'd ih^n^ilUcd by tkm 
 
 ^ Conn I could have told you as much bdore you e^cr 
 plov'd em, but you muft take it patiently, it% hard for ihcm to' 
 part with old Habits, and it's cultoniary with them to ale ^heir 
 Clients after this manner. r r r r. c- . .n 
 
 Prifon(r. I am a miferahle Inftance of fuch a Pra^fticc, but I be^ 
 the Diredion of this i^onourable Court, if aay thin^ caay be pof- 
 fible to intervene to fave my Life. 
 
 W^e. Nothing that I am able to forefce. , ^ ^ . 
 
 Prifomf. My Lord, I have been informed that TranfportatiQa 
 has been frequently allow'd to, perions under my Cfiicumllances,, 
 I therefore fay, Tranfportation my Lord. _ 
 
 Judge. It cannot be granted 7011 ^ it it could, what Cliixiate 
 would Entertain fuch a Troublefome Wretch. No no, you 
 muft be taken off, and wholly rendered Incapable of ever re- 
 
 "pnvf'Your Lordlhip knows I have great Friends, and fooit 
 B on my fide, that fay, The Dlffente^s are tc? gveat 
 
 a Body of Men to he dif-oblig'd, which I hope will maka ym 
 take more Favourable Refolutions m this iaft and greateii 
 Concern I have lately been Acquitted hi a very Sol^ajn 
 AlTembly have had the Greateft and Wifeftof Men tofpeafc 
 in my Behalf, and will Your Lcffdiliip rujj couiate? to th^.r 
 Proceedings. 
 
 Judge I mufi: do as the Law direds, and without leaning 
 to one fide or other, without the lei?1i £hev/ of Pajrtial% 
 Execute the Office I am Entrufted with. The SHismtenl^w 
 of this Kingdom has been violated by you, and you are t5> 
 Attone for the faid Violation, whicli requires your Biood. J 
 am loth very loth to da a Dutj which is Incumhecft up- 
 on me. But you have put your ieli upon your Tryal, have 
 been found Guilty, upon whicln^ou have Pleaded jmur Belly, 
 and have had the Verdift of Twelve Matrons :^gauift you, 
 and if you are Qiiick with any thing, it muft be witli aMon^ 
 ii:er-, to prevent which. Ton are to .he .Qmmd from hetwe 
 to the Plicefrom whence yon mme^ and fiom thcnae to the FUic-e 
 
 of 
 
oj execution^ where Ton are to Hang hy the Neck ttU yen are 
 Dead^ Dead^ Dead^ and the Lord have Mercy on your Foot 
 
 Sard. A more favoinrahh S e than pafs'd once^ when one of 
 
 your Coimcel ordered a Woman s Privy-Members to be Cut off, 
 
 Pijf. I hope , mj Lord, you'll permit me to be Buried in 
 the Burjing-Place of the Occajionalrjfs in BimUll-Fields. 
 
 Judge. Your Body is to be at the Difpofal of G ^nt, 
 
 which, without doubt, will grant you that Favour. 
 
 Clyf Jr. Ay, Take care of of Her, Goalcr. 
 
 Vtif. I muft fubmit, My Lord, to the Judgment that has 
 been given againll me. 
 
 ,§!/. Coim. Yts^ my Lord, She has been always of a very 
 tractable Temper, She has ei-er fubmitred to any Oath that 
 has been Impos'd upon Her, ^c. 
 
 Prif. It's very hard for a Woman in my Circumftances to 
 be thus Flouted at , but in fbme meafure I deferve it , for 
 I remember, when Sir — ■ B - - one of my Com- 
 munion, was Sheriff, he was very "Witty upon the Condemn'd 
 perfons, he made his Jefts on People jult Expiring , and 
 ferv'd every one as I am now ferv'd, fo that I muft Aqui- 
 efce. 
 
 Judge. Have you any other Requeft to make before the 
 Court Rifes ^ if you have, now is your time, and you are to 
 make ufe of it. 
 
 Prif Nothing my Lord, but that I may have fufficient 
 Time allowed, to prepare my felf for another World. 
 
 ^t. Comic. I enter a Caveat againft any fuch Grant, Ihould 
 fhe be allow'd from this time to Eternity, her Original Im- 
 purities would never be wafh'd off. It's Impoffible She ihould 
 ever be prepar'd for Mounting, her Sins are fo heavy, 
 they muft needs Sink Her. 
 
 Judge. Have more Compaffion Sir (to the Prifoner) You 
 fliall have all priviledges that are convenient. Goaler take 
 away your Prifoner, and Cr_y^r Ad journ the Court. 
 
 Cry-r. O yess O yes, O yes, it any Man or vVoraan, ^c. 
 
 And the Court was Jdjourr/d accordhgly to the ^^th of 
 February next^ Nine in the Morning, 
 
 GOD Ble(s the Q->- of Troynoyant^ 
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