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Show 7~ A Charge, in the Star-Chamber, dgttinft M. L. And otherJ. was great, QUt it moved not, in a~y good Order; yet) certainly; it did, commonly, fly, at good Thtogs. And ~he ~reatefi_Faalt, chat I ever heard by him, was, that he made, hts Frzend, bxs !doll. But I leave him, as Sir Thomtts OverbTtry. But then take him as he was the Kings Prifoner, in the Tower; And then f;e, how the Cafe fiands. In that place, the S~ate is, as it were, Ref pendent; to ma.ke good, ~he Body, of a rrifone~: And, if any thing, happen to hun there, ttmay, (though nott.n this Cafe, yet in fome others,) make an ~f perfion, and a R~flext ... on, upon the State it (elf. For the :erfon ts utterly ou~ ofhts ~wn Defence; His own Care,and Providence, can ferve him noth1ng. Ht: is in Cufrody, and Prefervation, of Law. And, we have a Maxi me in our Law, (as my Lord1, the J~tdges, know,) that when a State i~, in prefervation of Law, nothing can d.efrroy it, or hurt it. And God forbid, but the like iliould be, for the Perfons of thofe, that are in cujiody, of Law; And there tore, this was a Cir-cumftance of great Aggra7Nttion. . · Laflly: to havl! a Man, chaced to Death, in fuch manner,( as it appe~us now by Matter of Record; For other Privacy, of the Caufe, I know not; ) By Poyfon after Poyfon; firfl: Rofeak.fr, then Ar{enicl{, then Meratry Sublimate, then SnUimate again ; It is a Thing, wouldall:onifh, MansNature, to hear it. ThePoet1 faign, that the FHrics had ~hips,and that they were ~orded,with royfontius Sna'<gs; And a Ma!1 wouLd think, that. this were the very Cafe; To have'a Man, tied to a Poafr, and to fcourge him to Death, with Snak.._es : For fo, may truly be termed, Div~rfity of Poy[o11s. . Now, I will come unto that, whtch is the Priltcipall; That is, his Majeflies Princely, yea, and as I may truly term it, Sacred pro. ceeding, in this Caufe. Wherein, I will firfi Speak, of the Temper of his }liflice, and then of the Strength thereof. Firfi, it pleafed my Lord chiefJu.ftice, to let me know; (That, which I heard, with gr~at Cqmtort;) Which was, the charge, 1 hat his Jl.lajefty gave to Himfelf firfi; And afterwards, to the Commjf!ioner.r,in this Ca{e; worthy, certainly, to be written in Letters of Gold; wherein, his l11ajejiy did fore-rank, and make it I his prime DireCtion, that it iliould be carried, without touch~ to 1 any, that was innocent. Nay more, not onely without Im ·~ peachment, but without Afperjion : which was a mofl: Noble~ and ( Fri11cely Caution, from his .111'/ajefty: F'or Mens Reputations, are 1 tender Things; And ought to be,like ChriftJ Coat) without Seam. , And it was) the more to be refpect~d,in this Cafe, becaufe it met, :with two great Perfon.r; A Noble 11£an, that his Majefty, had fa! voured, and advanced; And his L4dJ, being of a Great, and Honourable Haufe: Though, I think it be true, that theW riters fay, that there is no Pomgranate, fo fair, or fo fonnd, but may have a perH11ed KerneU. Nay. I fee plainly, that in thofe excel lent Papers, ofhis lVJajefliu~ own Hand. writing; Being, as fo ma-ny A Cht~rge, in the Star .. Chamber, ttgdinft M. L: Ancl otherl. 75 ny Beams of]uftice, iffuiog from that V_ertue, .which do~h fl:ine in him· 1 fay 1 fee it was fo evenly. earned.) wtthout pre JUdice'; (whith~r it ~ere _a true Accufation, of the one part) or~ Prachfe, of a falfe Accufauon on the other ; ) As fhewed plamly, that his Majell:ies) Judget;nent, was tanqu~m 'Tabula :(iaj,'t, as a clean pair of Tables; And his Ear, tanq11am JanHtt. aperta ; As a Gat.e, not fide open, but wide open, to Truth, ~s u ihould be; by Itt-tie and little difcovered. Nay I fee pla1nl y, that at the firCr, (till further Light did bJeak.forth,) his Majejiy, was littl~ mo-ved with the Firil: Tale; whtch he vouchf:1feth not fo much, as the Name of a Tale; But calleth it a R.utJJ01rr, which is an Heatllejs Tale. a fi I As for the Strength, or Refolution, of his Majefliu Ju ice, mufr tell your Lordfbips plainly. I do not m=trveJl, to fee Kings, thunder-out ]uftice, in Cafes ofTreafon, when ~hey ar.~ touched Themfelves · And that they are Vi~dices Doloru Proprtp But that a King, fho:uld, pro Amo~e Jnjtitite, on~ly; Co~trary to the Tide of his own Ajfe&ion, for the .p:efer_vauon of hts People, take fuch Caret of a Caufe of}uflice; I hat IS rare, and· wort~y, to be ce]e. bra ted far and near. For, I think, 1 may truly affirm, that there was ne'ver: in this King dome, nor in any other King dome, the Bloud of a private Gentleman, vindicated, Cum ftmto 111oJu Regni; ~~to fay better, cum tttnto PlaHfit Regni. lfit had c~n:erped, th.e Kmg, or Prince there could not have been, Greate1, .nor Bettet,, ComIJtifJioner;, to examine it. The Tenu, bath b.een, al~nofr~ .turned, into a ']uftitiTUtJ or Vacancy v· The People themfelves' betng mo~e .. willing, to be Lookers on, in this Bufin~fs, ~hen t~follow then own There hath been no Care of Difcovery omttted, no Mo~ ment.ofTime loll. And th~refore, I will conclud~ ~his Pa.rt, ~ith the Saying of sal(}mon; G[o,ia De~c:ta;e re111, .& g(orta ·RegH Scrt~ta · ri rem. And his JUajeflies Hon~ur, IS mucJt the gre~ter, for that, he hath (hewed to the World, in this BuGq.dfe, as Jt bath Relation to my Loriojsommerjet; ~whofe Cafe. ~ in no fort I do p:ejudge being ;gnorant of the Secrets, of the Caufe :> but takmg "him ~s the Law takes him) hitherto, for a sufpea;) l fay:~ t~e Kin; hath, to his great Ho'nom·, fhewed; T.hat :were any Man> tn fucha Cafe ofBloud as the Signet upon hH R1ght Hand;. ( ~~th~ Scripture fa yes,)" yet' w'ould He pu~ him off. .. · · r · Now will I come to the particular c barge, of the(~ G~n tle- . men, whofe ~aliti~s, ~nd Peifons~ I refpefr, and lovc'1 ~Q\' they 1 are all my particular Fnends: But now, l can only_ do, th 1 r$ Du6', of a F)iend, to them) to. make them,lmow, thetr Fa~ t .t'? t e full. · · . . · · . · And therefore firfr. I will by way ofNarrattve, declax~ tP Y<J.>Ur LordflJihr the Fall ~ith th~ occaflon of_it .; Then yoq {ball hhave their'J 'C· orn':f>e ffio~t.rre'ad ) upoQ w h1' c h you are t o Pt occ:ed '· .T og:e tA erJ with fome CollateraUTeftimoniu, by way of A~gravatton .. ' ? lafily I will note yand obferve to your L~rdjhtpt) the: ~ate~ttf1l ' ' L 2 poznt.r, |
