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Show A Cbt~rge, In the itar-Chamber, aga~nft M, L. And otheri. p_oints, which I do infifi Ufon; f?r their Ch«rg~ ; ~nd fo leave them to their Anfwer. And thts I will doe, very bnefly, for the Cafe is not perplex; d. 1 . • That wretched Man We.fton, who was the All_ or, . or l}dechanrcall rart1, ia this ImpoJfonment, at the fi_r~ day, hetng tndid-ed, by a very fubfranti=all Jury, ofSelecred C1tt1Zens, to the number of 19. who found Til/a vera; yet nevertheldfe, at the firfr, fiood mute. But after fome dayes Intermiffion,-it pleafed God, to c".ft 011-t the r;u,;b Devill; And that he did put. himfelf, upon his Tryall ; And was, by a Jury alfo, of great Value, upon hi~ Confeffion, and other Tefiimonies,found guilty. So as 31·. fuffic tent J11r01tN, have pafied upon him; whereupon Judgement, and Execution, was awarded againfi him. After this, being in preparation for another World he fent for Sr. 1 honttfS Overburiu F atker, and f.tlling down upo~ his .knees'· with g eat Remo~ce, and. Com punfr~on, asked him forg1venefie. Afte rwards~ agatne, of his own Matton, defired to have his like prayerofforgiveneffe1 recommended to his Mother., who was abfent. And at both times, out of the abundance ofhii Heart, Confe!fed that he was to die juitly, and that he was worthy of Eeath. And after again,at his Execution (which is a kind of fealing time) of Confeffions) even at the p int ot Deat}J; CAlthough there were Tempters about him, as you fhall hear by and by) yet he_did again, confirm publickly, that his Examinations were true; Andthat, he had been, jufily, and honourably, dealt with. Here is the Narrative, which enduct=th the charge. The charge it fclf isthis. M. L. Whofe Offence fiands alone fingle, (the Offence of the other two, being in con fort; And yet, all three, mteting. in their End, and Cente , which was to interrupt, or deface. this Ex· cellent piece of J'!ftice) M. L . (I fay) mean while, between Wefl8ns fran ding mute, and his Try all; Takes upon him, to make a moO: Falfe, Odio1:1s, and Libellous, Relation; Containing, as many Untruths, as Line ~ ; And fets it down) in writing, with his own Hand; And delive!·s it, to Mr. Henry Gibb, of the Btd-chamber, to be put into. the Kings Hand. In which writing, he dothfalfifie, and pervert, all that was done, the firfi day, at the Arr~tignment of W rjlo•; Turning the Pike, and Point, of his Im pu ta tions, princtpa11y, upoll my LordchiefJufticeofEngland. Whofe Name, (thus occurring) I cannot pafs by, And yet, I can, not !kiU to flatter. :But thi~ l will fay of him, and I would fay as much to Ages, if1 thould write a Story: 7bat never Mans Perfon, And hh plact, "ere better met,_in ~ BNjinejfe,then my Lord €ooke) a1td 111J Lord chief 1Hflice; in the Cauje of O verbury. Now, MJ Lsrdr, in this offence, of M. L; For the particulars, ofthefeflaitJerous Articlet, I will obferve 'tbetn unto you, when the Writing,J, and ExaminAtions, are read, For, I do net love, to fet the Glofr, before the Text. But, in genetall, I note to your Lordjhips; Firfr th~ Perfon of M. La know, he is a Scottijh Gentle-man / -.A Charge, in t/;e Star-Cbamb~r, againjt M .. L. AndctberJ. ~ nrAn, and thereby, more ignorant ~four Lawer. and Forme-; But I cannot tell, whither th.ts doth e~tenuate his Fault, in refp~et of Ignorance; Or aggravate lt much, 10 refpect of Prefomptiou · That ~e would meddle in that, that he underfiood not: But J 'doubt · It came not ou.t, of his ~i ver; Some other Man ~ Cunning wrought u pon thts ~ans Boldnejfe. Seco1_1d.ly, I may note unto you, the Greatnefie of the CaHfe; Wherem he being a private meBn Gentleman, did p refume to deal. 'M. L could not but know·' to wh~t great, and grave ~ommiflioners > the King had committed thts Caufe: And t~at, h1s ltfajejly, in his Wifed om, would ex~ect, return of all things, from them to whofe trufi he had committed this Bujnejfe. For it is tile part ~f Commiffiouers as well t<? report the Bufineiie, as to mannage the.Bufine~e ; And then hts. Ma; efl)', mought.have be(n fure, to have hadt all thing~-, well weJghtd, and truly mformed : · And theref.)re, it iliould h~ve been tar fr?m M. L. to have pre fumed) to have put fi)rth hts Hand, to fo lugh, and tender a l:SufineHe; which wa · not to be tou~hed, but ~y Employed Hands. ~hirdly. I note to your Lordjhtpr, tha~ thts Inflljion, of a slander~ Into a K1ngr Ear, is, of all Formes of L1bells,a!id Slanders,.the worfr . . It is true, that 1<ingr may ~eep fecret their I~formauons, and then no Man ought to enqUire after them, while they are fhrined in their Breafr. But wht:re a K ing is pleafed, that ;;t Man lhall anf wer, for l1is fa! fe Intorma. tzon; There, I fay, the falfe Information, to a K ing ; ~xceeds · !~Offence, the fa lfe. Information, of any other kind; Bexng a kt~d (fince we are tn matter of Poyfon,) of Impoyfonment, of a Ktngs Ear. And thus much, for the offence, 9f M. L. For the offence, of S~ W. and H. I. which I faid was in confort it w~s fbonly this. At the 1 ime, and Place, .of the E;cecHfion of weft on; To tu pplant his chri.ftia.n Rejolution, and to Scandalize the ''':fiice, already pafr; & perhaps, to :ut off the thred of that, which lSto come; Thefe Gentlemen, WJthother,l) Came mounted on Horfeback; And in a Ru~ing, and Faciag manner, pu~ ·~.tlcm· {elves forw~rd to re-rexamtne Wifltm; upon ~ej. ions; And what ~tiftTOn.r(Duetl:ly ,croffe. to t~at, that had htett tryed,and judg• ed: For ~hat was the p~tnt ~rted ?That Wtflon had poy(oned ove,·b~ try: What was 8. W. J'<!!eft~on; H hether WejlfiN- 0 did poJfoN QverbHry _orn~? A Contrat/iliory ~tretfly: Wefion anfwered onJy,, that he dtd hzm wrong: Andturnmg to thQ sh~ri.ffe, (aid; Yo pr;pmi .. fed~! Ifhould not be tt~ubled, 11t'thi.r time. Ncve)jthdelfe,H~ pref-' fed h1m to an f wer; fa y1ng; He de} red to ltttoJ» il;th~t he mp~t pray IrJith him. I know not that s. w. is an Ecclejaftifk..;. that fh01~ld cut any Man, from Communion of Prayer: And yet, for all this vexing, of the Spirit, of a poor Man, now in the Gates of Death; I<Veflou., neverthele£fe, frood confr.ant, and faid; I cJie"ot tmwor-t hily : MJ Lord C hiej Juflice, hath my 111ind, under mJ h~tnd, and hen an Honourable and jHft Judge. This iss. W. his Offence. For H. I. he was not fo much a ~e.ftioni.ft ; but wrought upon the 77 |