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Show \ Truth Refcu'ed jro-.r1 Impofflll'e: For if any enraged Bench, or otherw·ife inurefld, be the ~ole {11Jgu ?£ Law, rhen let any Man be indi£\ed o~ the. molt_l:lwJul A~ tmagmahle, It being fuc.h as be tanndt deny, and whtch 1~ proved by, F.vtdcnces, theJl:r,Y muff bring him in Guilty, and fo expofe htm ~o the Sentence of the Julh· ces, by leaving theJudgmenrofrheLaW, to thelf prepo~~ft Rrcafb. 6. My taft Ar~ument will be this, that upon the O.p1m~m of our ;tl..Jverfaries there mufl be two Ev;Jur.us, one of the FaO, whtch IS the Junes; and one of LttW, which is the ]11{1u-es. But becaufe the. Law knows no fucb Conceit, and that the fingle V'erdia of twelve Men, 1s, :md rnuft be legal· ly binding, therefore are they Judgu borb of Law and FoO. Obj<ll. Their main ObjeElion is, That ifJuftices be qot Judges ofLl'!, How eomes it to pafl, that the Jury njkr the Senfeof the Lno at tbetr lt1o11tbl? according to that Mnxi111, . ~ . . ~d !/._11~tjiionun ]11rit refjondent Ju~ues, e ad fl_uttf!um~m Pafh, rejjOJttltnt ]11ratores, as in page 2. of the L1bel under Exammauon. Anfr.rJ. This is fo far from I~m:ning the Force of our Preceding Arguments; that tram this ObjeBion we w1ll fetch Matter enough, to make a fubfequen: .. tial one, :md that of no fritall Import to the ~ufinei.s controverted. I grant a Poffibility of fuch an Ignorance m Junes, ~~~at there may. he a Neceffity to inform them of the Law, by the better Sktll of the Jufitces' But wh'at then? therefore muft they not be Judges of La~, fo f"r m con .. ctrns the Fttfl? nothing lefs; For though the ]11jfices !J13Y tell ~hem the Law (•nd it's their Place) yet that's no Put of the. Verd,n, as fo f•td by the Juflicts; but as under flood, d1gej1ed, and ;udfctoujly .. m~dt tbt ]urus, by their own free Will and .Jicceptance, upon tbetr Convtfllono[tbe 'TruzbOj Tbi1rgs rl.'porredby the Bench: As aMah may be educated in any Religion; but to make it his proper Religion, 'tis requifite that he believe and em .. _ brace it judicioujly, not implicitly. Thus we frequently find the Haufe of Lords, to afk the Opinion of the Juftices in Parliament; is the You, Order or JiO, tbereforerbe Jud£es, 11nd lftit 1b-e Parliament's? - The like in the King's Council: Is the Opinion of ~he Ki-:g's .Attornq, or Solicitor the ]ttdgment, Refolve, and Order of tbt Council, becaufe he faid it and'notbecanfe they made it theirs, by f11bmirting to the Reafcn, or leg;lity of the Thing Jebated and delivered? And in London, are the Order~ of the Mn)'or, . .11/Jerm~n, an~ f:!omf!1D1t·f7ou1t .. til the Recorder's or City CounCils, buauje hH, or tbetr Opmton m Pomt of ~UJ ouu a/ked? Experience fhews the contrary. From all thefe Premilfcs. 'ris Time we draw this one moft evident t;on .. dufion; That notwithftanding Juries of late :u_e gro~n fo out ofFafluon, and of Power wirh· fome, that to !hew any-, lS to mcur the Thrca~s and Menaces of rhe Court, to have their Nofes flit, their Tbro.au cut, thc1rBc· diet Jmprifoned, anil .dr11g'd llttt Cart's T(f]ltbroJtgb the Czty, f!/c. Yet ~hat they are by the ancient Laws of England, and Porct of ReaJon, tbe on,ly rtgbt and proper Judges, 111 well of Law ttl Fatl· PART V. The Tryal, as related by $. S. Examined, and his Notes thereon Animadverted. T HAT I m•y appear to all impmial Men, unwort~y of thore Rcj/tc· tions and hard Names S. S. -is pleafed to heap upon me, I fhall con~ dude the 'Vindication of my. Innocfncy, with hi$ own Re~tttion rl' 1ny Tryol And truly, when I we1gh htsfranR Confeffionr, concermpg Pafrascs,~~ft VoL. I. Trlith reJt:ued from ln.n>o~uw. ~cr~ molt notorio~m'. I f!tould be amazed at his Indifcretion, d,id ~ n,ot ktKI\V 1670. bow ufua.l 1~ ts wnh Go4 to le~ve fuch Men under {hong Infatuations: For, to gtve It a l'hort Ch.1r118tr, us alm.oft lTerbatim, The Sec011J Editiun ~ 4 o111 own Trynl.; I mean that Part whtch tcbted to the Tranfaflions of the Court and Pnfoncrs. And whether he bas vindicated them from thofe Expreffions which to a\1 faber Men are moft detefiable, or back'd the Accufation of 'the Author of our. Try a!, by. his publick Acknowledgment of them; let any but S. S. and hiS junM JUdge. How then the !\Utho~ of that Tryal co~ld juftly be condemned ~or his Relauon as fcurnlous, and malicious which i,s fQ ex3Elly copied after by S. S. will be hard for any Man of S;nfe to think unle(s he brings his own .ii,uo11nr under the fame Imputation;. ' But he tells us, ' That he thought good ro fet down the Names of thofe ' Jufbces, \'VhO were prefent (Honoris €auf&) with all their Addicions and ' Titles; th~t fo the World may know that tbe City of Undo., w.ants not : worthy P~triots~ who dare caB to .10 Account :hefe \'ile ra~ling Rab{ha~ luhs ~f th1s Age. A.nd the rather7 becaufe the Libeller bath 10 a difgrace- : fut Way.prefix:d their Names wjthout any Additioos ,fO his Narratlvl1-. thereby 1ntendmg to make them odious tq the People. The Pusolj, Nam'4 are; Sir S3m. Starling, Knigbr, rbcn Lird M'!Jor. Sir To. Robinfop, Knr.· and Bar. ~zr Tho. Bludworth, 'Knt. ttnd Alder. Sir Will. Peak, .Knt. 4nd, ~ldtr. S!r Jo. Howell, Knt. and Recorder. Si'r Rich. Ford, Knt. and Alder. S" Jo. Shelden, Knt. and Alder, Sir Jo. Smith, and Sir S1m, Edwards, Sbtriffr. To which I muft needs fay, I knew a Time, when the City of Lind01t ]).ad a better Advocate. What Man in his Wits would not defpife the Folly and Meannefs of this wretched. l'dagogut? T.he We•knefS of whofc D1f~ourfe emmently ~ews the rr~k~ttetl Coilflitution of tbt Author. . Fu!t. He has bu~ httle of Relt$_1011, th:lt dares to lye in the common F1eld of every Mans Knowledge ; fince he denies that ever the Author of the Trya! gave the aforementioned J!er(ons any Additions, when (Alder.) i$ to every one of them, that really ts io. . Next,. I cannot choofe bur _obferve his Vanity, ls if the omitting of the l"ttle (Srr J. had been a robbmg them of rheir Honour (I •m ftire rh~l have very httle .that ha~e n.o more.) ~uti~ to give them thei,r oWn Na'(lt.r. he Ma_t~f Dtfgrace, tt IS worth our while to confider, how difgracefu' thofe Perfons were in this LibeUtr's Account, before they ,had that Title given them; though I am apt to think, they were not lefs x;eputed before th~n fince ; and becaufe they write not themfelves fo much as that Auth0: punted themJ and that none can fuppofe them tQ omit thofe Tides ditgr. lcefully to themfetves; it is both ridiculous and falfe ·to charge f~ch a Pefign upon the.Author. But whit~ he calls me and my FeJlojV•Prifon~ the VIle and rarhng Kabjha)ubs of th1s ..dge, and ventures to load us with Sl3nder and Reproach ; methinks he p~oves himfclf ro be of th~~t ill·l!red Tribe, in acc~fing us for. fuch. .. ' But to his NOT .AS upon the 'fryaL Nota I. P•g. 13. Tht Prifoncu in j/ubborn .illanntr rrfl!/illl to tah rhri( Ht1ts, they were put on agam by tb: fame Eerfon. .dnfwer. This is a Lye, to be confirmed ,by Hundr.eds ; we qcv.er di,d nor never .fhall rcfufe to take our H;ns, ;J,nd put them on too, whieh w,a: had no T1me to _do; for having been t~ken OJf by the ~.P.':" (I fupj>¢0 tn Ktndn.ers) fectn~ the Court difple3s'd, (qr rather fame tnll) rhe Jlfbl'9r ,(1 thtnk tt was) cned our, /)~rrah, fl'ho bid lP" lpD of" r.b<lr !;Iar1 ? f.~t. . on |
