OCR Text |
Show ')oi l'r.uth reJC#til from Jmpoftore-. VoL. I. .16 Wh,y ate fiey lien: cortaemno:d for undenaking no farther 1 They brought ~ in the Fa&, .hilt thattbe Court thought incomprehenfive of the lndifiment, • 111bitb being complicated of Law an4 p,,o, they were to anfwer the Queftion it M:anne1and 'Fomt. .And if this doth not imhrone them Judges, how far thcFKt rcafliks the Law, and whether by Law .A:. B. is guilty, or not guill)' l mlift confdi my felf miftaken 1 and I am fure to have Company en~ of all Men of Senfe and ~briety. . . , So that what the Jw:y is deny d elfcwhere, IS g1ven here, and S. S. e· 'iually angty, for tbt1r bting, ••d not bci"g Jolt Judges. · Nota XVI., pog. 18. Wi!Tiam Penn 111adt J«h a Noife in tbt Ccurr, that tbeCoMrt "'Mid. rmt bear tbt ]11ry, nor the ]11ry rl•c Co~~rt. , .• Jlllf.,. ff to-fpeak to be heard be Noifr, I was guilty of his Obfervation; but I need the lefs to vindicate my felf, who have fo many living lVIimdf.S of Cr:C<lit; to do it for me : If they would not hear me, they .ought tJOt to bye .condemned me ; but if they could condemn rne1 they in Confcience ought not to over·rule, but hear me. But would any know rhe Noife I made, read my lVords, and 'twill be foundS. S. has only nois'd a· Fiaion. Upon t~eir Menacing of the J!ry, hbus fpoke, Jt -if im»lerahle tluu "'1 J"ry jho11lil he tb11s menaced ? It tbH oaor.Jing tl' .ibt:F•ndaillrn~al Lawt? (Thns far S. S.) be not tlxy "'l proprr J•dgez bt 'lbe. GuaJ Chm:ttJ' 4 England? Wh11t Hope is there of e'CJer having ]ufiice done, when Juries are cbed'J, ttnd their Verdi8s rejeOtd? 1 om conctrned t~ Jpeak, and ,trieved to fee fucb arbitrary Procudingr. Did not the Lieuz.. en.ant 4' the TdWr render One of them morj'e 1b1m a Felan? JJ.nd dD you .florylainiJft"' tp t.O.Tidem~~_ fu~b for faOiDm Fel/dWs, ttbo anfn;er nDt )'OIIr Ends? Unhappy are tbofe Juries, wbo 11re tbreaten'J to he fined, nnd jlanml, And LrMi.Jted, iJ they give not in VerdiOs contrary to tb"t"ir Conj'cicncer. 1ihis was the Noife charged upon me, and for rhis Fetters commanded to be brought by the Mayor ; how jnftly, let the ingenious Reader judge. Noto XVII . . pag. 09. UpM tbir Mr. Penn wm ji/cnt and quiet, tbD•&b 'l''DI/Jin~ '"<U da>r~ t~ him. . \' Attjw. J pen:cov.e the Man will rather pby or fmall G:rme (as the Pro· -'lietb is)' than fit out. Wb:at 1 Would he fuggclt my Fear to the Wol1d, rafter his awn·Relation has given fuch l3fl!;e Teftimony of my Bo/J11rjt, in Io murh a1 to dare the Co11rt to a TrytJ/, pag: 1 ~ ? Or is he angry tb:Jfl -beTd my "Thngue (as he fafs) And Jtl tlx .tYJ;ryor and Rrurdrr fo .mgry, Jbd: l fp(J/(t, as that l muft he StaRed. with Iron Fttterrto tbe Ground; an 1tinki:ndntfSJ_I fo~i.ve, but which will render their Caniage Jnfmto~n fliitQ all Sober and lt1oderau Men. But three Things I obferv~, and conclUde this ridieulous Not a. '. Firft, That. 1!1¥ Retort upon the Mayors Menace was omitted by S. S. which was this. ·:, · lJo ~r 'Pitafore, I 11Mtter not your Fetrtrr. Which. was ''ery far from <beihg 011er-avtd by their Difpleafure, as the Remainder of my Tryal ma- 1nifeltc_d (whiclj I fpeak tQ God's Glory, whofe holy Power carried my Mind <l¥01 the He\ids of all that there amign'd OJ judg'd m<;-) Secondly\ There was no Occafion for much Diii:ouife, as by t11e Tryal Jippeats, tHe Court being reody to brdk ·up, and 1hen to whom fhould I fp<;ak. . - tliirdly, I' would that S. S. ana hit Brethren- fuould kllcw, That I ' only IYor]hip, ilear, and &~, before :be G!orio11s Ever/cfling God of llewt" tmd .&rtb, t~nd there/ore Drttt4 '11111 JJforral Man, riboft Brt~Jrb is in bi1 Noflrils, and bp Power only to burt the Bod)', and rb11l -npfanbtr '(t5m h per1t1i1ted. him 'f God; 'wbofe bofy Jt.'illl am ~Jig ned 10 Jlpjrttr, in < Doirlg.,l S~J!tring, Ill bo fh•ll en•bl• mt. .dod ..bnt«'tT Ill} l'orti•n ht fro• rbj; G,1111rMW11, 'tehttbtr G,;od R'JN.r, cr Bad Rtp~rr, .llftt.pta!lt~ 1r '· S;tffen•g, VoL. I. H~ Suffering, I Jlld/ter 11ot; hut Uifr hi; llro:uiJl'ltcrt and .foall urept it aU 41 ~6JO. •• Earnejl a/ bh Eurnal Love, and r<j/ iR. Glorf. ~ Nota XVIII. ~a g. 29. Tbefe Jllen wert very liM to be 1JarveJ, uht11 they bad Roafl·Bed, .Gnpo11.r, ~Vme, and Srrong·f.)rink fent them (as is ready to be proved) !aT,.,~ ibe Trllte rbty were Gonjidetittg -11{ their Terili!f. AnjfiJ. This is but a vain Surmixe, and how pbfhively fo eYer afi'ened th: Pr?of remains behind, rvfrich kad tbe.re been IZIIJ, it is nOt to be thotWh; thts Ltbdler would. hne omttted It; betides, the Officers of the c;;t·~t were fworn to ~e~p them from all Sort of Refrefhment. But bad it been fo, I_ fee no Ev:lm the Thing, unlefs it be an Evil to prevent Men ftbm fiarvmg, efpectally Iince they Were not there encloifter'd for not agreeing in their Veulifi, bbtfor agreeing in a VerdiEt fome Perfons H~,tmours would not allow for onef as the Juries frequent Criu TVt< nre 1!£reeJ Wt 11r1 .Agreed, etr. do p entifully eri_dence. T-his· end; his Nollir, and I fl'aall now take lea\'e to remark on h1m. • Nut a J, My ~rft Obfervarion ~ill be this, That in his <Relation of' 'my tryal, though lR m.:tny Things he does me Right, yet in fome Places Jilt doCs_ both me and thC .Law 'Wrong~ for it's fa'miHar widt him to flip aver th·ofi>ExpreffionsPf m1ne; whiclllte\1 rhe World how vehemently I cau.a for Right; 11nd bow"'iUing I r»al to he tried hy tb; FJJnd~mtntal Lar»s ofEngr l'and, whilft repteferned as a Stditious Perfon, which my Soul a·bhars ~ thus plg. 17, '28, ~~· . ' t But more efpecial1y that Claufe, I &an never u~ce the F11ndamental Ilttw1 1[ England, b11t )'dll &ory, Take blm awny, tnkt bim away: J3tn 'tis no rf4?n4 der, fince the Spantlli lnq~ti]itiO-Jt bntb Jo.:rent a Pla~t in tbe Rec~rder~lr ~an. To which I might add his threatning to Cart the Jury .about .the Guy, f1c. pag. '9· The Intent of which ..unfair Dealing muft needs ariii fr:om -:an ApprehcflfiGrl ()f the Difoilvanttrg~ and Guilt that would be atttl~ ~t::J~ ;;:,~,} ~~i~a~;::t~~~~ more manifefts both, than the Parti.lti'r lltn• 2. My leoond Remark will be upon the Folly of this Boa/fd, which fhews itfelf fo greilt, that it is become already the Scorn and Rallery of the Towm •For i•fteild of calling a friendly Covetr over the Na~ednefi of his PJtronS, he hrings them out 1tript in Print, and allows, nay vindicJtes, thofe Indifcretions, whklt are irreconcileable with the Senili Of -..very "fobet Mart, and that hitherto were fcarcely Jcrcdired by their Enemies Jn the R.cl:J:tidn of our 'fry3l; but now believ.ed by their. bdt Fti•nds, becaufe divolgcd Wtfh a- feeming Pr!viledge in the Accountpvm by 1S. S. This appears. ' , 1 Firft, Pa~. l, -u •ln Jo. Robi•J>#lis'lixprellion to Edrc;Bujhtl a Jury-marlj Tbttt be deferved to he itrdi8e4 111ore tban any Man, that h11tl6een broiiJht tO 1be Bar that Day. t Secondly, Pago.;22. In the Ruonle"s Saying• to that i'erll>n, ToM «anifeJI• ~~ jh<IJJ your felf alf) Abetril< if Fatlimt. . ' 1i' 1 Thirdly, Page 31 27. In t~ Rmrdtr's Menace, I'll babe • po./itiv<•tr .. , flit!, -or yDU-foaU.JittrVeifor ir: 1 :1. • ' I Fourtfily, falc..fs: 1%:' lllmi!'Perfon· to Edw. &/htl,l Tw. art • [llaibu 1'e0orc, /IU Jet al.tU...+ upon !roN~, wh!Yj/1 b~TV< •o do in lbt City, JVJ bavt an E;·t on you. , Flkhly, . Page 29. Agaln, 'Uou toiU find tlx ntxt Se/]iPnz of Parlia~W»t, ~n.UU .be aJJ.>l01 m.Ji,c,bdMIHfe that wiU ••t ·Cmform •rot/x La.,, pJU not have tbe ProteOion of tbt Lnro. '\ Sisthly, P...ge 29. 1I:he ·ve~• \fatne Petfoo thus again, ·Bring •no~ber· Ver· dill, or .Joufoallfl.arve. · _ _ S<ti:ritff\¥, :rage'•9· And..s!llat which Is ·mteft to brinjf up the Re:lt of •H his Threat<, <be<llnfe' the •tnoll ' Malignlnt, I !hall in!Crt tlr.lt n<1torloas ·P•Ifa.ae '<>f lth•bqulfit'lon,.u by .s. s.. . · . ·,T;a |