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By W. W. Ravenhill, Esq. 165 
In those days, no counsel could appear for the prisoners, unless 
an argueable point of law occurred, during their trials. Two counsel 
are mentioned who apparently went that circuit “retained for the 
defence,’—Mr. Harrison and Mr. Turner! The Attorney-General 
tells Thurloe “that Harrison who had come to Salisbury at the same 
time he had, was too inconsiderable to have that done to him, which 
he (Thurloe) had suggested in his letter’? He afterwards says 
“that Harrison advised John Deane, telling him not to be guilty of 
his own blood by confession.”* Mr. Turner was a member of the 
Middle Temple, not “he who was the late Parliament man.” He 
eame to protect the interests of his brother-in-law, Edward Clarke, 
who was amongst the prisoners at Taunton. 
On the 10th of April the Attorney-General had written the 
following letter to Thurloe :— + 
* Honoured Sir 
I conceaved it necessary, as often as occasion was offered for conveyance, 
to give you an accompt of our proceedings here. Yesterday wee spent the whole 
day in agreeing against whome proceedings should bee, for what offences, and in 
what manner; the result whereof you will see in the list inclosed. Diverse of 
those, which wee receaved from you, were and are at large, whome wee intend 
to indict, and to proceed against them to the outlary. Some of those in your 
list are not soe much as knowne here [!] their names nor persons; soe as * 
Did not the learned Glynne and Maynard 
To make good subjects traytors strain hard? 
Was not the King by proclamation 
Declar’d a rebel o’er all the uation 3” 
Wood’s Athena, (ed. 1817,) vol. 3, p. 753. 
Fortunately for Maynard’s reputation, there was, as there is, truth in absence. 
I have examined the original editions of Hudibras, both of 1664 and 1674, and 
ean find no trace of the above passage, The author ‘‘ had” may mean ‘“ was 
presented with.” 
13 Th. 371. This brother-in-law of Edward Clarke’s was probably neither 
Sir Edward nor Sir Christopher Turner, judges in Charles the Second’s reign. 
Bee Foss's Judges, 
2 We are not further enlightened, but we recollect that counsell were sent to 
_ the Tower for some of their arguments. Draft Order Book of the Council of 
State, May 18th, 1655, His Highness present. ‘‘ Serjeants Maynard, and 
_ Twisden, and Mr. Wadham Wyndham, committed to the tower, after being 
_ severally examined, for using words tending to sedition and the perversion of the 
present government.” This was a sequel to Cony’s case. 
33 Th., 377. “3 Th., 361. 
** As” is superfluous. 
