selfe a dead man, but when I reflect upon the Favour he has shewd to others of ~ 
my condition, & the hopes I have of your intercession, methinks I see+ my spiritt 
renewd againe. My lords, death is a debt that is due From mee to nature,thet 
Lord Protecto™ has now the keeping the Bond, & has put it in suit by his Attorney 
if his Lordship§ please to Forbear the serving mee w*". an execution, & let mee 
keep it a little longer, I will pay him the interest of thanks for it as long as I 
live, & engage my posteritie, & a numerous allyance to be bound For mee. So the 
Lord direct you all For the best. If I havel| Favot., I shall thank you; if not I 
shall forgive you. 
This beinge done the Judge Glynn§ gave sentence ag*t. us videlicet to be 
drawne hund and Quarterd, a pretty exchange For unworthy Crooke’s Articles 
For live liberty & estate we. I can swear & will dye upon. 
268 Records of the Rising in the West, A.D. 1655. 
Court. When I look upon my offence as to my Lord Protector,* I conclude my- 
We can read this in a MS. of Colonel Penruddock’s son, now at — 
Compton. It is indorsed: ‘“ Glyne’s sentence of death upon my | 
father.” Within we find :— 
‘¢ Principall Heads of Serjeant Glinne’s sentence of death uppon my cousen 
Penruddock and the Rest of the Gent. whom Hee condemned at Exeter, 1655. 
I must confesse I never come uppon this peece of a service but w. A great ° 
deole of sadnesse but never wt, soe much sadnesse as at thistyme. Heere Arises 
Sadnesse from the persons, many of very good Quality, many of ingenuous edu- 
cation, and some of better parts then myselfe. 
Sadnesse from the number. I never saw soe many at one Barre of Justice 
before. 
Sadnesse from the offence, it is the Highest the Law takes notice off. 
Sadnesse from the sentence, it is the worst the law pronounces. 
But above all, sadnesse, that in not in one of those faces I see the Least 
Remorse for this great offence. And what if you had gone on in your designe ? 
You must have waded through Rivers of Blood. You must have Ript uppe 
the Bowells that brought you forth, you must have brought misery and calamity — 
uppon the Countrey that gave you Breath. Nor have you only broken 
the Lawes of the Land, but the lawes of the God alsoe, for all powers are ~ 
ordaind of God. And hee that Resists, Resists the ordnance of God. 
Nor have you resisted his ordnances onely, but his providence alsoe, signified 
in soe many victoryes, and soe many successes to Justifie the Government. 
You say this man shall not Reign over you, God sayes Hee shall, &e.” 
Returning to Colonel Penruddock’s MSS. :— 
My tryal held at least 5** howers, this is as much as I can at p’sent remember 
of it excuse the erro™ by the truth thereof. ; 
* The words ‘‘ My Lord ”’ are expunged by the copyist. 
+‘ Feel’ in the pamphlet. 
$‘‘Lord ” omitted by pamphlet. 
8 Lordship ’’? omitted in pamphlet. 
|| In the pamphlet ‘‘ found ”’ is inserted here. 
4] Interpolation—‘‘after a most bitter and nonsensical speech—” 
** So indistinct as to be guess work. 
