mee O Lord. 
‘Witnesses Bennett and 
Stroud [Strong], who in 
open ‘Court confessed to be 
guilty of all they p’ved ag*- 
mee yett Mr. Attorney 
gave y® Jury direcons. to 
fynde them not guilty. 
Mr. Attorney well Knew 
y'. if y° statute had bine 
-read, I had bine iustified 
‘& himselfe Guilty. 
If this be the tithe of the 
subject, the whole nation 
may see themselve in 
greater slaverie than ever 
y° pore Isrealites were to 
ye Egiptions. 
This is as iust a triall ac- 
cording to law, as if [it] 
ne bin for y® p’soners to 
ence. 
By W. W. Ravenhill, Esq. 
269 
Be merciful unto me O Lord, be merciful unto me under the shaddow of thy 
winges will I hide myselfe tull this tyranny be overpassed.* 
being asked by a Gent: why he Foun mee guilty answered that he was resolved 
to hang mee before he saw me.t 
Glory to God on high on earth peace good will toward men, & have mercy on 
One of the Jury 
JoHH PENWRUDDOCK.” 
On the second page of this sheet there is the following :— 
ffor if this be made treason its an Judibidum 
“yacum, like y* winde in the Gospell, w*. bloweth 
wher it listeth, and that shal be treason in mee to 
day, w*. to morrow shal be none in another, as 
it shall please Mr. Attorney, 
& neyther myselfe nor Jury might have y* 
statute read by w*. y® Court p'tended my Accons 
wer made treason, but | must rest (and soe they) 
satisfied yt. Mr. Attorney said it was Treason. 
Observe alsoe 
The Judges when Demand their Judgm*. in 
poynt of law, said they were p’ties, yet sat uppon 
y° bench in their robes, soe y'. Mr. Attorney ye 
Protecto"s Servant (whose whole businesse was to 
carrie on his Masters Interest right or wrong) was 
both Judge & Jury, for what he said (so iust a Jury 
T had) they did. 
If I had bine guilty of Treason I had bine 
unjustly tried for I ought to be tried by y* sworne 
Judges of y° Law, & not by ye Immediate'Servants 
of the ptecto". as is Lisle Glyn & Steele for Judges 
*The words given in italics are omitted from the pamphlet. 
+ Interpolation—‘‘ The Judges are sworn to do justice aceording to the law of the land, and there- 
e have miserably perjured themselves in condemning me contrary to law : And (not so contented) 
st cause the jury (so wise they were) through their false and unjust directions, to destroy their 
ywn rights and properties, and set up a new Arbitrary and Tyrannical government, 
_ The judges would not give me their advise in point of law (as was their duty) because they said 
hey were parties; yet could sit still on the bench in their robes to countenance’(and approve of) my 
all: the rest being no judges but the Protector’s fimediate servants, so could not be my Judges 
in case of High Treason ; for none but the sworn Judges of the Land are capable of it by law. 
‘One thing of Colonel Dove the reverend sheriff of Wilts, who that the jury might be sufficiently 
meensed, complaining of the many incivilities (he pretended) were offered him by our party, being 
o his oath, said that one of our men did run him through the side with a carabine. 
$ a very small one, for the wound is not discernable. 
Surely it 
7. good deal of praise eyery man in his place took for the carrying on their master’s work.” 
