LETTERS FROM THE CABALA. 



57 



REX. That clanger is 

 well to be foreseen, 

 lest he upon the one 

 part commit unpar 

 donable errors, and 

 I on the other part 

 seem to punish him 

 in the spirit of re 

 venge. 



The third case is, if 

 he should stand mute, 

 and will not plead, 

 whereof your majesty 

 knoweth there hath 

 been some secret ques 

 tion. 



REX. This article can 

 not bo amended. 



upon the same evidence, to pardon 

 his life ; because the peers are as- 

 tringed by necessity, either to ac 

 quit or condemn; but grace is free. 

 And for my part, I think the evi 

 dence in this present case will be 

 of such a nature. 



Thirdly, It shall be my care so 

 to moderate the manner of charg 

 ing him, as it might make him not 

 odious beyond the extent of mercy. 



Lastly, all these points of mercy 

 and favour are to be understood 

 with this limitation, if he do not, 

 by his contemptuous and insolent 

 carriage at the bar, make himself 

 uncapable and unworthy of them. 



In this case, I should think fit, 

 that, as in public, both myself and 

 chiefly my lord chancellor (sitting 

 then as lord steward of England) 

 should dehort and deter him from 

 that desperation ; so nevertheless, 

 that as much should be done for 

 him, as was done for Weston, which 

 was to adjourn the court for some 

 days, upon a Christian ground, that 

 he may have time to turn from 

 that mind of destroying himself; 

 during which time your majesty s 

 farther pleasure may be known. 



