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beaten and wrought,,) I take no small comfort. But to 

 pass from the motions of my heart, whereof God is only 

 judge, to the merits of my cause, whereof your lordships 

 are only judges, under God, and his lieutenant, I do under 

 stand, there hath been expected from me, heretofore, some 

 justification, and therefore I have chosen one only justifi 

 cation instead of all others, out of the justification of Job ; 

 for after the clear submission and confession which I shall 

 now make unto your lordships, I hope I may say, and 

 justify with Job, in these words, &quot; I have not hid my sin 

 as did Adam, nor concealed my faults in my bosom.&quot; This 

 is the only justification I will use : it resteth therefore, that 

 without fig-leaves, I do ingenuously confess and acknow 

 ledge, that having understood the particulars of the charge, 

 not formally from the house, but enough to inform my 

 conscience and memory, I find matter both sufficient and 

 full, to move me to desert the defence, and to move your 

 lordships to condemn and censure me. Neither will I 

 trouble your lordships by singling out particulars, which I 

 think may fall off: &quot; Quid te exempta juvat spinis do 

 millibus una ?&quot; Neither will I prompt your lordships to 

 observe upon the proofs, where they come not home, or the 

 scruples touching the credit of the witnesses : Neither will 

 I present unto your lordships, how far a defence might in 

 divers things extenuate the offence, in respect of the time, 

 or manner of the gift, or the like circumstances ; but only 

 leave these things to spring out of your own noble thoughts, 

 and observations of the evidence, and examinations them 

 selves, and charitably to wind about the particulars of the 

 charge here and there, as God shall put in your minds and 

 so submit myself wholly to your piety and grace. 



And now that I have spoken to your lordships as 

 judges, I shall say a few words unto you as peers and 

 prelates, humbly commending my cause to your noble minds, 

 and magnanimous affections. 



