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than monuments of justice in the memory of their 

 suffering. 



It is true that the objects of his justice then and 

 now were very differing : for then it was the re 

 venge of an offence against his own person and 

 crown, and upon persons that were malcontents, 

 and contraries to the state and government ; but 

 now it is the revenge of the blood and death of a 

 particular subject, and the cry of a prisoner : it is 

 upon persons that were highly in his favour ; 

 whereby his majesty, to his great honour, hath 

 shewed to the world, as if it were written in a sun 

 beam, that he is truly the lieutenant of Him with 

 whom there is no respect of persons; that his 

 affections royal are above his affections private ; that 

 his favours and nearness about him are not like 

 popish sanctuaries, to privilege malefactors ; and 

 that his being the best master in the world doth not 

 let him from being the best king in the world. His 

 people, on the other side, may say to themselves, I 

 will lie down in peace, for God, the king, and the 

 law, protect me against great and small. It may 

 be a discipline also to great men, especially such as 

 are swoln in their fortunes from small beginnings, 

 that the king is as well able to level mountains, as 

 to fill valleys, if such be their desert. 



But to come to the present case : The great 

 frame of justice, my lords, in this present action, 

 hath a vault, and hath a stage ; a vault, wherein 

 these works of darkness were contrived ; and a stage, 

 with steps, by which it was brought to light. 



