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better mind ; wherein if you had been constant, the 

 king, out of his great goodness, was resolved not to 

 have proceeded with you in course of justice ; but 

 then again you started aside like a broken bow. So 

 that by your variety and vacillation you lost the 

 acceptable time of the first grace, which was not to 

 have convented you. 



Nay, I will go farther with you : your last sub 

 mission I conceive to be satisfactory and complete; 

 but then it was too late, the king s honour was upon 

 it ; it was published and a day appointed for hear 

 ing ; yet what preparation that may be to the second 

 grace of pardon, that I know not : but I know my 

 lords, out of their accustomed favour, will admit you 

 not only to your defence concerning that that hath 

 been charged ; but to extenuate your fault by any 

 submission that now God shall put into your mind 

 to make. 



