THE EARL OF SOMERSET. 



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the justice of England is, that he shall be taken away, 

 and the evidence shall go on without him ; and then 

 all the people will cry &quot; away with him ;&quot; and then it 

 shall not be in the king s will to save his life, the 

 people will be so set on fire. 



Indorsed, 



Memorial touching the course to be had in my lord of 

 Somerset s arraignment. 



THE HEADS OF THE CHARGE AGAINST ROBERT EARL 

 OF SOMERSET. 



Apostyle of the 

 king. 



Ye will doe well to 

 remember lykewayes 

 in your preamble, 

 that insigne, that the 

 only zeal to justice 

 maketh me take this 

 course. I have com- 

 mandit you not to ex 

 patiate, nor digresse 

 upon any other 

 points, that maye not 

 serve clear lie for pro 

 bation or inducement 

 of that point, quhair- 

 ofhe is accused. 



First it is meant, that So 

 merset shall not be charged 

 with any thing by way of 

 aggravation, otherwise than as 

 conduceth to the proof of the 

 impoisonment. 



For the proofs themselves, 

 they are distributed into four : 



The first to prove the ma 

 lice, which Somerset bore to 

 Overbury, which was the mo 

 tive and ground of the im 

 poisonment. 



The second is to prove the 

 preparations unto the im 

 poisonment, by plotting his 

 imprisonment, placing his 



