By W. W. Ravenhill, Esq. 



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wri tinge unto you, because Generall Desbrowe said he would doe it,* and give 

 an account of passages here, and hath undertaken to doe the like againe, which 

 makes me be the shorter. The juries we finde very well affected,and willinge to 

 dispatche [! ] the cavaliers ; and the difference amongst them is to agree most 

 speedilie. We are upon our last bill against the prisoners heare. A. list of 

 them, and of those already tried and convicted, you will hearewith receive. 

 Our work, I believe, will not be great att Chard; but wha.t care is taken to have 

 good jurymen there, I knowe not. My Lord Rolles went hence yesterdaie, and 

 will not be att Chard ; and Mr. Serjeant Glynne saies, that there is a necessity 

 of his beinge in London before the terme, and soe thinkes he shall be but little 

 at Chard. Justice Wyndham is expected to meete us there, and I believe baron 

 Nicholas will staye with us. Mr. Recorder is, as I wrote you in my last, to 

 give the charge, and manage the trials there : From thenoe I suppose we shall 

 all come to London togeather. Your steward expected to have heard from you, 

 complaineinge he shall want monies,and desires my credite to supply him : rather 

 than the service or your honoure shall suffer, I shall doe it. I shall not farther 

 trouble you, than to render me 



Your very humble servant, 

 Exon, April 21, 1655. * Edw: Prideatjx. 



The grand jury just no we brought in theire bill against tenn. Rivers was 

 ignoramus; his owne partie, that accused him, denied it upon theire oathe to 

 the grand jury. Henry and Joseph Collyer, William Wake, and Haviland, 

 that claimed articles, after some debate, confessed the indictment, and submitted 

 to his highnes mercy." 



We come now to the Wake story, which I must reserve for another 

 paper. 



(To he Continued.) 



* I ha\e not found his letter, if there were any. 



