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The whole trial of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice…The whole triall of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice…
The whole trial of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice in Westminster Hall containing the charge of high treason against him ... with the relation of his suffering and his speech and prayer at his death on Tower-hill / published by John Farthing, citizen of London, who took the trial in the said court in short-writing for Mr. Love, and at his own request ; to which is added The tragedy of his trial and death in very elegant verses / by the acute author of Iter boreale.The whole triall of Mr. Christopher Love, before a pretended high court of justice in Westminster Hall containing the charge of high treason against him ... with the relation of his suffering and his speech and prayer at his death on Tower-hill / published by John Farthing, citizen of London, who took the triall in the said court in short-writing for Mr. Love, and at his own request ; to which is added The tragedy of his triall and death in very elegant verses / by the acute author of Iter boreale.
London : s.n., 1660
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and did desire a firm compliance with them, promising them faithfully (and how they kept it we shall hear) as their brethren of Scotland, that their interest should be provided for as their own. And the Covenant that was the ground of all. When they had thus promised, they believed their brethren, and thereupon went about the work, and established a council at Dowgate, and there they met, and plotted and contrived how in the first place to make an agreement between the King and the Scots, to the intent that when they were agreed, they might come with united forces to invade this Common-wealth. They were plotting and contriving this about Midsummer, 1649. They were taken notice of abroad to be considerable men; and the King of Scots, as they called him, thought fit to send an Agent to them, to treat with them, which was one Mason, my Lord Piercies man; his errand here, was to reconcile both parties, the Royal and Presbyterian party, and to make them both subservient to do his work. My Lord, he treated with the Countess of Carlisle, William Drake, and divers others, citizens of London, and this was with the privity of the Ministers. My Lord, he had commission from the King to assure these conspirators, that if they could procure the Scots to send more moderate propositions then they had formerly sent (for the treaty was broken off before; the propositions were then immoderate) that they should be satisfied. Thereupon they were so confident of themselves, and so bold; (and in this Master Love had a principal hand) that without any more ado, he frames a Letter to Scotland, to advise them, and to persuade them by all means to send more moderate propositions. The Scots return them this answer, That they saw no cause to send more moderate propositions; but they desiring a good success of the Treaty, they should send before hand to the King, to prepare and move him to comply with the propositions when they came. Thereupon they were as ready, whereas they sent with the one hand to the Scots, so with the other hand to the King. They framed a Letter to the King, and I will express it in their own language; this was the substance of their Letter: First they let the Prince know, that there was a considerable party in England sensible of their sufferings there (they made themselves so considerable;) and by and by, you shall see what became of that.
and did desire a firm compliance with them, promising them faithfully (and how they kept it we shall hear) as their brethren of Scotland, that their interest should be provided for as their own. And the Covenant that was the ground of all. When they had thus promised, they believed their brethren, and thereupon went about the work, and established a councel at Dowgate, and there they met, and plotted and contrived how in the first place to make an agreement between the King and the Scots, to the intent that when they were agreed, they might come with united forces to invade this Common-wealth. They were plotting and contriving this about Midsomer, 1649. They were taken notice of abroad to be considerable men; and the King of Scots, as they called him, thought fit to send an Agent to them, to treat with them, which was one Mason, my Lord Piercies man; his errand here, was to reconcile both parties, the Royal and Presbyterian party, and to make them both subservient to do his work. My Lord, he treated with the Countesse of Carlisle, William Drake, and divers others, citizens of London, and this was with the privity of the Ministers. My Lord, he had commission from the King to assure these conspirators, that if they could procure the Scots to send more moderate propositions then they had formerly sent (for the treaty was broken off before; the propositions were then immoderate) that they should be satisfied. Thereupon they were so confident of themselves, and so bold; (and in this Master Love had a principal hand) that without any more ado, he frames a Letter to Scotland, to advise them, and to perswade them by all means to send more moderate propositions. The Scots return them this answer, That they saw no cause to send more moderate propositions; but they desiring a good successe of the Treaty, they should send before hand to the King, to prepare and move him to comply with the propositions when they came. Thereupon they were as ready, whereas they sent with the one hand to the Scots, so with the other hand to the King. They framed a Letter to the King, and I will expresse it in their own language; this was the substance of their Letter: First they let the Prince know, that there was a considerable party in England sensible of their sufferings there (they made themselves so considerable;) and by and by, you shall see what became of that.