A65962:196
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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Mr. Love. I hope this Court will not hearken to the insinuations of instruments of State, who are well rewarded for their eager prosecution of men in such a condition as I am in; it is an easy matter, through flourishes of Law, and strains of wit, to stir up the minds of my Judges against me.
Mr. Love. I hope this Court will not hearken to the insinuations of instruments of State, who are well rewarded for their eager prosecution of men in such a condition as I am in; it is an easie matter, through flourishes of Law, and strains of wit, to stir up the mindes of my Judges against me.
L. Pres. You have heard the Matter opened to you, which you cannot in any Christian, or godly Conscience, or Understanding, but acknowledge, That such Secrets as these you were privy to, and came to your hand; you cannot, before God and man, do better then to confess these, which you know by the urging of them upon you, are come to our knowledge.
Mr. Love. Will you give me leave to express my self, as to these things which I am now charged with, I do declare and protest, in the presence of God and this great Assembly, That I never wrote any Letter▪ either to the King of Scots, or to the Queen his Mother, or to the Church or State of Scotland, in the general, or to any particular person of the Scottish Nation, since the Wars began between England and Scotland, to this day. I do declare also in the presence of the same God, I never received any Letters written to me, either from the King of Scotland, or Queen his Mother, or from the Church or State of Scotland, in general, or from any particular person of the Scottish Nation, since the Wars began between the two Nations, to this day. I declare and protest likewise, in the presence of the same God, I never collected, or gave, or lent, one penny of money, either to send into Scotland, or into any foreign part, to the King, or Queen his Mother, or to the Church or State of Scotland, in general, or to any particular person of the Scottish Nation, since the Wars began, to this very day. And as to these particulars, I have said it often, I am as innocent, and as harmless, as the least child; and if you will take the aggravating of these circumstances against me, and will proceed upon aggravations of the crimes against me, I hope God will help me with more Peace of Conscience to undergo the censure, then you shall have to inflict it. And as for that Gentleman, that made that great relation to you of the Treaty of Jersey; for my part, I am as great a stranger to all those Transactions, as any here. I never saw the face of Titus, nor did I ever send to him or receive any thing from him.