A65962:397
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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At. Gen. To whom were they directed?
Att. Gen. To whom were they directed?
C. Pot. I never heard who wrote them, nor to whom they were directed.
At. Gen. Was there not one letter with L. upon i•?
Att. Gen. Was there not one letter with L. upon i•?
C. Pot. My Lord, About the letter L. I did receive those letters my self, there was an L written upon them; My Lord, these letters came from Bamfield out of Scotland; there was in these letters a large Narrative of the Affairs of Scotland, from Dunbar sight, to the time of the date of them, which I think was about Christmas; this is a thing, I know better then (I am afraid I give offence by saying, I think, and I heard, and that I cannot speak positively; but of this I can speak positively.) Bamfield gave an account therein of a Narrative of two sheets of paper, and I, and another, or two, opened them, and I carried these letters to Mr. Loves, there was one or two more, with me: Mr. Jaquell, and I think Dr. Drake, I cannot well tell. There was a Narrative of the Scots Affairs, and a Letter from nameless persons, which we supposed to be from Mr. Baily, and from my Lords of Argile, and Lowden, and Lothian, and others, whose names I do not remember: these letters wrote for ten thousand pounds, for buying of Ames, and hiring of shipping; these letters we disliked, and we dissented from them, and agreed to give a negative answer; but we thought fit for our own safety, to raise some money for the messenger, and Bamfield, to which I contributed ten pounds. I carried all these letters to Mr. Loves; one or two were opened, I think we opened them, the Narrative and my Lord of Argile's letter I opened before I understood what they were.