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 titled by this order to his habeas corpus, he made a regular application for it to the King’s-Bench both that term and the next, and being put off by the Judges, he printed firt, an epitle dated April 8th 1648, to Mr Lenthal, intitled, The Prioner’s Plea for a Habeas Corpus, which was followed by another dated the 19th of that month to Mr Jutice Rolle, in 1648, intitled, The Prioner’s mournful Cry againt the Judges of the King’s Bench , and was uffered to plead his caue himelf at that bar, on the 8th of May. However, no rule being made there in his favour, he petitioned the Houe of Commons, whereby he obtained, Augut 1t, both his dicharge from imprionment, and an order to make him atisfaction for his ufferings. The next day after he had got his li-