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 before the Court, are to be of your Iury of life and death, if therfore you will challenge them, or any of them, you must challenge them before they goe to be sworn, and then you shall be heard.

Cryer, Every man that can inform my Lords the Iustices, and the Attorny Generall of this Common-wealth, against Master Iohn Lilburn prisoner at the Barre, of any Treason or fellony committed by him, let them come forth, and they shall be heard, for the prisoner stands upon his deliverance; and all others bound to give their attendance here upon pain of forfeiture of your Recognisance, are to come in.

L. Col. Lilb. Sir, I beseech you give me leave to speak.

Lord Keable, You cannot be heard.

L. Coll: Lilb. Truly Sir, I must then make my protest against your unjust and bloudy proceedings with me, before all this people, and desire them to take notice, that yesterday I pleaded to my Bill, conditionally, that no advantage should be taken against me, for my ignorance in your formalities, and you promised me you would not.

L. Keable, ''We give you too much time; you will speak words that will undo you; is this your reason? you shall talk in your legall time, and take your legall exceptions, we will hear you till midnight.''

L. C''oll. Lilb.'' Then it will be too late Sir.

Justice Jermin, You have given a great slander, and that doth not become a man of your profession; you speak very black words.

L. Col: Lilb. I beseech you doe but hear me one word; I doe not know the faces of two of the men that were read unto me, I hope you will give me time to consider of them.

Lord Keable, No Sir, you ought not to have it.

L. Col. Lilb. Will you let me have some friends by me that are Citizens of London, that know them, to give me information of their qualities audand [sic] conditions, for without this, truly you may as well hang me withouot a tryall, as to bring me hear to a tryall and deny me all my legall priviledges to save my selfe by.

Lord Keable, If you be your own judge you will judge so, go on.

M. Sprat, or Col. Robert Lilburn, Whispers to the prisoner, to challenge one of the Jury, which the Judge excepted against.

L. Col. Lilb. Sir, by your favour, any man that is a by-stander may help the prisoner, by the Law of England.

Lord Keable, It cannot be granted; and that fellow come out there, with the white cap, pul him out.

L. Col. Lilb: You goe not according to your own law in dealing thus with me.