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 The third is this that relates to the Army, you have heard what his expressions have been, and they have been read unto you, concerning them and the rest, that he, not being an Officer or Souldier or member of the present Army, hath offered to stir up mutiny in the Army, and to withdraw the Souldiers from their obedience and ubjectionsubjection [sic] to their superiour Officer, and thereby to stir them up to mutiny and discontent.

''These are the maine parts, and substance of what I intend to Charge him with in the evidence, to prove that which was contained in the Indictment. My Lord, you have heard in what hath been read out of the Indictment, what expressions they are, those that are traiterous to the publicke, an have been so declared, so judged, so executed, these are here Mr Lilburns engaged true friends; the Parliament, the Government, the Authority, of both Parliament and Army, they are Tyrants, Vsurpers, Mercenaries, Janisaries, Murderers, Traytors, staning by their own power and swords, and over-ruling all by their Wills; these are the expressions that he hath used. My Lords, I shall not trouble you with any thing of agravation; for my Lords, I do conceive, that the reading of the Bookes themselves aggravates every thing against him; and I thinke there is no English-man (as Mr. Lilburn so often stiles himself to be) will own such words or acts as these are.''

''And truly my Lord, if I had read the Books, and not known the person, I should not have thought he had been either a Christian, or a Gentleman, or a Civill man, to have given such base and bitter language; but my Lords, and you of the Jury, I stallshall [sic] hold you no longer the evidence being so plaine, and the matter so foule, that it will not admit oueror? [sic] much stand in need of any dispute, and to make it plaine and cleere to your judgements, and Consciences, there is Witnesses in the Court evidently to prove every thing that will stand in need, to be proved for the Indictment.''

My Lords, the words are maliciously, advisely and traiterously, I shall not catch at words, but as himself sayes, what he prints is of mature, and deliberate consideration, and such are his books in print; that himseifhimself [sic] hath either printed, or caused to be published.

The first that he is Charged withall, is that which is called An Out-Cry, it hath a very dangerous Title, and in the Direction especially to the Souldiers of the Army, but especially to the privat Souldiers of the Generalls Regiment of horse, that helped to plunder the true hearted English-men, traiterously defeated at Burford, so that the Rebels at Burford were Mr. Lilburns'' deare friends. My Lord, it hath not only a dangerous Title, but was published at a dangerous time; yea and for a dangerous end, which was to stir up the great mutiny that was in the City of Oxford. My Lord for the proof of this, we shall offer this, That Mr. Lilburn himself was Capt. Iones associate in the publish-''