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A74823	A perfect narrative of the whole proceedings of the High Court of Iustice in the tryal of the King in Westminster Hall, on Saturday the 20. and Monday the 22. of this instant January. With the several speeches of the King, Lord President and Solicitor General. / Published by authority to prevent false and impertinent relations. To these proceedings of the tryal of the King, I say, Imprimatur, Gilbert Mabbot.		1648 (1648)	Thomason E541_19; Thomason E538_28; ESTC R207216	6,598	16

therefore if I should impose a beliefe upon any man without reasons given for it it were unreasonable but I must tell you that that reason that I have as thus informed I cannot yeeld unto it Lord President Sir I must interrupt you you may not be permitted you speak of Law and reason it is fit there should be Law and reason and there is both against you Sir the Vote of the Commons of England assembled in Parliament it is the reason of the Kingdome and they are these that have given to that Law according to which you should have rulid and reigned Sir you are not to dispute our Authority you are told it again by the Court. Sir it will be taken notice of that you stand in contempt of the Court and your contempt will be recorded accordingly The King I doe not know how a King can be a Delinquent but by any Law that ever I heard of all men Delinquents or what you will let me tell you they may put in Demurrers against any proceeding as legall and I doe demand that and demand to be heard with my Reasons if you deny that you deny Reason Lord President Sir you have offer'd something to the Court I shall speak somthing unto you the sence of the Court. Sir neither you nor any man are permitted to dispute that point you are concluded you may not demurre the Jurisdiction of the Court if you do I must let you know that they over-rule your Demurrer they sit here by the Authority of the Commons of England and all your Predecessors and you are responsible to them The King I deny that shew me one president Lord President Sir you ought not to interrupt while the Court is speaking to you this point is not to be debated by you neither will the Court permit you to do it if you offer it by way of Demurrer to the Jurisdiction of the Court they have considered of their Jurisdiction they do affir me their owne Jurisdiction The King I say Sir by your favor that the Commons of England was never a Court of Judicature I would know how they came to be so Lord President Sir You are not to be permitted to go on in that speech and these discourses Then the Clerk of the Court read as followeth Charles Stuart King of England You have been accused on the behalf of the People of England of high Treason and other high Crimes the Court have determined that you ought to answer the same The King I will answer the same so soone as I know by what authority you do this Lord President If this be all that you will say then Gentlemen you that brought the Prisoner hither take charge of him back againe The King I doe require that I may give in my Reasons why I do not answer and give me time for that Lord President Sir 'T is not for Prisoners to require The King Prisoners Sir I am not an ordinary Prisoner Lord President The Court hath considered of their jurisdiction and they have already affirm'd their jurisdiction if you will not answer we shall give order to record your default The King You never heard my Reason yet Lord President Sir Your Reasons are not to bee heard against the highest Jurisdiction The King Shew me that Jurisdiction where Reason is not to be heard Lord President Sir We shew it you here the Commons of England and the next time you are brought you will know more of the pleasure of the Court and it may be their finall determination The King Shew me where ever the House of Commons was a Court of Judicature of that kind Lord President Sergeant Take away the Prisoner The King Well Sir Remember that the King is not suffer'd to give in his Reasons for the Liberty and Freedome of all his Subjects Lord President Sir You are not to have liberty to use his language How great a friend you have been to the Lawes and Liberties of the People let all England and the world judge The King Sir under favour it was the Liberty Freedome and Lawes of the subject that ever I took defended my selfe with Armes I never took up Armes against the People but for the Lawes Lord President The Command of the Court must be obeyed no answer will be given to the Charge The King Well Sir And so was guarded forth to Sir Robert Cottons house Then the Court adjourned to the Painted Chamber on Tuesday at twelve a clock and from thence they intend to adjourne to Westminster Hall at which time all persons concerned are to give their attendance FINIS

A Perfect NARRATIVE Of the whole Proceedings of the High Court of Iustice IN THE Tryal of the King in Westminster Hall on Saturday the 20. and Monday the 22. of this instant January With the several Speeches of the King Lord President and Solicitor General Published by Authority to prevent false and impertinent Relations To these Proceedings of the Tryal of the King I say Imprimatur Gilbert Mabbot London Printed for John Playford and are to be sold at his shop in the Inner Temple Jan. 23. 1648. Reader THere being some impertinent and imperfect Narratives of these two days Proceedings of the High Court of Justice concerning the King spread abroad J have for the greater satisfaction of the Nation in their Proceedings thought fit by leave of Authority to publish this subsequent Relation and Account C. W. A perfect NARRATIVE of the whole PROCEEDINGS OF THE High Court of Iustice in the Tryal of the King in West-minister Hall Saturday Jan. 20. 1648. AT the high Court of Justice sitting in the great Hall at Westminster Sergeant Bradshaw Lord Predsient about 70. Members present O yes made Silence commanded The Act of the Commons in Parliment for the Tryal of the King was read after the Court was called and each Member rising up as he was called The King came into the Court with his Hat on the Sergeant usher'd him in with the Mace Col. Hacker and about thirty Officers and Gentlemen more came as his Guard Lord President Charles Stuart King of England the Commons of England assembled in Parliament being sensible of the great Calamities that have been brought upon this Nation and of the innocent Blood that hath been shed in this Nation which are referred to you as the Author of it and according to that duty which they owe to God to the Nation and to themselves and according to that Power and Fundamental Trust that is reposed in them by the People have constituted this high Court of Justice before which you are now brought and you are to hear your Charge upon which the Court will proceed Mr Cook Solicitor General My Lord in behalf of the Commons of England and of all the people thereof I do accuse Charls Stuart here present of high Treason and high Misdemeanors and I do in the name of the Commons of England desire the Charge may be read unto him The King Hold a little Lord President Sir the Court commands the Charge to be read if you have any thing to say afterwards you may be heard The Charge read The King smiled often during the time especially at these words Tyrant Traytor Murtherer and Publique Enemy of the Common wealth Lord President Sir you have now heard your Charge read containing such matter as appears in it you finde That in the close of it it is prayed to the Court in the behalf of the Commons of England that you answer to your Charge The Court expects your Answer The King I would know by what power I am called hither I was not long ago in the Isle of Wight how I came there is a longer story then I think is fit at this time for me to speak of but there I entered into a Treaty with both Houses of Parliament with as much publique faith as its possible to be had of any people in the world I treated there with a number of Honorable Lords and Gentlemen and treated honestly and uprightly I cannot say but they did very nobly with me we were upon a conclusion of the Treaty Now I would know by what Authority I mean lawful there are many unlawful Authorities in the world Theeves and Robbers by the high ways but I would know by what Authority I was brought from thence and carryed from place to place and I know not what and when I know what lawful Authority I shal answer Remember I am your King your lawful King and what sins you bring upon your heads and the Judgment of God upon this Land think well upon it I say think well upon it before you go further from one sin to a greater therefore let me know by what lawful Authority I am seated here and I shall not be unwilling to answer in the mean time I shall not betray my Trust I have a Trust committed to me by God by old and lawful descent I will not betray it to answer to a new unlawful Authority therefore resolve me that and you shall hear more of me Lord President If you had been pleased to have observed what was hinted to you by the Court at your first coming hither you would have known by what Authority which Authority requires you in the name of the People of England of which you are Elected King to answer them The King No Sir I deny that Lord President If you acknowledg not the Authority of the Court they must proceed The King I do tell them so England was never an Elective Kingdom but an Hereditary Kingdom for neer these thousand years therefore let me know by what Authority I am called hither I do stand more for the Liberty of my people then any here that come to be my pretended Judges and therefore let the know by what Lawful Authority I am seated here and I will answer it otherwise I will not answer it Lord President Sir how really you have managed your Trust is known your way of answer is to interrogate the Court which beseems not you in this condition You have been told of it twice or thrice The King Here is a Gentleman Lieut. Col. Cobbet ask him if he did not bring me from the Isle of wight by force I do not come here as submitting to the Court I will stand as much for the Priviledge of the House of Commons rightly understood as any man here whatsoever I see no House of Lords here that may constitute a Parliament and the King too should have been Is this the bringing of the King to his Parliament Is this the bringing an end to the Treaty in the publique faith of the world Let me see a legal Authority warranted by the Wold of God the Scriptures or warranted by the Constitutions of the Kingdom and I will answer Lord President Sir You have propounded a Question and have been answered seeing you will not answer the Court will consider how to proceed inthe mean time those that brought you hither are to take charge of you back again The Court desires to know whether this be all the Answer you will give or no. The KING Sir I desire that you would give me and all the world satisfaction in this let me tell you it is not a slight thing you are about I am sworn to keep the Peace by that duty I owe to GOD and my Country and I will do it to the last breath of my body and therefore you shall do well to satisfie first GOD and then the Country by what Authority you do it if you do it by a usurped Authority you