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Pm4mi9  ;  ivUch  waa  otbwwifle  ia  ike
dMot :  far  no  perw*  g«Te  enrideace  before  he
had  his  perdkin.  Therefore,  being  anpardoned,
jfaongh  they  niig;ht  be  legal,  yet  not  credible
mtDeaws:  both  which  are  reoaired  by  the
statute.  For  whiht  the  fear  of  death  attends  a
nno,  he  is  thinking  Bow  he  may  save  hb  life,
nifasr  than  to  speuL  nothing  but  the  truth  ;
and  he  that  is  so  base  to  pijircbase  his  own  life
at  the  nriee  of  another  man's,  will  be  sure  not
to  speak  less  than  the  truth.
Neitt  I  obsenre  how  the  king's  council,  by
the  (piestions  they  put  to  tlie  witnesses,  did
lead,  if  not,  in  a  manner,  dictate  to  them  what
to  say.
And  1  take  notice,  that  my  lord  Howard,
who  must  be  supposed  to  have  a  full  know-
]ed|(«ofthe  Plot,  yet  n^ersays  a  word  of
ibeir  intent  to  seize  the  guards,  which  was  the
|cinc^|Nil  thing  in  the  evidence  of  Rurasey  and
'  Sheppard :  for,  had  there  been  any  such  intent,
it  is  strange,  that  my  k>rd  Howard,  who  had
brought  in  so  many  other  things  by  head  and
shoulders,  should  mrget  so  remarkable  a  piece
«f  avidence,  and  so  home  as  that.
This  is  only  in  general :  but,  in  particular,
do  but  obserre  Rumsey 's  evidence.
