In  the  beginning  of  July,  Sir  Walter  landed  at  Plymouth,  and  hmf
ofthis  proclamation,  he  resolved  to  lurrendei  himself  J  but,  aahewna
the  road  to  London,  be  was  met  by  Sir  Lewis  Stud^,  his  kinnaii
whom  the  court  had  made  choice  of  to  bring  him  up  a  prisoner,  lb
man  appears  to  have  acted  very  deceitfully ;  for  he  either  suggeKed,  crtf
least  encouraged,  a  design  Sir  Walter  had  framed  for  making  his  cac^
and  when  be  had  so  done,  he  basely  betrayed  him.  It  was  then  objedtd
to  Sir  Walter,  that  he  meant  to  convey  himself  to  France,  and  hadada^
entered  into  some  unjustifiable  correspondence  with  the  Fiench  king;  hb
in  realiqr,  all  that  Sir  Walter  intended,  was  to  have  gone  bvk  agda  Is
Guiana,  in  order  to  efiiace  the  memoiy  of  his  late  miscarriage,  by  a  h^
pier  undertaking.  On  his  second  apprehension,  be  waa  canied  (0  A*
Tower,  from  whence  it  was  already  settled  he  should  never  be  iilisia'
but  by  death.  Commissioners  were  appointed  to  enquire  into  the  mattt),
who  finally  reported,  that  no  ground  of  Ic^  judgment  could  be  dtiaa
{rom  what  had  passed  in  his  late  expedition.    Upoa  tlui^  it  was  itnbri


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>  call  him  lo  jud{giiieiit  upon  hii  former  sentence,  which  was  acoordingi^
oae,  with  all  the  circumstanoes  of  iniquity  and  brutality  that  can  be  well
ooceivedL  He  was  taken  outof  his  bed  in  the  hot  fit  of  an  ague,  and
mmghl  to  the  bar  of  the  court  of  King's  Bench»  where  Sir  Henry  Mon-
agae»  the  chief  justice,  ordered  the  record  of  his  conviction  to  be  read,
md  dien  demanded  what  he  had  to  offer  why  the  execution  should  not  be
nraided.  To  this,  Sir  Walter  pleaded  his  commission,  which  was
immediately  over-ruled :  next,  he  would  have  justified  his  conduct  in
Qinaim,  but  that  the  court  would  not  hear ;  and  so  execution  was  awarded,
nd  the  kii^^s  warrant  for  it  produced)  which  had  been  signed  and  sealed
before-hand.
