that the Prisoner at the bar stands indicted by the name of Antichrist, &c. late of the City of Rome in Italy, Clerk; for that he, together, &c. (here the indictment was read) upon which indictment he hath been arraigned, and thereunto hath pleaded Not Guilty; and for his trial hath put himself upon God and the Country, which Country you are. Now your charge is to inquire, whether he be Guilty of the High Treason in manner and form as he stands indicted or Not Guilty. If you find that he is Guilty, you shall inquire what Goods and Chattels he had at the time of committing the Treason, or any time since. If you find that he is Not Guilty, you shall inquire whether he did fly for it; if you find that he fled for it, you shall inquire of his Goods and Chattels as if you had found him Guilty. If you find that he is Not Guilty, nor that he did fly, you shall say so and no more. And take heed to your

evidence.

The Right Hon. FAITHFUL INVESTIGATION, His Majesty's Attorney General, then addressed the Court and Jury.

My Lords, and Gentlemen of the Jury,

It is my duty to state to you in as concise a manner as I can, the nature of the charges preferred against the prisoner at the bar, and the evidences that shall be produced in support of those charges. Gentlemen of the Jury, you on your part are to decide upon the evidences; it

is for you to draw such conclusions as you may by the evidences be warranted to do.

My Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury, I consider myself highly honored in being one of the instruments in bringing before you, this day into judgment, one who not only has been guilty of the blackest treason and rebellion, but, who has been for many centuries the plague and curse of nations. The highest crimes of which a subject can be guilty, attended with various aggravating circumstances, are charged against the Prisoner at the bar, who was the leader and original mover of many insurrections and rebellions which have deluged the earth with human blood, and brought many whom he had seduced to condign punishment, both here and in the eternal world. It will appear in evidence, that the persons who were principally connected with, and who received their authority from the prisoner, were those that were concerned in the rebellions of 606, and of every succeeding century, in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Sweden, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and most of the Nations of Europe.

My Lords and Gentlemen of the Jury, it is not possible that any mortal being, in the space of one hundred years, could state a tenth part of the treasons and murders which the prisoner at the bar has committed. The most youthful and able council would grow grey-headed in the court, while barely citing the acts done by him only during the space of half a century. The

Court itself could not contain half the rebel proclamations, or Pope's Bulls which he has published to the world, the design of which will evidently appear to be, the subversion of his Majesty's Government, and the promotion of

rebellion in all the earth.

And in order to effect his treasonable designs he imbrued his hands in the blood of thousands of his fellow creatures; crimes that do not, that cannot admit of the smallest extenuation. The Prisoner at the bar stands charged with committing several overt acts of High Treason by which he has manifested the wickedness and traitorous imaginations of his heart. I shall briefly state a few of the overt acts, and if you believe the evidence you will be convinced, Gentlemen of the Jury, it is your duty to find the prisoner Guilty.

There are several counts in this indictment. That of compassing and imagining the death of the King. Of usurping his Sovereign Power. Adhering to the King's enemies. Counterfeiting the King's great seal of Heaven. Levying war against the King. Deposing several Emperors and Kings. Abolishing the laws of our beloved Sovereign and substituting his own. Offering rewards to encourage rebellion. The murder of many hundred thousand subjects of our Lord the King. And others stated in the indictment now read.

Gentlemen of the Jury, the overt act of levying war, is a compassing and imagining the death of the King, although it may not be car

ried into effect. I shall not make many observations upon it, as it must be comprehended by any sensible man, for in the language of the law, the levying war is held to be the compassing and imagining the death of the King, although it may not immediately be carried into execution, yet, it may ultimately attach to his person. And conspiracy, by force of arms, to alter the laws, the constitution, or the government of our Lord's kingdom, leads to the general destruction of the king, although it doth not to the life of his Majesty. Thus those who have been acknowledged as the subjects of our Severeign, by lifting up their rebellious arms against his government, are said to Crucify or Kill him again, and to bring him to open shame. The intention to alter by force of arms the constitution of his kingdom, is one of the overt acts laid in the indictment, as a means to compass the death of the King.

I shall proceed to lay the evidences before you, in support of the charges laid in the indictment. I shall briefly mention the evidences and the facts, and the circuinstances, that I am instructed to say, they will prove; and it is for you, Gentlemen of the Jury, to judge what inferences and conclusions you may draw; I state the nature of the evidences that will be produced, merely for the purpose of your understanding more satisfactorily the nature of the testimony the witnesses may give; and your verdict will be according to those evidences,

and according to the credit you may give them, of which you are the constitutional judges.

That he That he

We shall produce witnesses to prove, that the prisoner at the bar, lived at Rome in the year of our Lord 606; and that he did usurp the title of Universal Bishop, and was known by the name of Pope Boniface III. That he continued to change and alter his name from time to time. That he did arrogate to himself the government of our Lord the King. That he did associate with other false traitors. did levy war against our Sovereign. did issue out many thousand rebellious proclamations. That he did with fire and sword put many of his Majesty's loyal subjects to death, in a manner enough to make human nature shudder. That he did counterfeit the handwriting of our beloved Lord. That he did depose Emperors and Kings. That he did abofish the laws and constitution of the kingdom of God. And that he did commit treason and rebellion in every age of the world, from the time he first usurped his treasonable authority.

Gentlemen of the Jury, we might follow the Prisoner at the bar, from name to name and from century to century, to the present period, and glance at a small share of his history, and thereby give a comparative view of his tragical cruelties. But your time is precious, we shall therefore let the witnesses speak, and doubt not but to prove, that the prisoner is one of the greatest culprits ever brought to the bar. We shall now