Haughty's trial.

His piea.

The Court.

speak contemptuously and vilifyingly of their great King Shaddai; and didst, moreover, encourage, both by words and example, Mansoul to take up arms both against the King and his Son Emmanuel. How sayest thou; art thou guilty of this indictment, or not?

Haughty. Gentlemen, I have always been a man of courage and valour, and have not used, when under the greatest clouds, to sneak or hang down the head like a bulrush; nor did it at all at any time please me to see men veil their bonnets to those that have opposed them; yea, though their adversaries seemed to have ten times the advantage of them. I did not use to consider who was my foe, nor what the cause was in which I was engaged. It was enough to me if I carried it bravely, fought like a man, and came off a vic

tor.

Court. Mr Haughty, you are not here indicted for that you have been a valiant man, nor for your courage and stoutness in times of distress, but for that you have made use of this your pretended valour to draw the town of Mansoul into acts of rebellion both against the great King, and Emmanuel his Son. This is the crime and the thing wherewith thou art charged in and by the indict

ment.

But he made no answer to that.

Now when the Court had thus far proceeded against the prisoners at the bar, then they put them over to the verdict of their jury, to whom they did apply themselves after this manner :—

"Gentlemen of the jury, You have been here,

and have seen these men; you have heard their indictments, their pleas, and what the witnesses have testified against them: nów what remains, is that you do forthwith withdraw yourself to some place, where, without confusion, you may consider of what verdict, in a way of truth and righteousness, you ought to bring in for the King against them, and so bring it in accordingly."

Then the jury-to wit, Mr Belief, Mr True-Heart, Mr Upright, Mr Hate-Bad, Mr Love-God, Mr SeeTruth, Mr Heavenly-Mind, Mr Moderate, Mr Thankful, Mr Humble, Mr Good-Work, and Mr Zeal-forGod-withdrew themselves in order to their work. Now when they were shut up by themselves, they fell to discourse among themselves in order to the drawing up of their verdict.

And thus Mr Belief (for he was the foreman) began: “Gentlemen," quoth he, "for the men, the prisoners at the bar, for my part I believe that they all deserve death." "Very right," said Mr True-Heart; "I am wholly of your opinion." "Oh, what a mercy is it," said Mr Hate-Bad, "that such villains as these are apprehended!” “Ay! ay!” said Mr Love-God, "this is one of the joyfullest days that ever I saw in my life." Then said Mr See-Truth, "I know that if we judge them to death, our verdict shall stand before Shaddai himself.” "Nor do I at all question it," said Mr HeavenlyMind; he said, moreover, “When all such beasts as these are cast out of Mansoul, what a goodly town will it be then!" Then said Mr Moderate, “It is not my manner to pass my judgment with rashness; but for these their crimes are so notori

They are agreed of

their ver

dict:

and bring them in

guilty.

ous, and the witness so palpable, that that man must be wilfully blind who saith the prisoners ought not to die." "Blessed be God," said Mr Thankful, "that the traitors are in safe custody!" "And I join with you in this upon my bare knees," said Mr Humble. "I am glad also,” said Mr GoodWork. Then said the warm man, and true-hearted Mr Zeal-for-God, "Cut them off; they have been the plague, and have sought the destruction of Mansoul."

Thus, therefore, being all agreed in their verdict, they come instantly into the Court.

Clerk. Gentlemen of the jury, answer all to your names :-Mr Belief, one: Mr True-Heart, two: Mr Upright, three: Mr Hate-Bad, four: Mr Love-God, five: Mr See-Truth, six: Mr Heavenly-Mind, seven: Mr Moderate, eight: Mr Thankful, nine: Mr Humble, ten: Mr Good-Work, eleven: and Mr Zeal-for-God, twelve. Good men and true, stand together in your verdict: are you all agreed? Jury. Yes, my lord.

Clerk. Who shall speak for you?

Jury. Our foreman.

Clerk. You, the gentlemen of the jury, being empanelled for our Lord the King, to serve here in a matter of life and death, have heard the trials of each of these men, the prisoners at the bar: what say you are they guilty of that, and those crimes for which they stand here indicted, or are they not guilty?

Foreman. Guilty, my lord.

Clerk. Look to your prisoners, gaoler.

This was done in the morning, and in the after

noon they received the sentence of death accord- The sening to the law.

The gaoler, therefore, having received such a charge, put them all in the inward prison, to preserve them there till the day of execution, which was to be the next day in the morning.

tence.

prison.

But now to see how it happened, one of the Incredulity prisoners, Incredulity by name, in the interim be- breaks twixt the sentence and the time of execution, brake prison, and made his escape, and gets him away quite out of the town of Mansoul, and lay lurking in such places and holes as he might, until he should again have opportunity to do the town of Mansoul a mischief for their thus handling of him as they did.

Now when Mr Trueman, the gaoler, perceived that he had lost his prisoner, he was in a heavy taking, because that prisoner was, to speak on, the very worst of all the gang: wherefore, first he goes and acquaints my Lord Mayor, Mr Recorder, and my Lord Will-be-will, with the matter, and to get of them an order to make search for him throughout the town of Mansoul. So an order he got, and search was made, but no such man could now be found in all the town of Mansoul.

All that could be gathered was, that he had lurked a while about the outside of the town, and that here and there one or other had a glimpse of him as he did make his escape out of Mansoul; one or two also did affirm that they saw him without the town, going apace quite over the plain. Now when he was quite gone, it was affirmed by one Mr Did-See, that he ranged all over dry places,

M

No Incredu

lity found in Mansoul.

He is gone to Diabolus.

He tells Diabolus what Em

manuel now is doing in Mansou!.

till he met with Diabolus his friend; and where should they meet one another but just upon Hellgate Hill.

But oh! what a lamentable story did the old gentleman tell to Diabolus concerning what sad alteration Emmanuel had made in Mansoul !

As, first, how Mansoul had, after some delays, received a general pardon at the hands of Emmanuel, and that they had invited him into the town, and that they had given him the castle for his possession. He said, moreover, that they had called his soldiers into the town, coveted who should quarter the most of them; they also entertained him with the timbrel, song, and dance. "But that,” said Incredulity, “which is the sorest vexation to me is, that he hath pulled down, O father, thy image, and set up his own; pulled down thy officers, and set up his own. Yea, and Will-be-will, that rebel, who, one would have. thought, should never have turned from us, he is now in as great favour with Emmanuel as ever he was with thee. But besides all this, this Wilbe-will has received a special commission from his Master to search for, to apprehend, and to put to death all, and all manner of Diabolonians that he shall find in Mansoul: yea, and this Will-bewill has taken and committed to prison already eight of my lord's most trusty friends in Mansoul. Nay further, my lord, with grief I speak it, they have been all arraigned, condemned, and, I doubt, before this executed in Mansoul. I told my lord of eight, and myself was the ninth, who should. assuredly have drunk of the same cup, but that