Beſides, he hath not been afraid to rail on you, my Lord, who are now appointed to be his Judge, calling you an ungodly Villian, with many other ſuch like vilifying terms, by which he hath beſpattered moſt of the Gentry of our Town. When this Pickthank had told his tale, the Judge directed his ſpeech to the Priſoner at the Bar, ſaying, Thou Runa-gate, Heretick, and Traitor,Faithfuls defence of himſelf haſt defence of thou heard what theſe honeſt Gentlemen have witneſſed againſt thee?
Faith. May I ſpeak a few words in my own defence?
Judg. Sirrah, Sirrah, thou deſerveſt to live no longer, but to be ſlain immediately upon the place; yet that all men may ſee our gentleneſs towards thee, let us ſee what thou haſt to ſay.
Faith. 1. I ſay then in anſwer to what Mr. Envy hath ſpoken, I never ſaid ought but this, That what Rule, or Laws, or Cuſtom, or People, were flat againſt the Word of God, are diametrically oppoſite to Chriſtianity. If I have ſaid a miſs in this, convince me of my errour, and I am ready here before you to make my recantation.
