124 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. safety of all gOvernment depended upon what they required. After all Mr. Jackson refused to be sworn; for which he was immediately committed to the Fleet, and fined five hundred pounds.. During the trial, which lasted six days, the court concluded that Mr. Love had carried on a criminal correspondence with both the king and the Scots. Respecting the king, it was sworn, that about a month after his late majesty's death, several of themhad assembled in Dowgate and other places, to concert measures to forward the king's agreement with the Scots ; for which purpose they applied by letters to the queen, and sent over Colonel Titus, who had one hundred pounds to defray his expenses. The colonel, having de- livered his message, sent back letters by Colonel Alford, which were read in Mr. Love's house; with the copy of a letter from the king himself, when Mr. Love was present. Therefore, upon these and similar facts, the counsel for the commonwealth insisted, that here was criminal correspond- ence to .restore the king, contrary to the ordinance of January 30, 1648, which declares, "That whosoever shall proclaim, declare, publish, or any ways promote Charles Stuart, or any other person, to be king of England, without consent of parliament, shall be adjudged a traitor, and suffer the pains of death as a traitor." The other branch of the charge was Mr. Love's- corre- spondencewith the Scots, and assisting them in thewar against the parliament. To support this article, Captains Potter and Adams, and Mr. Jacquel, swore that letters came from Scotland to Colonel Bamfield, with the letter L upon them, giving an account of the battle at Dunbar, and of the affairs of the Scots for three months after Christmas. There came letters also from the Earls of Argyle, Lothian, and Loudon, who proposed raising ten thousand pounds to buy arms, and to hire shipping, with a view of landing five thousand men in England. The letters were read-in Mr. Love's house ; but the proposals were disliked, and only forty pounds were raised to defray the expenses of the messenger. At another time a letter was read from General Massey, in which he desired them to provide arms, and specified his own necessi- ties, and those of Colonel Titus ; upon which it was agreed to raise two or three hundred pounds by contribution, and every one present wrote down what he would lend ; among Love's Trial, p. 51,52.
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