384 the attorney. • 'the next day the court sate, and the collonell was fetcht in and made to passe before the prisoners' faces, but examined to nothing; which he much waited for, for the sight of the prisoners, with whom he believed himselfe to stand att the -barre, and.the sight of the iudges, among whom was that vile traytor who had sold the men that U'usted him; and he that openly sayd he abhorr'd the word accommodation, when moderate men would have prevented the warre; and the collonell's owne deare friend, who had wisht damnation to his soule if he ever suffer'd pennie of any. man's estate, or haire of any man's head, to be touched; the sight of these" had so provok'd his spiritt that, if he had bene call'd to speake, he was resolv'd to have borne testimony to the cause and against the court; but they asking him nothing, he went to his lodging, and ·so out of towne, and would not come any more into their court, but sent the attorney generall word he could witnesse nothing, and was sick with being kept in the crowd and the presse, and therefore desired to be excns'd from coming any more thither. The attorney made a very mallitious report of him to the chancellor and the king, in:oomuch as his ruine was then determined, and only opertunity watch'd to effect it. ' m Risum tenentis. The subject is too serious for laughter, but an involuntary smile will be excited by this sarcasm, so well pointed. It is no wonder the attorney general did not wish to examine him further! n ~1onk, Asbley Cooper, and ·Hollis. Does not every one feel his indignation roused at this wanton outrage upon decency? Perhaps Col. Hutchinson's appearance in court may have been misconstrued by many, .as they might be ignorant that it was involuntary, and no one but himself could know that he meant to give evidence contrary to what was desired of him. '-' The ldng intimated to the lords, when there were disputes on foot respecting the exceptions to the bill of indemnity, that "otlter tva:ys might be found to . meet u with those of turbulent and factious spirits:" thereby shewing that he had, like the rest of his family, secret reserves for rendering insignificant his public acts.
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