oval of the King's trial and
deposition.

_Richard Nunnelly, sworn._

COUNSEL--Was Peters upon the Scaffold at the time of execution
or before?

NUNNELLY--On that unhappy day, 30th of Jan. 1649, this Hugh
Peters came an hour before the king came to Whitehall; I came
with a warrant of a L40 or L50,000 to Oliver Cromwell, being
door-keeper to the Committee of the Army; Nunnelly, says Oliver
Cromwell, will you go to Whitehall? Surely you will see the
beheading of the king; and he let me into Whitehall; coming into
the boarded gallery I met Hugh Peters, and he was in the
gallery; and then I got with Hugh Peters into the
Banqueting-House; being there, Hugh Peters met one Tench of
Hounsditch, that was a joiner meeting him; he speaks to him, and
whispers in his ear, and told him somewhat, I do not know what
it was; but Tench presently went and knocked four staples upon
the scaffold; I meeting Tench again, What art thou doing? said
I. What, will you turn hangman? Says he, This day will be a
happy day. Said I, Pray God send it be not a bloody day; upon
that Hugh Peters went upon the scaffold just an hour before the
king came, and then he went off again. I watched at the window
when the king's head was cut off, and afterwards I saw the
vizards going into a chamber there; about an hour afterwards (I
staying there at the door) there comes Hugh Peters in his black
cloak and broad hat out of that chamber (as I take it) with the
hangman; I am sure I did see him go along with the hangman to
take water; this is all I can remember, it being many years
since.

PETERS--I humbly beg I may be heard in this case; I have here a
witness, and I desire he may be examined; it is noised I was
upon the scaffold, I here call God to witness I was not out of
my chamber that day; I was sick that day; I speak in the
presence of the Lord.

COURT--If your witness will stay he shall be heard; there are
more witnesses to the same thing, and so he may speak to all
together.

_Dr. Mortimer, sworn._

MORTIMER--Me lar, me ha serd de king, etc.

COURT--We cannot understand a word.

COUNSEL--He is a Frenchman, my lord.

COURT--Pray let there be an interpreter.

[One Mr. Young was sworn to interpret truly his evidence. But it
being afterwards found difficult and troublesome, the Counsel