me of the execution
it seems that part of the regiment was on guard in Scotland Yard, and
part in the Banqueting Chamber and on the scaffold. The witness was with
the former part, but managed to get near the scaffold before the
execution actually happened. 'Hulet (as far as I can guess), when the
King came on the scaffold for his execution, and said, Executioner, is
the block fast? fell on his knees.'

COUNSEL--Who did?

GITTENS--Hulet, to ask him forgiveness; by his speech I thought
it was he. Captain Atkins said, who would not undertake to do
this fact? I told him I would not do it for all the city of
London; no, nor I neither for all the world, saith Atkins; you
shall see Hulet quickly come to preferment; and presently after
he was made captain-lieutenant.

COUNSEL--Was he with his regiment that day?

GITTENS--We could not see him with the regiment all that day; he
was never absent at any time before.

COUNSEL--Did you know his voice?

GITTENS--Yes, sir. He had a pair of freeze trunk breeches, and a
vizor, with a grey beard; and after that time col. Hewson called
him 'father grey beard' and most of the army besides, he cannot
deny it.

In cross-examination Gittens repeated that he knew Hulet by his voice,
and that he was by Captain Webb at the door of the Banqueting House.

_Stammers_ was afterwards in Hewson's troop when Hulet was
captain-lieutenant, and marched at his orders to Luttrels-town; there
Hulet questioned him as to his previous service, and asked whether he
had ever served in the King's army: 'with that he walks about the room
two or three turns; saith he, I was the man that beheaded King Charles,
and for doing it I had an hundred pounds, saying I was a serjeant at
that time.'

Cross-examined, he said that he had been in the troop about a fortnight;
and that when he first saw Hulet he pretended that he was brother to one
Chambers. Hulet said that his evidence did not agree with that which he
had given in his examination at Dublin, and desired that the latter
might be read; which was done, and it agreed with the testimony he had
just given.

_Toogood_ was in Dublin in 1650, about September; he had some business
with Hewson, where he saw Hulet, and observed that he was very familiar.

I asked Hewson what he was, he told me he was his
captain-lieutenant of horse; I desired to know where he had him?
he told me he made him s