And I
beseech your lordship to make that construction of it; and I
humbly beg of your lordship not to harbour an ill opinion of me,
because of those false reports that go about of me relating to
my carriage towards the old king, that I was any ways consenting
to the death of King Charles I., for, my lord, that is as false
as God is true; my lord, I was not out of my chambers all the
day in which that king was beheaded, and I believe I shed more
tears for him than any woman then living did; and this the late
Countess of Monmouth, and my lady Marlborough, and my lord
chancellor Hyde, if they were alive, and twenty persons of the
most eminent quality could hear witness for me.

She did not know Nelthorp, and only took Hicks because he was a
nonconformist minister, and there being warrants out against all such,
she was willing to shelter him from them.

She then called _Creed_, who said that he heard Nelthorp say that Lady
Lisle did not know of his coming, and did not know his name, and that he
did not tell his name till he was taken.

Lady Lisle then concluded her defence by fresh protestations of her
loyalty to the King.

But though I could not fight for him myself, my son did, he was
actually in arms on the King's side in this business. I
instructed him always in loyalty, and sent him thither; it was I
that bred him up to fight for the King.

_Jeffreys_ begins his summing up by reminding the jury of the terms of
their oath and reminding them of their duty--

That not any thing can move you either to compassion of the
prisoner on the one hand, or her allegations and protestations
of innocence; nor, on the other hand, to be influenced by
anything that comes from the court, or is insinuated by the
learned counsel at the bar, but that you will entirely consider
what evidence has been given to you, and being guided by that
evidence alone, you that are judges of the fact will let us know
the truth of that fact, by a sincere and upright verdict.

He goes on to dwell on the wickedness of Monmouth's rebellion, and the
mercy of God as shown in the restoration of Charles II. and

the best of religions, the true Protestant reformed religion,
the religion established by law, which now is, and I hope will
ever remain established among us, as now professed and
practised in the Church of England.

After dwelling on th