The next day Lady Lisle and other prisoners were brought up to receive
sentence.

Jeffreys, after lamenting the condition of 'you Mrs. Lisle, a
gentlewoman of quality and of fortune, so far stricken in years, one who
all your life-time have been a great pretender to, and professor of,
religion, and of that religion which bears a very good name, the
Protestant religion,' goes on to point out that 'there is no religion
whatsoever (except that hypocritical profession of theirs which deserves
not the name of religion, I mean the canting, whining Presbyterian,
phanatical profession) that gives the least countenance to rebellion or
faction.' He cannot but deplore 'that in this little case so many
perjuries should be added to the crime of treason, such as for my part I
cannot but tremble to remember.' She should repent of her own false
asseverations and protestations

that you upon your salvation should pretend ignorance in the
business, when since that time, ever since last night, there has
been but too much discovered how far you were concerned: no it
is not unknown who were sent for upon the Monday night, in order
to have that rebellious seditious fellow to preach to them, what
directions were given to come through the orchard the back and
private way, what orders were given for provision and how the
horses were appointed to be disposed of.

After exhortations to all the prisoners to repent, the Court awards

that you Mrs. Lisle be conveyed from hence to the place from
whence you came, and from thence you are to be drawn on a hurdle
to the place of execution, where your body is to be burnt alive
till you be dead. And may the Lord have mercy on your soul.

The rest of the prisoners then had the usual judgment as in cases of
felony.

LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE--Look you, Mrs. Lisle, when I left his
majesty he was pleased to remit the time of all executions to
me; that whenever I found any obstinacy or impenitence I might
order the executions with what speed I should think best;
therefore Mr. Sheriff, take notice you are to prepare for this
execution of this gentlewoman this afternoon. But on that, I
give you, the prisoner, this intimation; we that are the judges
shall stay in town an hour or two; you shall have pen, ink and
paper, brought you, and if in the mean time you employ that pen,
ink and paper, and this hour or two well (you underst