LORD FINCH--Though my lords here have been pleased to give you a great latitute, this must not be suffered, that you should run into these damnable excursions, to make God the author of this damnable Treason committed. _Harrison_ repeats his two points; that what was done was done by a 'Parliament of England, by the Commons of England assembled in Parliament'; and was therefore not to be questioned by the present Court; and that what any did in obedience to a power which they could not disobey, they ought not to be punished for. Upon these two points he asked to be allowed the assistance of counsel. To this the Lord Chief-Baron replies that the body Harrison refers to was not a Parliament, that Harrison had made himself 'a solicitor in the business,' when he said, 'Come let us blacken him as much as we can'; and that 'neither both Houses of Parliament, if they had been there, not any single person, community, not the people collectively, or representatively, had any colour to have any coercive power over their King.' Annesley--who had, as he says, been one of the 'corrupt majority,' put out of the house at the time of Pride's Purge--and Hollis repeat the same thing. An argument then ensues between Harrison and the other members of the Court on the authority of Parliaments generally; at last-- HARRISON--I would not willingly speak to offend any man, but I know God is no respecter of persons. His setting up his standard against the people---- COURT--Truly, Mr. Harrison, this must not be suffered; this doth not at all belong to you. HARRISON--Under favour, this doth belong to me. I would have abhorred to have brought him to account, had not the blood of Englishmen that had been shed---- COUNSEL--Methinks he should be sent to Bedlam, till he comes to the gallows to render an account of this. This must not be suffered. SOLICITOR-GENERAL--My Lords, I pray that the jury may go together upon the evidence. SIR EDWARD TURNER--My Lords, this man hath the plague all over him, it is a pity any should stand near him, for he will infect them. Let us say to him as they used to write over an house infected, 'The Lord have mercy upon him,' and so let the officer take him away. The argument then continues a little longer, chiefly between Harrison and the Lord Chief-Baron; till-- LORD CHIEF-BARON--Mr. Harrison, you have appealed to our consciences. We shall do that, which, by the blessing of God, shall be just; for which we shall answer before the Tribunal of God. Pray take heed of an obdurate, hard heart and seared conscience. HARRISON--My lords, I have been kept six months a close prisoner, and could not prepare myself for this trial by counsel. I have got here some acts of parliament, of that House of Commons, which your Lordship will not own; and the proceedings of that house, whose authority I did own.