State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2 (of 2)
History
State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 2 (of 2)
Trials -- Great Britain
chairs came up to the back door of the Cross Keys tavern, and
there all the three chairs were set on a-breast in St. Martin's
Lane, and while they were talking together, there came by three
chairs on the other side of the way; and Mr. Coote bid us take
up and make all the haste we could to get before them into
Leicester fields, so taking up the chair again, Mr. Coote bid
us make haste, and if we could go no faster, he swore, damn
him, he would run his sword in one of our bodies: There were
two chairs before me, and my lord Mohun and my lord Warwick
followed in two chairs after me; and when we came to the corner
of Leicester fields, at Green street end, all the three chairs
were set down a-breast again, and Mr. Coote put his hand in his
pocket, and took out half a guinea to pay, and said he had no
silver; and my lord of Warwick spoke to my lord Mohun, who
took out three shillings out of his pocket, who said, there was
for my lord Warwick, captain Coote, and himself; and when they
were gone out, I took my box and my pipe, and filled my pipe,
and took the lanthorn and lighted it, and by that time I had
lighted my pipe, I heard a calling out, Chair, chair, again,
towards the upper end of the square; so I took my chair, and
there was one of the chairs that was not gone; and so we came
up to the upper end of the fields, and they called to us to
bring the chairs over the rails; we told them we did not know
how to do that, for we should not be able to get them back
again; at last we did get over the rails, and made up close to
the place where we heard the noise, for we could see nothing,
it being a very dark night; and when we came up close to them,
by our lanthorn there were two gentlemen holding up Mr. Coote
under their arms, and crying out, My dear Coote, My dear Coote!
ATTORNEY-GENERAL--Pray, who were those two gentlemen?
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