Charles, such as "Ha! ha!" and "Ho!"? He trusted not,
he believed not; but if, indeed, such a thing could be possible, he
trusted that Oliver Cromwell, if he could by special Providence be now
actually alive, would verily with laughter say, "Ha! ha!" and even "Ho!
ho!" to the ridiculous statements they had heard that day. In face of
the many indignities offered to them he was thankful to note, since it
was admitted in evidence, that King Richard, and especially King
Charles, had kept their heads. He, the Learned Judge, again expressed
a hope that no one would interpret his last remark as being facetious.
Nothing was at that moment further from his thoughts. To joke in a
Court of Law, or even attempt to joke beneath the emblazoned sign of
the Lion and Unicorn somewhere above his head, would be to mock that
noble animal (he referred to the Lion, of course), whose other effigy
in Court formed such a striking contrast to the undignified attitude of
those who had preferred such fanciful charges against this nobly
statured beast, whose presence there among them, as Counsel had
observed, was only rendered possible by the separate removal of _five_
pairs of folding doors.

"Little imagination was required to realise that the stony stare of
this noble animal must, Medusa-like, have become even more stony from
horror and abhorrence at the eccentric things it could not hear,
uttered concerning himself, I mean itself, that day.

"Now, Gentlemen of the Jury, you know what I have been talking about?"

The face of each and every Juryman a complete blank save one, who
murmurs as if in his sleep, "No! no!"

"I therefore charge you, consider only that which is right, punish
those, if any, who should be punished, spare the simple, if any, who
should be spared. Commend any, if there are any such, for their
intelligence in reporting a matter which they, like myself, are utterly
unable to understand. If none in this affair should be reproved, then
I charge you hereafter keep silent.

"Learn a lesson from the statue of the Lion in Court, who has remained
silent throughout, and whose wisdom in this respect I cannot too much
commend, whilst heartily wishing its example could have been followed
by every one in Court with the exception of myself.

"By the many witnesses in general, but by one in particular; I refer to
Mr. Learned Bore. Gentlemen, you need no other words of mine to make
you do your duty.

"Words will never make peo