e King up
to London; with having signed the warrant constituting the Court which
tried him; with having sat as a member of the Court; and with having
signed the death-warrant.

All the witnesses were then sworn, six in all.

_Masterson_ proved that he saw Harrison sitting 'in that which they
called the High Court of Justice' on the 27th of January 1649, the day
when the King was sentenced; and that when the sentence was read he,
with others, stood up as assenting to it. _Clark_, _Kirk_, and _Nutley_
also gave evidence to the same effect; the latter adding that some few
days before the 20th there was a Committee in the Exchequer Chamber of
which the prisoner was a member.

I do remember well it was in the evening; they were lighting of
candles, they were somewhat private. This gentleman was there, I
saw him; for through the kindness of Mr. Phelps, who was then
Clerk to that Committee, I was admitted, pretending first to
speak with the said Mr. Phelps, and that I had some business
with him; and so (as I said before) I was admitted into the
Committee Chamber. Being there I did observe some passages fall
from the prisoner at the bar; the words were to this purpose; he
was making a narrative of some discourse that passed between his
late majesty and himself in coming between Windsor and London,
or Hurst Castle, I know not well which. My Lord, that passage
that I observed to fall from him in that discourse was this; he
said that the King as he sat in the coach with him was
importunate to know what they intended to do with him. The King
asked, What do they intend to do with me; Whether to murder me
or no? 'and I said to him, There was no such intent on as to
kill him, we have no such thoughts.' But (said he) the Lord has
reserved you for a public example of justice. There is one word
more, my Lords, and that is this, which I heard from the
prisoner at the bar. The reason and end of their meeting
together at that Committee was concerning the charge. So much I
observed. It was concerning the contracting of the impeachment.
I observed that some found fault with the length of that as it
was drawn. They were offering some reasons to contract it, and I
heard this prisoner at the bar vent this expression; 'Gentlemen,
it will be good for us to blacken him what we can; pray let us
blacken him,' or words to that purpose. I am