nt. As I was telling
you, for that great sin of swearing; keeping company with
persons that did swear, I did get a habit of swearing, though I
hated it and loathed it, when I observed it in myself, and yet,
may be, did it again, forgetting presently, and not observing,
being of a hasty nature.

He then goes on to say that his sons were innocent of the present
matter, and asks the sheriff to procure their liberation from prison,
which he promises to do if he can. He laments the present state of the
world.

I must deal really with you, this nation is very full of sins,
of crying sins, of sins that the land will suddenly mourn by
God's hand; I have every year expected the sweeping plague to
come and take away two-thirds of the nation for the sins that
lie upon us.

It is expected of him that he should clear himself from accusations that
have been made against him. He knows nothing of having received L20
from Dr. Hewyt's wife to procure him a pardon, his wife will soon
receive a certificate from her to show that this is true. He did not
cheat the king out of money when he was beyond the seas with him; for he
was never out of the country. He relates various sufferings that he
endured on the royalist side during the civil war, but being reminded by
the sheriff that this is not a proper subject for a dying man to
discourse about, he points out that Tryon got back all his property, and
then goes on rather inconsistently:--

But, Mr. Sheriffs, assure yourselves, so sure I am going to
heaven, I shall be there in glory, so sure had Mr. Tryon (if I
had not met with those two foolish timorous officers) have had
his goods and money again; there had never had one word of this
business been known. It was a sad fate, that these two fellows
out of a little fear should be the occasion of my coming here;
but God forgive them, Stubs and Lyon I mean, these two villains,
I have nobody to thank for my blood but them; and yet I do free
them, and freely forgive them. Mr. Sheriffs, are you satisfied
in this? Would you have me say any more touching the fact?

MR. SHERIFF--It is satisfaction to us if you are satisfied
yourself.

Turner then goes on to deny other charges that have been made against
him; particularly he asserts that a man of the same name who died in his
house was not poisoned by him, and that he knows nothing of a 'glass
jewel' which the