...the Court fines you forty marks a man and imprisonment till paid." The same speaker declared that : " Till now I never understood the reason of the policy...till something like the Spanish Inquisition be in England."1 1 The People's indent and Just Liberties Restored. It is not surprising that a sect which...

...the Lowestoft witches, ante, pp. 42-49. PENN : Do your pleasure ; I mind not your fetters. RECORDER : Till now I never understood the reason of the policy...it will never be well with us till something like unto the Spanish Inquisition be in England. The recorder then " in great passion was running off the...

...never underftood the reafon of the policy and prudence of the Spaniards, in fuffering the inquifition among them : and certainly it will never be well with us; till fometning like unto the Spanifh Inquifition be in England." " The Jury were once more required to give...

...bring Fetters, and stake him to the Ground. PEN. Do your Pleasure, I matter not your Fetters. REC. Till now I never understood the Reason of the Policy...it will never be well with us, till something like unto the Spanish Inquisition be in England. OBSER. The Jury being required to go together to find another...

...not guilty." During the long struggle, the recorder had been moved to the extra-judicial comment, " Till now I never understood the reason of the Policy...something like the Spanish Inquisition be in England." Toward a consummation so devoutly to be desired, the patriotic recorder took one sturdy stride. With...

...seditious persons." At the trial of William Penn, the recorder of the court expressed this opinion: "Till now I never understood the reason of the policy...suffering the Inquisition among them. And certainly it never will be well with us till something like the Spanish Inquisition be in England." For all of these...

...stake him to the ground." At this point the court recorder entered into the official trial record: Till now, I never understood the reason of the policy...it will never be well with us, till something like unto the Spanish Inquisition be in England." Britain, in his opinion, had way too much civil liberty....

...up the challenge and spoke to what could be done to me if men like him and Sir Samuel had their way. "Till now I never understood the reason of the policy...Spaniards in suffering the Inquisition among them," he said. "And certainly it will never be well with us, till something like unto the Spanish Inquisition...

...Penn, leading to a remarkable declaration from the Recorder, Sir John Howell, that until then he had never understood the 'reason of the policy and prudence...something like the Spanish Inquisition be in England'. When the jury steadfastly refused to convict, he imprisoned the jury, and kept Penn and his associate...

...Recorder made a declaration that could have been calculated to scandalize pious Englishmen: "Rec[order|. Till now I never understood the reason of the policy...it will never be well with us, till something like unto the Spanish inquisition be in England. "6j Penn reacted indignantly to this: it was no wonder,...