Then said Judge Hale, I am sorry, woman, that I can do thee no
good: thou must do one of those three things aforesaid, namely,
either to apply thyself to the king, or sue out his pardon, or get a
writ of error; but a writ of error will be cheapest.
WOMAN. At which Chester again seemed to be in a chafe, and put off
his hat, and as she thought scratched his head for anger; but when I
saw, said she, that there was no prevailing to have my husband sent
for, though I often desired them that they would send for him, that
he might speak for himself, telling them that he could give them
better satisfaction than I could in what they demanded of him, with
several other things which now I forget: only this I remember, that
though I was somewhat timorous at my first entrance into the
chamber, yet before I went out I could not but break forth into
tears, not so much because they were so hard-hearted against me and
my husband, but to think what a sad account such poor creatures will
have to give at the coming of the Lord, when they shall there answer
for all things whatsoever they have done in the body, whether it be
good or whether it be bad. So when I departed from them, the book of
statutes was brought; but what they said of it I know nothing at
all, neither did I hear any more from them.
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