...was his own hand which had subscribed it ? and whether he would stand to it or not ? he an. swered, " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." MY VERIE GOOD LORDS I HUMBLYE praye your Lordships to make a favourable and true construction of my...

...and full, and demanded of his lordship whether it were his hand that is subscribed thereunto ; who answered, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships, be merciful unto a broken reed." Which being reported to the house, it was agreed by the house, to...

...subscribed to the same; and their lordships being returned, reported, that the Lord Chancellor said, " It is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships, be merciful unto a broken reed." May 2. On the 2nd of May, the seals having been sequestered, the house...

...conceived it to be ingenuous and full, and demanded whether he had subscribed it. Upon which he said, ' My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your lordships, be merciful unto a broken reed.' This answer being reported to the House, the same de* See Note (G.)...

...accordingly submitted, and couched his confession in a form which he thus acknowledged as his own : — " It is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your lordships be merciful unto a broken reed !" The king did not interpose, and the lords adjudged upon this humbled...

...deputation of thirteen Lords was sent to him, to know whether it were really his. His answer to them was, " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." At the petition of the Peers, the seals were sequestrated, Bacon was deprived of his speakership and...

...conceived it to be ingenuous and free, and demanded whether he had subscribed it." Upon which he said, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart; I beseech your lordships be merciful to a broken reed." What a melancholy spectacle is here presented to us! The most illustrious...

...degradation of such a name, might well have softened the most obdurate natures. ' My lords,' said Bacon, ' it is my act, ' my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful ' to a broken reed.' They withdrew; and he again retired to his chamber in the deepest dejection. The next day, the sergeant-atarms...

...whether he had subscribed it with his own hand, and whether or not he would stand to it, " unto which he answered, My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart...beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The seal was sequestered, and immediately put in commission. On the 2nd of May, the lords agreed to...

...deputation of thirteen Lords was sent to him, to know whether it were really his. His answer to them was, " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." At the petition of the Peers, the seals were sequestrated, Bacon was deprived of his speakership and...