...their condign punishment. Bacon, on impeachment, made confession of his guilt in these words :— " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." He was condemned to pay a fine of forty thousand pounds, and to be imprisoned in the Tower during the...

...of such a name might well have softened the most obdurate natures. " My Lords," said Bacon, " it ia 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-at-arms...

...whether he had subscribed it with his own hand, and whether or not he would stand to it, " unto which he light of those causes which discovered particulars, but only the particulars being first The seal was sequestered, and immediately put in commission. On the 2nd of May, the lords agreed to...

...whether this was his true and real confession, he used the following noble and touching language, " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart ; I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The sentence for the crime we have already recorded. We have no wish to justify these deeply humiliating...

...if the signature affixed to the paper they exhibited to him was his. He passionately exclaimed : " My lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." The committee withdrew, overwhelmed with grief at the sight of such greatness so fallen. to his bed...

...to inquire whether the confession was subscribed by himself, he answered, " It is my hand, my act, my heart: I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." He was fined j£40,000; sent prisoner to the Tower; and declared incapable of any olliee or employment...

...merely if the signature to the paper which they showed him was genuine? He passionately exclaimed, — " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your Lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." Shocked at witnessing the agonies of such a mind, and the degradation of such a name, they instantly...

...to inquire whether the confession was subscribed by himself, he answered, " It is my hand, my act, my heart : I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed." He was fined jC-10,000; sent prisoner to the Tower; and declared incapable of any office or employment...

...friend Lord Southampton, who had been condemned to death along with Essex. Bacon replied to them, " it is my act, my hand, my heart. I beseech your lordships be merciful to a broken reed." Again the fallen judge prayed the king to intercede for him ; and again...

...were 'indeed signed by himself, his pa- i thetic answer waa : " My Lords, it is my act, my hand, j my heart. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a ; broken reed !" The sentence passed tipon the offender woe a fine of £40,000, imprisonment in the Tower during...