94 HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.

CMap. the same principles, which Hie herself had ever 1lxx. embraced, Hie had carefully instilled into her son, jJ«es- - and had, at that very time, sent him to fight ]against those rebels, whom she was now accused jof harbouring. Though these arguments did not jmove Jefferies , they had influence on the jury. ]Twice they seemed inclined to bring in a favor- :able verdict: They were as often sent back withmenaces and reproaches; and at last were con-strained to give sentence against the prisoner.Notwithstanding all applications for pardon , thecruel sentence was executed. The king said ,that he had given Jefferies a promise not to pardonher: An excuse, which could serve only to aggra-vate the blame against himself.

It might have been hoped, that, by all thesebloody executions, a rebellion, so precipitate,so ill supported , and of such short duration,would have been sufficiently expiated : Butnothing could satiate the spirit of rigor, whichpossessed the administration. Even those multi-tudes , who received pardon, were obliged toatone for their guilt by fines, which reduced themto beggary; or where their former poverty madethem incapable of paying, they were condemnedto cruel whippings or severe imprisonments. Norcould the innocent escape the hands , no lessrapacious than cruel, of the chief justice. Pri-deaux, a gentleman of Devonshire, being throwninto prison, and dreading the severe and arbitraryspirit, which at that time met with no controul,was obliged to buy his liberty of Jefferies at the