Att. Now, child, don’t be frighted: there is no one here will hurt you if you speak the truth.
L. C. J. Ay, if he speak the truth. But remember, child, thou art in the presence of the great God of heaven and earth, that hath the keys of hell, and of us that are the king’s officers, and have the keys of Newgate; and remember, too, there is a man’s life in question; and if thou tellest a lie, and by that means he comes to an ill end, thou art no better than his murderer; and so speak the truth.
Att. Tell the jury what you know, and speak out. Where were you on the evening of the 23rd of May last?
L. C. J. Why, what does such a boy as this know of days. Can you mark the day, boy?
W. Yes, my lord, it was the day before our feast, and I was to spend sixpence there, and that falls a month before Midsummer Day.
One of the Jury. My lord, we cannot hear what he says.
