The great oyer of poisoning : the trial of the Earl of Somerset for the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, in the Tower of London, and various matters connected therewith, from contemporary mss / by Andrew Amos.

  • Amos, Andrew, 1791-1860.
Date:
1846
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Credit: The great oyer of poisoning : the trial of the Earl of Somerset for the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, in the Tower of London, and various matters connected therewith, from contemporary mss / by Andrew Amos. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    hast thou to say for thyself, why sentence of death should not be pronounced against thee? Lord of Somerset.—The sentence that is passed upon me must be just; I only desire a death according to my degree. For that Simcocks said— Lord High Steward.—My Lord, you are not now to speak any more in your defence, but why judgment of death should not be pronounced. _ Lord of Somerset.—Then I have no more to say, but humbly beseech you my Lord High Steward and the rest of the Lords to be intercessors to the King for hismercy towards me, if it be necessary. My Lord High Steward, taking the white staff from Sir R. Coningsby, pronounced sentence. Lord High Steward.—Robert Ear] of Somerset, whereas thou hast been indicted, arraigned, and found guilty, as accessory before the fact, of the wilful poisoning and mur- der of Sir T. Overbury, you are therefore to be carried from hence to the Tower, and from thence to the place of execu- tion, where you are to be hanged till you be dead. And the Lord have mercy upon you! Lord of Somerset.—My Lords the Peers, I beseech you, as you have been the Judges of this day, so you will be my intercessors. Then my Lord Steward broke his staff, the Court dis- solved, and the prisoner was carried away.