King—I deny that; shew me one precedent.
Lord President—Sir, you ought not to interrupt while the Court is speaking to you. This point is not to be debated by you, neither will the Court permit you to do it; if you offer it by way of Demurrer to the Jurisdiction of the Court, they have considered of their Jurisdiction, they do affirm their own Jurisdiction.
King—I say, Sir, by your favour, that the Commons of England was never a Court of Judicature: I would know how they came to be so.
Lord President—Sir, you are not to be permitted to go on in that Speech and these discourses.
Then the clerk of the Court read as followeth:—
'Charles Stuart, king of England, You have been accused on behalf of the People of England of High Treasons, and other high Crimes; the Court have determined that you ought to answer the same.'
King—I will answer the same so soon as I know by what Authority you do this.
Lord President—If this be all that you will say, then Gentlemen, you that brought the Prisoner hither, take charge of him back again.
King—I do require that I may give in my Reasons why I do not answer, and give me time for that.
Lord President—Sir, it is not for Prisoners to require.