.... ! . ' i ' ; i i i i , ' i , '.''' ; ! '• . i . '.•' • ' -J if ! : . ;, BEUBEN APSLEY. •nd which would be sure to draw down upon their heads...followed his declaration, proved that his words were ao empty menace. Upon almost every tower md church were nailed up the grisly heads of fathers and brothers...

...commission, but gave his charge, which was furious enough ; and Ralph tells us, that he declared " it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place." A sad omen for the men in Taunton 1 The affair did not pass away without a struggle, for the Duke of...

...in his glory at Taunton which had been the head-quarters of the rebellion. He commenced by declaring it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place. Among the rest, the case of Ham ling appeared peculiarly hard and even the justice who had committed...

...his bones, and procured him achangeof sentence. On opening the assizes iu Somereet, he declared, '■ it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place." " I will pay my excise to King Monmouth," said an old lady in jest ; she was flogged for her joke....

...the commission, but gave his charge, which was furious enough; and Ralph tells us, that he declared "it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place." A sad omen for the men in Taunton Castle. But the old game was, notwithstanding, very available for...

...entered Tannton, the pen where the sheep to be slaughtered lay thickest, he declared openly in his charge that it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place. The poor girls who had presented the standard to Monmouth were all thrown into prison, though some...

...little trepidation, and as it proved with reason; for, on the jndge's arrival, he declared in his charge that it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place — a threat which he did his best to carry out. " He made all the West," says old Fox, " an Aceldama,...

...entered Taunton, the pen where the sheep to be slaughtered lay thickest, he declared openly in his charge that it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place. The poor girls who had presented the standard to Monmouth were all thrown into prison, though some...

...entered Taunton, the pen where the sheep to be slaughtered lay thickest, he declared openly in his charge that it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place. The poor girls who had presented the standard to Moumouth were all thrown into prison, though some...

...trepidation, and as it proved, with reason ; for, on the Judge's arrival, he declared in his charge that it would not be his fault if he did not depopulate the place — a threat which he did his utmost to carry out. "He made all the West," says old Fox, "an Aceldama,...