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At the Court of King's - Bench, Middlesex, on
Monday the 21st of February, 1803.

Taken in Short-Hand by Mr. ADAMS, and the
Defence revised by Mr. MACKINTOSH.

Ut scripsi! ut periî! ut me malus abstulit error!

LONDON:

Printed by Cox, Son, and Baylis, 75, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields,
FOR M. PELTIER, 14, PICCADILLY, WEST.

1803,

A List of such of the Subscribers, who will have no Objection to their Names being made public, will be inserted in the Second Edition.

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Trouvé dans les Tombeaux des Rois de Thebes,

Et réimprimé par Cox, Fils, et Baylis, Great Queen Street, Paroisse de Saint-Giles, à Londres.

INTRODUCTION.

THE 21st of February was the day fixed to decide on the prosecution which had been instituted against me, at the instigation of the French Government, for having caused to be printed and published certain Libels against the Supreme Head of the French Republic. By a strange and unaccountable fatality, which appears to be attached to all the events of my private life, this same 21st of February was also the day appointed for the execution of Colonel Despard, and of six of his accomplices, convicted of having conspired against the life of their lawful Sovereign. At nine o'clock the regicides were receiving the punishment of their crimes; at nine o'clock, I was finding my way into the Court of King's Bench, between my counsel, after having with difficulty passed

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INTRODUCTION.

Nous étions au 21 Février, jour fixé pour le jugement de la procédure qui m'avait été intentée par la Couronne, à l'instigation du Gouvernement Français, pour avoir fait imprimer et publier des Libelles contre le Chef suprême de ce Gouvernement. Par l'effet d'une bisarrerie qui semble attachée à tous les événements de ma vie privée, ce même jour 21 Février était aussi le jour fixé pour l'exécution du Colonel Despard, et de six de ses complices, convaincus d'avoir comploté contre la vie de leur Souverain légitime. A neuf heures les régicides recevoient la punition de leur crime; à neuf heures, je pénétrais dans la Cour du Banc du Roi, entre mes deux avocats, après avoir eu beaucoup

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