As Thomas Harrison, regicide, who had signed Charles I death warrant was taken to the gallows to be hung, drawn and quartered. The crowd jeered, Where is your Good Old Cause now? Here in my bosom and I shall seal it with my blood, answered Harrison. Among the missionary prophets who were still followed by the poor of London, a rumour persisted that he would shortly rise again, to judge his judges, and bring in the Rule of the Saints on Earth. (via Martin Empson)
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