258.

Burnet, vol.ii.p.

190.
** 5 and 6 Edward VI.cap.

2.
The commons annexed to this bill a clause, which was of more importance than the bill itself, that no one should be convicted of any kind of treason, unless the crime were proved by the oaths of two witnesses, confronted with the prisoner.

The lords for some time scrupled to pass this clause, though conformable to the most obvious principles of equity.