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I and he were once in Villains Lane together, and he at that time did briskly talk of diverse opinions. And then and there I heard him say that for his part he did believe that there was no God. "But," said he, "I can profess one and be religious too, if the company I am in and the circumstances of other things," said he, "shall put me upon it." Telltrue and Hatelies were next called. Telltrue.
I have heard him say that there is no God. I have heard him say that there is no world to come, no sin, nor punishment hereafter; and, moreover, I have heard him say that it was as good to go to a bad-house as to go to hear a sermon. Town Clerk. Where did you hear him say these things? Hatelies. In Drunkards Row, just at Rascal Lane's End, at a house in which Mr. Impiety lived.
Do-right was Town Clerk. A jury was empanelled in the usual way. Mr. Knowall, Mr. Telltrue, and Mr. Hatelies were the principal witnesses. Atheism was first brought to the bar, being charged 'with having pertinaciously and doltingly taught that there was no God. He pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Knowall was placed in the witness-box and sworn. 'My Lord, he said, 'I know the prisoner at the bar.
Telltrue. I know him to be a Diabolonian, the son of a Diabolonian, and a horrible man to deny a Deity. His father's name was Never be Good, and he had more children than this Atheism. Town Clerk. Mr. Hatelies. Look upon the prisoner at the bar. Do you know him? Hatelies. My Lord, this Atheism is one of the vilest wretches that ever I came near or had to do with in my life.
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