Charles darnay had yesterday pleaded not guilty to an indictment denouncing him with infinite jingle and jangle for that he was a false traitor to our serene , illustrious , excellent , and so forth , prince , our lord the king , by reason of his having , on divers occasions , and by divers means and ways , assisted lewis , the french king , in his wars against our said serene , illustrious , excellent , and so forth ; that was to say , by coming and going , between the dominions of our said serene , illustrious , excellent , and so forth , and those of the said french lewis , and wickedly , falsely , traitorously , and otherwise 那公诉状里有数不清的响亮言辞，说他是一个丧心病狂的叛徒，出卖了我们沉静的辉煌的杰出的如此等等的君主国王主子。因为他在不同的时机，采用了不同的方式方法，帮助了法国国王路易进攻我们上述的沉静的辉煌的杰出的如此等等的国王。这就是说，他在我们上述的沉静的辉煌的杰出的如此等等的国王的国土和上述的法国国王路易的国土上穿梭往来，从而十恶不赦地背信弃义地大逆不道地，诸如此类地向上述法国国王路易透露了我们上述的沉静的辉煌的杰出的如此等等的国王已经部署备打算派遣到加拿大和北美洲的兵力。
