He was found guilty of a seditious libel, and sentenced to pay a fine of 200 marks to the Queen, stand three times in the pillory, be imprisoned during the Queen's pleasure, and find Sureties for his good behaviour for seven years.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
Upon being sentenced, 27 May, 1822, to eighteen months' imprisonment and to find Sureties for five years, he remarked "I have a mind, my lord, that can bear such a sentence with fortitude."
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler
Lords, you that here are vnder our Arrest, Procure your Sureties for your Dayes of Answer: Little are we beholding to your Loue, And little look'd for at your helping Hands.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William