An impartial history of the life and death of George Lord Jeffreys late Lord Chancellor of England
         Dunton, John, 1659-1733.
      
       
         
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             An impartial history of the life and death of George Lord Jeffreys late Lord Chancellor of England
             Dunton, John, 1659-1733.
             Bent, James.
          
           [4], 47 p.
           
             Printed for John Dunton ...,
             London :
             1689.
          
           
             Epistle dedicatory signed: James Bent.
             Also published in the same year with title: The bloody assizes, or, A compleat history of the life of George, Lord Jefferies.
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           Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, -- Baron, 1644 or 5-1689.
           Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688.
        
      
    
     
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           An
           Impartial
           HISTORY
           OF
           THE
           LIFE
           AND
           DEATH
           OF
           GEORGE
           Lord
           JEFFREYS
           LATE
           Lord
           Chancellour
           OF
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             John
             Dunton
          
           at
           the
           
             Black
             Raven
          
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           ,
           1689.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           GEORGE
           Lord
           JEFFREYS
           LATE
           Lord
           Chancellour
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
        
         
           I
           Know
           not
           to
           whom
           I
           could
           more
           properly
           Dedicate
           a
           Treatise
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           than
           to
           your
           Lordship
           ;
           who
           lately
           was
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           have
           set
           such
           remarkable
           Copies
           to
           inferiour
           Magistrates
           .
           What
           is
           here
           offered
           may
           serve
           as
           a
           Mirrour
           ,
           in
           which
           future
           Administrators
           of
           Publick
           Justice
           would
           do
           well
           to
           look
           ;
           for
           you
           may
           remember
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           (
           if
           your
           Lordships
           present
           Afflictions
           have
           not
           made
           you
           forget
           as
           much
           Law
           as
           you
           ever
           learnt
           )
           
             Common
             Law
          
           runs
           much
           upon
           Presidents
           :
           And
           if
           a
           Man
           happen
           to
           have
           none
           of
           the
           best
           Physiognomies
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           reason
           why
           he
           should
           streight
           grow
           angry
           ,
           and
           fling
           stones
           ,
           to
           break
           all
           the
           Looking-glasses
           he
           meets
           with
           ,
           only
           because
           they
           represent
           the
           true
           Figure
           of
           the
           Object
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Lord
          
           ,
           The
           following
           Treatise
           is
           a
           true
           Accompt
           of
           your
           Lordships
           Life
           and
           Actions
           ,
           (
           most
           of
           which
           are
           ready
           to
           be
           attested
           upon
           Oath
           )
           of
           your
           unheard
           of
           Cruelties
           and
           barbarous
           Proceedings
           in
           your
           
             whole
             Western
             Circuit
          
           :
           In
           which
           all
           may
           see
           at
           what
           dear
           rates
           our
           
             Western
             Martyrs
          
           purchased
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           it
           cost
           those
           glorious
           Sufferers
           that
           so
           lately
           went
           off
           the
           Stage
           (
           under
           your
           Lordships
           Sentence
           )
           
           both
           Whippings
           and
           cruel
           Imprisonments
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           exquisite
           Tortures
           which
           none
           could
           invent
           or
           inflict
           but
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           (
           whose
           good
           nature
           is
           sufficiently
           experienced
           )
           
             nor
             any
             endure
          
           but
           they
           whose
           gallant
           and
           noble
           Souls
           were
           
             born
             up
          
           with
           heavenly
           Cordials
           ,
           and
           a
           Power
           from
           on
           high
           .
           But
           ,
           my
           Lerd
           ,
           rest
           assured
           ,
           that
           their
           Blood
           still
           cries
           for
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           a
           lasting
           Monument
           of
           your
           Lordships
           Cruelties
           ,
           whilst
           History
           can
           speak
           or
           transmit
           to
           incredulous
           Posterity
           the
           Remarkables
           of
           elapsed
           Ages
           ;
           for
           Hang
           ,
           Draw
           and
           Quarter
           ,
           and
           Try
           Men
           afterwards
           ,
           (
           Witness
           Sir
           Armstrong's
           death
           ,
           &c.
           )
           has
           been
           your
           peculiar
           Talent
           .
           But
           your
           Lordship
           will
           now
           at
           last
           do
           well
           to
           remember
           that
           King
           Alfred
           caused
           forty
           four
           Judges
           in
           one
           year
           to
           be
           hang'd
           as
           murderers
           ,
           for
           their
           false
           Judgments
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           your
           Lordship
           will
           pardon
           this
           present
           Address
           ,
           seeing
           't
           is
           a
           priviledge
           we
           modern
           Authors
           hold
           by
           prescription
           ,
           to
           put
           any
           great
           Body's
           Name
           in
           the
           Front
           of
           our
           Book
           :
           Princes
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           exempt
           themselves
           or
           their
           Families
           from
           the
           Persecution
           of
           Dedications
           ;
           nor
           ever
           was
           there
           (
           I
           humbly
           conceive
           )
           any
           Rule
           made
           in
           your
           Lordships
           Court
           to
           forbid
           them
           .
        
         
           Suffer
           then
           ,
           I
           beseech
           your
           Lordship
           ,
           this
           Address
           to
           remain
           a
           Monument
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           of
           the
           sentiments
           this
           Age
           has
           of
           your
           Lordships
           Conduct
           and
           Merits
           ;
           and
           Witness
           to
           all
           the
           World
           how
           much
           its
           Author
           is
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             Most
             humble
             Servant
          
           ,
        
         
           James
           Bent.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           LIFE
           and
           DEATH
           OF
           GEORGE
           Lord
           JEFFREYS
           .
        
         
           REader
           ,
           Think
           it
           not
           strange
           if
           I
           present
           you
           with
           the
           memorable
           
             Life
             and
             Actions
          
           of
           a
           Person
           ,
           so
           well
           known
           in
           this
           great
           Kingdom
           :
           And
           peradventure
           Fame
           has
           not
           been
           silent
           in
           other
           Countreys
           ,
           especially
           since
           he
           has
           been
           advanced
           to
           be
           
             a
             Chief
             Minister
             of
             State
          
           ,
           and
           sate
           as
           it
           were
           steering
           at
           the
           Helm
           of
           Government
           .
           Various
           indeed
           are
           the
           Changes
           of
           worldly
           Affairs
           ,
           and
           the
           Actions
           of
           Human
           Life
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           more
           particularly
           exemplified
           in
           the
           
             Rise
             and
             Fall
          
           of
           the
           Person
           ,
           the
           Subject
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ;
           who
           from
           almost
           a
           mean
           obseurity
           ,
           soar'd
           to
           the
           lofty
           Pyramid
           of
           Honour
           ;
           where
           ,
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           like
           an
           unfixed
           Star
           ,
           he
           appeared
           to
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           wondring
           Nation
           ,
           giving
           an
           imperfect
           lustre
           ;
           'till
           by
           the
           sudden
           turn
           and
           change
           of
           unsteady
           Fortune
           ,
           he
           dropt
           headlong
           from
           his
           Sphere
           ,
           and
           lost
           at
           once
           his
           Grandeur
           and
           his
           Power
           .
           To
           let
           Mankind
           see
           how
           little
           trust
           there
           is
           
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           smiles
           of
           
             flattering
             Greatness
          
           ,
           especially
           when
           attained
           by
           violent
           and
           pressing
           motions
           :
           I
           now
           proceed
           to
           trace
           this
           unfortunate
           Favourite
           in
           the
           sundry
           Capacities
           and
           Stations
           that
           have
           hitherto
           made
           up
           the
           Series
           of
           his
           Life
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           born
           at
           Acton
           near
           Wrexam
           in
           Denbighshire
           ,
           in
           Wales
           ,
           about
           the
           Year
           1648.
           his
           Fathers
           name
           was
           —
           Jeffreys
           ,
           being
           reputed
           a
           Gentleman
           in
           that
           Country
           ,
           though
           of
           no
           large
           Fortune
           or
           Estate
           ;
           however
           he
           lived
           very
           comfortably
           on
           what
           he
           had
           ,
           improving
           his
           yearly
           Income
           by
           his
           Industry
           ;
           and
           gain'd
           by
           his
           plain
           and
           honest
           Endeavours
           a
           good
           repute
           amongst
           the
           Gentry
           of
           those
           Parts
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           it
           was
           not
           long
           before
           he
           ,
           upon
           the
           recommendation
           of
           some
           Person
           of
           Interest
           and
           Ability
           ,
           gain'd
           a
           Wife
           of
           a
           good
           House
           ;
           and
           they
           lived
           very
           comfortably
           together
           in
           their
           
             rural
             Habitation
          
           ,
           being
           sar
           from
           Ambition
           ,
           or
           striving
           for
           Court-favour
           ;
           but
           contented
           with
           what
           God
           had
           blessed
           them
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           fruits
           of
           their
           own
           Industry
           ,
           they
           found
           a
           solid
           Happiness
           in
           that
           Contenment
           .
           Nor
           had
           they
           lived
           together
           any
           considerable
           time
           ,
           but
           amongst
           other
           Children
           ,
           the
           fruits
           of
           Wedlock
           ,
           God
           was
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           on
           them
           the
           Person
           who
           is
           intended
           the
           Subject
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ,
           who
           was
           in
           due
           time
           Baptized
           by
           the
           Christian
           Name
           of
           George
           ;
           whether
           he
           had
           
             Godfathers
             ,
             &c.
          
           it
           does
           not
           occur
           ;
           however
           ,
           he
           under
           the
           care
           and
           diligence
           of
           his
           industrious
           Parents
           grew
           up
           ,
           and
           appear'd
           to
           all
           that
           studied
           him
           ,
           of
           a
           very
           prompt
           and
           ready
           Wit
           ,
           active
           ,
           and
           striving
           for
           Preeminence
           ,
           even
           among
           his
           Compeers
           in
           his
           tender
           
           Age
           ,
           which
           lively
           demonstrated
           that
           an
           Air
           of
           Ambition
           was
           inherent
           to
           his
           Person
           .
        
         
           As
           soon
           as
           he
           was
           capable
           to
           receive
           Learning
           ,
           he
           was
           put
           to
           a
           Country
           School
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           furnished
           with
           such
           Education
           as
           that
           afforded
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           extraordinary
           ;
           yet
           his
           Natural
           Parts
           set
           it
           off
           to
           the
           best
           Advantage
           ;
           and
           growing
           to
           years
           of
           somewhat
           a
           ripe
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           not
           very
           tractable
           ,
           his
           Father
           by
           the
           Advice
           of
           some
           of
           his
           Confidents
           ,
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           finding
           him
           not
           inclinable
           to
           any
           Trade
           ,
           but
           rather
           addicted
           to
           Study
           ,
           he
           entred
           him
           ,
           or
           by
           his
           procurement
           he
           was
           entred
           into
           the
           Free-School
           of
           
             West
             minster
          
           ,
           where
           he
           profited
           much
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           was
           ,
           by
           the
           care
           of
           the
           worthy
           Master
           .
           thereof
           ,
           soon
           enabled
           to
           understand
           the
           Languages
           ,
           or
           at
           ,
           least
           so
           many
           of
           them
           as
           were
           convenient
           for
           the
           study
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           which
           above
           other
           things
           he
           aimed
           at
           ;
           tho'
           his
           Father
           seemed
           not
           very
           plyable
           to
           his
           desires
           ;
           for
           perceiving
           in
           his
           Soul
           a
           more
           than
           ordinary
           
             Spark
             of
             Ambition
          
           ,
           fearing
           it
           might
           kindle
           into
           a
           flame
           ,
           and
           prove
           one
           day
           his
           ruine
           ,
           he
           laboured
           to
           hinder
           the
           ways
           he
           conceiv'd
           most
           likely
           to
           bring
           it
           upon
           him
           ;
           and
           is
           reported
           to
           say
           (
           when
           he
           found
           he
           could
           not
           disswade
           him
           from
           what
           he
           purposed
           ,
           gently
           clapping
           him
           on
           the
           back
           ,
           )
           Ah
           George
           ,
           George
           ,
           
             I
             fear
             thou
             wilt
             dye
             with
             thy
             Shoes
             and
             Stockings
             on
             :
          
           What
           he
           meant
           by
           that
           Expression
           ,
           I
           determine
           not
           ,
           but
           leave
           the
           Reader
           to
           interpret
           .
        
         
           Upon
           the
           Coming
           in
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           restoring
           the
           Face
           of
           Affairs
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           Law
           reviv'd
           again
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           flourish
           ;
           the
           Practitioners
           liv'd
           in
           much
           Credit
           and
           
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           them
           purchased
           large
           Estates
           ,
           which
           served
           to
           wing
           the
           desire
           of
           this
           Person
           with
           impatience
           ;
           and
           some
           say
           he
           was
           the
           rather
           incited
           to
           it
           by
           a
           Dream
           he
           had
           whilst
           a
           Scholar
           at
           Westminster
           School
           ,
           
             viz.
             That
             he
             should
             be
             the
             chief
             Scholar
             in
             that
             School
             ,
             and
             afterward
             should
             enrich
             himself
             by
             Study
             and
             Industry
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             should
             come
             to
             be
             the
             second
             Man
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             ;
             but
             in
             conclusion
             ,
             should
             fall
             into
             great
             disgrace
             and
             misery
             .
          
           This
           is
           confidently
           reported
           ;
           and
           some
           say
           himself
           told
           it
           to
           sundry
           Persons
           ,
           since
           when
           he
           found
           the
           second
           part
           of
           it
           was
           fulfilled
           ,
           by
           acquiring
           the
           Chancellourship
           ,
           and
           standing
           high
           in
           the
           Favour
           of
           his
           Prince
           .
        
         
           However
           ,
           We
           find
           the
           latter
           part
           did
           not
           deter
           him
           from
           his
           purpose
           ;
           for
           having
           enter'd
           himself
           in
           the
           Inner-Temple
           House
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Chief
           Inns
           of
           Court
           ,
           after
           his
           performing
           such
           things
           as
           are
           conformable
           to
           the
           Customs
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           we
           find
           him
           call'd
           to
           the
           Bar
           ,
           by
           the
           Interest
           he
           made
           with
           the
           Benchers
           and
           Heads
           of
           that
           Learned
           Society
           ,
           earlier
           than
           had
           been
           usual
           ,
           leaping
           over
           the
           Heads
           of
           elder
           Graduates
           .
        
         
           This
           happening
           about
           the
           Twentieth
           year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           the
           City
           of
           London
           beginning
           to
           raise
           her self
           out
           of
           her
           Ashes
           ,
           more
           stately
           and
           magnificent
           than
           before
           she
           sunk
           in
           Flames
           ,
           a
           Sacrifice
           to
           the
           Revenge
           and
           Malice
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           late
           Inscription
           on
           the
           Monument
           ,
           and
           upon
           Record
           it
           appears
           :
           This
           great
           City
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           regaining
           her
           Trade
           ,
           her
           Priviledges
           and
           Customs
           were
           kept
           up
           with
           great
           exactness
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           the
           Courts
           at
           Guild-Hall
           there
           was
           much
           Business
           ;
           which
           being
           consider'd
           
           by
           this
           Person
           as
           more
           beneficial
           than
           that
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           its
           frequency
           ,
           and
           being
           carried
           on
           briefer
           ,
           and
           with
           less
           difficulty
           ;
           which
           induced
           him
           to
           give
           his
           Attendance
           ,
           as
           also
           at
           Hixes-Hall
           ,
           and
           other
           inferiour
           Courts
           and
           Places
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           he
           being
           of
           a
           bold
           Presence
           ,
           and
           having
           naturally
           a
           fluent
           Tongue
           ,
           an
           audible
           Voice
           ,
           and
           good
           Utterance
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           pleaded
           often
           before
           he
           was
           very
           much
           taken
           Notice
           of
           ;
           and
           gain'd
           so
           much
           Credit
           with
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           they
           prefer'd
           him
           before
           any
           of
           the
           younger
           fort
           of
           Barristers
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           he
           found
           his
           Stars
           begin
           to
           smile
           upon
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           was
           in
           a
           manner
           Courted
           to
           take
           Fees
           ,
           and
           had
           Breviates
           thrust
           into
           his
           Hand
           frequently
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           a
           Cause
           by
           Persons
           ,
           when
           they
           perceived
           it
           went
           ill
           on
           their
           sides
           ,
           and
           was
           like
           to
           go
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           Thus
           flush'd
           with
           success
           ,
           he
           now
           thought
           of
           nothing
           more
           than
           how
           he
           might
           climb
           ;
           nor
           did
           he
           want
           an
           Opportunity
           ;
           for
           the
           next
           Station
           we
           find
           him
           in
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           
             Common
             Serjeant
          
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           and
           honourable
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           and
           so
           much
           Fortune
           favour'd
           him
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           that
           Alderman
           Jeffreys
           the
           great
           Smoaker
           ,
           having
           often
           observ'd
           his
           Discourse
           and
           Actions
           ,
           took
           such
           a
           liking
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           being
           of
           the
           same
           Name
           ,
           tho'
           not
           in
           the
           least
           any
           Relation
           ,
           he
           back'd
           him
           with
           his
           Purse
           and
           Interest
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           inconsiderable
           ;
           and
           thereby
           not
           only
           enabled
           him
           to
           carry
           on
           his
           Grandeur
           ,
           but
           to
           purchase
           as
           he
           found
           a
           conveniency
           or
           advantage
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           keeping
           it
           up
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
         
           These
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           being
           the
           Degrees
           by
           which
           he
           was
           climbing
           the
           slippery
           stair
           of
           Honour
           ,
           to
           contract
           a
           firmer
           alliance
           ,
           he
           Addressed
           himself
           to
           a
           brisk
           young
           Widow
           ,
           Daughter
           to
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Bludworth
          
           ,
           then
           one
           of
           the
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           who
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           dreadful
           Conflagration
           had
           the
           Chair
           ,
           as
           being
           then
           
             Lord
             Mayor
          
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           prevail'd
           upon
           the
           Lady
           and
           her
           Father
           ,
           that
           he
           gain'd
           both
           their
           Consents
           ,
           and
           the
           Contract
           was
           made
           ,
           the
           Nuptials
           solemnized
           ,
           
             And
             soon
             after
             he
             had
             the
             pleasure
             to
             behold
             the
             Fruits
             of
             her
             Labour
             .
          
           Sir
           
             John
             Howel
          
           the
           Recorder
           of
           London
           giving
           place
           ,
           the
           Recordership
           became
           vacant
           ,
           which
           made
           this
           Person
           lay
           hold
           of
           that
           Opportunity
           ,
           to
           use
           his
           own
           and
           the
           Interest
           of
           his
           Friends
           ,
           to
           acquire
           that
           Place
           of
           Trust
           and
           Honour
           :
           nor
           did
           his
           Measures
           fail
           him
           ,
           for
           by
           the
           powerful
           influence
           he
           had
           by
           this
           time
           gain'd
           over
           sundry
           Persons
           ,
           who
           were
           best
           able
           to
           promote
           him
           to
           what
           he
           so
           earnestly
           labour'd
           to
           arrive
           at
           ,
           he
           was
           chosen
           and
           confirm'd
           Recorder
           of
           the
           Honourable
           City
           ;
           taking
           upon
           him
           the
           Charge
           and
           Care
           of
           the
           Writings
           ,
           Papers
           ,
           &c.
           that
           belong
           to
           so
           great
           a
           Charge
           and
           Trust
           ,
           as
           that
           of
           a
           Recorder
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           By
           this
           means
           being
           become
           (
           as
           himself
           declar'd
           )
           
             The
             Mouth
             of
             the
             City
          
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           may
           term
           him
           ,
           Capital
           Judge
           in
           the
           Guild-Hall
           ,
           in
           Controversies
           at
           the
           Sessions
           held
           there
           ,
           &c.
           and
           the
           Power
           of
           breathing
           forth
           Sentences
           of
           Punishment
           being
           put
           into
           his
           hands
           ,
           he
           found
           his
           Ambition
           enlarg'd
           ,
           aiming
           at
           nothing
           more
           than
           to
           become
           a
           Court-Favourite
           :
           Nor
           was
           it
           long
           before
           an
           Opportunity
           offer'd
           it self
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           :
           For
           so
           it
           happened
           ,
           that
           some
           Persons
           had
           imprinted
           a
           Psalter
           ,
           and
           Entituled
           it
           .
           (
           the
           better
           to
           shadow
           the
           Injury
           they
           had
           done
           to
           the
           Company
           of
           Stationers
           ,
           by
           invading
           their
           Property
           )
           
             The
             King's
             Psalter
          
           ,
           which
           occasioning
           a
           Dispute
           ,
           it
           was
           referred
           to
           a
           Hearing
           before
           the
           Council
           at
           Whitehall
           ,
           the
           King
           being
           present
           ,
           and
           the
           Company
           the
           better
           to
           make
           out
           their
           Title
           and
           Claim
           ,
           carried
           with
           them
           this
           Person
           as
           their
           Counsel
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           opening
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           Complaint
           of
           the
           apparent
           Injury
           done
           to
           the
           Company
           ,
           in
           printing
           what
           was
           really
           their
           Propriety
           ,
           he
           had
           this
           Expression
           ,
           
             viz.
             They
             have
             teem'd
             with
             a
             spurious
             Brat
             ,
             which
             being
             clandestinely
             midwiv'd
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             better
             to
             cover
             the
             Imposture
             ,
             they
             lay
             it
             at
             your
             Majesties
             door
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           This
           ,
           though
           the
           King
           might
           have
           taken
           it
           (
           for
           sundry
           Reasons
           )
           as
           a
           Reflection
           upon
           his
           Royal
           Person
           ,
           yet
           he
           was
           so
           far
           from
           resenting
           it
           that
           way
           ,
           that
           he
           only
           turned
           to
           one
           of
           the
           Lords
           that
           sat
           next
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             This
             is
             a
             bold
             Fellow
             I
             'le
             warrant
             him
             .
          
           And
           indeed
           the
           Stationers
           had
           the
           Matter
           declar'd
           by
           the
           Honourable
           Board
           in
           their
           Favour
           .
        
         
           About
           this
           time
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           being
           discovered
           by
           Dr.
           Otes
           and
           others
           ,
           the
           Nation
           was
           for
           a
           while
           in
           a
           Ferment
           ,
           and
           matters
           run
           extremely
           high
           in
           Disputes
           and
           Controversies
           ,
           and
           he
           sail'd
           with
           the
           Current
           ,
           declaring
           with
           much
           heat
           and
           violence
           against
           the
           Priests
           ,
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           and
           Romish
           Faction
           ;
           as
           appeared
           not
           only
           by
           his
           vehement
           expressions
           in
           pleading
           against
           him
           ,
           but
           the
           alacrity
           and
           little
           concern
           that
           was
           visible
           in
           his
           Countenance
           ,
           when
           
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           as
           Recorder
           of
           London
           ,
           he
           past
           sentence
           of
           Death
           upon
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           which
           he
           frequently
           did
           with
           more
           or
           less
           reproach
           ,
           and
           became
           in
           a
           manner
           the
           terror
           of
           that
           Party
           .
           But
           no
           sooner
           he
           perceiving
           the
           wind
           tacking
           at
           Court
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           some
           misunderstanding
           between
           King
           Charles
           the
           Second
           and
           his
           Parliament
           ,
           but
           he
           began
           to
           fall
           off
           ,
           and
           grow
           cold
           in
           prosecuting
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           being
           frequently
           at
           Court
           ,
           and
           labouring
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           to
           draw
           the
           Magistracy
           of
           the
           City
           after
           him
           ;
           as
           appears
           more
           especially
           by
           one
           passage
           ,
           viz.
           The
           King
           being
           recovered
           of
           an
           Indisposition
           ,
           that
           had
           for
           some
           time
           put
           the
           Kingdoms
           in
           a
           fear
           and
           doubt
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Mayor
           and
           Aldermen
           went
           to
           congratulate
           him
           upon
           his
           going
           abroad
           ;
           after
           which
           ,
           and
           a
           favourable
           reception
           ,
           it
           was
           proposed
           by
           this
           Person
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           in
           like
           manner
           wait
           upon
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           ,
           then
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           who
           was
           not
           long
           before
           returned
           from
           Flanders
           ;
           but
           perceiving
           no
           forwardness
           to
           be
           seconded
           ,
           he
           only
           with
           his
           Father-in-law
           stayed
           behind
           to
           gain
           that
           Access
           .
           These
           and
           other
           Proceedings
           created
           in
           the
           City
           a
           Jealousie
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           espoused
           an
           Interest
           to
           their
           prejudice
           ,
           which
           wrought
           so
           strongly
           in
           their
           Conceits
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           concluded
           in
           the
           Council-Chamber
           at
           Guild-Hall
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           resign
           his
           Recordership
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           they
           sent
           to
           him
           to
           deliver
           back
           the
           Papers
           and
           Writings
           they
           had
           entrusted
           him
           with
           ,
           which
           accordingly
           was
           done
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             George
             Treby
          
           constituted
           Recorder
           in
           his
           stead
           .
        
         
           This
           so
           netled
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           now
           openly
           declar'd
           himself
           to
           be
           what
           before
           was
           only
           suspected
           ,
           
           indulging
           his
           thoughts
           in
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           how
           he
           might
           revenge
           it
           upon
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           to
           whose
           influence
           on
           the
           Court
           of
           Aldermen
           he
           attributed
           his
           dismission
           from
           the
           Recordership
           ,
           and
           used
           his
           Endeavours
           to
           blacken
           them
           as
           much
           as
           he
           could
           :
           Yet
           all
           his
           Honour
           was
           not
           sunk
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           prevailed
           for
           the
           Removal
           of
           Sir
           
             Job
             Charleton
          
           from
           the
           Chief
           Justiceship
           of
           the
           County
           Palatine
           of
           Chester
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           importunity
           and
           interest
           of
           his
           Party
           at
           Court
           ,
           gained
           it
           for
           himself
           ;
           and
           took
           the
           first
           Possession
           of
           that
           Charge
           in
           much
           splendor
           ,
           paying
           at
           that
           time
           his
           Father
           a
           Visit
           with
           a
           numerous
           Train
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           't
           is
           reported
           ,
           put
           the
           old
           Gentleman
           into
           such
           a
           fret
           ,
           for
           the
           drinking
           up
           his
           Cyder
           ,
           and
           devouring
           his
           Provisions
           ,
           that
           he
           charged
           him
           with
           the
           undertaking
           to
           ruiue
           him
           ,
           by
           bringing
           a
           whole
           Countrey
           at
           his
           heels
           ,
           commanding
           him
           never
           to
           attempt
           the
           like
           Prodigality
           again
           with
           hopes
           of
           success
           .
        
         
           Many
           Petitions
           being
           put
           up
           upon
           the
           dissolving
           the
           Parliament
           in
           1682.
           by
           most
           of
           the
           Counties
           ,
           and
           Burroughs
           ,
           and
           Corporations
           of
           England
           ,
           for
           the
           speedy
           calling
           another
           ,
           to
           redress
           the
           Grievances
           of
           the
           Nation
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           shewing
           some
           dislike
           of
           that
           manner
           of
           proceeding
           ,
           this
           Person
           further
           to
           endear
           himself
           to
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           declared
           in
           his
           station
           as
           vehemently
           against
           them
           ,
           by
           saying
           ,
           
             He
             abhorred
             that
             Petitioning
          
           ,
           &c.
           from
           which
           ,
           and
           the
           discountenancing
           the
           Petitioners
           as
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           ,
           he
           gain'd
           the
           name
           and
           Epithite
           of
           an
           Abhorrer
           ;
           and
           upon
           the
           burning
           the
           Pope
           in
           Effigies
           at
           Temple-Bar
           ,
           upon
           the
           Birth-day
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           amongst
           other
           
           Figures
           ,
           the
           Arch-waggs
           had
           set
           one
           on
           Horseback
           with
           his
           Face
           to
           the
           Tail
           ,
           and
           a
           Paper
           on
           his
           back
           ,
           
             viz.
             I
             am
             an
             Abhorrer
          
           .
        
         
           During
           these
           Transactions
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           being
           called
           ,
           met
           at
           Westminister
           ,
           and
           amongst
           others
           ,
           this
           Person
           was
           called
           before
           them
           ,
           for
           attempting
           to
           intrench
           upon
           the
           Rights
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           &c.
           and
           obliged
           at
           the
           Bar
           of
           the
           Commons
           House
           ,
           (
           after
           having
           been
           heard
           what
           he
           could
           say
           in
           defence
           of
           his
           Proceedings
           by
           his
           Council
           )
           to
           make
           his
           acknowledgment
           upon
           his
           Knees
           ,
           and
           receive
           the
           Reprimand
           of
           the
           Speaker
           ;
           whereupon
           ,
           with
           some
           sharp
           Rebukes
           ,
           as
           the
           Censure
           of
           the
           House
           ,
           he
           was
           discharged
           .
        
         
           To
           comfort
           him
           in
           this
           affliction
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           by
           a
           man
           of
           his
           haughty
           Spirit
           a
           little
           stomacked
           ,
           this
           Parliament
           being
           dissolved
           ,
           and
           a
           call
           of
           Serjeants
           had
           at
           the
           
             Kings-Bench-Bar
             ,
             Westminister
          
           ,
           he
           was
           the
           first
           in
           the
           Roll
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           Kings
           Serjeant
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           usual
           to
           present
           the
           King
           with
           a
           Ring
           on
           that
           occasion
           ,
           the
           Motto
           he
           agreed
           to
           was
           ,
           
             A
             Deo
             Rex
             ,
             a
             Rege
             Lex
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             The
             King
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             from
             the
             King.
          
           And
           now
           the
           Popish
           Party
           playing
           their
           Cards
           with
           more
           security
           ,
           
             Edward
             Fitz-Harris
          
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           impeached
           by
           the
           Commons
           ,
           and
           stood
           charged
           by
           them
           of
           High
           Treason
           ;
           being
           nevertheless
           ,
           upon
           the
           Dissolution
           ,
           tryed
           at
           the
           King-Bench-Bar
           ,
           this
           Person
           was
           the
           principal
           Stickler
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Rhetorical
           and
           florid
           expressions
           ,
           wrought
           so
           powerfully
           with
           the
           Jury
           ,
           who
           were
           somewhat
           in
           doubt
           what
           they
           should
           do
           in
           this
           Case
           ,
           that
           they
           found
           him
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           the
           Impeachment
           in
           Parliament
           set
           aside
           ,
           he
           was
           executed
           
           as
           a
           Traytor
           at
           Tyburn
           :
           and
           soon
           after
           this
           ,
           the
           Dissenters
           losing
           of
           their
           Esteem
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           Court-Party
           ,
           and
           some
           Justices
           of
           Peace
           of
           Middlesex
           being
           sharp
           upon
           them
           ,
           this
           Person
           was
           chosen
           Chair-man
           at
           the
           Sessions
           at
           Hicks's-Hall
           ,
           where
           he
           had
           an
           opportunity
           to
           make
           them
           as
           he
           found
           his
           time
           ,
           see
           the
           resentments
           of
           his
           anger
           ;
           but
           this
           place
           being
           held
           too
           low
           for
           a
           Spirit
           winged
           with
           so
           large
           an
           ambition
           ,
           he
           aimed
           at
           higher
           things
           ,
           resolving
           like
           Icharus
           to
           be
           near
           the
           Sun
           ,
           tho
           at
           the
           hazard
           of
           melting
           his
           waxen
           Wings
           ,
           dropping
           headlong
           into
           the
           Sea
           of
           inevitable
           ruine
           :
           Whereupon
           perceiving
           some
           hot
           Contests
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           about
           the
           Election
           of
           Magistrates
           and
           Officers
           ,
           he
           turned
           the
           Edge
           of
           his
           Fury
           that
           way
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           a
           
             Quo
             warranto
          
           came
           down
           against
           the
           Charter
           of
           the
           Honourable
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           in
           fine
           ,
           after
           much
           pleading
           and
           argument
           ,
           
             pro
             &
             contra
          
           ,
           the
           Charter
           was
           surrendred
           ,
           at
           least
           in
           consent
           ,
           by
           those
           that
           were
           in
           Power
           ,
           and
           the
           King
           suspending
           the
           Execution
           of
           the
           Judgment
           obtained
           ,
           caused
           such
           Orders
           to
           be
           observed
           as
           he
           thought
           most
           convenient
           ,
           which
           being
           so
           well
           known
           to
           the
           Citizens
           of
           London
           ,
           it
           would
           appear
           a
           presumption
           in
           me
           to
           enter
           upon
           particulars
           ;
           yet
           the
           chiefest
           Cavil
           against
           the
           City
           was
           ,
           taking
           the
           Toll
           of
           Markets
           ,
           collecting
           Money
           to
           build
           Cheapside
           Conduit
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nor
           was
           it
           long
           after
           this
           ,
           and
           the
           Trial
           of
           several
           Persons
           for
           Rioters
           ,
           who
           attended
           the
           Election
           of
           Sheriffs
           and
           Mayor
           ,
           and
           the
           Fines
           passing
           upon
           many
           worthy
           Citizens
           as
           Rioters
           on
           that
           occasion
           ;
           in
           promoting
           which
           ,
           this
           Person
           as
           a
           Counsellor
           by
           his
           florid
           Rhetorick
           
           was
           mainly
           instrumental
           ,
           by
           giving
           the
           Court
           an
           account
           of
           their
           respective
           abilities
           ,
           the
           better
           to
           settle
           the
           Fines
           :
           but
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Saunders
           dying
           ,
           he
           succeeded
           him
           as
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ;
           in
           which
           station
           he
           vvas
           scarcely
           setled
           ,
           but
           he
           admitted
           the
           Popish
           Lords
           to
           Bail
           ,
           that
           lay
           under
           an
           impeachment
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           whose
           bailing
           had
           been
           refused
           by
           the
           Judges
           his
           Predecessors
           ;
           and
           now
           it
           was
           that
           he
           began
           more
           particularly
           to
           remember
           former
           affronts
           ,
           an
           example
           of
           which
           take
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             Elias
             Best
          
           a
           Hop-Merchant
           in
           Thames-street
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           It
           so
           happened
           when
           this
           Person
           was
           Recorder
           of
           London
           ,
           that
           a
           Jury
           ,
           of
           which
           Best
           was
           one
           ,
           having
           contrary
           to
           his
           mind
           ,
           acquitted
           a
           Party
           indicted
           at
           the
           Sessions
           of
           Peace
           in
           Guild-Hall
           ,
           for
           Printing
           and
           Publishing
           a
           Pamphlet
           ,
           he
           in
           much
           heat
           declared
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           gone
           contrary
           to
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           stuck
           not
           to
           upbraid
           them
           with
           Perjury
           ;
           for
           which
           ,
           as
           a
           high
           affront
           put
           upon
           the
           Juries
           of
           London
           ,
           they
           prayed
           the
           Court
           at
           the
           Old-Bayly
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           prefer
           an
           Indictment
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           herein
           Mr.
           Best
           was
           the
           most
           active
           ;
           but
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Scroggs
           then
           upon
           the
           Bench
           ,
           after
           it
           had
           been
           a
           long
           time
           argued
           and
           debated
           ,
           told
           them
           ,
           that
           the
           Sessions
           being
           almost
           at
           an
           end
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           be
           tryed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           would
           desire
           them
           to
           refer
           it
           to
           the
           next
           Sessions
           ,
           for
           the
           Recorder
           being
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           suffer
           him
           to
           lie
           under
           the
           imputation
           of
           an
           Indictment
           so
           long
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           interim
           ,
           he
           resigning
           his
           Recordership
           ,
           the
           business
           fell
           ,
           and
           came
           to
           nothing
           ;
           but
           soon
           after
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           Mr.
           Best
           had
           drank
           an
           Health
           to
           the
           pious
           
           Memory
           of
           
             Stephen
             Colledge
          
           departed
           ,
           meaning
           the
           Joyner
           that
           was
           executed
           at
           Oxford
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           was
           indicted
           upon
           an
           Information
           ,
           and
           found
           Guilty
           ;
           yet
           he
           being
           at
           large
           ,
           thought
           fit
           to
           withdraw
           himself
           to
           avoid
           the
           rigour
           of
           the
           Fine
           ,
           &c.
           when
           so
           it
           fell
           out
           ,
           that
           this
           Person
           going
           the
           Circuit
           as
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           ,
           accompanyed
           with
           a
           great
           many
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           Mr.
           Best
           came
           by
           ,
           and
           asked
           one
           of
           the
           Company
           what
           Judge
           that
           was
           ,
           who
           replyed
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Jeffreys
           ,
           and
           he
           unadvisedly
           told
           that
           Party
           his
           name
           was
           
             Best
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             remember
             his
             Service
             to
             his
             Lordship
          
           ;
           upon
           notice
           of
           which
           ,
           he
           immediately
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           fetched
           back
           ,
           and
           committed
           him
           to
           York
           Goal
           ,
           from
           whence
           he
           was
           brought
           by
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           to
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           and
           Imprisoned
           for
           a
           Fine
           of
           500
           l.
           &c.
           
           And
           other
           instances
           of
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           Stomach
           ,
           tho
           in
           another
           nature
           ,
           is
           that
           which
           so
           remarkably
           happened
           at
           Kingstone
           upon
           Thames
           ,
           at
           the
           Midsummer
           Assizes
           held
           there
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Surry
           ,
           1679.
           
        
         
           At
           this
           Assize
           being
           Counsel
           in
           a
           Case
           upon
           
             Nisi
             prius
          
           ,
           before
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Weston
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Barons
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           and
           desiring
           to
           ingross
           all
           the
           Questions
           ,
           without
           suffering
           those
           on
           the
           other
           side
           to
           ask
           the
           Witness
           what
           was
           convenient
           in
           carrying
           on
           ,
           and
           managing
           the
           Cause
           ;
           he
           was
           desired
           by
           the
           Judges
           to
           hold
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           &c.
           upon
           which
           some
           words
           passing
           ,
           this
           Person
           told
           him
           ,
           
             He
             did
             not
             use
             him
             like
             a
             Counsellor
             ,
             curbing
             him
             in
             the
             managing
             his
             Breviate
             ,
          
           &c.
           to
           which
           the
           Judge
           fiercely
           replyed
           ,
           
             Ha!
             since
             the
             King
             has
             thrown
             his
             favours
             upon
             you
             ,
             in
             making
             you
             Chief
             Justice
             of
          
           Chester
           ,
           
             you
             think
             to
             run
             down
             every
             body
             ;
             if
          
           
           
             you
             find
             your self
             aggrieved
             ,
             make
             your
             complaint
             ,
             here
             's
             no
             body
             cares
             for
             it
             .
          
           And
           this
           Person
           replying
           ,
           
             That
             he
             had
             not
             been
             used
             to
             make
             complaints
             ,
             but
             rather
             stopped
             those
             that
             were
             made
             :
          
           when
           being
           again
           commanded
           to
           hold
           his
           Tongue
           ,
           he
           sat
           down
           and
           wept
           for
           anger
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           here
           by
           the
           way
           it
           will
           not
           be
           amiss
           to
           let
           the
           Reader
           have
           a
           taste
           of
           some
           passages
           that
           happened
           on
           the
           publick
           Stage
           of
           business
           ,
           in
           the
           Jocular
           part
           of
           this
           great
           Man's
           Life
           ,
           and
           the
           Repartees
           he
           met
           with
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           shall
           instance
           a
           few
           :
        
         
           Once
           it
           happened
           upon
           a
           Trial
           ,
           that
           a
           plain
           Country
           Fellow
           giving
           Evidence
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           pressing
           it
           home
           ,
           moved
           this
           Person
           ,
           who
           was
           Counsel
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           to
           pick
           a
           quarrel
           with
           the
           poor
           mans
           Leather
           Doublet
           ,
           and
           amongst
           other
           Interrogations
           ,
           bawl'd
           out
           
             You
             Fellow
             in
             the
             Leather
             Doublet
             ,
             pray
             what
             have
             you
             for
             swearing
             ?
          
           The
           man
           upon
           this
           ,
           looking
           steadily
           on
           him
           ,
           replyed
           ,
           
             Truly
             Sir
             ,
             if
             you
             have
             no
             more
             for
             Lying
             than
             I
             have
             for
             Swearing
             ,
             you
             might
             wear
             a
             Leather
             Doublet
             as
             well
             as
             I.
          
           This
           bluntly
           retorted
           ,
           moved
           at
           that
           time
           much
           laughter
           ,
           and
           filled
           the
           Town
           with
           the
           Discourse
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Another
           time
           it
           so
           fell
           out
           ,
           that
           some
           Musicianers
           brought
           an
           Action
           against
           a
           person
           ,
           at
           whose
           Wedding
           they
           had
           play'd
           ,
           for
           the
           mony
           they
           were
           promised
           or
           expected
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           this
           Person
           called
           to
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           
             viz.
             You
             Fidler
             ,
             &c.
          
           at
           which
           the
           man
           seeming
           to
           be
           disgusted
           ,
           he
           again
           ,
           upon
           the
           Parties
           alledging
           himself
           to
           be
           a
           Musicianer
           ,
           demanded
           
             What
             difference
             there
             was
             between
             a
             Musicianer
             and
             a
             Fidler
             .
             As
             much
             ,
             Sir
             ,
          
           said
           he
           ,
           
             as
             there
             is
             between
             a
             pair
             of
             Bagpipes
          
           
           
             and
             a
             Recorder
          
           .
           And
           he
           then
           being
           Recorder
           of
           London
           ,
           it
           was
           taken
           as
           a
           suitable
           Repartee
           .
        
         
           Being
           at
           a
           Country
           Assize
           as
           Judge
           ,
           an
           old
           Man
           with
           a
           great
           Beard
           ,
           came
           to
           give
           Evidence
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           doing
           it
           to
           his
           mind
           ,
           he
           began
           to
           cavil
           with
           his
           Beard
           ,
           and
           amongst
           other
           expressions
           told
           him
           ,
           
             That
             if
             his
             Conscience
             was
             as
             large
             as
             his
             Beard
             ,
             he
             might
             well
             swear
             any
             thing
             .
          
           This
           so
           netled
           the
           old
           Blade
           ,
           that
           without
           any
           respect
           to
           his
           greatness
           ,
           he
           briskly
           replyed
           ,
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             If
             you
             go
             about
             to
             measure
             Consciences
             by
             Beards
             ,
             your
             Lordship
             has
             none
             .
          
           Many
           more
           of
           this
           kind
           might
           be
           mentioned
           ,
           but
           not
           being
           greatly
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           they
           are
           willingly
           omitted
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           thrid
           of
           this
           Discourse
           ;
           passing
           by
           his
           vehement
           and
           pressing
           Discourse
           to
           the
           Jury
           against
           William
           Lord
           Russel
           ,
           on
           his
           Tryal
           at
           the
           Old-Bayly
           ,
           which
           some
           say
           greatly
           influenced
           them
           to
           find
           him
           Guilty
           ;
           and
           add
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           it
           out
           of
           a
           pique
           ,
           in
           remembrance
           he
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Parliament
           before
           whom
           he
           was
           brought
           on
           his
           Knees
           .
           We
           find
           him
           by
           this
           time
           Trying
           of
           Dr.
           
             Titus
             Oats
          
           upon
           two
           Informations
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           his
           Swearing
           to
           the
           White-Horse
           Consult
           ,
           and
           Ireland's
           being
           in
           Town
           ;
           and
           after
           a
           long
           Debate
           ,
           wherein
           many
           sharp
           Repartees
           passed
           ,
           the
           Jury
           made
           a
           shift
           to
           find
           him
           Guilty
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           ,
           I
           refer
           you
           to
           the
           Tryal
           ;
           but
           the
           Sentence
           was
           severe
           ,
           and
           of
           its
           effects
           few
           are
           ignorant
           ;
           wherefore
           I
           shall
           pass
           it
           over
           ,
           as
           also
           that
           of
           Mr.
           
             Tho.
             Dangerfield
          
           ,
           another
           of
           the
           Evidences
           in
           discovering
           the
           Contrivances
           and
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           which
           the
           Papists
           
           by
           these
           manner
           of
           Proceedings
           accounted
           to
           be
           effectually
           stisted
           .
           And
           now
           before
           any
           thing
           remarkably
           happened
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           was
           alarm'd
           by
           the
           Landing
           of
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           at
           Lyme
           in
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Argyle
           in
           Scotland
           ;
           but
           however
           these
           two
           unfortunate
           Gentlemen
           miscarrying
           ,
           and
           losing
           their
           Lives
           ,
           left
           a
           great
           many
           of
           their
           miserable
           Followers
           to
           feel
           the
           severity
           of
           Punishment
           ;
           and
           as
           for
           the
           gleanings
           the
           bloody
           Fields
           in
           England
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           the
           sifting
           of
           this
           Person
           ,
           who
           with
           others
           ,
           going
           down
           with
           a
           Commission
           to
           Try
           them
           ,
           all
           the
           Indignities
           the
           Diffenters
           had
           put
           upon
           him
           came
           fresh
           into
           his
           remembrance
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           made
           them
           find
           the
           Laws
           more
           cruel
           than
           the
           Sword
           ,
           and
           wish
           they
           had
           fallen
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           rather
           than
           have
           come
           to
           his
           handling
           ;
           for
           he
           breathed
           Death
           like
           a
           destroying
           Angel
           ,
           and
           sanguined
           his
           very
           Ermins
           in
           Blood
           ,
           a
           large
           Account
           of
           which
           you
           shall
           have
           in
           its
           proper
           place
           .
        
         
           But
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           
             West-Country
             Reader
          
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           add
           a
           true
           and
           impartial
           Narrative
           of
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth's
           whole
           Expedition
           while
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           seeing
           that
           was
           the
           Prologue
           to
           that
           bloody
           Scene
           that
           you
           'l
           hear
           by
           and
           by
           ,
           was
           acted
           by
           George
           Lord
           Jeffreys
           ,
           (
           the
           Subject
           of
           our
           present
           Discourse
           .
           )
        
         
           To
           begin
           then
           ,
           May
           24.
           
           Old
           Style
           ,
           We
           left
           Amsterdam
           about
           Two
           of
           the
           Clock
           ,
           being
           Sunday
           Morning
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           Lighter
           sail'd
           for
           the
           Texel
           ,
           our
           Vessels
           being
           sent
           before
           us
           thither
           ;
           but
           meeting
           with
           extream
           cross
           Winds
           all
           the
           way
           ,
           we
           arrived
           not
           till
           Saturday
           Night
           ,
           and
           then
           went
           all
           on
           Bord.
           Here
           our
           
             Man
             of
             War
          
           
           with
           about
           32
           Guns
           ,
           (
           where
           the
           Dukes
           Person
           was
           )
           was
           under
           an
           Arrest
           by
           order
           of
           the
           States
           of
           Amsterdam
           ,
           on
           the
           complaint
           of
           our
           Envoy
           ,
           they
           presuming
           we
           had
           been
           clear
           ,
           but
           we
           broke
           through
           our
           Arrest
           ,
           and
           Sunday
           Morning
           at
           break
           of
           Day
           ,
           set
           sayl
           for
           England
           .
           We
           had
           in
           all
           three
           Ships
           ;
           that
           of
           32
           Guns
           carried
           most
           of
           our
           Men
           ,
           the
           other
           two
           were
           for
           our
           Ammunition
           .
           We
           met
           with
           exceeding
           cross
           Winds
           ,
           most
           part
           of
           the
           time
           we
           spent
           on
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           Arrived
           not
           at
           Lime
           till
           
             Thursday
             ,
             June
          
           11.
           so
           that
           from
           Amsterdam
           to
           Lime
           ,
           we
           wanted
           but
           two
           days
           of
           three
           Weeks
           .
        
         
           We
           Landed
           without
           any
           the
           least
           Opposition
           ,
           and
           were
           received
           with
           all
           expressions
           of
           Joy
           imaginable
           ;
           the
           Duke
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           jump'd
           out
           of
           his
           Boat
           on
           Land
           ,
           call'd
           for
           silence
           ,
           and
           then
           desir'd
           we
           would
           joyn
           with
           him
           in
           returning
           God
           Thanks
           for
           that
           wonderful
           preservation
           we
           had
           met
           with
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           fell
           on
           his
           Knees
           on
           the
           Sand
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           mouth
           of
           us
           all
           in
           a
           short
           Ejaculation
           ,
           and
           then
           immediately
           well
           Armed
           ,
           as
           many
           as
           we
           were
           ,
           entred
           the
           Town
           .
        
         
           Friday
           ,
           the
           whole
           day
           was
           spent
           in
           Listing
           of
           Men
           ,
           which
           flock'd
           to
           us
           so
           fast
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           scarce
           tend
           them
           with
           Arms.
           
        
         
           The
           like
           on
           Saturday
           also
           ;
           and
           then
           about
           ten
           of
           the
           Clock
           at
           Night
           ,
           300
           of
           our
           Men
           were
           sent
           to
           Bridport
           ,
           about
           six
           English
           Miles
           off
           ,
           to
           Storm
           that
           Town
           betimes
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           accordingly
           ,
           taking
           many
           Prisoners
           out
           of
           their
           Lodgings
           ;
           and
           had
           not
           our
           Soldiers
           been
           a
           little
           too
           eager
           of
           Plunder
           ,
           we
           had
           made
           a
           good
           days
           
           work
           on
           't
           ;
           but
           there
           lying
           about
           a
           Wood
           some
           of
           the
           Kings
           Forces
           ,
           we
           were
           forced
           to
           retreat
           ,
           losing
           three
           or
           four
           Men
           ,
           and
           killing
           several
           of
           theirs
           ,
           and
           taking
           Eight
           Prisoners
           ;
           this
           was
           the
           first
           Action
           which
           he
           had
           .
        
         
           Sunday
           also
           was
           spent
           in
           Listing
           ,
           and
           Monday
           Morning
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           we
           marched
           out
           of
           Lime
           for
           Axminster
           ,
           a
           little
           Town
           four
           Miles
           off
           ;
           our
           Party
           was
           near
           2000
           ,
           Foot
           ,
           and
           300
           Horse
           ,
           though
           we
           Landed
           not
           full
           an
           hundred
           Men
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           in
           the
           space
           of
           four
           days
           :
           About
           two
           Miles
           from
           Lime
           we
           espied
           the
           Duke
           of
           Albermarle
           ,
           with
           about
           4000
           Men
           ,
           designing
           that
           Night
           to
           quarter
           in
           the
           same
           Town
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           news
           of
           in
           the
           way
           ;
           yet
           we
           marched
           on
           in
           good
           order
           ,
           and
           came
           into
           the
           Town
           ,
           lined
           all
           Hedges
           ,
           Planted
           our
           Field-Pieces
           ,
           and
           expected
           nothing
           more
           than
           that
           we
           should
           give
           'em
           battel
           ,
           they
           being
           not
           an
           English
           Mile
           from
           the
           Town
           ;
           they
           made
           towards
           us
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           heard
           that
           we
           were
           there
           ;
           but
           the
           Duke
           of
           Albermarle
           finding
           his
           Men
           to
           be
           all
           Militia-Men
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Devonshire
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           no
           stomach
           to
           fight
           against
           Monmouth
           ,
           Retreated
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           within
           a
           quarter
           of
           an
           English
           Mile
           of
           the
           Town
           .
           He
           came
           from
           Exon
           with
           these
           Forces
           ,
           intending
           to
           lay
           a
           siege
           against
           Lime
           ,
           presuming
           we
           could
           not
           be
           ready
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ;
           but
           finding
           us
           so
           well
           prepared
           to
           receive
           him
           ,
           he
           wisely
           retired
           his
           Men
           ,
           being
           in
           great
           disorder
           and
           confusion
           ,
           supposing
           we
           had
           pursued
           them
           ,
           which
           was
           Debated
           ;
           but
           the
           Duke
           said
           ,
           
             It
             was
             not
             his
             business
             to
             fight
             yet
             ,
             till
             his
             Men
             had
             been
             a
             little
             Disciplin'd
             ,
             but
             rather
             to
             make
             up
             into
             the
             Country
             as
          
           
           
             ast
             as
             possible
             ,
             to
             meet
             his
             Friends
             ,
             not
             questioning
             ,
             but
             there
             would
             have
             been
             in
             several
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             some
          
           Action
           ,
           
             on
             the
             News
             of
             his
             Success
             :
          
           But
           this
           in
           the
           end
           prov'd
           fatal
           to
           us
           ;
           for
           had
           we
           but
           follow'd
           them
           ,
           we
           had
           had
           all
           their
           Arms
           ,
           several
           more
           men
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           march'd
           in
           two
           days
           with
           little
           or
           no
           opposition
           ,
           to
           the
           very
           Gates
           of
           Exon
           ,
           the
           County-Troops
           resolving
           not
           to
           fight
           us
           ;
           and
           several
           came
           to
           us
           that
           Night
           with
           thei●
           Arms.
           But
           missing
           this
           opportunity
           ,
           we
           march'd
           on
           for
           Taunton
           ,
           Lodging
           at
           several
           small
           Towns
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           which
           still
           received
           us
           as
           kindly
           as
           possible
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           way
           met
           with
           the
           loud
           Acclamations
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           praying
           God
           to
           succeed
           our
           Arms.
           
        
         
           Thursday
           we
           came
           to
           Taunton
           ,
           about
           twenty
           Mile
           from
           Lime
           .
           To
           give
           a
           particular
           Account
           of
           our
           Reception
           here
           ,
           would
           be
           too
           tedious
           ;
           the
           Streets
           throng'd
           with
           People
           we
           could
           scarce
           enter
           ,
           all
           endeavouring
           to
           manifest
           their
           Joy
           at
           his
           coming
           ,
           and
           their
           Houses
           ,
           Doors
           ,
           and
           Streets
           garnished
           with
           green
           Boughs
           ,
           Herbs
           and
           Flowers
           ,
           all
           the
           Emblems
           of
           Prosperity
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           day
           ,
           Twenty
           six
           young
           Gentlewomen
           ,
           Virgins
           ,
           with
           Colours
           ready
           made
           at
           the
           charge
           of
           the
           Townsmen
           ,
           presented
           them
           to
           his
           Grace
           ;
           the
           Captain
           of
           them
           went
           before
           with
           a
           
             Naked
             Sword
          
           in
           one
           hand
           ,
           and
           a
           small
           curious
           Bible
           in
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           she
           presented
           also
           ,
           making
           a
           short
           Speech
           ,
           at
           which
           the
           Duke
           was
           extremely
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           assured
           her
           ,
           
             He
             came
             now
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             with
             a
             design
             to
             defend
             the
             Truths
             contained
             therein
             ,
             and
             to
             Seal
             it
             with
             his
             Blood
             ,
             if
             there
             shou'd
             be
             any
             occasion
             for
             it
             .
          
           Nothing
           now
           could
           content
           the
           Country
           ,
           
           but
           he
           must
           be
           proclaimed
           King
           ,
           which
           he
           seemed
           exceeding
           averse
           to
           ;
           and
           really
           I
           am
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           from
           his
           very
           heart
           .
        
         
           They
           said
           ,
           
             The
             Reason
             why
             the
             Gentry
             of
          
           England
           
             moved
             not
             ,
             was
             because
             he
             came
             on
             a
             Commonwealth-Principle
          
           ;
           This
           being
           the
           Cry
           of
           all
           the
           Army
           ,
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           yield
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           ,
           Saturday
           Morning
           he
           was
           Proclaimed
           :
           In
           the
           Afternoon
           came
           out
           three
           PROCLAMATIONS
           ,
           one
           setting
           a
           Sum
           of
           Mony
           on
           the
           Kings
           Head
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           done
           before
           by
           the
           other
           .
           The
           Second
           ,
           Declaring
           the
           Parliament
           of
           
             England
             ,
             A
             Seditious
             Assembly
          
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           did
           not
           separate
           before
           the
           end
           of
           June
           ,
           to
           give
           Power
           and
           Authority
           to
           any
           that
           would
           attempt
           to
           lay
           hold
           of
           them
           as
           Rebels
           and
           Traytors
           .
           The
           Third
           ,
           To
           declare
           the
           Duke
           of
           Albermarle
           a
           Traytor
           ,
           (
           who
           now
           lay
           within
           six
           Miles
           of
           us
           ,
           having
           had
           time
           to
           Rally
           his
           Men
           ,
           )
           if
           he
           laid
           not
           down
           his
           Arms
           ;
           forthwith
           a
           Message
           also
           was
           sent
           to
           command
           him
           ,
           but
           he
           sent
           word
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             a
             Subject
             to
          
           JAMES
           
             the
             Second
             ,
             the
             late
             Kings
             Brother
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             knew
             no
             other
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           We
           tarried
           here
           till
           Sunday
           Morning
           ,
           and
           then
           march'd
           for
           Bridge-water
           ,
           seven
           Miles
           from
           thence
           :
           We
           were
           now
           between
           four
           and
           five
           thousand
           Men
           ,
           and
           had
           we
           not
           wanted
           Arms
           ,
           could
           have
           made
           above
           ten
           thousand
           .
           We
           were
           received
           here
           as
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           but
           did
           little
           more
           than
           Read
           our
           Declaration
           ,
           which
           we
           did
           also
           in
           all
           other
           Towns
           ,
           the
           Magistrates
           standing
           by
           in
           their
           Gowns
           ;
           and
           likewise
           our
           Proclamations
           ,
           and
           so
           march'd
           forward
           for
           Glassenbury
           ;
           from
           Glassenbury
           design'd
           for
           Bristol
           ,
           three
           days
           March
           from
           that
           Place
           ,
           designing
           to
           Attaque
           it
           :
           Accordingly
           ,
           
           we
           arrived
           at
           Canshum-Bridge
           ,
           a
           little
           Town
           three
           Miles
           English
           from
           Bristol
           ,
           intending
           to
           enter
           next
           morning
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Beaufort
           being
           there
           with
           a
           Garrison
           of
           about
           
             Four
             Thousand
             Men
          
           ,
           being
           here
           lodg'd
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           we
           were
           on
           a
           sudden
           Alarm'd
           with
           the
           noise
           of
           the
           Approach
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           being
           in
           no
           small
           Confusion
           on
           this
           unsuspected
           News
           :
           The
           Duke
           sent
           one
           up
           the
           Tower
           to
           see
           whether
           he
           could
           discover
           them
           marching
           ;
           as
           soon
           as
           he
           came
           up
           ,
           he
           saw
           them
           at
           the
           very
           entrance
           into
           the
           Town
           fighting
           with
           our
           Men.
           Here
           we
           had
           a
           small
           Skirmish
           ,
           our
           Men
           being
           in
           the
           Fields
           adjoyning
           to
           the
           Town
           refreshing
           themselves
           ;
           but
           it
           lasted
           not
           long
           ,
           for
           before
           he
           could
           bring
           word
           ,
           they
           were
           fled
           ,
           being
           not
           above
           sixty
           Horse-Men
           :
           They
           did
           us
           mischief
           ,
           killed
           and
           wounded
           above
           twenty
           Men
           ,
           whereas
           we
           killed
           none
           of
           theirs
           ,
           only
           took
           four
           Prisoners
           and
           their
           Horses
           ,
           and
           wounded
           my
           Lord
           Newburg
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           thought
           mortal
           ;
           they
           came
           thither
           ,
           thinking
           it
           had
           been
           their
           own
           Forces
           ;
           and
           had
           not
           our
           undisciplin'd
           Fellows
           been
           a
           little
           too
           eager
           ,
           and
           suffer'd
           'em
           to
           come
           a
           little
           farther
           on
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           entred
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           have
           had
           every
           man
           of
           them
           ;
           their
           Infantry
           was
           following
           ,
           but
           on
           their
           Return
           came
           not
           forward
           .
           These
           Forces
           being
           so
           near
           ,
           and
           Bristol
           being
           so
           well
           mann'd
           also
           ,
           the
           Duke
           was
           loth
           to
           pass
           the
           Bridge
           for
           Bristol
           ,
           though
           some
           Gentlemen
           that
           came
           over
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           were
           prescribed
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           former
           Plot
           ,
           being
           Bristol-men
           ,
           and
           knew
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Towns-men
           ,
           begg'd
           him
           heartily
           to
           proceed
           towards
           it
           ,
           offering
           themselves
           to
           go
           in
           the
           Head
           of
           them
           into
           the
           Town
           ,
           
           by
           some
           private
           ways
           which
           they
           knew
           ,
           assuring
           him
           ,
           
             They
             would
             make
             no
             Resistance
          
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           perswade
           him
           ;
           which
           had
           we
           been
           Possessors
           of
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           have
           wanted
           Mony
           nor
           Arms
           ,
           the
           only
           things
           needful
           for
           us
           in
           that
           Juncture
           ;
           for
           had
           we
           but
           had
           Arms
           ,
           I
           am
           persuaded
           we
           had
           by
           this
           time
           had
           in
           the
           least
           twenty
           thousand
           Men
           ;
           and
           it
           would
           not
           then
           have
           been
           difficult
           for
           us
           to
           have
           march'd
           to
           London
           ,
           with
           the
           Recruit
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           the
           King
           not
           being
           able
           to
           make
           7000
           Men
           for
           the
           gaining
           of
           so
           many
           Kingdoms
           .
           But
           God
           saw
           it
           not
           fit
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           over-ruled
           our
           Consultations
           to
           our
           own
           ruin
           ;
           for
           this
           was
           in
           the
           top
           of
           our
           Prosperity
           ;
           and
           yet
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           not
           a
           Gentleman
           more
           than
           went
           over
           with
           us
           came
           to
           our
           assistance
           .
        
         
           So
           we
           march'd
           on
           to
           Bath
           ,
           we
           lay
           before
           it
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           and
           sent
           in
           our
           Trumpeter
           to
           demand
           the
           Town
           ,
           but
           they
           refused
           to
           give
           us
           Entrance
           ,
           having
           a
           strong
           Garrison
           ,
           it
           being
           a
           stout
           People
           and
           a
           strong
           place
           .
           Having
           no
           mind
           to
           spend
           time
           in
           laying
           Sieges
           ,
           we
           march'd
           on
           that
           day
           to
           a
           little
           Town
           called
           Phillips-Norton
           ,
           and
           there
           lay
           that
           night
           ,
           being
           now
           Sunday
           the
           26th
           of
           June
           ,
           Old-Style
           ,
           Saturday
           Morning
           preparing
           for
        
         
           Frome
           ,
           We
           were
           drawing
           out
           our
           baggage
           for
           our
           March
           ,
           and
           on
           a
           sudden
           were
           alarmed
           with
           the
           appearance
           of
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           who
           had
           entred
           the
           Town
           ,
           and
           had
           lined
           all
           the
           Hedges
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           fire
           on
           us
           :
           Here
           began
           the
           briskest
           Rencounter
           we
           yet
           had
           ,
           and
           for
           an
           hour
           or
           more
           we
           had
           a
           brisk
           Skirmish
           ;
           but
           at
           last
           we
           beat
           them
           back
           ,
           killing
           about
           thirty
           which
           lay
           in
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           we
           lost
           about
           ten
           in
           all
           ,
           and
           a
           few
           wounded
           :
           
           They
           retreating
           with
           their
           whole
           Army
           ,
           pitched
           within
           a
           mile
           of
           the
           Town
           ;
           and
           we
           went
           out
           also
           and
           pitched
           near
           them
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           Musket-shot
           ,
           playing
           Cannon
           one
           on
           another
           for
           some
           hours
           ;
           they
           killed
           us
           but
           one
           man
           all
           the
           while
           ,
           but
           with
           ours
           we
           did
           great
           execution
           ,
           having
           the
           advantage
           of
           the
           ground
           ;
           so
           at
           last
           they
           retreated
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           been
           told
           lost
           some
           hundreds
           of
           men
           in
           the
           Battel
           ,
           both
           killed
           and
           wounded
           :
           So
           we
           marched
           on
           for
           Frome
           ,
           a
           Town
           where
           we
           were
           as
           beloved
           as
           at
           Taunton
           ,
           where
           we
           wanted
           for
           nothing
           but
           Arms
           ,
           which
           were
           by
           a
           Stratagem
           taken
           from
           them
           a
           few
           days
           before
           our
           entrance
           .
           Here
           came
           the
           unexpected
           News
           of
           Argyle's
           being
           defeated
           ,
           and
           likewise
           of
           the
           advance
           of
           the
           Kings
           Force
           from
           London
           with
           considerable
           Baggage
           ,
           and
           thirty
           Field-Pieces
           .
           This
           News
           ,
           together
           with
           our
           want
           of
           Mony
           and
           Arms
           ,
           (
           not
           seeing
           which
           way
           to
           avoid
           these
           Forces
           )
           we
           were
           at
           a
           stand
           ,
           and
           not
           a
           little
           non-plus'd
           .
           'T
           was
           at
           last
           agreed
           on
           ,
           that
           we
           that
           came
           with
           the
           Duke
           should
           get
           good
           Horses
           that
           Night
           ,
           and
           so
           for
           Pool
           ,
           a
           little
           Sea-Port
           Town
           not
           far
           off
           ,
           where
           we
           were
           to
           seize
           a
           Ship
           ,
           and
           set
           forth
           for
           Holland
           again
           ,
           leaving
           our
           Infantry
           to
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           Country
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           much
           like
           that
           Resolution
           of
           the
           Hollanders
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Civil
           War
           with
           Spain
           ,
           being
           as
           we
           then
           were
           ,
           in
           despair
           of
           making
           better
           Terms
           ,
           and
           not
           daring
           to
           enter
           
             Salisbury
             Plain
          
           ,
           because
           their
           Horse
           being
           so
           much
           better
           than
           ours
           ,
           their
           Men
           being
           all
           Disciplin'd
           ,
           ours
           not
           ,
           we
           could
           not
           face
           them
           in
           so
           plain
           and
           open
           a
           Country
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           retreated
           backward
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           resolving
           to
           see
           what
           London
           
           would
           do
           ,
           having
           a
           good
           opportunity
           offered
           them
           :
           The
           Soldiers
           being
           call'd
           forth
           ,
           and
           not
           two
           thousand
           Men
           to
           be
           had
           for
           their
           defence
           if
           they
           had
           but
           attempted
           any
           thing
           ;
           this
           disheartned
           our
           Men
           ,
           and
           several
           of
           them
           coming
           home
           to
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           having
           felt
           by
           experience
           the
           hardships
           of
           War
           ,
           withdrew
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           came
           well
           back
           again
           to
           Bridgewater
           ,
           and
           were
           received
           with
           wonted
           Love
           ;
           we
           arrived
           here
           on
           Friday
           the
           3d
           of
           July
           ,
           and
           resolved
           here
           to
           fortifie
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           hold
           our
           ground
           till
           we
           heard
           from
           
             London
             .
             Saturday
          
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           news
           was
           brought
           of
           the
           Approach
           of
           the
           Kings
           Forces
           within
           a
           Mile
           and
           a
           half
           of
           the
           Town
           where
           they
           had
           encamped
           ,
           the
           Duke
           went
           up
           into
           the
           Tower
           and
           there
           took
           a
           view
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           seeing
           them
           so
           careless
           ,
           and
           their
           Horse
           at
           some
           distance
           from
           the
           Army
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           Town
           ,
           the
           Infantry
           being
           in
           
             Sedge
             Moore
          
           .
           He
           called
           a
           Council
           on
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           concluded
           on
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           fall
           on
           them
           in
           the
           dead
           of
           the
           Night
           ,
           accordingly
           having
           a
           Guide
           to
           conduct
           us
           on
           in
           a
           private
           way
           ,
           we
           march'd
           out
           at
           about
           11
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           &
           about
           one
           fell
           on
           them
           in
           their
           Tents
           .
           There
           was
           a
           Ditch
           between
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           Guide
           promised
           to
           conduct
           'em
           over
           an
           easie
           fordable
           place
           ,
           but
           our
           Men
           seeing
           the
           Enemy
           just
           before
           them
           ,
           ran
           furiously
           on
           and
           lost
           the
           Guide
           ,
           so
           that
           while
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           recover
           over
           that
           place
           the
           Enemy
           got
           on
           their
           Legs
           ,
           and
           put
           themselves
           in
           Order
           ,
           &
           now
           began
           as
           fierce
           a
           Battel
           as
           perhaps
           ever
           was
           fought
           in
           England
           in
           so
           short
           a
           time
           ;
           our
           Foot
           fought
           as
           well
           as
           ever
           Foot
           fought
           ,
           but
           not
           a
           Horse
           came
           up
           ;
           had
           our
           Horse
           but
           assisted
           ,
           we
           must
           have
           beaten
           them
           out
           of
           the
           Field
           .
           But
           our
           Horses
           would
           not
           stand
           at
           
           the
           noise
           of
           Drums
           and
           Guns
           ,
           so
           that
           we
           soon
           lost
           two
           of
           our
           Pieces
           of
           Ordinance
           ,
           and
           we
           had
           but
           four
           in
           all
           ,
           and
           then
           but
           one
           more
           in
           the
           Field
           ;
           our
           Foot
           flung
           most
           of
           their
           Shot
           over
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Men
           for
           the
           most
           part
           were
           killed
           in
           the
           Rear
           ,
           and
           that
           run
           ,
           but
           the
           Front
           stood
           still
           ;
           and
           had
           we
           done
           as
           much
           execution
           in
           the
           Front
           as
           we
           did
           in
           the
           Rear
           ,
           the
           day
           had
           been
           our
           own
           ;
           but
           God
           would
           not
           have
           it
           ,
           their
           time
           was
           not
           yet
           come
           :
           By
           this
           time
           their
           Horses
           came
           up
           ,
           and
           having
           six
           or
           eight
           hundred
           good
           disciplin'd
           Men
           ,
           well
           mounted
           and
           well
           arm'd
           ,
           ours
           neither
           ;
           our
           Foot
           having
           shot
           away
           all
           their
           Ammunition
           ,
           and
           our
           Baggage
           being
           not
           then
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           retreat
           ,
           being
           all
           in
           confusion
           .
        
         
           Having
           no
           Mony
           left
           ,
           and
           our
           Party
           thus
           unexpectedly
           repulsed
           ,
           the
           Duke
           seeing
           he
           could
           not
           hold
           it
           any
           longer
           ,
           fled
           with
           my
           Lord
           Gray
           .
        
         
           The
           Duke's
           Party
           was
           said
           to
           be
           about
           three
           thousand
           Foot
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           Horse
           ;
           we
           had
           more
           ,
           at
           least
           five
           thousand
           Men
           and
           Horse
           ,
           but
           not
           well
           Arm'd
           ,
           yet
           in
           the
           Field
           .
           'T
           is
           said
           we
           lost
           not
           above
           three
           hundred
           ,
           and
           they
           Foot
           ;
           but
           after
           when
           we
           were
           routed
           in
           our
           retreat
           lost
           a
           vast
           many
           more
           ;
           though
           they
           pursued
           not
           in
           some
           hours
           after
           .
        
         
           The
           most
           remarkable
           Persons
           that
           were
           taken
           in
           this
           total
           Rout
           ,
           were
           Colonel
           Holmes
           ,
           Major
           Perrot
           ,
           the
           Constable
           of
           Crookhorn
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Williams
           ,
           Servant
           to
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Field
           was
           clear
           of
           the
           Dukes
           Men
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Feversham
           marched
           with
           five
           hundred
           Foot
           and
           a
           Party
           of
           Horse
           and
           Dragoons
           to
           Bridgwater
           ,
           where
           he
           found
           the
           Dukes
           Forces
           that
           were
           left
           there
           ,
           fled
           and
           dispersed
           into
           several
           Places
           :
           
           When
           his
           Lordship
           having
           left
           these
           Men
           in
           the
           Town
           ,
           under
           the
           Command
           of
           Collonel
           Kirk
           ,
           and
           hearing
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           was
           fled
           with
           about
           Fifty
           Horse
           ,
           the
           greatest
           number
           of
           the
           Dukes
           Men
           that
           were
           left
           together
           ,
           he
           sent
           out
           divers
           Parties
           in
           pursuit
           of
           him
           and
           others
           that
           fled
           the
           Field
           .
           When
           on
           the
           7th
           of
           July
           ,
           about
           five
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           some
           of
           the
           Lord
           Lumly's
           Men
           seized
           the
           Lord
           Gray
           and
           another
           Person
           near
           Holt-Lodge
           in
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           four
           Miles
           from
           the
           West
           of
           Ringwood
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Lord
           Lumly
           making
           further
           enquiry
           among
           the
           Cotts
           ,
           was
           informed
           by
           one
           
             Anna
             Ferrant
          
           that
           two
           men
           went
           over
           a
           Hedge
           ,
           proving
           to
           be
           the
           Out-bounds
           of
           many
           Inclosures
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           were
           overgrown
           with
           Fern
           ,
           others
           with
           Pease
           and
           Oats
           ;
           but
           Guards
           being
           set
           upon
           the
           Avenues
           ,
           after
           divers
           attempts
           to
           escape
           ,
           the
           Brandenburgh
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Parties
           observed
           to
           enter
           the
           Ground
           ,
           was
           taken
           on
           the
           8th
           of
           July
           ,
           about
           five
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           who
           confessing
           he
           departed
           from
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           about
           One
           of
           the
           Clock
           that
           morning
           in
           the
           Out-bounds
           ,
           diligent
           search
           was
           made
           ;
           when
           about
           Eleven
           of
           the
           Clock
           the
           same
           morning
           he
           was
           found
           ,
           by
           one
           
             Henry
             Parking
          
           ,
           hid
           in
           a
           Ditch
           ,
           covered
           with
           Fern
           ,
           who
           calling
           others
           to
           assist
           him
           ,
           the
           said
           late
           Duke
           was
           in
           the
           end
           taken
           ,
           and
           together
           with
           the
           Lord
           Gray
           ,
           and
           the
           Brandenburgh
           ,
           with
           a
           strong
           Guard
           brought
           by
           easie
           Journies
           to
           Whitehall
           ,
           where
           they
           arrived
           on
           the
           13th
           of
           July
           ,
           and
           after
           some
           examination
           were
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           when
           on
           Wednesday
           the
           15th
           of
           July
           ,
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           pursuant
           to
           a
           Warrant
           signed
           for
           his
           Execution
           ,
           upon
           
           his
           attaindure
           of
           High-Treason
           ,
           was
           delivered
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           about
           Ten
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           and
           conducted
           to
           a
           Scaffold
           erected
           on
           Tower-Hill
           ,
           where
           after
           about
           half
           an
           hours
           continuance
           ,
           he
           laying
           down
           his
           Head
           ,
           had
           it
           stricken
           off
           by
           the
           Executioner
           ,
           the
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Body
           ,
           being
           put
           into
           a
           Coffin
           covered
           with
           Velvet
           ,
           were
           carried
           away
           in
           a
           Velvet-covered
           Hearse
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           Interment
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Duke
           was
           beheaded
           ,
           many
           Prisoners
           taken
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           fled
           by
           Parcels
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           secured
           in
           divers
           Goals
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           their
           Prosecution
           ,
           as
           vvas
           said
           according
           to
           Law
           ;
           which
           was
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           great
           Mans
           shevving
           his
           parts
           at
           that
           Degree
           as
           he
           did
           ,
           no
           one
           else
           fit
           to
           be
           made
           a
           Tool
           for
           such
           a
           Bloody
           Tragedy
           as
           he
           acted
           .
        
         
           The
           Tryals
           were
           deferred
           (
           for
           some
           time
           after
           the
           Fatal
           Blow
           given
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           on
           Tower-Hill
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           15th
           of
           July
           following
           )
           because
           of
           my
           Lords
           being
           at
           Tunbridge
           ;
           but
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           August
           ,
           he
           with
           a
           Special
           Commission
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           ,
           assisted
           with
           four
           other
           Judges
           ,
           set
           forward
           with
           a
           Party
           of
           Horse
           ,
           he
           being
           made
           by
           special
           Commission
           their
           General
           .
           The
           first
           place
           he
           came
           at
           was
           Winchester
           ,
           where
           were
           divers
           Prisoners
           on
           Suspicion
           ;
           but
           here
           began
           the
           Tragedy
           ;
           for
           the
           Lady
           Lisle
           was
           there
           Arraigned
           for
           High-Treason
           ,
           in
           harbouring
           Mr.
           Hicks
           and
           Mr.
           Nelthrope
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           concerned
           with
           the
           Duke
           ;
           the
           Lady
           being
           on
           her
           Tryal
           ,
           the
           Jury
           were
           dissatisfied
           once
           and
           again
           ;
           but
           my
           Lords
           Threats
           and
           other
           Managery
           ,
           so
           disposed
           the
           Jury
           ,
           that
           at
           last
           they
           
           brought
           the
           Lady
           in
           Guilty
           ;
           on
           which
           he
           pronounced
           the
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           on
           her
           ,
           as
           usual
           in
           such
           Cases
           ;
           but
           she
           had
           the
           favour
           of
           being
           Beheaded
           ;
           their
           other
           Prisoners
           were
           carried
           to
           Salisbury
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           the
           most
           remarkable
           thing
           at
           that
           Assizes
           .
        
         
           From
           thence
           they
           set
           forward
           for
           Salisbury
           ,
           where
           were
           many
           Prisoners
           that
           had
           been
           pick'd
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Country
           ,
           then
           in
           the
           Goal
           ,
           the
           which
           ,
           with
           those
           that
           were
           brought
           from
           Winton
           ,
           were
           ordered
           to
           be
           carried
           to
           Dorchester
           ,
           there
           not
           being
           Evidence
           enough
           to
           accomplish
           what
           was
           then
           designed
           by
           my
           Lord
           ;
           so
           that
           little
           of
           moment
           passed
           there
           ,
           but
           to
           pursue
           the
           matter
           ,
           proceeds
           from
           thence
           to
           Dorchester
           ,
           where
           he
           with
           his
           Assistants
           ,
           Gown-men
           ,
           and
           Sword-men
           ,
           arrived
           on
           the
           3d
           of
           September
           ,
           on
           which
           day
           being
           Thursday
           ,
           the
           Commission
           was
           read
           .
           Friday
           morning
           was
           an
           excellent
           Sermon
           Preached
           before
           their
           Lordships
           ,
           by
           a
           worthy
           Divine
           ,
           Chaplain
           to
           a
           worthy
           Person
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           much
           tending
           to
           Mercy
           :
           It
           was
           observed
           ,
           that
           while
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           was
           at
           Church
           in
           Prayers
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           at
           Sermon
           ,
           he
           vvas
           seen
           to
           laugh
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           unbecoming
           a
           Person
           in
           his
           Character
           ,
           that
           ought
           in
           so
           weighty
           an
           Affair
           as
           he
           was
           then
           entring
           upon
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           more
           serious
           ,
           and
           have
           craved
           the
           help
           and
           assistance
           of
           God
           Almighty
           .
        
         
           The
           Sermon
           being
           over
           ,
           their
           Lordships
           repaired
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           which
           by
           order
           of
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           was
           hung
           with
           Red
           Cloth
           ,
           a
           Colour
           suitable
           to
           such
           a
           succeeding
           bloody
           Tragedy
           ,
           being
           accompanied
           by
           a
           numerous
           Company
           of
           the
           Gentry
           of
           that
           County
           ,
           as
           vvell
           as
           the
           Flovver
           
           of
           the
           Neighbouring
           Countries
           of
           Somerset
           and
           Devonshire
           ,
           and
           then
           proceeded
           to
           give
           his
           Charge
           ;
           in
           which
           Charge
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Severity
           of
           his
           Sentiments
           ,
           and
           Positions
           laid
           down
           to
           make
           discoveries
           of
           all
           such
           as
           were
           Abettors
           ,
           Aiders
           or
           Assisters
           to
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           on
           pain
           of
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           which
           was
           a
           great
           Surprize
           to
           all
           the
           Auditors
           ,
           and
           so
           vehemently
           urged
           ,
           and
           so
           passionately
           expressed
           ,
           as
           seemed
           rather
           the
           Language
           of
           a
           
             Romish
             Inqùisitor
          
           ,
           than
           a
           
             Protestant
             Judge
          
           ;
           and
           then
           Adjourned
           until
           Eight
           of
           the
           Clock
           next
           Morning
           ,
           when
           was
           a
           Bill
           found
           against
           Thirty
           Persons
           ,
           charged
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           for
           Aiding
           and
           Assisting
           the
           late
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           ;
           who
           put
           themselves
           on
           their
           Trials
           ,
           notwithstanding
           my
           Lord's
           Threatning
           ,
           
             That
             in
             Case
             any
             did
             put
             themselves
             on
             Trial
             ,
             and
             the
             Country
             found
             them
             Guilty
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             but
             a
             little
             time
             to
             live
             .
          
           And
           at
           the
           same
           time
           insinuated
           ,
           
             That
             it
             were
             better
             to
             plead
             Guilty
             ,
             if
             they
             expected
             any
             favour
             .
          
        
         
           These
           Thirty
           being
           on
           Trial
           ,
           the
           Evidences
           being
           sworn
           and
           examined
           before
           the
           Jury
           :
           Upon
           the
           whole
           ,
           by
           the
           violent
           Deportment
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           ,
           and
           sharpness
           of
           the
           Jury
           ,
           they
           found
           Twenty-nine
           Guilty
           ,
           though
           some
           of
           them
           were
           very
           hardly
           dealt
           with
           ,
           and
           not
           so
           Criminal
           as
           my
           Lord
           and
           their
           Country
           imagined
           .
           Particularly
           amongst
           the
           Twenty-nine
           ,
           were
           Mr.
           
             Matthew
             Bragg
          
           of
           Thorncomb
           ,
           and
           
             Joseph
             Speed
          
           of
           Culliton
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Devonshire
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Smith
           ,
           Constable
           of
           Chardstock
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           and
           
             George
             Steward
          
           of
           Culliton
           aforesaid
           .
           The
           Circumstances
           of
           each
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           the
           severity
           of
           their
           being
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           &c.
           shall
           be
           shewed
           in
           its
           
           proper
           place
           ,
           before
           we
           take
           leave
           of
           this
           Town
           ,
           and
           proceed
           on
           in
           this
           Western
           Expedition
           .
        
         
           The
           said
           Twenty-nine
           being
           found
           (
           as
           before
           )
           Guilty
           ,
           my
           Lord
           immediately
           pronounced
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           on
           them
           all
           ,
           as
           usual
           in
           Cases
           of
           High-Treason
           ,
           and
           did
           the
           same
           Night
           give
           a
           Warrant
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           ,
           for
           the
           Execution
           of
           Thirteen
           of
           the
           Twenty-nine
           on
           Monday
           following
           ;
           which
           accordingly
           was
           done
           ,
           notwithstanding
           great
           Application
           was
           made
           to
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           by
           Gentlemen
           of
           the
           best
           Quality
           ,
           in
           this
           and
           the
           Neighbouring
           Countries
           ,
           for
           a
           Reprieve
           of
           Mr.
           Bragg
           ,
           to
           all
           which
           he
           was
           Deaf
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           prevailed
           upon
           ;
           though
           he
           was
           assured
           of
           his
           Honesty
           ,
           and
           true
           Conformity
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           yet
           it
           availed
           nothing
           .
           At
           last
           ,
           it
           was
           only
           requested
           for
           Ten
           days
           Respite
           ,
           yet
           that
           had
           no
           better
           effect
           ;
           but
           on
           Monday
           ,
           he
           with
           Twelve
           more
           of
           that
           number
           ,
           were
           accordingly
           Executed
           at
           Dorchester
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           this
           Proceeding
           was
           designed
           to
           shorten
           Business
           ,
           and
           to
           wheedle
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           to
           follow
           to
           a
           Confession
           ,
           which
           without
           it
           ,
           the
           tenth
           part
           of
           them
           could
           not
           be
           proved
           Guilty
           .
           A
           Method
           was
           also
           taken
           without
           President
           ,
           to
           entrap
           many
           poor
           ignorant
           people
           ,
           by
           a
           couple
           of
           Officers
           that
           were
           sent
           into
           the
           Goal
           ,
           to
           call
           over
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           ;
           on
           promise
           ,
           if
           they
           confest
           ,
           they
           might
           expect
           Mercy
           ,
           otherwise
           not
           ;
           which
           many
           did
           .
           And
           this
           was
           written
           so
           ,
           that
           had
           they
           pleaded
           Not
           Guilty
           ,
           these
           two
           were
           designed
           to
           have
           been
           Evidences
           against
           them
           from
           their
           own
           Confessions
           ,
           which
           so
           disposed
           the
           remaining
           great
           Numbers
           ,
           that
           all
           ,
           except
           
           a
           very
           few
           ,
           Pleaded
           Guilty
           ,
           which
           put
           an
           end
           to
           any
           further
           Trial.
           
        
         
           The
           only
           thing
           remaining
           ,
           was
           the
           pronouncing
           of
           Sentence
           on
           them
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           Number
           292.
           who
           received
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           all
           at
           once
           .
           One
           Mr.
           Lawrence
           put
           himself
           on
           Trial
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           Jury
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           whose
           Case
           was
           hard
           ,
           his
           Circumstances
           being
           so
           small
           to
           be
           condemned
           to
           die
           ;
           and
           had
           actually
           suffered
           ,
           had
           not
           Application
           been
           made
           to
           my
           Lord's
           Favourites
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           payment
           and
           securing
           of
           400
           l.
           preserved
           him
           from
           Execution
           .
        
         
           This
           Matter
           being
           adjusted
           ,
           and
           Execution
           awarded
           to
           about
           Eighty
           ,
           which
           were
           Executed
           ,
           and
           their
           Quarters
           sent
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Country
           to
           the
           dread
           of
           their
           Spectators
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Annoyance
           of
           the
           Travellers
           ;
           his
           extraordinary
           Whippings
           ,
           though
           unmerciful
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ;
           so
           we
           leave
           this
           place
           ,
           and
           proceed
           towards
           the
           City
           of
           Exon
           :
           In
           their
           way
           thither
           ,
           lying
           at
           an
           Honourable
           Gentlemans
           House
           ,
           divers
           of
           the
           Neighbouring
           Parishes
           made
           their
           Petitions
           to
           the
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           in
           behalf
           of
           some
           Relations
           concerned
           .
           It
           hapned
           ,
           that
           through
           some
           disorder
           amongst
           his
           Servants
           ,
           some
           Pistols
           were
           fired
           in
           the
           Night
           ,
           which
           gave
           him
           a
           Suspicion
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           he
           took
           it
           ,
           of
           some
           design
           upon
           him
           ;
           on
           which
           at
           parting
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           
             Not
             a
             man
             of
             all
             those
             Parishes
             that
             were
             of
             that
             Vicinitude
             ,
             if
             found
             Guilty
             ,
             should
             escape
             .
          
           And
           so
           we
           proceed
           and
           arrive
           at
           Exon
           ,
           where
           to
           the
           number
           of
           243
           Prisoners
           being
           in
           Custody
           for
           assisting
           the
           said
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           ,
           one
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Fower
             Acers
          
           pleading
           not
           Guilty
           ,
           he
           being
           found
           by
           the
           
           Jury
           ,
           the
           said
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           immediately
           pronounced
           the
           Sentence
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           immediate
           Execution
           ,
           which
           was
           done
           to
           terrifie
           the
           rest
           ,
           who
           all
           Pleaded
           Guilty
           ;
           so
           that
           these
           unfortunate
           People
           had
           not
           time
           to
           have
           the
           fairness
           of
           Trials
           allowed
           them
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           right
           due
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           God
           and
           Man.
           The
           remaining
           number
           he
           all
           condemned
           ;
           and
           here
           was
           a
           little
           sparing
           ;
           not
           so
           many
           order'd
           Execution
           as
           was
           in
           the
           other
           County
           ,
           but
           those
           that
           were
           executed
           ,
           were
           hung
           up
           and
           down
           in
           most
           Towns
           of
           the
           County
           ,
           and
           their
           Quarters
           and
           Heads
           scattered
           up
           and
           down
           the
           High-ways
           and
           publick
           places
           .
           An
           extraordinary
           Sentence
           of
           severe
           Whipping
           was
           pronounced
           against
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Staple
          
           of
           Thorncomb
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           Trifles
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           endeavour
           to
           pursue
           our
           Design
           ,
           and
           make
           as
           quick
           dispatch
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           that
           time
           may
           not
           be
           lost
           ,
           the
           King
           served
           ,
           and
           this
           Miscreants
           thirst
           quenched
           with
           Protestant
           Blood
           ,
           which
           is
           always
           well-pleasing
           to
           Inquisitors
           ,
           and
           so
           proceed
           to
           the
           Town
           of
           Taunton
           .
           At
           which
           place
           being
           arrived
           ,
           it
           was
           thought
           fit
           by
           the
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           to
           be
           as
           expeditious
           as
           might
           be
           ;
           so
           that
           late
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           the
           Court
           sat
           ,
           where
           the
           Commission
           being
           read
           ,
           he
           proceeded
           to
           give
           the
           Charge
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           very
           keen
           and
           full
           of
           sharp
           Invectives
           ,
           as
           if
           the
           Country
           it self
           had
           not
           been
           able
           to
           make
           Expiation
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           to
           quench
           his
           Thirst
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           those
           that
           ventur'd
           their
           All
           in
           Defence
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ;
           and
           here
           we
           enter
           upon
           the
           bloodiest
           part
           of
           the
           Tragedy
           .
           In
           this
           Tovvn
           ,
           and
           at
           Wells
           in
           the
           said
           County
           ,
           were
           more
           than
           500
           Prisoners
           .
        
         
         
           To
           begin
           at
           Taunton
           :
           The
           next
           Morning
           after
           the
           Charge
           given
           ,
           the
           Assizes
           began
           ,
           vvhere
           some
           fevv
           put
           themselves
           on
           Trial
           ,
           vvho
           vvere
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           and
           immediately
           ordered
           to
           be
           Executed
           ;
           of
           vvhich
           number
           one
           Mr.
           
             Simon
             Hamlin
          
           vvas
           one
           ,
           vvho
           vvas
           a
           zealous
           vvorthy
           good
           Man
           ,
           and
           his
           Case
           no
           vvay
           dangerous
           ,
           but
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           had
           he
           had
           to
           do
           with
           a
           Judge
           of
           another
           Stamp
           .
           To
           proceed
           to
           the
           rest
           :
           This
           first
           Cruelty
           caused
           the
           rest
           to
           plead
           Guilty
           in
           hopes
           of
           favour
           ,
           which
           was
           only
           a
           few
           days
           to
           live
           ,
           which
           those
           that
           pleaded
           had
           not
           .
           Amongst
           these
           ,
           at
           Taunton
           were
           divers
           eminent
           Persons
           that
           had
           been
           taken
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           and
           carried
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           brought
           down
           there
           to
           compleat
           the
           Bloody
           Tragedy
           in
           those
           parts
           :
           Mr.
           Parrot
           ,
           Mr.
           Hewling
           the
           Elder
           ,
           Mr.
           Lisle
           ,
           Mr.
           Jenkins
           ,
           Mr.
           Hucker
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           were
           very
           eminent
           .
           To
           take
           notice
           of
           every
           particular
           in
           this
           Matter
           ,
           will
           alter
           our
           Design
           ,
           and
           swell
           the
           Book
           to
           too
           great
           a
           Bulk
           ,
           being
           ony
           designed
           for
           a
           Pocket
           Companion
           ,
           and
           useful
           it
           may
           be
           to
           see
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           men
           when
           in
           their
           Power
           ,
           and
           how
           the
           Devil
           stirreth
           up
           his
           Instruments
           ,
           to
           pursue
           those
           that
           adventure
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           and
           Religion
           .
           Here
           were
           in
           this
           County
           Executed
           239.
           the
           rest
           that
           were
           Condemned
           were
           Transsported
           ,
           except
           such
           as
           were
           able
           to
           furnish
           Coin
           ,
           and
           that
           not
           a
           little
           ;
           for
           an
           account
           was
           taken
           of
           mens
           Abilities
           ,
           according
           to
           which
           ,
           the
           purchase
           for
           Life
           must
           be
           managed
           by
           two
           of
           his
           Favourites
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           small
           share
           ,
           the
           rest
           went
           into
           his
           Lordships
           Pocket
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           Actions
           of
           Rome
           ,
           where
           Sins
           of
           any
           kind
           may
           be
           pardoned
           for
           mony
           .
           This
           indeed
           was
           a
           glorious
           Design
           
           in
           the
           Eve
           of
           
             Mother
             Church
          
           ,
           to
           root
           out
           Heresie
           by
           Executions
           and
           Transportations
           ,
           to
           make
           room
           for
           a
           pack
           ;
           here
           Expedition
           must
           be
           made
           to
           conclude
           at
           Wells
           ,
           for
           that
           a
           great
           Man
           being
           fallen
           ,
           our
           great
           Judge
           designing
           his
           Chair
           ,
           which
           in
           short
           ,
           he
           had
           has
           the
           Reward
           of
           fo
           eminent
           and
           extraordinary
           a
           piece
           of
           Service
           as
           he
           did
           for
           the
           Advancement
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           Interest
           ,
           which
           is
           cruel
           always
           where
           it
           prevails
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           leave
           the
           Town
           of
           Taunton
           ,
           after
           awarding
           Execution
           to
           many
           there
           ,
           and
           their
           Quarters
           to
           be
           scattered
           up
           and
           down
           the
           County
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           proceed
           to
           Wells
           ,
           where
           divers
           Prisoners
           that
           had
           been
           carried
           from
           Goal
           to
           Goal
           ,
           in
           expectation
           of
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           were
           in
           Carts
           removed
           to
           Wells
           ;
           in
           which
           place
           ,
           to
           finish
           this
           Expedition
           ,
           the
           same
           Method
           as
           was
           at
           the
           former
           Assizes
           ,
           was
           also
           taken
           here
           by
           a
           severe
           Charge
           ,
           affronting
           the
           Gentlemen
           of
           this
           County
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           done
           in
           all
           the
           Counties
           before
           ,
           terrifying
           the
           Juries
           (
           when
           any
           pleaded
           )
           to
           make
           them
           to
           bring
           in
           the
           persons
           Guilty
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           being
           over-awed
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           doubted
           ,
           contrary
           to
           their
           Judgments
           ,
           which
           if
           so
           ,
           
             the
             Lord
             forgive
             them
          
           .
        
         
           Here
           were
           many
           eminent
           and
           worthy
           persons
           that
           received
           the
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           ,
           but
           the
           Executions
           of
           the
           County
           being
           put
           together
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           before
           seen
           ,
           we
           make
           no
           particular
           Division
           of
           the
           Number
           here
           ,
           and
           the
           Number
           at
           Taunton
           ,
           the
           whole
           being
           recited
           before
           :
           We
           shall
           therefore
           endeavour
           to
           be
           as
           brief
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           to
           give
           you
           what
           we
           think
           material
           ,
           and
           truly
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ;
           my
           Lord
           now
           being
           come
           to
           conclude
           this
           extraordinary
           Commission
           ,
           and
           in
           haste
           to
           be
           
           elevated
           ,
           maketh
           all
           manner
           of
           dispatch
           to
           repair
           to
           the
           King
           then
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           his
           Transactions
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           the
           Reward
           of
           his
           meritorious
           Service
           in
           this
           Butchering
           of
           Protestants
           ,
           which
           is
           so
           acceptable
           to
           his
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           his
           bigotted
           Disciples
           ,
           as
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           ;
           and
           indeed
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           believe
           them
           ,
           a
           Work
           that
           merits
           Heaven
           at
           last
           ,
           besides
           what
           Temporal
           Preferments
           are
           thought
           fit
           in
           this
           World.
           If
           this
           cruel
           Judge
           were
           a
           true
           Protestant
           ,
           his
           Case
           is
           much
           the
           worse
           ,
           being
           made
           use
           of
           as
           a
           Tool
           to
           destroy
           ,
           and
           carry
           on
           
             Popish
             Designs
          
           .
           Thus
           the
           Affairs
           being
           ended
           ,
           the
           Country
           filled
           with
           Heads
           and
           Quarters
           of
           those
           that
           were
           Executed
           ,
           the
           rest
           that
           had
           not
           wherewith
           to
           purchase
           their
           Lives
           ,
           left
           in
           Custody
           in
           order
           to
           Transportation
           ;
           My
           Lord
           being
           come
           to
           the
           King
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           his
           Affairs
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           the
           Great
           Seal
           being
           to
           be
           disposed
           of
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           late
           Keeper
           ,
           he
           kiss'd
           the
           King's
           Hand
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           made
           
             Lord
             Chancellor
          
           ,
           which
           was
           only
           an
           earnest
           of
           his
           Desert
           for
           so
           eminent
           and
           extraordinary
           a
           piece
           of
           Service
           ;
           so
           now
           that
           which
           remains
           ,
           is
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           divers
           that
           had
           fled
           ,
           and
           hid
           themselves
           up
           and
           down
           in
           Holes
           and
           Privacies
           ,
           whose
           Friends
           made
           all
           Application
           to
           some
           great
           Men
           or
           other
           to
           procure
           their
           Pardoms
           ;
           some
           to
           this
           ,
           and
           others
           to
           such
           as
           they
           thought
           Favourites
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           but
           the
           Rewards
           must
           be
           assertained
           before
           any
           Application
           could
           be
           made
           :
           Divers
           Lists
           being
           sent
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           Rewards
           assertained
           ,
           which
           amongst
           many
           of
           them
           put
           together
           ,
           did
           amount
           to
           considerable
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           was
           now
           ,
           who
           could
           find
           a
           Friend
           
           to
           relieve
           his
           distressed
           Relations
           ,
           which
           were
           forced
           to
           wander
           up
           and
           down
           in
           Caves
           and
           Deserts
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           taken
           :
           But
           this
           Misfortune
           attended
           the
           Agents
           ,
           that
           unless
           my
           
             Lord
             Chancellour
          
           were
           used
           ,
           by
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           that
           were
           allowed
           by
           him
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           other
           Applications
           commonly
           met
           with
           Disappointments
           ,
           which
           caused
           an
           Emulation
           among
           the
           great
           Men
           ;
           one
           supposing
           to
           have
           deserved
           the
           King's
           Ear
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           caused
           other
           Measures
           to
           be
           taken
           ,
           though
           some
           were
           wheedled
           out
           of
           their
           mony
           .
           At
           last
           came
           out
           a
           General
           Pardon
           ,
           with
           Exceptions
           ,
           very
           few
           ,
           if
           any
           of
           those
           that
           were
           solicited
           for
           ,
           not
           being
           excepted
           ,
           were
           of
           course
           pardoned
           ;
           but
           however
           ,
           divers
           Sums
           of
           Mony
           having
           been
           paid
           ,
           no
           Restitution
           to
           be
           had
           ,
           for
           
             from
             Hell
             is
             no
             Redemption
          
           .
           A
           worthy
           Western
           Gentleman's
           purchase
           came
           to
           fifteen
           or
           sixteen
           hundred
           Guinea's
           ,
           which
           my
           
             Lord
             Chancellour
          
           had
           .
           Amongst
           the
           Exceptions
           were
           a
           parcel
           of
           Taunton
           Girls
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           were
           Children
           of
           Eight
           or
           Ten
           years
           old
           ,
           however
           ,
           something
           was
           to
           be
           made
           of
           them
           ,
           if
           these
           Ladies
           were
           judged
           Guilty
           of
           Treason
           for
           presenting
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           with
           Colours
           ,
           &c.
           and
           for
           to
           preserve
           these
           from
           Trial
           ,
           they
           were
           given
           to
           Maids
           of
           Honour
           to
           make
           up
           their
           
             Christmas
             Box
          
           ;
           so
           that
           an
           Agent
           of
           theirs
           was
           sent
           down
           into
           the
           Country
           to
           compound
           with
           their
           Parents
           ,
           to
           preserve
           them
           from
           what
           might
           after
           follow
           ,
           if
           taken
           ;
           so
           ,
           that
           some
           according
           to
           Ability
           ,
           gave
           100
           l.
           others
           50
           l.
           all
           which
           however
           did
           not
           answer
           the
           Ladies
           first
           Expectations
           ;
           yet
           it
           did
           satisfie
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           accordingly
           pardoned
           .
           Thus
           we
           have
           given
           you
           
           an
           Account
           of
           what
           hath
           happened
           on
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           being
           in
           every
           Point
           truth
           :
           We
           might
           have
           farther
           Enlarged
           ,
           but
           that
           would
           have
           spoiled
           the
           Design
           ,
           and
           swoln
           our
           Pocket
           Companion
           to
           a
           Volume
           too
           big
           .
        
         
           We
           shall
           therefore
           next
           proceed
           to
           give
           you
           a
           true
           and
           exact
           List
           of
           all
           them
           that
           were
           condemned
           ,
           and
           suffer'd
           in
           the
           West
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1685.
           under
           the
           Sentence
           of
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Jeffreys
           .
           With
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Towns
           where
           every
           Man
           was
           executed
           .
        
         
           
             Bathe
             6.
             
          
           
             WAlter
             Baker
          
           
             Thomas
             Clotworthy
          
           
             Henry
             Body
          
           
             Thomas
             Collins
          
           
             Gerrard
             Bryant
          
           
             John
             Carter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Philipsnorton
             12.
             
          
           
             Robert
             Cook
          
           
             Henry
             Portridge
          
           
             Edward
             Creaves
          
           
             George
             Pether
          
           
             John
             Caswell
          
           
             Thomas
             Peirce
          
           
             Thomas
             Hayward
          
           
             John
             Richards
          
           
             John
             Hellier
          
           
             John
             Staple
          
           
             Edward
             Beere
          
           
             John
             Smith
             .
          
        
         
           
             Froome
             12.
             
          
           
             Francis
             Smith
          
           
             John
             Humphrey
          
           
             Samuel
             Vill
             alias
             Vile
          
           
             George
             Hasty
          
           
             Thomas
             Star
          
           
             Robert
             Man
          
           
             Philip
             Usher
          
           
             Thomas
             Pearle
          
           
             Robert
             Beamant
          
           
             Lawrence
             Lott
          
           
             William
             Clement
          
           
             Thomas
             Lott
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bruton
             3.
             
          
           
             James
             Feildsen
          
           
             Richard
             Bole.
             
          
           
             Humphrey
             Braden
          
        
         
           
           
             Wincanton
             6.
             
          
           
             John
             Howel
          
           
             William
             Holland
          
           
             Richard
             Harvey
          
           
             Hugh
             Holland
          
           
             John
             Tucker
          
           
             Thomas
             Bowden
             .
          
        
         
           
             Shepton-Mallet
             13.
             
          
           
             Stephen
             Mallet
          
           
             John
             Hildworth
          
           
             Joseph
             Smith
          
           
             John
             Ashwood
          
           
             John
             Gilham
             ,
             Jun.
             
          
           
             Thomas
             Smith
          
           
             Giles
             Bramble
          
           
             John
             Dorchester
             ,
             Senior
          
           
             Richard
             Chinn
          
           
             John
             Combe
          
           
             William
             Cruise
          
           
             John
             Groves
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pensford
             12.
             
          
           
             Roger
             Cornelius
          
           
             Henry
             Russel
          
           
             John
             Starr
          
           
             George
             Knight
          
           
             Humphry
             Edwards
          
           
             Robert
             Wine
          
           
             William
             Pierce
          
           
             William
             Clerk
             alias
             Chick
          
           
             Arther
             Sullway
          
           
             Preston
             Bevis
          
           
             George
             Adams
             .
          
           
             Richard
             Finier
             .
          
        
         
           
             Wrington
             3.
             
          
           
             Alexander
             Key
          
           
             Joshua
             French.
             
          
           
             David
             Boyse
          
        
         
           
             Wells
             8.
             
          
           
             William
             Mead
          
           
             John
             Sheperd
          
           
             Thomas
             Coade
          
           
             Abraham
             Bend
          
           
             Robert
             Doleman
          
           
             William
             Durston
          
           
             Thomas
             Durston
          
           
             William
             Plumley
             .
          
        
         
           
             Uivelscomb
             3.
             
          
           
             William
             Ruscomb
          
           
             Robert
             Combe
             .
          
           
             Thomas
             Pierce
          
        
         
           
             Tuton
             upon
             Mendip
             2.
             
          
           
             Peter
             Prance
          
           
             William
             Watkins
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Chard
             12.
             
          
           
             Edward
             Foote
          
           
             Abraham
             Pill
          
           
             John
             Knight
          
           
             William
             Davy
          
           
             William
             Williams
          
           
             Henry
             Easterbrook
          
           
             John
             Gervis
          
           
             James
             Dennett
          
           
             Humphry
             Hitchcock
          
           
             Edward
             Warren
          
           
             William
             Godfrey
          
           
             Simon
             Cross.
             
          
        
         
           
             Crookern
             10.
             
          
           
             John
             Spore
          
           
             Nicholas
             Adams
          
           
             Roger
             Burnoll
          
           
             Richard
             Stephens
          
           
             William
             Pether
          
           
             Robert
             Halswell
          
           
             James
             Evory
          
           
             John
             Bushel
          
           
             Robert
             Hill
          
           
             William
             Lashly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Somerton
             7.
             
          
           
             William
             Gillet
          
           
             George
             Cantick
          
           
             Thomas
             Lissant
          
           
             Robert
             Allen
          
           
             Williom
             Pocock
          
           
             Joseph
             Kelloway
             .
          
           
             Christopher
             Stephens
          
        
         
           
             Yeovil
             8.
             
          
           
             Francis
             Foxwell
          
           
             William
             Johnson
          
           
             George
             Pitcher
          
           
             Thomas
             Hurford
          
           
             Bernard
             Devereax
          
           
             Edward
             Gillard
          
           
             Bernard
             Thatcher
             
               for
               concealing
            
             Bovet
             .
          
           
             Oliver
             Powel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Netherstoe
             3.
             
          
           
             Humphrey
             Mitchel
          
           
             Merrick
             Thomas
             .
          
           
             Richard
             Culverell
          
        
         
           
             Dunster
             3.
             
          
           
             Henry
             Lackwell
          
           
             William
             Sully
             .
          
           
             John
             Geanes
          
        
         
           
             Dulverton
             3.
             
          
           
             John
             Basely
          
           
             Henry
             Thompson
             .
          
           
             John
             Lloyd
          
        
         
           
           
             Bridgewater
             12.
             
          
           
             Robert
             Fraunces
          
           
             Joshua
             Bellamy
          
           
             William
             Moggeridge
          
           
             John
             Hurman
          
           
             Robert
             Roper
          
           
             Richard
             Harris
          
           
             Nicholas
             Stodgell
          
           
             Richard
             Engram
          
           
             John
             Trott
          
           
             Roger
             Guppey
          
           
             Roger
             Hore
          
           
             Isaiah
             Davis
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ratcliffe-Hill
             at
             Bristol
             6.
             
          
           
             Richard
             Evans
          
           
             John
             Tinckwell
          
           
             Christopher
             Clerk
          
           
             Edward
             Tippot
          
           
             Philip
             Cumbridge
          
           
             John
             Tucker
             alias
             Glover
             .
          
        
         
           
             Illmnister
             12.
             
          
           
             Nicholas
             Collins
             ,
             Sen.
             
          
           
             Stephen
             Newman
          
           
             Robert
             Luckis
          
           
             William
             Kitch
          
           
             Thomas
             Burnard
          
           
             William
             Wellen
          
           
             John
             Parsons
          
           
             Thomas
             Trocke
          
           
             Robert
             Fawne
          
           
             Western
             Hillary
          
           
             John
             Burgen
          
           
             Charles
             Speake
          
        
         
           
             Stogersey
             2.
             
          
           
             Hugh
             Ashley
          
           
             John
             Herring
             .
          
        
         
           
             Wellington
             3.
             
          
           
             Francis
             Priest
          
           
             Philip
             Bovet
          
           
             Robert
             Reed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Southpetherton
             3.
             
          
           
             Cornelius
             Furfurd
          
           
             John
             Parsons
          
           
             Thomas
             Davis
             .
          
        
         
           
             Porlock
             2.
             
          
           
             James
             Gale
          
           
             Henry
             Edny
             .
          
        
         
           
             Glasenbury
             6.
             
          
           
             John
             Hicks
          
           
             Richard
             Pearce
          
           
             Israel
             Briant
          
           
             William
             Mead
          
           
             James
             Pyes
          
           
             John
             Broome
          
        
         
           
           
             Taunton
             19.
             
          
           
             Robert
             Perret
          
           
             Abraham
             Ansley
          
           
             Benjamin
             Hewling
          
           
             Abraham
             Matthews
          
           
             William
             Jenkins
          
           
             Henry
             Lisle
          
           
             John
             Dryer
          
           
             John
             Hucker
          
           
             Jonathan
             England
          
           
             John
             Sharpe
          
           
             Peirce
             Murren
          
           
             John
             Freake
          
           
             John
             Savage
          
           
             William
             Deverson
          
           
             John
             Williams
          
           
             John
             Patrum
          
           
             James
             Whittom
          
           
             William
             Satchel
          
           
             John
             Trickey
          
        
         
           
             Langport
             3
          
           
             Humphrey
             Peirce
          
           
             Nicholas
             Venton
          
           
             John
             Shellwood
          
        
         
           
             Axbridge
             6.
             
          
           
             Isaac
             Tripp
             .
          
           
             Thomas
             Burnell
          
           
             Thomas
             Hillary
          
           
             John
             Gill
             ,
             Senior
          
           
             Thomas
             Monday
          
           
             John
             Butcher
          
        
         
           
             Cutherston
             2.
             
          
           
             Richard
             Bovet
          
           
             Thomas
             Blackmore
          
        
         
           
             Minehead
             6.
             
          
           
             John
             Jones
             alias
             Evens
          
           
             Hugh
             Starke
          
           
             Francis
             Barlett
          
           
             Peter
             Warren
          
           
             Samuel
             Hawkins
          
           
             Richard
             Sweet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Evilchester
             12.
             
          
           
             Hugh
             Goodenough
          
           
             Samuel
             Cox
          
           
             William
             Somerton
          
           
             John
             Masters
          
           
             John
             Walrand
          
           
             David
             Langwell
          
           
             Osmond
             Barret
          
           
             Matthew
             Cross
          
           
             Edward
             Burford
          
           
             John
             Mortimer
          
           
             John
             Stevens
          
           
             Robert
             Townsden
          
        
         
           
           
             Stogumn●r
             3.
             
          
           
             George
             Hillard
          
           
             John
             Lockstone
          
           
             Arthur
             Williams
          
        
         
           
             Castlecary
             3.
             
          
           
             Richard
             Ash
          
           
             Samuel
             Garnish
          
           
             Robert
             Hinde
          
        
         
           
             Milton-port
             2.
             
          
           
             Archibald
             Johnson
          
           
             James
             Maxwel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Keinsham
             11.
             
          
           
             Charles
             Chepman
          
           
             Ricard
             Bowden
          
           
             Thomas
             Trock
          
           
             Lewis
             Harris
          
           
             Edward
             Halswell
          
           
             Howel
             Thomas
          
           
             George
             Badol
          
           
             Richard
             Evans
          
           
             John
             Winter
          
           
             Andrew
             Rownsden
          
           
             John
             Phillelrey
             .
          
           
             
               Suffer'd
               in
               all
            
             .
             
          
        
         
           This
           Bloody
           Tragedy
           in
           the
           West
           being
           over
           ,
           our
           Protestant
           Judge
           returns
           for
           London
           ;
           soon
           after
           which
           
             Alderman
             Cornish
          
           felt
           the
           anger
           of
           some
           body
           behind
           the
           Curtain
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           to
           be
           Noted
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           Sheriff
           when
           Best
           prayed
           an
           Indictment
           might
           be
           preferr'd
           ,
           and
           was
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Sheriff
           Bethel
           ,
           earnest
           in
           promoting
           it
           ;
           in
           alledging
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           no
           ways
           reasonable
           that
           the
           Juries
           of
           London
           should
           lie
           under
           such
           a
           reproach
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           passing
           this
           over
           ,
           we
           now
           find
           this
           Person
           Arriv'd
           at
           the
           Pinacle
           of
           Honour
           ;
           the
           Purse
           and
           Mace
           were
           reserved
           for
           him
           ,
           vacant
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Lord
           Keeper
           North
           ,
           and
           he
           advanced
           to
           the
           Lord
           Chancellourship
           of
           England
           ;
           rais'd
           by
           this
           means
           ,
           as
           one
           might
           think
           ,
           above
           the
           Envy
           of
           the
           Croud
           ;
           and
           it
           might
           be
           wished
           ,
           in
           so
           dangerous
           
           a
           height
           he
           had
           looked
           better
           to
           his
           Footsteps
           ;
           for
           now
           being
           created
           
             Baron
             of
             Wem
          
           ,
           we
           find
           him
           in
           a
           High
           Commission
           ,
           or
           Ecclesiastical
           Court
           ,
           Suspending
           the
           Honourable
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           London
           from
           performing
           the
           Episcopal
           Office
           and
           Function
           of
           that
           See
           ,
           and
           for
           no
           other
           default
           ,
           than
           not
           readily
           complying
           with
           the
           Kings
           Letter
           in
           Suspending
           Dr.
           Sharp
           ,
           Dean
           of
           Norwich
           ,
           for
           Preaching
           a
           Sermon
           in
           the
           Parish
           Church
           of
           St.
           Giles
           in
           the
           Fields
           ,
           at
           the
           request
           of
           the
           Parishioners
           ,
           shewing
           the
           Errors
           and
           Fallacies
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ;
           the
           better
           to
           confirm
           them
           in
           the
           Faith
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           Nor
           was
           it
           this
           good
           Bishop
           alone
           that
           was
           aimed
           at
           ;
           for
           Magdalen
           Collede
           in
           Oxford
           was
           next
           attempted
           ,
           and
           in
           that
           very
           Mother
           of
           Learning
           ,
           and
           Chief
           Seminary
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           such
           alterations
           made
           ,
           as
           startled
           the
           Kingdom
           ;
           by
           whose
           Counsel
           I
           undertake
           not
           to
           determine
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           twice
           declared
           .
           The
           Church
           of
           England
           had
           a
           Test
           put
           upon
           her
           Sons
           ,
           which
           seemed
           such
           a
           Paradox
           that
           has
           been
           rarely
           heard
           of
           ,
           viz.
           To
           Read
           the
           Kings
           Declaration
           for
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           in
           the
           Churches
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Divine
           Service
           ,
           and
           a
           Mark
           ,
           and
           Penalties
           threatned
           to
           the
           Refusers
           ;
           which
           was
           evidently
           demonstrated
           ,
           by
           the
           Imprisonment
           of
           those
           pious
           Patriots
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           Pillars
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           His
           Grace
           the
           Lord
           Archbishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Bathe
             and
             Wells
             ,
             Ely
             ,
             Peterborough
             ,
             Chichester
             ,
          
           St.
           Asaph
           ,
           and
           Bristol
           ;
           who
           for
           shewing
           their
           Reasons
           ,
           why
           they
           could
           not
           comply
           with
           this
           Command
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Humble
           Petition
           ,
           were
           
           sent
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           Tryed
           upon
           Information
           of
           High
           Misdemeanour
           ,
           at
           the
           Court
           of
           Kings-Bench
           ;
           where
           their
           Innocency
           appearing
           in
           a
           large
           manner
           ,
           they
           were
           acquitted
           ,
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           their
           Accusers
           :
           yet
           Orders
           were
           sent
           into
           all
           parts
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           return
           an
           account
           to
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           ,
           of
           those
           that
           refused
           to
           Read
           the
           Declaration
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           proceeded
           against
           ,
           for
           a
           Contempt
           of
           what
           their
           Consciences
           would
           not
           permit
           them
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           for
           a
           time
           they
           were
           extreamly
           hot
           upon
           it
           .
           Much
           about
           this
           time
           there
           was
           a
           considerable
           Suit
           depending
           before
           him
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           between
           a
           great
           Heiress
           and
           others
           ,
           which
           was
           sufficiently
           talk'd
           of
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           not
           without
           loud
           and
           deep
           reflections
           on
           his
           Honesty
           and
           Honour
           :
           for
           having
           given
           the
           Cause
           for
           the
           young
           Lady
           ,
           he
           very
           speedily
           afterwards
           married
           her
           to
           his
           Son
           ;
           with
           this
           remarkable
           Circumstance
           ,
           She
           being
           a
           Papist
           ,
           to
           make
           sure
           Work
           ,
           he
           married
           them
           both
           ways
           ;
           both
           by
           a
           Priest
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           a
           Divine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           here
           I
           think
           we
           may
           place
           the
           Heighth
           and
           Acme
           of
           his
           Honour
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           where
           he
           's
           not
           like
           to
           tarry
           long
           ;
           for
           on
           the
           News
           of
           the
           great
           Preparations
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           was
           certainly
           design'd
           for
           England
           ,
           the
           determined
           Councils
           cool'd
           ,
           and
           then
           quite
           ceas'd
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           England-men
           ,
           whose
           Cause
           the
           Prince
           had
           espoused
           ,
           were
           restored
           again
           to
           the
           Commissions
           and
           Trusts
           they
           had
           (
           by
           what
           Justice
           I
           know
           not
           )
           been
           lately
           deprived
           of
           ;
           and
           amongst
           other
           Charters
           that
           were
           on
           this
           occasion
           restored
           ,
           was
           that
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           
           makes
           it
           more
           memorable
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           brought
           to
           Guild-Hall
           by
           this
           Person
           ,
           tho
           he
           was
           not
           attended
           with
           the
           Shouts
           and
           Acclamation
           he
           expected
           ,
           nor
           seem'd
           so
           florid
           or
           frolicksomas
           heretofore
           ,
           which
           some
           looked
           upon
           as
           a
           bad
           Omen
           ;
           and
           it
           's
           reported
           ,
           soon
           after
           he
           being
           ask'd
           by
           a
           Courtier
           ,
           
             What
             the
             Heads
             of
             the
             Princes
             Declaraion
             were
             ?
          
           he
           should
           answer
           ,
           
             He
             was
             sure
             his
             was
             one
             ,
             whatever
             the
             rest
             were
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Court
           by
           this
           time
           beginning
           to
           scatter
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           approaching
           ,
           the
           King
           thought
           fit
           to
           withdraw
           himself
           ,
           upon
           notice
           of
           which
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Chancellor
           betook
           him self
           to
           Wapping
           ,
           disguised
           like
           a
           Sea-man
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           his
           escape
           to
           Hamborough
           ,
           in
           a
           Collier
           ;
           but
           being
           *
           discovered
           ,
           he
           was
           brought
           before
           Sir
           
             I.
             Chapman
          
           ,
           Lord
           Mayor
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           in
           a
           strange
           disguise
           ,
           very
           different
           from
           the
           Habit
           in
           which
           he
           formerly
           appeared
           :
           And
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Lord
           Mayors
           Indisposition
           ,
           he
           not
           being
           able
           to
           Commit
           him
           ,
           he
           offered
           to
           go
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           to
           be
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           Rabble
           ,
           who
           there
           in
           great
           numbers
           with
           clubs
           and
           staves
           ,
           threatned
           him
           with
           present
           destruction
           :
           But
           having
           a
           Guard
           of
           the
           Train'd-bands
           to
           conduct
           him
           ,
           he
           got
           thither
           safe
           ,
           and
           soon
           after
           was
           charged
           in
           custody
           by
           a
           Warrant
           of
           Commitment
           from
           the
           Lords
           at
           Whitehall
           ,
           where
           he
           continued
           under
           much
           affliction
           and
           indisposition
           ;
           having
           since
           moved
           for
           his
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           to
           be
           bailed
           ,
           but
           was
           not
           able
           to
           attain
           it
           .
           Thus
           he
           continued
           for
           some
           months
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           his
           Chronical
           Indispositions
           ,
           the
           Stone
           ,
           &c.
           encreasing
           very
           fast
           upon
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           ingenious
           Dr.
           Lower
           was
           his
           Pysician
           :
           But
           
           Nature
           being
           now
           tired
           out
           by
           a
           tedious
           Combat
           with
           his
           Disease
           ,
           and
           the
           Guilt
           of
           his
           former
           bloody
           Life
           ,
           we
           hope
           it
           touched
           his
           Conscience
           .
           He
           having
           besides
           ,
           by
           his
           intemperate
           Life
           ,
           notoriously
           known
           ,
           contracted
           an
           ill
           habit
           of
           Body
           ,
           he
           at
           last
           very
           happily
           for
           himself
           ,
           if
           not
           his
           Relations
           too
           ,
           dy'd
           in
           the
           Tower
           —
           the
           —
           Morning
           ,
           about
           Nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           ,
           
             An.
             Dom.
          
           1689.
           —
           Thus
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           you
           have
           seen
           the
           Rise
           and
           Fall
           of
           this
           unfortunate
           ,
           Great
           ,
           Ill
           Man
           ;
           And
           so
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           after
           we
           have
           endeavoured
           at
           his
           Character
           ,
           we
           take
           our
           Farewel
           .
        
         
           
             Jeffreys's
             Character
             .
          
           
             HE
             was
             of
             Stature
             rather
             above
             a
             middle
             sort
             than
             below
             it
             ;
             his
             Complexion
             inclining
             to
             Fair
             ;
             his
             Face
             well
             enough
             ,
             full
             of
             a
             certain
             briskness
             ,
             tho'
             mixt
             with
             an
             Air
             a
             little
             malicious
             and
             unpleasant
             .
             He
             was
             a
             man
             of
             tolerable
             Sense
             ,
             and
             had
             ,
             as
             of
             necessity
             he
             must
             by
             so
             long
             practice
             and
             going
             through
             such
             publick
             Places
             ,
             got
             some
             Law
             ,
             tho'
             as
             little
             as
             't
             was
             ,
             more
             than
             he
             had
             occasion
             to
             make
             use
             of
             ;
             since
             the
             Dispensing
             Power
             having
             as
             good
             as
             seated
             all
             Law
             in
             the
             Kings
             Breast
             ;
             he
             by
             that
             found
             out
             a
             more
             compendious
             method
             of
             attaining
             it
             than
             was
             formerly
             known
             .
             He
             had
             a
             pretty
             large
             stock
             of
             Ill
             Nature
             ,
             and
             Wit
             ,
             in
             which
             lay
             his
             greatest
             Excellency
             ,
             tho
             a
             very
             unenvy'd
             one
             .
             But
             in
             fine
             ,
             His
             Brow
             and
             his
             Tongue
             wereabsolutely
             the
             two
             best
             Accomplishments
             he
             was
             Master
             of
             —
             By
             the
             help
             of
             which
             ,
             and
             that
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             by
             his
             brisk
             ,
             sudden
             ,
             and
             sharp
             Interrogatories
             ,
             he
             sometimes
             put
             falshood
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             oftner
             ,
             the
             truth
             it
             
             self
             ,
             out
             of
             countenance
             .
             But
             that
             ill-favour'd
             Wit
             which
             he
             had
             ,
             lay
             all
             of
             the
             wrong
             side
             ;
             muchlike
             that
             of
             those
             unlucky
             Animals
             ,
             all
             whose
             Wit
             lies
             in
             tricks
             and
             mischief
             .
             He
             spoke
             many
             pleasant
             things
             ,
             but
             very
             few
             handsom
             ones
             ,
             disgracing
             all
             with
             intolerable
             Railing
             ,
             mean
             passions
             ,
             and
             perfect
             Billingsgate
             ,
             and
             would
             commonly
             even
             upon
             the
             Bench
             it self
             ,
             fall
             into
             Heats
             both
             as
             to
             words
             and
             actions
             ,
             not
             only
             unworthy
             of
             a
             Judge
             ,
             but
             even
             of
             any
             prudent
             man.
             He
             seem'd
             ,
             without
             wronging
             him
             ,
             to
             have
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             baseness
             ,
             and
             cruelty
             in
             his
             Nature
             ,
             having
             a
             particular
             delight
             ,
             and
             relish
             in
             cruelty
             and
             blood
             ,
             and
             such
             things
             as
             give
             horror
             &
             aversion
             to
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             mankind
             .
             He
             was
             in
             this
             case
             worse
             than
             even
             Nero
             ;
             for
             whereas
             that
             Monster
             had
             once
             so
             much
             good
             Nature
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             pretended
             it
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             was
             to
             sign
             a
             Warrant
             for
             the
             execution
             of
             a
             Malefactor
             ,
             he
             is
             said
             to
             have
             wish'd
             ,
             he
             had
             never
             learnt
             to
             write
             :
             Jeffreys
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             then
             only
             seem'd
             in
             his
             Element
             ,
             when
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             Destruction
             and
             Murther
             .
             For
             his
             Religion
             —
             What
             a
             sort
             of
             one
             't
             was
             ,
             his
             Life
             past
             sufficiently
             tells
             us
             ;
             tho
             he
             and
             his
             Good
             Brother
             Commissioner
             the
             Balswagger
             of
             Chester
             ,
             maliciously
             .
             persuade
             the
             world
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             that
             after
             they
             cou'd
             do
             it
             no
             more
             mischief
             with
             their
             Lives
             ,
             they
             might
             disgrace
             it
             by
             their
             Deaths
             ,
             pretending
             both
             to
             die
             in
             that
             Communion
             .
             —
             But
             't
             is
             mean
             to
             follow
             'em
             any
             further
             ,
             unless
             with
             a
             wish
             somewhat
             like
             that
             handsom
             one
             History
             leaves
             us
             ,
             
               That
               all
               K.
            
             VVilliam
             
               and
               Q.
            
             Mary
             
               's
               Enemies
               were
               as
               honourably
               bury'd
            
             —
             Or
             ,
             in
             the
             inspired
             words
             of
             a
             greater
             Person
             ,
             —
             
               So
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               let
               all
               thine
               Enemies
               perish
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           Catalogue
           of
           Books
           printed
           for
           John
           Dunton
           at
           the
           
             Black
             Raven
          
           in
           the
           Poulrey
           ,
           over
           against
           the
           Compter
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           Continuation
           of
           
             Morning
             Exercise
          
           ,
           Questions
           and
           Cases
           of
           Conscience
           practically
           resolved
           by
           (
           31
           )
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           Divines
           in
           the
           City
           of
           London
           in
           Octob.
           1682.
           
           Printed
           in
           a
           very
           large
           Quarto
           .
           Price
           bound
           10
           s.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           
             A
             New
             Martyrology
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             The
             Bloody
             Assizes
          
           :
           now
           exactly
           methodized
           in
           one
           Volum
           .
           To
           this
           Treatise
           is
           added
           the
           Life
           and
           Death
           of
           George
           Lord
           Jeffreys
           .
        
         
           ☞
           There
           will
           speedily
           go
           to
           the
           Press
           a
           very
           useful
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Character
             of
             a
             Christian
             Exemplified
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             Degrees
             of
             Perfection
             attainable
             on
             this
             side
             Heaven
             .
          
           Written
           by
           
             Drawde
             Rekoohh
          
           Author
           of
           that
           most
           excellent
           Treatise
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Divine
             Breathings
          
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             Right
             Christianity
             describ'd
             in
             its
             Excellency
             and
             Usefulness
             in
             the
             whole
             Life
             of
             Man
             :
          
           Giving
           an
           Impartial
           Character
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           in
           general
           ,
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           Minister
           ,
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           Magistrate
           ,
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           Subject
           ,
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           Worship
           ,
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Right
           Christian
           Soldier
           .
           Written
           by
           
             M.
             Barker
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
         
           4.
           
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           Directions
           and
           Perswasions
           to
           a
           sound
           Conversion
           .
           The
           4
           Edit
           .
           Price
           bound
           2
           s.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           Mr.
           How
           's
           Sermon
           at
           the
           Funeral
           of
           that
           Faithful
           and
           Laborious
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           Mr.
           
             Richard
             Fairclough
          
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           6.
           
           Mr.
           Lee's
           
             Joy
             of
             Faith
          
           ;
           or
           a
           Treatise
           opening
           the
           true
           Nature
           of
           Faith
           ;
           its
           lowest
           Stature
           and
           Distinction
           from
           Assurance
           ;
           with
           a
           Preliminary
           Tract
           evidencing
           the
           Divinity
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Scriptures
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           Mr.
           Slater's
           Sermon
           preach'd
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           that
           Faithful
           and
           Laborious
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           Mr.
           
             John
             Oakes
          
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           8.
           —
           his
           Sermon
           preached
           to
           young
           Men
           the
           25th
           of
           December
           last
           ,
           at
           that
           which
           was
           Mr.
           Oakes's
           Meeting-place
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           9.
           
           Mr.
           Jay's
           Discourse
           (
           Rector
           of
           Chinner
           in
           Oxfordshire
           )
           entituled
           ,
           
             Daniel
             in
             the
             Den
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Lord
           President
           's
           Imprisonment
           and
           Miraculous
           Deliverance
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           10.
           
           Mr.
           Dunton's
           Discourses
           ,
           (
           late
           Rector
           of
           
             Aston
             Clinton
          
           in
           Buckinghamshire
           )
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             House
             of
             Weeping
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             Man's
             last
             Progress
             to
             his
             long
             Home
          
           ;
           represented
           in
           several
           Funeral
           Discourses
           ,
           illustrated
           with
           a
           lively
           
             Emblem
             of
             a
             Funeral
             Solemnity
          
           .
           The
           second
           Edition
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           11.
           
           Mr.
           Dolittle
           on
           the
           
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             from
             the
             Garden
             to
             the
             Grave
          
           ;
           being
           a
           second
           Part
           to
           a
           former
           Treatise
           on
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           with
           his
           Effigies
           done
           to
           the
           Life
           .
           Price
           bound
           2
           s.
           
        
         
           12.
           
           Mr.
           Shower's
           Sermon
           preach'd
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           young
           Gentlewoman
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Anne
             Barnardiston
          
           ,
           Daughter
           of
           
             Nathaniel
             Barnardiston
          
           
             Esq
          
           late
           of
           Hackney
           ;
           together
           with
           her
           Exemplary
           Life
           and
           Death
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
         
           13.
           
           Mr.
           Rogers's
           Sermon
           preach'd
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           young
           Gent.
           entituled
           ,
           
             Early
             Religion
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             The
             way
             for
             a
             young
             Man
             to
             remember
             his
             Creator
             .
          
           With
           an
           impartial
           Account
           of
           the
           young
           Gentleman's
           Life
           and
           Death
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           14.
           
           Mr.
           
             Increase
             Mather
          
           (
           Rector
           of
           Haruard-Colledge
           in
           New-England
           )
           his
           Sermon
           ,
           occasioned
           by
           the
           Execution
           of
           a
           Man
           found
           guilty
           of
           Murder
           ,
           preach'd
           at
           
             Boston
             ,
             March
             11th
          
           ,
           1686.
           together
           with
           the
           Confession
           ,
           last
           Expressions
           ,
           and
           solemn
           Warning
           of
           that
           Murderer
           to
           all
           Persons
           ,
           especially
           to
           young
           men
           to
           beware
           of
           those
           sins
           which
           brought
           him
           to
           his
           miserable
           end
           .
        
         
           15.
           
           Mr.
           Mather's
           
             Call
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           applied
           unto
           all
           men
           in
           general
           ,
           and
           unto
           a
           condemned
           Malefactor
           in
           particular
           ;
           In
           a
           Sermon
           preach'd
           on
           the
           7th
           of
           March
           ,
           1686.
           at
           the
           request
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           hearing
           of
           a
           man
           under
           a
           just
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           .
        
         
           16.
           
           Mr.
           
             Joshua
             Moodey
          
           (
           Minister
           in
           Boston
           )
           his
           Exhortation
           to
           a
           condemned
           Malefactor
           ,
           deliver'd
           March
           7.
           1685.
           
           These
           three
           Discourses
           (
           all
           printed
           for
           
             John
             Dunton
          
           whilst
           he
           liv'd
           in
           New-England
           )
           are
           usually
           sold
           altogether
           at
           12
           d.
           bound
           .
        
         
           17.
           
           Mr.
           Willard's
           
             Child's
             Portion
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             The
             unseen
             Glory
             of
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             asserted
             and
             proved
          
           ;
           together
           with
           several
           other
           choice
           Sermons
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           18.
           —
           —
           his
           Sermons
           on
           the
           
             Prodigal
             Son.
          
           Price
           bound
           3
           s.
           
        
         
           19.
           
           England's
           Vanity
           ,
           or
           
             The
             voice
             of
             God
             against
             the
             monstrous
             sin
             of
             Pride
             in
             Dress
             and
             Apparel
             .
          
           Written
           by
           a
           
             Compassionate
             Conformist
          
           ;
           illustrated
           with
           a
           very
           large
           Copper-Plate
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           20.
           
           A
           Sermon
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             Truth
             will
             out
          
           .
           Written
           in
           the
           Year
           83.
           by
           a
           Presbyter
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           21.
           
           
             The
             dying
             Pastors
             last
             Legacy
             to
             his
             Friends
             and
             Parishioners
          
           ;
           illustrated
           with
           Seven
           Copper
           Plates
           .
           The
           second
           Edition
           .
           Price
           bound
           3
           s.
           To
           which
           is
           prefix'd
           the
           Authors
           Life
           ,
           Death
           ,
           and
           Funeral
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           22.
           
           
             Early
             Piety
          
           (
           with
           a
           Prefatory
           Epistle
           of
           Mr.
           
             Matthew
             Mead
          
           )
           exemplified
           in
           the
           Life
           and
           Death
           of
           Mr.
           
             Nathaniel
             Mather
          
           ,
           who
           having
           become
           at
           the
           Age
           of
           Nineteen
           an
           instance
           of
           more
           than
           common
           Learning
           and
           Vertue
           ,
           chang'd
           Earth
           for
           Heaven
           ,
           Oct.
           17.
           1688.
           
           Whereto
           are
           added
           some
           Discourses
           on
           the
           true
           Nature
           ,
           the
           great
           Reward
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           Season
           of
           such
           a
           Work
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           left
           a
           Pattern
           of
           .
           The
           Second
           Edition
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           23.
           
           
             The
             Pilgrim's
             Guide
             from
             his
             Cradle
             to
             his
             Death-bed
             .
          
           The
           second
           Edition
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           
             The
             Sick-man's
             Passing-Bell
          
           ;
           
           with
           Eight
           Copper
           Plates
           .
           Price
           bound
           2
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           24.
           
           
             Useful
             Observations
             on
             the
             most
             remarkable
             Passages
             of
             the
             O.
             and
             N.
             Testament
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Addition
           of
           several
           Dialogues
           and
           Divine
           Poems
           .
           The
           second
           Edition
           ;
           Price
           bound
           2
           s.
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           25.
           
           
             The
             Bloody
             Assizes
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             A
             Compleat
             History
             of
             the
             Life
             of
          
           George
           Lord
           Jeffreys
           
             from
             his
             Birth
             till
             now
          
           .
           Comprehending
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           his
           whole
           
             Western
             Circuit
          
           ;
           with
           Maj.
           Holmes's
           dying
           Speech
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           ,
           never
           publisht
           before
           .
           The
           second
           Edition
           .
           Price
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           26.
           
           
             The
             dying
             Speeches
             ,
             Letters
             ,
             and
             Prayers
             of
             those
             eminent
             Protestants
             who
             suffered
             under
             the
             Cruel
             Sentence
             of
             the
             late
             Lord
             Chancellor
             .
          
           The
           first
           Part.
           Price
           6
           d.
           The
           second
           Edition
           carefully
           corrected
           .
        
         
           27.
           
           
             The
             second
             and
             last
             Collection
             of
             the
             dying
             Speeches
             ,
             Letters
             ,
             and
             Prayers
             of
             these
             eminent
             Protestants
             who
             suffer'd
             under
             the
             Cruel
             Sentence
             of
             the
             late
             Lord
             Chancellour
             .
          
           Price
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           28.
           
           
             A
             Discourse
             of
             Honesty
             and
             Plain
             Dealing
             .
          
           The
           second
           Edition
           ;
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           29.
           
           Mr.
           Keach
           (
           Author
           of
           
             Sion
             in
             Distress
          
           )
           his
           
             Travels
             of
             true
             Godliness
          
           ,
           in
           an
           apt
           and
           pleasant
           Allegory
           .
           The
           7th
           Edit
           .
           Illustrated
           with
           six
           lively
           Cuts
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           30.
           —
           
             Progress
             of
             Sin
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             The
             Travels
             of
             Ungodliness
          
           ,
           in
           a
           delightful
           Allegory
           .
           The
           third
           Edition
           .
           To
           which
           is
           also
           added
           six
           lively
           Cuts
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           31.
           
           
             The
             Compleat
             Tradesman
          
           ,
           or
           ,
           
             The
             exact
             Dealers
             daily
             Companion
          
           ;
           instructing
           him
           throughly
           in
           all
           things
           absolutely
           necessary
           to
           be
           known
           by
           all
           those
           who
           would
           thrive
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           whole
           Art
           and
           Mystery
           of
           Trade
           and
           Traffick
           .
           The
           second
           Edition
           ;
           with
           a
           lively
           Cut
           ,
           and
           many
           large
           Additions
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           32.
           
           The
           2d
           Part
           of
           the
           
             Compleat
             Tradesman
          
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           33.
           
           
             The
             Life
             and
             Martyrdom
             of
             that
             pious
             Nobleman
          
           W.
           L.
           R.
           with
           his
           Effigies
           drawn
           to
           the
           Life
           .
           Written
           by
           Dr.
           Sland
           .
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           34.
           
           A
           small
           
             New-years
             Gift
          
           in
           Duodecimo
           ,
           being
           the
           Travels
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           over
           most
           parts
           of
           Europe
           .
           To
           which
           is
           added
           a
           lively
           Cut.
           Price
           bound
           6
           d.
           
        
         
           35.
           
           
             The
             Amazement
             of
             future
             Ages
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             Several
             Historical
             Remarks
             on
             the
             present
             Times
             .
          
           Written
           by
           
             T.
             R.
          
           Gent.
           Price
           bound
           1
           s.
           
        
         
           36.
           
           
             Poems
             on
             Several
             Subjects
          
           never
           handled
           before
           :
           Written
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         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A27410-e370
           
             239
             
          
           
             *
             And
             behold
             thou
             art
             taken
             in
             thy
             mischief
             ,
             because
             thou
             art
             a
             bloody
             Man
             ,
             2
             Sam.
             16.
             v.
             8.