A true and plain declaration of the horrible treasons practised by William Parry ... being a papist, against Queen Elizabeth (of blessed memory,) because she was Protestant, and of his tryal, conviction, and execution for the same : being a full account of his design to have murthered the said Queen, with the copy of a letter written to him by Cardinal Como, by the Popes order, to incourage him to kill the Queen : and of his confession of his treason, both to the Lords of the Council, and at his tryal upon his indictment in Westmminster-Hall : together with his denyal thereof at the place of execution, and his manner of behaviour there : written in the year, 1584.
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             A true and plain declaration of the horrible treasons practised by William Parry ... being a papist, against Queen Elizabeth (of blessed memory,) because she was Protestant, and of his tryal, conviction, and execution for the same : being a full account of his design to have murthered the said Queen, with the copy of a letter written to him by Cardinal Como, by the Popes order, to incourage him to kill the Queen : and of his confession of his treason, both to the Lords of the Council, and at his tryal upon his indictment in Westmminster-Hall : together with his denyal thereof at the place of execution, and his manner of behaviour there : written in the year, 1584.
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           A
           true
           and
           plain
           DECLARATION
           OF
           THE
           Horrible
           Treasons
           PRACTISED
           By
           
             WILLIAM
             PARRY
          
           ,
           Dr.
           of
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ,
           BEING
           A
           PAPIST
           ,
           AGAINST
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           (
           of
           blessed
           memory
           ,
           )
           Because
           She
           was
           a
           PROTESTANT
           ;
           And
           of
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           Conviction
           ,
           and
           Execution
           for
           the
           same
           ,
        
         
           Being
           a
           full
           Account
           of
           his
           Design
           to
           have
           Murthered
           the
           said
           Queen
           ;
           with
           the
           Copy
           of
           a
           Letter
           written
           to
           him
           by
           Cardinal
           Como
           ,
           by
           the
           Popes
           order
           ,
           to
           incourage
           him
           to
           kill
           the
           Queen
           :
           And
           of
           his
           Confession
           of
           his
           Treason
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           Tryal
           upon
           his
           Indictment
           in
           Westminster-hall
           .
           Together
           with
           his
           Denyal
           thereof
           at
           the
           place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           and
           his
           manner
           of
           Behaviour
           there
           .
           Written
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           1584.
           
        
         
           Audax
           omnia
           perpeti
           Gens
           Romana
           ruit
           per
           vetitum
           nefas
           .
        
         
           Published
           to
           shew
           how
           little
           credit
           is
           to
           be
           given
           to
           the
           last
           and
           dying
           words
           of
           the
           Romanists
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Crook
          
           and
           
             Charles
             Harper
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Green
             Dragon
          
           without
           Temple-Bar
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Flower-de-luce
           over
           against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           in
           Fleetstreet
           ,
           1679.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             READER
             ,
          
        
         
           THE
           Papists
           ,
           those
           restless
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           are
           not
           more
           infamous
           for
           the
           unsoundness
           of
           their
           Doctrines
           ,
           than
           for
           the
           greatness
           of
           their
           Treasons
           :
           where
           they
           cannot
           convince
           ,
           they
           labour
           to
           destroy
           ;
           and
           rather
           than
           not
           subdue
           what
           they
           call
           (
           but
           cannot
           prove
           )
           a
           pestilent
           Heresie
           ,
           they
           will
           massacre
           the
           whole
           Protestant
           Party
           ;
           and
           will
           pull
           down
           a
           flourishing
           State
           ,
           to
           build
           a
           corrupt
           Church
           .
        
         
           Their
           Subjection
           to
           the
           Pope
           is
           in
           consistent
           with
           their
           Allegiance
           to
           the
           Prince
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           are
           true
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           good
           English
           Subjects
           :
           For
           when
           they
           are
           designed
           by
           the
           Church
           to
           be
           made
           Saints
           ,
           they
           never
           afterwards
           by
           the
           Law
           can
           be
           made
           Rebels
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           when
           God
           is
           pleased
           ,
           by
           discovering
           their
           Designs
           ,
           to
           expose
           them
           to
           Justice
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           a
           man
           of
           them
           that
           is
           guilty
           ,
           but
           as
           innocent
           as
           the
           Child
           unborn
           :
           For
           unless
           their
           attempts
           succeed
           ,
           and
           declare
           to
           all
           the
           World
           their
           actual
           Treason
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           other
           proofs
           ,
           they
           will
           brag
           of
           their
           constant
           Loyalty
           .
        
         
           Willing
           enough
           they
           are
           to
           reap
           the
           fruits
           of
           Rebellion
           ,
           but
           take
           care
           (
           if
           the
           case
           be
           hazardous
           )
           to
           avoid
           the
           Scandal
           :
           And
           therefore
           sometimes
           they
           stand
           behind
           the
           Curtain
           ,
           while
           they
           spur
           on
           others
           (
           more
           adventrous
           ,
           though
           no
           more
           wicked
           )
           to
           execute
           their
           Counsels
           ;
           and
           by
           exposing
           them
           ,
           secure
           themselves
           from
           the
           Censure
           and
           the
           Punishment
           .
        
         
           To
           be
           sure
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           Power
           they
           never
           want
           Cruelty
           :
           The
           Turks
           and
           the
           Pagans
           have
           been
           out-done
           by
           their
           greater
           Persecutions
           :
           The
           Stakes
           ,
           and
           the
           Pagots
           ,
           and
           the
           Fire
           bear
           witness
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           when
           they
           have
           no
           strength
           ,
           we
           know
           they
           want
           not
           malice
           ,
           but
           labour
           by
           Treachery
           to
           undermine
           ,
           when
           by
           Power
           they
           cannot
           subdue
           ;
           His
           Majesty
           and
           our
           Religion
           have
           been
           brought
           into
           great
           danger
           by
           their
           secret
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           ;
           The
           unhappy
           Quarrels
           and
           Dissentions
           amongst
           our selves
           are
           Tares
           of
           their
           sowing
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           they
           want
           might
           or
           subtilty
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           before
           they
           will
           desist
           ,
           they
           will
           crave
           assistance
           from
           abroad
           ;
           Foreign
           Powers
           shall
           be
           ingag'd
           to
           weaken
           us
           ;
           and
           rather
           than
           Popery
           should
           be
           kept
           out
           ,
           they
           will
           truck
           for
           an
           Invasion
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           there
           is
           no
           Age
           ,
           no
           place
           ,
           but
           gives
           us
           too
           sad
           Examples
           of
           their
           Villanies
           ,
           either
           Acted
           or
           Contrived
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           it
           strange
           ,
           when
           men
           call
           Evil
           Good
           ,
           that
           they
           run
           into
           all
           excess
           of
           wickedness
           :
           With
           them
           't
           is
           lawful
           to
           tread
           upon
           the
           Royal
           Diadem
           to
           advance
           the
           Triple
           Crown
           ;
           and
           meritorious
           to
           kill
           the
           Lords
           Anointed
           ,
           who
           is
           really
           Gods
           Vicegerent
           ,
           for
           the
           Interest
           of
           the
           Man
           of
           Sin
           ,
           who
           falsly
           calls
           himself
           Christs
           Vicar
           .
        
         
           Hence
           it
           is
           that
           these
           fiery
           Zealots
           so
           often
           ingage
           to
           Assassinate
           Soveraign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           imbroyl
           Peaceable
           Kingdoms
           .
        
         
         
           The
           proofs
           hereof
           are
           too
           plain
           ,
           and
           one
           would
           think
           needless
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           impudence
           of
           our
           Adversaries
           ,
           that
           teaches
           them
           to
           deny
           the
           plainest
           Evidence
           ,
           will
           not
           suffer
           them
           to
           confess
           the
           most
           apparent
           Crimes
           .
        
         
           Wonder
           not
           (
           Good
           Reader
           )
           at
           this
           their
           boldness
           !
           For
           't
           is
           the
           old
           Roman-Catholick
           usage
           ,
           under
           a
           deep
           guilt
           ,
           to
           protest
           an
           unspotted
           Innocence
           ;
           and
           then
           chiefly
           to
           declare
           that
           it
           is
           not
           lawful
           to
           depose
           ,
           or
           murther
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           not
           able
           ,
           or
           want
           an
           opportunity
           .
        
         
           The
           truth
           is
           ,
           't
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           them
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           done
           or
           intended
           evil
           ,
           to
           wipe
           their
           mouths
           ,
           and
           say
           they
           have
           done
           or
           intended
           nothing
           :
           Tresham
           (
           one
           of
           the
           Gunpowder
           Traytors
           )
           in
           King
           James
           his
           time
           ,
           when
           he
           came
           to
           die
           ,
           denied
           what
           Garnet
           (
           the
           Provincial
           )
           proved
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           what
           he
           himself
           had
           formerly
           confessed
           :
           And
           Garnet
           denied
           ,
           upon
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           with
           horrid
           imprecations
           ,
           what
           Father
           Oldcorn
           ,
           alias
           Hall
           ,
           proved
           against
           him
           ;
           and
           at
           his
           Execution
           ,
           he
           said
           he
           was
           sorry
           for
           dissembling
           with
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Council
           ,
           but
           excus'd
           it
           ,
           by
           affirming
           ,
           he
           did
           not
           think
           they
           had
           such
           proofs
           against
           him
           :
           These
           things
           are
           evident
           ,
           and
           appear
           by
           the
           Printed
           Tryals
           of
           those
           Traytors
           .
        
         
           Here
           I
           present
           thee
           with
           a
           true
           and
           faithful
           account
           of
           
             William
             Parry's
          
           Treason
           ,
           against
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           behaviour
           after
           his
           Apprehension
           ,
           upon
           his
           Arraignment
           ,
           and
           at
           his
           Execution
           ,
           written
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1584.
           
        
         
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Baker
          
           in
           his
           History
           of
           England
           ,
           p.
           366.
           gives
           us
           a
           short
           Essay
           of
           all
           the
           remarkable
           passages
           thereof
           ,
           which
           in
           this
           Treatise
           are
           more
           particularly
           ▪
           and
           at
           large
           ,
           set
           forth
           ,
           being
           done
           by
           an
           exact
           hand
           immediately
           after
           Parry's
           Execution
           .
        
         
           Peruse
           it
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           and
           the
           Cardinal
           ,
           like
           Simeon
           and
           Levi
           ,
           have
           joyned
           hand
           in
           hand
           in
           wickedness
           ,
           endeavouring
           ,
           by
           hook
           or
           by
           crook
           ,
           to
           bring
           Popery
           into
           England
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           confederation
           with
           Foreign
           Powers
           hath
           heretofore
           been
           entred
           into
           to
           root
           out
           Protestant
           Religion
           ;
           Popish
           Forces
           uniting
           to
           cut
           off
           us
           poor
           Hereticks
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           't
           is
           commendable
           to
           destroy
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           overthrow
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           the
           Popes
           Supremacy
           ,
           and
           the
           Churches
           Vsurpation
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           part
           of
           the
           Religion
           of
           Rome
           to
           commit
           Treason
           ;
           the
           greatest
           Monsters
           of
           Mankind
           being
           the
           chiefest
           Darlings
           of
           that
           Church
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           Laity
           ,
           aswell
           as
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           may
           be
           influenc'd
           so
           far
           by
           the
           power
           of
           wicked
           Principles
           ,
           as
           to
           Espouse
           the
           interest
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           Allegiance
           .
        
         
           Read
           on
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           likewise
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Papists
           formerly
           have
           had
           brows
           of
           Brass
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           wanted
           bowels
           of
           Compassion
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           as
           unwilling
           to
           confess
           Treason
           ,
           as
           forward
           to
           commit
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           the
           Papist
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           acknowledg'd
           his
           guilt
           ,
           can
           deny
           his
           Confession
           ,
           and
           impudently
           contradict
           ,
           what
           himself
           hath
           freely
           owned
           :
           For
           should
           he
           suffex
           as
           an
           evil
           doer
           ,
           he
           might
           forfeit
           the
           title
           of
           his
           Martyrdom
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           't
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           for
           a
           Papist
           to
           tell
           a
           lye
           with
           his
           dying
           breath
           ;
           Rather
           than
           a
           true
           Roman
           Confessor
           will
           be
           foiled
           ,
           his
           last
           words
           shall
           be
           the
           falsest
           :
           For
           they
           that
           are
           nurst
           at
           Rome
           ,
           are
           educated
           at
           Crete
           ,
           and
           are
           as
           infamus
           for
           their
           Lies
           as
           their
           Blood-shed
           .
        
         
           Let
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           keep
           such
           a
           Religion
           to
           her self
           ,
           and
           God
           preserve
           these
           Nations
           from
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           and
           our
           Posterity
           may
           enjoy
           our
           true
           Religion
           ,
           our
           Laws
           ,
           our
           Estates
           ,
           our
           Liberties
           and
           our
           Lives
           :
           And
           let
           all
           good
           Protestants
           say
           Amen
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           true
           and
           plain
           DECLARATION
           OF
           THE
           Horrible
           Treasons
           Practised
           by
           WILLIAM
           PARRY
           Against
           the
           Queens
           Majesty
           ;
           AND
           OF
           His
           Conviction
           and
           Execution
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           The
           
             2d
             .
             of
             March
             1584.
             
          
           according
           to
           the
           account
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           THis
           
             William
             Parry
          
           being
           a
           man
           of
           very
           mean
           and
           base
           Parentage
           ,
           but
           of
           a
           most
           proud
           and
           insolent
           Spirit
           ,
           bearing
           himself
           always
           far
           above
           the
           measure
           of
           his
           Fortune
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           long
           led
           a
           wasteful
           and
           dissolute
           life
           ,
           and
           had
           committed
           a
           great
           Outrage
           against
           one
           
             Hugh
             Hare
          
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           the
           Inner-Temple
           ,
           with
           an
           intent
           to
           have
           murthered
           him
           in
           his
           own
           Chamber
           ,
           for
           the
           which
           he
           was
           most
           justly
           convicted
           ;
           seeing
           himself
           generally
           condemned
           with
           all
           good
           men
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           other
           his
           Misdemeanours
           ,
           he
           left
           his
           natural
           Country
           ,
           and
           gave
           himself
           to
           travel
           into
           forreign
           parts
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           .
           In
           the
           course
           of
           this
           his
           Travel
           ,
           he
           forsook
           his
           Allegiance
           and
           dutiful
           Obedience
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           was
           reconciled
           ,
           and
           subjected
           himself
           to
           the
           Pope
           .
           After
           which
           ,
           upon
           conference
           with
           certain
           Jesuites
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           like
           quality
           ,
           he
           first
           conceived
           his
           most
           detestable
           Treason
           to
           kill
           the
           Queen
           (
           whose
           life
           God
           long
           preserve
           ;
           )
           which
           he
           bound
           himself
           by
           Promise
           ,
           Letters
           ,
           and
           Vows
           ,
           to
           perform
           and
           execute
           :
           and
           so
           with
           this
           intent
           he
           returned
           into
           England
           in
           January
           1583
           ;
           and
           since
           that
           did
           practise
           at
           sundry
           times
           to
           have
           executed
           his
           most
           devilish
           purpose
           and
           determination
           :
           yet
           covering
           the
           same
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           in
           him
           lay
           ,
           with
           a
           vail
           and
           pretence
           of
           great
           Loyalty
           to
           her
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Inmediately
           upon
           his
           return
           into
           England
           ,
           he
           sought
           to
           have
           secret
           Access
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           pretending
           to
           have
           some
           matter
           of
           great
           importance
           to
           reveal
           unto
           her
           :
           which
           obtained
           ,
           and
           the
           
           same
           so
           privately
           in
           her
           Highness's
           Palace
           at
           Whitehal
           ,
           as
           her
           Majesty
           had
           but
           one
           onely
           Counsellor
           with
           her
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Access
           ,
           in
           a
           remote
           place
           ,
           who
           was
           so
           far
           distant
           ,
           as
           he
           could
           not
           hear
           his
           Speech
           .
           And
           there
           then
           he
           discovered
           unto
           her
           Majesty
           (
           but
           shadowed
           with
           all
           crafty
           and
           traiterous
           skill
           he
           had
           )
           some
           part
           of
           the
           Conference
           and
           Proceeding
           ,
           as
           well
           with
           the
           said
           Jesuites
           ,
           and
           other
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Popes
           ,
           as
           especially
           with
           one
           
             Thomas
             Morgan
          
           ,
           a
           Fugitive
           ,
           residing
           at
           Paris
           ,
           who
           above
           all
           others
           did
           perswade
           him
           to
           proceed
           in
           that
           most
           devilish
           Attempt
           ,
           (
           as
           is
           set
           down
           in
           his
           voluntary
           Confession
           following
           ,
           )
           bearing
           her
           Majesty
           notwithstanding
           in
           hand
           ,
           That
           his
           onely
           intent
           of
           proceeding
           so
           far
           with
           the
           said
           Jesuites
           ,
           and
           the
           Popes
           Ministers
           ,
           tended
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           discover
           the
           dangerous
           Practices
           devised
           and
           attempted
           against
           her
           Majesty
           by
           her
           disloyal
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           other
           malicious
           persons
           in
           forraign
           parts
           .
           Albeit
           it
           hath
           since
           appeared
           most
           manifestly
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           his
           said
           Confession
           ,
           as
           by
           his
           dealing
           with
           one
           
             Edmond
             Nevil
          
           
             Esq
          
           That
           his
           onely
           intent
           of
           discovering
           the
           same
           in
           sort
           as
           he
           craftily
           and
           traiterously
           did
           ,
           tended
           to
           no
           other
           end
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           the
           way
           the
           easier
           to
           accomplish
           his
           most
           devilish
           and
           wicked
           purpose
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           any
           other
           Prince
           but
           her
           Majesty
           (
           who
           is
           loath
           to
           put
           on
           a
           hard
           Censure
           of
           those
           that
           protest
           to
           be
           loyal
           ,
           as
           Parry
           did
           ,
           )
           would
           rather
           have
           proceeded
           to
           the
           punishment
           of
           a
           Subject
           that
           had
           waded
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           by
           Oath
           and
           Vow
           to
           promise
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           her
           life
           (
           as
           he
           to
           her
           Majesties
           self
           did
           confess
           ;
           )
           yet
           such
           was
           her
           goodness
           ,
           as
           instead
           of
           punishing
           ,
           she
           did
           deal
           so
           graciously
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           she
           suffered
           him
           not
           onely
           to
           have
           Access
           unto
           her
           presence
           ,
           but
           also
           many
           times
           to
           have
           private
           Confernce
           with
           her
           ;
           and
           did
           offer
           unto
           him
           ,
           upon
           opinion
           once
           conceived
           of
           his
           fidelity
           towards
           her
           (
           as
           though
           his
           wicked
           pretence
           had
           been
           ,
           as
           he
           protested
           ,
           for
           her
           service
           )
           a
           most
           liberal
           Pension
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           he
           might
           not
           grow
           hateful
           to
           the
           good
           and
           well-affected
           Subjects
           of
           the
           Realm
           ,
           (
           from
           whom
           he
           could
           in
           no
           sort
           have
           escaped
           with
           safety
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           if
           his
           devilish
           purpose
           had
           been
           revealed
           )
           her
           Majesty
           did
           conceal
           the
           same
           ,
           without
           communicating
           it
           to
           any
           creature
           ,
           untill
           such
           time
           as
           he
           himself
           had
           opened
           the
           same
           unto
           certain
           of
           her
           Council
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           was
           also
           discovered
           ,
           that
           he
           sought
           to
           draw
           the
           said
           Nevil
           to
           have
           been
           a
           party
           in
           his
           devilish
           and
           most
           wicked
           purpose
           .
        
         
           A
           very
           rare
           Example
           !
           and
           such
           as
           doth
           more
           set
           forth
           the
           singular
           goodness
           and
           bounty
           of
           her
           Majesties
           Princely
           nature
           ,
           than
           
           commend
           (
           if
           it
           be
           lawful
           for
           a
           Subject
           to
           censure
           his
           Soveraign
           )
           her
           providence
           such
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Prince
           and
           person
           of
           her
           Majesties
           wisdom
           and
           quality
           .
           And
           as
           the
           goodness
           of
           her
           Majesties
           nature
           did
           hereby
           most
           manifestly
           shew
           it self
           to
           be
           rare
           in
           so
           extraordinary
           a
           case
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           matter
           of
           so
           great
           peril
           unto
           her
           own
           Royal
           Person
           ;
           so
           did
           the
           malice
           of
           Parry
           most
           evidently
           appear
           to
           be
           in
           the
           highest
           and
           extreamest
           degree
           :
           who
           notwithstanding
           the
           said
           extraordinary
           grace
           and
           favour
           extended
           towards
           him
           ,
           did
           not
           onely
           perswade
           the
           said
           Nevil
           to
           be
           an
           Associate
           in
           the
           said
           wicked
           Enterprize
           ,
           but
           did
           also
           very
           vehemently
           (
           as
           Nevil
           confesseth
           )
           importune
           him
           therein
           ,
           as
           an
           Action
           lawful
           ,
           honourable
           ,
           and
           meritorious
           ,
           omitting
           nothing
           that
           might
           provoke
           him
           to
           assent
           thereunto
           .
        
         
           But
           such
           was
           the
           singular
           goodness
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           (
           who
           even
           from
           her
           Majesties
           Cradle
           ,
           by
           many
           evident
           Arguments
           ,
           hath
           shewed
           himself
           her
           onely
           and
           especial
           Protector
           )
           that
           he
           so
           wrought
           in
           
           Nevil's
           heart
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           moved
           to
           reveal
           the
           same
           unto
           her
           Majesty
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           purpoce
           made
           choise
           of
           a
           faithful
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           of
           good
           quality
           in
           the
           Court
           ,
           unto
           whom
           upon
           Munday
           the
           8th
           of
           February
           last
           ,
           he
           discovered
           at
           large
           all
           that
           had
           passed
           between
           Parry
           and
           him
           ;
           who
           immediately
           made
           it
           known
           to
           her
           Majesty
           :
           whereupon
           her
           Highnesses
           pleasure
           was
           ,
           That
           Nevil
           should
           be
           examined
           by
           the
           Earl
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Hatton
          
           ;
           who
           in
           the
           evening
           of
           the
           same
           day
           did
           examine
           him
           ;
           and
           he
           affirmed
           constantly
           all
           which
           he
           had
           before
           declared
           to
           the
           said
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           her
           Majesty
           continued
           her
           singular
           and
           most
           Princely
           magnanimity
           ,
           neither
           dismaid
           with
           the
           rareness
           of
           the
           Accident
           ,
           nor
           appaled
           with
           the
           horrour
           of
           so
           villanous
           an
           Enterprize
           ,
           tending
           even
           to
           the
           taking
           away
           of
           her
           most
           gracious
           life
           ;
           (
           a
           matter
           especially
           observed
           by
           the
           Counsellor
           that
           was
           present
           at
           such
           time
           as
           Parry
           ,
           after
           his
           return
           ,
           did
           first
           discover
           unto
           her
           Majesty
           his
           wicked
           purpose
           ;
           who
           found
           no
           other
           alteration
           in
           her
           countenance
           ,
           than
           if
           he
           had
           imparted
           unto
           her
           some
           matter
           of
           contentment
           ;
           )
           which
           sheweth
           manifestly
           how
           she
           reposeth
           her
           confidence
           wholly
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Almighty
           .
           And
           so
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           following
           the
           wonted
           course
           of
           her
           singular
           Clemency
           ,
           gave
           order
           that
           Parry
           the
           same
           Munday
           in
           the
           evening
           (
           though
           not
           so
           known
           to
           him
           )
           should
           be
           sent
           to
           Mr.
           Secretaries
           house
           in
           London
           ,
           he
           being
           then
           there
           ;
           who
           according
           unto
           such
           direction
           as
           he
           received
           from
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           did
           let
           him
           understand
           ,
           That
           her
           Highness
           
           (
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           good
           will
           she
           knew
           he
           bare
           unto
           the
           said
           Parry
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Trust
           that
           Parry
           did
           outwardly
           profess
           to
           repose
           in
           Mr.
           Secretary
           )
           had
           made
           especial
           choice
           of
           him
           to
           deal
           with
           him
           in
           a
           matter
           that
           concerned
           her
           highly
           ;
           and
           that
           she
           doubted
           not
           but
           that
           he
           would
           discharge
           his
           duty
           towards
           her
           ,
           according
           unto
           that
           extraordinary
           devotion
           that
           he
           professed
           to
           bear
           unto
           her
           .
        
         
           And
           thereupon
           told
           him
           that
           her
           Majesty
           had
           been
           advertised
           that
           there
           was
           somewhat
           intended
           presently
           against
           her
           own
           Person
           ,
           wherewith
           she
           thought
           he
           could
           not
           but
           be
           made
           acquainted
           ,
           considering
           the
           great
           Trust
           that
           some
           of
           her
           worst-affected
           Subjects
           reposed
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           her
           pleasure
           therefore
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           declare
           unto
           him
           his
           knowledge
           therein
           :
           and
           whether
           the
           said
           Parry
           himself
           had
           let
           fall
           any
           speech
           unto
           any
           person
           (
           though
           with
           an
           intent
           onely
           to
           have
           discovered
           his
           disposition
           )
           that
           might
           draw
           him
           in
           suspition
           ,
           as
           though
           he
           himself
           had
           any
           such
           wicked
           intent
           .
           But
           Parry
           with
           great
           and
           vehement
           protestations
           denied
           it
           utterly
           ;
           whereupon
           Mr.
           Secretary
           ,
           the
           rather
           to
           induce
           him
           to
           deal
           more
           plainly
           in
           a
           matter
           so
           important
           ,
           declared
           unto
           him
           ,
           That
           there
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Quality
           ,
           every
           way
           as
           good
           or
           better
           than
           himself
           ,
           and
           rather
           his
           Friend
           than
           Enemy
           ,
           that
           would
           avouch
           it
           to
           his
           face
           :
           Yet
           Parry
           persisted
           stubbornly
           in
           his
           former
           denial
           ,
           and
           justification
           of
           his
           own
           innocency
           ;
           and
           would
           not
           in
           any
           respect
           yield
           that
           he
           was
           party
           or
           privy
           to
           any
           such
           Motion
           ,
           Enterprize
           ,
           or
           intent
           .
           And
           being
           lodged
           that
           night
           at
           Mr.
           Secretaries
           house
           ,
           the
           next
           morning
           he
           desired
           earnestly
           to
           have
           some
           further
           speech
           with
           Mr.
           Secretary
           ;
           which
           granted
           ,
           Parry
           declared
           to
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           called
           to
           remembrance
           that
           he
           had
           once
           some
           speech
           with
           one
           Nevil
           a
           Kinsman
           of
           his
           (
           so
           he
           called
           him
           )
           touching
           a
           point
           of
           Doctrine
           contained
           in
           the
           Answer
           made
           to
           the
           Book
           ,
           entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Execution
             of
             Justice
             in
          
           England
           ;
           by
           which
           book
           it
           was
           resolved
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           lawful
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           a
           Prince
           ,
           in
           furtherance
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           :
           But
           he
           protested
           that
           they
           never
           had
           any
           speech
           at
           all
           of
           any
           Attempt
           intended
           against
           her
           Majesties
           Person
           .
           Which
           Denial
           of
           his
           (
           at
           two
           sundry
           times
           ,
           after
           so
           much
           light
           given
           him
           )
           doth
           set
           forth
           most
           apparently
           both
           the
           Justice
           and
           Providence
           of
           God
           :
           His
           Justice
           ,
           for
           that
           (
           though
           he
           was
           one
           of
           a
           sharp
           conceit
           )
           he
           had
           no
           power
           to
           take
           hold
           of
           this
           Overture
           ,
           thereby
           to
           have
           avoided
           the
           danger
           that
           
           Nevil's
           Accusation
           might
           bring
           him
           into
           by
           confessing
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           a
           thing
           propounded
           onely
           to
           feel
           
           Nevil's
           mind
           ,
           
           whom
           before
           he
           had
           reported
           unto
           Master
           Secretary
           he
           found
           a
           person
           discontented
           ,
           and
           therefore
           his
           Confession
           might
           to
           very
           great
           purpose
           have
           served
           to
           have
           cleared
           himself
           touching
           the
           intent
           :
           His
           Providence
           ,
           for
           that
           of
           his
           great
           Mercy
           he
           would
           not
           suffer
           so
           dangerous
           and
           wicked
           a
           member
           to
           escape
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           to
           Her
           Majesties
           peril
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           day
           at
           Night
           Parry
           was
           brought
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           
           Leicester's
           house
           ,
           and
           there
           eftsoons
           examined
           before
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           Master
           Vice-Chamberlain
           ,
           and
           Master
           Secretary
           :
           He
           persisted
           still
           in
           his
           denial
           of
           all
           that
           he
           was
           charged
           with
           .
           Whereupon
           Nevil
           ,
           being
           brought
           before
           him
           face
           to
           face
           ,
           justified
           his
           Accusation
           against
           him
           .
           He
           notwithstanding
           would
           not
           yet
           yield
           to
           confess
           it
           ,
           but
           very
           proudly
           and
           insolently
           opposed
           his
           Credit
           against
           the
           Credit
           of
           Nevil
           ,
           affirming
           that
           his
           No
           was
           as
           good
           as
           
           Nevil's
           Yea
           ;
           and
           as
           by
           way
           of
           recrimination
           ,
           objected
           the
           Crime
           to
           Nevil
           himself
           .
           On
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           Nevil
           did
           with
           great
           Constancy
           affirm
           all
           that
           he
           had
           before
           said
           ,
           and
           did
           set
           down
           many
           probable
           Circumstances
           of
           the
           Times
           ,
           Places
           ,
           and
           Manners
           of
           their
           sundry
           Conferences
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           other
           Accidents
           as
           had
           happened
           between
           them
           in
           the
           course
           of
           that
           Action
           .
           Whereupon
           Parry
           was
           then
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           Nevil
           commanded
           by
           their
           Honours
           to
           set
           down
           in
           writing
           under
           his
           Hand
           ,
           all
           that
           which
           before
           he
           had
           delivered
           by
           words
           :
           which
           he
           did
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Edmund
                   Nevil
                   his
                   Declaration
                   
                     the
                     10th
                     of
                     February
                     ,
                     1584.
                     
                  
                   subscribed
                   with
                   his
                   own
                   Hand
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     WIlliam
                     Parry
                  
                   the
                   last
                   Summer
                   ,
                   soon
                   after
                   his
                   repulse
                   in
                   his
                   Suit
                   for
                   the
                   Mastership
                   of
                   St.
                   Katherines
                   ,
                   repaired
                   to
                   my
                   Lodging
                   in
                   the
                   
                     White
                     Friars
                  
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   shewed
                   himself
                   a
                   person
                   greatly
                   discontented
                   ,
                   and
                   vehemently
                   inveighed
                   against
                   Her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   willed
                   me
                   to
                   assure
                   my self
                   ,
                   that
                   during
                   this
                   time
                   and
                   state
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   never
                   receive
                   Contentment
                   .
                   But
                   sith
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   you
                   to
                   be
                   Honourably
                   descended
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Man
                   of
                   Resolution
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   give
                   me
                   assurance
                   ,
                   either
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   to
                   discover
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   deliver
                   unto
                   you
                   the
                   only
                   means
                   to
                   do
                   your self
                   good
                   .
                   Which
                   when
                   I
                   had
                   promised
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   appointed
                   me
                   to
                   come
                   the
                   next
                   day
                   to
                   his
                   House
                   in
                   
                   Fetterlane
                   :
                   and
                   repairing
                   thither
                   accordingly
                   ,
                   I
                   found
                   him
                   in
                   his
                   Bed
                   ;
                   whereupon
                   he
                   commanded
                   his
                   men
                   forth
                   ,
                   and
                   began
                   with
                   me
                   in
                   this
                   order
                   .
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                  
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   (
                   for
                   so
                   he
                   called
                   me
                   )
                   
                     I
                     protest
                     before
                     God
                     ,
                     that
                     three
                     Reasons
                     principally
                     do
                     induce
                     me
                     to
                     enter
                     into
                     this
                     Action
                     ,
                     which
                     I
                     intend
                     to
                     discover
                     unto
                     you
                     ;
                     the
                     replanting
                     of
                     Religion
                     ,
                     the
                     preferring
                     of
                     the
                  
                   Scotish
                   
                     Title
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     advancement
                     of
                     Justice
                     ,
                     wonderfully
                     corrupted
                     in
                     this
                     Commowealth
                     :
                  
                   And
                   thereupon
                   entred
                   into
                   some
                   Discourses
                   what
                   places
                   were
                   fit
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   entrance
                   to
                   such
                   Forreign
                   Forces
                   as
                   should
                   be
                   best
                   liked
                   of
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   furtherance
                   of
                   such
                   Enterprizes
                   as
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   undertaken
                   .
                   And
                   with
                   these
                   Discourses
                   he
                   passed
                   the
                   time
                   ,
                   until
                   he
                   went
                   to
                   Dinner
                   :
                   after
                   which
                   ,
                   the
                   Company
                   being
                   retired
                   ,
                   he
                   entred
                   into
                   his
                   former
                   discourses
                   .
                   
                     And
                     if
                     I
                     be
                     not
                     deceived
                     ,
                  
                   (
                   said
                   he
                   )
                   
                     by
                     taking
                     of
                  
                   Quinborough
                   -
                   
                     Castle
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     hinder
                     the
                     passage
                     of
                     the
                     Queens
                     Ships
                     forth
                     of
                     the
                     River
                     .
                  
                   Whereunto
                   when
                   he
                   saw
                   me
                   use
                   no
                   contradiction
                   ,
                   he
                   shook
                   me
                   by
                   the
                   hand
                   ;
                   Tush
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     this
                     is
                     nothing
                     :
                     If
                     men
                     were
                     resolute
                     ,
                     there
                     is
                     an
                     Enterprize
                     of
                     much
                     more
                     moment
                     ,
                     and
                     much
                     easier
                     to
                     perform
                     ;
                     an
                     Act
                     honourable
                     and
                     meritorious
                     to
                     God
                     and
                     the
                     world
                     .
                  
                   Which
                   seeing
                   me
                   desirous
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   ashamed
                   to
                   utter
                   in
                   plain
                   terms
                   ,
                   to
                   consist
                   in
                   killing
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty
                   :
                   Wherein
                   ,
                   saith
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     if
                     you
                     will
                     go
                     with
                     me
                     ,
                     I
                     will
                     loose
                     my
                     Life
                     ,
                     or
                     deliver
                     my
                     Countrey
                     from
                     her
                     bad
                     and
                     Tyrannous
                     Government
                     .
                  
                   At
                   which
                   Speeches
                   finding
                   me
                   discontented
                   ,
                   he
                   asked
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   read
                   Doctor
                   
                   Allen's
                   Book
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   which
                   he
                   alledged
                   an
                   Authority
                   for
                   it
                   .
                   I
                   answered
                   ,
                   
                     No
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     I
                     did
                     not
                     believe
                     that
                     Authority
                     .
                  
                   Well
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   what
                   will
                   you
                   say
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   shew
                   further
                   Authority
                   than
                   this
                   ,
                   even
                   from
                   Rome
                   itself
                   a
                   plain
                   Dispensation
                   for
                   the
                   killing
                   of
                   her
                   ,
                   wherein
                   you
                   shall
                   finde
                   it
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   said
                   before
                   )
                   meritorious
                   ?
                   
                     Good
                     Cousin
                  
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     when
                     you
                     shall
                     shew
                     it
                     me
                     ,
                     I
                     shall
                     think
                     it
                     very
                     strange
                     ,
                     when
                     I
                     shall
                     see
                     one
                     to
                     hold
                     that
                     for
                     meritorious
                     ,
                     which
                     another
                     holdeth
                     for
                     damnable
                     .
                  
                   Well
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   do
                   me
                   but
                   the
                   favour
                   to
                   think
                   upon
                   it
                   till
                   to
                   morrow
                   :
                   And
                   if
                   one
                   man
                   be
                   in
                   the
                   Town
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   fail
                   to
                   shew
                   you
                   the
                   thing
                   it self
                   :
                   and
                   if
                   he
                   be
                   not
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   be
                   within
                   these
                   five
                   or
                   six
                   days
                   ;
                   at
                   which
                   time
                   if
                   it
                   please
                   you
                   to
                   meet
                   me
                   
                     at
                     Chanon-row
                  
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   there
                   receive
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   each
                   to
                   other
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   I
                   will
                   discover
                   unto
                   you
                   both
                   the
                   party
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   thing
                   itself
                   .
                   Whereupon
                   I
                   prayed
                   Parry
                   to
                   think
                   better
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   great
                   charge
                   both
                   of
                   Soul
                   and
                   Body
                   .
                   I
                   would
                   to
                   God
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   you
                   were
                   as
                   perfectly
                   perswaded
                   in
                   it
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   ,
                   for
                   then
                   undoubtedly
                   you
                   should
                   do
                   God
                   great
                   service
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Not
                   long
                   after
                   ,
                   eight
                   or
                   ten
                   days
                   ,
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   )
                   Parry
                   coming
                   to
                   visit
                   me
                   at
                   my
                   lodging
                   in
                   Herns
                   rents
                   in
                   Holborn
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   often
                   used
                   ,
                   we
                   walked
                   forth
                   into
                   the
                   fields
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   renewed
                   again
                   his
                   determination
                   to
                   kill
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   whom
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   thought
                   most
                   unworthy
                   to
                   live
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   wondred
                   I
                   was
                   so
                   scrupulous
                   therein
                   .
                   She
                   hath
                   sought
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   your
                   ruine
                   and
                   overthrow
                   ,
                   why
                   should
                   you
                   not
                   then
                   seek
                   to
                   revenge
                   it
                   ?
                   I
                   confess
                   ,
                   quoth
                   I
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   case
                   is
                   hard
                   ,
                   but
                   yet
                   am
                   I
                   not
                   so
                   desperate
                   as
                   to
                   revenge
                   it
                   upon
                   my self
                   ,
                   which
                   must
                   needs
                   be
                   the
                   event
                   of
                   so
                   unhonest
                   and
                   unpossible
                   an
                   enterprise
                   .
                   Unpossible
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   I
                   wonder
                   at
                   you
                   ;
                   for
                   in
                   truth
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   thing
                   more
                   easie
                   :
                   you
                   are
                   no
                   Courtier
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   know
                   not
                   her
                   customs
                   of
                   walking
                   with
                   small
                   train
                   ,
                   and
                   often
                   in
                   the
                   Garden
                   very
                   privately
                   ,
                   at
                   which
                   time
                   my self
                   may
                   easily
                   have
                   access
                   unto
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   also
                   when
                   you
                   are
                   known
                   in
                   Court.
                   Upon
                   the
                   fact
                   we
                   must
                   have
                   a
                   Barge
                   ready
                   to
                   carry
                   us
                   with
                   speed
                   down
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   where
                   we
                   will
                   have
                   a
                   ship
                   ready
                   to
                   transport
                   us
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   needfull
                   :
                   but
                   upon
                   my
                   head
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   never
                   be
                   followed
                   so
                   far
                   .
                   I
                   asked
                   him
                   ,
                   How
                   will
                   you
                   escape
                   forth
                   of
                   the
                   Garden
                   ?
                   for
                   you
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   permitted
                   to
                   carry
                   any
                   men
                   with
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Gates
                   will
                   then
                   be
                   locked
                   ,
                   neither
                   can
                   you
                   carry
                   a
                   Dagge
                   without
                   suspition
                   .
                   As
                   for
                   a
                   Dagge
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   I
                   care
                   not
                   :
                   my
                   Dagger
                   is
                   enough
                   .
                   And
                   as
                   for
                   my
                   escaping
                   ,
                   those
                   that
                   shall
                   be
                   with
                   her
                   ,
                   will
                   be
                   so
                   busie
                   about
                   her
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   shall
                   finde
                   opportunity
                   enough
                   to
                   escape
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   be
                   there
                   ready
                   with
                   the
                   Barge
                   to
                   receive
                   me
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   this
                   seem
                   dangerous
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   your
                   reason
                   before
                   shewed
                   ,
                   let
                   it
                   then
                   rest
                   till
                   her
                   coming
                   to
                   St.
                   James
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   us
                   furnish
                   our selves
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   with
                   men
                   and
                   horse
                   fit
                   for
                   the
                   purpose
                   :
                   we
                   may
                   each
                   of
                   us
                   keep
                   eight
                   or
                   ten
                   men
                   without
                   suspition
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   finde
                   good
                   fellows
                   that
                   will
                   follow
                   me
                   without
                   suspecting
                   mine
                   intent
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   much
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   that
                   so
                   many
                   resolute
                   men
                   may
                   do
                   upon
                   the
                   suddain
                   ,
                   being
                   well
                   appointed
                   with
                   each
                   his
                   Case
                   of
                   Dagges
                   :
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   an
                   hundred
                   waiting
                   upon
                   her
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   save
                   her
                   ;
                   you
                   coming
                   of
                   the
                   one
                   side
                   and
                   I
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   and
                   discharging
                   our
                   Dagges
                   upon
                   her
                   ,
                   it
                   were
                   unhappy
                   if
                   we
                   should
                   both
                   miss
                   her
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   our
                   Dagges
                   fail
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   bestir
                   me
                   well
                   with
                   a
                   sword
                   ere
                   she
                   escape
                   me
                   .
                   Whereunto
                   I
                   said
                   ,
                   Good
                   Doctor
                   give
                   over
                   this
                   odious
                   enterprise
                   ,
                   and
                   trouble
                   me
                   no
                   more
                   with
                   the
                   hearing
                   of
                   that
                   ,
                   which
                   in
                   heart
                   I
                   loath
                   so
                   much
                   .
                   I
                   would
                   to
                   God
                   the
                   enterprise
                   were
                   honest
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   make
                   known
                   unto
                   thee
                   whether
                   I
                   want
                   
                   solution
                   .
                   And
                   not
                   long
                   after
                   ,
                   her
                   Majesty
                   came
                   to
                   St.
                   
                   James's
                   ;
                   after
                   which
                   ,
                   one
                   morning
                   (
                   the
                   day
                   certain
                   I
                   remember
                   not
                   ,
                   )
                   Parry
                   revived
                   again
                   his
                   former
                   discourse
                   of
                   killing
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   earnestness
                   and
                   importunity
                   perswading
                   me
                   to
                   joyn
                   therein
                   :
                   saying
                   ,
                   he
                   thought
                   me
                   the
                   onely
                   man
                   of
                   England
                   like
                   to
                   perform
                   it
                   ,
                   in
                   respect
                   of
                   my
                   valure
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   termed
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Whereupon
                   ,
                   I
                   made
                   semblance
                   as
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   been
                   more
                   willing
                   to
                   hear
                   him
                   than
                   before
                   ,
                   hoping
                   by
                   that
                   means
                   to
                   cause
                   him
                   to
                   deliver
                   his
                   minde
                   to
                   some
                   other
                   that
                   might
                   be
                   witness
                   thereof
                   with
                   me
                   ;
                   wherein
                   nevertheless
                   I
                   failed
                   .
                   After
                   all
                   this
                   ,
                   on
                   Saturday
                   last
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   sixth
                   of
                   February
                   ,
                   between
                   the
                   hours
                   of
                   five
                   and
                   six
                   in
                   the
                   afternoon
                   ,
                   Parry
                   came
                   to
                   my
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   to
                   talk
                   with
                   me
                   apart
                   :
                   whereupon
                   we
                   drew
                   our selves
                   to
                   a
                   window
                   .
                   And
                   where
                   I
                   had
                   told
                   Parry
                   before
                   ,
                   that
                   a
                   learned
                   man
                   whom
                   I
                   met
                   by
                   chance
                   in
                   the
                   fields
                   ,
                   unto
                   whom
                   I
                   proponed
                   the
                   question
                   touching
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   had
                   answered
                   me
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   an
                   enterprise
                   most
                   villanous
                   and
                   damnable
                   ,
                   willing
                   me
                   to
                   discharge
                   my self
                   of
                   it
                   :
                   Parry
                   then
                   desired
                   to
                   know
                   that
                   learned
                   mans
                   name
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   was
                   become
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   saying
                   ,
                   after
                   a
                   scornful
                   manner
                   ,
                   No
                   doubt
                   he
                   was
                   a
                   very
                   wise
                   man
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   wiser
                   in
                   believing
                   him
                   :
                   and
                   said
                   further
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   told
                   him
                   not
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   any
                   thing
                   from
                   Rome
                   .
                   Yes
                   in
                   truth
                   ,
                   said
                   I.
                   Whereunto
                   Parry
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   you
                   had
                   not
                   named
                   me
                   ,
                   nor
                   spoken
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   I
                   had
                   from
                   Rome
                   .
                   And
                   thereupon
                   he
                   earnestly
                   perswaded
                   me
                   estsoons
                   to
                   depart
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                   promising
                   to
                   procure
                   me
                   safe
                   passage
                   into
                   Wales
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   thence
                   into
                   Britain
                   ;
                   whereat
                   we
                   ended
                   .
                   But
                   I
                   then
                   resolved
                   not
                   to
                   do
                   so
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   discharge
                   my
                   conscience
                   ,
                   and
                   lay
                   open
                   this
                   his
                   most
                   traiterous
                   and
                   abominable
                   intention
                   against
                   her
                   Majesty
                   :
                   which
                   I
                   revealed
                   in
                   sort
                   as
                   is
                   before
                   set
                   down
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Edmund
                     Nevil
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           After
           this
           confession
           of
           
             Edmund
             Nevil
             ,
             William
             Parry
          
           the
           11th
           .
           day
           of
           February
           last
           ,
           being
           examined
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           ,
           by
           the
           Lord
           Hunsdon
           ,
           Lord
           Governour
           of
           Barwick
           ,
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Hatton
          
           knight
           ,
           Vicechamberlain
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Walsingham
          
           Knight
           ,
           principal
           Secretary
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           did
           voluntary
           and
           without
           any
           constraint
           ,
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           make
           confession
           of
           his
           said
           Treason
           ;
           and
           after
           ,
           set
           it
           down
           in
           writing
           all
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           in
           his
           Lodging
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           sent
           it
           to
           the
           Court
           the
           13th
           .
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           by
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower.
           The
           
           parts
           whereof
           concerning
           his
           manner
           of
           doing
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           the
           Treasons
           wherewith
           he
           was
           justly
           charged
           are
           here
           set
           down
           ,
           word
           for
           word
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           written
           and
           signed
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           and
           name
           ,
           the
           11th
           .
           of
           February
           ,
           1584.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   voluntary
                   Confession
                   of
                   William
                   Parry
                   ,
                   in
                   writing
                   all
                   with
                   his
                   own
                   hand
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   voluntary
                   Confession
                   of
                   William
                   Parry
                   Doctor
                   of
                   the
                   Laws
                   ,
                   (
                   now
                   Prisoner
                   in
                   the
                   Tower
                   )
                   and
                   accused
                   of
                   Treason
                   by
                   Edmund
                   Nevil
                   Esquire
                   ,
                   promised
                   by
                   him
                   (
                   with
                   all
                   faith
                   and
                   humility
                   )
                   to
                   the
                   Queens
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   in
                   discharge
                   of
                   his
                   Conscience
                   and
                   Duty
                   towards
                   God
                   and
                   her
                   .
                   Before
                   the
                   Lord
                   Hunsdon
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Governour
                   of
                   Barwick
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Christopher
                   Hatton
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Vicechamberlain
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Francis
                   Walsingham
                   Knight
                   ,
                   principal
                   Secretary
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     13th
                     .
                     of
                     February
                     ,
                     1584.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Parry
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   IN
                   the
                   year
                   1570.
                   
                   I
                   was
                   sworn
                   her
                   Majesties
                   servant
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   time
                   until
                   the
                   year
                   1580.
                   
                   I
                   served
                   ,
                   honoured
                   ,
                   and
                   loved
                   her
                   with
                   as
                   great
                   readiness
                   ,
                   devotion
                   ,
                   and
                   assurance
                   as
                   any
                   poor
                   subject
                   in
                   England
                   .
                   In
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   that
                   year
                   ,
                   and
                   until
                   Midsummer
                   1582.
                   
                   I
                   had
                   some
                   trouble
                   for
                   the
                   hurting
                   of
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   of
                   the
                   Temple
                   .
                   In
                   which
                   action
                   I
                   was
                   so
                   disgraced
                   and
                   oppressed
                   by
                   two
                   great
                   men
                   (
                   to
                   whom
                   I
                   have
                   of
                   late
                   been
                   beholden
                   )
                   that
                   I
                   never
                   had
                   contented
                   thought
                   since
                   .
                   There
                   began
                   my
                   misfortune
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   followeth
                   my
                   woful
                   fall
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   July
                   after
                   ,
                   I
                   laboured
                   for
                   licence
                   to
                   travail
                   for
                   three
                   years
                   ,
                   which
                   (
                   upon
                   some
                   consideration
                   )
                   was
                   easily
                   obtained
                   .
                   And
                   so
                   in
                   August
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   over
                   with
                   doubtful
                   minde
                   of
                   return
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   being
                   suspected
                   in
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   having
                   received
                   the
                   Communion
                   in
                   twenty
                   two
                   years
                   ,
                   I
                   began
                   to
                   mistrust
                   my
                   advancement
                   in
                   England
                   .
                   In
                   September
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   Paris
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   was
                   reconciled
                   to
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   and
                   advised
                   to
                   live
                   without
                   scandal
                   ,
                   the
                   rather
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   mistrusted
                   by
                   the
                   English
                   Catholiques
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   Intelligence
                   with
                   the
                   greatest
                   Councellour
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   I
                   staied
                   not
                   long
                   there
                   ,
                   but
                   removed
                   to
                   Lions
                   (
                   a
                   place
                   of
                   great
                   Traffick
                   )
                   where
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   was
                   the
                   ordinary
                   passage
                   of
                   our
                   Nation
                   to
                   and
                   fro
                   ,
                   between
                   Paris
                   and
                   Rome
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   also
                   suspected
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   put
                   all
                   men
                   out
                   of
                   doubt
                   of
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   some
                   other
                   cause
                   ,
                   
                   I
                   went
                   to
                   Millain
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   place
                   of
                   some
                   danger
                   (
                   though
                   I
                   found
                   favour
                   there
                   )
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   cleared
                   my
                   conscience
                   ,
                   and
                   justified
                   my self
                   in
                   Religion
                   before
                   the
                   Inquisitor
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   to
                   Venice
                   .
                   There
                   I
                   came
                   acquainted
                   with
                   father
                   
                     Benedicto
                     Palmio
                     ,
                     a
                     grave
                     and
                     a
                     learned
                     Jesuite
                     .
                  
                   By
                   conference
                   with
                   him
                   of
                   the
                   hard
                   state
                   of
                   the
                   Catholicks
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   reading
                   of
                   the
                   Book
                   
                     De
                     persecutione
                     Anglicana
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   discourses
                   of
                   like
                   argument
                   ,
                   1
                   
                     I
                     conceived
                     a
                     possible
                     mean
                     to
                     relieve
                     the
                     afflicted
                     state
                     of
                     our
                     Catholicks
                     ,
                     if
                     the
                     same
                     might
                     be
                     well
                     warranted
                     in
                     religion
                     and
                     conscience
                     by
                     the
                     Pope
                     ,
                     or
                     some
                     learned
                     Divines
                     .
                     I
                     asked
                     his
                     opinion
                     ;
                     he
                     made
                     it
                     clear
                     ,
                     commended
                     my
                     devotion
                     ,
                     comforted
                     me
                     in
                     it
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   after
                   a
                   while
                   made
                   me
                   known
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Nuntio
                     Campeggio
                  
                   ,
                   there
                   resident
                   for
                   his
                   Holiness
                   .
                   
                     By
                     his
                     means
                     I
                     wrote
                     to
                     the
                     Pope
                     ,
                     presented
                     the
                     service
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   sued
                   for
                   a
                   Pasport
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Rome
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   return
                   safely
                   into
                   France
                   .
                   Answer
                   came
                   from
                   Cardinal
                   Como
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   come
                   ,
                   and
                   should
                   be
                   welcome
                   .
                   I
                   misliked
                   the
                   warrant
                   ,
                   sued
                   for
                   a
                   better
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   was
                   promised
                   :
                   but
                   it
                   came
                   not
                   before
                   my
                   departure
                   to
                   Lions
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   promised
                   to
                   stay
                   some
                   time
                   for
                   it
                   .
                   And
                   being
                   indeed
                   desirous
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Rome
                   ,
                   and
                   loth
                   to
                   go
                   without
                   countenance
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     desired
                  
                   Christofero
                   de
                   Salazar
                   ,
                   
                     Secretary
                     to
                     the
                     Catholick
                     King
                     in
                  
                   Venice
                   ,
                   
                     who
                     had
                     some
                     understanding
                     by
                     conference
                     ,
                     of
                     my
                     devotion
                     to
                     the
                     afflicted
                     Catholicks
                     at
                     home
                     and
                     abroad
                     ,
                  
                   to
                   commend
                   me
                   to
                   the
                   Duke
                   
                     di
                     Nova
                     Terra
                  
                   ,
                   Governour
                   of
                   Millain
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   
                     Olivaris
                     Embi
                  
                   ,
                   then
                   Resident
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   his
                   Master
                   in
                   Rome
                   :
                   which
                   he
                   promised
                   to
                   do
                   effectually
                   for
                   the
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   for
                   the
                   other
                   .
                   And
                   so
                   I
                   took
                   my
                   journey
                   towards
                   Lyons
                   ,
                   whither
                   came
                   for
                   me
                   an
                   ample
                   Passeport
                   (
                   but
                   somewhat
                   too
                   late
                   ,
                   )
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   come
                   and
                   go
                   
                     in
                     verbo
                     Pontificis
                     per
                     omnes
                     jurisdictones
                     Ecclesiasticas
                     ,
                     absque
                     impedimento
                     .
                  
                   I
                   acquainted
                   some
                   good
                   Fathers
                   there
                   ,
                   of
                   my
                   necessity
                   to
                   depart
                   towards
                   Paris
                   by
                   promise
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     prayed
                     their
                     advises
                     upon
                     divers
                     points
                     ;
                     wherein
                     I
                     was
                     well
                     satisfied
                     .
                  
                   And
                   so
                   assuring
                   them
                   that
                   his
                   Holiness
                   should
                   hear
                   from
                   me
                   shortly
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   undertaken
                   that
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   excused
                   for
                   that
                   time
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   October
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   Paris
                   ,
                   where
                   (
                   upon
                   better
                   opinion
                   conceived
                   of
                   me
                   amongst
                   my
                   Catholick
                   Country-men
                   )
                   I
                   found
                   my
                   credit
                   well
                   setled
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   mistrusted
                   me
                   before
                   ,
                   ready
                   to
                   trust
                   and
                   imbrace
                   me
                   .
                   And
                   being
                   one
                   day
                   at
                   the
                   Chamber
                   of
                   
                     Thomas
                     Morgan
                  
                   a
                   Catholick
                   Gentleman
                   (
                   greatly
                   beloved
                   and
                   trusted
                   on
                   that
                   side
                   )
                   amongst
                   other
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   talking
                   (
                   but
                   in
                   very
                   good
                   sort
                   )
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   desired
                   by
                   Morgan
                   to
                   go
                   up
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   
                   another
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   brake
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   me
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   hoped
                   and
                   looked
                   for
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   should
                   do
                   some
                   service
                   for
                   God
                   and
                   his
                   Church
                   .
                   I
                   answered
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   were
                   to
                   kill
                   the
                   greatest
                   subject
                   in
                   England
                   ;
                   whom
                   I
                   named
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   truth
                   then
                   hated
                   .
                   No
                   ,
                   no
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   live
                   to
                   his
                   greater
                   fall
                   and
                   ruine
                   of
                   his
                   house
                   :
                
                 
                   2.
                   
                   It
                   is
                   the
                   Queen
                   I
                   mean.
                   I
                   had
                   him
                   as
                   I
                   wished
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   him
                   it
                   were
                   soon
                   done
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   might
                   be
                   lawfully
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   warranted
                   in
                   the
                   opinion
                   of
                   some
                   learned
                   Divines
                   .
                   And
                   so
                   the
                   doubt
                   once
                   resolved
                   (
                   though
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   I
                   was
                   before
                   reasonably
                   well
                   satisfied
                   )
                   I
                   vowed
                   to
                   undertake
                   the
                   enterprise
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   restitution
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   the
                   ancient
                   obedience
                   of
                   the
                   Sea
                   Apostolick
                   .
                   
                     Divers
                     Divines
                     were
                     named
                     .
                     Doctor
                  
                   Allein
                   
                     I
                     desired
                  
                   ,
                   Parsons
                   
                     I
                     refused
                     .
                     And
                     by
                     chance
                     came
                     Master
                  
                   Wattes
                   
                     a
                     learned
                     Priest
                     ,
                     with
                     whom
                     I
                     conferred
                     ,
                     and
                     was
                     over-ruled
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   3
                   For
                   he
                   plainly
                   pronounced
                   (
                   the
                   case
                   onely
                   altered
                   in
                   name
                   )
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   utterly
                   unlawful
                   :
                   with
                   whom
                   many
                   English
                   Priests
                   did
                   agree
                   as
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   altered
                   since
                   
                     the
                     book
                     made
                     in
                     answer
                     of
                     The
                     execution
                     of
                     the
                     English
                     Justice
                     was
                     published
                     ,
                     which
                     I
                     must
                     confess
                     hath
                     taken
                     hard
                     hold
                     in
                     me
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   (
                   I
                   fear
                   me
                   )
                   will
                   do
                   in
                   others
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   prevented
                   by
                   more
                   gracious
                   handling
                   of
                   the
                   quiet
                   and
                   obedient
                   Catholick
                   subjects
                   ,
                   whereof
                   there
                   is
                   good
                   and
                   greater
                   store
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   than
                   this
                   age
                   will
                   extinguish
                   .
                   
                     Well
                     ,
                     notwithstanding
                     all
                     these
                     doubts
                     ,
                     I
                     was
                     gone
                     so
                     far
                     by
                     letters
                     and
                     conference
                     in
                  
                   Italy
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     I
                     could
                     not
                     go
                     back
                     ,
                     but
                     promised
                     faithfully
                     to
                     perform
                     the
                     enterprise
                     ,
                     if
                     his
                     Holiness
                     upon
                     my
                     offer
                     and
                     letters
                     would
                     allow
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     grant
                     me
                     full
                     remission
                     of
                     my
                     sins
                     .
                  
                   4
                   
                     I
                     wrote
                     my
                     letters
                     the
                     first
                     of
                  
                   January
                   1584.
                   
                     by
                     their
                     computation
                     ;
                     took
                     advice
                     upon
                     them
                     in
                     confession
                     of
                     Father
                  
                   Anibal
                   a
                   Codreto
                   
                     a
                     learned
                     Jesuite
                     in
                  
                   Paris
                   ,
                   
                     was
                     lovingly
                     embraced
                     ,
                     commended
                     ,
                     confessed
                     ,
                     and
                     communicated
                     at
                     the
                     Jesuites
                     at
                     one
                     altar
                     with
                     the
                     Cardinals
                     of
                  
                   Vandosmi
                   ,
                   and
                   Narbone
                   ,
                   
                     whereof
                     I
                     prayed
                     certificate
                     ,
                     and
                     enclosed
                     the
                     same
                     in
                     my
                     Letter
                     to
                     his
                     Holiness
                     ,
                     to
                     lead
                     him
                     the
                     rather
                     to
                     absolve
                     me
                     ;
                     which
                     I
                     required
                     by
                     my
                     Letters
                     ,
                     in
                     consideration
                     of
                     so
                     great
                     an
                     enterprise
                     undertaken
                     without
                     promise
                     or
                     reward
                     .
                     5
                     I
                     went
                     with
                  
                   Morgan
                   
                     to
                     the
                     Nuntio
                  
                   Ragazzoni
                   ,
                   
                     to
                     whom
                     I
                     read
                     the
                     Letter
                     and
                     certificate
                     enclosed
                     ,
                     sealed
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     left
                     it
                     with
                     him
                     to
                     send
                     to
                  
                   Rome
                   :
                   
                     he
                     promised
                     great
                     care
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     procure
                     answer
                     :
                     And
                     so
                     lovingly
                     imbraced
                     me
                     ,
                     wished
                     me
                     good
                     speed
                     ,
                     and
                     promised
                     that
                     I
                     should
                     be
                     remembred
                     at
                     the
                     altar
                     .
                     6
                     After
                     this
                     I
                     desired
                  
                   Morgan
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     some
                     special
                     man
                     might
                     be
                     made
                     privy
                     to
                     this
                     matter
                     ,
                     lest
                     he
                     dying
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     
                     miscarrying
                     in
                     the
                     execution
                     ,
                     and
                     my
                     intent
                     never
                     truly
                     discovered
                     ,
                     it
                     might
                     stick
                     for
                     an
                     everlasting
                     spot
                     in
                     my
                     Race
                     .
                  
                   Divers
                   were
                   named
                   ,
                   but
                   none
                   agreed
                   upon
                   for
                   fear
                   of
                   beraying
                   .
                   7
                   This
                   being
                   done
                   ,
                   Morgan
                   assured
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   shortly
                   after
                   my
                   departure
                   ,
                   the
                   L.
                   Fernehurst
                   (
                   
                     then
                     in
                  
                   Paris
                   )
                   
                     should
                     go
                     into
                  
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     be
                     ready
                     upon
                     the
                     first
                     news
                     of
                     the
                     Queens
                     fall
                     to
                     enter
                     into
                  
                   England
                   
                     with
                     20
                     or
                  
                   30000
                   Men
                   to
                   defend
                   the
                   Queen
                   of
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   (
                   whom
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   King
                   her
                   Son
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   in
                   my
                   conscience
                   acquit
                   of
                   any
                   privity
                   ,
                   liking
                   ,
                   or
                   consent
                   to
                   this
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   other
                   bad
                   action
                   ,
                   for
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   ever
                   I
                   did
                   know
                   .
                   )
                   I
                   shortly
                   departed
                   for
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   arrived
                   at
                   Rie
                   in
                   January
                   1583.
                   from
                   whence
                   I
                   wrote
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   advertised
                   some
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   a
                   special
                   service
                   to
                   discover
                   to
                   the
                   Queens
                   Majesty
                   ;
                   8
                   
                     which
                     I
                     did
                     more
                     to
                     prepare
                     access
                     and
                     credit
                     ,
                     than
                     for
                     any
                     care
                     I
                     had
                     of
                     her
                     Person
                     ,
                  
                   though
                   I
                   were
                   fully
                   resolved
                   never
                   to
                   touch
                   her
                   (
                   notwithstanding
                   any
                   Warrant
                   )
                   if
                   by
                   any
                   device
                   ,
                   perswasion
                   ,
                   or
                   policy
                   she
                   might
                   be
                   wrought
                   to
                   deal
                   more
                   graciously
                   with
                   the
                   Catholicks
                   than
                   she
                   doth
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   our
                   manner
                   of
                   proceeding
                   in
                   Parliament
                   meaneth
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   thing
                   yet
                   seen
                   .
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   (
                   then
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   ,
                   )
                   prayed
                   audience
                   ,
                   had
                   it
                   at
                   large
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   privately
                   discovered
                   to
                   her
                   Majesty
                   this
                   Conspiracy
                   ,
                   much
                   to
                   this
                   effect
                   ,
                   
                     though
                     covered
                     with
                     all
                     the
                     skill
                     I
                     had
                     :
                  
                   she
                   took
                   it
                   doubtfully
                   ,
                   I
                   departed
                   with
                   fear
                   .
                   And
                   amongst
                   other
                   things
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   forget
                   he
                   .
                   Majesties
                   gratious
                   speech
                   then
                   uttered
                   touching
                   the
                   Catholicks
                   ,
                   which
                   of
                   late
                   ,
                   after
                   a
                   sort
                   I
                   avowed
                   in
                   Parliament
                   :
                   she
                   said
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   never
                   a
                   Catholick
                   should
                   be
                   troubled
                   for
                   Religion
                   or
                   Supremacy
                   ,
                   so
                   long
                   as
                   they
                   lived
                   like
                   good
                   Subjects
                   .
                   Whereby
                   I
                   mistrusted
                   that
                   her
                   Majesty
                   is
                   born
                   in
                   hand
                   ,
                   that
                   none
                   is
                   troubled
                   for
                   the
                   one
                   or
                   the
                   other
                   .
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   truly
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   better
                   than
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   yet
                   as
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   March
                   last
                   ,
                   while
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   Greenwich
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   )
                   suing
                   for
                   St.
                   
                     Katherines
                     ,
                     came
                     Letters
                     to
                     me
                     from
                     Cardinal
                  
                   Como
                   ,
                   
                     dated
                     at
                  
                   Rome
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     last
                     of
                  
                   January
                   
                     before
                     ,
                     whereby
                     I
                     found
                     the
                     enterprise
                     commended
                     ,
                     and
                     allowed
                     ,
                     and
                     my self
                     absolved
                     (
                     in
                     his
                     Holiness
                     name
                     )
                     of
                     all
                     my
                     sins
                     ,
                     and
                     willed
                     to
                     go
                     forward
                     in
                     the
                     name
                     of
                     God.
                  
                   That
                   Letter
                   I
                   shewed
                   to
                   some
                   in
                   Court
                   ,
                   who
                   imparted
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Queen
                   :
                   what
                   it
                   wrought
                   ,
                   or
                   may
                   work
                   in
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   God
                   knoweth
                   :
                   onely
                   this
                   I
                   know
                   ,
                   9
                   that
                   
                     it
                     confirmed
                     my
                     resolution
                     to
                     kill
                     her
                     ,
                     and
                     made
                     it
                     clear
                     in
                     my
                     conscience
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     was
                     lawful
                     and
                     meritorious
                     .
                  
                   And
                   yet
                   was
                   I
                   determined
                   never
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   if
                   either
                   policy
                   ,
                   practice
                   ,
                   perswasion
                   ,
                   or
                   motion
                   in
                   Parliament
                   could
                   prevail
                   .
                   I
                   feared
                   to
                   be
                   tempted
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   always
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   near
                   her
                   ,
                   I
                   left
                   my
                   
                   Dagger
                   at
                   home
                   .
                   10
                   
                     When
                     I
                     looked
                     upon
                     her
                     Majesty
                     ,
                     and
                     remembred
                     her
                     many
                     excellencies
                     ,
                     I
                     was
                     greatly
                     troubled
                     :
                     And
                     yet
                     I
                     saw
                     no
                     remedy
                     ,
                     for
                     my
                     Vows
                     were
                     in
                     Heaven
                     ,
                     my
                     Letters
                     and
                     Promises
                     in
                     Earth
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   the
                   case
                   of
                   the
                   Catholick
                   Recusants
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   little
                   bettered
                   .
                   Sometimes
                   I
                   said
                   to
                   my self
                   ,
                   Why
                   should
                   I
                   care
                   for
                   her
                   ?
                   what
                   hath
                   she
                   done
                   for
                   me
                   ?
                   have
                   I
                   not
                   spent
                   10000
                   Marks
                   since
                   I
                   knew
                   her
                   service
                   ,
                   and
                   never
                   had
                   peny
                   by
                   her
                   ?
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   said
                   ,
                   she
                   gave
                   me
                   my
                   life
                   .
                   But
                   I
                   say
                   (
                   as
                   my
                   case
                   stood
                   )
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   Tyranny
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   :
                   And
                   I
                   fear
                   me
                   it
                   is
                   little
                   less
                   yet
                   .
                   If
                   it
                   please
                   her
                   gratiously
                   to
                   look
                   into
                   my
                   discontentments
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   to
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   she
                   had
                   it
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   weary
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   And
                   now
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   an
                   end
                   of
                   this
                   tragical
                   discourse
                   :
                   In
                   July
                   I
                   left
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   utterly
                   rejected
                   ,
                   discontented
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   her
                   Majesty
                   might
                   perceive
                   by
                   my
                   passionate
                   Letters
                   ,
                   careless
                   of
                   my self
                   .
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   London
                   :
                   Doctor
                   Alleins
                   
                     Book
                     was
                     sent
                     me
                     out
                     of
                  
                   France
                   :
                   11
                   
                     it
                     redoubled
                     my
                     former
                     conceits
                     :
                     Every
                     word
                     in
                     it
                     was
                     a
                     warrant
                     to
                     a
                     prepared
                     mind
                     :
                     It
                     taught
                     that
                     Kings
                     may
                     be
                     excommunicated
                     ,
                     deprived
                     ,
                     and
                     violently
                     handled
                     :
                     It
                     proveth
                     that
                     all
                     Wars
                     Civil
                     or
                     Forraign
                     undertaken
                     for
                     Religion
                     ,
                     is
                     Honorable
                     .
                  
                   Her
                   Majesty
                   may
                   do
                   well
                   to
                   read
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   be
                   out
                   of
                   doubt
                   (
                   if
                   things
                   be
                   not
                   amended
                   )
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   warning
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Doctrine
                   full
                   dangerous
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   Book
                   I
                   shewed
                   ,
                   in
                   some
                   places
                   read
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     lent
                     it
                     to
                     my
                     Cousin
                  
                   Nevil
                   (
                   the
                   accuser
                   )
                   who
                   came
                   often
                   to
                   mine
                   house
                   ,
                   put
                   his
                   finger
                   in
                   my
                   Dish
                   ,
                   his
                   hand
                   in
                   my
                   Purse
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   night
                   wherein
                   he
                   accused
                   me
                   ,
                   was
                   wrapped
                   in
                   my
                   Gown
                   ,
                   six
                   moneths
                   at
                   least
                   after
                   we
                   had
                   entred
                   into
                   this
                   Conspiracy
                   :
                   In
                   which
                   space
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   ten
                   Princes
                   in
                   several
                   Provinces
                   might
                   have
                   been
                   killed
                   .
                   God
                   bless
                   her
                   Majesty
                   from
                   him
                   :
                   for
                   before
                   Almighty
                   God
                   ,
                   I
                   joy
                   and
                   am
                   glad
                   in
                   my
                   soul
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   his
                   hap
                   
                     to
                     discover
                     me
                     in
                     time
                  
                   ,
                   though
                   there
                   were
                   no
                   danger
                   near
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   now
                   to
                   the
                   manner
                   of
                   our
                   meetings
                   .
                   He
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   in
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   August
                   ,
                   and
                   spake
                   to
                   me
                   in
                   this
                   or
                   like
                   sort
                   .
                   Cousin
                   ,
                   let
                   us
                   do
                   somewhat
                   ,
                   sithens
                   we
                   can
                   have
                   nothing
                   .
                   I
                   offered
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   gladly
                   heard
                   him
                   ,
                   
                     hoping
                     because
                     I
                     knew
                     him
                     to
                     be
                     a
                     Catholick
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     would
                     hit
                     upon
                     that
                     I
                     had
                     in
                     my
                     head
                     :
                  
                   but
                   it
                   fell
                   not
                   out
                   so
                   .
                   He
                   thought
                   the
                   delivery
                   of
                   the
                   Queen
                   of
                   Scotland
                   easie
                   ,
                   presuming
                   upon
                   his
                   Credit
                   and
                   Kindred
                   in
                   the
                   North
                   :
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   dangerous
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   impossible
                   to
                   men
                   of
                   our
                   fortunes
                   :
                   He
                   fell
                   from
                   that
                   to
                   the
                   taking
                   of
                   Barwick
                   :
                   I
                   spake
                   of
                   Quinborough
                   and
                   the
                   Navy
                   ,
                   rather
                   to
                   entertain
                   him
                   with
                   discourse
                   ,
                   than
                   that
                   I
                   cared
                   for
                   those
                   motions
                   ,
                   
                     my
                     head
                     being
                     full
                     
                     of
                     a
                     greater
                     matter
                     :
                  
                   12
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   another
                   manner
                   of
                   Enterprise
                   ,
                   more
                   honourable
                   and
                   profitable
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Catholicks
                   Common-wealth
                   ,
                   than
                   all
                   these
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   joyn
                   in
                   it
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   presently
                   vowed
                   to
                   do
                   :
                   He
                   pressed
                   to
                   know
                   it
                   ;
                   I
                   willed
                   him
                   to
                   sleep
                   upon
                   the
                   motion
                   :
                   He
                   did
                   so
                   ,
                   (
                   and
                   belike
                   overtaken
                   )
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   the
                   next
                   morning
                   to
                   my
                   Lodging
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   offered
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     took
                     his
                     Oath
                     upon
                     a
                     Bible
                     ,
                     to
                     conceal
                     and
                     constantly
                     to
                     pursue
                     the
                     enterprise
                     for
                     the
                     advancement
                     of
                     Religion
                     ;
                     which
                     I
                     also
                     did
                     ,
                     and
                     meant
                     to
                     perform
                     :
                     the
                     killing
                     of
                     the
                     Queen
                     was
                     the
                     matter
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   The
                   manner
                   and
                   place
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   on
                   Horsback
                   ,
                   with
                   eight
                   or
                   ten
                   horses
                   ,
                   when
                   she
                   should
                   ride
                   abroad
                   about
                   St.
                   James
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   other
                   like
                   place
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   once
                   thought
                   fit
                   in
                   a
                   Garden
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   escape
                   would
                   be
                   easiest
                   by
                   water
                   into
                   Shepey
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   other
                   part
                   :
                   but
                   we
                   resolved
                   upon
                   the
                   first
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     This
                     continued
                     as
                     agreed
                     upon
                     many
                     moneths
                     ,
                  
                   until
                   he
                   heard
                   of
                   the
                   death
                   of
                   Westmoreland
                   ,
                   whose
                   Land
                   and
                   Dignity
                   (
                   whereof
                   he
                   assured
                   himself
                   )
                   bred
                   belike
                   this
                   Conscience
                   in
                   him
                   to
                   discover
                   a
                   Treason
                   in
                   February
                   ,
                   contrived
                   and
                   agreed
                   upon
                   in
                   August
                   .
                   If
                   it
                   cost
                   him
                   not
                   an
                   ambitious
                   Head
                   at
                   last
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   never
                   trust
                   me
                   .
                   He
                   brought
                   a
                   tall
                   Gentleman
                   (
                   whom
                   he
                   commended
                   for
                   an
                   excellent
                   Pistolier
                   )
                   to
                   me
                   to
                   Chanon-Row
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   one
                   in
                   the
                   match
                   :
                   but
                   I
                   refused
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   being
                   loth
                   to
                   lay
                   my
                   head
                   upon
                   so
                   many
                   hands
                   .
                
                 
                   Master
                   Nevil
                   hath
                   (
                   I
                   think
                   )
                   forgotten
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   swear
                   to
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   divers
                   times
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   the
                   advancement
                   she
                   could
                   give
                   ,
                   should
                   serve
                   but
                   for
                   her
                   scourge
                   ,
                   if
                   ever
                   time
                   and
                   occasion
                   should
                   serve
                   :
                   and
                   that
                   though
                   he
                   would
                   not
                   lay
                   hand
                   upon
                   her
                   in
                   a
                   corner
                   ,
                   his
                   heart
                   served
                   him
                   to
                   strike
                   off
                   her
                   Head
                   in
                   the
                   field
                   .
                   Now
                   leaving
                   him
                   to
                   himself
                   ,
                   this
                   much
                   (
                   to
                   make
                   an
                   end
                   )
                   I
                   must
                   confess
                   of
                   my self
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   mean
                   to
                   try
                   what
                   might
                   be
                   done
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   to
                   do
                   my
                   best
                   to
                   hinder
                   all
                   hard
                   courses
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   prayed
                   hearing
                   of
                   the
                   Queens
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   to
                   move
                   her
                   (
                   if
                   I
                   could
                   )
                   to
                   take
                   compassion
                   upon
                   her
                   Catholick
                   Subjects
                   ;
                   
                     and
                     when
                     all
                     had
                     failed
                     ,
                     to
                     do
                     as
                     I
                     intended
                     .
                  
                   If
                   her
                   Majesty
                   by
                   this
                   course
                   would
                   have
                   eased
                   them
                   ,
                   though
                   she
                   had
                   never
                   preferred
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   with
                   all
                   comfort
                   and
                   patience
                   born
                   it
                   :
                   13
                   but
                   if
                   she
                   had
                   preferred
                   me
                   without
                   ease
                   or
                   care
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   Enterprise
                   had
                   held
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Parry
                     .
                  
                   God
                   preserve
                   the
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   encline
                   her
                   merciful
                   heart
                   to
                   forgive
                   me
                   this
                   desperate
                   purpose
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   take
                   my
                   Head
                   (
                   with
                   all
                   my
                   heart
                   )
                   for
                   her
                   better
                   satisfaction
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
         
           After
           which
           ,
           for
           the
           better
           manifesting
           of
           his
           Treasons
           ,
           on
           the
           14th
           of
           February
           last
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Letter
           written
           by
           him
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           very
           voluntarily
           ,
           all
           of
           his
           own
           Hand
           ,
           without
           any
           motion
           made
           to
           him
           :
           The
           tenor
           whereof
           ,
           for
           that
           which
           concerneth
           these
           his
           Traiterous
           dealings
           ,
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               A
               Letter
               written
               by
               Parry
               to
               Her
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               YOur
               Majesty
               may
               see
               by
               my
               voluntary
               Confession
               ,
               the
               dangerous
               fruits
               of
               a
               discontented
               minde
               ;
               and
               how
               constantly
               I
               pursued
               my
               first
               conceived
               purpose
               in
               Venice
               ,
               for
               the
               relief
               of
               the
               afflicted
               Catholicks
               ;
               continued
               it
               in
               Lions
               ,
               and
               resolved
               in
               Paris
               to
               put
               it
               in
               adventure
               ,
               for
               the
               Restitution
               of
               England
               to
               the
               antient
               Obedience
               of
               the
               See
               Apostolick
               .
               You
               may
               see
               withal
               ,
               how
               it
               is
               Commended
               ,
               Allowed
               ,
               and
               Warranted
               in
               Conscience
               ,
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               Policy
               ,
               by
               the
               Pope
               and
               some
               great
               Divines
               :
               Though
               it
               be
               true
               or
               likely
               ,
               that
               most
               of
               our
               English
               Divines
               (
               less
               practised
               in
               matters
               of
               this
               weight
               )
               do
               utterly
               mislike
               and
               condemn
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               Enterprise
               is
               prevented
               ,
               and
               Conspiracy
               discovered
               by
               an
               honourable
               Gentleman
               ,
               my
               Kinsman
               and
               late
               familiar
               Friend
               ,
               Master
               
                 Edmund
                 Nevil
              
               ,
               privy
               and
               by
               solemn
               Oath
               (
               taken
               upon
               the
               Bible
               )
               party
               to
               the
               matter
               ,
               whereof
               I
               am
               hardly
               glad
               ,
               but
               now
               sorry
               (
               in
               my
               very
               Soul
               )
               that
               ever
               I
               conceived
               or
               intended
               it
               ,
               how
               commendable
               or
               meritoritous
               soever
               I
               thought
               it
               .
               God
               thank
               him
               ,
               and
               forgive
               me
               ,
               who
               would
               not
               now
               (
               before
               God
               )
               attempt
               it
               (
               if
               I
               had
               liberty
               and
               opportunity
               to
               do
               it
               )
               to
               gain
               your
               Kingdome
               .
               I
               beseech
               Christ
               ,
               that
               my
               Death
               and
               Example
               may
               as
               well
               satisfie
               your
               Majesty
               and
               the
               world
               ,
               as
               it
               shall
               glad
               and
               content
               me
               .
            
             
               The
               Queen
               of
               Scotland
               is
               your
               Prisoner
               ;
               let
               her
               be
               honourably
               entreated
               ,
               but
               yet
               surely
               guarded
               .
            
             
               The
               French
               King
               is
               French
               ,
               you
               know
               it
               well
               enough
               ,
               you
               will
               finde
               him
               occupied
               when
               he
               should
               do
               you
               good
               ;
               he
               will
               not
               loose
               a
               Pilgrimage
               to
               save
               you
               a
               Crown
               .
               I
               have
               no
               more
               to
               say
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               but
               that
               with
               my
               Heart
               and
               Soul
               I
               do
               now
               honour
               and
               love
               you
               ;
               am
               inwardly
               sorry
               for
               mine
               Offence
               ,
               and
               ready
               to
               make
               you
               amends
               by
               my
               Death
               and
               Patience
               .
               Discharge
               me
               à
               culpâ
               ,
               but
               not
               
                 à
                 poenâ
              
               ,
               good
               Lady
               .
               And
               so
               farewel
               ,
               most
               gracious
               ,
               and
               the
               best-natured
               and
               qualified
               Queen
               that
               ever
               lived
               in
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 From
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   14th
                   of
                   February
                   ,
                   1584.
                   
                
              
               
                 W.
                 Parry
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
         
           After
           which
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           the
           18th
           of
           February
           last
           past
           ,
           Parry
           ,
           in
           further
           acknowledging
           his
           wicked
           and
           intended
           Treasons
           ,
           wrote
           a
           Letter
           all
           of
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           in
           like
           voluntary
           manner
           ,
           to
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           Lord
           Steward
           of
           her
           Majesties
           house
           ;
           the
           Tenour
           whereof
           is
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             
               William
               Parry's
               Letter
               to
               the
               Lord
               Treasurer
               ,
               and
               the
               Earl
               of
               Leicester
               .
            
             
               MY
               Lords
               ,
               now
               that
               the
               Conspiracy
               is
               discovered
               ,
               the
               Fault
               confessed
               ,
               my
               Conscience
               cleared
               ,
               and
               Minde
               prepared
               patiently
               to
               suffer
               the
               Pains
               due
               for
               so
               heinous
               a
               Crime
               :
               I
               hope
               it
               shall
               not
               offend
               you
               ,
               if
               crying
               Miserere
               with
               the
               poor
               Publican
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               despair
               with
               cursed
               Cain
               .
               My
               Case
               is
               rare
               and
               strange
               ,
               and
               ,
               for
               any
               thing
               I
               can
               remember
               ,
               singular
               :
               A
               natural
               Subject
               solemnly
               to
               vow
               the
               Death
               of
               his
               natural
               Queen
               (
               so
               born
               ,
               so
               known
               ,
               and
               so
               taken
               by
               all
               men
               )
               for
               the
               Relief
               of
               the
               afflicted
               Catholicks
               ,
               and
               Restitution
               of
               Religion
               .
               The
               Matter
               first
               conceived
               in
               Venice
               ,
               the
               Service
               (
               in
               general
               words
               )
               presented
               to
               the
               Pope
               ,
               continued
               and
               undertaken
               in
               Paris
               ;
               and
               lastly
               ,
               commended
               and
               warranted
               by
               his
               Holiness
               ,
               digested
               and
               resolved
               in
               England
               ,
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
               prevented
               by
               Accusation
               ,
               or
               by
               her
               Majesties
               greater
               Lenity
               and
               more
               gracious
               Usage
               of
               her
               Catholick
               Subjects
               .
               This
               is
               my
               first
               and
               last
               Offence
               conceived
               against
               my
               Prince
               or
               Country
               ,
               and
               doth
               (
               I
               cannot
               deny
               )
               contein
               all
               other
               faults
               whatsoever
               .
               It
               is
               now
               to
               be
               punished
               by
               Death
               ,
               or
               most
               graciously
               (
               beyond
               all
               common
               expectation
               )
               to
               be
               pardoned
               .
               Death
               I
               do
               confess
               to
               have
               deserved
               ;
               Life
               I
               do
               (
               with
               all
               Humility
               )
               crave
               ,
               if
               it
               may
               stand
               with
               the
               Queens
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Policy
               of
               the
               Time.
               To
               leave
               so
               great
               a
               Treason
               unpunished
               ,
               were
               strange
               :
               To
               draw
               it
               by
               my
               Death
               in
               example
               ,
               were
               dangerous
               :
               A
               sworn
               Servant
               to
               take
               upon
               him
               such
               an
               Enterprize
               ,
               upon
               such
               a
               ground
               ,
               and
               by
               such
               a
               warrant
               ,
               hath
               not
               been
               seen
               in
               England
               :
               To
               Indict
               him
               ,
               Arraign
               him
               ,
               bring
               him
               to
               the
               Scaffold
               ,
               and
               to
               publish
               his
               Offence
               ,
               can
               do
               no
               good
               :
               To
               hope
               that
               he
               hath
               more
               to
               discover
               than
               is
               Confessed
               ,
               or
               that
               at
               his
               Execution
               he
               will
               unsay
               any
               thing
               he
               hath
               written
               ,
               is
               in
               vain
               :
               To
               conclude
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               impossible
               for
               him
               in
               time
               to
               make
               some
               part
               of
               amends
               ,
               were
               
               very
               hard
               ,
               and
               against
               former
               Experiences
               .
               The
               Question
               then
               is
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               better
               to
               kill
               him
               ,
               or
               (
               lest
               the
               matter
               be
               mistaken
               )
               upon
               hope
               of
               his
               amendment
               to
               pardon
               him
               .
               For
               mine
               own
               opinion
               (
               though
               partial
               )
               I
               will
               deliver
               you
               my
               Conscience
               .
               The
               Case
               is
               good
               Queen
               Elizabeths
               ,
               the
               Offence
               is
               committed
               against
               her
               Sacred
               Person
               ,
               and
               she
               may
               (
               of
               her
               Mercy
               )
               pardon
               it
               without
               prejudice
               to
               any
               .
               Then
               this
               I
               say
               ,
               in
               few
               words
               ,
               as
               a
               man
               more
               desirous
               to
               discharge
               his
               troubled
               Conscience
               ,
               than
               to
               live
               .
               Pardon
               poor
               Parry
               ,
               and
               relieve
               him
               :
               for
               life
               without
               living
               is
               not
               fit
               for
               him
               .
               If
               this
               may
               not
               be
               ,
               or
               be
               thought
               dangerous
               ,
               or
               dishonourable
               to
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               (
               as
               by
               your
               favours
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               full
               of
               Honour
               and
               Mercy
               )
               then
               I
               beseech
               your
               Lordships
               (
               and
               no
               other
               )
               once
               to
               hear
               me
               before
               I
               be
               Indicted
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               (
               if
               I
               must
               dye
               )
               humbly
               to
               intreat
               the
               Queens
               Majesty
               to
               hasten
               my
               Trial
               and
               Execution
               ,
               which
               I
               pray
               God
               (
               with
               all
               my
               heart
               )
               may
               prove
               as
               honourable
               to
               her
               ,
               as
               I
               hope
               it
               shall
               be
               happy
               to
               me
               ;
               who
               will
               ,
               while
               I
               live
               ,
               (
               as
               I
               have
               done
               always
               )
               pray
               to
               Jesus
               Christ
               for
               her
               Majesties
               long
               and
               prosperous
               Reign
               .
            
             
               
                 From
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   18th
                   of
                   February
                   ,
                   1584.
                   
                
              
               
                 W.
                 Parry
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           where
           in
           this
           mean
           time
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Walsingham
          
           ,
           Secretary
           to
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           had
           dealt
           with
           one
           
             William
             Creichton
          
           ,
           a
           Scot
           for
           his
           Birth
           ,
           and
           a
           Jesuit
           by
           his
           Profession
           ,
           now
           Prisoner
           also
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           was
           apprehended
           with
           divers
           Plots
           for
           Invasions
           of
           this
           Realm
           ,
           to
           understand
           of
           him
           ,
           if
           the
           said
           Parry
           had
           ever
           dealt
           with
           him
           in
           the
           parties
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           touching
           that
           Question
           ,
           Whether
           it
           were
           lawful
           to
           kill
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           or
           not
           :
           the
           which
           at
           that
           time
           the
           said
           Creichton
           called
           not
           to
           his
           remembrance
           ;
           yet
           after
           upon
           better
           calling
           it
           to
           minde
           ,
           upon
           the
           20th
           day
           of
           February
           last
           past
           ,
           he
           wrote
           to
           Master
           Secretary
           Walsingham
           thereof
           voluntary
           ,
           all
           of
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           to
           the
           effect
           following
           .
        
         
           
             
               William
               Creichtons
               Letter
               .
               
                 February
                 20.
                 
              
            
             
               RIght
               honourable
               Sir
               ,
               when
               your
               Honour
               demanded
               me
               if
               Mr.
               Parry
               did
               ask
               me
               ,
               If
               it
               was
               reason
               to
               kill
               the
               Queen
               ,
               indeed
               and
               verity
               ,
               then
               I
               had
               no
               remembrance
               at
               all
               thereof
               .
               But
               since
               ,
               thinking
               on
               the
               matter
               ,
               I
               have
               called
               to
               mind
               the
               whole
               fashion
               of
               his
               dealing
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               his
               
               Arguments
               :
               for
               he
               dealt
               very
               craftily
               with
               me
               ,
               I
               dare
               not
               say
               maliciously
               .
               For
               I
               did
               in
               no
               ways
               think
               of
               any
               such
               design
               of
               his
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               other
               ,
               and
               did
               answer
               him
               simply
               after
               my
               conscience
               and
               knowledge
               to
               the
               verity
               of
               the
               question
               .
               For
               after
               that
               I
               had
               answered
               him
               twice
               before
               ,
               
                 Quòd
                 omnino
                 non
                 liceret
              
               ,
               he
               returned
               late
               at
               Even
               ,
               by
               reason
               I
               was
               to
               depart
               early
               in
               the
               next
               Morning
               toward
               Chamberie
               in
               Savoy
               where
               I
               did
               remain
               ,
               and
               being
               return'd
               out
               of
               the
               Close
               within
               one
               of
               the
               Classes
               of
               the
               Colledge
               ,
               he
               proponed
               to
               me
               of
               the
               new
               matter
               ,
               with
               his
               Reasons
               and
               Arguments
               .
               First
               ,
               he
               alledged
               the
               utility
               of
               the
               deed
               for
               delivering
               of
               so
               many
               Catholicks
               out
               of
               misery
               ,
               and
               restitution
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Religion
               .
               I
               answered
               ,
               that
               the
               Scripture
               answereth
               thereto
               ,
               saying
               ,
               
                 Non
                 sunt
                 facienda
                 mala
                 ,
                 ut
                 veniant
                 bona
                 .
              
               So
               that
               for
               no
               good
               ,
               how
               great
               that
               ever
               it
               be
               ,
               may
               be
               wrought
               any
               evil
               ,
               how
               little
               that
               ever
               it
               be
               .
               He
               replyed
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               not
               evil
               to
               take
               away
               so
               great
               evil
               ,
               and
               induce
               so
               great
               good
               .
               I
               answered
               ,
               That
               all
               good
               is
               not
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               but
               that
               onely
               ,
               
                 Quod
                 bene
                 &
                 legitime
                 fieri
                 potest
                 .
              
               And
               therefore
               ,
               
                 Dixi
                 ,
                 Deum
                 magis
                 amare
                 adverbia
                 quàm
                 nomina
                 .
                 Quia
                 in
                 actionibus
                 magis
                 ei
                 placent
                 bene
                 &
                 legitime
                 ,
                 quam
                 bonum
                 .
                 Ita
                 ut
                 nullum
                 bonum
                 liceat
                 facere
                 ,
                 nisi
                 bene
                 &
                 legitimè
                 fieri
                 possit
                 .
                 Quod
                 in
                 hoc
                 casu
                 fieri
                 non
                 potest
                 .
              
               Yet
               said
               he
               ,
               that
               several
               learned
               men
               were
               of
               the
               opinion
               ,
               
                 Quod
                 liceret
              
               .
               I
               answered
               ,
               that
               they
               men
               perhaps
               were
               of
               the
               opinion
               that
               for
               the
               safety
               of
               many
               in
               Soul
               and
               Body
               ,
               they
               would
               permit
               a
               particular
               to
               his
               danger
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               occult
               judgment
               of
               God
               :
               Or
               perhaps
               said
               so
               ,
               moved
               rather
               by
               some
               compassion
               and
               commiseration
               of
               the
               miserable
               estate
               of
               the
               Catholicks
               ,
               not
               for
               any
               such
               Doctrine
               that
               they
               did
               finde
               in
               their
               Books
               .
               For
               it
               is
               certain
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               thing
               is
               not
               licite
               to
               a
               particular
               ,
               without
               special
               revelation
               Divine
               ,
               which
               exceedeth
               our
               Learning
               and
               Doctrine
               .
               And
               so
               he
               departed
               from
               me
               .
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Honours
                 poor
                 servitor
                 in
                 Christ
                 Jesu
                 .
                 William
                 Creichton
                 Prisoner
                 .
              
               
                 Out
                 of
                 the
                 Prison
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   
                     20th
                     of
                     February
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           where
           also
           the
           same
           Parry
           was
           on
           the
           same
           20th
           day
           of
           February
           examined
           by
           Sir
           
             Francis
             Walsingham
          
           Knight
           ,
           what
           was
           become
           of
           the
           Letter
           contained
           in
           his
           Confession
           to
           be
           written
           
           unto
           him
           by
           the
           Cardinal
           
             de
             Como
          
           ,
           he
           then
           answered
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           consumed
           and
           burnt
           :
           and
           yet
           after
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           following
           ,
           being
           more
           vehemently
           urged
           upon
           that
           point
           in
           examination
           (
           because
           it
           was
           known
           that
           it
           was
           not
           burnt
           )
           he
           confessed
           where
           he
           had
           left
           it
           in
           the
           Town
           :
           whereupon
           ,
           by
           Parrys
           direction
           it
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           where
           it
           had
           been
           lapped
           up
           together
           with
           other
           frivolous
           papers
           ,
           and
           written
           upon
           the
           one
           side
           of
           it
           ,
           
             The
             last
             Will
             of
             William
             Parry
             ,
          
           the
           which
           Letter
           was
           in
           the
           Italian
           Tongue
           ,
           as
           hereafter
           followeth
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           in
           English
           accordingly
           Translated
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   A
                   mon
                   Signore
                   ,
                   mon
                   Signore
                   Guglielmo
                   Parry
                   .
                
                 
                   MOn
                   Signore
                   ,
                   la
                   Santita
                   di
                   N.
                   S.
                   ha
                   veduto
                   le
                   Lettere
                   di
                   V.
                   S.
                   del
                   primo
                   con
                   la
                   fede
                   inclusa
                   ,
                   &
                   non
                   puo
                   se
                   non
                   landare
                   la
                   buona
                   disposittione
                   &
                   risolutione
                   che
                   serive
                   di
                   tenere
                   verso
                   il
                   servitio
                   &
                   beneficio
                   publico
                   ,
                   nel
                   che
                   la
                   Santita
                   sua
                   lessorta
                   di
                   perseverare
                   ,
                   con
                   farne
                   riuscire
                   li
                   effetti
                   che
                   V.
                   S.
                   promette
                   :
                   Et
                   accioche
                   tanto
                   maggiormente
                   V.
                   S.
                   sia
                   ajutata
                   da
                   quel
                   buon
                   Spirito
                   che
                   l'ha
                   mosso
                   ,
                   le
                   concede
                   sua
                   Beneditione
                   ,
                   plenaria
                   Indulgenza
                   &
                   remissione
                   di
                   tutti
                   li
                   peccati
                   ,
                   secondo
                   che
                   V.
                   S.
                   ha
                   chiesto
                   ,
                   assicurandos
                   si
                   che
                   oltre
                   il
                   merito
                   ,
                   che
                   n'havera
                   in
                   cielo
                   ,
                   vuole
                   anco
                   sua
                   Santita
                   constituirsi
                   debitore
                   a
                   riconoscere
                   li
                   meriti
                   di
                   V.
                   S.
                   in
                   ogni
                   miglior
                   modo
                   che
                   potra
                   ,
                   &
                   cio
                   tanto
                   pin
                   ,
                   quanto
                   che
                   V.
                   S.
                   usa
                   maggior
                   modestia
                   in
                   non
                   pretender
                   niente
                   .
                   Metta
                   dunque
                   ad
                   effetto
                   li
                   suoi
                   santi
                   &
                   honorati
                   pensieri
                   ,
                   &
                   attenda
                   astar
                   sano
                   .
                   Che
                   per
                   fine
                   io
                   me
                   le
                   offero
                   di
                   core
                   ,
                   &
                   le
                   desidero
                   ogni
                   buono
                   &
                   felice
                   successo
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Di
                     Roma
                     
                       a
                       30
                       di
                       
                         Gennaro
                         ,
                         MDLXXXIV
                      
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     Al
                     piacer
                     di
                     V.
                     S.
                     N.
                     Cardinale
                     di
                     Como
                     .
                  
                   Al
                   Sig.
                   Guglielmo
                   Parri
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cardinal
                   de
                   Como's
                   Letter
                   to
                   Will.
                   Parry
                   ,
                   
                     January
                     30th
                     1584.
                     
                  
                   by
                   accompt
                   of
                   Rome
                   .
                
                 
                   MOnsignor
                   ,
                   the
                   Holiness
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   hath
                   seen
                   the
                   Letter
                   of
                   your
                   Signory
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   assurance
                   included
                   ,
                   and
                   cannot
                   but
                   commend
                   the
                   good
                   disposition
                   and
                   resolution
                   ,
                   which
                   you
                   write
                   to
                   hold
                   towards
                   the
                   Service
                   and
                   Benefit
                   publick
                   :
                   Wherein
                   his
                   Holiness
                   doth
                   exhort
                   you
                   to
                   persevere
                   ,
                   with
                   causing
                   to
                   bring
                   forth
                   the
                   effects
                   which
                   your
                   
                   Signorie
                   promiseth
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   you
                   may
                   be
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   more
                   holpen
                   ,
                   by
                   that
                   good
                   Spirit
                   which
                   hath
                   moved
                   you
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   his
                   Blessedness
                   doth
                   grant
                   to
                   you
                   plenary
                   Indulgence
                   and
                   Remission
                   of
                   all
                   your
                   Sins
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   your
                   request
                   .
                   Assuring
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   besides
                   the
                   Merit
                   that
                   you
                   shall
                   receive
                   therefore
                   in
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   his
                   Holiness
                   will
                   further
                   make
                   himself
                   Debtour
                   ,
                   to
                   re-acknowledge
                   the
                   deservings
                   of
                   your
                   Signorie
                   in
                   the
                   best
                   manner
                   that
                   he
                   can
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   so
                   much
                   the
                   more
                   ,
                   in
                   that
                   your
                   Signorie
                   useth
                   the
                   greater
                   Modesty
                   ,
                   in
                   not
                   pretending
                   any
                   thing
                   .
                   Put
                   therefore
                   to
                   effect
                   your
                   holy
                   and
                   honourable
                   thoughts
                   ,
                   and
                   attend
                   your
                   Health
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   conclude
                   ,
                   I
                   offer
                   my self
                   unto
                   you
                   heartily
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   desire
                   all
                   good
                   and
                   happy
                   success
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     From
                     Rome
                     
                       the
                       30th
                       of
                       January
                       ,
                       1584.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     At
                     the
                     pleasure
                     of
                     your
                     Signorie
                     ,
                     N.
                     Card.
                     of
                     Como
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           UPon
           all
           which
           former
           Accusation
           ,
           Declaration
           ,
           Confessions
           ,
           and
           Proofs
           ,
           upon
           Munday
           the
           22th
           day
           of
           February
           last
           past
           ,
           at
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           before
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Wray
          
           Knight
           ,
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           England
           ,
           Sir
           
             Gilbert
             Gerrard
          
           Knight
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           Rolls
           ,
           Sir
           
             Edmund
             Anderson
          
           Knight
           ,
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           the
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           Sir
           
             Roger
             Manwood
          
           Knight
           ,
           Chief
           Baron
           of
           the
           Exchequer
           ,
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Gawdy
          
           Knight
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Pleas
           before
           her
           Majesty
           to
           be
           holden
           ,
           and
           
             Will.
             Perriam
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Justices
           of
           the
           Common
           Pleas
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           her
           Majesties
           Commission
           to
           them
           and
           others
           in
           that
           behalf
           directed
           ;
           The
           same
           Parry
           was
           Indicted
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           for
           intending
           and
           practising
           the
           Death
           and
           Destruction
           of
           her
           Majesty
           ,
           whom
           God
           long
           prosper
           ,
           and
           preserve
           from
           all
           such
           wicked
           attempts
           .
           The
           tenour
           of
           which
           Indictment
           appeareth
           more
           particularly
           in
           the
           course
           of
           his
           Arraignment
           following
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   manner
                   of
                   the
                   Arraignment
                   of
                   Will.
                   Parry
                   
                     the
                     25th
                     of
                     February
                     ,
                     1584.
                     
                  
                   at
                   Westminster
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   commonly
                   called
                   the
                   Kings-Bench
                   ,
                   is
                   usually
                   kept
                   ,
                   by
                   vertue
                   of
                   her
                   Majesties
                   Commission
                   of
                   Oyer
                   and
                   Terminer
                   ,
                   before
                   Henry
                   Lord
                   Hunsdon
                   Governour
                   of
                   Barwick
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Francis
                   Knolles
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Treasurer
                   of
                   the
                   Queens
                   Majesties
                   Houshold
                   ,
                   Sir
                   James
                   Croft
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Comptroller
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Houshold
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Christopher
                   Hatton
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Vice-Chamberlain
                   to
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Christopher
                   Wray
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Gilbert
                   Gerrard
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Rolls
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Edmund
                   Anderson
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Chief-Justice
                   of
                   the
                   Common-Pleas
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Roger
                   Manwood
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Chief-Baron
                   of
                   the
                   Exchequer
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   Thomas
                   Hennage
                   Knight
                   ,
                   Treasurer
                   of
                   the
                   Chamber
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   FIrst
                   ,
                   three
                   Proclamations
                   for
                   silence
                   were
                   made
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   usual
                   course
                   in
                   such
                   cases
                   .
                   Then
                   the
                   Lieutenant
                   was
                   commanded
                   to
                   return
                   his
                   Precept
                   ;
                   which
                   did
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   to
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   
                     Miles
                     Sandes
                  
                   Esquire
                   ,
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   hold
                   up
                   thy
                   hand
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   did
                   so
                   .
                   Then
                   said
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   Thou
                   art
                   here
                   Indicted
                   by
                   the
                   Oaths
                   of
                   twelve
                   good
                   and
                   lawful
                   men
                   of
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   
                   before
                   Sir
                   
                     Christopher
                     Wray
                  
                   Knight
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   which
                   took
                   the
                   Indictment
                   by
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   otherwise
                   called
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   of
                   the
                   Law
                   ;
                   for
                   that
                   thou
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   false
                   Traitor
                   against
                   the
                   most
                   Noble
                   and
                   Christian
                   Prince
                   ,
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   thy
                   most
                   gracious
                   Soveraign
                   and
                   Liege-Lady
                   ,
                   not
                   having
                   the
                   fear
                   of
                   God
                   before
                   thine
                   eyes
                   ,
                   nor
                   regarding
                   thy
                   due
                   Allegiance
                   ;
                   but
                   being
                   seduced
                   by
                   the
                   instigation
                   of
                   the
                   Devil
                   ,
                   and
                   intending
                   to
                   withdraw
                   and
                   extinguish
                   the
                   hearty
                   Love
                   and
                   due
                   Obedience
                   which
                   true
                   and
                   faithful
                   Subjects
                   should
                   bear
                   unto
                   the
                   same
                   our
                   Soveraign
                   Lady
                   ,
                   didst
                   at
                   Westminster
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   first
                   day
                   of
                   February
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   26th
                   year
                   of
                   her
                   Highness
                   Reign
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   divers
                   other
                   times
                   and
                   places
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   County
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   and
                   traiterously
                   conspire
                   and
                   compass
                   ,
                   not
                   only
                   to
                   deprive
                   and
                   depose
                   the
                   same
                   our
                   Sovereign
                   Lady
                   of
                   her
                   Royal
                   Estate
                   ,
                   Title
                   and
                   Dignity
                   ;
                   but
                   also
                   to
                   bring
                   her
                   Highness
                   to
                   Death
                   and
                   final
                   Destruction
                   ,
                   and
                   Sedition
                   in
                   the
                   Realm
                   to
                   make
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Government
                   thereof
                   to
                   subvert
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   sincere
                   Religion
                   of
                   God
                   established
                   in
                   her
                   Highness
                   Dominions
                   to
                   alter
                   and
                   subvert
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   ,
                   whereas
                   thou
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   thy
                   Letters
                   sent
                   unto
                   Gregory
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   didst
                   signifie
                   unto
                   the
                   same
                   Bishop
                   thy
                   purposes
                   and
                   intentions
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   and
                   thereby
                   didst
                   pray
                   and
                   require
                   the
                   same
                   Bishop
                   to
                   give
                   thee
                   Absolution
                   ;
                   that
                   thou
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   day
                   of
                   March
                   in
                   the
                   26th
                   year
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   didst
                   traiterously
                   receive
                   Letters
                   from
                   one
                   called
                   
                     Cardinal
                     de
                     Como
                  
                   ,
                   directed
                   unto
                   thee
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   whereby
                   the
                   same
                   Cardinal
                   did
                   signifie
                   unto
                   thee
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Bishop
                   of
                   Rome
                   had
                   perused
                   thy
                   Letters
                   ,
                   and
                   allowed
                   of
                   thine
                   intent
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   to
                   that
                   end
                   he
                   had
                   
                   absolved
                   thee
                   of
                   all
                   thy
                   Sins
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   Letter
                   did
                   animate
                   and
                   stir
                   thee
                   to
                   proceed
                   with
                   thine
                   Enterprize
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   thereupon
                   ,
                   thou
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   day
                   of
                   August
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   26th
                   year
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   at
                   Saint
                   
                     Giles
                     in
                     the
                     fields
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   didst
                   traiterously
                   confer
                   with
                   one
                   
                     Edmund
                     Nevil
                  
                   Esquire
                   ,
                   uttering
                   to
                   him
                   all
                   thy
                   wicked
                   and
                   traiterous
                   devises
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   didst
                   move
                   him
                   to
                   assist
                   thee
                   therein
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   thee
                   in
                   those
                   wicked
                   Treasons
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Peace
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Soveraign
                   Lady
                   the
                   Queen
                   ,
                   her
                   Crown
                   and
                   Dignity
                   .
                   What
                   sayest
                   thou
                   ,
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   Art
                   thou
                   guilty
                   of
                   these
                   Treasons
                   whereof
                   thou
                   standest
                   here
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   guilty
                   ?
                
                 
                   Then
                   Parry
                   said
                   ,
                   
                   Before
                   I
                   plead
                   not
                   guilty
                   ,
                   or
                   confess
                   my self
                   guilty
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   you
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   speak
                   a
                   few
                   words
                   :
                   and
                   with
                   humbling
                   himself
                   ,
                   began
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   .
                   God
                   save
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   and
                   God
                   send
                   me
                   grace
                   to
                   discharge
                   my
                   duty
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   send
                   you
                   home
                   in
                   charity
                   .
                   But
                   touching
                   the
                   matters
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   Indicted
                   of
                   ,
                   some
                   were
                   in
                   one
                   place
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   in
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   done
                   so
                   secretly
                   ,
                   as
                   none
                   can
                   see
                   into
                   them
                   ,
                   except
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   eyes
                   like
                   unto
                   God
                   ;
                   wherefore
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   lay
                   my
                   Blood
                   upon
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   but
                   do
                   minde
                   to
                   confess
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                   It
                   containeth
                   but
                   the
                   parts
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   openly
                   read
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   you
                   tell
                   me
                   ?
                   Whereunto
                   it
                   was
                   answered
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Indictment
                   contained
                   the
                   parts
                   he
                   had
                   heard
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   other
                   :
                   whereupon
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   said
                   unto
                   
                     Parry
                     ,
                     Parry
                  
                   ,
                   thou
                   must
                   answer
                   directly
                   to
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   whether
                   thou
                   be
                   guilty
                   or
                   not
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   
                   I
                   do
                   confess
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   guilty
                   of
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   therein
                   contained
                   :
                   And
                   further
                   too
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   not
                   life
                   ,
                   but
                   desire
                   to
                   die
                   .
                   Unto
                   which
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   said
                   ,
                   If
                   you
                   confess
                   it
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   confess
                   it
                   in
                   manner
                   and
                   form
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   comprised
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                   Whereunto
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   confess
                   it
                   in
                   manner
                   and
                   form
                   as
                   the
                   same
                   is
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   circumstances
                   therof
                   .
                   Then
                   the
                   Confession
                   being
                   Recorded
                   ,
                   the
                   Queens
                   learned
                   Council
                   being
                   ready
                   to
                   pray
                   Judgment
                   upon
                   the
                   same
                   Confession
                   ,
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   said
                   ,
                   These
                   matters
                   contained
                   in
                   this
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   confessed
                   by
                   this
                   man
                   ,
                   are
                   of
                   great
                   importance
                   :
                   they
                   touch
                   the
                   Person
                   of
                   the
                   Queens
                   most
                   excellent
                   Majesty
                   in
                   the
                   highest
                   degree
                   ,
                   the
                   very
                   state
                   and
                   well-doing
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Common-wealth
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   truth
                   of
                   Gods
                   Word
                   established
                   in
                   these
                   her
                   Majesties
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   open
                   demonstration
                   of
                   that
                   capital
                   envy
                   of
                   
                   the
                   man
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   that
                   hath
                   set
                   himself
                   against
                   God
                   and
                   all
                   godliness
                   ,
                   all
                   good
                   Princes
                   and
                   good
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   against
                   good
                   men
                   .
                   Wherefore
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   you
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   satisfaction
                   of
                   this
                   great
                   Multitude
                   ,
                   let
                   the
                   whole
                   matter
                   appear
                   ,
                   that
                   every
                   one
                   may
                   see
                   that
                   the
                   matter
                   of
                   it self
                   is
                   as
                   bad
                   as
                   the
                   Indictment
                   purporteth
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   he
                   hath
                   Confessed
                   .
                   Whereto
                   in
                   respect
                   that
                   the
                   Justice
                   of
                   the
                   Realm
                   hath
                   been
                   of
                   late
                   very
                   impudently
                   slandered
                   ,
                   all
                   yielded
                   as
                   a
                   thing
                   necessary
                   to
                   satisfie
                   the
                   world
                   in
                   particular
                   ,
                   of
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   but
                   summarily
                   comprised
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   though
                   in
                   the
                   Law
                   ,
                   his
                   Confession
                   served
                   sufficiently
                   to
                   have
                   proceeded
                   thereupon
                   unto
                   Judgment
                   .
                   Whereupon
                   the
                   Lords
                   and
                   others
                   the
                   Commissioners
                   ,
                   her
                   Majesties
                   learned
                   Councel
                   ,
                   and
                   Parry
                   himself
                   agreed
                   ,
                   that
                   
                   Parry's
                   Confession
                   (
                   taken
                   the
                   11th
                   and
                   13th
                   of
                   February
                   1584.
                   before
                   the
                   Lord
                   of
                   Hunsdon
                   ,
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   ,
                   and
                   Master
                   Secretary
                   ,
                   )
                   and
                   Cardinal
                   
                     de
                     Como
                  
                   his
                   Letters
                   ,
                   and
                   
                   Parry's
                   Letters
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Treasurer
                   and
                   Lord
                   Steward
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   openly
                   read
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   Parry
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   better
                   satisfying
                   of
                   the
                   people
                   and
                   standers
                   by
                   ,
                   offered
                   to
                   read
                   them
                   himself
                   :
                   but
                   being
                   told
                   that
                   the
                   Order
                   was
                   ,
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   should
                   read
                   them
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   so
                   resolved
                   of
                   all
                   parts
                   .
                   And
                   then
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   caused
                   to
                   be
                   shewed
                   to
                   Parry
                   his
                   said
                   Confession
                   ,
                   the
                   Cardinals
                   Letter
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   own
                   Letter
                   aforesaid
                   ;
                   which
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   particularly
                   viewed
                   every
                   leaf
                   thereof
                   ,
                   he
                   confessed
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   openly
                   they
                   were
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   ,
                   Before
                   we
                   proceed
                   to
                   shew
                   what
                   he
                   hath
                   Confessed
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   to
                   Parry
                   ,
                   is
                   that
                   which
                   you
                   have
                   Confessed
                   here
                   true
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   you
                   Confess
                   it
                   freely
                   and
                   willingly
                   of
                   your self
                   ,
                   or
                   was
                   then
                   any
                   extort
                   means
                   used
                   to
                   draw
                   it
                   from
                   you
                   ?
                
                 
                   Surely
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   I
                   made
                   that
                   Confession
                   freely
                   without
                   any
                   constraint
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   all
                   true
                   ,
                   and
                   more
                   too
                   :
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Treason
                   that
                   hath
                   been
                   sithens
                   the
                   sirst
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Queen
                   ,
                   any
                   way
                   touching
                   Religion
                   ,
                   saving
                   receipt
                   of
                   
                     Agnus
                     Dei
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   perswading
                   of
                   others
                   ,
                   wherein
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   much
                   dealt
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   have
                   offended
                   in
                   it
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   have
                   also
                   delivered
                   mine
                   opinion
                   in
                   writing
                   ,
                   who
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   Successor
                   to
                   the
                   Crown
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   faid
                   to
                   be
                   Treason
                   also
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   his
                   Confession
                   of
                   the
                   eleventh
                   and
                   thirteenth
                   of
                   February
                   ,
                   
                   all
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   hand
                   writing
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   particularly
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   was
                   openly
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   distinctly
                   read
                   by
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   done
                   ,
                   the
                   Cardinal
                   
                     di
                     Como
                  
                   his
                   Letter
                   in
                   Italian
                   was
                   delivered
                   unto
                   
                   Parry's
                   hand
                   by
                   the
                   direction
                   of
                   Master
                   Vicechamberlain
                   ,
                   which
                   Parry
                   there
                   perused
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   openly
                   affirmed
                   to
                   be
                   wholly
                   of
                   the
                   Cardinals
                   own
                   hand
                   writing
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Seal
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   own
                   also
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   be
                   with
                   a
                   Cardinals
                   Hat
                   on
                   it
                   :
                   And
                   himself
                   did
                   openly
                   read
                   it
                   in
                   Italian
                   ,
                   as
                   before
                   is
                   set
                   down
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   words
                   bearing
                   sence
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   written
                   to
                   a
                   Bishop
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   such
                   degree
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   demanded
                   of
                   him
                   by
                   Master
                   Vice-Chamberlain
                   ,
                   Whether
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   taken
                   the
                   degree
                   of
                   a
                   Bishop
                   ?
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   No
                   :
                   But
                   said
                   at
                   first
                   ,
                   those
                   terms
                   were
                   proper
                   to
                   the
                   Degree
                   he
                   had
                   taken
                   .
                   And
                   after
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Cardinal
                   did
                   vouchsafe
                   ,
                   as
                   of
                   a
                   favour
                   ,
                   to
                   write
                   so
                   to
                   him
                   .
                   Then
                   the
                   Copy
                   of
                   that
                   Letter
                   in
                   English
                   ,
                   as
                   before
                   is
                   also
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   was
                   in
                   like
                   manner
                   openly
                   read
                   by
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Crown
                   ;
                   which
                   Parry
                   then
                   acknowledged
                   to
                   be
                   truely
                   translated
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   thereupon
                   was
                   shewed
                   unto
                   Parry
                   his
                   Letter
                   of
                   the
                   18th
                   of
                   February
                   ,
                   
                   written
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Treasurer
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Lord
                   Steward
                   :
                   which
                   he
                   confessed
                   to
                   be
                   all
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Hand-writing
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   as
                   before
                   is
                   set
                   down
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     These
                     matters
                     being
                     read
                     openly
                     ,
                     for
                     manifestation
                     of
                     the
                     matter
                     ,
                  
                   Parry
                   
                     prayed
                     leave
                     to
                     speak
                     :
                     Whereto
                     Master
                     Vice-chamberlain
                     said
                     ,
                  
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   for
                   the
                   better
                   opening
                   to
                   the
                   world
                   of
                   those
                   your
                   foul
                   and
                   horrible
                   Facts
                   ,
                   speak
                   on
                   :
                   but
                   if
                   you
                   mean
                   to
                   make
                   any
                   excuse
                   of
                   that
                   which
                   you
                   have
                   confessed
                   ,
                   which
                   else
                   would
                   have
                   been
                   and
                   do
                   stand
                   proved
                   against
                   you
                   ,
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   sit
                   to
                   hear
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Then
                     her
                     Majesties
                     Attourney-General
                     stood
                     up
                     and
                     said
                     .
                  
                   It
                   appeareth
                   before
                   you
                   ,
                   my
                   Lords
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   man
                   hath
                   been
                   Indicted
                   and
                   Arraigned
                   of
                   several
                   most
                   hainous
                   and
                   horrible
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   confessed
                   them
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   before
                   you
                   of
                   Record
                   ;
                   wherefore
                   there
                   resteth
                   no
                   more
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   ,
                   but
                   for
                   the
                   Court
                   to
                   give
                   Judgment
                   accordingly
                   ,
                   
                   which
                   here
                   I
                   require
                   in
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   the
                   Queens
                   Majesty
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Then
                     said
                  
                   Parry
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   you
                   hear
                   me
                   for
                   discharging
                   of
                   my
                   Conscience
                   .
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   go
                   about
                   to
                   excuse
                   my self
                   ,
                   nor
                   to
                   seek
                   to
                   save
                   my
                   Life
                   ,
                   I
                   care
                   not
                   for
                   it
                   ;
                   you
                   have
                   my
                   Confession
                   of
                   record
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   enough
                   for
                   my
                   Life
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   mean
                   to
                   utter
                   more
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   I
                   were
                   worthy
                   to
                   die
                   .
                   
                     And
                     said
                  
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   you
                   hear
                   me
                   ,
                   in
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   to
                   speak
                   to
                   discharge
                   my
                   Conscience
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   Master
                   Vice-Chamberlain
                   ,
                   Parry
                   ,
                   then
                   do
                   thy
                   Duty
                   according
                   to
                   Conscience
                   ,
                   and
                   utter
                   all
                   that
                   thou
                   canst
                   say
                   concerning
                   those
                   thy
                   most
                   wicked
                   Facts
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Then
                     said
                  
                   Parry
                   ,
                   My
                   cause
                   is
                   rare
                   ,
                   singular
                   and
                   unnatural
                   ,
                   conceived
                   at
                   Venice
                   ,
                   presented
                   in
                   general
                   words
                   to
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   undertaken
                   at
                   Paris
                   ,
                   commended
                   and
                   allowed
                   of
                   by
                   his
                   Holiness
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   to
                   have
                   been
                   executed
                   in
                   England
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   prevented
                   .
                   Yea
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   committed
                   many
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   have
                   committed
                   Treason
                   in
                   being
                   reconciled
                   ,
                   and
                   Treason
                   in
                   taking
                   Absolution
                   .
                   
                   There
                   hath
                   been
                   no
                   Treason
                   sithens
                   the
                   first
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Queens
                   Reign
                   touching
                   Religion
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   guilty
                   of
                   (
                   except
                   for
                   receiving
                   of
                   
                     Agnus
                     Dei
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   perswading
                   as
                   I
                   have
                   said
                   :
                   )
                   And
                   yet
                   never
                   intended
                   to
                   kill
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   .
                   I
                   appeal
                   to
                   her
                   own
                   knowledge
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Treasurers
                   ,
                   and
                   Master
                   Secretaries
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   my
                   
                     L
                     d
                  
                   Hunsdon
                   ,
                   Hast
                   thou
                   acknowledged
                   it
                   so
                   often
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   plainly
                   in
                   writing
                   under
                   thy
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   of
                   record
                   ;
                   and
                   now
                   ,
                   when
                   thou
                   shouldest
                   have
                   thy
                   judgment
                   according
                   to
                   that
                   which
                   thou
                   hast
                   Confessed
                   thy self
                   guilty
                   of
                   ,
                   doest
                   thou
                   go
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   deny
                   the
                   effect
                   of
                   all
                   ?
                   How
                   can
                   we
                   believe
                   that
                   thou
                   now
                   sayest
                   ?
                
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   ,
                   
                   This
                   is
                   absurd
                   .
                   Thou
                   hast
                   not
                   onely
                   Confessed
                   generally
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   wert
                   guilty
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   which
                   summarily
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   in
                   express
                   words
                   doth
                   contain
                   that
                   thou
                   hadst
                   Traiterously
                   compassed
                   and
                   intended
                   the
                   death
                   and
                   destruction
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ;
                   but
                   thou
                   also
                   saidst
                   particularly
                   that
                   thou
                   wert
                   guilty
                   of
                   every
                   of
                   the
                   Treasons
                   contained
                   therein
                   ,
                   whereof
                   the
                   same
                   was
                   one
                   ,
                   in
                   plain
                   and
                   express
                   letter
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   read
                   unto
                   thee
                   .
                   Yea
                   ,
                   thou
                   saidst
                   that
                   thou
                   wert
                   guilty
                   of
                   more
                   Treasons
                   too
                   besides
                   these
                   .
                   And
                   didst
                   thou
                   not
                   upon
                   thy
                   examination
                   voluntarily
                   confess
                   ,
                   how
                   thou
                   wast
                   moved
                   first
                   thereunto
                   by
                   mislike
                   of
                   thy
                   state
                   after
                   thy
                   departure
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Realm
                   ,
                   And
                   that
                   thou
                   didst
                   mislike
                   her
                   Majesty
                   for
                   that
                   she
                   had
                   done
                   nothing
                   for
                   thee
                   ;
                   How
                   by
                   wicked
                   Papists
                   and
                   Popish
                   Books
                   ,
                   thou
                   wert
                   perswaded
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   lawful
                   to
                   kill
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ;
                   How
                   thou
                   wert
                   by
                   reconciliation
                   become
                   one
                   of
                   that
                   wicked
                   sort
                   ,
                   that
                   held
                   her
                   Majesty
                   for
                   neither
                   lawful
                   Queen
                   nor
                   Christian
                   ,
                   And
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   meritorious
                   to
                   kill
                   her
                   ?
                   And
                   didst
                   thou
                   not
                   signifie
                   that
                   thy
                   purpose
                   to
                   the
                   Pope
                   by
                   Lettersand
                   ,
                   receivedst
                   Letters
                   from
                   the
                   Cardinal
                   ,
                   how
                   he
                   allowed
                   of
                   
                   thine
                   intent
                   ,
                   and
                   excited
                   thee
                   to
                   perform
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   didst
                   receive
                   Absolution
                   ?
                   And
                   didst
                   thou
                   not
                   conceive
                   it
                   ,
                   promise
                   it
                   ,
                   vow
                   it
                   ,
                   swear
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   receive
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   that
                   thou
                   wouldst
                   do
                   it
                   ?
                   And
                   didst
                   not
                   thou
                   thereupon
                   affirm
                   ,
                   that
                   thy
                   Vows
                   were
                   in
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   Letters
                   and
                   Promises
                   on
                   Earth
                   to
                   binde
                   thee
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   ?
                   And
                   that
                   whatsoever
                   her
                   Majesty
                   would
                   have
                   done
                   for
                   thee
                   ,
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   removed
                   thee
                   from
                   that
                   intention
                   or
                   purpose
                   ,
                   unless
                   she
                   would
                   have
                   desisted
                   from
                   dealing
                   as
                   she
                   hath
                   done
                   with
                   the
                   Catholicks
                   ,
                   as
                   thou
                   callest
                   them
                   ?
                   All
                   this
                   thou
                   hast
                   plainly
                   Confessed
                   :
                   And
                   I
                   protest
                   before
                   this
                   great
                   Assembly
                   ,
                   thou
                   hast
                   Confessed
                   it
                   more
                   plainly
                   and
                   in
                   better
                   sort
                   ,
                   than
                   my
                   memory
                   will
                   serve
                   me
                   to
                   utter
                   :
                   And
                   saist
                   thou
                   now
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   never
                   meant'st
                   it
                   ?
                
                 
                   Ah
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   your
                   Honours
                   know
                   ,
                   how
                   my
                   Confession
                   upon
                   mine
                   Examination
                   was
                   extorted
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   both
                   the
                   Lord
                   Hunsdon
                   and
                   Master
                   Vice-Chamberlain
                   affirmed
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   Torture
                   or
                   threatning
                   words
                   offered
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   Parry
                   then
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   not
                   confess
                   willingly
                   ,
                   he
                   should
                   have
                   torture
                   :
                   whereunto
                   their
                   Honours
                   answered
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   used
                   not
                   any
                   speech
                   or
                   word
                   of
                   torture
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   said
                   ,
                   said
                   Parry
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   proceed
                   with
                   rigour
                   against
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   confess
                   it
                   of
                   my self
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   their
                   Honours
                   expresly
                   affirmed
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   used
                   no
                   such
                   words
                   .
                   But
                   I
                   will
                   tell
                   thee
                   ,
                   said
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   ,
                   what
                   we
                   said
                   .
                   I
                   spake
                   these
                   words
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   willingly
                   utter
                   the
                   truth
                   of
                   your self
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   do
                   you
                   good
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   wish
                   you
                   to
                   do
                   so
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   then
                   proceed
                   in
                   ordinary
                   course
                   to
                   take
                   your
                   Examination
                   .
                   Whereunto
                   you
                   answered
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   tell
                   the
                   truth
                   of
                   your self
                   .
                   
                   Was
                   not
                   this
                   true
                   ?
                   Which
                   then
                   he
                   yielded
                   unto
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   hereunto
                   ,
                   her
                   Majesties
                   Attourney-General
                   put
                   Parry
                   in
                   remembrance
                   what
                   Speeches
                   he
                   used
                   to
                   the
                   Lieutenant
                   of
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   the
                   Queens
                   Majesties
                   Serjeant
                   at
                   Law
                   ,
                   Master
                   Gaudie
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   Attourney
                   ,
                   on
                   Saturday
                   the
                   twentieth
                   of
                   February
                   last
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   upon
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   by
                   them
                   then
                   examined
                   by
                   Order
                   from
                   the
                   Lords
                   :
                   which
                   was
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   acknowledg'd
                   he
                   was
                   most
                   mildly
                   and
                   favourably
                   dealt
                   with
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   his
                   Examinations
                   :
                   which
                   he
                   also
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   then
                   acknowledg'd
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   Master
                   Vice-chamberlain
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   wonder
                   to
                   see
                   the
                   magnanimity
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   which
                   after
                   that
                   thou
                   hadst
                   
                   opened
                   those
                   Trayterous
                   Practices
                   in
                   sort
                   as
                   thou
                   hast
                   laid
                   it
                   down
                   in
                   thy
                   Confession
                   ,
                   was
                   nevertheless
                   such
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   far
                   from
                   all
                   fear
                   ,
                   as
                   that
                   she
                   would
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   acquaint
                   any
                   one
                   of
                   her
                   Highness
                   Privy-Council
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   to
                   his
                   knowledge
                   ,
                   no
                   not
                   until
                   after
                   this
                   thine
                   Enterprise
                   discovered
                   and
                   made
                   manifest
                   .
                   And
                   besides
                   that
                   which
                   thou
                   hast
                   set
                   down
                   under
                   thine
                   own
                   hand
                   ,
                   thou
                   didst
                   confess
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   hadst
                   prepared
                   two
                   Scottish
                   Daggers
                   ,
                   fit
                   for
                   such
                   a
                   purpose
                   ;
                   and
                   those
                   being
                   disposed
                   away
                   by
                   thee
                   ,
                   thou
                   didst
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   another
                   would
                   serve
                   thy
                   turn
                   .
                   And
                   withal
                   ,
                   Parry
                   ,
                   didst
                   thou
                   not
                   also
                   confess
                   before
                   us
                   ,
                   how
                   wonderfully
                   thou
                   wert
                   appaled
                   and
                   perplexed
                   upon
                   a
                   sudden
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   presence
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty
                   at
                   Hampton-Court
                   this
                   last
                   Summer
                   ,
                   saying
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   didst
                   think
                   ,
                   thou
                   then
                   sawest
                   in
                   her
                   ,
                   the
                   very
                   likeness
                   and
                   image
                   of
                   King
                   Henry
                   the
                   Seventh
                   ?
                   And
                   that
                   therewith
                   ,
                   and
                   upon
                   some
                   Speeches
                   used
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   thou
                   didst
                   turn
                   about
                   and
                   weep
                   bitterly
                   to
                   thy self
                   ?
                   And
                   yet
                   didst
                   call
                   to
                   minde
                   that
                   thy
                   Vows
                   were
                   in
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   thy
                   Letters
                   and
                   Promises
                   on
                   Earth
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   therefore
                   thou
                   didst
                   say
                   with
                   thy self
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   remedy
                   but
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   ?
                   Didst
                   thou
                   not
                   confess
                   this
                   ?
                   The
                   which
                   he
                   acknowledged
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Then
                     said
                     the
                     Lord
                  
                   Hunsdon
                   ,
                   
                   Sayest
                   thou
                   now
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   didst
                   never
                   mean
                   to
                   kill
                   the
                   Queen
                   ?
                   Didst
                   thou
                   not
                   confess
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   thou
                   didst
                   utter
                   this
                   practice
                   of
                   treachery
                   to
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   didst
                   cover
                   it
                   with
                   all
                   the
                   skill
                   thou
                   hadst
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   done
                   by
                   thee
                   ,
                   rather
                   to
                   get
                   credit
                   and
                   access
                   thereby
                   ,
                   than
                   for
                   any
                   regard
                   thou
                   hadst
                   of
                   her
                   Person
                   ?
                   But
                   in
                   truth
                   thou
                   didst
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   thereby
                   thou
                   mightest
                   have
                   better
                   opportunity
                   to
                   perform
                   thy
                   wicked
                   Enterprise
                   .
                   And
                   wouldest
                   thou
                   have
                   run
                   into
                   such
                   fear
                   as
                   thou
                   didst
                   confess
                   that
                   thou
                   wert
                   in
                   ,
                   when
                   thou
                   didst
                   utter
                   it
                   ,
                   if
                   thou
                   hadst
                   never
                   meant
                   it
                   ?
                   What
                   reason
                   canst
                   thou
                   shew
                   for
                   thy self
                   ?
                   
                     With
                     that
                     he
                     cryed
                     out
                     in
                     a
                     furious
                     manner
                     ,
                  
                   I
                   never
                   meant
                   to
                   kill
                   her
                   :
                   I
                   will
                   lay
                   my
                   Blood
                   upon
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   and
                   you
                   ,
                   before
                   God
                   and
                   the
                   World
                   :
                   
                     And
                     thereupon
                     fell
                     into
                     a
                     rage
                     and
                     evil
                     words
                     with
                     the
                     Queens
                     Majesties
                     Attourney-General
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   the
                   Lord
                   Hunsdon
                   ,
                   This
                   is
                   but
                   thy
                   Popish
                   Pride
                   and
                   Ostentation
                   ,
                   which
                   thou
                   wouldst
                   have
                   to
                   be
                   told
                   to
                   thy
                   fellows
                   of
                   that
                   Faction
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   them
                   believe
                   that
                   thou
                   diest
                   for
                   Popery
                   ,
                   when
                   thou
                   diest
                   for
                   most
                   horrible
                   and
                   dangerous
                   Treasons
                   against
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   whole
                   Country
                   .
                   For
                   thy
                   laying
                   of
                   thy
                   Bloud
                   ,
                   it
                   must
                   lye
                   on
                   thine
                   own
                   Head
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   just
                   Reward
                   
                   of
                   thy
                   wickedness
                   .
                   The
                   Laws
                   of
                   the
                   Realm
                   most
                   justly
                   condemn
                   thee
                   to
                   die
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   thine
                   own
                   mouth
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   conspiring
                   the
                   Destruction
                   both
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   us
                   all
                   :
                   Therefore
                   thy
                   Bloud
                   be
                   upon
                   thee
                   ;
                   neither
                   her
                   Majesty
                   nor
                   we
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   sought
                   it
                   ,
                   thy self
                   hast
                   spilt
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   he
                   was
                   asked
                   ,
                   What
                   he
                   could
                   say
                   ,
                   why
                   Judgment
                   of
                   Death
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   awarded
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   Whereto
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   see
                   that
                   he
                   must
                   die
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   settled
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   meanest
                   thou
                   by
                   that
                   ,
                   said
                   Master
                   Vice-Chamberlain
                   ?
                   Said
                   he
                   ,
                   Look
                   into
                   your
                   Study
                   ,
                   and
                   into
                   your
                   new
                   Books
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   shall
                   finde
                   what
                   I
                   mean.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   protest
                   (
                   said
                   his
                   Honour
                   )
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   what
                   thou
                   meanest
                   :
                   thou
                   dost
                   not
                   well
                   to
                   use
                   such
                   dark
                   Speeches
                   ,
                   unless
                   thou
                   wouldst
                   plainly
                   utter
                   what
                   thou
                   meanest
                   thereby
                   .
                   But
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   cared
                   not
                   for
                   Death
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   lay
                   his
                   Bloud
                   amongst
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   spake
                   the
                   Lord
                   Chief-Justice
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   
                   being
                   required
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   Judgment
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   Parry
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   been
                   much
                   heard
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   you
                   mean
                   by
                   being
                   settled
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   see
                   you
                   are
                   so
                   settled
                   in
                   Popery
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   cannot
                   settle
                   your self
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   good
                   Subject
                   .
                   But
                   touching
                   that
                   you
                   should
                   say
                   ,
                   to
                   stay
                   Judgment
                   from
                   being
                   given
                   against
                   you
                   ,
                   your
                   Speeches
                   must
                   be
                   of
                   one
                   of
                   these
                   kinds
                   ,
                   either
                   to
                   prove
                   the
                   Indictment
                   (
                   which
                   you
                   have
                   confessed
                   to
                   be
                   true
                   )
                   to
                   be
                   insufficient
                   in
                   Law
                   ;
                   or
                   else
                   to
                   plead
                   somewhat
                   touching
                   her
                   Majesties
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   why
                   Justice
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   done
                   of
                   you
                   .
                   All
                   other
                   Speeches
                   ,
                   wherein
                   you
                   have
                   used
                   great
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   is
                   more
                   than
                   by
                   Law
                   you
                   can
                   ask
                   .
                   These
                   be
                   the
                   matters
                   you
                   must
                   look
                   to
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   to
                   them
                   ?
                   Whereto
                   he
                   said
                   nothing
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   said
                   the
                   Lord
                   Chief-Justice
                   ,
                   Parry
                   ,
                   thou
                   hast
                   been
                   before
                   this
                   time
                   Indicted
                   of
                   divers
                   most
                   horrible
                   and
                   hateful
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   committed
                   against
                   thy
                   most
                   gracious
                   Soveraign
                   and
                   Native
                   Country
                   :
                   the
                   matter
                   most
                   detestable
                   ,
                   the
                   manner
                   most
                   subtle
                   and
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   occasions
                   and
                   means
                   that
                   led
                   thee
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   most
                   ungodly
                   and
                   villanous
                   .
                   That
                   thou
                   didst
                   intend
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   most
                   evident
                   by
                   thy self
                   .
                   The
                   matter
                   was
                   the
                   destruction
                   of
                   a
                   most
                   Sacred
                   and
                   an
                   Anointed
                   Queen
                   ,
                   thy
                   Sovereign
                   and
                   Mistriss
                   ,
                   who
                   hath
                   shewed
                   thee
                   such
                   Favour
                   ,
                   as
                   some
                   thy
                   betters
                   have
                   not
                   obtained
                   :
                   Yea
                   ,
                   the
                   Overthrow
                   of
                   thy
                   Country
                   wherein
                   thou
                   wert
                   born
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   a
                   most
                   happy
                   Commonwealth
                   whereof
                   
                   thou
                   art
                   a
                   Member
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   such
                   a
                   Queen
                   ,
                   as
                   hath
                   bestowed
                   on
                   thee
                   the
                   Benefit
                   of
                   all
                   benefits
                   in
                   this
                   world
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   thy
                   Life
                   ,
                   heretofore
                   granted
                   thee
                   by
                   her
                   Mercy
                   ,
                   when
                   thou
                   hadst
                   lost
                   it
                   by
                   Justice
                   and
                   Desert
                   .
                   Yet
                   thou
                   her
                   Servant
                   ,
                   sworn
                   to
                   defend
                   her
                   ,
                   meant'st
                   with
                   thy
                   bloudy
                   hand
                   to
                   have
                   taken
                   away
                   her
                   Life
                   ,
                   that
                   mercifully
                   gave
                   thee
                   thine
                   ,
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   yielded
                   into
                   her
                   hands
                   :
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   matter
                   wherein
                   thou
                   hast
                   offended
                   .
                   The
                   manner
                   was
                   most
                   subtle
                   and
                   dangerous
                   ,
                   beyond
                   all
                   that
                   before
                   thee
                   have
                   committed
                   any
                   Wickedness
                   against
                   her
                   Majesty
                   .
                   For
                   thou
                   ,
                   making
                   shew
                   as
                   if
                   thou
                   wouldest
                   simply
                   have
                   uttered
                   for
                   her
                   safety
                   the
                   Evil
                   that
                   others
                   had
                   contrived
                   ,
                   didst
                   but
                   seek
                   thereby
                   credit
                   and
                   access
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   mightest
                   take
                   the
                   apter
                   opportunity
                   for
                   her
                   Destruction
                   .
                   And
                   for
                   the
                   occasions
                   and
                   means
                   that
                   drew
                   thee
                   on
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   most
                   ungodly
                   and
                   villanous
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   perswasions
                   of
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   of
                   Papists
                   ,
                   and
                   Popish
                   Books
                   .
                   The
                   Pope
                   pretendeth
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   a
                   Pastor
                   ,
                   when
                   as
                   in
                   truth
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   far
                   from
                   feeding
                   of
                   the
                   Flock
                   of
                   Christ
                   ;
                   but
                   rather
                   as
                   a
                   Wolf
                   ,
                   secketh
                   but
                   to
                   feed
                   on
                   and
                   to
                   suck
                   out
                   the
                   blood
                   of
                   true
                   Christians
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   thirsteth
                   after
                   the
                   bloud
                   of
                   our
                   most
                   Gracious
                   and
                   Christian
                   Queen
                   .
                   And
                   these
                   Papists
                   and
                   Popish
                   Books
                   ,
                   while
                   they
                   pretend
                   to
                   set
                   forth
                   Divinity
                   ,
                   they
                   do
                   indeed
                   most
                   ungodly
                   teach
                   and
                   perswade
                   ,
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   quite
                   contrary
                   both
                   to
                   God
                   and
                   his
                   Word
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Word
                   teaches
                   Obedience
                   of
                   Subjects
                   towards
                   Princes
                   ,
                   and
                   forbideth
                   any
                   private
                   man
                   to
                   kill
                   :
                   But
                   they
                   teach
                   Subjects
                   to
                   disobey
                   Princes
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   a
                   private
                   wicked
                   person
                   may
                   kill
                   ;
                   yea
                   ,
                   and
                   whom
                   ?
                   A
                   most
                   godly
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   own
                   natural
                   and
                   most
                   gracious
                   Soveraign
                   .
                   Let
                   all
                   men
                   therefore
                   take
                   heed
                   how
                   they
                   receive
                   any
                   thing
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   hear
                   or
                   read
                   any
                   of
                   their
                   Books
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   they
                   confer
                   with
                   any
                   Papists
                   .
                   God
                   grant
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   that
                   she
                   may
                   know
                   by
                   thee
                   ,
                   how
                   ever
                   she
                   trust
                   such
                   like
                   to
                   come
                   so
                   near
                   her
                   Person
                   .
                   But
                   see
                   the
                   end
                   ,
                   and
                   why
                   thou
                   didst
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   appear
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   most
                   miserable
                   ,
                   fearful
                   ,
                   and
                   foolish
                   thing
                   :
                   For
                   thou
                   didst
                   imagine
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   relieve
                   those
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   callest
                   Catholicks
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   most
                   likely
                   amongst
                   all
                   others
                   to
                   have
                   felt
                   the
                   worst
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   if
                   thy
                   devilish
                   practice
                   had
                   taken
                   effect
                   .
                   But
                   sith
                   thou
                   hast
                   been
                   Indicted
                   of
                   the
                   Treasons
                   comprised
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   Arraigned
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   hast
                   confessed
                   thy self
                   Guilty
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   doth
                   award
                   ,
                   that
                   thou
                   shalt
                   be
                   had
                   from
                   hence
                   to
                   the
                   place
                   whence
                   thou
                   didst
                   come
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   drawn
                   through
                   the
                   open
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   upon
                   an
                   Hurdle
                   to
                   the
                   place
                   of
                   Execution
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   there
                   to
                   be
                   hanged
                   and
                   let
                   down
                   alive
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   privy
                   parts
                   cut
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   entrals
                   taken
                   out
                   and
                   burnt
                   in
                   thy
                   sight
                   ,
                   then
                   thy
                   Head
                   to
                   be
                   cut
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   thy
                   Body
                   to
                   be
                   divided
                   in
                   four
                   parts
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   be
                   disposed
                   at
                   her
                   Majesties
                   pleasure
                   :
                   And
                   God
                   have
                   mercy
                   on
                   thy
                   Soul.
                   
                
                 
                   Parry
                   nevertheless
                   persisted
                   still
                   in
                   his
                   rage
                   and
                   fond
                   Speech
                   ,
                   and
                   ragingly
                   there
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   there
                   summoned
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   to
                   answer
                   for
                   his
                   Blood
                   before
                   God
                   :
                   wherewith
                   ,
                   the
                   Lieutenant
                   of
                   the
                   Tower
                   was
                   commanded
                   to
                   take
                   him
                   from
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   did
                   .
                   And
                   upon
                   his
                   departure
                   ,
                   the
                   people
                   stricken
                   as
                   it
                   were
                   at
                   heart
                   with
                   the
                   horror
                   of
                   his
                   intended
                   Enterprise
                   ,
                   ceased
                   not
                   ,
                   but
                   pursued
                   him
                   with
                   out-cryes
                   ,
                   as
                   ,
                   Away
                   with
                   the
                   Traitor
                   ,
                   away
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   like
                   :
                   whereupon
                   he
                   was
                   conveyed
                   to
                   the
                   Barge
                   ,
                   to
                   pass
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   again
                   by
                   water
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   was
                   adjorned
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   which
                   ,
                   
                   upon
                   the
                   second
                   day
                   of
                   this
                   instant
                   
                     March
                     ,
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   was
                   by
                   vertue
                   of
                   process
                   in
                   that
                   behalf
                   ,
                   awarded
                   from
                   the
                   same
                   Commissioners
                   of
                   Oyer
                   and
                   Terminer
                   ,
                   delivered
                   by
                   the
                   Lieutenant
                   of
                   the
                   Tower
                   early
                   in
                   the
                   morning
                   ,
                   unto
                   the
                   Sheriffs
                   of
                   London
                   and
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   who
                   received
                   him
                   at
                   the
                   Tower-hill
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   judgment
                   ,
                   caused
                   him
                   there
                   to
                   be
                   forthwith
                   set
                   on
                   the
                   Hurdel
                   .
                   From
                   whence
                   he
                   was
                   drawn
                   thereupon
                   threw
                   the
                   midst
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   unto
                   the
                   place
                   for
                   his
                   Execution
                   in
                   the
                   Pallace
                   at
                   Westminster
                   :
                   where
                   ,
                   having
                   long
                   time
                   of
                   stay
                   admitted
                   unto
                   him
                   before
                   his
                   Execution
                   ,
                   he
                   most
                   maliciously
                   and
                   impudently
                   ,
                   after
                   some
                   other
                   vain
                   discourses
                   eftsoons
                   and
                   often
                   delivered
                   in
                   Speech
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   never
                   guilty
                   of
                   any
                   intention
                   to
                   kill
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   (
                   without
                   any
                   request
                   made
                   by
                   him
                   to
                   the
                   people
                   to
                   pray
                   to
                   God
                   for
                   him
                   ,
                   or
                   prayer
                   publickly
                   used
                   by
                   himself
                   for
                   ought
                   that
                   appeared
                   ;
                   but
                   such
                   as
                   he
                   used
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   used
                   any
                   ,
                   was
                   private
                   to
                   himself
                   )
                   he
                   was
                   executed
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   judgment
                   .
                   And
                   now
                   for
                   his
                   intent
                   ,
                   howsoever
                   he
                   pretended
                   the
                   contrary
                   in
                   words
                   ,
                   yet
                   by
                   these
                   his
                   own
                   Writings
                   ,
                   Confessions
                   ,
                   Letters
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   other
                   proofs
                   afore
                   here
                   expressed
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   most
                   manifest
                   to
                   all
                   persons
                   ,
                   how
                   horrible
                   his
                   intentions
                   and
                   Treasons
                   were
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   justly
                   he
                   suffered
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   ;
                   and
                   thereby
                   greatly
                   to
                   be
                   doubted
                   ,
                   that
                   as
                   he
                   had
                   lived
                   a
                   long
                   time
                   vainly
                   and
                   ungodly
                   ,
                   and
                   like
                   an
                   Atheist
                   and
                   godless
                   man
                   ,
                   so
                   he
                   continued
                   the
                   same
                   course
                   till
                   his
                   death
                   to
                   the
                   outward
                   sight
                   of
                   men
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   endeth
                   the
                   true
                   and
                   plain
                   course
                   and
                   process
                   of
                   the
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   Arrest
                   ,
                   Arraignment
                   ,
                   and
                   Execution
                   of
                   
                     William
                     Parry
                  
                   the
                   Traitor
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             An
             addition
             not
             unnecessary
             for
             this
             purpose
             .
          
           
             FOr
             as
             much
             as
             Parry
             in
             the
             abundance
             of
             his
             proud
             and
             arrogant
             humour
             ,
             hath
             often
             both
             in
             his
             Confession
             ,
             and
             Letters
             ,
             pretended
             some
             great
             and
             grievous
             causes
             of
             discontentment
             against
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             present
             State
             :
             It
             shall
             not
             be
             impertinent
             ,
             for
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             all
             persons
             ,
             to
             set
             forth
             simply
             and
             truly
             ,
             the
             condition
             and
             quality
             of
             the
             man
             ,
             what
             he
             was
             by
             Birth
             and
             Education
             ,
             and
             in
             what
             course
             of
             life
             he
             had
             lived
             .
          
           
             This
             vile
             and
             Traiterous
             Wretch
             was
             one
             of
             the
             younger
             Sons
             of
             a
             poor
             man
             ,
             called
             
               Harry
               ap
               David
            
             :
             he
             dwelled
             in
             North-Wales
             in
             a
             little
             Village
             called
             Northoppe
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Flint
             :
             there
             he
             kept
             a
             common
             Ale-house
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             best
             and
             greatest
             stay
             of
             his
             living
             .
             In
             that
             house
             was
             this
             Traitor
             Born
             ,
             his
             Mother
             was
             the
             reputed
             Daughter
             of
             one
             Conway
             a
             Priest
             ,
             Parson
             of
             a
             poor
             Parish
             called
             Halkin
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             County
             of
             Flint
             :
             his
             his
             eldest
             Brother
             dwelleth
             at
             this
             present
             in
             the
             same
             House
             ,
             and
             there
             keepeth
             an
             Ale-house
             as
             his
             Father
             did
             before
             him
             .
             This
             Traitor
             in
             his
             Childhood
             ,
             so
             soon
             as
             he
             had
             learned
             a
             lttleto
             Write
             &
             Read
             ,
             was
             put
             to
             serve
             a
             poor
             man
             dwelling
             in
             Chester
             ,
             named
             
               John
               Fisher
            
             ,
             who
             professed
             to
             have
             some
             small
             skill
             and
             understanding
             in
             the
             Law.
             With
             him
             he
             continued
             divers
             years
             ,
             and
             served
             as
             a
             Clerk
             ,
             to
             write
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             in
             that
             Trade
             which
             his
             master
             used
             ,
             he
             was
             appointed
             .
             During
             this
             time
             ,
             he
             learned
             the
             English
             Tongue
             ,
             and
             at
             such
             times
             of
             leasure
             ,
             as
             the
             poor
             man
             his
             Master
             had
             no
             occasion
             otherwise
             to
             use
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             suffered
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Grammer-School
             ,
             where
             he
             got
             some
             little
             understanding
             in
             the
             Latin
             Tongue
             .
             In
             this
             his
             Childhood
             he
             was
             noted
             by
             such
             as
             best
             knew
             him
             ,
             to
             be
             of
             a
             most
             villanous
             and
             dangerous
             nature
             and
             disposition
             .
             He
             did
             often
             run
             away
             from
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             was
             often
             taken
             and
             brought
             to
             him
             again
             .
             His
             Master
             ,
             to
             correct
             his
             perverse
             and
             froward
             conditions
             ,
             did
             many
             times
             shut
             him
             as
             Prisoner
             in
             some
             close
             place
             of
             his
             house
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             caused
             him
             to
             be
             chained
             ,
             locked
             ,
             and
             clogged
             ,
             to
             stay
             his
             running
             away
             .
             Yet
             all
             was
             in
             vain
             :
             For
             about
             the
             third
             year
             of
             her
             Majesties
             Reign
             ,
             for
             his
             last
             farewel
             to
             his
             poor
             Master
             ,
             he
             ran
             away
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             came
             to
             London
             to
             seek
             his
             Adventures
             .
             He
             was
             then
             constrained
             to
             seek
             what
             Trade
             he
             could
             to
             live
             by
             ,
             and
             to
             get
             meat
             and
             drink
             for
             his
             belly
             ,
             and
             cloaths
             for
             his
             back
             .
             His
             good
             hap
             in
             the
             end
             was
             to
             be
             entertained
             in
             
             place
             of
             Service
             above
             his
             Desert
             ;
             where
             he
             staid
             not
             long
             ,
             but
             shifted
             himself
             divers
             times
             from
             Service
             to
             Service
             ,
             and
             from
             one
             Master
             to
             another
             .
             Now
             he
             began
             to
             forget
             his
             old
             Home
             ,
             his
             Birth
             ,
             his
             Education
             ,
             his
             Parents
             ,
             his
             Friends
             ,
             his
             own
             Name
             ,
             and
             what
             he
             was
             .
             He
             aspired
             to
             greater
             matters
             ,
             he
             challenged
             the
             Name
             and
             Title
             of
             a
             great
             Gentleman
             ,
             he
             vaunted
             himself
             to
             be
             of
             Kin
             and
             allied
             to
             Noble
             and
             Worshipful
             ;
             he
             left
             his
             old
             Name
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             bear
             and
             was
             commonly
             called
             by
             in
             his
             Childhood
             ,
             and
             during
             all
             the
             time
             of
             his
             abode
             in
             the
             Country
             ,
             which
             was
             
               William
               ap
               Harry
            
             (
             as
             the
             manner
             in
             Wales
             is
             .
             )
             And
             because
             he
             would
             seem
             to
             be
             indeed
             the
             man
             which
             he
             pretended
             ,
             he
             took
             upon
             him
             the
             Name
             of
             Parry
             ,
             being
             the
             Sirname
             of
             divers
             Gentlemen
             of
             great
             Worship
             and
             Honour
             .
             And
             because
             his
             Mothers
             Name
             by
             her
             Father
             (
             a
             Priest
             )
             was
             Conway
             ,
             he
             pretended
             Kindred
             to
             the
             Family
             of
             Sir
             
               John
               Conway
            
             ,
             and
             so
             thereby
             made
             himself
             of
             kin
             to
             
               Edmund
               Nevil
            
             .
             Being
             thus
             set
             forth
             with
             his
             new
             Name
             and
             new
             Title
             of
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             commended
             by
             some
             of
             his
             good
             Favourers
             ,
             he
             matched
             himself
             in
             Marriage
             with
             a
             Widow
             in
             South-Wales
             ,
             who
             brought
             him
             some
             reasonable
             Portion
             of
             Wealth
             .
             She
             lived
             with
             him
             but
             a
             short
             time
             ,
             and
             the
             wealth
             he
             had
             with
             her
             lasted
             not
             long
             :
             it
             was
             soon
             consumed
             with
             his
             dissolute
             and
             wastful
             manner
             of
             life
             .
             He
             was
             then
             driven
             to
             his
             wonted
             shifts
             ,
             his
             Creditors
             were
             many
             ,
             the
             Debt
             which
             he
             owed
             great
             ,
             he
             had
             nothing
             wherewith
             to
             make
             Payment
             ,
             he
             was
             continually
             pursued
             by
             Serjeants
             and
             Officers
             to
             Arrest
             him
             ,
             he
             did
             often
             by
             slights
             and
             shifts
             escape
             from
             them
             .
             In
             this
             his
             needy
             and
             poor
             estate
             ,
             he
             sought
             to
             repair
             himself
             again
             by
             a
             new
             match
             in
             Marriage
             with
             another
             Widow
             ,
             which
             before
             was
             the
             Wife
             of
             one
             
               Richard
               Heywood
            
             ;
             this
             matter
             was
             so
             earnestly
             followed
             by
             himself
             ,
             and
             so
             effectually
             commended
             by
             his
             Friends
             and
             Favourers
             ,
             that
             the
             Woman
             yielded
             to
             take
             him
             to
             Husband
             :
             a
             Match
             in
             every
             respect
             very
             unequal
             and
             unfit
             ;
             her
             Wealth
             and
             yearly
             Livelihood
             was
             very
             great
             ,
             his
             poor
             and
             base
             Estate
             worse
             than
             nothing
             ;
             he
             very
             young
             ,
             she
             of
             such
             age
             ,
             as
             for
             years
             she
             might
             have
             been
             his
             Mother
             .
             When
             he
             had
             thus
             possessed
             himself
             of
             his
             new
             Wives
             wealth
             ,
             he
             omitted
             nothing
             that
             might
             serve
             for
             a
             prodigal
             ,
             dissolute
             ,
             and
             most
             ungodly
             course
             of
             Life
             .
             His
             Riot
             and
             Excess
             was
             unmeasurable
             ;
             he
             did
             most
             wickedly
             deflower
             his
             Wives
             own
             Daughter
             ,
             and
             sundry
             ways
             pitifully
             abuse
             the
             old
             Mother
             :
             He
             carried
             himself
             for
             his
             outward
             port
             and
             countenance
             (
             so
             long
             as
             
             his
             Old
             wives
             Bags
             lasted
             )
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             as
             might
             well
             have
             sufficed
             for
             a
             man
             of
             very
             good
             haviour
             and
             degree
             .
             But
             this
             lasted
             not
             long
             ;
             his
             proud
             heart
             and
             wastful
             hand
             had
             soon
             poured
             out
             old
             
             Heywood's
             Wealth
             .
             He
             then
             fell
             again
             to
             his
             wonted
             shifts
             ,
             borrowed
             where
             he
             could
             finde
             any
             to
             lend
             ,
             and
             engaged
             his
             Credit
             so
             far
             as
             any
             would
             trust
             him
             .
             Amongst
             others
             ,
             he
             became
             greatly
             indebted
             to
             
               Hugh
               Hare
            
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             before-named
             ;
             who
             after
             long
             forbearing
             of
             his
             Money
             ,
             sought
             to
             recover
             it
             by
             ordinary
             means
             of
             Law.
             For
             this
             cause
             Parry
             conceived
             great
             displeasure
             against
             him
             ,
             which
             he
             pursued
             with
             all
             Malice
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             seeking
             of
             his
             Life
             .
             In
             this
             murtherous
             intent
             ,
             he
             came
             in
             the
             night-time
             to
             Mr.
             Hares
             Chamber
             in
             the
             Temple
             ,
             broke
             open
             the
             door
             ,
             assaulted
             him
             ,
             and
             wounded
             him
             grievously
             ,
             and
             so
             left
             him
             in
             great
             danger
             of
             Life
             .
             For
             this
             Offence
             he
             was
             Apprehended
             ,
             Committed
             to
             Newgate
             ,
             Indicted
             of
             Burglary
             ,
             Arraigned
             ,
             and
             found
             Guilty
             by
             a
             very
             substantial
             Jury
             ,
             
             
               and
               Condemned
               to
               be
               Hanged
               ,
               as
               the
               Law
               in
               that
               Case
               requireth
               .
            
             He
             standing
             thus
             Convicted
             ,
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             of
             her
             most
             gracious
             Clemency
             ,
             and
             pitiful
             Disposition
             ,
             took
             compassion
             upon
             him
             ,
             pardoned
             his
             Offence
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             his
             Life
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             Law
             and
             due
             course
             of
             Justice
             he
             ought
             then
             to
             have
             lost
             .
             After
             this
             he
             carried
             not
             long
             ,
             but
             pretending
             some
             causes
             of
             discontentment
             ,
             departed
             the
             Realm
             ,
             and
             travelled
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             .
             How
             he
             demeaned
             himself
             there
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             and
             with
             whom
             he
             conversed
             ,
             is
             partly
             in
             his
             own
             Confession
             touched
             before
             .
             This
             is
             the
             man
             ,
             this
             is
             his
             Race
             ,
             which
             he
             feared
             should
             be
             spotted
             ,
             if
             he
             miscarried
             in
             the
             execution
             of
             his
             Traiterous
             Enterprise
             ;
             this
             hath
             been
             the
             course
             of
             his
             Life
             ,
             these
             are
             the
             great
             canses
             of
             his
             Discontentment
             .
          
           
             And
             whereas
             at
             his
             Arraignment
             and
             Execution
             ,
             he
             pretended
             great
             care
             of
             the
             disobedient
             Popish
             Subjects
             of
             this
             Realm
             ,
             whom
             he
             called
             Catholicks
             ,
             and
             in
             very
             insolent
             sort
             seemed
             to
             glory
             greatly
             in
             the
             Profession
             of
             his
             pretensed
             Catholick
             Religion
             :
             The
             whole
             course
             and
             action
             of
             his
             Life
             sheweth
             plainly
             ,
             how
             profanely
             and
             irreligiously
             he
             did
             always
             bear
             himself
             .
             He
             vaunted
             ,
             that
             for
             these
             two
             and
             twenty
             years
             past
             he
             had
             been
             a
             Catholick
             ,
             and
             during
             all
             that
             time
             never
             received
             the
             Communion
             :
             Yet
             before
             he
             travelled
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             ,
             at
             three
             several
             times
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             those
             two
             and
             twenty
             years
             ,
             he
             did
             voluntarily
             take
             the
             Oath
             of
             Obedience
             to
             the
             Queens
             Majesty
             ,
             set
             down
             in
             the
             Statute
             made
             in
             the
             first
             year
             of
             her
             Highness
             
             Reign
             ;
             by
             which
             ,
             amongst
             other
             things
             ,
             he
             did
             testifie
             and
             declare
             in
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             that
             no
             Forreign
             Prince
             ,
             Person
             ,
             Prelate
             ,
             State
             ,
             or
             Potentate
             ,
             hath
             or
             ought
             to
             have
             any
             Jurisdiction
             ,
             Power
             ,
             Preeminence
             ,
             or
             Authority
             ,
             Ecclesiastical
             or
             Spiritual
             ,
             within
             this
             Realm
             ;
             and
             therefore
             did
             utterly
             renounce
             and
             forsake
             all
             Forreign
             Jurisdictions
             ,
             Powers
             ,
             and
             Authorities
             ;
             and
             did
             promise
             to
             bear
             Faith
             and
             true
             Allegeance
             to
             the
             Queens
             Highness
             ,
             her
             Heirs
             and
             lawful
             Successors
             .
          
           
             With
             what
             Conscience
             or
             Religion
             he
             took
             that
             Oath
             so
             often
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             then
             a
             Papist
             indeed
             ,
             as
             sithence
             the
             discovery
             of
             his
             Treasons
             he
             pretended
             ,
             let
             his
             best
             friends
             the
             Papists
             themselves
             judge
             .
             But
             perhaps
             it
             may
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             he
             repented
             those
             his
             Offences
             past
             ;
             that
             since
             those
             three
             Oaths
             so
             taken
             by
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             twice
             reconciled
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             so
             his
             Conscience
             cleared
             ,
             and
             he
             become
             a
             new
             man
             ;
             and
             (
             which
             is
             more
             )
             that
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             last
             Travel
             ,
             he
             cast
             away
             all
             his
             former
             lewd
             manners
             :
             that
             he
             changed
             his
             degree
             and
             habit
             ,
             and
             bought
             or
             begged
             the
             grave
             Title
             of
             a
             Doctor
             of
             Law
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             was
             well
             qualified
             with
             a
             little
             Grammar-School
             Latine
             ;
             that
             he
             had
             Plenary
             Indulgence
             ,
             and
             Remission
             of
             all
             his
             Sins
             ,
             in
             consideration
             of
             his
             undertaking
             of
             so
             holy
             an
             Enterprise
             as
             to
             kill
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             ,
             a
             sacred
             anointed
             Queen
             ,
             his
             Natural
             and
             Soveraign
             Lady
             :
             That
             he
             promised
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             vowed
             to
             God
             to
             perform
             it
             :
             that
             he
             confirmed
             the
             same
             by
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
             at
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             at
             one
             Altar
             with
             his
             two
             Beaupeers
             ,
             the
             Cardinals
             of
             Vendosme
             and
             Narbonne
             :
             And
             that
             since
             his
             last
             return
             into
             England
             ,
             he
             did
             take
             his
             Oath
             upon
             the
             Bible
             to
             execute
             it
             .
             These
             Reasons
             may
             seem
             to
             bear
             some
             weight
             indeed
             amongst
             his
             Friends
             the
             Jesuits
             ,
             and
             other
             Papists
             of
             State
             ,
             who
             have
             special
             Skill
             in
             matters
             of
             such
             importance
             .
          
           
             But
             now
             lately
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             this
             Parliament
             in
             November
             last
             ,
             he
             did
             eftsoons
             solemnly
             in
             publick
             place
             take
             the
             Oath
             before
             mentioned
             ,
             of
             obedience
             to
             her
             Majesty
             .
             How
             that
             may
             stand
             with
             his
             reconciliations
             to
             the
             Pope
             ,
             and
             with
             his
             Promises
             ,
             Vows
             ,
             and
             Oath
             to
             kill
             the
             Queen
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             can
             hardly
             be
             warranted
             ,
             unless
             it
             be
             by
             some
             special
             priviledge
             of
             the
             Popes
             omnipotency
             .
          
           
             But
             let
             him
             have
             the
             glory
             he
             desired
             ,
             to
             live
             and
             die
             a
             Papist
             .
             He
             deserved
             it
             ,
             it
             is
             fit
             for
             him
             ,
             his
             death
             was
             correspondent
             to
             the
             course
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             which
             was
             disloyal
             ,
             perjured
             ,
             and
             Traiterous
             towards
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             false
             and
             perfidious
             towards
             the
             Pope
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Catholicks
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             believe
             his
             solemn
             protestations
             
             which
             he
             made
             at
             his
             Arraignment
             and
             Execution
             ,
             that
             he
             never
             meant
             nor
             intended
             any
             hurt
             to
             her
             Highness
             Person
             .
             For
             if
             that
             be
             true
             ,
             where
             are
             then
             his
             Vows
             which
             he
             said
             were
             in
             Heaven
             ,
             his
             Letters
             and
             Promise
             upon
             Earth
             ?
             Why
             hath
             he
             stollen
             out
             of
             the
             Popes
             shop
             so
             large
             an
             Indulgence
             and
             plenary
             Remission
             of
             all
             his
             Sins
             ,
             and
             meant
             to
             perform
             nothing
             that
             he
             promised
             ?
             Why
             was
             his
             Devotion
             and
             Zeal
             so
             highly
             commended
             ?
             Why
             was
             he
             so
             specially
             prayed
             for
             and
             remembred
             at
             the
             Altar
             ?
             All
             these
             great
             favours
             were
             then
             bestowed
             upon
             him
             without
             cause
             or
             desert
             :
             for
             he
             deceived
             the
             Pope
             ,
             he
             deceived
             the
             Cardinals
             ,
             and
             Jesuites
             ,
             with
             a
             false
             semblance
             ,
             and
             pretence
             to
             do
             that
             thing
             which
             he
             never
             meant
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             matter
             is
             clear
             ,
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             his
             traiterous
             intent
             is
             too
             plain
             and
             evident
             :
             it
             is
             the
             Lord
             that
             revealed
             it
             in
             time
             ,
             and
             prevented
             their
             malice
             :
             there
             lacked
             no
             will
             ,
             or
             readiness
             in
             him
             to
             execute
             that
             horrible
             fact
             .
             It
             is
             the
             Lord
             that
             hath
             preserved
             her
             Majesty
             from
             all
             the
             wicked
             Practices
             and
             Conspiracies
             of
             that
             Hellish
             Rabble
             :
             it
             is
             he
             that
             hath
             most
             gratiously
             deliver'd
             her
             from
             the
             hands
             of
             this
             Traiterous
             miscreant
             .
             The
             Lord
             is
             her
             onely
             defence
             ,
             in
             whom
             she
             hath
             always
             trusted
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               A
               Prayer
               for
               all
               Kings
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               Countries
               and
               People
               which
               do
               profess
               the
               Gospel
               ▪
               and
               especially
               for
               our
               Soveraign
               Lady
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               :
               used
               in
               Her
               Majesties
               Chappel
               ,
               and
               meet
               to
               be
               used
               of
               all
               persons
               within
               Her
               Majesties
               Dominions
               .
            
             
               O
               Lord
               God
               of
               hosts
               ,
               most
               loving
               and
               merciful
               Father
               ,
               whose
               power
               no
               creature
               is
               able
               to
               resist
               ,
               who
               of
               thy
               great
               goodness
               hast
               promised
               to
               grant
               the
               petitions
               of
               such
               as
               ask
               in
               thy
               Sons
               Name
               :
               We
               most
               humbly
               beséech
               thee
               to
               save
               and
               defend
               all
               Princes
               ,
               Magistrates
               ,
               Kingdoms
               ,
               Countries
               and
               People
               which
               have
               received
               and
               no
               profess
               thy
               holy
               Word
               and
               Gospel
               ;
               and
               namely
               this
               Realm
               of
               England
               ,
               and
               thy
               servant
               Elizabeth
               our
               Queen
               ,
               whom
               thou
               hast
               hitherto
               wonderfully
               preserved
               from
               manifold
               Perils
               and
               sundry
               Dangers
               ,
               and
               of
               late
               revealed
               and
               ftustrated
               the
               Trafterous
               Practices
               and
               Conspiracies
               of
               divers
               against
               her
               :
               for
               the
               which
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               thy
               great
               goodness
               towards
               us
               ,
               we
               give
               thee
               most
               humble
               and
               hearty
               thanks
               ,
               beseeching
               thee
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               thy
               dear
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               and
               for
               his
               sake
               ,
               still
               to
               preserve
               and
               continue
               her
               unto
               us
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               her
               long
               life
               and
               many
               years
               to
               rule
               over
               this
               Land.
               O
               Heavenly
               Father
               ,
               the
               practices
               of
               our
               Enemies
               ,
               and
               the
               Enemies
               of
               thy
               word
               and
               truth
               ,
               against
               her
               and
               us
               ,
               are
               manifest
               and
               known
               unto
               thee
               .
               Turn
               them
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               thy
               blessed
               Will
               ,
               or
               overthrow
               and
               confound
               them
               ,
               for
               thy
               Names
               sake
               :
               Suffer
               them
               not
               to
               prevail
               :
               Take
               them
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               in
               their
               crafty
               Wittness
               that
               they
               have
               invented
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               fall
               into
               the
               Pit
               which
               they
               have
               digged
               for
               others
               .
               Permit
               them
               not
               ungodly
               to
               triumph
               over
               us
               :
               Discomfort
               them
               ,
               discomfort
               them
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               which
               trust
               in
               their
               own
               multitude
               ,
               and
               please
               themselves
               in
               their
               subtile
               devices
               ,
               and
               wicked
               Conspiracies
               .
               O
               loving
               Father
               ,
               we
               have
               not
               deserved
               the
               least
               of
               these
               the
               Mercies
               which
               we
               crave
               :
               For
               we
               have
               sinned
               ,
               and
               grievously
               offended
               thee
               ▪
               we
               are
               not
               worthy
               to
               be
               called
               thy
               Sons
               :
               We
               have
               not
               been
               so
               thankful
               unto
               thee
               as
               we
               
               should
               ,
               for
               thy
               unspeakable
               benefits
               powred
               upon
               us
               :
               We
               have
               abused
               this
               long
               time
               of
               Peace
               and
               Prosperity
               :
               We
               have
               not
               obeyed
               thy
               Word
               :
               We
               have
               had
               it
               in
               Mouth
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               heart
               ,
               in
               outward
               appearance
               ,
               but
               not
               in
               deed
               :
               We
               have
               lived
               carelesly
               :
               We
               have
               not
               known
               the
               time
               of
               our
               visitation
               :
               we
               have
               deserved
               utter
               destruction
               .
               But
               thou
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               art
               merciful
               ,
               and
               ready
               to
               forgive
               ;
               therefore
               we
               come
               to
               thy
               Throne
               of
               Grace
               ,
               confessing
               and
               acknowledging
               thee
               to
               be
               our
               only
               refuge
               in
               all
               times
               of
               peril
               and
               danger
               :
               And
               by
               the
               means
               of
               thy
               Son
               ,
               we
               most
               heartily
               pray
               thee
               to
               forgive
               us
               our
               Vnthankfulness
               ,
               Disobedience
               ,
               Hypocrisie
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               our
               Sins
               ;
               to
               turn
               from
               us
               thy
               heavy
               wrath
               and
               displeasure
               ,
               which
               we
               have
               justly
               deserved
               ,
               and
               to
               turn
               our
               hearts
               truly
               unto
               thee
               ,
               that
               daily
               we
               may
               increase
               in
               all
               goodness
               ,
               and
               continually
               more
               and
               more
               fear
               thy
               holy
               Name
               :
               So
               shall
               we
               glorifie
               thy
               Name
               ,
               and
               sing
               unto
               thee
               in
               Psalms
               ,
               and
               Hymns
               ,
               and
               Spiritual
               Songs
               :
               And
               thy
               enemies
               and
               ours
               shall
               know
               themselves
               to
               be
               but
               men
               ,
               and
               not
               able
               by
               any
               means
               to
               withstand
               thee
               ,
               nor
               to
               hurt
               those
               whom
               thou
               hast
               received
               into
               thy
               protection
               and
               defence
               .
               Grant
               these
               things
               ,
               O
               Lord
               of
               Power
               ,
               and
               Father
               of
               Mercy
               ,
               for
               thy
               Christ's
               sake
               ,
               to
               whom
               with
               thee
               and
               thy
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
               be
               all
               Honour
               and
               Glory
               for
               ever
               and
               ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
               A
               Prayer
               and
               Thanksgiving
               for
               the
               Queen
               ,
               used
               of
               all
               Knights
               and
               Burgesses
               in
               the
               High
               Court
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               very
               requisite
               to
               be
               used
               and
               continued
               of
               all
               her
               Majesties
               loving
               Subjects
               .
            
             
               O
               Almighty
               and
               most
               merciful
               God
               ,
               which
               dost
               ,
               pitch
               thy
               tents
               round
               about
               the
               people
               ,
               to
               deliver
               them
               from
               the
               hands
               of
               their
               enemies
               ;
               we
               thy
               humble
               Servants
               ,
               which
               have
               ever
               of
               old
               seen
               thy
               Salvation
               ,
               do
               fall
               down
               and
               prostrate
               ▪
               ourselves
               with
               Praise
               and
               Thanksgiving
               to
               thy
               glorious
               Name
               ,
               who
               hast
               in
               thy
               tender
               Mercies
               from
               time
               to
               time
               saved
               and
               defended
               the
               Servant
               ELIZABETH
               ,
               our
               most
               gracious
               Quéen
               ,
               not
               only
               from
               the
               hands
               of
               strange
               Children
               ,
               but
               also
               of
               late
               revealed
               and
               made
               frustrate
               his
               bloody
               and
               most
               barbarous
               Treason
               ,
               who
               being
               her
               natural
               Subject
               ,
               most
               unnaturally
               violating
               thy
               Divine
               Ordinance
               ,
               hath
               secretly
               sought
               to
               shed
               her
               blood
               ,
               to
               the
               great
               disquiet
               of
               thy
               Church
               ,
               and
               utter
               discomfort
               of
               our
               Souls
               :
               his
               snare
               is
               heaven
               in
               pieces
               ,
               but
               upon
               thy
               Servant
               doth
               the
               Crown
               flourish
               .
               The
               wicked
               and
               bloodthirsty
               men
               think
               to
               devour
               Iacob
               ,
               and
               to
               lay
               waste
               his
               dwelling-place
               :
               But
               thou
               (
               O
               God
               )
               which
               rulest
               in
               Iacob
               ,
               and
               unto
               the
               ends
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               dost
               daily
               teach
               us
               still
               to
               trust
               in
               thée
               for
               all
               thy
               great
               Mercies
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               forget
               thy
               merciful
               Kindness
               shewed
               to
               her
               ,
               that
               feareth
               thy
               Name
               .
               O
               Lord
               ,
               we
               confess
               to
               thy
               Glory
               and
               Praise
               ,
               that
               thou
               only
               hast
               saved
               us
               from
               destruction
               ,
               because
               thou
               hast
               not
               given
               her
               over
               for
               a
               prey
               to
               the
               wicked
               :
               Her
               Soul
               is
               delivered
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               escaped
               .
               Hear
               us
               now
               we
               pray
               thee
               ,
               (
               O
               most
               merciful
               Father
               )
               and
               continue
               forth
               thy
               loving
               Kindness
               towards
               thy
               Servant
               ,
               and
               evermore
               to
               the
               Glory
               and
               our
               Comfort
               ,
               kéep
               her
               in
               health
               ,
               with
               long
               Life
               ,
               and
               Prosperity
               ;
               whose
               rest
               and
               only
               refuge
               is
               in
               thée
               ,
               O
               God
               of
               her
               Salvation
               .
               Preserve
               her
               ,
               as
               thou
               art
               wont
               ,
               preserve
               her
               from
               the
               snare
               of
               the
               Enemy
               ,
               from
               the
               gathering
               together
               of
               the
               froward
               ,
               from
               the
               insurrection
               of
               wicked
               Doers
               ,
               and
               from
               all
               the
               traiterous
               Conspiracies
               of
               those
               which
               privily
               lay
               wait
               for
               her
               life
               .
               Grant
               this
               ,
               O
               Heavenly
               Father
               ,
               for
               Iesus
               Christs
               sake
               ,
               our
               only
               Mediator
               and
               Advocate
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
             
               
                 Io.
                 Th.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               A
               Prayer
               used
               in
               the
               Parliament
               onely
               .
            
             
               O
               Merciful
               God
               and
               Father
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               no
               counsel
               can
               stand
               ,
               nor
               any
               can
               prosper
               ,
               but
               only
               such
               as
               are
               humbly
               gathered
               in
               thy
               Name
               ,
               to
               feel
               the
               swéet
               taste
               of
               thy
               Holy
               Spirit
               ;
               we
               gladly
               acknowledge
               ,
               that
               by
               thy
               favour
               standeth
               the
               peaceable
               protection
               of
               our
               Quén
               and
               Realm
               ,
               and
               likewise
               this
               favourable
               liberty
               granted
               unto
               us
               at
               this
               time
               to
               make
               our
               méeting
               together
               ;
               which
               thy
               bountiful
               Goodness
               we
               most
               thankfully
               acknowledging
               ,
               do
               withal
               earnestly
               pray
               thy
               Divine
               Majesty
               so
               to
               encline
               our
               hearts
               ,
               as
               our
               counsels
               may
               be
               subject
               in
               true
               obedience
               to
               thy
               Holy
               Word
               and
               Will.
               And
               sithe
               it
               hath
               pleased
               thée
               to
               govern
               this
               Realm
               by
               ordinary
               assembling
               the
               thrée
               Estates
               of
               the
               same
               :
               Our
               humble
               Prayer
               is
               ,
               that
               thou
               wilt
               graff
               in
               us
               good
               mindes
               to
               conceive
               ,
               frée
               liberty
               to
               speak
               ,
               and
               on
               all
               sides
               a
               ready
               and
               quiet
               consent
               to
               such
               wholesome
               Laws
               and
               Statutes
               ,
               as
               may
               declare
               us
               to
               be
               thy
               people
               ,
               and
               this
               Realm
               to
               be
               prosperously
               ruled
               by
               thy
               good
               guiding
               and
               defence
               :
               So
               that
               we
               and
               our
               Posterity
               may
               with
               chearful
               hearts
               wait
               for
               thy
               appearance
               in
               Iudgment
               ,
               that
               art
               only
               able
               to
               present
               us
               faultless
               before
               God
               our
               Heavenly
               Father
               :
               To
               whom
               with
               thée
               our
               Saviour
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               ,
               be
               all
               Glory
               both
               now
               and
               ever
               .
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             FINIS
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A63451-e680
           
             The
             Indictment
             .
          
           
             Parry's
             answer
             to
             the
             Indictment
             .
          
           
             Parry
             confesseth
             that
             he
             is
             guilty
             of
             all
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Indictment
             .
          
           
             Parry's
             Confession
             of
             his
             Treasons
             was
             read
             by
             his
             own
             assent
             .
          
           
             A
             Letter
             of
             Cardinal
             
               di
               Como
            
             to
             Parry
             ,
             also
             read
             .
          
           
             Parry's
             Letter
             of
             the
             18th
             of
             February
             to
             the
             Lord
             Treasurer
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Leicester
             ,
             read
             .
          
           
             The
             Queens
             Atturny
             requires
             Judgment
             .
          
           
             Parry
             had
             for
             his
             credit
             aforetime
             said
             very
             secretly
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             been
             solicited
             beyond
             the
             Seas
             to
             commit
             the
             fact
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             not
             do
             it
             ;
             wherewith
             he
             craftily
             abused
             both
             the
             Queens
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             those
             two
             Counsellers
             whereof
             he
             now
             would
             help
             himself
             with
             these
             false
             Speeches
             ,
             against
             most
             manifest
             proofs
             .
          
           
             Master
             Vice-chamberlains
             Speeches
             ,
             proving
             manifestly
             Parry's
             Traiterous
             intentions
             .
          
           
             Parry
             reproved
             of
             false
             Speeches
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             himself
             also
             confessed
             .
          
           
             The
             L.
             of
             Hunsdon's
             Speeches
             ,
             convincing
             Parry
             manifestly
             of
             his
             Treason
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Chief-Justices
             Speech
             to
             Parry
             .
          
           
             The
             Form
             of
             the
             Judgment
             against
             the
             Traitor
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Martii
             .
             
               William
               Parry
            
             the
             Traytor
             Executed
             .
          
           
             Parry
             Condemned
             for
             Burglary
             ,
             Pardoned
             of
             the
             Queen
             .