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             The last speech and carriage of the Lord Russel, upon the scaffold, &c. on Saturday the 21st of July, 1683
             Russell, William, Lord, 1639-1683.
          
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           Russell, William, -- Lord, 1639-1683.
           Rye House Plot, 1683.
           Executions and executioners -- England.
           Great Britain -- History -- Charles II, 1660-1685.
        
      
    
     
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           THE
           
             Last
             Speech
             and
             Carriage
          
           ,
           OF
           THE
           LORD
           RUSSEL
           ,
           upon
           the
           Scaffold
           ,
           &c.
           On
           Saturday
           the
           21st
           .
           of
           July
           ,
           1683.
           
        
         
           ABout
           Nine
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           the
           Sheriffs
           went
           to
           Newgate
           ,
           to
           see
           if
           my
           Lord
           Russel
           was
           ready
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           little
           time
           his
           Lordship
           came
           out
           ,
           and
           went
           into
           his
           Coach
           taking
           his
           Farewel
           of
           his
           Lady
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Cavendish
           and
           several
           other
           of
           his
           Friends
           at
           Newgate
           ;
           in
           the
           Coach
           were
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           and
           Dr.
           Burnet
           ,
           who
           accompanied
           him
           to
           the
           Scaffold
           built
           in
           Lincolns-Inn-fields
           ,
           which
           was
           covered
           all
           over
           with
           Mourning
           .
           Being
           come
           upon
           the
           Scaffold
           ,
           his
           Lordship
           bowed
           to
           the
           Persons
           present
           ,
           and
           turning
           to
           the
           Sheriff
           made
           this
           following
           Speech
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           SHERIFF
           .
        
         
           I
           
             Expected
             the
             Noise
             would
             be
             such
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             not
             be
             very
             well
             heard
             .
             I
             was
             never
             fond
             of
             much
             speaking
             ,
             much
             less
             now
             ,
             therefore
             I
             have
             set
             down
             in
             this
             Paper
             all
             that
             I
             think
             fit
             to
             leave
             behind
             me
             .
             God
             knows
             how
             far
             I
             was
             always
             from
             designs
             against
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             or
             of
             altering
             the
             Government
             .
             And
             I
             still
             pray
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             both
             ,
             and
             of
             the
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           ,
           
             I
             am
             told
             ,
             that
             Capt.
          
           Walcot
           
             Yesterday
             said
             some
             things
             concerning
             my
             knowledge
             of
             the
             Plot
             :
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             the
             Report
             is
             true
             or
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
          
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           hear
           him
           name
           your
           Lordship
           .
        
         
           Writer
           .
           No
           ,
           My
           Lord
           ,
           your
           Lordship
           was
           not
           named
           by
           any
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Lord
           Russ.
           
             I
             hope
             it
             is
             not
             ,
             for
             to
             my
             knowledge
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             ,
             nor
             spake
             with
             him
             in
             my
             whole
             Life
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             words
             of
             a
             Dying
             Man
             ,
             I
             profess
             I
             know
             of
             no
             Plot
             ,
             either
             against
             the
             King's
             Life
             or
             the
             Government
             .
             But
             I
             have
             now
             done
             with
             this
             World
             and
             am
             going
             to
             a
             better
             ,
             I
             forgive
             all
             the
             World
             heartily
             ,
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             I
             die
             in
             Charity
             with
             all
             Men
             ,
             and
             I
             wish
             all
             sincere
          
           Protestants
           
             may
             love
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             not
             make
             way
             for
             Popery
             by
             their
             Animosities
             .
             I
             pray
             God
             forgive
             them
             ,
             and
             continue
             the
          
           Protestant
           Religion
           
             amongst
             them
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             flourish
             so
             long
             as
             the
             Sun
             and
             Moon
             indures
             .
             I
             am
             now
             more
             satisfied
             to
             die
             then
             ever
             I
             have
             been
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           kneeling
           down
           ,
           his
           Lordship
           prayed
           to
           himself
           ,
           after
           which
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           kneeled
           down
           and
           prayed
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           his
           Lordship
           kneeled
           down
           and
           prayed
           a
           second
           time
           to
           himself
           ,
           then
           pulled
           off
           his
           Wigg
           ,
           put
           on
           his
           Cap
           ,
           took
           off
           his
           Crevat
           ,
           and
           Coat
           ,
           and
           bidding
           the
           Executioner
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           lain
           down
           a
           small
           moment
           ,
           do
           his
           Office
           without
           a
           Sign
           ,
           he
           gave
           him
           some
           Gold
           ,
           then
           embracing
           Dr.
           Tillotson
           ,
           and
           Dr.
           Burnet
           ,
           he
           laid
           him
           down
           with
           his
           Neck
           upon
           the
           Block
           .
        
         
           The
           Executioner
           missing
           at
           his
           first
           stroke
           ,
           though
           with
           that
           he
           took
           away
           Life
           ,
           at
           two
           more
           severed
           the
           Head
           from
           the
           Body
           :
           The
           Executioner
           held
           up
           the
           Head
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           as
           is
           usual
           ,
           in
           Cases
           of
           Treason
           ,
           &c.
           
           Which
           being
           done
           Mr.
           Sheriff
           ordered
           his
           Lordships
           Friends
           or
           Servants
           to
           take
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           dispose
           of
           it
           as
           they
           pleased
           ,
           being
           given
           them
           by
           his
           Majesties
           Favour
           and
           Bounty
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Paper
             delivered
             to
             the
             Sheriffs
             by
             My
             
               L
               d.
               Russel
            
             .
          
           
             I
             Thank
             God
             ,
             I
             find
             my self
             so
             composed
             and
             prepared
             for
             Death
             ,
             and
             my
             Thoughts
             so
             fixed
             on
             another
             World
             ,
             that
             I
             hope
             in
             God
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             quite
             weaned
             from
             setting
             my
             Heart
             on
             this
             .
             Yet
             I
             cannot
             forbear
             spending
             some
             time
             now
             ,
             in
             setting
             down
             in
             Writing
             a
             fuller
             Account
             of
             my
             Condition
             ,
             to
             be
             left
             behind
             me
             ,
             than
             I
             'll
             venture
             to
             say
             at
             the
             Place
             of
             Execution
             ,
             in
             the.
             Noise
             and
             Clutter
             that
             is
             like
             to
             be
             there
             .
             I
             bless
             God
             heartily
             for
             those
             many
             Blessings
             ,
             which
             he
             in
             his
             infinite
             Mercy
             has
             bestowed
             upon
             me
             ,
             through
             the
             whole
             Course
             of
             my
             Life
             :
             That
             I
             was
             born
             of
             worthy
             good
             Parents
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             Advantages
             of
             a
             Religious
             Education
             ;
             which
             I
             have
             often
             thank'd
             God
             very
             heartily
             for
             ,
             and
             look'd
             upon
             as
             an
             invaluable
             Blessing
             :
             For
             even
             when
             I
             minded
             it
             least
             ,
             it
             still
             hung
             about
             me
             ,
             and
             gave
             me
             Checks
             ,
             and
             hath
             now
             for
             many
             Years
             so
             influenced
             and
             possessed
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             feel
             the
             happy
             Effects
             of
             it
             in
             this
             my
             Extremity
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             have
             been
             so
             wonderfully
             (
             I
             think
             God
             )
             supported
             ,
             that
             neither
             my
             Imprisonment
             ,
             nor
             the
             Fear
             of
             Death
             ,
             have
             been
             able
             to
             discompose
             me
             to
             any
             degree
             ;
             but
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             I
             have
             found
             the
             Assurances
             of
             the
             Love
             
             and
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             and
             through
             my
             blessed
             Redeemer
             ,
             in
             whom
             only
             I
             trust
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             not
             question
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             am
             going
             to
             partake
             of
             that
             Fulness
             of
             Joy
             which
             is
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             the
             hopes
             whereof
             does
             so
             wonderfully
             delight
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             reckon
             this
             as
             the
             happiest
             time
             of
             my
             Life
             ,
             though
             others
             may
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             the
             saddest
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             lived
             ,
             and
             now
             die
             of
             the
             Reformed
             Religion
             ,
             a
             true
             and
             sincere
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             though
             I
             could
             never
             yet
             comply
             with
             ,
             or
             rise
             up
             to
             all
             the
             heights
             of
             some
             People
             .
             I
             wish
             with
             all
             my
             Soul
             ,
             all
             our
             unhappy
             Differences
             were
             removed
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             sincere
             Protestants
             ,
             would
             so
             far
             consider
             the
             Danger
             of
             Popery
             ,
             as
             to
             lay
             aside
             their
             Heats
             ,
             and
             agree
             against
             the
             Common
             Enemy
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Church-men
             would
             be
             less
             severe
             ,
             and
             the
             Dissenters
             less
             scrupulous
             :
             For
             I
             think
             Bitterness
             and
             Persecution
             are
             at
             all
             times
             bad
             ,
             but
             much
             more
             now
             .
          
           
             For
             Popery
             .
             I
             look
             on
             it
             as
             an
             Idolatrous
             and
             Bloody
             Religion
             ;
             and
             therefore
             thought
             my self
             bound
             ,
             in
             my
             Station
             ,
             to
             do
             all
             I
             could
             against
             it
             .
             And
             by
             that
             ,
             I
             foresaw
             I
             should
             procure
             such
             great
             Enemies
             to
             my self
             ,
             and
             so
             powerful
             Ones
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             been
             now
             for
             some
             time
             expecting
             the
             worst
             .
             And
             blessed
             be
             God
             ,
             I
             fall
             by
             the
             Axe
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Fiery
             Tryal
             .
             Yet
             ,
             whatever
             Apprehensions
             I
             had
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             of
             my
             own
             severe
             and
             heavy
             share
             I
             was
             like
             to
             have
             under
             it
             ,
             when
             it
             should
             prevail
             ,
             I
             never
             had
             a
             Thought
             of
             doing
             any
             thing
             against
             it
             basely
             ,
             or
             inhumanly
             ;
             but
             what
             could
             well
             consist
             with
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Laws
             and
             Liberties
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             And
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             I
             have
             examined
             all
             my
             Actings
             in
             that
             Matter
             ,
             with
             so
             great
             Care
             ,
             that
             I
             can
             appeal
             to
             God
             Almighty
             ,
             who
             knows
             my
             Heart
             ,
             that
             I
             went
             on
             Sincerely
             ,
             without
             being
             moved
             ,
             either
             by
             Passion
             .
             By-End
             ,
             of
             Ill
             Design
             .
             I
             have
             always
             loved
             my
             Country
             much
             more
             than
             my
             Life
             ;
             and
             never
             had
             any
             Design
             of
             changing
             the
             Government
             ,
             which
             I
             value
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             as
             one
             of
             the
             best
             Governments
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             would
             always
             have
             been
             ready
             to
             venture
             my
             Life
             for
             the
             preserving
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             suffered
             any
             Extremity
             ,
             rather
             than
             have
             consented
             to
             any
             Design
             to
             take
             away
             the
             King's
             Life
             :
             Neither
             ever
             had
             Man
             the
             Impudence
             to
             propose
             so
             base
             and
             barbarous
             a
             thing
             to
             me
             .
             And
             I
             look
             upon
             it
             as
             a
             very
             unhappy
             ,
             and
             uneasy
             part
             of
             my
             present
             Condition
             ,
             That
             in
             my
             Indictment
             there
             should
             be
             so
             much
             as
             mention
             of
             so
             vile
             a
             Fact
             ;
             though
             nothing
             in
             the
             least
             was
             said
             to
             prove
             any
             such
             Matter
             ;
             but
             the
             contrary
             ,
             by
             the
             Lord
             Howard
             :
             Neither
             does
             any
             Body
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             believe
             the
             least
             of
             it
             .
             So
             that
             I
             need
             not
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             say
             more
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             King.
             I
             do
             sincerely
             pray
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             wish
             well
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Nation
             ,
             That
             they
             may
             be
             happy
             in
             one
             another
             ;
             that
             he
             may
             be
             indeed
             the
             Defender
             of
             the
             Faith
             ;
             That
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Safety
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             may
             be
             preserved
             ,
             and
             flourish
             under
             his
             Government
             ;
             and
             that
             He
             in
             his
             Person
             may
             be
             happy
             ,
             both
             here
             ,
             and
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             share
             I
             had
             in
             the
             Prosecution
             of
             the
             Popish
             Plot
             ,
             I
             take
             God
             to
             Witness
             ,
             that
             I
             proceeded
             in
             it
             in
             the
             Sincerity
             of
             my
             Heart
             ;
             being
             then
             really
             convinced
             (
             as
             I
             am
             still
             )
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Conspiracy
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             :
             And
             I
             likewise
             profess
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             knew
             any
             thing
             ,
             either
             directly
             or
             indirectly
             ,
             of
             any
             Practice
             with
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             which
             I
             look
             upon
             as
             so
             horrid
             a
             thing
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             never
             have
             endured
             it
             .
             For
             ,
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             Falshood
             and
             Cruelty
             were
             never
             in
             my
             Nature
             ,
             but
             always
             the
             farthest
             from
             it
             imaginable
             .
             I
             did
             believe
             ,
             and
             do
             still
             ,
             that
             Popery
             is
             breaking
             in
             upon
             the
             Nation
             ;
             and
             that
             those
             who
             advance
             it
             .
             will
             stop
             at
             nothing
             ,
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             Design
             :
             I
             am
             heartily
             sorry
             that
             so
             many
             Protestants
             give
             their
             helping
             Hand
             to
             it
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             God
             will
             preserve
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             this
             Nation
             :
             though
             I
             am
             afraid
             I
             will
             fall
             under
             very
             great
             Tryals
             ,
             and
             very
             sharp
             Sufferings
             .
             And
             indeed
             the
             Impiety
             ,
             and
             Profaneness
             that
             abounds
             ,
             and
             appears
             so
             scandalously
             bare-fac'd
             every
             where
             ,
             gives
             too
             〈◊〉
             reason
             to
             fear
             the
             worst
             things
             which
             can
             befal
             a
             People
             .
             I
             pray
             God
             prevent
             it
             ,
             and
             give
             those
             who
             have
             shew'd
             Concern
             for
             the
             Publick
             Good
             ,
             and
             who
             have
             appear'd
             Hearty
             for
             the
             true
             Interest
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             Grace
             to
             live
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             not
             cast
             a
             Reproach
             on
             that
             which
             they
             endeavour
             to
             advance
             ;
             which
             (
             God
             knows
             )
             hath
             often
             given
             me
             many
             sad
             Thoughts
             .
             And
             I
             hope
             such
             of
             my
             Friends
             as
             may
             think
             they
             are
             touch'd
             by
             this
             ,
             will
             not
             take
             what
             I
             say
             in
             ill
             part
             ,
             but
             endeavour
             to
             amend
             their
             ways
             ,
             and
             live
             suitable
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             the
             true
             Reformed
             Religion
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             only
             thing
             can
             administer
             true
             Comfort
             at
             the
             latter
             End
             ,
             and
             revive
             a
             Man
             when
             he
             comes
             to
             Dye
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             my
             present
             Condition
             ,
             I
             bless
             God
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             Repining
             in
             my
             Heart
             at
             it
             .
             I
             know
             for
             my
             Sins
             I
             have
             deserved
             much
             worse
             at
             the
             Hands
             of
             God
             ;
             So
             that
             I
             chearfully
             submit
             to
             so
             small
             a
             Punishment
             ,
             as
             the
             being
             taken
             off
             a
             few
             Years
             sooner
             ,
             and
             the
             being
             made
             a
             Spectacle
             to
             the
             World.
             I
             do
             freely
             forgive
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             particularly
             those
             concerned
             
             in
             taking
             away
             my
             Life
             :
             And
             I
             desire
             and
             conjure
             my
             Friends
             to
             think
             of
             no
             Revenge
             ,
             but
             to
             submit
             to
             the
             holy
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             into
             whose
             Hands
             I
             resign
             my self
             entirely
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             look
             back
             a
             little
             ;
             I
             cannot
             but
             give
             some
             touch
             about
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
             ,
             and
             shew
             the
             Reasons
             of
             my
             appearing
             in
             that
             Business
             ;
             which
             in
             short
             is
             this
             .
             That
             I
             thought
             the
             Nation
             was
             in
             such
             danger
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Expectation
             of
             a
             
               Popish
               Successor
            
             (
             as
             I
             have
             said
             in
             Parliamen
             )
             put
             the
             King's
             Life
             likewise
             in
             such
             danger
             ,
             that
             I
             saw
             no
             way
             so
             effectual
             to
             secure
             both
             ,
             as
             such
             a
             Bill
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Limitations
             which
             were
             proposed
             ,
             if
             they
             were
             sincerely
             offered
             and
             had
             pass'd
             into
             a
             Law
             ,
             the
             Duke
             then
             would
             have
             been
             excluded
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             a
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             quite
             altered
             ,
             and
             little
             more
             than
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             King
             left
             .
             So
             I
             could
             not
             sea
             either
             Sin
             or
             Fault
             in
             the
             one
             ,
             when
             all
             People
             were
             willing
             to
             admit
             of
             'tother
             ;
             but
             thought
             it
             better
             to
             have
             a
             King
             with
             his
             Prerogative
             ,
             and
             the
             Nation
             easy
             and
             safe
             under
             him
             ,
             than
             a
             King
             without
             it
             ,
             which
             must
             have
             bred
             perpetual
             Jealousies
             ,
             and
             a
             continual
             Struggle
             .
             All
             this
             I
             say
             ,
             only
             to
             justify
             my self
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             inflame
             others
             :
             Though
             I
             cannot
             but
             think
             my
             Earnestness
             in
             that
             matter
             has
             had
             no
             small
             Influence
             in
             my
             present
             Sufferings
             .
             But
             I
             have
             now
             done
             with
             this
             World
             ,
             and
             am
             going
             to
             a
             Kingdom
             that
             cannot
             be
             moved
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             the
             conspiring
             to
             seize
             the
             Guards
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Crime
             for
             which
             I
             am
             condemned
             ,
             and
             which
             was
             made
             a
             constructive
             Treason
             for
             taking
             away
             the
             King's
             Life
             ,
             to
             bring
             it
             within
             the
             Stature
             of
             Edw.
             the
             3d.
             I
             shall
             give
             this
             true
             and
             clear
             account
             .
             I
             never
             was
             at
             Mr.
             Shepheard's
             with
             that
             company
             but
             once
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             no
             undertaking
             then
             of
             securing
             ,
             or
             seizing
             the
             Guards
             ;
             nor
             none
             appointed
             to
             view
             ,
             or
             examine
             them
             :
             Some
             Discourse
             there
             was
             about
             the
             Feasibleness
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             several
             times
             by
             accident
             ,
             in
             general
             Discourse
             elsewhere
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             it
             mention'd
             ,
             as
             a
             thing
             might
             easily
             be
             done
             ,
             but
             never
             consented
             to
             as
             fit
             to
             be
             done
             .
             And
             I
             remember
             particularly
             at
             my
             Lord
             
             Shaftsbury's
             ,
             there
             being
             some
             general
             Discourse
             of
             this
             kind
             ,
             I
             immediately
             flew
             our
             ,
             and
             exclaim'd
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             ask'd
             ,
             If
             the
             thing
             succeeded
             ,
             what
             must
             be
             done
             next
             but
             massacring
             the
             Guards
             ,
             and
             killing
             them
             in
             cold
             Blood
             ?
             Which
             I
             look'd
             upon
             as
             in
             destable
             a
             thing
             and
             so
             like
             a
             Popish
             Practice
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             not
             but
             abhor
             it
             .
             And
             at
             the
             same
             time
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             took
             me
             by
             the
             Hand
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             very
             kindly
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             see
             you
             and
             I
             are
             of
             a
             Temper
             ;
             Did
             you
             ever
             hear
             so
             horrid
             a
             thing
             ?
             And
             I
             must
             needs
             do
             him
             that
             Justice
             to
             declare
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             observed
             in
             him
             but
             an
             Abhorence
             to
             all
             base
             things
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             my
             going
             to
             
               Mr.
               Shephards
            
             ,
             I
             went
             with
             an
             Intention
             to
             taste
             Sherry
             ;
             for
             he
             had
             promised
             me
             to
             reserve
             for
             me
             the
             next
             very
             good
             Piece
             he
             met
             with
             ,
             when
             I
             went
             out
             of
             Town
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             recollects
             ,
             he
             may
             remember
             I
             ask'd
             him
             about
             it
             ,
             and
             he
             went
             and
             fetch'd
             a
             Bottle
             ;
             but
             when
             I
             tasted
             it
             ,
             I
             said
             't
             was
             hot
             in
             the
             Mouth
             ;
             and
             desired
             that
             whenever
             he
             met
             with
             a
             choice
             Piece
             ,
             he
             would
             keep
             it
             for
             me
             :
             Which
             he
             promised
             .
             I
             enlarge
             the
             more
             upon
             this
             ,
             because
             Sir
             
               Geo
               Iefferies
            
             insinuated
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             as
             if
             I
             had
             made
             a
             Story
             about
             going
             thither
             ;
             but
             I
             never
             said
             ,
             that
             was
             the
             only
             Reason
             :
             And
             I
             will
             now
             truly
             ,
             and
             plainly
             add
             the
             rest
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             the
             day
             before
             this
             Meeting
             ,
             come
             to
             Town
             ,
             for
             two
             or
             three
             days
             ,
             as
             I
             had
             done
             once
             or
             twice
             before
             ;
             having
             a
             very
             near
             and
             dear
             Relation
             lying
             in
             a
             very
             languishing
             and
             desperate
             Condition
             :
             And
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             ,
             He
             was
             extreamly
             glad
             I
             was
             come
             to
             Town
             ;
             for
             my
             Lord
             Shaftsbury
             and
             some
             hot
             Men
             would
             undo
             us
             all
             ,
             if
             great
             Care
             be
             not
             taken
             ,
             and
             therefore
             for
             God's
             sake
             use
             your
             Endeavours
             with
             your
             Friends
             to
             prevent
             any
             thing
             of
             this
             kind
             .
             He
             told
             me
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             Company
             at
             Mr.
             Shephard's
             that
             Night
             ,
             and
             desired
             me
             to
             be
             at
             home
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             call
             me
             ;
             which
             he
             did
             :
             And
             when
             I
             came
             into
             the
             Room
             ,
             I
             saw
             Mr.
             Rumsey
             by
             the
             Chimny
             ;
             though
             he
             swears
             he
             came
             in
             after
             ;
             and
             there
             were
             things
             said
             by
             some
             with
             much
             more
             Heat
             ,
             than
             Judgment
             ,
             which
             I
             did
             sufficiently
             disapprove
             ,
             and
             yet
             for
             these
             things
             I
             stand
             condemned
             .
             But
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             my
             part
             was
             sincere
             ,
             and
             well
             meant
             .
             It
             is
             ,
             I
             know
             ,
             inferred
             from
             hence
             ,
             and
             was
             pressed
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             acquainted
             with
             these
             Heats
             and
             ill
             Designs
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             discover
             them
             .
             But
             this
             is
             but
             Misprision
             of
             Treason
             at
             most
             .
             So
             I
             dye
             innocent
             of
             the
             Crime
             I
             stand
             condemn'd
             for
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             nobody
             will
             imagine
             that
             so
             mean
             a
             Thought
             could
             enter
             into
             me
             ,
             as
             to
             go
             about
             to
             save
             my self
             ,
             by
             accusing
             others
             .
             The
             part
             that
             some
             have
             acted
             lately
             of
             that
             kind
             ,
             has
             not
             been
             such
             as
             to
             invite
             me
             to
             love
             Life
             at
             such
             a
             rate
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Sentence
             of
             Death
             passed
             upon
             me
             ,
             I
             cannot
             but
             think
             it
             a
             very
             hard
             one
             .
             For
             nothing
             was
             sworn
             against
             me
             (
             whether
             true
             or
             false
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             now
             examine
             )
             but
             some
             Discourses
             about
             making
             some
             Stirs
             .
             And
             this
             is
             not
             levying
             War
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             is
             Treason
             by
             the
             Statute
             of
             Edward
             the
             Third
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             consulting
             and
             discoursing
             about
             
             it
             ,
             which
             was
             all
             that
             was
             witnessed
             against
             me
             .
             But
             ,
             by
             a
             strange
             Fetch
             ,
             the
             Design
             of
             seizing
             the
             Guards
             ,
             was
             construed
             a
             Design
             of
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             was
             in
             that
             cast
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             I
             have
             truly
             and
             sincerely
             told
             what
             my
             part
             was
             in
             that
             ,
             which
             cannot
             be
             more
             than
             a
             bare
             Misprision
             ;
             and
             yet
             I
             am
             condemned
             as
             guilty
             of
             a
             design
             of
             killing
             the
             King.
             I
             pray
             God
             lay
             not
             this
             to
             the
             charge
             ,
             neither
             of
             the
             King's
             Counsel
             ,
             nor
             Judges
             ,
             nor
             Sheriffs
             ,
             nor
             Jury
             :
             And
             for
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             I
             pity
             them
             ,
             and
             wish
             them
             well
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             reckon
             up
             the
             Particulars
             wherein
             they
             did
             me
             wrong
             ;
             I
             had
             rather
             their
             own
             Consciences
             should
             do
             that
             ,
             to
             which
             ,
             and
             the
             Mercies
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             leave
             them
             .
             Only
             I
             still
             avers
             ,
             that
             what
             I
             said
             of
             my
             not
             hearing
             Col.
             Rumsey
             deliver
             his
             Message
             from
             my
             Lord
             Shaftsbury
             ,
             was
             true
             ;
             for
             I
             always
             detested
             Lying
             ,
             tho
             never
             so
             much
             to
             my
             advantage
             .
             And
             I
             hope
             none
             will
             be
             so
             unjust
             and
             uncharitable
             ,
             as
             to
             think
             I
             would
             venture
             on
             it
             in
             these
             my
             last
             Words
             ,
             for
             which
             I
             am
             so
             soon
             to
             give
             an
             account
             to
             the
             Great
             God
             ,
             the
             Searcher
             of
             Hearts
             ,
             and
             Judg
             of
             all
             Things
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             Time
             of
             chasing
             Sheriffs
             ,
             I
             concluded
             the
             Heat
             in
             that
             Matter
             would
             produce
             something
             of
             this
             kind
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             not
             much
             surprized
             to
             find
             it
             fall
             upon
             me
             .
             And
             I
             wish
             what
             is
             done
             to
             me
             ,
             may
             put
             a
             stop
             ,
             and
             satiate
             some
             Peoples
             Revenge
             ,
             and
             that
             no
             more
             innocent
             Blood
             may
             be
             shed
             ;
             for
             I
             must
             and
             do
             still
             look
             upon
             mine
             as
             such
             ,
             since
             I
             know
             I
             was
             guilty
             of
             no
             Treason
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             would
             not
             betray
             my
             Innocence
             by
             Flight
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             do
             not
             (
             I
             thank
             God
             )
             yet
             repent
             ,
             (
             tho
             much
             pressed
             to
             it
             )
             how
             fatal
             soever
             it
             may
             have
             seem'd
             to
             have
             proved
             to
             me
             ;
             for
             I
             look
             upon
             my
             Death
             in
             this
             manner
             ,
             (
             I
             thank
             God
             )
             with
             other
             eyes
             than
             the
             World
             does
             .
             I
             know
             I
             said
             but
             little
             at
             the
             Trial
             ,
             and
             I
             suppose
             it
             looks
             more
             like
             Innocence
             than
             Guilt
             .
             I
             was
             also
             advis'd
             not
             to
             confess
             matter
             of
             Fact
             plainly
             ,
             since
             that
             must
             certainly
             have
             brought
             me
             within
             the
             Guilt
             of
             Misprision
             .
             And
             being
             thus
             restrained
             from
             dealing
             frankly
             and
             openly
             ,
             I
             chose
             rather
             to
             say
             little
             ,
             than
             to
             depart
             from
             Ingenuity
             ,
             that
             by
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             I
             had
             carried
             along
             with
             me
             in
             the
             former
             parts
             of
             my
             Life
             ,
             and
             so
             could
             easier
             be
             silent
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             whole
             matter
             to
             the
             Conscience
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             than
             to
             make
             the
             last
             and
             solemnest
             part
             of
             my
             life
             so
             different
             from
             the
             course
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             the
             using
             little
             Tricks
             and
             Evasions
             must
             have
             been
             .
             Nor
             did
             I
             ever
             pretend
             to
             a
             great
             readiness
             in
             speaking
             :
             I
             wish
             those
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Law
             who
             have
             it
             ,
             would
             make
             more
             Conscience
             in
             the
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             run
             Men
             down
             by
             Strains
             and
             Fetches
             ,
             impose
             on
             easie
             and
             willing
             Juries
             ,
             to
             the
             Ruine
             of
             innocent
             Men
             :
             For
             to
             kill
             by
             Forms
             and
             Subtilties
             of
             Law
             ,
             is
             the
             worst
             sort
             of
             Murder
             :
             But
             I
             wish
             the
             Rage
             of
             hot
             Men
             ,
             and
             the
             Partialities
             of
             Juries
             may
             be
             stopp'd
             with
             my
             Blood
             ,
             which
             I
             would
             offer
             up
             with
             so
             much
             the
             more
             Joy
             ,
             if
             I
             thought
             I
             should
             be
             the
             last
             were
             to
             suffer
             in
             such
             a
             way
             .
          
           
             Since
             my
             Sentence
             ,
             I
             have
             had
             few
             Thoughts
             ,
             but
             Preparatory
             ones
             for
             Death
             :
             Yet
             the
             Importunity
             of
             my
             Friends
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             the
             best
             and
             dearest
             Wife
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             prevailed
             with
             me
             to
             sign
             Petitions
             ,
             and
             make
             Addresses
             for
             my
             Life
             :
             To
             which
             I
             was
             very
             averse
             .
             For
             (
             I
             thank
             God
             )
             tho
             in
             all
             respects
             I
             have
             lived
             one
             of
             the
             happiest
             and
             contented'st
             men
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             (
             for
             now
             near
             fourteen
             years
             )
             yet
             I
             am
             so
             willing
             to
             leave
             all
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             without
             Difficulty
             ,
             that
             I
             did
             any
             thing
             for
             the
             saving
             of
             my
             Life
             ,
             that
             was
             Begging
             .
             But
             I
             was
             willing
             to
             let
             my
             Friends
             see
             what
             Power
             they
             had
             over
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             was
             not
             obstinate
             ,
             nor
             sullen
             ,
             but
             would
             do
             any
             thing
             that
             an
             honest
             Man
             could
             do
             for
             their
             Satisfaction
             .
             Which
             was
             the
             only
             Motive
             that
             sway'd
             ,
             or
             had
             any
             weight
             with
             me
             .
          
           
             And
             now
             to
             summ
             up
             all
             ,
             as
             I
             never
             had
             any
             Design
             against
             the
             King's
             Life
             ,
             or
             the
             Life
             of
             any
             man
             whatsoever
             ;
             so
             I
             never
             was
             in
             any
             Contrivance
             of
             altering
             the
             Government
             ,
             What
             the
             Heats
             ,
             Wickednesses
             ,
             Passions
             ,
             and
             Vanities
             of
             other
             men
             have
             occasioned
             ,
             I
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             answerable
             for
             ;
             nor
             could
             I
             repress
             them
             ,
             tho
             I
             now
             suffer
             for
             them
             .
             But
             the
             Will
             of
             the
             Lord
             be
             done
             ,
             into
             whose
             Hands
             I
             commend
             my
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             trust
             that
             thou
             ,
             O
             most
             merciful
             Father
             ,
             hast
             forgiven
             me
             all
             my
             Transgressions
             ;
             the
             Sins
             of
             my
             Youth
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Errors
             of
             my
             past
             Life
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             wilt
             not
             lay
             my
             secret
             Sins
             to
             my
             Charge
             ;
             but
             wilt
             graciously
             support
             me
             during
             that
             small
             part
             of
             my
             Life
             now
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             assist
             me
             in
             my
             last
             Moments
             ,
             and
             not
             leave
             me
             then
             to
             be
             disorder'd
             by
             Fear
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Temptation
             ;
             but
             make
             the
             Light
             of
             thy
             Countenance
             to
             shine
             upon
             me
             ;
             for
             thou
             art
             my
             Sun
             and
             my
             Shield
             :
             and
             as
             thou
             supportest
             me
             by
             thy
             Grace
             ,
             so
             I
             hope
             thou
             wilt
             hereafter
             crown
             me
             with
             Glory
             ,
             and
             receive
             me
             into
             the
             Fellowship
             of
             Angels
             and
             Saints
             in
             that
             blessed
             Inheritance
             purchased
             for
             me
             by
             my
             most
             merciful
             Redeemer
             ,
             who
             is
             ,
             I
             trust
             ,
             at
             thy
             Right
             Hand
             ,
             preparing
             a
             Place
             for
             me
             ;
             into
             whose
             Hands
             I
             commend
             my
             Spirit
             .
          
           
             
               Signed
               Will.
               Russel
               .