Arthur Browne, a seminary priest, his confession after he was condemned to be hanged at the assizes holden at Dorchester, the sixteenth day of August after which sentence of death pronounced, he fell upon his knees asking God forgivenesse, rayling upon the Iesuits, for, said he, they, and none but they, are the plotters of mischiefes and seducers of His Majesties subjects and have brought him to this confusion, humbly praying this Honourable Bench to pardon him, and he would unfold a great part of their villany, which in secret he hath bin sworne unto.
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             Arthur Browne, a seminary priest, his confession after he was condemned to be hanged at the assizes holden at Dorchester, the sixteenth day of August after which sentence of death pronounced, he fell upon his knees asking God forgivenesse, rayling upon the Iesuits, for, said he, they, and none but they, are the plotters of mischiefes and seducers of His Majesties subjects and have brought him to this confusion, humbly praying this Honourable Bench to pardon him, and he would unfold a great part of their villany, which in secret he hath bin sworne unto.
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             Arthur
             Browne
          
           A
           Seminary
           Priest
           ,
           
             His
          
           Confession
           after
           he
           was
           Condemned
           to
           be
           hanged
           ,
           at
           the
           Assizes
           holden
           at
           
             Dorchester
          
           the
           sixteenth
           day
           of
           August
           .
        
         
           After
           which
           sentence
           of
           death
           pronounced
           he
           fell
           upon
           his
           knees
           ,
           asking
           God
           forgivenesse
           ,
           rayling
           upon
           the
           Iesuit
           ,
           for
           said
           he
           ,
           they
           ,
           and
           none
           but
           they
           are
           the
           Plotters
           of
           mischiefes
           ,
           and
           seducers
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Subjects
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           Him
           to
           this
           confusion
           .
        
         
           Humbly
           praying
           this
           Honourable
           Bench
           to
           pardon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           would
           unfold
           a
           great
           part
           of
           their
           villany
           which
           in
           secret
           he
           hath
           bin
           sworne
           unto
           .
        
         
           
             August
          
           25.
           
           
             Printed
             at
          
           London
           
             for
          
           George
           Tomlinson
           .
           1642.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           Arthur
           Browne
           a
           Seminary
           Priest
           his
           Confession
           ,
           after
           he
           was
           condemned
           to
           be
           Hanged
           at
           the
           Assizes
           holden
           at
           Dorchester
           the
           12.
           day
           of
           August
           ,
           after
           which
           Sentence
           of
           death
           pronounced
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           MY
           Lord
           ,
           and
           this
           honourable
           Bench
           ,
           I
           am
           here
           condemned
           to
           dye
           for
           a
           seducer
           of
           his
           Majesties
           Subjects
           .
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           my
           actions
           deserve
           no
           lesse
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           bin
           carried
           ,
           and
           have
           misled
           others
           contrary
           to
           my
           conscience
           for
           lucre
           of
           respect
           and
           service
           far
           beyond
           my
           deserts
           .
        
         
           Now
           my
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           this
           Honourable
           Bench
           ,
           I
           have
           bin
           in
           those
           Westerne
           parts
           ever
           since
           the
           Rebellion
           in
           Ireland
           first
           sprung
           up
           ,
           and
           privately
           hid
           in
           Catholick
           houses
           ,
           being
           sent
           by
           command
           from
           the
           whole
           company
           of
           Iesuites
           in
           the
           University
           of
           St.
           
             Thomas
          
           in
           
             Flaunders
             ,
          
           for
           my
           owne
           part
           I
           never
           affected
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           but
           having
           bin
           sworne
           to
           secresie
           ,
           and
           so
           many
           watches
           over
           my
           carriage
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           invent
           without
           great
           danger
           or
           hazard
           of
           my
           life
           to
           leave
           those
           Popish
           projects
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           since
           brought
           to
           light
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           this
           Honourable
           Bench
           ,
           there
           is
           not
           such
           
           diligent
           search
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           as
           ought
           to
           be
           ,
           nay
           there
           is
           not
           one
           County
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           according
           to
           the
           number
           of
           Papists
           in
           that
           County
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           of
           all
           Orders
           to
           serve
           them
           according
           to
           their
           abilities
           ;
           lesuits
           ,
           Friars
           and
           Seminaries
           ,
           two
           sometimes
           in
           one
           Papists
           house
           by
           turne
           to
           read
           Masse
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           too
           too
           many
           in
           all
           Shires
           more
           like
           Knights
           in
           habit
           ,
           and
           swaggerers
           in
           their
           carriage
           to
           avoyd
           suspition
           ,
           than
           bald-pated
           Priests
           and
           Iesuits
           ,
           and
           these
           are
           the
           onely
           Cavaliers
           of
           the
           times
           ,
           and
           the
           causers
           of
           these
           present
           distempers
           ,
           and
           divisions
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           shall
           find
           the
           thoughts
           of
           these
           Popish
           Projectors
           ,
           full
           of
           horrid
           conspiracies
           and
           treacheries
           ,
           their
           mouthes
           of
           falshoods
           and
           lyes
           ,
           their
           hands
           defiled
           with
           bloud
           ,
           and
           all
           their
           pates
           tracked
           with
           Rebellion
           :
           wonder
           not
           at
           it
           ,
           for
           't
           is
           no
           new
           thing
           ,
           and
           he
           must
           needs
           be
           a
           stranger
           in
           the
           world
           that
           cannot
           produce
           multitudes
           of
           the
           like
           presidents
           before
           ,
           nay
           they
           are
           so
           barbarous
           as
           all
           Heathen
           Turkish
           story
           is
           to
           seek
           for
           .
        
         
           Here
           is
           a
           great
           motive
           that
           stir
           them
           to
           be
           paineful
           in
           their
           callings
           ,
           for
           could
           they
           bring
           the
           Kingdome
           under
           subjection
           of
           the
           Pope
           ,
           as
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           dayes
           ,
           they
           would
           be
           in
           the
           way
           of
           being
           a
           Cardinall
           ,
           if
           not
           a
           Pope
           ,
           and
           if
           a
           man
           should
           aske
           them
           the
           reason
           of
           their
           conspiracie
           ,
           they
           will
           tell
           you
           they
           hope
           to
           see
           the
           King
           and
           Q.
           have
           the
           same
           priviledges
           &
           prerogatives
           as
           their
           predecessors
           before
           them
           ,
           a
           false
           suggestion
           of
           the
           divell
           ,
           it
           is
           rather
           to
           root
           out
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           and
           bring
           in
           popery
           ,
           and
           great
           reason
           they
           have
           to
           seeke
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           for
           these
           many
           yeares
           laid
           dormant
           ,
           and
           as
           I
           may
           compare
           them
           to
           a
           hive
           of
           Bees
           ,
           which
           if
           a
           man
           trouble
           they
           will
           fly
           about
           to
           sting
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           so
           with
           them
           ,
           the
           Parliament
           
           doth
           daily
           search
           out
           their
           habitations
           ,
           and
           fellows
           them
           so
           close
           too
           and
           fro
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           not
           a
           place
           to
           rest
           in
           ,
           but
           wander
           up
           and
           down
           like
           pilgrimes
           every where
           ,
           and
           now
           is
           their
           time
           of
           prey
           in
           seeking
           to
           set
           his
           Majestie
           and
           Kingdome
           at
           variance
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           motive
           which
           moves
           them
           to
           sow
           sedition
           amongst
           us
           ,
           for
           in
           Queen
           
             Maries
          
           days
           the
           government
           of
           the
           Kingdome
           was
           wholie
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           disarmed
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           made
           them
           uncapable
           of
           any
           Office
           or
           place
           of
           trust
           or
           profit
           to
           the
           great
           and
           extraordinary
           decay
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           their
           estates
           ,
           education
           and
           learning
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           said
           Queenes
           Reigne
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           were
           not
           allowed
           to
           have
           any
           armes
           or
           ammunition
           as
           papists
           ,
           but
           stood
           like
           dead
           men
           not
           able
           to
           def●nd
           themselves
           in
           such
           desperate
           dangers
           .
           But
           God
           whose
           usuall
           time
           is
           then
           to
           helpe
           ,
           when
           all
           other
           help
           and
           hope
           faileth
           ,
           releeved
           us
           with
           the
           safe
           comming
           of
           a
           vertuous
           Princesse
           Queene
           
             Elizabeth
          
           whose
           courage
           and
           valour
           the
           world
           adores
           ,
           whose
           vertue
           and
           piety
           her
           Subjects
           honoured
           and
           at
           her
           last
           dayes
           governed
           her
           people
           in
           a
           most
           happy
           and
           peaceable
           union
           one
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           impudency
           of
           the
           Papists
           &
           their
           religion
           is
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           ,
           yea
           their
           bold
           assertions
           and
           presumptuous
           hopes
           in
           matters
           of
           religion
           is
           unsufferable
           which
           I
           will
           not
           now
           run
           so
           farre
           out
           of
           the
           way
           as
           to
           relate
           it
           but
           in
           briefe
           thus
           .
        
         
           First
           they
           weare
           the
           picture
           of
           our
           Saviour
           about
           their
           necks
           ,
           and
           the
           measure
           of
           the
           wound
           of
           the
           side
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           (
           and
           say
           they
           )
           it
           hath
           such
           a
           vertue
           that
           no
           fire
           water
           ,
           knife
           or
           sword
           can
           destroy
           them
           ,
           nay
           the
           divell
           cannot
           hurt
           them
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           they
           carry
           this
           picture
           or
           measure
           of
           the
           wound
           about
           them
           ,
           it
           hath
           an
           especiall
           power
           against
           the
           divel
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           fly
           out
           of
           the
           bodies
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           whosoever
           carrieth
           this
           grain
           about
           him
           ,
           needes
           not
           to
           feare
           any
           evil
           &
           it
           hath
           a
           most
           powerful
           ver●ue
           against
           wilde
           fire
           (
           fit
           to
           be
           used
           in
           these
           times
           )
           against
           the
           tempest
           of
           the
           Sea
           ,
           and
           against
           all
           manner
           of
           infirmities
           incident
           to
           the
           soule
           and
           body
           of
           man
           ,
           and
           especially
           against
           the
           feaver
           ,
           pestilence
           ,
           the
           temptation
           of
           the
           divell
           ,
           and
           of
           heresies
           ,
           and
           they
           have
           the
           vertue
           of
           the
           
             Agnus
             Dei
             .
          
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Pope
           
             Adrian
          
           the
           3d
           did
           give
           such
           vertue
           unto
           this
           grain
           ,
           that
           when
           you
           shall
           say
           your
           Pater-Noster
           ,
           you
           shall
           redeem
           a
           soule
           out
           of
           purgatory
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           confesse
           and
           repent
           your
           fins
           on
           the
           Sunday
           ,
           you
           obtaine
           forgivenesse
           of
           all
           your
           unperformed
           oathes
           ,
           and
           if
           upon
           Wednesday
           ,
           Friday
           and
           Satterday
           ,
           that
           then
           you
           get
           remission
           of
           all
           your
           sins
           ,
           or
           the
           sins
           of
           any
           other
           you
           pray
           for
           .
           This
           graine
           yee
           see
           is
           good
           for
           all
           diseases
           ,
           preserves
           us
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           evill
           ,
           especially
           from
           the
           temptation
           of
           the
           Divell
           ,
           but
           yet
           not
           their
           feet
           from
           being
           so
           swift
           to
           shed
           innocent
           blood
           ,
           their
           hands
           from
           theft
           ,
           their
           tongues
           from
           lying
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           which
           are
           neer
           enough
           a
           kin
           to
           the
           Divell
           .
        
         
           Thus
           you
           may
           see
           this
           graine
           is
           the
           next
           dore
           to
           Hell
           ,
           absolves
           you
           from
           perjury
           ,
           and
           if
           you
           have
           any
           part
           or
           parcell
           of
           those
           graines
           about
           you
           ,
           you
           cannot
           miscary
           divers
           other
           wicked
           practises
           ,
           as
           whoring
           ,
           committing
           of
           rapes
           ,
           and
           such
           other
           laciviousnes
           ,
           wch
           I
           omit
           to
           relate
           ,
           being
           unfit
           for
           any
           chaste
           eare
           to
           be
           defiled
           with
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           their
           designs
           forsooth
           pretends
           under
           the
           cloak
           of
           holinesse
           and
           religion
           ,
           which
           God
           grant
           in
           his
           goodnesse
           to
           
           prosper
           all
           his
           Majesties
           and
           Parliaments
           designes
           ,
           for
           the
           reducing
           of
           this
           and
           other
           his
           Majesties
           Kingdomes
           to
           due
           obedience
           refining
           and
           enlarging
           of
           our
           Church
           and
           the
           returning
           to
           a
           more
           setled
           peace
           to
           this
           Kingdome
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           for
           which
           to
           him
           onely
           be
           raised
           a
           monument
           of
           everlasting
           prayse
           ,
           and
           thanksgiving
           from
           us
           and
           ours
           ,
           from
           one
           generation
           to
           another
           .
        
         
           The
           Iudge
           after
           his
           Confession
           asked
           what
           Papists
           house
           he
           most
           frequented
           in
           this
           Countie
           or
           other
           ,
           who
           answered
           and
           nominated
           about
           15.
           or
           16.
           
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 Gouge
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 Winter
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 Ford
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                
                 Wray
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Sir
                 .
                 
                   Saintleger
                   .
                
              
            
          
           The
           Iudge
           gave
           order
           for
           his
           repreeve
           till
           the
           next
           Goale
           delivery
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .