¶ The fearful example of God showed on a perjured Person, who at the Star Chamber receiving sentence in that case provided: disperately stabbed himself on Friday being the 14. of May. 1591.  
Whereunto should I liken this generation? Why whereunto should I liken this generation, but unto that generation in our saviours time upon the earth, whom he (the only wisdom) compareth unto Children playing in the streets, to whom their fellows cry, We have piped unto you, and you have not danced: we have mounrned unto you, and ye have not wept: yea to this generation, we may again say, as he to that: Woe be to thee hard hearted people, woe be to thee obdurate nation, for if the wonders had been shown in Tire and Sidon which have been shown in thee, they would long since have repent in Sackcloth and ashes. How many of our fellows, or rather fathers whom we ought to follow, have cheerfully sung forth the eternal rest of their souls, by the witness of their upright consciences, having lived christianly and left joyfully this Tabernacle: whose removing from us but few regard, veryfying the wiseman's words. The righteous dieth, and no man considereth in his heart it is too lamentable to remember. How many again have in their miserable examples mourned unto us? some perishing (bewitched through Popery) by treasons, poison of their own preparations, having (through the omnipotency of him that shadows his anointed) the edge of their own Swords turned to their own throats: others for barbarous murders and impious felonies: other through subbornations, forgeries, perjuries, brought to infamous, yet deserved reproaches: so that numberless is the number of these miserable mourners, whose example can nothing terrify this perverse age: The judgements of God before time hath been stretched largely out against the rabble of the wicked, and against perjury, he hath in all ages, and at this day shown deserved vengeance.  
For upon Friday being the 14. of May, in this case he afforded a manifest example at the Star Chamber, on a desperate perjured person, named john Pitcher, who being with his consort found guilty of perjury, was adjudged to lose his ears upon the Pillories at Westminster and London.  
For the circumstance, that the world may note their merit, it was thus: A prisoner arrested for a lawful debt, the action being two thousand marks, he was driven to produce especial bail, that is, two men of good account: this Pitcher and his companion, attired the one Gentleman like, the other Merchant like: being hired to bail the prisoner, turned their names and places of their dwelling: this Pitcher calling himself Master Downes, deposed that he was ten pounds in the Q. Books, and of good worship in his Country: the Gentleman indeed whose name he challenged, being well known to be of no less estate: hereby they bail the prisoner, defeat the Creditor, themselves being of no esteem: and leaving a copper Chain for one of gold, they embraced likewise the Devil for God: yet he that punisheth such dissemblers, brought forth these two counterfeits, who appearing before the right honourable the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Archbishop his grace of Caunterburye, the two Lord chief justices, and the rest of that Court, had sentence as is aforesaid: and commandment was given to the warden of the Fleet, forthwith to see the execution done: but as they were carrying from the Star Chamber, even hard at the door this desperate Pitcher drew out his knife, and giving himself two wounds in the breast, fell down: whereupon the Lord Chancellor and the rest graciously commanded his wounds should be searched, which he obstinate refused: therefore their honours appointed a divine to be sent him for his soul's comfort and that he should be forcibly held while his wounds were searched for his body's health. O defexiles charity, O honourable and christian pity.  
But behold the just judgement of God upon this party, the better to make his odious offence seen manifest & to be apparent to many other, he made his own consciente witness against him, that he was worthy of death, when with his own hands he attempted to strike the fatal strokes that might suddenly have shortened his own life: and this he chose rather to perform by the persuasion of his own conscience, then to sustain the shame which the Law hath justly awarded for so detestable an offence. And yet contrary to the expectation of himself or those that were eye witnesses of this fearful example, his wounds being afterward searched and dressed, were not found deadly but recoverable, so that he is now reasonably amended, and remaineth close prisoner in the Fleet with his other companion, until such time as it shall please her majesties most honourable Counsel to command execution according to their former judgements. Which is appointed to be done forth with.  
Now if this mournful act might move the rest of this generation, who sell the innocent for silver, and the righteous for a reward: converting justice into wormwood, and judgement into gall: happy were they that brought these evil ones to light, and happy this fearful example, for all Petyfoggers, Suborners, Knights of the Posts, and all the unclean kennel of unchristened perjurers, who by swearing and forswearing, bragging and out countenancing, abuse the justices, oppress their poor Clients, and for a little piece of Silver like judas, sin in betraying the innocent, sin in betraying of their own souls, sin in despairing of God's grace, or presuming of his goodness, or contemning his judgements: whose heart (O Lord) convert, or according to thy promise, tear them as a hungry Lion doth his pray: for they shame not to say, thou art like them because of thy Long suffering. Amen Lord jesus come quickly.  
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