A LETTER FROM EDENBROUGH, Giving an Account of the Behaviour of Three Notorious TRAITORS, Who were there Executed, March, 11. 1681. ALSO The last SPEECH OF WILLIAM GOGAR, [The most Notorious Traitor] at the place of Execution. SIR, I Cannot omit to give you a short Account of the Trial and Execution of Three Notorious Traitors, which were Hanged in this City Yesterday. At their Trials, They Confessed confidently all that was laid to their Charge, and maintained all their Actions and Proceed to be Just; As their being Personally in the late Rebellion, and in the Bond of Combination, which always obliges them to be Faithful to one another, and all those that take their Parts; To mantain the Covenant, and Establish the True Presbyterian Church; That it was Lawful to Kill the King, and all such as should take his Part, for Breaking the Covenant, and as Enemies to Christ and the People of God; And that the Excommunicating the KING was Just, etc. At the Gallows there was a Pardon offered, if they would Repent, and ask Forgiveness; But they refused all Grace there, as at their Trials; all answered, That they would not receive a Pardon from such Murderers, [meaning the King and ●is Council here;] Another said, He owned the King as the King owned the Covenant. In fine, They Died Obstinate and Impenitent, expressing Great Zeal for their Cause, but no Charity; For they neither asked God nor Man Forgiveness, nor Forgave any. This Enclosed is the Exact Speech of one of them. No more, but all True Service, from, Sir, Edenb●●●●●●ogh March ●●▪ 168●. Your Humble Servant, T. D. The Last SPEECH and Testimony og WILLIAM GOGAR, One of the Three Desperate and Incorrigible Traitors, Executed at the Grass-market in EDENBROUGH, the 11 th'. Day of March, 1681. For Disowning His Sacred Majesty's Authority, and Owning and Adhering to the Bloody and Murdering Principles contained in that Execrable Declaration at Sanquar, Cargil's Traitorous Covenant, and Sacrilegious Excommunicating of the KING, by that Arch-traitor Cargil, and avowing of themselves to be bound in Conscience, and by their Covenant, to Murder the KING, and all that serve under Him; being Armed [the time they were apprehended] for that purpose. MEN and Brethren; These are to show, that I am come here this Day to lay down my Life for owning Christ, and his Truths; And insomuch as We are Calumniated and Reproached by Lying Names, and Dreadful Upbraiding of Us; with saying, That We are not led by the Scriptures; And say, We have taken other Rules to walk by, etc. I take the Great God to be Witness against all and every one of them, That I take the Word of God to be my Rule, and I never Designed any thing but Honesty and Faithfulness to Christ: And for owning of Christ and the Scriptures, this Day I am Murdered; for adhering to the Born-down-truth I am Condemned to Die; And I also bear my Testimony, and bear Witness against all the Apostate Ministers this Day that have taken Favour at the Enemy's Hands. The only thing they take away my Life for, is, Because I disowned all those Bloody Traitors not to be Magistrates, which the Word of God casts off, and We are bound in Conscience & Covenant to disown all such as are Enemies to God, and which they are avowed and open Enemies to Christ; And they have made void my Word said the Lord: Say what you will Devils, say Wretches, say Enemies, say what you will, We are owning the Truth of Christ, and his written Word; And condemn me in my Judgement who will, I leave my Blood on One and All that says we are not led by the Scriptures: I leave my Blood upon You again to be a Witness against You, and a Condemnation in the Great Day of Judgement. I have no more to say, I think this may mitigate all your Rage, etc. I leave his Enemies to his Curse, to be Punished unto everlasting Wrath, for now and ever, Amen. Sic Subscribitur, WIL GOGAR.