The Humble PETITION OF JAMES HIND (Close Prisoner in Newgate) To the Right Honourable the Council of State; And their proceed thereupon.  
TOGETHER With the Speech and Confession of the Bishop of CLONWEL at the place of Execution at Limmerick in Ireland, on the 9 of this instant November, 1651.  
AS ALSO, His Prayer immediately before he was turned off the Ladder; And his Declaration to the People, concerning the King of Scots; and the Grounds of his Engagement against the PARLIAMENT.  
Likewise, the manner of the Deportment of General Oneal, and 29 Colonels and other Officers, who were all hanged at the same time. Novemb. 21.  
London, Printed for G. HORTON, 1651.   

The humble Petition of James Hind, to the Right Honourable the Council of State; and their proceed thereupon.  
SHOWETHS,  
THat whereas your Petitioner (close Prisoner in Newgate) is unfeignedly sorrowful for all his late miscarriages, whether testified against him, or acknowledged by him; and that upon earnest seeking of God, and enquiring into his Will, your Petitioner is convinced of his former misdemeanours and actings; but yet remaineth under the heavy Yoke of Irons and Bondage:  
May it therefore please this Honourable Council to take these premises into your gracious consideration; and to vouchsafe your Christian favour and clemency to your poor Supplicant, for the setting of him free from this intolerable Iron Yoke; for the granting of his friend's access unto him; and for the reducing of him from the bare boards, to a more Christianlike Condition.  
And your Petitioner shall ever pray, etc.  
〈…〉 premises being taken into consideration, it was or●●●●● 〈◊〉 he should have a bed; which was the final result.  
By Letters from Ireland it is certified, that upon the surrender of the strong Town of Limrick in Ireland, the Bishop of Clonwel, Gen. Oneal, Col. Fitzpatrick, Col. Hugh Brian, and 27. more Colonels, Lieut. Colonels, and Majors, were delieved up to the Lord Deputy Ireton, on terms of mercy; who upon the 8. of this instant Novemb. called a Council of Officers, and after some time spent in debate upon matter of life, it was resolved that justice should seize 〈◊〉 them; and accordingly gave sentence, That the said Bishop Oneal, and the rest, should be executed on the day following; and that a Gallows should be set up in the Marketplace, which was accordingly done; and on the 9 instant the Bishop, Oneal, and the rest, were all brought to the place of Execution, being guarded by 6. Troops of Horse, and one Regiment of Foot: When they were brought to the said place, the Bishop was the first that tasted of the Cup; and coming to the foot of the Ladder, he kissed it, saying,  

Good people,  
THis is a very uncomfortable place, for me to deliver myself unto you; but I beseech you pardon my failings, and the rather, by reason of the sad occasion that hath brought me hither: Indeed, I have been long in my race, and how I have looked unto Jesus the Author and finisher of my faith, is best known to him; I am now come to the end of my race, which I find to be a death of shame, but the shame must be despised, or there is no coming to the right hand of God; Jesus despised the shame for me upon the Cross, and God forbidden but I should despise the shame for him upon the Gallows; I am going apace, as you see, towards the Red Sea, and my feet are upon the very brinks of it, an Argument I hope that God is bringing me to the Land of promise, for that was the way by which of old he led his people.  
But before they came to the Sea, he instituted a pass over for them, a Lamb it was, but it was to be eaten with very sour Herbs, as in the 12. of Exodus. I shall obey and labour to digest the sour Herbs, as well as the Lamb, and I shall remember, that it is the Lords passover, I shall not think of the Herbs, nor be angry with the hands that gathered them, but look up only to him who instituted the one, and governeth the other: For Men can have no more power over me, then that which is given them from above; and although I am denied mercy here on earth, yet I doubt not but to receive it in Heaven, I am not in love with this passage through the Red Sea, for I have the weakness and infirmity of flesh and blood in me, and I have prayed as my Saviour taught me, and exampled me;  transiret calix ista, That this Cup might pass away from me; but since it is not, that my will may, his will be done; and I shall most willingly drink of it as deep as he pleases, and enter into this Sea, I and I pass through it, in the way that he shall be pleased to lead me. And yet (good people) it would be remembrad, That when the Servants of God, old Israel, were in this boisterous Sea, and Aaron with them, the Egyptians which persecuted them, and did in a manner drive them into that Sea, were drowned in the same waters while they were in pursuit of them: I know my God whom I serve, is as able to deliver me from this Sea of blood, as he was to deliver the 3. Children from the furnace. Dan. 3. And I most humbly thank my Saviour for it. My Resolution is now, as theirs was then; their Resolution was, they would not change their principles, nor worship the Image which the King had set up; nor shall I the imaginations which the people are setting up; neither will I forsake the Temple and Truth of God, to follow the bleating of Jeroboams Calves in Dan and in Bethel.  
And I pray God bless all this people, and open their eyes, that they may see the right way; for if it fall out that the blind lead the blind, doubtless they will fall both into the ditch: For myself, I am, (and Lacknowledge it in all humility) a most grievous sinner, and therefore I cannot doubt but that God hath mercy in store for me a poor penitent, as well as for other sinners; I have upon this sad occasion ransacked every corner of my heart, & yet I thank God I have not found any of my sins that are there, any sins now deserving death by any known Law. And I thank God, though the wait of the sentence lie very hard upon me, yet I am as quiet within, (I thank Christ for it) as I ever was in my life. I shall hasten to go out of this miserable life, for I am not willing to be tedious; and I beseech you, as many as are within hearing, observe me, I was born and baptised in the bosom of the Church of Rome, (the ancient and true Church) and in that Profession I have ever since lived, and in the same I now die. As touching my Engagement in Arms, I did it in two respects, First, for the preservation of my principles and Tenants. And secondly, for the establishing of the King, and the rest of the Royal issue, in their just Rights and Privileges. I will not enlarge myself any further, I have done, I forgive all the world, all and every of these bitter Enemies, or others whatsoever they have been, which have any ways prosecuted me in this kind; I humbly desire to be forgiven first of God, and then of every man, whether I have offended him or no; if he do but conceive that I have: Lord do thou forgive me, and I beg forgiuness of him, and so I hearty desire you to join with me in prayer.  

The Bishop of Clonwels' Prayer immediately before he was turned off the Ladder.  
O Eternal God, and merciful Father, look down upon me in mercy, in the riches and fullness of all my mercies look down upon me; but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ. Look upon me, but not till thou hast bathed me in the blood of Christ; not till I have hid myself in the wounds of Christ, that so the punishment that is due to my sins, may pass away and go over me; and since thou art pleased to buy me to the uttermost, I heartily beseech thee give me now in this great instant full patience proportionable comfort, a heart ready to die for thine honour, the King's happiness, and the Church's preservation; and my zeal to these (far from arrogancy be it spoken) is all the sin (humane frailty excepted, and all incidents thereunto) which is yet known of me in this particular for which I now come to suffer: I say in this particular of Treason; but otherwise my sins are many and great, Lord pardon them all, and those especially whatsoever they be, which have drawn down this present judgement upon me; and when thou hast given me strength to bear it, then do with me as seems best in thine own eyes, and carry me through death, that I may look upon it in what visage soever it shall appear to me. O Lord, I beseech thee, give grace of repentance to all people that have a thirst for blood; but if they will not repent, then scatter their devices so, and such as are, or shall be contrary to the glory of thy great name: the truth and sincerity of the ancient Catholic Religion, the establishing of the Royal Posterity in their just Rights and Liberties, the preservation of this poor Church in her truth, peace, and patrimony, and the settlement of this distracted and distressed people under their ancient Laws, and in their Native Liberties: And when thou hast done this in mere mercy for them, O Lord fill their hearts with thankfulness, and with religious dutiful obedience to thee and thy Commandments all their days. So Amen Lord Jesus; And I beseech thee receive my sold to mercy.    
When he had finished his Prayer, he took his leave of some friends there present, saying, God's blessing and his mercy be upon you all; and so went up to the Ladder, where he again prayed as followeth.  
LOrd I am coming as fast as I can, I know I must pass through the shadow of death before I can come to see thee; but it is but umbra mortis, a mere shadow of death, a little darkness upon nature; but thou by the merits and passion hast broke the jaws of death; so Lord receive my soul, and have mercy upon me.  
No sooner had he uttered these expressions, but immediately he was turned off the Ladder. And after him, Gen: Oneal was the next in order, who died very penitently; and so did all the rest, who at the very hour of death, declared themselves to be professed Enemies to the Church of England.  
FINIS.