The Bloody Court; OR, The Fatal Tribunal:  
BEING A brief History, and true Narrative, of the strange Designs, wicked Plots, and Bloody Conspiracies, carried on by the most sordid'st, vile, and Usurping Tyrants, in these late Years of Oppressions, Tyranny, Martyrdom, and Persecutions: DISCOVERING,  
I. The Poisonous Asps, King-killing Basilisks, weeping Hypocrites, and devouring Caterpillars, who in their Damnable Treasons have far surpassed the Powderconspiracy, secretly contriving, but openly acting the Murder of our late Gracious King Charles, the ruin of all the Royal Issue, the everthrow of all our Laws, the blowing up of all Parliaments, the subverting of the whole State of Government; and the setting up of a consused Babel, watered with the blood of the KING and His People.  
II. An Exact Description of these hardhearted Belshazzars, infamous Impostors, Luciferian Brats, wicked Schismatics, cruel Hypocrites, desperate Usurpers, Damnable Bloodsuckers, both of King and Nobles, who with Iron Hands, and Adamantine Hearts, would also have pulled our present Lord and Sovereign out of the Arms and Embraces of His Loyal and Liege Subjects.  
III. The Bloody Tragedy of all Tragedies, against King, Lords, and Commons: the several Scenes, presenting their most horrid Villainies; and the most barbarous and Tyrannical Massacre that was ever heard of since the World began, cons … ted amongst the Grandees of the Independent Swordmen, against the chief Royalists and Presbyterians, both Nobles, Gentry, and Citizens; with the manner how it was prevented; and the exposing of these B … ff-Grandees, and in's … ing proud Officers, to their Needles, Hammers, Lasts, Slings, Carts, and Flails; and all true Subjects to enjoy their Rights.  
Printed for G. Horton; And published by a Rural Pen, for general satisfaction.   

The Bloody Court; OR, The Fatal Tribunal.  
THe Crown of England was the ancientest Christian Crown in the World and that which had those two famous Pillars, Religion and Law, the purest and best in the world to underprop it, which made it so Renowned: But our late Usurping Tyrant, and his King-killing Basilisks, holding a Confedaracy with the Popish Faction, endeavoured a supplanting of the Magistracy and Ministry, the Laws of the Land; and the Religion of the Church of England, had not the Honest Royalist, and Sober-minded Presbyter proved a strong Defence and Fortress against that Bloodsucking and jesuitical Faction's, who lay so occultly at the Helm of Government, and pretended (so cunningly) to act all for the Protestant Religion: yet under the Vizard of Hypocrisy and Rebellion, they pretend a Reformation▪ but through a Sea of innocent Blood, as we shall plainly describe in the following Historical discourse, with is their setting up a High Court of Injustice, and a pretended Council of State, to be two during High-Courts: The one, for the ordering the great affairs of the Kingdom; the other to judge and determine matters Criminal. Here old England became visibly in its Government a new Spain: And it's worthy of observation to note, That Corne● Joyce, having with a party of soldiers (by Order from Cromwell) seized on the King's person at Newport in the Isle of Wight, by breaking open the door in the night when the King was in Bed, and taking him thence, and bringing him over the water to Hurst Castle, Colonel Harrison was by Cromwell sent with a strong party of horse to guard the King, from thence to Windsor. And immediately the … their bloody Court was erected: and the Trial of Our gracious Sovereign proclaimed: which terrible Echo, resounded with so much horror and detestation▪ in the ears of all Loyal hearts that they abhorred the very thoughts of so monstrous and barbarous an Act. And notwithstanding, all Remoras being removed (wh … right under the proceeding of the Popish F … in the … tting in 〈…〉 that ever was committed upon the face of the Earth, since the … ring of our blessed Lord and 〈◊〉) to work they go, having the King in their clutches again he being the only Protestant King in the World; this good King had neither Wife nor Children admitted to come near him, nor Friend, nor Chaplain, nor Servant of his own, wherein he could take the least comfort, either in discourse, or in beholding their countenances: He had no body to speak his mind unto, no body to sympathise with him, or so much as to bestow a sight upon him, in his solitary and disconsolate condition, but like another David, when his Wife and Children were gone, and he had no House to put his head in; Then did those about him speak it openly, That they would put Him to Death, and that not in a passion, but soberly, as if it were a pious meritorious work, to kill the only pious Protestant King in the World.  
The good King through his great sufferings and unheard of afflictions both of body and mind, wherewith God was pleased to exercise him, became a pattern of patience, and will be so to all posterity; For under all those reproaches which he heard with his Ears, and read with his Eyes, against his Crown, Dignity, Person, Name, and Posterity; notwithstanding the violence offered to him in the midst of the Night, in breaking into his Chamber, and taking him out of his Bed, carrying him partly by Land and partly by Sea to Hurst Castle, from thence to Windsor, from Windsor to St. James; in all which he was not heard so much as to speak evil of his Adversaries, or to use a bitter word, or demean himself impatiently; but as a Lamb leaving to the slaughter, so meek was he in those merciless Butcher's hand. At St. James he was kept until the Scaffold were erected in Westminster-hall, where it was reported that not only the Officers cast foul reproaches of Tyranny and Murder into his face, daily and hourly, but oft times the Common-souldiers by blowing of Tobacco (which he could not endure) by beating of Drums at unseasonable hours close by him, did extremely abuse him; besides there most uncivil words to his very face, yet was he patiented under all, being abused and reviled, he reviled not again. At last Colonel Tomlinson was the King's Gaoler, whose high commendations above all other men in the Army, was this; That he dealt civility with the King.  
On January the 20th. 1648. The pretended High Court of justice sat, a certain man called Bradshaw, a Counsellor at Law, who being a man of a fluent Tongue, and bold, and it seems always a bitter man against the ●ing, was found out, and by promises of great preferment and of ●●●matteas, was easily persuaded to be the man to act the part of a judge, or rather of a God, and take upon him to judge and Condemn the Protestant King: This Fellow they made a Scarlet Ga●on for him, that he might look like some body above his Fellows; they gave him also a strange name, they Died him in Red, and dipped him by the name of my Lord Precedent! yet he had his name before he had his Red coat, for it seems they were in such ha●● to dispatch this pions' king, who stood in the way to hinder their designs, that the business was come to the last day, ere the Tailor, as I take it, had done that garment, which made him the Scarlet coloured Beast (he was full of Blasphemy before) this Blasphemous Beast was made the judge, and one Cook, a Fellow that had formerly ●ed out of the Kingdom, whether his knavery, or Poverty, or both drove him, I cannot tell, but one or both I am sure: This Fellow (as I am informed by a Gentleman of worth) was forced beyond Sea to beg for his Food; being an Englishman, and having Latin enough to beg his living by, he resorted to the Colleges of English Jesuits, where like Perfius' Parot, his Belly taught his Tongue his Fluency. I mention this only, what interest the Jesuits had in this fellow by pre engagements: This Fellow, when he asked for Bread, they gave him Scorpious doubtless, which made the Popish Faction choose him above all others, to be a Solicitor General to manage a Charge of Treason against a Protestant King in his own Dominions: Be confident, a true Protestant dares not be so base a Traitor, nor any, but an Apostate Englishman, be so base a scandal to his Nation, but they were hall fellow well met at this Court; here might a man have beheld the ivice of that Toad Mariana, swelling up each Villain in the Court to spit Venom in the sootiess Face of his Royal Majesty.  
My intention in this short Discourse is not to each women's Affections, but to inform man's judgements, otherwise it were very easy, I think to make the seniest heart to spring a flood of Tears, or split in shivers, to read this Tragedy.  
Turns Nature's order upside down, transform how you can to make a prodigy, it cannot he so horrid, or so dismal a spectacle, as here I could not present the Reader.  
Can you see a company of ugly filthy Goal-birds, with their Fer●ors on, rise up, lay hands upon the innocent judge: and clap their Fetters on his Legs, place him at their Bar, call him the Male●●or, and pass the Sentence of Death upon him? Can you see this judge which patience submit to the ugly and unjust Sentence of thefs Bloody Rogues, and meekly suffer himself to be led to the place of Execution, and there have his innocent Head s●bered from his Shoulders? Yet there is ten times a more horrid sight to be seen in this, then that can be: But I must pass it over, lest when I get into it, I know not how to get out, only take these sew touches, which is well worthy of observation.  
There was never so much Majesty and meekness seen together in any man that was but a mere man, ●●ue● the World was made that we can r●●d or ho●r of, as was in this Ki●●; this cause much the more, by how much be i●●u●ed his Enemy's reproaches, which were mo●● bitter and cruel: He had so much Majesty at his first appearing at the Court before them, that he made his Iudge● tremble at his apocarpous, and so much méekness in his replies to their reproaches, that it then thawed the frozen Bawels of those rigid Clowns his judges, to a kind of inward re●●nctancy; ask some of their Consciences whether this is not true? they do confess it.  
It should seem some of them had been enquiring of Lily the Sorcerer whither they should take away his life, to whom he rep●●ed. That if the Head of his Staff fell off, His Head would fa●l off also: And the ●●ry first day the King was brought before them, they h●d Bemi●ched the Head of his staff to fall off, which made them that were his judges, confident of success in their Treason.  
They drew a formal Charge against the King, wherein they charged him as a Tyrant, a Traitor, a Murderer, and a Public Enemy to the Commonwealth: After the Charge was read, Bradshaw desired him that he would answer to his Charge.  
The King with an amiable grave countenance beholding his Enemies, and joining with it such meek language▪ so full of deep and solid Reason, made his Enemies admire and applaud him, and his friends to weep bitterly for him. The King would not (because in Conscience he could not) acknowledge their Authority; if he had, he had betrayed the Liberties of his People; For if the King should have granted (which was the only thing they desired) the legality of their Court; what Subject durst have denied it? Therefore the King said (and that truly) he stood for his People's & Liberties, and the Peace of his Country, not allowing to have his Subjects cut off illegally.  
It was admirable to see this Heroic Prince bear up indauntedly under all thoso discouragements with which he was oppressed: He had at his Right hand Cook calling for justice against the Traitor, the Murderer, the Tyrant, and the Public Euemy of the Kingdom; on the Right hand and on the left, at least ●●●enty Halbertéers; directly before him Bradshaw s●●●●ily and p●rt ●●●ptuosly interrogating, revi●ling, and sla●●e●ing of 〈◊〉; behind 〈◊〉, in Westminster-hall, there were thousands of Soldiers, who when the King turned his face, and looked down on them, they cried out aloud (being taught before hand what to say) Justice, Justice, Justice.  
The King has brought Four rhymes to his public Trial before these Bloody-minded-men, and still benied their Authority, and proved it (as well he might) to be no legal Authority, whereupon the two next days they sat not publicly, but privately in the Painted Chamber, where they were drawing up the Sentence to Murder the most spotless and innocent King.  
I should have mentioned in due place, that when the Commons had Voted the High Court of justice to sit, they adjourned themselves until their time of sitting was out; and also how Cromwell a little before they took this Traitorous Enterprise in hand, called for a Fast, to seek God in a business of so great concernment: This Fast the House kept, and the Soldiers at Whitehall. At the same time did the Presbyterian Ministers Fast and Pray to prevent the mischiefs that Cromwell was acting against the Church and State, the Magistracy, and the Ministry of England. After Cromwell had done Fasting, they presently procée ded to the Trial of the King; He and Ireton who had promised the King to establish him, and they were the veriest Knaves and. Villains that ever-lived (They said) if they did not perform every tittle that they promised him; these two errand Knaven and Villains (from their own mouths I judge them so were there in my sight at the Court of justice to take away his life.  
The Citizens of London and the Presbiterian Ministers (for mond ●lse birred to save the King's life) hearing that they were sitting in the Painted Chamber, to draw up the Sentence of Death against the King, went boldly to General Fairfax and acquainted him with the sin, and the dangerous consequence of such a horrid Murder: The General was fully convinced of it, and thereupon resolved to call a General Rendezvous, and in the head of the Army to Declare against it; in the mean while he resolved to pot to the High Court of justice, and stop all their Proceed against the King.  
Therefore he sought for his Lieutenant General Cromwell, and ●●ding him, told him, he was much troubled and unsatisfied in his mind about the proceed of the ●ich Court of justice against the ●●ng and therefore came on purpose to ve●●●e t●●● to precede no further until the House ●●tiand sat again: Crom●el told his General, That he also had the same trouble upon his spirit concerning the saving of the King's life, they were now about his lift, he did confess, and what to do he knew not; only 〈◊〉 said, he saw God answeting their prayers, and going before their ●●●e●ts: They had sought God by Fading, and those of ●c●nt●●● opinion had sought God by Fasting, but God seemen to cross their prayers, and they seemed (meaning the Presbiterians, to him to he in the dark, and deserted. Let us therefore (said he) as we have seen the Providence of God, answering our prayers hitherto when we have sought him so let us before we pro●●●● any further in such a weighty business, go first to God in prayer, and wait; ●●rth●●s God may be seen in his Providence whilst we are at prayer: the General was content to use all pious means: Hereupon Cromwell stops the General from prohibiting the Court of justice, to proceed any 〈◊〉 against the King until prayer was done in the mean time Cromwell privately sends Ireton from Whitehall to the Painted Ch●●●● (to them there drawing up the Sentence) to ●●nish it, Seal it, and ●●●thwith disperse themselves: whilst Ireton goes, Cromwell keeps the General at prayer, and holds him there 〈◊〉 than upon his knows) almost two hours, till Ireton returned again and th●● Cromwell (who prayed all that while) drew to a conclusion; Cromwell pretending now in all haste to go to the Court of justice, to stop proceed against the King, was told by Ireton in the General's hearing, that they had signed the Sentence against the King, and were then, even then newly broke up, and gone to their several homes, Cromwell pretended that this was immediate Providence, and an eminent and gracious return of prayer and we ought not in any wise (said he) but to admire and be silent, and wait upon the Providence of God, and see what the issue will be, for certain it must be glorious when it comes in the Arms of prayer. With such and such Saint ●●●e ●ror●ssions, did by cousin the honest General, and made him return, frustrate of his purpose, under pretence of using holy means to attain his own purpose.  
Cromwell by this Religion's cheat haring put the business past recalling, pretended to those Ladies and Gentlewomen that solicited him about the preservation of 〈◊〉 King's life, That none was s● desirous to save the King as he, and therefore gave out, that the worst they should 〈◊〉 to him, was only to bring him on the Scaffold to ●er●●●● him, that he might yield to those things that wer● for the good of the Kingdomed Thus the Officers of the Army had leave to tell their Soldiers▪ and ●hen thought no otherwise, as they solemaly vowed and swore afterwards.  
But to the H●●ory in order as it lieth: January the 27th. being Saturday, the H●●h Court of justice (as ●●e called themselves) met, and now Bradshaw had got on his Red●coat, and 〈◊〉 he comes, attended with 67 of is party that sat with him: a hangest whom were (those two Sons of Perdition) Cromwell and Ireton. The King came from Sir Robert Cotton 's house G●●rded with Soldiers, and the Mace before him; when he came into the Court and turned himself about, looks down the Hall, and every way about him; the Soldiers (who were now taught a new Lesson) cried out, Execution, Execution, in the King's Ears; to astonish him with the horrid thoughts of sadden death.  
The King perceiving by the Red Gown on bradshaw's back, and by the cry of the Soldiers, that they intended that day to pass their Sentence of Death on him, desired to be heard; and the rather, because it did conduce exceeding much to the good of the Kingdom, for the peace of it and the good of the People in it; which he protested he aime● at more than his own particular good: Therefore he desired to be heard (before they passed Sentence on him) before the Lords and Commons in the Painted Chamber: there he had▪ something to say to them which ●ap●y concerned both and that which would be worth the hearing it not, he gave them leave to be the judges, and lay the blame on him: However such a delay (he said) could not be prejudicial to them and this demand he thought, being it so much concerned the welfare of the Kingdom, and the life of a King it might easily be granted him▪ but it they refused to grant him this reasonable request, he would protest against them as men that were not real for the Liberty of the Subject and Peace of the Kingdom.  
The Court withdrew for half an hour▪ and then returned again with this Answer to the King. That they had been too long delayed by him already, and therefore notwithstanding all the proffers of Peace to the Kingdom, and Liberty to the Subject, they were resolved to proceed to Sentence and Judgement.  
The King professed it was the Kingdom's welfare and peace, more e●en his own life, that he look 〈◊〉 at chasfly; and a delay of a day or two ●●●th●r night give Peace to the Kingdom whereas an hast● I idgement way bring that trouble to the Kingdom, which the Child anbo●a ●●ay repent it; And therefore (said the King) I do again out of their duty 〈◊〉 o●● to God and my Country, desire that I may be heard by the Lords and Commons in the Painted Chamber; to this Bradshaw the Precedent replied, This was but that he had said before, and therefore the Court desired to hear what he would say before they did proceed to ●entence; this I say (said the King) that if you will hear me, I do not doubt to give satisfaction to you, and to my People, and therefore 〈◊〉 do ●e q●●re you (as you will ad●●●er it at the Dreadful day of judgement) that you will consider it once again.  
The Lord only knows what th● King had to say to them, but it was doubtable something of great importance, and that which lay within his Breast, which he would f●●● h●●ve r●ve●led before he died; but these unreasonable any Bloody-minded men, whose only design was to drink his innocent Blood, would not hear him, but after they ha● expro●●hed him, called him the greatest of Tyrants, and used many Blasphemens' Speeched against him, caused a Bold Fellow to stand us and read a Sentence, which was to sever the Royal Head of Charles Stewart, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, from his Body: After it was read, said Bradshaw (standing up) this is the Sentence and judgement of the whole Court, at which the Court stood up: Cromwell and Ireton rising up, the two foremost and readiest in the Court, though they knew themselves the very hinderers of the setiing the peace of the Kingdom, and the chief causers of the King's ruin, in dissuading him from Treating with the Commissioners of shoth Kingdoms.  
The King after Sentence stood up vo speak, but Bradshaw told him that after the Sentence he might not speak, neither w●u'd he hear him, but gave command to the Go●rd to withdraw the Passoner: The King said that he might speak after Sentence and then he would have spoke, but the ●a●rd opened the B●r where they put the King, and Bradshaw rese to departed, so that they slighted the King's words: Whereupon the King turning himself to come forth, said, If I your King an●●ot suffered to speak for myself, what Justice can my People expect to have?  
These were the last words the King spoke in Westminster-hall, as the King passed from the C urt through the Soldiers, the Soldiers with a loud shout tried, Execution, Execution, and with such fierceness, that I which steed neat the King, tren●bled with fear, lest they would have Murdered him in the H●ll, but it seems it was but to fright him, and distemper his well-composed Spirit: This was the hurry of all about him immediately after the Sentence: Is the King condemned? What? Is he now going to his Execution? Is it to night or the morrow morning? Thus they tried in his Ears on purpose to am … him, some they say, reviled, and mocked him, and others with indignation spit upon him, yet was he not disturbed in his Soul so much as to tread one foot awry, or to show the least discontent in his Majestic and Royal countenance.  
He was carried from Sir Robert Cottons to St. James, where he had the liberty of his Chaplain allowed him, who spent that last Sabbath of his on Earth with much comfort and joy together, all that Holy day he spent in Holy Meditations, as Hearing, Reading, and Praying, and trimming up his Celestial Spouse (his Soul) for her Celestial Bridegroom▪ which he every hour looked for.  
The Lord's Day being done, he spent the most part of the long night in Devout Prayer, never putting of his : a worthy Lady told me, that a Soldier which Giarded him, by stealth, heard the King alone at Prayer, who prayed so sweetly, so fervently, and so charitably, that he thought if ever any King had communion with God on Earth, it was he, he did confess his sin and his Families and People's in with much debasedness of Spirit, and prayed hearty for Remission, and for those his Persecutors pardon and for establishing of the true Protestant Religion: After this manner spent he the night.  
The next morning being very desirous to see his Children that were in England, with much ado they were permitted to go to visit their imprisoned and condemned Father.  
At this time they 〈…〉 through the Kingdom in a Pamphlet, that the Presbyterian Ministers such as Mr. Calamy, Mr. Case, Mr. Love, Mr. Jenkins, etc. that they were content to have the King Tried, condemned, and Deposed; but not Beheaded: 〈◊〉 I suppose, that same malicious knaves or ignorant fools brought 〈◊〉 his for 〈◊〉 saying, That the Presbyterians brought his Neck to the Block, and the Independents cut it off; but the 〈…〉 did that 〈…〉 themselves, and 〈◊〉 Hugh Peters' Sermon of binding Kings in chains and Nobles in Fetters of Iron, and 〈…〉 the Imiprisoning. Trying, 〈◊〉, and going about to Behead the King.  
The Lady Elizabeth and the Duke of G●ocester being come to weep in their condemned Royal Father's B●some, the King with pleasant countenance and voice blessed them, and 〈…〉 speaking thus to the Lady Elizabeth.  
SWeet heart, I am glad you are come; for though I have not time to say m●e● to you, yet I have that to say to you which I have not to say, or leave in writing with another for you; for su●● is their cruelty toward me, that they will not permit me to write to you, nor any of my children. The King s●●ing the sorrowful young L●dy weep most ●it●er●y ●nd torment her s●lf wit● grief he out of pity to her▪ sa●●: I pray thee do n●t grieve nor torment thyself for me, for though I shall be put to Death to morrow, yet the Death that I shall die will be a Glorio is Death; for I die for the Laws of my Kingdom and the Liberty; of my People, and the maintenance of the true Protestant Religion, in which I would have you well grounded, and therefore admonish you to read Bishop Andrews Sermons, hooker's Ecclesiastical Policy, and Bishop Lands book against Fisher, which will ground you against Popery.  
I have this day forgiven all mine Enemies, and I hope God will forgive them, and I do command you, and all the rest of your Brothers and Sisters to forgive them; and tell my dear Wife your Mother, that my thoughts have never strayed from her, but she hath always been next my heart, and my love shall be the same to her to my last minute: I charge you and your Brother to be obedient to her, and be sure to love your Brothers and Sisters, to whom I would have you send my Blessing, with commendation to all my Friends: And my dear Daughter, God Almighty preserve thee from all my Enemies, whom I charge you to forgive, but never to trust them; for they have been most false to me, and false to the Parliament that entrusted them, and I ●ear to their own Souls; and now thou art parting with thy Father (my dear Daughter) do not go away grieving from me, for though I die, I shall die a Martyr, and I doubt not, but the Lord will settle my Son in my Throne, for which I am this day thrown, and and you my children will be more happy, than you could expected to have been if I had lived: All this and much more he said to the Lady Elizabeth, instructing the young Duke his Son, to learn betimes to serve and fear the Lord, and he would provide for him: It would have drawn water out of a Rocke-heart, to have seen the sad parting of this Solitary, Condemned, Imprisoned King, and his dear Children.  
The poor Lady went away weeping, not only Tears, but Blood, and Blood in great abundance, so that the Physicians concluded, that she would bleed to Death.  
The King sadly parting with his beloved Children (for they parted never to fee each other more). he forth with betook himself to private o●●●es, knowing the time of his departing out of this World drew on apace, not having many hours more to live; this night also he spent its trimming up his Lamp for to meet his Bridegroom, who was near at hand, not putting off his  all night; he altogether neglected his body for the good of his precious soul.  
The next morning, as if the day of judgement had been co●ue, they awaked him with a Trumpet, not to tell him the Resurrection was come, but to raise him up to go to his Grave this sound was to him the less terrible, by how much the less it was unerepected, for he was quickly ready: This was on Tuesday the 30th. of January 1648.  
About Ten of the C●ock, with a party of 500 S●u●diers before the King, add a party of 500 behind him, and about 30 Partisans on each side him, he was Guarded through St. James Park to Whitehall, Dr▪ Juxon being allowed to go along with him as his Chaplain.  
The King had prepared himself for the Sacrament, resolving to eat a spiritual Brookfall before he took his long jeuruey to the spiricual Jerusalem.  
Dr. Juxon at the Sacrament following the Protestant Liturcy of England, t●●o the Lessons appointed for that day, the second Lessen b●ing Matth. 27. Providence so ordeving it that Christ would not only give himself slain (to this Royal Martyr of his) in the Sacrament for his support in his sufferings but lay before his eyes the pattern of his ●wer safferings for him to follow.  
The King asked, whether that were the Lesson appointed for the day, the Bishe●● told him it was, where the King exceedingly refo●ced, as seeing the glorious hand of his Saviour speaking as it were from Heaven to him, and resolving that doubt which he had in him, whether he had bess refuse to submit to the punishment as he did not submit to the guilt, he there prieci●ing how his innocent Saviour submitted to the punishment, who had no guile faund in him, reserved (being a sinner) to submit willingly to the Hand of God, and to lay down his life without sturg●ing, as his blessed Lord and Saviour had left him a patter●: With much devotion, ●oy, and spiritual li●eliness, he was observed to receive the Sacrament, after which there was a sudden messags same unto him, as it on purpose to disturb him, that he man speedily parpace himself for the Glass was turned and he had but that hour near to live, which message, was as an Arrow that through the heart of the Bishop, and the rish that loved the King: whereupon the King said to the Bishop, My Lord, do not you pity me, well, after one hour is expired, I shall pity you, and all the People in my Kingdom.  
As he came through the Banqueting, house, there they had placêd his C●ffin in his Eye, purposely to deject him, and strike him with terror when he came on the Scaffold and saw the Block, the Pulleys, and Devises, which were made to bring him, as an Ore to the slaughter, and to force him to the Block, in case he resused to loy noun his Royal Neck there on: He lifted ●p his Eyes towores Heaven and said, I am a Sinner, and willing to submit myself to the punishing Hand of GOD; but not to the Unjust Sentence of Men.  
He made a Speech upwith ●●●●●old, out of which I shall only recite this ●assage, because I will not be tedious.  
The People's I therty, He proves consists in Government, for the maintenance of their Government, he saith, he was condemned.  
Sirs, saith he, it was for this that now I am come here; If I would have given way to an Aroitrary way, for to have all Laws changed according to the power of the Sword, I needed not to have come hither; and therefore I tell you, and pray God it be not laid to your charge, That I am the Martyr of the People.  
After his Speech, he called for his Night ca●. and putting it on, prepared himself to suffer that punishment his Enemies had judged him unto. The Sun shined that morning very clear without intermission, until the King came to the F●tai Block, and lay down, and then at that instant a Dark thick Cloud covered the face of the S●n, which for a time so constimeed, insomuch, that a Gentle woman ●anding br●●e to behold this Dreadful Tragedy; cr●ed out, Look, look, Sir, the Sun is ashamed, and hideth his Face, as loathing to see this Florrid Murder! immediately upon her words the ●atal Blow was given, such a one against Christian Religion, as all the D●vtis in Hell could not strike at once, so dreadfall a pervicious blow ag●in.  
This Bloody stroke being struck upon the Royal Neck of the only Protestant King in the World, it seemed rather to fall upon the People th●n the King; for so soon as it fell upon his Neck, the People cried o●t with so grievous and doleful a cry. as I n●vec heard before; it raised a flood of tears, which spr●ng out of the Eyes of all that had Ears to hear and Hearts to understand the Treason, from the Noble to the Beggar; I observed that day, was a weeping day; I searce saw a Shop of the thousands I beheld that day, wherein I saw not weeping Eyes, with Hands wring each other to express the anguish of their Hearts.  
The Presbyterian Congregations in the City of London for the most part assembled together; all, or the most part of the night before the King was to suffer to pray for him, if it were the will of God to pray him out of trouble, however to prepare him for his sufferings, and to carry him through them with the comforts of the Holy Ghost: Never did King go to Heaven in a greater Cloud of Prayers and Tears, than this King; and never was their greater mourning for the loss of any King than this: I think there was scarce a Protestant in the World, to whom the true Relation came, but shed tears for him; I have talked with Travellers who can tell more than this, how much the King was mourned for, especially when they saw his Book, which is Translated into all Languages almost, and sent into every Country.  
At this time there was a consultation held amongst the Grandees of the Swordmen, concerning a Massacre 〈◊〉 the chief Royalists and Presbyterians, both Noble, Gentrey, and Citizens, of the chief of whom they had a List, as also some in Prison: This was (as I was by several hands informed) carried in the Affirmative, until one (more politic than the rest) risen up, and told them. It was the ready way to have their own Throats cut; since now they had the Army at London, and the Army divided into Levellers, and others, which Levellers were falling off more and more, and therefore this Blade, like Achitophel, gave Council wisely, saying, That they had time enough to deal with them hereafter, without the running of so desperate a hazard.  
This was the stopping of that Bloody Massacre and there was good ground for it; for Lilburn, Osburn, Overton, Prince, and Walwin, perceiving themselves cheated of their design, and that Cromwell called them in only to keep them quiet, not to yield to any of their demands; and perceiving that Cromwel's designs were to bring old England into the Spanish Mode, that is, to set up a Council of State to manage the Affairs of State, and an Inquisition, or High Court of justice, to judge in matters Criminal; 〈…〉 into what a Tyrannical road he was got, like open-hearted men did declare to the World, That the way was Tyrannical, and against the Liberty of the People, and did protest against Cromwell as a deceitful Seducer, and a subtle Hypocritical Traitor.  
These Libelers (as they basely called them) did lie as a cross Bar in the Popish Factions way, which hinored from wedding the Blood of the Protestants, as they intended.  
However they shown their intentions▪ for within a Month we had News from several parts of same Ministers that were shot for praying … r the King, and Preaching for the Covenant.  
Or, Calton, a Pious, Gra●e an●●●aru●ed Minister of London, was within a Main so after the King was out off, appreben 〈◊〉 a L●●aytor, and ●●●yt into. Prison, for praimor th●t God would ●●rifore the late King's Son to his I●●st Right; after they had out off the Parter 〈◊〉 King, they pro●●●ded to ●●t off the ●●●at Protestant Pa●●s it of Europe a of peclaily those that had op●osen it any 〈◊〉 heretofore the Pop●●●tion: They had three insure M●●●es of the Land ●●●old, Du●● Ha●milton, the Earl of Holland, into the Lord Capel; these three who were sincere Protestants and protect●es of the Dri●odot Government, and Laws of the Kingdom these had their Heads chopped est in one was upon one Block Hamilton in Holland they owen a grut●● too 〈◊〉. over since they broke the Poor● desion, in making up the breach 〈…〉 the two Nationa in 1639 not being shit tenants of procuri● 〈…〉 Madent to the over thr● King of the Popish F●●ction, 〈…〉  
About this time those of the Lower House, 〈…〉 Telves the Supreain Authority of the Nation, 〈…〉 as a Free State, sent to the 〈…〉 of London 〈…〉 about a Reconciliation and A●●●e 〈◊〉 betwixt, them 〈…〉 Th●● they would not take away the Church Re●en a●● but father ●●grease them.  
The M●●ster of the 〈◊〉 made this 〈◊〉. That before they knew in what, and how far they would require them to comply with them, they would give no posi●● answer.  
At this thur O●●erton, Prince, W●●lvin, no Lilburn, who were of the Levelling party, were ca●● one a our of Cromwel's a●●●ctions since I had not lise of them before he called them waints and now he call●● them Devils, and Giddy headed Fellowe●; what ●u●●r: they ope●●ly Declared against the present Po●●e●, as alleins, Tyran●●ical, and coutrary to the Liberty of the People of England; for which they were I ●●prisoned in the Tower, which much ●●laged ●he 〈◊〉 party, whereby Provideuce so ordeced it that they laid over to the World in Helena Printed beeks, the secret under hand Plotting of Cromwell and ●●eron with the Popish Faction wai●● Popish P●irty, to promeis themseives to the Crown.  
FINIS.