THE IRISH MARTYR. Or, A true Relation of the Lamentable Sufferings of Mr John Trewman, who by the cruelty of that Tyrant, the earl of Strafford, late Lord lieutenant of Ireland, was hanged, drawn and quartered in Carick●argus, for his expressions of love and good will to the SCOTS, in these late times of troubles. Expressed In an Information from the Wife of the said Martyr, and by two Speeches of his own; the one in Prison, and the other upon the Scaffold.  
 depiction of martyrdom  
LONDON, Printed for F. C. & T. V. 1641.   

THE IRISH MARTYR.  

THe late Troubles about causes of Religion, are not unknown unto the three kingdoms, to the great grief of but many, especially of the late death of John Trewman, who by the cruelty of the late Lord Deputy of Jreland earl of Strafford, was lamentably put to death, for avowing the Scottish Covenant and defending of the truth with the Scottish Nation, for which the said John Trewman was condemned, hanged, Beheaded, and Quartered, his head put on the Castle of Carickfergus, at the place where before he was Prisoner until the Day of his Death, and likewise his Quarters put on the four Ports of the said town: until for the infection thereof they were taken down and butted, to the great grief of many beholders, in such an Honourable cause to be so lamentably Executed: And not contented with the cruel usage of his person, did moreover take from his poor wife and Children all his Lands and goods, to the value of one Thousand Pound Sterling: Not leaving his Wife 3 pounds, and some Rings of Gold, which were in the purse, but did take the same from her, upon the day of her Husbands Execution, which should have kept alive her Five fatherless Children, as likewise did not leave herself any furniture for her own body. So that the poor Woman and her Children, are put to misery and want. More particular Information may be gathered out of the two following Speeches, of the said worthy Martyr, which were taken from his own mouth.   

John TREWMAN'S First Speech spoken in the PRISON.  
TO all Christians who are desirous to know the Cause of my Suffering in this troublesone time of persecution, there was sent into the North part of Ireland as I do conceive, in this furnace of affliction, by the Lord Deputy or some of his Instruments, one who name himself captain Ieyles, and  told when he came home to my house, he knew that I was born in yorkshire, and did in all his whole converse with me much revile the Bishops, and much praise the Scottish Nation: For standing so Valorously to the truth of the gospel, I not thinking the least evil thought of him but very much did lament his case and my own likewise, that we could not have the liberty of the gospel in the purity of it, without mixed with Superstition and Idolatry, whereupon said Jeyles, if you will Mr. Trewman, I could do the Scots good service, and desired me that I would writ letters in his behalf, to Scotland which simply I did: But so it was that after he had catched me in the Spiders web, being as all the Country knows, not sent for me onely, but for to ensnare greater men of much more Worth, but especially Sir John Clatworthie sometime my Landlord, whom the Lord did preserve from his wicked enterprises, at length I was sent for, by great troops of horses to Dublin after he had received my letters, whether to the earl of Strafford, or to which of his Instruments I know not: As also which did much vex my soul, Two of my Christian acquaintance, John Findlay and Alexander Blaye, who I told him, would see him transported to Scotland, notwithstanding we never came near them, were sent for by troops also & lay a long time in Dublin with me in bolts in the close layle: All christian People judge, whether this fellow was Iudas or not, Oh for better times! I trust in the Lord my posterity shall yet see it, albeit they be Young: the Lord will have a care of my poor Wife and them: I remember, A friend said to me by the way as I came from Dublin to this place, oh Sir, I would you had never seen this Fellow: no said I, for I have laid my count that although this wicked weed, that hath sprung from the Deputy, hath exposed me to die, an Innocent man, as the most perverse in all this kingdom knows; yet I would not have missed it for ten thousand worlds, if it had not been for my Simplicity, and unwarinesse with him in this: Alas I thought myself as wary and wise as the most men, but let him that thinks he standeth take heed least he fall: yet let them torture me, I hope all will work for the good of my poor soul. For I have ever found all things work together, for the well of Gods people, &c.   

JOHN TREWMANS last Speech upon the Scaffold, taken from his own mouth by divers Auditors.  
MY Christian friends, you have long known me in this Country, without spot or blame in the World, for my dealing in any worldly affairs, it is true, Corruption of nature & human frailty none can justify themselves of: This man that is cause of my death knows that from my heart I prayed for our King, that God would enable him to be a true defender of the Faith as he was styled, and here on my death this was ever my chief care in private and public. I have had much to do with God in Dublin, and here in Carickfergut, to carry with me to death the Testimony of a good Conscience: I do here behold yonder poor Land of Scotland; O blessed Land, thou wilt yet through the power of God revenge my Innocent blood, it is forthee O Land I die here this Day: Come, I will sign it with my hand, and ere it be one half hour with my blood: good friends, Remember me to the two other sufferers in Dublin, for here on my Death, they are Innocent of any thing, either concerning me, or this fellow: now do your Office Executioner, to a true faithful subject to the King, as hereafter doubt you not will be found, for many more Lives will go in this cause besides mine: Farewell my dear Wife and Children, and Christian friends in my presence, &c.  
HOLD, All my good friends some words more, pray the Lord to strengthen my Faith, that I may arrive in new Jerusalem ere it be long, and desire, and request the judge Mayarte, if he may without danger of my Lord Deputy, not to mingle-mangle my Body as he hath given Iudgment, and to take care of my Wife and Children: The Lord be with you all, and sand you better times, O LORD my Saviour receive my soul.   
FINIS.