m M i NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY i LIBRARY / 1 \ ? EVANSTON, ILLINOIS t At Mr foha Play for is Shop, Inner-Ttmfle. neer the Chappti Door , are all forts of ■ ^ Alufck, Books to be fold, with all ' ^ forts of R/sl'd Taper : Alio a fiero % Book^, Cithern Lejfoas, containing forts of Rnl'd Taper : Alio a fiero ^ many new and pleajant 1 mes, wirii ^ 1* 'i-.r*- r n r-i ■ r § plain and eafie InfirstHions for the fame, the like never pnbli'hed be- fore Alfo a Brief JntrodfsBion to the Rkj^lof Song, publilhed by William ^ dL Bath, •«?» King Charls HIS >' 1 TRY A L AT THE High Court of Juftice fitting in TVeflminHer Hall: Begun on Saturday,/i3».lo End,ed/(J«.J7. 1648. AlfojHisMajefiiies SPEECH On the s c Af F 0 L D, Immediately before his Execution, On Tuefday, Ian. 30. Togetlicr with the Several SPEECHES OF Duke Hamilton , the Earl of Holland , and the Lord Cape l, Immediately before their Execution, On Friday, Mmch 9, 1649., The Seccnd Edition, much enlarged, and faithfully Correfted, London, Printed by m, for Peter cde, Prancu Tyten, and foha Playford. xSfo, &o» » a» ■Of so* Xt* s«» so* &®»4 s©» So* So* so* ar So* S0» Se» So* so* ;50*, .So* , T R Y A L AT THE High Court of Juftice fitting in Weftminfter Hall, Begun on Saturday, January 20, and ended Sacurdiy, Jm. 27. 1648. t/i Lift of the Names of thi ftidgts and Oftcers of the High Conrt of JstftiiCi ap- pointed^ by an Aii of the CommoHs »/Eng- / land in Parliament ajfenibled, for the "ftTryal of the Kirg. T Homos Lord FairfMy Gen&t^l. Olivif Cromwel^ Lidft. General* Henry IretoA, Gommiffaiy General. Philip Skfppo^,yi^loi G^etal. A a " Sit .r«r/vYV vl_T J 5 Sit I^^rdrefs Waller, G)IoflcL Q)lonel Valentine Walton, Colonel Thomas Harrifon, Gbl. WhaUej, Xpl. Thonm Pride. Cb\' Pfdao "Ewers. Col. Richard Ingol(by. Col. Richard Bean. Col. fohn Oki)' Col. Robert Overton. Col. John Harrifon, Col. John H^oroHgh, Col. William Geff. Col. Robert Dnc^nfield. Col. Rowland Wilfon. Col. Henry Marten. Col. William Turefoj. Col. Godfrey Bofvil. Col. Harbottle Morley. Col. John BerkHeai. Col. Matthew Tomlinfon, ■ ; Col. Jolm Lambert. ijo\' EdTgard, Ludlow. _ ■ Col. John Hutthingson.. Col. Robert Titchhurn, Col. Owen Roe. ' V Col. Revert ^ Manwarings \ Col. Robert Llib^n. Col. A^lm Scroop. Vt > si Col. ^Igi SUfieji Co\'fohU 'A^oere, Col. Francit Lajfe/s, Col. Alexander Rigbyi Col. Edm; Harvey, Col. fohn f^em. Col. Anthony Stafley, Col. Thomas Hortm, Col. Thomas Hammond, Col. ^eorge Fenwicl^. Col. George Fleettoood, Col. James Temple. Col. Thomas fVayt, Sir Henry MUdmay, Sir Thomas Honywoad. \ Thomas Grey. Philip Lord Eifle, ; William l^ord Munfon, Sir John HanverU Sir Thomas Maleverer, Sir John Bowcher, Sir James Harringtonl' Sir William Br.ereiori, Robert Wallops Ef^oite.- William Henningham-, Efquirc. Jfaac Pennington^ Alderman. Thomas Atkjns, Alderman. Sir Teter Wentworthi - Thomas Trencherdy Efquire. A 3 ^ohft Bbckiiow t ^ Gilbert Millirtgtm, ^qj Sir William Cein^able. Sir Arthur ila^rig. Sir Michael X>iveffey, Richard Salmvaj^ Efq; Humphrey Saloway, Efq} Cornelius Holland, Efq; fohn Came, Efq; Sir William Armine. fohn fones, JEfq; Miles Corbet^ E(q; Brands Allen^ Efq; Thomas Liflfr, Efq; Ben: Wefton^ Efq; Peregrin Telljam, Efiq; ' fohn Gourdouy E(e^ | Francis Thorpe Efq; Sfir^ant at Law* fohn Nutt, Efq; Thomas Challoner, Efq; fohn Anlaby, Efq; Richard Darl^, Efq; William Say, Efq; John Aldredy E^c^ John Faggiy Efq; James Heltharp, Efq; Sir William Roberts. Henry Smith, Efq; Fdmond WH^, Efq; Imes ChaUonery Eiqdre. loftas Barns, Efq; Dennis !3oW, Efq; Hsentph: Edwardsy Efq; Gregory Chmenty Efq; lohtt rrajy Efq; Thomas IVogan, E(q; Sir Gregory Norton. lohn Bradfiawy Efq; Serjeant at Law. John Dove, Efq; Iffhn Fonlksy Alderman. Thomas Scoty Alderman. Thomas Andrews, Alderman. William Cawley, Efq; Abraham Burrel, Elq; Roger Gratwick., Efq; John DowneSy Efq; Robert Nichols, Serjeant at Law. Vincent Potter, Efq; Sir Gilbert Tic\ering. lohn Weaver, Efquire. John Lenthal, Efquire. Robert Reynolds, Efquire. lohn Lijle, Efquire. Nicholas Love, Efquire. Sir Edward Baynton. fohn Corbet, Efquire. Thomas Blunt, Eq; Thomas Boone, Efq; A 4 Au- r W Augufi'me Garland^ Efquire. Atigufiine Skinner, Efq; Efq; Simon Afayne-^ Efq; ^ohn Brawny Efq; "^ohn Lowrey, Efq; 'fehn Brad/haw, Efq; Serjeant at LaWi Lord Prefi'dent of the Court. Comfellors aJfifiaM to the Court,and to drat up the Charge againfi the King, are. Doftor Doriflofp. Mr Ask, Mr Steel, Attorney General. Mr Cook,, Solicitor General. MrSSffr'} to the Court. officers of the Court. Serjeant Danhy, Serjeant at Arms, ani Mace-Bearer. Col. ^ohn Humphrey, Sword-Bearer. Mr Crycr of the Court. Mr tValfordj The Meffengers and Door-Keepers with Tip-Staves. igi hel jen Said Mr Radley, Mr Payn, Mr Towel, Mr HuU, Tht en Veh ilao Veh Mer. him £ed: ind eacl 1 ''himdmer of the Tryal 0/ C h a r L a s Stji_art Kingof 'En'^mA, inthe ■ great Hall in Weftminfter. N Saturday,, being the 20. day of fanU' ary 1648. .The Lord Prtfidtnt of the digh Gjurt of Jufttce with neer fourfcore of he Members of the faid Court, having fixteen jentkmen with Partizans, and a Sword and a jdace, with their, and other Officers of the ^aid ^nurt marching before them, came to the' " Jace ordered to be prepared for their fitting, t the Weft end of the great Hail at pr; where the Lord Prefidtnt in a Crimfion elvet Chair, fixed in the midft of the Court, 'laced himfeif, having a Desk with a Crimfion Velvet Cufhion before him; The reft of the Members placing themfeives on each fide of him upon the feveral Seats, or Benches, prepa- ted and hung with Scarlet for that purpofe, ith prid the Partizans dividing theraftlves on each fide of the Court before them. The Court being thus fate,anQdiletice made, Th\ ' the irt. and ind the great Gate of the faid Hall was fet opeap|g^j to the end, That all perfons without except on, defirous to fee, or hear, might come ini itjupon which the Hall was prefcntly fillcd,an -pp filence again ordered. This done, QAontXThmliufim, who ha the charge of the Prifoner , was commandf to bring him to the Court, who within a qua ^ terof an hours fpace brought him attendt with about twenty Officers, with Partizai marching before him, there being other Gei - ^ tlemen,to whofe care and cuftody he was lib -yg' wife committed, marching in his Rear. Being thus brought up within the face ( ^ the Court, The Sergeant at Arms, with h Mace, receivesand conducts him ftreight I the Bar, having a Crimfion Velvet Chair before him. After a ftern Iwking upon tl Court, and the people in the Galleries on ea( fide of him, he places himfelf, not at all movit p^. j his Hat, orotherwife flaewing the leaft r( fpeCt to the Court; but prefently rifes up! gain, and turns about, looking downwan upon the Guards placed on the left fide, aii -pj^g on the multitude of Spectators on the rigl fide of the faid great Hall. After Silence ma( tute among the people, theACt of Parliament, fc the Trying oi C H ARL S STV A R, King oiEngUnd^ was read over by t^ Clei CiO °P%er}? of the Ccwrt j who ftte on one fide oF & Tsble covered with a rich Turky Carpet, and 'ilaced 9t the feet the faid I,ofd Pfefident, ipon which table was alio laid the Sword and . dace. J? After reading the faid Ad,the feveral names )ftheCGmtnifliQners were called over, every )tve who was prefent, being 80. asaforefaidj . ifingup andanfweringtohis Call. Having again placed himfelfin his Chair,with ijisiface towards the Conrt,Silence being again ® ordered, the Lord Prefident ftood up and faid; l.erd Prefident, C H 4 R L B S ice< thIlQ V ART, King of England', The . ,4)fnmons of EnglmA Aflembled in Parlia- L'"f< being deeply fenfibje of the Calamities )n , that have Men bronght upon this Nation (which is fixed upon you as the principal Au- ^ thor of it) have refolved to make inquifition for Blood, and according to that Debt and '''Duty they owe to Juftice, to God, the King- dom, and themfelves, and according to the Fundamental Power that refts in themfelves. They have refolved to bring you to Tryal and Judgement; 2nd for that purpofe have confti- tuted this High Court of J uftice,before which you are brought. - This faid, M. Cook. Attorney for the Com- iDon-wealth (Banding within a Bar on the up wan , ail rig' mat it,fc 1R jy t^ Cle right tight hand of the Prifoner) offered to fpn but the King having a ftafFin his Hand, held up, and laid it upon the faid M. Ih® der two or three times, bidding him hold; N ^ verthelefs, the Lord Prefident ordering him I go on, he faid: M. Cook. My Lord, I am commands , tocharge CHARLES STV ART ^ King of England, in the name of the Gjh mons of England , with Treafon and hig ^ Mifdemeanors; I defire the faid Charge ma be read. The faid Charge being delivered to the CleA of the Court, the Lord Prefident ordered lOf fhouldbe read, but the King bid him hold! j Neverthelefs, being commanded by the Lotf Prefident to read it, the Clerk begun. ^ ther veri Lan Oat, ■ THB&o thei out him fpl held flibi ,d;Nl him Charge of the Commons Qa redi hold :Lot( THE landi !R7 Con ^ 1 hig ^ ^ ma . of E N G L A N D, againft K I N G of EngUnd^ 3fHigh Treafbn , and other High Crimes, exhibited to 't^e High Court off ttjUce, • » T Hat thsfaid CHARLESv ^ TV ART being admitted King of England j. and thereintrtefiedmth aWaiited Power , to go- 1/ern'bji, and according to the Laws of the Rand, and not otherwi/e • And by his TrsfB, OathjandOffcey being obliged to fife the To- tfencommitted tohimy For the good and bene- fit of the People, and for the pr'efervatign of their Rights and Liberties; Tit neverthslefs out (fa wicked Defign, to erebly and itphold in himfelf anmlimited andTyrannical Power to to rule according to his to overthrk^ '^f the Rights and Liber tie! of the People I Tii to take away, and make void the Fomdatk ""' j ' thereof and of all redrefs and remedy of ni 7' governement, Vchich by the fundamental Cof It Jlitutions^f thts Kingdom,^ere refefved i the Peoples behalf, in the Right and Powt '»'P' of frequent and juceeffive Parliaments, i National meetings in Councel; He , the f« CB ARLBS STVART,foraccot^Jo^ plijhment of ftich his Defigns, an dfor the /»'f telling of himfelf and his adherents, in Hi '> andTheirmckedPnAKestothe fame Enl hath Trayteroufj and malicioufly levyed Wt againft the prefent ParliamenCj and the Peop ^ therein Reprefentcd. Tarticularly y upon or about the thirtiel^^^' day f/Jnne, in the year of our Lord, thoujdnd fx hundred fourty and two^ \At B verly, in the County of York; And upon,i , f J' about the thirtieth dayoff\x\y , in they ear > forefaid, in the County of the City of And Upon,.or about the twenty fourth , day ' Auguft, in the fame year, atthe County of fl Town ofNottinghanff/henyand VehereHeJ' ' f up His Staiidard oi Warj) A^ alfo on,or ahoi the twentythirddayofQ^ohet, in the fan yeoTyat Edg-HilljC^ Kdnrod4fieid,»» the Com ^ ty (/Warwickj AndupiUy or about the thirt ^ t\ ■ rthrShid^f of i» the fame ye^, 4t . 7-ji|rakidjford,»» the Coiantj i^Middlef^.- Ani wrtyOr ahoHt the thiftieth day of in efm ofoptr Lord, One thettfand fix hun-^ ■JO fonrty and three, at Cavefham-bridge, 'fsd I w Reding, in the County of Berks; Anduf- Pom or abqut the thirtieth day of Oftober > in tboHt the thirtieth day o/Kovember, in polt,i ^^yoar lajl mentioned, at Newbcty afere-^ fear I »■ And upon; arabaut the eighth day of 5forl! the year of our Lord, One thoufoM day I hundred fostpty and five, at the Town of ; And aJfo, upon the fourteenth day HfJ, ^the fame month,tn thefamC' year; at Nafe* aboi y-field, »»the County 0/Northampton. At g fait ^^th feveral times ' and places, or moii of CO0 and at .many other places in this Land, thin ^f^tral other times, 'Within the years afore- #1 mentioned ilian hath ch uclai mentioneJl: And in th^ jeeiy ef e^ Lcrd,0 thoufandfix hn^dred fouriy and fix; faid CHARLES SrVART, hath u fedand frocuredmanj thoafMisof the Eft People of the Mation to he fiain • and by 1 vifions, Parties, and Infurredions,, Wit Ha i Landy hf 'Tuvafions frdmEarraign parts,i de-eored and procured by Him., ani by XS& other evil ways and means. Herihd fi CHAR LS' STU. ARTy hath not on maintained and carried on the faid War, bo by Land and Sest, during the yean before m tioned; bat alfo hath renewed, or caufed to renewed, the faid War againfi the Parliam and good People of this Nation,i« thi'sprefi year , One thoafand-^x hundred foarty s eight fn the Counties fex, Midd.lefex ,andmany other Counties emKe places in England .?»if WaIeSj and alfo. by Si 'i to And particularly, He the/aid CHARLl cbels STV ART, hath for. thatpurptffe,^{to the Galleries; and having rifen agaiti, rthei d turned.about to behold the Guards and , Da ledlators, fate down, looking very ftesnly, or cot ith a countenance not at all moved, till thefe herel ords, viz. Charls Stuart f to be a Tyrant eftati f El ■y d Tray tor, &c.} were read, at which he ighed as he fate in the face of the Court. ■ ■ , ^ ^ read the Lord Prefident he /|?lyed: " ' ' : ' Lord Prefident, Sir, you have now , heard tir Charge read, containing. fnch matter as 'ears in it; youfinde, That an the clofe ofit, s prayed to the Court, in the behalf of the he A ill mt yt Oi fh, J heh "mmons di England, that you anfwer to your large. The Court expedfs your Anfwer, The King, I would know by what power tn called hither: I was, not long ago, in the fofrvight, howl came there, is a longer U AR ry then I think is fit at this time for me -to ver; ak of J but there I Witrcd into a Treaty rocei th both Houfes of Parliament with as i'i B 2 much ach I slacal iglai; OJ much publique faith as it's poflible to be hi ^ of any people in the world. I treated the ^ with a number of Honorable Lords and Ge tlemen, and treated honeftly and upright!] I cannot fay but they did very nobly with u we were upon a conclufion of the Trea Now I would know by what Authority, mean, lawful J there are many unlawful il thorities in the world, Theeves and Robbe by the high-ways: but I would know' .what Authority I was brought from them and carryed from place to place, (and I kno not whatj and when I know what law Authority, I (ball anfwer: Remember 11 , ™' your King, your lawful King, and what I ®5' you bring upon your heads, and the Judgtw ^ of Cod upon this Land, think well upon it, fay, think well upon it, before you go furtf ® from one fin to a greater; therefore leti know by what lawful Authority I am feai here, and I fhallnotbe unwilling to anfw . - in the mean time I fhall not betray my Tni I have a Truft committed to me by God, old and lawful defcent, I will not betray it anfwer to a new unlawful Authority, the fore refelve me that, andyouflaall hear tii< of me. Zord Preftdent. If you had been pleafet have obferved what was hinted to you, tan! tZor, :nagi 'iiisi Id of The obbet eljl, fubr t the und be id M id Ge righd vichni TreA\ lority, ful h K.obb( now then I kno c la ler I vhat Lid^. >on I! ) furt e let m fea )anf\ y Tm 3od, :ray it y, the .'ar mi ileafed you, C^O le Court, at yourfirft coming hither, you rould have known by what Authority ^ ihich Authority requires you, in the name of le People of England, of which you are E- fted King, to anfwer them. The King. No Sir, I deny that. Lord Preftdenp. If you acknowledg not the uthority of the Court., they muft proceed. The King. I do tell them fo, Englands^ss ver an Eledive Kingdom, but an Hereditary ingdom for neer there thoufand years; there- re let me know by what Authority I am lied hither: I do ftand more for the Liberty my People then any here that come to be / pretended Judges; and therefore let me low by what lar^ul Authority I am feated ire, and I will anfwer it, otherwife I will 5r anfwer it. LordEreJident. Sir, how really you have \^|3uaged your Truft, is known; your way of fwer is to interrogate the Court, which be- "■ms not you in this condition. You have been d of it twice or thrice. The King. Here is a Gentleman, Lievt. Col. ef, (ask him) if he did not bring me from ^ I (le of tvight by force? I do not come here fubmitting to zheCourt-,l wil ftand as much ir the priviledg of thehoufe ofComons,right- underflood, as any man here whatfoever. I B 3 fee mi y C"] fee no Houfe of Lords here that may conftiti 2 l - Parliamenty and fthe King too ) (hoi have been. Is this the bringing of the King his Parliament ? Is this the bringing an end the Treaty in the publike Faith of the worli Let me fee a legal Authority warranted by t Word of God, the Scriptures, or warranc hy thtConSiitutians eA the Kingdom, and will anfwer. Lord Prejident. Sir, You have propound a Queftion, and have been anfwered: feeii you will not anfwer, the Court will cohfid how to proceed; in the mean time, thofe tli brought you hither, are to take charge of f back again. The Court defires to knbw whether this all the Anfwer you will give, or no. The King, Sir, I defire that you would gi me, and all the world, fatisfaftion in this j me tell you, it is not a flight thing you are bout. I am fworn to keep the Peace by tl duty I ow to God and my Country, and I do it to the laft breath of my body,, and thei fore you fhall do well to fatisfie nrft God, a' then the Country, by what Authority yoUi it, if you do it byaufurped Authority, tl 7 3f th: ivow awfu annic ■itj, ill the iVnfwi Lot iiouii pofe will not laft long. There is a God inHeav that will call you, and all that give you Po W to account: Satisfte me in that, and I anfW not f our thorii beke ■prefe Ti fliew lhalk fiesn Lo We ti 11 your! • L and J rnaui 1125 3 '"^wer,otIierwifeI betray.my Trufl:,.and the '{hoi of the People, and therefore think if that, and then I {hall be willing. For I do ivow, That it is as great a {in to withftahd Jtithority, as it is to fubmit to a Ty- annical, or any other ways unlawful Aatho- ntjy and therefore fatisfie.God, andrpcjand all the world in that, and you {hall receive rny Anfwer: I am not afraidof the B;ll. Lord Prejidem. The Court cxpedls yon hould give them a final Anfwer, their, pur- iofe is to adjourn till Monday next, if you do not fatisfie your felf, though we do tell you our Authority. ; we are fatisfied with our Au- thority, and it is upon Gods Authority and the Kingdoms, and thatf eace you fpeak of will iekept in thedoin^f Jafl;ice,and that's our itefent Work. The King. Let me tell you, if you will hew me what lawful Authority you liave, I hall be fatisfiedBut that you have faid fatif- hs no reafonable man. , , LordPrefid. That's in your appreheniion : We think it slafonable that are your Judges. The King. Tis not my apprehenfion, nor 'ours neither, that ought to decide it. ■ Lord'Preftd. The,.Court hath heard you, and you are to be difpofed of as they have com- landed. B 4 Two I em A'or Iby rrani I am ouni fee: ohfii >fe t of J this lid gi lis; uare by tl div 1 thei td, a you tl Heav PoW I anfW [243 4t tk mm Two things '^ete remarkable in this days Proceedings, 1. Itistobeobferved, Thacas tKe Charge was reading againft the King, the filvet head of his ftaif fell off, the which he wondred at, and feeing none to take it up, he ftoops for it himfeE 2. That as the King was going away, hi looked with a very auftere countenance upon the Court, with ftirring of his Hat Knt replyed. Well Sir, (when the Lord Pre- wh ft^nt commanded the Guard to talti 0 Sil him away, J and at his going down, h tnad^ (ud, I do not fear that, (pointing witi his Staff at the Sword). The people ii the Hall, as he went down the flairs cryed out, fome, God Jave the Kin^ andfome for Juflice. G Yes Being called, the Court adjourned ti Monday next, January 22. at 9. in the morn ing to the painted Chamber, and from thenfi to the fame place again in JVtflminfier Hall. U C tain ftod toy I Col this hig wl Pec un' He bu At M large liver h ke it h III lanc wit pie ii ftairs Kini ledti morn :hen< [all. 4t the high Court of fufice fittiug in JVe^- minfier Hall^ Munday, fanuary 22.1648. DYes made.Silence commandcd.The Court called, and anfwered to their names. Silence commanded upon pain of imprifon- s Hat Dent, and the Captain of the Gaurd to ap- fnfirehend all fuch as make difturbance. Upon the Kings coming in a ftiout was m, l«|tnade. Command given by the Court to the Cap- tain of the Guard to fetch and take into his cu- fiody thofe who make any difturbance. Mr Solicitor. Mayitpleafe your Lordfliip, ftiy Lord Prefident, I did at the laft Court in the behalf of the Commons of England, exhibit and give into this Court a Charge of high Treafon,andothec high Crimes, againft the Prifoner at the Bar, whereof I do accufe him in the name of the People of England, and the Charge was read unto him,and his Anfwer required. My Lord, He was not then pleafed to give an Anfwer, but inftead of anfwei'ing, did there difpute the Authority of this high Court. My humble Motion to this high Court, in behalf of the King- Kingdom of England, is.ThaE the Prifoner maj be direded to make a pofitive Anfwer, eithei by way of Confeflionj or Negation; which' he fliaU lef'ufe to do,That the matter ofChargi may he taken pyoconfejfo, and the Court ma proceed according to jufticc. LordPrefident. Sir, You may femembei at the kft Court you were told the occafioi of your being brought hither, and you heard Charge againft you, containing a Charge ( highTreafon, and other high Gimes, againi this Realm of England; you heard likewifti that it was prayed in the behalf of the Peopki that you fliould give an Anfwer to thai Charge, that thereupon fuch proceedingi might be had as fhould be agreeable to jufticej you were then pleafed to make fome fcruplci concerning the Authority of this Court, am knew not by what Authority you were brought hither; you did divers times pro pound your Queftions, and were as often an fwered. That it was by authority of the Com- moHs of England ajfemiled iu Parliament that did think fit to call you ■ to account for thofe high and capital Mifdemeanours where with you were then charged. Since that th Court hath taken into Confideration what you then faid, they are fully fatisfied with their own authority, and they hold it fit you ilioul ftand ich hars L27J fland fatisfied with it too; and they do re- quire it, that youdogiveapofitiveand parti-- cular Arifwer to this Charge that is exhibited againft you, they do exped you fhould dther confefs or deny it; if you deny, it is offered in the behalf of the Kingdom to be made good againft you; their authority they do avow to the whole world, that the whole Kingdom are to reft fatisfied in, and you are to reft fatisfied with it, and therefore you are to lofenomore time, but to give a pofitive Anfwer there- unto. ■ ' The KINCf. When I was herelaft, 'tis ve- ry true, I made that Queftion, and truly if it were only my own particular cafe, I would have fatisfied my felf with the Proteftacion I made the laft time I was here againft the lega- lityof this Court, and that a King cannot be tryed by any Superiour j urifdidion on Earth; but it is not my cafe alone, it is the Freedom and the Li|)erty of the People ol England, and do you pretend what you will, 1 ftand more for their Liberties. For il Power without Law may make Laws, may alter the fundamental Laws of the Kingdom, I do not know what Subjedlheis in England, that can be fureof his,life, or any thing that he calls his own; therefore when chatl came here, I did expeft particular Reafons, to know by what Law, what what Aufthority you did proceed againft me here, and therefore I am a little to feek what to fay to yon in this particular, becaufc the Aflfir mative is to be proved, the Negative often is very hard to do; but fince I cannot perfwade you to doit, I flaall tell you my Reafonsas ftiort as I can. My Reafons why in Confcience, and the du- tyi owe to God firft, and my People next, fot the prefervation of their Lives, Liberties and Eftatesj I conceive I cannot anfwerthis, till I be fatisfied of the legality of it. All proceedings againft any man whatfo- ever Lord Prejident. Sir, I muft interrupt you, which I would not do, but that what you do is not agreeable to the proceedings of any Court of Juftice, you are about to enter into Argument, and difpute concerning the Autho- rity of this Court, before whom you appear as aPrifonet, and are charged as an highDelin- quent; if you take upon you to difpute the Authority of the Court, we may not do it, nor will any Court give way unto it, you are to fubmit unto it, you are togiveinapundfual and diredf Anfwer, whether you will anfwer your Charge or no, and what your Anfwer is. The KING. Sir, by your favour, I do not know the forms of Law, I do know Law and Reafon, R^afon, though I am oo Lawyer profefs'd, but t 052' I know as much Law as any Gentleman in iatto| England; and therefore (under favour) I do plead for the Liberties of the People of England 'fti is j more then you do, and therefore if I fhould vade j impofe a belief upon any man without Rea- nsas fens given for it, it were unteafonable; but I muft tell you, That that Reafon that I have as e du-' thus informed, I cannot yield unto it, J for LordTrefident. Sir, I muft interrupt you, ; arid you may not be permitted, you fpeak of Law J till and Reafon, it is fit there fhould be Law and Reafon,and there is both againft you. Sir, itfo- the Vote of the Commons of England aflem- bled in Parliament, it is the Reafon of the fou, Kingdom, and they are thefe that have given ado to that Law, according to which you fhould any have ruled and raigned : Sir, you are not to into difpute our Authority, you are told it again :ho- by the Court. Sir, it wiilbe taken notice of, as that you ftand iacontempt of the Court, and ■lin- your contempt will be recorded accordingly. The KING. I do not know how a King nor can be a Delinquent; but by any Law that ' to ever I heard of, all men (Delinquents,or what :ual you ■vvill) let me tell you, they may put in De- yer I murrers againft any proceeding as legal, and I ■ 's. ; dp demand that, and demand to be heard with lot my Reafons, if you deny that, you deny Rea- ' fon. Lord on,, : Lord Prefident. Sir, you have offered fotne- thing to the Court,! (hall fpeak fomething un- to you the fence of the Court. Sir, neither yon nor any man are permitted to difpute that point, you are concluded, you may not demui the J urifdidiion of the Court,if you do,l rnufl let you know,that they over-rule your Demur rer,they fit here by the Authority of the Com mom oi England, and all your Predeceffors, and you are refponfible to them. King. I deny that, fhew me one prefident. LordPrefident. Sir, you ought not to in- tcrrupt while the Court is fpeaking to you, this point is not to be debated by you, neither will the Court permit you to do it, you offer it by way of Demurrer to the Jurif- didfion of the Court, they have confidered their Jurifdiclion, they do affirm their own Jurifdidlion. The King. I fay Sir, by your favour, that the Commons of England was never a Court of Judicature, I would know how they came tobefo. Lord Treftdent. Sir,You are not to be per- mitted to go on in that fpeech, and thefe dif courfes. Then the Clerk of the Court read, as fob loweth: Char is' Stuart King of England Ton Ton I PeOf, hkk that ■ Ti as Ik Lo lent. ;o in- you, rou, it, if urif- 'd of own that burt :aine per- ■dif- ;fol- Tett fbtne- ^01* have been accttfed on. the behalf of .the g un- People of England of high T r'eafon^ etffd other ryoa ^^gh. Crimes ; the Court have determined chat ^hatj/ou ought to anjwcr the fame. emui rnuf :mur- Ziom- (Tors, The King. I will anfwer the fame fo foon as I know by what Authority you do this. Lord Prefident. If this be all that you will fay, then. Gentlemen,/you that brought the Prifoner hither, take charge of him back a- gain, , . ^ The King. I do require that I maygive in my ReaSons why I do not anfwer, and give me time for that. Lord Prefident. Sir, Tis not for Prifoners to require. r The King, Prifonecs I Sic, I am not an oc- dinary Prifoner. ' " Lord-Trefdent. The Court hath confider- fd of their JurifditlioH, and they have already' affirmed their Jucifditlion; if you w31 not anfwer, 'we fhall give order to record your default. . . ■ , The King. You never heard my Reafohs yet. ' ■. • LordTrcfident. Sir, Your Realons are rtoC to be heard againft the higheft Jurifdiiflion. The King. Shew me that Jurifdidlion where Reafon is not tp be heard. . ' Lord Trefdent. Sir, We flaew it you here, the rfie Commons of England; and the next tiine you are brought, you will know more of tlie pleafureof the Court, andjit may bc,their final determination. The King, Shew me where ever the Houfi of Comnaons was a Court of Judicature that kind. Lord Prefident. SeVjeant, Take away tk Prifoner. The King. Well Sir, Remember that tk King is not fuffered to give in his Reafons foi the Liberty and Feeedom of all his Subjeds. LordTrefident. Sir, You are not to have liberty to ufe this language; how great J friend you have been to the Laws and Liber ties of the People, let all England and tk world judg. Ar Zolt, Til Chan ro.T) toinfi d an At ti mm D The King. Sir, under favour, it was the Li- with prefe T, berty. Freedom, and Laws of the Subjed that ever T took defended my fdf with Arms, I never took up Arms againft ths People, but for the Laws^ Lord Trejident. The Command of the Court muft be obeyed; noanfwerwill begi' vento the Charge. The King. Well Sir. Then the Lord Prefident ordered the de fault to be recorded, and the contempt of the Court, and that no anfwer would be given to the Charge, Jndf If iiianc i'oiir Til ?rac( fonei iffue thef Cone tlllK f tilt final [ouif And fo was guarded forth to Sir Robert Cottons houfe. Then the Court adjourned to the Painted Chamber onTuefday at twelve a clock, and fom thence they intend to adjourn to Weft- ninfter Hall,at which time all perfons concern- ;d are to give their attendance. : tk s foi Is. havt lat 1 ibet [ rht thai ' fell tthe the legi- :de ■the tnto And the high Court of Jiiftice Jlttlngin Weft- minjhr Hail, Tuefday, lanmry 23. 1648. OYes made. Silence commanded. The Court called. Seventy three pcrfon$ irefent. The King comes in with his Guard, looks leLi'tvithan auftere countenance upon the Court, Jid fits down. ThefecondOYes made, and filence com- landed. Mr Cook Solicitor General. May it pleafe i 'our Lordfti p, oiy Lord Prefident, This is now the third time, that by the great ?tace and favour of this high Court the pri- loner hath been brought to the Bar before any Iffue joyned in the caufe. My Lord, I did at 'he firft Court exhibice a Charge againft him, the higheft Tttafon that ever C was (lontaining was wrought upon . the Theatre of EngtanL That a King of England, trufted to keep the Law, Thar had taken an Ouh fo to do , That had Tribute paid him for that.end , fliould be guilty of a wicked defign , fubvert and de- "ilroy our Laws, and introduce an Arbitrarj, and Tyrannical Government, in the defence of the Parliament and their Authority, fee up his Standardiox War againft his Parliament and People; ''%id I did humbly pray, in the be- half of the People of England, that he might fpeedily be required to make an Anfwer to the Charge. Bur,my Lord, inftead of making any anfwer, he did then difpute the Authority of this Higli Court; Your Lordfhip was pleafed to give hrm a further day to confider and to put in his Anfwer, which day being yeherday , I did humbly move, that he might be required to give a direifl and pofifive Anfwer, either by dMiying , or conftllion of it ; but ( iiiy Lord ; he was then pleafed for to demur to the juriididfion of the CourtjWhich the Court did then ov^r-ruk, and command him to give a dired: and pofitive h n(wet. My Lord, Bs- fides this great delay of J uftice, I fliall nqW humbly move your Lordfliip for fpeedy j udg' nit at againft him. My Lord , T might prtfs your Lcrofliipi upon the whole, Thataccore " jug TTTT ingfo t^ie' kri6wn Rule^ of the Lavtr oFiht land Tffef if a rrifoflev flaaH ftafid as conto- rniiC'Otis in tontempc, itld fhall not pat in an irt'dable Plea , gt/iity or riot guilty of the Chafge given agSirifi him , wheteby he may come to a fdir Trya'!'," 'that aS by art JiiipliciteConfeflioa, it may be rakefi j>ro confijfo ^ as it hath been done to thbre who have deftrved more iavoc then the Prifoher at th<5 Bar- has^ne: Bat be- fides, iriy fcpfd, I fbtli femnWy prefs your Lordfli^p upihti' the u'lw.VTadT: j The Houie of Commons, the fuprtirii Authority and Jurif- diflioriof the K'tigdo'ibi chhy have Declared, That it is Hbtoriuus , That the matter of, the Charge is triiej is it is in frmh f my Lord) a9 clear as chtyftal, and as the Sun that ftiines at t^oon day , which if your lordlTiip and the Court be not' fatisfied iri, f have notvvithftand- 'fig, on the People of fenglands behalf, feve- Cil witnefTes to produce: Arid therefore I do fiumbly ptay ,■ and yet I muff corifefs it is not fo much ljtfe the innocent blood that hath been fired,the Cry whereof isvery great for Jutfice and Judgraehc j and therefore I do humbly pray , That fpeedy J U l^'GTd E N T be pronounced againft the- Frifon^ at the Bar. Loyd P'reftdv»i. iSirt You have heafj Vfhat is moved by the Gouncel on the C 2 behall behalf of the Kingdom againft you. Sir, you may well remember, and it you do not, the Court cannot forget what dilatory dealings the Court hath found at your hands, you were pleafed to propound fome Queftions , you have had your Refolution upon them. You were told over and over again. That the Court did affirm their own JurKdiftion, That it was not for you , nor any other man, to difpute the f urifdiiiion of the Supfeam and higheft nAKthority of England, from which there is 'no Appeal, and touching which there mufl: be no depute; yetyoutiid perfift in fuch carri- age , as you gave no manner of obedience, nor did yon acknowledge any Authority in them, nor the high Court^that confiitftted this Ccurt of f aft ice . .'Sir, I muft let you know from the Court, That they are very fenfrble fof thefe delays o( yours, and that they ought not, being thus Authorized by the fupr earn Court of England, to be thus tnlkd withal, and that they might in Juhice, if they pleafed, and according to the Rules of Julbce, take advantage of thefe de- lays 'i, .af d proceed to pronounce judgment "a- gainftryou; yet ntverchelefs they are pleafed to give direffion, and on their behalfs I do re- quireyou , That you make apofitive Anfwet unco this Charge that is againft you Sitjin plain terms, ou :hc igs ere ?ou 'ou urC vas >ute hefl e is tbc irri- [5ce, in this )urt, I s of thus 'mil light 3 the ; de- It a- :iki o re- fvyet plain :rnis, C37I terms, for Juftice knows do refpedt of per- fons; you are to give your pofitive and finall Anfwer in plain Englilli,whether you be guilty or not guilty of thefe Treafons laid to youc Charge. The KING after a little paufe, faid,. When I was here yefterday, I did defire to. fpeak for the Liberties of the People of Eng- layid; I was interrupted; I defire to know yet whether I may fpeak freely or not. Lord Prejideftt. Sir, You have had the Refolution of the Court upon the like Quefti- pn thelafl: day , and you were told, That hav- ingfuchaChargeof fo high a Nature againft you, and your Work was, that you ought to scknowledge the. Jurisdiction ^fthe C o u R t, a/td to Artfvoer to your C harge . Sir, if you Anfwer to your Charge, which the Court gives you leave now lo do, though they rhight have taken the ad- Vantage of your contempt, yet if you be able, to Anfwer to your Charge, when you have once Anfwered, you (bail be heard at large, Make the beft Defence you can. But Sir, I Muft let you know from the Court, as their ^ommandSjtbat you are not to be permitted to 'ffue out into any other: difcourfes,till fuch time you have given a pofitive Anfwer concern- C 3 ing 0383 Matter ikii is C B A RG' B upon you. The King, For the Charge, I value it not a Rufh, it is the Likertj of the People of Eng'^ land chat I ftand for; for me to acknowledge a new Court that I ncver heard of before, I that am your King, that fhould be an example to all the pet pie of England for to uphold Juftice.to maintain the old Laws; indeed I do not know hovy to do It; you Ipoke very well the fitft day thatlcamehtre, (on Saturday; of the Oblii gations that I had laid upon me by God, to the maintenance of the Liberties ef mj Peofle - The fame Obligation you fpake of, I do ac< knowledge to Cod that I owe to him, and to my People, to defe nd as much as in me lies,tlif! ancient Laws of the Kingdom, therefore untill! that I may know that this is not againft Tund-iincntal Laws oftheK ngchim, by yoUf favour I can put in no particular * Charge : if * This is as the (you will give me time, I wiH King exprefs'd, ' fhew you my reafons why hut I fiippo/ed 1 1 cannot do it, and this— he meant Anf. Hen being interrupted, he fa^. By your favour, you ought not to interrupt me; how I came here I k ovv not, there's ® Law for it.to make your King your Prifonet! I was in a Treaty upon the pubitque Faith e' ' [be L3S>-. the King(^om, that was the known " two Houfes of Parliament that was the Repre- fentative of the Kingdom , and when that I had almoft made an end of the Treaty , then I was hurried away and brought hither , and therefore '— Here the Lord Trefident (aid; Sir, you muft know the pleafure of the Court. 'd'he King, By your favour Sir; Lord Prefident, Nay Sir, by your favour, you.may not be permitted to fall into thofe dif- tourftsj you aypear as a Delinquent, you have not acknowledged the authority of the Court, the Court craves it not of you, but once more they Command you to give your pofitive An- fvyec ;—. Clarki DojjjpUr I^uty. The King, Duty Sir i The Clark reads, CHARLES STV ART, KING */England, Ton are accptf ed in the behalf of the Commons e/England of di-vers high crimes tndTreafons,Vohich Charge hath been read Unto Toui the Court now rce^uires jou to give Tour poftive ar.dfinal Anfwer bj "Voaj of con- fejfionyOr denial ef the Charge, - The King, Sir, I fay again to you, fo that f niight give fatisfatTipn to the People of Eng- ^tnd of the clearnefs of my proceeding, not by C \vay way oFAnfwer, not in this way, but to !"atisfie them that I have done nothing againft that Truft that hath been committed to me, I would do it ; but to acknowledge a new Court againft their Privik dges, to alter the fun damental Laws of the Kingdom, Sir you muft excuieme. Lord Trejident. Sir, this is the the third time that you have publiquely difown'd this Court, and put an affront upon it; how far yoii have preferv'd Priviledges of the People, youl a<5lions have fpoke it; but truly Sirmens in- tentions ought to be known by their adVions, you have written your mtaning in bloud} Charaiftcrs throughout the whole KingdU®; T and: whi( atth Cha Witi minj mot but Sir you underftand the pleafure of th Cotirt, " Clerl^ Recotl the default, ' and Gen tkmen, you that took charge of the Prifonei take him back again, The King. I will only fay this one wot more to you , if it were only my own parti cular, I would not fay any more, nor iiiteirap you Lord Prefident. Sir, you have heard t!i fj. pleafure of the Court, and you are ( notwit' ftanding you will not underflarid it) to fn that you are before a C ourt of Ju j i c e, 1 Hal poi Ci? ga\ ini nat fit Ws .41 itisfie that I new efun- muft third J this ar yoa I yoW ^nsio- SioiiS, aloud 'dbm; of tin Lecotf Geii' ifonei wot parti teira[ ltd til atwitl to tit JuS Tfe Then the King went forth with his Guard, and Proclamation was made. That all perfons which had then appeared, and had further to do attheCo^rr might depart, into the Tainted- Chambery to which plape the Court did forth- with adjourn, and intended to meet in Wtft~ minjler Hatl by ten of the clock the next morning. Cryer. God blefs the Kingdom of Eng-^ land. IVedneJday fanuarj J ^48. THis day it was expedled the High Court ofjujiice would have met in tVeJlminfler Hall about ten of the clock, but at the time ap« poinred oneot the Uiliers by diredion of the Cmrt (then fitting in the Tainted Chamber) gave notice to the people there aflembkd,That in regard the Court was the n upon the exami- nationof VVitnefles in relation to pwfenf af- fans, in the Painted Chamber^ they could not fit there, but all perfons appointed to be there. Were to appearupon l Pi thcr Summons, The The Troceedi^gs of the High Court of fufih fitting »■». Wcftminfter Hall, on Saturtk^ the 27. of January, 1648. OYestnade.Silenre commanded.The Coun called. Serjeant BrMfhaw^ Lord Prt' fident (in a Scarlet robe) with fixty eight othfi Members ol the Court. As the King comes in,a cry made in the Hail for Execution, lufliccj Execution. King. I fliall defire a word to be heard 1 little, and I hope I lhall give no occafion of in' terruption. Lord Prcfdent. You may anfwer in youi time, hear the Court fii fl King. If it pleafe you Sir , I defire to heard , and I (hall not give any occafion of in terruption, and it is only in a word, a hidden Judgment. fore calfi I fore time K m J feci the £on\ mak ther ! Lord Prefident. Sir you fball be heard in due time , but you are to hear the Cour^ firft. King. Sir, I defire it will be in order W what loelieve the Court will fay j and there " lot« ^ i ttfft Cm-. {.A mi} d}e H-H fhe. foon cd. ttllQ Herr L 45 fore Sir, an hafty lodgment is not fo foon re^ call'd. ZorJ Pre fluent. Sir, You flisH be heard be- fore the Judgment be given, and in the mean time,you may Forbear. Kifig. Well Sir, fhall I be heard before the Judgment be given.? Lerd Trefident. Gentlemen , it is well known to all, or moft of you here prefent,That the Prifoner at rhe Bar hath been leverall times tonvented and brought before the Court to Hake Anfwer to a Charge ofTreafon , ando- ther high crimes exhibited againft him * Htne in the name of the People of * S«g' lai^d, to which being re- 1'4^ quired to Anfwer, he hath been fo mter. far from obeying the (jommands of ^^ftedjhe thtCottft by Tubmicting to their CiHtrt, Juftice, as he began to take upon i faying him to offer rea oning and debate unco the Authority of the Caurt^ and of the higheft Court that con- ftituted them to Try and jodge him; but being over-ruled in that, and rt quired to make his Aniwer, he was Jfill pleafed to continue contu- si.CHJS, and to icfu/e to fubmit or Anfwer: ^iKupon the ComC^ that they may not be wanting hiklfe ^he i'U.t jihn- ''fd. [443 wanting to themfelves, to the trufl repofed i» !venr them, nor that any mans wilfulnefs pre- vent Jufticc, they have thought fit to take tht matter into their confideration ; They havi confidcrtd of the contumacy, and of that con- feffion, which in Law doth arife upon tfcai contumacy; They have likewife confiderWol the notoriety of the Fad charg'd upon this Pti- foner, and upon the whole matter they are re- folved, and have agreed upon a Sentence to bi now pronounced againft this Prifoner: but in refped he doth defirc to be heard, before tk Sentence be read, and pronounc'd, the Court hath refolved that they will hear him; yet Sit, thus much I muft cell you before-hand, whici you have been minded of at other Courts,'Xki if that you have to fay be to offer any dtbati!Tj,j,|.^ concerning ^urifdidion, you are not to heard in it, you have offered it formerly, an-i you have indeed firuck at the root, that is tk powet and Authority of the Cot mons of England^ which this Court will n"' admit a debate of, and which indeed is an irra* tional thing in them to do, being a Court thai ads upon Authority derived from them, thai they fhonld preiume to judge upon their Sups- The hich the 3thin lis m; /ayfr ime dm- i torei my^ %cle; bacai 'rata IOC ( 6\ bcr V iric 'aftri [ruly, euct J.. ^ ^ ^ ^ rior, from whom there^'s no Appeal. But Sir, i' youhave any thing to fay in defence of your 0 concerning the matter charged, the Court hat' givti tiake . ..Ivenraein command to let you know thcV '^'^illhearyou. TChe King. Since that I fee that you will pt hear any thing of debate concerning that hich I Confefs I thought moft material for le peace of the Kingdom, and for the Liberty : the Subjedl, I lliall wave it, I (ball fpealc 'jothing to it, but only I muft ttll you , That lis many a day all things have been taken a- from me, but that that I call more dearet me then my life, which is, Mj Confcience imj Honor ; and if I had refped to my Life |iore then the Peace of the Kingdom ^ the Li' of the SubjeSi, cettainly I ihould have ["scle a particular defence for my felf, for by icatleaftwifelmight have delayed an ugly , .jktittnce, which I believe will pafs upon mc; bif certainly Sir, as a man that hacfi underftanding, fome knowledge of the Vrld, if that my true zeal to my Country had over-born the care that I have of ''y own prefervation, I (hould have gone ano- Nr way to work then that I have done; Now I Conceive, That an hafty Sentence once may fooner be repented then recalled, and Ny, the felf-fame dclire that I have for the of the Kingdom,and the Liberty of the ^bfU^moxt then mfoyen particular, does fske me now at lalt dciire, That having fome- thing pK. :etb havt con- I tbai ■Wol isPti re re :o bi| mt e tl*[ 7001} t Sit, _ vhicK, m , ani is tlis Co0 11 nc: 1 irri' t thai ,thai Supp; Sir,' ur0 fhai'l give • fay I ' defirfl) : cofieernsboth, fore Sentence be given, chat I may b6 heardiuptic the Pdinted-^Chanther before the Lords 38 '"niri; Commotis, this delay eannot be prejudieial i "e fpi you whatfoever I fay, if chat I fay no-ccafo lioug thofe that hear nie mu'ft be Judges,-1 eanrtotl f Judge of that chat I have, if it be reafon , ai ly, 1 really for the Vfeffar^ ef the Kingdom, andii '(fge : Liberty of the Stih'jeEi, I am fare on''t vti ''pinj well CIS worth the hearing ; Therefore I i ''■"g conjure you, as yoiibve that that you preteit 'dng: I hope tf^sf eal, the Liberty of the Sdbjeblyi ''f Qi Peace of the Kingdom, that you will grants t the hearing before any Sentence be pail, I oiP'fhc -defire this, that you- will cake this" into yel confederation, it may be you have not heardl^w t it before hand', if you will I'le retire, and n ttlay think 6f it, but if I cannot get this Lihf^'^ hi ty, I do here proreft that fo fair fhcws of i d berty and Peace (Irews , and not' therwife, Chen that you will not hear yc' KING. Lord'G^refid.nt. Sir, you have 1K)W ff ken. King. Yes Sir, Lord Preflde/'.t, And this that you W faid is a further dc dining o" the iHrisdliliinf this Court, which was CiiC thing wherein f were limited before Kl\ ouri K L 'f, I fed, outs tar 1 itat' "tttef L T/ ^ ■fircl* King. Pray excufe me Sir, for ffly inter- leardi option, becaufe you miftake me, It is not a de- ds ai) lining of it, you do judge me before you hear leial I fefpeak, 1 fay it will nor, I do not decline it, rcafoi lionghl cannot acknowledge the Jurifdiddion ido'il f Court ; Yet Sir, in this give me leave to u , a! 'y, I would do it,though I did not acknow- anU dgeicinthis , Idoproteft it is not the de- 'I vti I'ping of it , fince I fay , if that I do fay any e i; Wng but that that is for the Peace of tht iretes ^«»^^«aw,and the Liberty oftheSubjeiJ, then eSljl lis flianpe is mine. Now I dtfire, that you wilt -ant a this into yourconfideration,ifyou will Tier , I ot 'ifhdraw. o ye! ^ord Preftdent. Sir, This is not altogether leardi «w that you have moved unto us, not akoge- id y(F® new to us, though the firft time in Perfonr have offered it to the Court s Sir, you fay of not ir yd ir, — - —- J on do not Decline the Jurifdiftion of the •OHn. King. Not in this that I have faid. LordPreJident. I underftand you well , but neverthelefs that which you have of- 'fed, feems to be contrary to that faying of onts ; for the are ready to give a Yew- )uhf • it is not asyou fay, Thatthej^itt not ''r«rjour King, for they have been ready to jf^r yoUjthey have patently waited your plea- ite for nJuee Cewm-together, to-hear what you »wfl< LiioTf' ;in f 'ten Ci f n )frb you would fay to the Peoples Charge againi you,ro which you have not vouchfated to g:vi any Anfweratallj Sir,This tends to a fi-rr B delay; Truly Sir, inch delaies as thefe neithfl may the Kingdom, nor Juftice well be ar; Y have had three feveral daies to have offered this kind what you would have plea'ed ; Tii is founded upon that Authority Oj Commons of Enqhtnd, in ^hom refls the St prcme furifMSIiof:; That which you now der is to have another Jurifdidion, and a ordinate furifdiSiion , I know very well exprefs your felf Sir, That notwithffandii§ni that you would offer to the Lords and Coi mons in the 'Painted Chamber, yet neverth ei lefs you would proceed on here, I did you fay fojbut Sir,That you would offer thei e what ever it is, it.muft needs be in delay of ck ni Juftice here,fo as if this Court be tefolved, prepared for the Sentence , this that you off' they are not bound in Juftice to grant; but Si according to that you fcem todefire, andb caufe you fhali know the further pteafure theComuponchatwh/ch you have movfi , the Cotirt will withdraw for a time. King. Shall I withdraw? Lord Prcfident. Sir, Yow ftiall knoW pleafureofthe Court prefently , the withdraws for half an hour into the Court fVeirds foK cy Sert liattl rder The torn; Lor wrp: Sir,) the pr the' igd( irv ma rev ifid( nfid( todc im em fdin lave eyhi idy cafic ;hcf gainl :>g;vi .-rV eithei ; Yt* red i ! r\i C4p3 Sergeant at ArmSjthe Ccftrt gives comWand lat the Prifoner be withdrawn, and they give der for his return again. The Court withdraws for half an hour and turns. Lord Prefident. Sergeant at Arms, fend fo£ " )ilr prifoner. Sir,you were pleafed to make a motion here oe St thet oft d, ai; md fure I10\!t oW 0* onrt Si! N tet the Court to offer a defire of yours touching a 0 c propounding of fomewhat to the Lords if y the Painted Chamber for the Peace of the ' andic ingclom;Sir,you did in effect receive an An- Coffl rer before the Court adjourned ; Truly Sir^ 'erth eir withdrawing and adjournment was pro i to >■»»(? for it did not feem to them that: we was any difficulty in the thing; they have wfidered of what you have moved, and have nfidered of their own itAuthoritj, which is )U oft mded, as hath been often faid, upon the ^u~ )UtSi mm Authority of the Commons of England fumbled in Tarliament, The Court adfs aC" fdingly to their CommiffiOn. Sir, the return "veto you from the Court , is this; That °y have been too much delayed by you al-' 'dy , and this that ydil now offer hath ^fioned fome little further delay , and ate JUDGE$. appointed by the4 J U D C E S , and Judges are D no no more to delay then they are to deny Juffi hiid they are good words in the old: Charter England, Nulli negabimtts, nnllt vendem njy ^ mlU ieferremm Jafiitum: There tnuft' nayt no delay, but the trutii is Sir, and fo ev renia man here obfervcs it, That yon have much junb layed them in your contempt and default ,11'm; q which they might long fince have proceedeil judgment, againft you, and notwithftandi ,otdi what you have offered, they arc refolved ir at proceed to punifliment, and to JudgtiKi ne. and that is their unanimous rcfolution. Ur, King. Sir, I know it is in vain for me ;ovvl difpuce, lam noi'ce/)r»V^fortodenythef !gur wer that you have, I know that you have! he ] wer eriough; Sir, I confefs, I think it Wd ':'our have been for the Kingdoms Peace, if y lave would have taken the pains for to haveftid sjve K the La wfulnefs of your Power, for this dd that 1 have defired, I confefs it is a delay ,bui fyoi is a delay very important for the Peace of I )ijt . Kingdom, for it is not my Perfon that I b lere. on alone, it is the Kingdoms well-fare, andi ore Kingdoms Peace, it is an old Sentence, Ti the c "^e(hottldthink^on long beforehave re\ ved of great matters juddenly' Therefore' I do fay againj That I do put at your doors the inconveniency of an hafty Sentence, I cd &fs, I have been here now 1 think this^ ■/' tonfi X, (t onfi K L q\ bis (Jay eight days was the day 1 anyc dofl i nd t| ghtt seen ;nto! fhis J He of )forh f oyui, " be Jb ellth ilusi 's lok 1 leEle u )ferv men eret lor) ll 'dth >ecu indl Itere EOpl( :ai leirt Sir «rpo C5S] ey (!i ffi'ttti fmt. This we learn, the end of hav'^, Dtn'e I K'i?gS3 or any other Governors, it's for the rem [Pyingot Juftice, that's the end. Now Sir, wf 0 be the King will go contrary to that End, infdi «iy other Governor will go contrary to the leyv i of his Government; Sir, he muft under-» nd that he is but an Officer in truft, and he ibitit ght to discharge that Truft, and they are to peerderforthe animadvcrfion and punifti^ iniin fit of fpch an offending Governor. upeti TbisisnocLaw ofyefterday Sir, ( fincethe w, 3 ne of the divifion betwixt you and your Peo- Sir, but it is Law of old; And we know very it ei\ ?11 the Authors and the Authorities that do V; i ilus what the Law was in that point upon of 0 «Eledion of Kings, upon the Oath that they iffs 'ok unto their, People ; and if they did not ind( 'ferve it, there were thofe things called Par- "ubjt Wents; The 'Purliameuts were they that 1 invi dreto adjudge (the very words of the Au- heffl """) the plaints andvprongs done of the King iattl 'dthe ^ueeH,or their Children, fuchvprongs fork ^tciallj when the People could have n0 uindf elfe any remedy. Sir,that hath been the 1 go« fopleof £'»^/,ii«^// cafe, they could not have :ert3 leir remedy elfewhere but in Parliament., be [ Sir, Parliaments were ordained for that >n, 3 Otpofe tp redrcfs the.^ievances of the People, ; H was their main end; and truly Sir, it fo njiin D 4 b" be that the Kings of England had been rightlf inindfullofthemrelves, they were nevermore in a-^d State then in the Parliament, but how forgetful feme have been, Storiti have told us; We have a miferable, a lament- able, a fad experience of it. Sir .by the old La^v5 of England, I fpeak thefe things the rather to you, becaufc you were pleafed to let fall tht other day,you thought you had as much know- ledg in the Law,as moftGentlemen in Englant it is very well Sir. And truly Sir, it is very ' for the Gentlemen of England to underftare that Law under which they muft live, and b which they muft be governed. And then Sir, the Script are fays, Thej that know their Ma fiers\'villandiio it not, what follows Tbc Law is your Mafter, the Adfs of Parliament, The Parliaments were to be kept ancient! we find in our old Author twice in the year, That the fubjeU upon any occafton might haiit a r-eady remedy and redrefs for his Cjricvance, Afterwards by feveral Aflsof parliament \t[ the days of your Predeceflbr the third, they muft: have been once a year. Sir what the intermiflion of PARLIAMENTS hath been in your time it is very well known, and the fad Confequences of it , and what in the interim inftead of thefe P A R LI A M E N T S , hath been by you by an high . • ; and and e,tl andf ladf fige ;ainf ir, 1 S hgl you great Tari Plots thee Went Cine aril >roui on y th, Liht ME looi todc edi T wnn deal ghtlj more ■oriti\ (lent-i La^vi|Si er to 1 the low- ry fit (land id by Sir, Ma' The ;ntly year. javt ince. it in nrd, the hath and r in i A- ligh and [and Arhitrar) hand introduced upon the Peo- 'e,that likewife hath been too well known land felt. But when God by his Providence had fo fat brought it about, that you could no lohger decline the calling of a Parliament^ "r, yet it vvill appear what your ends were a- lainft the Ancient and your Native Kingdom Scot L A NH-^ The Parliamc nt of ^nglan'd not ferving your ends againft them, landilyou were pleafed to diflblve it. Another peat necedity occafioned the calling of this fariiament , and what your Deligns and |Plots and endeavours all along have been for the crulblng and confounding of this Parlia- jww, hath been very notorious to the whole pngdom ; And truly Sir, in that you did rike at all; That had been a furc way to have brought about that that this Chargelaies up- ® you J Tour Intention to Subvert the ^VN V AM E NT AL LAWES f the Land. For the great Bulwark of the liberties of the People, is the PARLIA- ^ENT of England-, and to Subvert and ^oot up that , which your aim hath been to do, certainly at one blow you had confoun- ^td the liberties and the property of England. Truly Sir, it makes me call to minde, I Nnot forbear to exprcfs it, for Sir, we muft M plainly with you, according to the • merits '.t : merits ofyour canfe, fo isourCommJ(non, it mafeme call to mind (thefe proceedliings of yours j That 'we read of a great by the way let us call him d great RerttaW Tyrant J Caligula^ That wijht that thePespte cfR.omG hadhad but one uech^ , that at, oni, bldw he might cut it off'; and your proceedings, hath been fomewhat like to this 5 for the body of the People of England hath been (arid where elfe) reprefented but in the Parliathent , and, could you have but confounded that, youW at one blow cut olfthe neck of England: But God hath referved better things for us , and hath pleafed for to Confound your defigns, and to break your Forces, and to bring your Perfon intb Cuftody that you might be tefponfible to Juftice. Sir, we know very well, That it is a quefti- on Dti your fide very much pteft, by what Pre- fident We fhallproceed ? Truly Sir, for Preji- denti^ I fhall not upon thefe occafions inftitute any long difcourfe, but it is no new thing to a.K Pirejidents ?\mo^ of all Nations, where the People (when power hath been in their hands) have been made bold to call their Kings to account, and wdicre the change olGoperne- hath been upon occafion ot the Tyranny and JMif'Government of thofe that have been plaotd ovff thent 5 I will not fpcnd time to men":' Biention orSpaiu^ ortheEmplrejor-- | other Countries, volumns may be written ofit* But truly Sir, that of the Kingdom of • I fliaU think fome of us have thoughc ; upon it, when they have the J uflice of Jra- f«», that is a mgn i" wedio fofitttst betwixt the King of Spain , and the people of, the Country, that if wrong be done by the King, he that is the King of Aragon, the Ju- ftice hath power to reform the wrong, and he , is acknowledged to be theKings Superiour,and , is the grand preferver of their privikdges, and hath profeciited Kings upon their mifcar- | riages. . i Sir; What the Tribunes of Some were here- tofore, and what the Ephori were to the La-. ■■■ tedemoniMi StatevJtknoyN^ that is the Parlia- | lUent of England to the Englifb State-, and ,i though Rome Teemed to lofe it's Liberty when : j once the Emperors were; yet you Thall 6nd t|! Tome fatiious Adls of Juftice even done by the , [ Senate of Rome, that great Tyrant of his time -ij Eiero, condemned and judged by the Senate. ■ 'j But truly Sir , to you I fhould not mention - thefe Forfeign.exaraplesand ftoriesdf you look -i but oyer T weed, we find enough in your na- the Kingdom oS. Scot land,1{ we look to your iirft' King that your.ftories make, rati>« C^O] mention of, he was an eleflive King, he dyed, and left two Sons both in their minority, the Kingdom made choyceof their Unkle his Bro- ther to govern in ths minoritj j afterwards the elder brfiither giving fmall hopes to the people that he would rule or govern well, fetking to fupplant that good Unkle of his that governed then juftly, they fet the elder afide, and took to the younger. Sir, if I iTiould come to what your ftories make mention of, you know very well you are the 109. King of Scotland, for to mention fo many Kings as that Kingdom, according to their power and privi- ledg, have made bold to deal withal, fome to banifli, and fome to imprifon, and fome to put to death, it would be too long^ and as one of your own Authors fays, it would be too long to recite the manifold examples that your own ftories make mention of; Reges (fay they,} we do create, we created Kings at firft; Leges^ cfrc. We impofed Laws upon them; and as they are chofen by the fuffrages of;the people at the firft, fo,upon juft ccca[ion,by the I fame fuffrages they may be taken down again: ' and we will be bold to fay, that no Kingdom bath yeelded more plentiful experience then that your Native Kingdom of Scotland, hath done concerning the depofition and the punifh- tnent of their offending iCings,&c. tranfgrefling It It is not far to go for an example neer you, your Grandmother fet afide, and your Father an Infant crowned; State did it here in England f here hath not been a want of fome examples, they have made bold (the Par- liamcnt, and the People of England) to call their Kings to account, there are frequent examples of it in the Saxons time, the time before^the Conqueft; fince the Conqueft |there want not fome prefidents neither, King the fefcond. King Richard the fecond, pergdealt withfoby the Parliament, as they Iwere depofed and deprived; and truly Sir, |who ever fhall look into their ftories, they lhall not findcthe Articles that arc charged up- on them to come neer to that height and capi- tdnefs of Crimes that are layd to your charge, nothing neer. I Sir, You were pleafed to fay the other '5y wherein they difcent, and I did not bntradid it, but take altogether, Sir, if were as the Charge fpeaks, aiid no o- btrwife admitted King of £ N G L A N D, 'ntfor that you were pleafed then to alledg, ■ 'nw that almoft for a thoufand years thele bings have beeti, ftofies will tell you, if go no higher then the time of the Con- if you do come down fince the Con- M, you are the T w^nty fourth King from lyiUiam H^llitam ciWei rhe Corqueror, yqlifliaUfltjl one half of them to come meerly frptn tfe State, and not meerly upon the point of Bif cent ; it were eafie to be inlknced to'you, ' time muftnotbe loft that way. And triily Sir, what a grave and learned Judge in his tiine anil| well known to you,and is fince printed for pi fterity, ^hat although there '^as fuch a oi a difcent many times, yet the Kings of Ei> land ever het i the greatefl ajfurance of t'heit Titles when it was declared by Purlianient' And Sir, your Oath, the mantier of your Con nation doth iliew plainly, That the Kings although it^s true by the Law next Perfon in bloud is defigned; yet if theiil werejuftcaufeto refute him, the peopleo! might doit. For there is a Contract, and Bargain made between the King and People, and your Oath is taken, and certain! Sir, the Bond is reciprocal, for as you are tiit liege Lord,fo they liege fubjeafts.and we kno\t very well that hath been fo much fpoken of Ligantia eft duplex. This we know tiow, tf' one tye, the one Bond, is the bond of perfe^li' on that is due from the Sbveraign, the other if the Bond of Subjeftion that is due from tin Subjedf, Sir if this Bond be once broken, farf yjeliSoveraig»ty,Subje3io trah:t,8cc. " Thefe things may not be denyed Sit, ITpcjl' «th ony youi Ssb] Uor fet a! look herii InuP Offi high ssy( jike feci grea yoai that I Pe, coni Offi Tith Offi bad fire lcri( this «the rather, and I pray God it may work upf on your heart, that you may be fenfible of your mifcarriages. For whether you have been as by your Office you ought to be, a Prote- Uor of England, or the deflroyer of Bngland, let all England judge,or all the world that hath look'd upon it. Sir, though you have it by /»- fohVie/jcf in the way that is fpoken of, yet fautl not be denyed that your Office was an Office of Truft, and indeed, an Office of the higheft Truft lodged in any fingle perfon; Fctf as yt)u were the grand Adminiflrator of fur Hce , ahd others were as your Deligates to lee it done throughout your Realms, If your great Office were to do Jufticc and prefervc your People from wrong, and inftead of doing that you will be the great wrong doer your ftlfl If inftead Sf being a Conftrvater of th» Peace, you will be the Granddiftur^er of thf "Peace, furely this is contrary to youf Office, Contrary to your Truft. Now Sir, ff it be an Office of Inheritance , as you fpeak of your Title by letallmen kqow that great Offices are Sizable and Forfeitable, as it you had it but for a year and for your Li!ej There- fore Sir, It will concern you tp take into your- fcriousconlideration your great mifcarriages iti) this kind. Truly Sir, Ifhallnotparticularize the many : ' mifcarriages TMT mifcarriages of your Reign vvhatfoevet', thej are famoufly known, it had been happy for tte Kingdom, and happy for you too, if it haj not been fo much known, and fo much felt, as theftory of your mifcarriages muft needs be,ant hath been already. Sir, That that we are now upon by the conl' mandof ths highejt Court hzth been and is to try and judg you for thefe great offences of yours. Sir, the Charge hath called you Tjrant, a Tray tor, a Murtherer, and a puhlique £nf my to the Commonwealth of England. Sir, It had been well, if that any of all thefe terfflf might rightly and jufllyhavc been fpared, if any one of them at all. King. Ha? Lord Pref. Truly Sir, We have been told Eex efi dum bene regit, Tjrannus qui popH- ' lum opprimit, and if fo be that be the defini- tion of a Tyrant, then fee how you come fbort of it in your adions, whether the highefl Tf rant by that way of Arbitrary Government^ and that youhavefoughtfor to introduce, and that you have fought to pur, you were putting' upon the people, whether that was not as high an ad of Tyranny as any "of your prede- celTors were guilty of, nay, many degrees be- yond it., Sir, the term Tray tor cannot be fpared, we fhail halb )ceac one 'eopl efpe( t, as ide, ingc luper 'Oil* ireacl ount iors. dt, ^ efo Jvins leyi teat 'the 'iild indi ivec tna hefe feaft Thi :en, iur ivel 3r the ic had ;lc, •e,aDii con!- is to ;es ol rant, Snc- ir. It term! d, if told, popH' efini- (hort nent. , and cting^ oE as rede- s be- I, we (haU lialleafily agree it muft denote and fappofc a arcachof Truft, and it muft fuppofe it to be oneby a Superior, and therefore Sir, as the 'eopleot England might have incurred that tfpcding you, if they had been truly guilty of t, as to the definition of Latf, fo on the other ide, when you did break your Truft to the lingdom, you did break your Truft to your iiiperior: For the Kingdom is that for which 'Oil were truftedi And therefore Sir, for this teach of Truft when you are called to ac- onnt, you are called to account by yoor Supe- ®rs. Minimm ad majorem in judicium fo- If' And Sir, the People ofi England cannot cfo far wanting to themftlves, which God 'ving dealt fo miraculoufly and glorioufiy for, ify having power in their hands, and their ''t to put forth it felf to this work for their Wifl fbrmationmd //mijhment. But Sir, the P' pie had by Ven for ' B in a real Trt mit fad diti plea arc we be a the' thoi tod our Juft to d dLl thir Sir, Sir, 'eopl ken td lir, 11 lir, s d inait lU wh'' dM II h ifliei 1 wit ? I>l0 jWK c<>» .. y! laint 1. S» s,w of e rbaii as I* ?ir ,e pif rcprefented having power tn their hands, had there been but one wilful adl of Murther by you committed, had power to have con- Vented you, and to have punifhcd yod for it. Bat then Sir, the weight that lies upon yod In all thofe refpeds that have been fpoken, by reafon of your Tyranny, Trcafon, breach of TruB, and the Munhers that have been codi- mitted, furely Sir, it muft drive you into a fad conjlderatioyi concerning your eternal con- dition: as .1 faid at firft, I know it cannot be pleafing to you to hear any fuch things as thefe arc mentioned unto you from this Court jfor fo we do call our felves, and juftifie our felves to be a Court J and a High Court of Juflice, au- thorized by the higheft and folemneft Court of the Kingdom, as we have often faid ; and al- though you do yet endeavor what you may to dif-court us, yet we do take knowledg of our felves to be fuch a Court as can adminifter Juftice to you, and we are bound Sir, in duty to do it. Sir, all I fhall fay before the readings of your Sentence, it is but this; The Court la[phemc. King, I would defire onely one word be- , fore you give fentence, and that is, That you Would hear me concerning thofe great impu- tations that,you have layd to my charge. • LordTrefid. Sir, You muff give me now E3 leave i' C70] leave to go oit, for I am not far frOm yoi^t Sentence, and your time is now pail:. X»»^j» ButIj[halldefireyouwill hear me a few words to you, for truly what ever Sen- fence you will put upon me, in refpeft of thoffl jheavy imputations that I fee by your fpeecl} you have put upon me. Sir, It is very true that Lord Pref. Sir, I mull: put you in minde. , Truly Sir I would not willingly, at this time efpecially, interrupt you in ariy thing you have to fay that is proper for us to admit of, but Sir, you have not owned us as a Court, and you look upon us as a fort of people met toge- tber, and we know what language we receive jfrom your party. King. I know nothing of thati t Lord Tref. You dif-avow US as a Courti and therefore for you to addrefs your felf to us, not to acknowledg us as a to judg of what you fay, it is not to be permitted; and the truth is, all along from tfie firft time, you werepleafed to dif avow and dif-ow" us, the Court needed not to have heard you one word; For unlefs they be acknowledged a Cwn, and engaged, it is not proper for yoo to fpeak : Sir, we have given you too much liberty already, and admitted of too much delay, and we may not admit of any farther; wers were it proper for us to do, we fliould hear you freely, and we fliould not have dedined to have heard you at large, what yol could have faid or proved on your behalf, whether for totally excufing, or for in part excufing thofe great and faainous charges that in whole or in part are layd upon you. But Sir, I ftiall trouble you no longer, your fins are of fo large a dimenfion, that if you do but ferioufly think of them, they will drive you to a fad confide- ration of it, and they may improve in you a fad and ferious repentance. And that the Court doth heartily wifh that you may be fo penitent for what you have done amifs, that God may have mercy at leafl-wife upon your better part. Truly Sir, for the other, it is out parts and duties to do that that the Law pre- fcribes, we are not here fus dare, but ftts dicere ; we cannot be unmindful of what the •frrtprare tells us. For to acquit the guilty is of equal abomination as to condemn the inno- tent^ we may not acquit the gmlty • what fentence the Law affirms to a Traytor,Tj/rant, S Murtberer, and a publike Enemy to the Country that fentence you are now to hear read unto you, and that is the fentence of the Court. The Lord Prejident commands the fentence to be read. Make an O yes^ and command ^ E 4 filence •i! ': I ' l7^1 filcnce while the fentence is read. Oyes made. Silence commanded. Thd| Clerk read the fentence, which WJi drawn up in parchment whereas the Commons af England in Parli ament had appointed them an High Court tj fujiice for the trying of Charls Stuart Ki^ of England, before whom he had been thru times convented, and at the firfi time Charge of High Treafon^ and other (frimti and Mifdemeanors, was read in the behalf fj the Kingdom s/England, &c. Here the Clerk read the Charge. Which Charge being read unto him as afore .faid, he the faid Charts Stuart was required to give his Anfwer, tmcherefufed fo to do, and fo expreft theieveral paflagesathisTrysl in re fufing to anfwer. For all which Freafons and Crimes, thh Court doth adjudg, That the faid Charls Stuart, as a Tyrant, Tray tor, Murtherel^ and a publique Enemy, Jhail be put to Deatk by the fevering his Head from his Body, After the fentence read, the LordTreftden^ faid j This C73 1 m' Parlil trt tj K0l thru inte i rinui, df «i afore- juireii| 3 do, Tryal •, tyii\ Zharlsi 'oerer, katk, This fentence now read and publillied, it fj tlie aU:, fentence, judgment J and; refolution of ! die whole Here the Court flood up, as aflenting to I what the Prejident (aid' ' Will you hear me a word Sir ? Lord Pre/, Sir,you are not to be heard after ^fentence. King, No Sir ? Lord Treftd. No Sir, by your favor Sir. Guard, withdraw your Prifoner. King I may fpeak after the fentence By your favor Sir, I may fpeak after the fentence ever. By your favor f hold) the fentence Sir—— I fay Sir I do I am not fuffcred for to fpeak, exped what Juftice other people will have. OYes. All manor of perfons that have any thing elfe to do, are to depart at this time, and to give their attendance in the painted Cham- ter, to which place this Court doth forthwith adjourn it felf. yh&ntht Court rofe, and the King went with his Quard to Sir Robert Cottons^ and from thence to PFhitehuU. Thfil if;+ T King C743 44^^ 44l«l 4444441 Kinsj Cliarls p HIS SPEECH ts, f spri Made upon the S c a f f o l d ai Whitehall-Gate immediately before his Execution. January 30. ABoQt ten in the Morning the Kit^ brought from St. y<«?ww*s, walking c foot through the Park, with a Re^ment part before and part behinde hina, wii^ Colours flying, Drums beating, his pnvaK guard of Tartiz^aaSy with fome of his Gentl'' men before, and fonje behinde bare-heade")' Ir fu Ewr the com savin )oat! ;lafs lout Fro! mn trsc mfei leftei '*te\ 'heS leflc lock iiere fHc id t i(iet( ttdes Th »ok^ s > 2 nt witi ivatf ntlt- P Lisl )t fuxoK next bebinde him j and Colonel W/i«/o»(who had the charge of him) talk- g with the King bare-headed from the Park, ) the ftairs into the Gallery, and fo into the »l>i»et.Chamberywhere he ufed to lie, where continued at his Devotion, refufing to dine aving before taken the Sacrament) onely lout an hour before he came forth, he drank ;ijfs of Claret wine, and eat a piece of bread lout twelve at noon. From thence he was accompanyed by Dr. txon. Colonel and other Otfi- B, formerly appointed to attend him, and 15 private guard oi Tarttzans^ with Muske- won each fide, through the Banqueting- '■adjoyning, to which the Scafibld was '5fted, between Whitehall-Gate , and the leading into the Gallery from S.fames't; le Scaffold was hung round with black, and floor covered with blackjand the Ax and ocklayd in the middle of the Scaffold. There ffre divers Companies of Foot, and Troops Hotfe placed on the one fide of the Scaf- 'id towards Kings-Ftfeet, and on the other de towards Charing-Crojs, and the raulti- "des of people that came to be S^eSators W great. The King being come upon the Scaffold, sok'd very earneftly on the Block, and asked Cob '■'i' ::.'i & I' >Col. Hacksr if there were no higher : J then fpake thus (diredting his Speech ' toCoX'Thdmlinfon.) King. IShdl be my J little heard of i body here J I Jhali therefore jped ^ord unto yon here : Indeed I could holi ye ace Very we 11.^ if I did not thinks that k 4ng my peace would make fame men thit that I didfubmit to the guilty as Voell sthe punijhment; but J thinks it is my to God prjl, and to mj Country, ft clear my felf both as an honefi man, a § King, and a good Chriftian. I Jhall /"j nf, frliwithmy Innocency, Introth I thki not very needful for me to inffl long ■this, for air the ^orld knows that I . did'>begin a fVar Vtith the two Houft! Parliament, and I call God to Veitnefs) ^hom J mufi Jhortly make an account, 1 ' J never did intend for to incroach upon tk Priviledges, they began upon me, it is Militia they began upon, thej confefl >' -nd the Militia was mine, but they thought it for to have it from wte : and to be (hort^ any body will look^ to the dates of Comtft^ ens, of their (fommiffioHs andmine, artdb Vtife to the Declarations, will fee clearly they began thefs unhappy Troubles, not / •' lof as Mar m way e tw •teffit Hill; ttwee ill tl 0 I this hifi t If ler h ci "f ■IP'' ho/i tt t thii ell a my , f" « thim ng 1 Mt 'mfti ■nefs, t, Ta on It is 'efl ■htit (hort) twmi\ wdk fly tli ■)t /■' m«. is the guilt of thefe enornKPis Crimes' ' 'ot are layd agaiftfi »fe, I hope in Gad that id foill clear me of it, 1 \Mii not, I am is* why: God forbid ijhat I fhould lay it upon If treo Houfes of Tarliament, there is no tefitj of either, I hope they are Jree of this lilt: for I do beleeve that HI Infiruments ttween them and me, has been the chief caufe *11 this blood-fjed : jo that by U'rfj' of jpeah:- as I finde my [elf clear of this, l hope mi pray God) that they may too: yet for II this, (Jod forbid that 1 fhould be fo HI a hriflian, as not to fay that Gods judgments ' '^/! Pfi times he does pay '■II ht^ Hjiice by an unjufl Sentence, that is ordH try: 1 Wijl onely fay this,That unjufl Sentence * that I *Straffoi'd« „ired for to take cffcH, is "oijhednow by an unjufi Sentence upon me, W isjfofar I have /did, to fhew you that £ man innocent man. Now for to fhew you that 1 am a good l^rflian: J hope the're is* a man that VetII bear me -p. n ° 'itnefs,That J have forgiven '' 'd the world, and even thofe in particular 'W have been the chief caufers of mj death j ""ho they are, God knows, J do not defire to Pnp, J pray God forgive them. But this is *Turningto fome Gen- tlemen that wrote. not all, mj Charity- mttfi go farther, tvifh that they may repent, for indeed tk have committed a great fin in that partki L it : J pray (fod '^ith Stephen, he not layd to their charge, nay, not onelj fi hat that they may take the right way toik Peace of the Kingdom, for thy Charity con mands me, dot oneiy to forgive particd men, but mj Charity commands me to vor to the lafi gafp the of the Kingdom : So (Sirs} do ^ijh Vtith all my Soul, do hope (there is * fome hit \i>ill carry it further) tk they may endeavor the Pci ef the KINGDOM. Now (Sirs) I rnuf Jhewyou both howf are out of the ^ay, and ^iU put you in a Firfi,you are out of the way, for certainly the way you ever have had yet, m I couldp by any thing, is in the way of Conquefi ; cd tainly this is an ill Way^for Conquefi ( Sir) my opinion is never yufi, except there be goodjuf Caufe, either for matter of Wrong jujl Title,and then if you go beyond it,t hep quarrel that jou have to it, that shakes it <(• juJl at the end that Was jufi at firfi; Bth it be onely matter of ConqueSl, then itb> great Robbery: as a Pirat/did to Alexain^^' (n»«; III ; 0 tkt. fetty Wh. > !e( their tare pui ^}th ijde whei hear F ingt the J that Kin leill thai fan 1 Lib ■»ht Lil of( 'her ed til artkl hattl lelj f to tycot ticA eni Pm Sirs, , am \e kit ) tkt Tett lOWf tWJ inly '.dp ; Cd- Sir) e be he pi ■iti Bat itii> ancfcfi 0 that He the great Robber^ he was bat d Jetty Robber.: and fo, Sir, I do think, the way that yea are in, is much out of the ^ay. Now Sir, for to put you in the )iPay, beleeve it you Vtll never do right, nor God wiU never proffer (1 )0H, until you give Cjod his due, the King his itte (that ts, my Succeffors) and the People their due : I am as much for them as any of Jou; 7on mufigive God his due,by regulating tightly his Church (according to hts Scrip- tare) Vehich is now out of order: For to fet bt a Vcay particularly now I cannot,but an- ijthis, A National Synod freely called, free- J debating among themfelvs, muf fettle this, vhen that every Opinion ts freely and clearly eard. For the King, indeed I Veill not f then turn- ing to a Gentleman that touched the Ax, faid. Hurt not the Ax, * Meaning if that may hurt me *. For the he did bluuc l^ing) the Laws of the Land the edg. i>ill clearly injirubi you for that J therefore becaufe it cotscerns my own tarticular, I mely give you a touch of tt. For the people : e^And truly I defire their Liberty and Freedom as much as-any body tohomjoever, but I mu^ telljou. That their Liberty and their Freedom confiits in having of Government j thofe Laws, by which their Life l' I Life and their Goods may be moji their »» It is not for having (hare in Government{Sff\ that is nothing pertaining to them; A Sttbjti and a Soveraign are clean different thin^i and therefore until they do that, I meanfthA yptt do pnt the d'eople in that Liberty as I fa(^ certainly thy \^>i/l never enjoy themfelves. Sirs, It for this that nose lam com here: Ifl Voould havegive-n veay to an Arbi trary Way,for to have all Laves changed ao cording to the power of the Sword^ I needed not to have come here , and therefore 1 tell you (and I pray God it be not layd to yottt charge) That 1 am the Martyr of the People, Introth Sirs, I (hall not hold you much longer, for I Will onely fay this to you, Thttt' intruth I could have defired fame little tintt longer, becaufe that I Would have put thil that I have faid in a little more order, and little better digejled thenl-have done j ant therefore I hope you will excufe me. I have delivered my Confcienee, I pray Got that you do take thofe courfes that are beftfot the good of the kingdom &your own falvatiolM' Dr. Juxon. Will your Majefty (though it maybe veiy well known your Majefties affe-' dions to Religion, yet it may be expeded that you fliould) fay fomewhat for the Worlds fatisfadion. King* Kin erth. Sirs, verjV iech ; AC fEnr *Poi rag to \xo» lis fa (ado ingto plea ncertl Ax,p fpeaki mtm loDc ingpc italhi js'y Siihc jixoi tious D( (Sir, 'ibjd oim. :rhM rs. cm irhi- d ac- King. I than\)OH very heartily (my Lord fir that I had aimeB forgotten it.. Introth ^irs f Jldy Confcience in Religion I thinks i* ttrj Vfe/l known to all the worldf and therefore Ueclare before joti all. That I dye a Chrifit^ , according to the frofej/ion of the Chttrch if England , as I fomd it left me by my Ta" *Point- ther,and this honefi men * J thinly ii ^toD. iV.Then turning to the "^Kxon. OfficerSj (aid; Sirs, excufe me for iis fame, I have a good catsfe, and I have a facioMs Cfod,, I fay no more. Then turn- to Colonel he faid j Take care 'hy do net ptst me to pain , and Sir this, and i 'pleafeyou- But then a Gentleman coming Iter the Ax, The King faid. Take heed of the dx, pray take heed of the Ax , Then the King taking to the Executioner, faid, I fhall fay t very fbort Trayers, and^hen Jthrtijb f my hands Then the King called Doc'lor fax on for \v$Night-cap, and hav- : put it on, he faid to the Executioner, Does 'hair trouble yon? who defired him to puC it all under his Cap, which the King did accord- iglyby the help of the Executioner and the ^ilhop; Then the King turnirg to Dodor ]ixon, faid, I have a good Cat^e and agra- dous God on my fde, Doftor ^Hxen.lhcte is but one Stage more.' T This This Stage is turbulent and troublefona j it is a fliort one : But you may confider, it will foon carry you a very great way: it will carry you from earth to heaven; and thete you (hall fini a great deal of cordial loy and comfort. King. I gofysmac'irrHftihle to an ivcot' ruftihle Crovn- where no difittrhattce can no diftttrbancein theVoorld, Doftor Jttxon. You are exchanged from a Temporal to an Eternal Crown, a good ex- change. The King then faid to the Executioner, « any hair well ? Then the King took off' His Cloak and his George, giving his George to D 'cffor ^;!«Ar(?«,faying,Remember'* *lt is thought Then the King put off bis fcr to give it to Duhlet, and being in bis the Tr 'nce. WaOcoat, put his Cbak on again, then looking upon the Block, faid to cbs Execucbntr. Tou ntull Cet it fajb. Exxutsomr. It is fall Sir. Kiig. l.t might have been a little higher> l.xx utioner^ I Can be no higher Sit. "Yirnxg. IVhtn I Viet out my hands this * Stretching * then - O them out. A' ter that having faid tWO orthree words(ashe fiood) to himfelf, W't'' hands and Eyes lift up ; Jmmcd.atcly ftoopi".? down, laid his neck upon the Block; And uit" tliel fee goin^ £, Ma!( h llreti one Tf Exec Sped Ai with Wye ilieni whei Utt »ighi Died hiar bod :liers Valt lEisi t!ie Executioner again putting his hair under bis Cap, the King faid (Thinking he had been going to ftrike) ftay for the fign. Exccuiiener. Yes, I wilband it pleafeyout Majefty. And after a very little pawfe, the King ftretching forth his hands. The Executioner at one blow fevered his head from his body. That when the Kings head was cut off, the Executioner held it up, and fhewed it to the Spedators. And his Body was put in a Coffin Covered with black Velvet for that purpofe, and con- Kyed into his Lodgings there; And from fence it was carried to his houfe at S. lames'sf where his body was put in a Coffin of lead,laid fere to be feen by the people;and about a fort- "ight after it was carried to windfor fed with the Duke of LemXy the Marquefs of ^urtfoyd, and the "E^rl of Southampton, and I )oftor Inxon, late Bifhop of London, and o- fers, and Interred in the Cappel-Royal in the Valt with King Henry the eight, having only ibis Infcription upon his Coffin. Charls^King f England, &c. 1648. Sic tranjit Gloria Mundit IF in IS, SPEECHES O F Duke Hamilton^ Earl of C A M B R I D G, HfiNRyEarlof H O L L A N D, AND A rthur Lord C a p e l , UPON THE SCAFFOLD Immediately before their Exk cution, on Friday March p. 1649. Alfb the leveral Exhortations, and Conferences with them upon the S e A F F 01. D, B Y 'D.Sihbaldy M.Bolton^ & M.Hodges. London y Printed for Peter Cole, FranciiTj' toHy and John Plajford. 1650. feyeral^eeches of the Earl o/Cambridg, the Earl of Holland ^ and the Lord Capel, upon the Scaffold, ( to . Pon Friday the ninth of this in- ftant, being the day appointed for the Execution of the Sen- tence of Death upon the Earl of theEarlotHo//W» Jnd the Lord Ca.}d^ about ten of the Clock that morning L. Col. 'Seecher came with his Order to the feveralPrifoners at S. James's re* quiring them to come away j According to Which Order they were carried in Sedans with »Gmrd,to SkThomas Cottons houfeat fVeft- F4 minp er. 88^ ntlnfier, where they continued about the.fpac!, of two hours , parfing away mod of that n® in Religious and feafonable Conferences witii the Minifters there prefent with thena. Afw which, being called away to the Scaffold , it was defircd, that before they went,they migW have the opportunity of commending theii fouls to God by Prayer, which being readily granted, and the room voyded, Mr. was defired by the Lord of Holland to take the' pains with them, which was accordingly dotf with great appearance of folemn Aflfedion a mong them. Prayer being concluded, and hearty thanks returned by them all to the Mini- fter who performed, as alfo to the reft who were their affiftants in this fad time of trouble; t)\ were there not ibmething of concernment in it. CatAbridg. He is thy Brother, and has been a very faith* full Tervant to this State, and he was in great e* fleem and reputation with them. He is in the Hall, andfenttofpeak with a Servant of mine, to fend fomething to ffle. Dr. Sib bald. It will not lengthen the time much if yea Aay while you have a return from him. My Lord, you fbould do well to beftow yoUf time now in meditating upon and imploring of the Free-metcy of God in Chrift for your Etemall Salvation and look upon that ever-ftreaming of his precious Bloud, that purgeth us from all our (ins, even the fins of the deepeft dyf; The Bloud of Jefus Chnftwafhes away all our fins, and that Houd of Chrift is poured forth upon all fuch as by a lively Faith lay hold upon him. God fo loved the ^orld, that he gave his only begotten Son, to the end ^ that Xehofoever believed itt him Jbouli net perifit but hthave everlafiitig Life ; That b now, vsf Lord, the Rock oo which you muft chiefly reft, snd labor, to fix your fell in the Free-^naercy of Cod through Chnftjefiis, whofe mercies are from everlafting to everlafting, unto all fuch as wkh the Bye of Faith behold hini\ Behold Je- ksthe Jlathor and timjher of yd ar Salvati' ®, who hath fatisFied the Juftice of God by that Al-fuficiertcj of his Sacrifice , which once for all he offered fifon the Crofs for the Ins of the rvhole World , fo- thdt the fling of Death is taken away from all believers, and he lath fanftrfied it as a paflage to everlafting Lleflfednsft; It is true, the Waters of lordatt fcmevhat roftgh and furly, betwixt the Wildernefs and ottr paffage into Canaan j but kt us rtft upon the Ark (my Lord ) the Ark^ fhrift JefftSy that will carry us through and a- tove all thofe waves to that Ror\pf Ages, which no flood nor waves can reach unto, and to him who is yefterday, to day, and the fame for ever, againft whom the Towers andTrin- ctpaiities, the Gates of Hell, (hallnever be a- tie to prevail ; Lift up and faften your eyes now upon Chrift Crucified , and labor to be" told lefm ftanding at the right hand of his hashery {ta»xhsTrotemartyr Stephen) feady '0 receive your Sott/,.wh(:n it fball.be fepara* ltd J rent i bis Frail and Jldortal body : Alas, - no, 1 _ 92 ^ li :i[ !;■ no man would defire Life, if he knew before- hand what it were to live,it is nothing but for- row, vexation and trouble, grief and difcon- tent that waits upon every condition, whether poblique or private; in every ftation and cal- ling there are feveral miferies and troubles that are infeparable from them; Therefore what a blefled thing it is to have a fpeedy and comfor- table paflage out of this raging fea,<«reing the Uft time that I am to do fo, by a TO' vine Providence of Almighty Cjed, who hath i>roHght me to this end iufily for my fift. I fiiall to yoH Sir , Jl4r, Sherif, declare thus much, as to the matter that I am now to fuf" for for, which is, as being a Traytor to the Kingdom of England; Truly Sir, it was a Qomtry 94. Csmtrj that I tqudly hvein^ith mj owtij made no di^ere»ce^ / never intended eithCftht generallij ef it's prejstdice, of '^any pat'tictdif tnans in it • What I did Was by the Commatt of the Tarliament of the Country WheredTtd hern, Whofe Commands I could not difo. Without running info the fame hazard thenj ofthatco-ndtion thitlam'nowin : The Sir, of'that Engagement ts pub lique, they art in Print y and fo-1 Jhalt Wot need to ^ecif Dr. Sib bald, ' Tfic Sun perhaps will be too much in yout Lordfliips facCi 5s you {^a}{. CambricLg, No Sir i it will rfer burn it. 1 hope Ehall fee a brighter Sun then this.Sir^ very fpee- effly. ' ■ ' • ■ Tit. Sibbald. The Sun-of'Righteournefs. my Lord. Cambric^, (But IpthatwhichI was-faying Sir. ) b frleafedijodfo to difpofe that Armf under 0] Cemmandi '.itIt Was ruined; and /, as thed Cfneral y clothed with a Comrnijfton, here, now ready to dye- I fhall not troubleyoi with repeating of my Plea^ what IJ aid in own Defence at the Court of JUSTICE, my felf being fatisfied with the Comment " thfd thMarilMd apeume, and they fatisfied with tkejfifine/s of their frocedurfyOccording to the Um of this Land. God isjnfi, and haw foe- nr I fhaU not fay any thing as to the matter, tfthe Sentence, but that / diO willingly fuh- ait to his Divine Providence, and acknowledg that very many ways I deferve even a wordlj pmjhmenty as well as hereafter, for we ars ill ftnful, Sir, and / a great one; yet for mj tomfert I know there is a God heaven that is exceeding merciful^ I know my Kedeemtr (its tt his right hand, and am confident ( dapping liishandtohis breftj is m. dialing for me at this infant, J am hef^ffnl t hrottgh his Free* Grace and al-fajfcient merits, to be pardoned tj my fins, and to be receiv.ed into his mercy, that 1 rely, truilmg to nothing but the hee-Grace of God through fefas C'hrifi, I have not been tainted with my Religion 1 thankjjodfor it,fince my Infancy it hath been fuch as hath been prof eft in the Land, and e- jiablifhed, and no^ 'tis not this Religion, or that Religion, nor this or that fancy of men that is to be built upon,tis but one that's right, «Kf that's fkre, andthat comes from God. Sir, and in the Free-Grace of our Saviour. Sir, * Ob i er- there is truly feme thing tha.i* {hud ving the I thought my Speech would have Wtiters, been thus taken) I would kuve dige- fiede fled it into feme better method then novo I tit«, and [hall defire thefc Gentlemen that does write it, that they mill not wrong me in it, adhm n fisich The ^Italic tern ^our tlm. \ve(, tons, that it may not in this manner be publi/ljed to my difadvantage, for truly / did not - intend to have Ipoken thus when I came here. There is, Sirs, terrible A^ferflons has. been laid upon my felf; truly fuch as, I thank God, I am very free from j as if my alliens and intentions had not been fuch as they wen pretended for; but that notwithflanding whet I pretended it was for the King, there was thing lefs intended then to ferve him in it. Was hred with h;m for many years,! ^as hit Domeficjue fervant, and there was nothing declar'dby the Parliament,that ^as not intended by me; and truly in it I venturd my Life oneway, and m'^ I loofe it anothef\ Vfay : and that ^as one of the ends, as to thi King; Ijpeafonlyofthat, becaufe the red has many particulars , and to clear my fe$ fromfo horrid an Ajperflon as is laid upon rtu'- neither 'S>as there anj other dejign known t" me by the incoming of that Army, then whstt is really in the Declaration publifhed. Hd ' P erf on, I do profejs, I had reafon to love, d e, if fhiirt' ■ei'. thti 'my power, is kuown to very many honeji imsand Religious men\ and ho^ ready 1 'wld have been to have done what I could to thinl tve ferved them, if it had pleafed them to red) tura lothef 0 tht red ive pre ferved my Life, in Vehoje hands thepe u a power; They have not thought it ft, lifo I am become unufeful in that which illingly I i^ould have done. As 1 faid at firjl, ^,fo I fay no'd! concerning that pointy I ^ijh f felf'-1K ingd ms happinefs, J Voijh its peace', and ttlj Str, I 'ieifls that this bioad of mine may the lajt that is drawn: and howfoever I 'J perhaps have fome reluBancie "ieith mj ) felf as to the matter of my fufering,for )FaB,yet I freely forgive all; Sir, I car- 110 rancor along Vfith me to my grave: His 111 be done that has created both heaven and ^th, and me a poor miferable fnful creature 0 not* ffow Jpeak}>ig before him. For me to Sir, to Jon of Stat e-hn(%nefs^ and the Goven ment of the Kingdom, or mj opinion in thu or for anj thing in that nature. Truly itifi no end, it eontrihntes nothing'. My own i»cli nation hath been to Peace, from the begintui and it is knoVon to many, that I tever wM < ill inflrnment betwixt the King and hn Fd fit ; • 1 never Ailed to the prejudice of the Uament\ I bore no Arms^ 1 medled not vil it; iwoi not "Wanting by my Trayers to G' Almighty for the happinefs of the King; truly I Jhad pray fiill, that God may (o Srt him as that may be done "^hich jhall tend to^ Glory,and the peace and happinefs of the Ki", dome. J have not much more to fay, that I' member of; I think^l have Ffoken of my R' 9«f„ Dr. Sibbald. Your Lordflaip has not fo fu faid it. Gambrido.Tfdy I do believe I did fay foB thing. Fir. Sibbald. I know yon did, 'tis p' to hear it from your Lordflbip again. Cambridg. Truly Sir, for the Prefejfi^" my Religion, ThatVehich IfaidVoas thee; blifhed Religion , and that Vehich J havef Siifed in my oVen Kingdom Vphere J Woe hi I ftfl, rigid my I nil at more in do mm Sir, thert paffe lain! r Jour 'Praj toth Wort oAl\ done T IV 199 fioi ork, that brinietk whither; \ do not one ly forgive them, bttti fray heartily and really for them; as Got ^^'iS forgive my fins, fo I aefire God mayfo give them, \ha.ve a farticular relation as \ am Chat- cellar of Cuoibtidg,and truly I mufl here,fi»ct it is the laft of my prayers, fray to God i' that XJniverfity may go on in that happy ' Vohich it is in,that God may make it a Nurferj to plant thofe perfons that may be diflribatd to the Kingdom', that the Souls of the peofi may receive a great benefit, and a great d- vantage by them, and (I hope) Cjod ^ill tt' ward them for their kjndnefs, * Looking and their affellions that I hani towards found from them. * I have fd \l[.Bolton, what Religion I have been brtt in, Vehat Religion I have bei* born in, ^hat Religion I have praUifed'fi began with it, and I mufi end ^S>ith it, I ioU you that my anions and my life have not bet^ agreeable to my breeding, I have told tikewife that the Family where I '^as bfo» hath been an exemplary Family (I may fayf' I hope, without vanity) of much affetiion I' Religion, and of much jaithfulnefs to thu Kingdom,and to this State. I hav£ endeavtf' L III ed to do thofe AUitns that have become aa ho' ntfi man, and Vohich became a good Englifh- man, and which became a good Chrifiian, I have been willing to oblige thofe that have been in troubley thofe that have been in ferfe- cution, and truly Ifinde a great reward of it j for I have found their prayers and their ki»d- ntfs now in this difirefsy and in this condition lamiuy andlthinkjt a great reward, and I pray God reward them for it. I am a great finnery and I hope God ^ill be pleafed to hear my prayers, to give me faith to truSb in him,that as he hath called me to death atthis placty heVoill make it but a paffage to an eternal life through fefus Chriii, which I trufi tOy '^hich I rely upon, and Vohkh I expePl by the mercy of (yod, Andfolpray God blefs you ad,and fend that you mayjee this to be the lafl execution y and the la ft blood that is like- ly to be fpilt among you. And then turning to the fide-rail, he prayed for a good fpace of lime; after which Mr Bolton faid: My Lord, now look upon him whom you have trufted. My Lord,I hope that here is your lafl: prayer: there will no more prayers remain, but praifes: And I hope that afser this day is over, there will a day begin that fhall never have end ; And I look upon this (my Lord) the mornmg of it, the morning o^ chat day. Ill, My Lord, you know where yoiirfulnefsliest where your riches lie, where is your onely rock to anchor on. You know* there is fulnefs in Chrift; If the Lord comes not in with fulnefs of comforr to you, yet refolve to wait upon him while you live, andtotruft in him when you dye, and then fay, I will dye here, I will perilh at thy feet, I will be found dead at the feet of Jefus Chrift. Certainly, he that came to feek and fave loft finners, will not rejed loft finners when they come to feek him: He that intreateth us to come, will not flight us when we come to intreat him. My Lord, there is c- nough there, and fix your heart there, and fix your eyes there, that eye of Faith, and that eye of hope,exerGife thefe graces now,there wil be no exercife herafter.As your Lordfhip faid.here take an end of Faith, and take an end of Hope, and take a farewel of Repentance:and all thefe, and welcom God,3x\i welcom Chrift,and web com Glory,& welcom Happinefs to all Eterni- ty; and fo it will be a happy paffage then, if it be a paflage here frorri mifery to happinefs. And though it oe but a fad way, yet if it will bring you into the prefence of joy, although it be a vally of tears,although it be a fhadow of death, yet if God wil pleafe to bring you,and make it a paflage to that happinefs, welcom Lord. And I doubt not but Cfd will give you a heart to - tafte :iflefome fweetnefs and bve in this bitter po-' ion, and to fee fomething of mercy and good- , tfs to you, and ihew you fome fign and token good, ,fo that your foul may fee that .which Jchave had already experience of -( bkffed be 'W for it) many experiences, many exprefli- ®, not only in words, but tears God hath- otleft us without much comfort nor evi- ■nee, and I hope, my Lord, you that have gi- til fo many evidences to-us, I hope you want Me your felfj but that the Lord will be fafed to uphold and fupport you, and bear your fpirit, and if there want evidence, tte is reliance ^ my fecurity lies not in my towing that I Qiallcome to heaven,and come glory, but in myrefting and relying upon When the Anchor of Faith is thrown there may be Qiakings and tellings, but sie is fafety ; nothing iball interrupt fafecy, iliough fomething may interrupt fecurity ; f.fafety is fure, although I apprehend it not: "ti what if I goto God in the dark? What Come to him, as Nicodemm did, ftaggering 'he night? It is a night of trouble, anight darknefs; though I come trembling and 'ggeringin this night, yet I Iball be fure to d comfort and fixednefs in himAnd the ltd of heaven be the ifrength, ftay, and the 'Pport of your foul, and the Lord furnilb you H with withanthofc graces which may carry yctiitv this, to-the bofom of the Lord Jefus, that whw hufg you expire this life, you may be able to expitc (ifQ it into him, in whom you may begin to Ivs tc li„ all eternity, and that is my humble prayer.—■■ tndr Holland. Bolton, God hath givcnrm ^tm long time in thi^ ^orld, he hath carried tm Hia't through manj great-accidents of Fortune j h [nrro hath at laf brought me down into a conditU* jffgg yehere J find mf [elf brought to an end, fot' Ifub difaffebiion to this State, to this Parliament that (^as I [aid before ) I did believe no bodjn , the ^orld more mlikelj/ to have expeSleit^ j, fufer for that Caufe: J look^ upon it tti' 'nifg great Judgment of Gbdfor.my fns. And 'r" x ly Sir,finee that the death is,violent,Iamt^ ijjgp left troubled With it, becaufe of thofe td lent deaths that I have feen before, princifd > ly my Saviour that hath [hewed us the how and in What manner he hath-done it, 0 far what caufe, I am the more comforted, I'uhe the more rejoyced. It is not long finee theKi* hgpf my Mafier pa (fed in the fame manner, tten, truly 1 hope that his purpafes and intent^ Were fuch, an a man may not be a/hamed,"' tied, only to follow him, in the way that Was tak fef t With him,but likewife not ajhamed of his /*' pofes,if god had given him life,. Ihaveofi'kwh dijputed With him concerning manp thi»f i 'Ctiiiv ■whenl expitJ l;ve tc| :r •icnvA ted n^Ut m hodji' ;Sledt' it S' nA trtf this kind,and I conceive hisfnff'erings, and hit ktter knowledg, and better Hndirftanding^ (if God hadfpared him lif r) might have made fe a Trinee very happy toVnards himjelf, mi very happy towards this Kingdom. I have ftift and known, that thofe hiejfed Souls in Heaven have pajfed thither by the gate of (enow,and many by the gate of violence ; and Joce it is Gods pleafure to diifofe me this way, p'ti^ Ifibmit my foul to him, with all comfort, and ^ith all hope, that he hath made thts my end, "id this my conclufon, that though I be low " death. Jet neverthelefs this lownefs Jhall ' 'dfe me to the highefiglory for ever, ^ Truly, I have-not/aid much in pub lique to amt %e People, concerning the particular aSiions fe iat, / conceive, I have done by mj counfeh ncifi (this Kingdom, I conceive they are well ie Wj nown , it Voere fomething of vanity (me*- it, I* fk»ks) to take notice of them here, I'le d,l^'ither dye with them, with the comfort of heK* ihem, in my own bofom; and 'that / never tr, ^ ttended in this aSion, or any aSlion that 'enti^ Ver J did inmylife, either malice, or blood* ted,"' fled, or prejudice to any creature that hves, tsta^ Fcj- that which concerns my Religion, I made his p"' ^ profejfton before of it, how 1 was bred, and veof 9-what manner I W/M bred, in a Family that hiff' "es looked upon to be no httU notorious, in i" Ha IK oppofition to fame liberties, that they cotkei- ved then t« be taken • and truly, there« fame mark. en if I had jome taint«/ it J even throughout my ^hole^ays^ that I have taken; every body knows what mj af- felUons have^bcen, to many that have ed,to many that have been in troubles in thii Kingdom, I endeavored to relieve them, I deavored to oblige theWy I thought I was tin fobymy Confciencoy I thought it by my Cha- rity, and truly very much by my Breediniy God hath now brought me to the laji mfiant of my time , all that I can faj and all that I can adhere unto, is this That as I am a great fnnerjfo J have a gresi Saviour, that as he hath given me here a fr' tuney to comepibliquely in a flsew of (Ijamet^ the ^ay of this fuffering {truly I underfia it not to be fo,) J underjiand it to he a glory, glory Vehen I conftder Veho hath gone me, and a glory '^hen I confider 1 had no eti in ity but Vehat I conceive to be the fervice ej Godythe Kingyand the Kingdomyand therefore my Heart is not charged much ^ith any thi"^ in that particular, ftnce I conceive fed W' accept of the intention, whatfoever the aUi''' fecm to be : J am going to dye, and the Lof> receive my Soul; I have no reliance hut af en Chrifiyfor my Jtlf I do acknowledg that' It been may havt eomi this this God^ not I (hen nig ua. this feen nut liev Ha: tire fiat ray Jilai 117 m the mvPorthieB of Jinnersmy life hath hen a -vanity, and. a continued fin, andGod may ju(i/y bring me to this end for the fins I have committed againfi him, and Were there nothing elfe but the iniquities that I have temmitted in the Way of my life, I look^ upon thu as a great Juflice of God to bring me to thisfuffering, and to bring me to thispuni/h- Kent, and thofe hands that have been moji aUive in it,tf any fuch there hath been, 1 pray God forgive them, I pray God that there may be many fuch Trophees of their Viblories, that this may be, as I faid before, the lafi ihevo that this GPeople Jhatl fee of the blood of ferfons of Condition, of perfons of Honour: I might fay fomething of the Way of our Tryal, ^hich certainly hath been as extraordinary ^ any thing I thinks hath ever been feen in ihis Kingdom; but becaufe that 1 Wouli not feem as if I made fame complaint, I Will not fo much as mention it, becaufe -no body fhall be- lieve I repine at their aElions, that I repine at my fortune : It is the Will of God, it is the nand ofG od under Whom 1 fall, I take it in~ tirely from him, I fnbmit my felf to him, I lhall defire to roulmy felf into the Arms of my blejfed Saviour, and when I come to this place, ^poinjing to the Block) When I bow downmffclf there, I hope God will, raiferne , K 3 up C"8 3 Hf; attd ^he» I bid farewell as I mufl new U Hope and to Faith, that Love Will abide, I know nothing to accompany the Soul out ef this fVorld hut Love^ and I hope that Love Will bring me to the Fountain of Glory i* Heaven^ through the jdrms. Mediation, and the Mercy of my Saviour fefus Chrifi, in whom I believe, 0 LORD help my ««" belief. Hodges. The Lord make over unto you the Righteoufncfs of his own Son, it is that Treafury that he hath beftowedupon you, and the Lord fhew you the light of his countC' nance, and fill you full with his joy and kind- nefs, O my dear Lord, the Lord of Heaven and Earth be with you, and the Lord of Heaven and Earth bring yon to thatfafety. Holland, I (ball make as much hafte as I can to come to that Glory, and the Lord of Heaven and Earth take my Soul; I look upon tny felf intirely in Him, and hope to find'inercy through Him, I expert it, and through that Fountain that is opened for fin, and for un- deannefs, my Soul muft receive it, for did I reft in any thing elfe, I have nothing but fin and cort nption in me; I have nothing bn^ that, which inftead of being carryed up into the Arms of God and Glory, I have no- thing but may throw me down into Hell. Boltnn> L Hp J Eolton. Biit,my Lord,when you are clothed with the Righteoufnefs of another, you wiU fpear glorious, though now finful in your Telfj The Apoftle faith-, I defire not to bo fmndin my own Righteoufnefs, and when yoa >re clothed with another, the Lord will own you, and I fhall fay but thus much. Doubt not that ever God will deny Salvation to finners, that come to him, when the end of all his death and fufterings was the Salvation of finners, when as, 1 fay, the whole end, and the whole defign, and the great Work that God had to do in the World,by the deathofChrift, wherein he laid out all his Counfcls, and infi- niteWifdom,and Mercy,andGoodnefs,beyond which therewas zNon ultra inGods thoughts, when this was the great defign,& great end,the Salvation of finers,that poor Souls fhould come over to him and live; certainly when finners come, he will not rejcft, he will not refufc. And ray Lord,do but think of this, the gceateft Work that ever was done in the World, was the Blood of Chrift that was (bed, never any thing like it; and this Blood of Chrift that Was (bed, was (bed for them that come, not for them, for none, it was in vain elle: You fee the Devils they are out of capacity of good by itjtheAngels they have no need of it,wicked will not comej& there are buy a few that J H 4 coins 120 J come over, and fhould he deny them, there were no end nor fruit of the blood and fCiffer- ings of the Lord J efus; and bad your Lordfhip been with Chrift in that bloody Agony, when he was in that bloody fweat, fweating drofs of blood, if you had asked him, Lord what art thou now a doing ? Art thou not now recon- filing an angry God and me together ? Art jchou not pacifying the wrath of God ? Art thou not interpofing thy felf between the Ju- ftice of God and my Soul? Would he not have faid. Yea ? and furely then he will not deny it now. My Lord, his paffions are over, his companions ftill remain, and the larger and greater, becaufe he is gone up into a higher place, that he may throw down more abun- dance of his mercy and grace upon you; and my Lord, think of that infinite love, that abun- dance of riches in Chrift: I am loft, I am etnp- ty,I have nothing, I am poor, lamfinful: be itfo, as bad as God will make me, and as vile as I poflibly can conceive my felf, I am willing to be J but,when I have faid all, the morel advance that riches, and honour that grace of God. And why fhould I doubt, when by this he puts me into a capacity, into a difpofi- tion for him to ftiew me mercy, .that by this I may the better advance the riches of his grace, pd fay,grace,grace to the Lord to all eternity, - that tkt God ftiould own fuch a creature, that de- lerves nothing; and the lefs I deferve, the more confpicuous is his grace: and this is ^certain, the riches of his grace he throweth a- ihongft men, that the glory of his grace might be given to himfelf; it we can give him but the glory of his grace, we fliall never doubt to partake ot the riches of it, and that fulnefs, my Lord,that fulnefs be your comfort, that fulnefs of Mercy, that fulnefs of Love, that fulnefs of Righteoufnefs and Power be now your riches, and your only ftay, and the Lord interpofe himfelf between God and you; as your faith hath endeavored to interpofe him between God and your foul, fo J doubt not but there he ftands, my Lord, to plead for you, and when you are not able to do any thing your felf, yet lie down at the feet of him that is a merciful Saviour, and knows what you would defire, and wait upon him while you live, truft in him when you dye, there is riches enough,and mer- cy enough, if he open nor, yet dye at his door, fay, there 11 dye, there is mercy enough. Holland, And here is the place where I lie down before him, from whence I hope he will raife me to an eternal glory through my Saviour,upon whom I rely, from whom only I can expedl mercy; into his Arms I commend Uiy fpirit, into his bleeding Arms, that when I i leave C i 22 3 leave this bleeding body that tnufl: lie upon this place, he will receive that foul that arifetb one of it, and receive it into his eternal mercy, through the merits, through the worthinefs, through the mediation of Chrift that hath pur- chafed it with his own moft precious blood. Bolt an. My Lord, Though you conclude here,I hope you begin above; and chough you put an end here, I hope there will never be an end of the mercy and goodnefs of God: and if this be the morning of Eternity, if this be the rife of Glory, if God pleafeth to throw you down here, to raifeyou up for ever, fay, WclcomLord, welcome that death that Hiil make way for life, and wekom any conditioij that fliall throw me down here, to bring me into the pofleflion of Jefus Chrift. Wodges. My Lord, if you have made a Deed of Gift of your felf to Jefus Chrift.to be found only in him, I am confident you iliall ftand at the day of Chrift, my dear Lord, we ftiall meet in happinefs. Holland. Chrift Jefus receive my foul, my foul hungers and thirfts after him, clouds are gathering, and I truft in God through all my heavinels, and I hope,through all impediments, Jie will fettle my Intereft in him,and throw oft all the claim that Satan can mate unto it, and that he will carry my foul, in defpite of all the ca- 123 3 calumnies, and all that the Devil and Satan bn invehtjWiU carry it into eternal mercy,there to receive the bleflednefi of his ptefence to all Eternity. Hodger. My Lord, it was his own by Crea- tioD, it is his own now by Reden^tion and purchafcjit is likewife his own by Refignation: 0 my Lord, look therefore up to the Lamb ofGoJ, that fits at the right hand of to take away the fins of the World; O that Ijmb of God! Hoilmd. That Lamb of God,into his hands 1 commit my foul; and that Lamb of God that fits upon the Throne to judg thofe twen- ty four that fall down before him, I hope lie will be pleafed to look downward, and jude me with mercy that fall down before him, and that worfliiphim, and that adore him, that only trufts upon his mercy, for his compaffion; and that as he hath purchaled me, he would lay his claim unto me now, and receive me. Bolton. My Lord .think of this. There is no tondemnatioKto them Veho are in Chrifi: fVbo is it that can condemn ? it is Chrifi that jsf.. fifies J and therefore look now upon this , my Lord, upon this Chrift, upon this Chrift that juftifies: Hell,Death, Sin, Satan, nothing fhallbeablc to condemn, it is Chrifi that jn- fiifiesjoH, i Holland, Jl 124 _ liolUni. Indeed if Ghrift juftifie, no body can condemn, and I ttuft in God, in his Jufti- ficacion; though there is confufion here with- out us, and though there are wondfers and fta- ring that now difquiet, yet I truft that I fhaH be carried into that mercy, that Goal wiUte- ceive my foul. Bolton. I doubt not, my Lord, but as you are a Spedacle and of pity here, fo you are an objed: of Gods mercy above. Holland. Then the Earl of Holland look- ing over among the people, pointing to a Soul- diet, fayd,' This honefl; man took me prifongr, you little thought I Ibould have been brought to this, when I delivered my felf to you upon conditions: And efpying Captain iVatfon on horfeback, putting off his Hat, fayd to hiffl, God be with you Sir, i^od reward you Sir. Bolton. My Lord, throw your felf into the arms of mercy, and fay. There I will Anchor, and there I will dye, he is a Saviour for us in all conditions, whither fliould we go ? he hath the words of eternal life, and upon him do you reft, wait while you live, and even truft in death. Holland. Here muft now be my Anchor, a great ftorm makes me find my Anchor, and hut inftorms no body truft to their Anchor, and therefore 1 muft truft upon my Anchor, ivt L J'25 J ivpm that God, faid Mr Bolton, upon ^hont pnr Anchor trufis,) yea, God, I hope, will anchor my foul faft upon Chrift JefuS ; and if I dye not with that clearnefs and thathearti- ntfs that you fpeak of, truly, I will truft in God, though he kill me, I will rely upon him, and in the mercy of my Saviour. Bolton. There is mercy enough, my Lord, and to fpare,you fhall not need to doubt, they Ihall never go begging to another door, my Lord,that come to him.Then the Earlot Hoi- land {peaking to Mr Hodges, faid, I pray God reward you for all your kindnefs, and pray, as you have done, inftruft my Family, that they may ferve God with faithfulnefs, with holi- nefs, with more diligence, then truly I have been careful to prefs them unto: You have the charge of the fame place , you may do much for them, and I recommend them to your kindnefs, and the goodnefs of your Con- fcicnce. Dr Sibbald ftanding by upon the Scaffold, in his paffage to Col: Beecher, expreffed him- felf thus to his Lordfhip : Dr Sibbald.Tht Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon you,and you fhall be fafe. HolUnd. Then the Earl of HolUnd embraced Lieut: Col: Beecher ^ and took his leave of hira: After which he came to lA. Bolt on, and having iflvii^ embraced him, and returned him tnaiiy thanks for his great pains and afifcftions to bis fool, defiring Cod to reward hitn, and return his love into his bofotn.Mr Bo/to» faid to him, The Lord Ged fupport you, and be feen in this great extremity; the Lord reveal and difcovet hirafelftoyou, and make your death thepaf- fage^nto eternal lile—— Hollands Then the Earl of Holland turning to the Executioner, laid. Here, my friend, let my Clothes and my Body alone, there is Ten pounds for thee,that is better then ray Cbthes I am fare of it. Executioner. Will your Lordfhip pleafe to give me a fign when I (hall ftrike? And then his Lordfbip faid, You have room enough here, have you not ? and the Executioner faid, Yes. Bolton. The Lord be your ftrength, there is riches in him; The Lord of Heaven impart himfelf to you, he is able to fave to the utter- moft: Wecannot fall fo low, as to fall belovV theeverlafting Arms of God; and therefore the Lord be a fupport and Aay to you in yout low condicion, that he will be pleafed to make this an advantage to that lire and glory that w ill make amends for all. HoUand, Then the Earl of Holland turning to the Executioner, faid, Friend, do you heat me, fflej if you take up my Head, do not fake off my Cap. Then turning to his Servants, he laid to one, Fare yon well, thou arc anhoneftfel- low: and to another, Godhe with thee, thon arc an honeft man J and then faid. Stay, I will kneel down,and ask God forgiveneCs; and thai prayed for a pretty fpace, with feemir^ ear- iieftnefs. Bolton, The Lord grant you may find life in death. HoUand.yMKxch is the way of lying.?(which they fliewed him.) And then going to the front of the Scaffold, he faid to the People, God blefs you all, and God deliver you from any fuch ac- cident as may bring you to any fuch death as is violent,either by War, or by thefe accidentsj buc that there may be peace among yea, and you may find, That thefe accidents that have hapned to us, may be the laft chat may happen in this Kingdom; it is thatldefire, it is i^at IbegofGf^if, next the faving of my foul; I pray God give all happinefs to this Kingdoni, to this People,and this Nation. And then turn-- ing to the Executioner, faid, How mufti lie f 1 know not. Exemt. Lie down flat upon your belly : and then having laid himfelf down, he faid, Muft I lie clofer ? Execnt, Yes, andbackwarder. Holland. Holland. I will tell you wfen you 'fliatt ftrike; and then as he lay,feemed to pray with much affeflion for a flhorc fpace, and then lift- ing up his head, faid. Where is the man ? and feeing the Executioner by him, he faid. Stay while I. give the Sign ; and prefently after ftretching out his hand, and the Execucionef being not fully ready, he faid, Now, now, and juft as the words were coming out of hii, mouth, the Executioner at one blow fevered his Head from his Body. The Exicution of the Lord of Violhnd be- ing thus performed, the Lord Capel was brought to the Scaffold as the former, and in the Snay to the Scaffold, he put off his Hat to the people on both fides, looking very aufterelj about himAnd being come upon the Scaf fold, Lieut: CoL'&itch.zt faid to him, Is your Chaplain here ? C<«pe/.No,T have taken my leave orhim^ and perceiving feme of his Servants to weep, h?, faid, Gendemen, retrain your felves, rrfrain your felves; and turning to Lieut: CoV.Beech-^ er, he faid, What, did the Lords f^eak with their Hats off or on.f Lieut: Col: Beechcr. With their Hats off:' And then coming to the frorit of the Scaffold, he faid, I flaall hardly be underftood here, I thinkj and then began his Speech,as followech. Cafd 1(1 Capd CA. ^bet and liill J Weti W/ »4 I it JO Ijf ; Mch 'f Wi } thi m t >(id\ M;, frof hrif at I halt ;ich lift- and icay ftec. )net and hiSv. ;rfcd 12PJ cortclufien that 1 made ^ith A thofe that fent me hither, and are kcaufe of thie violent death of mine, fhall be 'tt beginning of what 1 fhall fay to yon : TVhen wade an Addrefs to them ( Vohich Voat the '//) I told them with much fincerity. That I 'inld fray to the God of all mercies, that they i^^he be partakers of hie ineflimable and- tnndleft mercies in fefm Chrifl, and truly, jiilTpray that Trayer f and I befeech the M of Heaven fir give any in\ury they have 'He to me, from my foul I wiflj it. And truly ^ tell you, at a fhrijlian, to let you fee I n a fhrijlian I but it it neceffary / fhould ilyou fome^^hat more, That I am a Protefi* And truly, I am a Proteflant, and very 'uch in love Veith the profiffiOn ef it, after 'I manner at it Voas esiablifheU In England I the Thirty nine (tArticles, a bleffed ^ay of ^ofjfton, and fuch a one, at truly, I never few none fogood: I am fo far from being a Vehich fame body have (truly) very HWortbilj at fame ti'me charged me "Witkall, 'at truly,!profifs toyou, that though / love 'od Werl^s, and cr,mmend good Works, yet I "Id.Tloey have n othing at all to do in the mat- * of Sfllvatioin-,my Anchor-hold is rAj/,That •hrift loved me, andigavc himfelf forme, is that that / refi upon.tAlnd truly,feme' I n wi eftki ill reati Itf )ther I mil 11 ml r. 1 pidl fiy to yen M a C*tiz.tn ef tk Vifho/e world, and in that confideration 10 here condemned to dye: Truly j:omrary totk Law that governs all the ^orld, that ts, Law of the Sword; I hadthe froteElion Oj fir my Itfiyand the honor of it; hut trulyjl^ii not trouble fou much with that.becaufe in A* other f lace Ikave ffoken very largely and herally about it, I believe you^illhearbye in, ther means ^hat Arguments I ufedin thi ca/e: But truly ^that that is fir anger,you thst \i are Bnglifb men, behold here an Englifh t now before you, and acknowledged a Peer, condemned to dye by any Law of England, by any Lnw of England ; Nay, (hall 1 tellyoi more { ymhich is firangeft of all} contrary to the Laws of England that I know of. A truly,I will telly ou,in the matter of the Civi part of my deatlt, and the caufe that. I maintained, I dye (I take it') for maintainitil. I the fifthComanamek'tftnjoyned byGod himfeifi f Weh injoyns reverence Afn obedience toTarentt tn All Divines on allhantfs,though they contrf did one another in many jfveral Opinions, p all Divines on all hands, de acknowledg, kerin is intendedMagiflracyQf'Drder;and cif' tainly I have obeyed thatMagijftsracy and thil Order under which I have lived, ^hich I bound to obey ; and truly, Ida fay -ytry conf dentlp w,C 'I JO bt f jul ay I tn; pen ■effj at, '«t C 'ith '(bi elus •om mw leere Hon ( Hat, '■rdic fdth I thi / A Imtly.) that I da dye here fir kffplrtgi for ohey* /«« that fifth Commandmentt given by God toth ^felf^and written Vfith hu own finger. And I Til Vwfientlemeny / ft"*'// take this opportunity to fthti ill you. That I cannot imitate a better nor A reater ingenuity then his,that faid ofhimCelf^ n A» br fufFering an unjuft Judgment upon an- td li jther, himfelf was brought to fiifFer by an njuft J udgment.T' ruly Gentlemenfthat Qod thsi figy be glorifiedfthat ad men that are concern-' ith» iin it^ may take the occafton of it, of humble rMi' tpentance to God o^lmighty for it, I do here •) ffj?// to you, that truly I did give my Vote to li 'iat Bill of the E, of Strafford, I doubt not IIpi itt God C4lmighty hath wafhed that a'^ay tod Hth a more precioHS blood, and that u, ^ith he blood of his own Son, and my dear Saviour Cid' fhrifi, and I hope he ^ill ^afh it away haf torn ^l thofe that are guilty of it j truly, this '•'del. Itnay jay, I hadmot the leajl part,nor theleafb nfeif) ie^ree of malice in the doing of it j but 1 mufi 'entf \enfifs again to Gods Glory, and the accufa' ntrS tion of mine owA frailty, and the frailty of my I) TSature, that truly it ^as an unworthy Co"^- , tbsl trdice, not to refif fo great a torrent as carri' i ctf- td that bufmefs at that time. And truly, this ithel 1 think I ammofl guilty of, of not courage e- I lough in it,but malice.;I had none j but what- tonf [oewf it was, God, l am fure, hath pardoned mdp I a it. »V> hath given me the ajfarance of iff ThA Chfifi hlood bath ^a[hed it ar/tty, H»d truly, Ida from mj foulVti/bf That all men that have any flain hy it, may ferioafif recent,and receive d remiffion and pardon from God for it, i/ind nowfientlemen^e have hd an occaftonf by thif intimation^ to remembtr his MayflyfOur King that lajl ^as\and lean' not Ipeak^ofhim, nor thinhof it, bat truly, I mujl needs fay,That in my Opinion, that have had time to conftder all the Images of all tke greatell and vertuoufefl Princes in the veorli', and truly,in my Opinion, there #<» not a rnore Vertmtts, and more fiffcient Prince knmn it the ^orld,theK our gracious King Chqirls that dyedla^ x God ydlmighty preferve our KJt^ that now is, his Son; God fend him more for' tunate and longer days,^od Almghty fo a, him, that he may exceed both the vertues ad^ Efficiencies of his Father ; For certainly, that have been a Councellor to him, and havo lived long Voith him, and in a time ^hen df' fovery is eaftlj enough made, far he ^as yottnl ( he was about thirteen,fourteen,fifteen or fix' teen years of age) thofe years I was Voith hift'. truly I never fdwgreater hopes ofvertue in t- ny young perfoH then in him, great Judgment) great ijnderflanding, great Apprehenfen, much Honor in his Nature, and truly, a vetj pf' firfe tray mitt agrt hem that tome fumi muc that T will God inefi the I give can' ^CCfi not, in tk nor mi one: God cy ti tnce Km LI33 ^rfeSl Mnglifh man in his inclinatiemi atih I fray God refiore him to this Kingdom, and unite the Kingdoms one unto another,and fend ugreat happinefs both to you and to him, that he may long live and Raign among you f and that that Family may Raign till thy Kingdom some,that is,Vshile all Temporal PoWer is con- fummated : i befeech God of hit mercy, ^ve much happinefs to thts your King, and to you that in it (hall be his SubjeSls, by the grace of Refits Chrifl, Truly, I like my beginning fo^ell, that I will make my conclujion Voith it, that it, That God Almighty would confir of his infinite and ineflimable grace and mercy to thofe that are the Caufers of my coming hither, I pray God give them as much mercy as their own hearts san\iol(h I and truly, for my part, I^ill not ttccufe any one of them of malice, truly IVsill not, naytlVdll not think^there ^as any malice in them; what other ends there is, I knoVc not, nor I will not examine, but let it beSXhatit Wdl, from my very foul I forgive th'm every ene; And fo the Lord of Heaven bUfs you all, God Almighty be infinite in goodncis andmer- cy to you,and direB you in thofe way: o(obedi- t nce to his commands to his Majefiy, that this Kingdom may be a happy and glorious Nation igain,and that yaurKing may be ahappjKing I i in Ti34. tn /o good and(o obedient PeoplejQodjilmigh' ty keep jott all^ God Almighty preferve thit Kingdom, God s^^lmightj preferve you all. Then turning about, and looking for the Executioner^ who was gone off the Scaffold) faid, Which is the Gentleman ? which is the man? Anlwer was made, He is a coming: He then faid, Stay, I muft pull of my Dublet firft, andmy Waftcoat: Then the Executi* oner being come upon the Scaffold, the Lord fapeltuAy Ofriend, pretheecome hither: Then the Executioner kneeling down, the L, Capel faid,I forgive thee from my Soul, and not only forgive thee,but I ftiall pray to God to give thee all grace for a better lifeThere is Five pounds for thee; and truly for my clothes and thofe things,if there be any thing due to you for it, you fliall be very fully re- compencedjbutl defire my body may not be ftripped here, and no body to tajke notice of my body but my own fervants: Look you friend, this I fhall defire of you, that when I lie down, that you would give me time for a particular Ihort prayer. Lieu. Col. Beecker. Make your own figUj my Lord, CapSt^y a litle,which fide do you Hand up- on?(fpeaking totbe£xecutioner)Say,I think i Ihould lay my hands forward that way ( poinfing L»35 (^pointing fore-right,^ and anfwcr being made, Yes; he ftood ftill a little while, and then faid, God Almighty blels all this Pco- pie, God Almighty ttench this blood, God Almighty ftench, ftench, flench this ilfue of blood i this will not do the bufinefs, God Almighty find out another way to do it. And then turning to one of his Servants, faid, cannot fee any thing that belongs to my wife, but I muft defire thee to beleech her to reft wholly upon Jefus Chrift, and be contented and fully latisfied ; And then fpeaking to his Servant?, he faid, God keep you ; and Gentlemen,let me now do a bufi- nefs quickly,privately, and pray let^e have your prayers at the moment ot death, that Cod would receive my foul. Lieut, Col, "Beecher, I with it. Capel.Vtay at the moment of ftriking. joyn your prayers,but make no noife (turning to his fervantsj that's inconvenient at this time. Servant. My Lord,put on your Cap. ^<«/jf/.Should I,what wil that do me good? * As he was put- Stay a little, is it well as it is ting up his hair. *now? And then turning to the Executioner, he faid, Honeft man,l have forgiven thee, therefore ftrike boldly, from my foul 1 do it. Then a Gentleman lpcalj;ing to him,he faid, Nay,prethee be contented,be ^uiet good Mr —— be quiet. Thcn,turning to t5 the Execationer,he faid,Well,you drefes' dy when I am ready, are you not ? And ftretching out his hands, he faid, Then pray (land off Gentlemen. Then going to the front of the Scaffold,he faid to the People,Gentle- men, though I doubt not of it, yet I think it convenient to ask it of you. That you would all joyn nPrayers with me,That Go4 would mercifully receive my f ul.and that for his a- lone mercies in Chriil Jclus. Qod Almighty Jteep you all, ExicutMy Lord,(hall I put up your hair.' ■ Ce/.l,T,prethee do; and then as he flood lifting up his hands and eyes,he faid,O God, I do with a perfefl and a willing heart fob" mit to thy Will: O God,I do mofl willing- ly humble my felf: And then kneeling down, faid,I will try firft howl can lie; and laying his head over the Block,faid, Am I wel now? Executioner, Yes, And then as he lay with both his hands flretched out. he faid to the Executioner, Here lies both my hands out, when i lift up my hand thus, ("lifting up his right hand/ then you may ftrike. And then after he had faid a fhorc prayer, he lifted up his right hand, and the Executioner at one blow f^ vered his Head from his Body, which was taken up by his Servants, and put (with his body) into a Coffin, as the former. F I N IS, ^/.