-RALEGH 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
STUCLEY( Sir Lewis) The humble petition and information of 
 Sir Lewis Stucley, Knight Vice-admirall of Deuon, touching 
 his owne behaviour in the charge committed vnto hiia, for 
 the bringing up of Sir Walter Raleigh, and the scandalous • 
 aspersions cast upon him for the same. 
 
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TO THE KINGS 
 
 moft Excellent Maieftie, 
 
 The humble petition and infor- 
 
 mation of Sir Lewis Stuclcy, Knight, Vke* 
 admit aU ofD cuo n, touching his of^ne beha- 
 uiour in the charge committed Vnto him^for 
 thc-abringing *vpof Sir Walter Raleigh, 
 and the Jtandaloiis aS^erfionscaft <vpon him 
 for thefamc^, 
 
 Eiflg deterred by your Ma- 
 ieftics more important af- 
 faires , from any hope of 
 redreffe of thofe fcarres caft 
 vpon my reputation by Sir 
 mtlter ^4/?/^y& at his death, 
 without fome remonftracc 
 of the bufineffe made by 
 my felfes Ihaue prefumed to offer to yourmofl 
 A 2 ^x- 
 
 
c^^ /Excellent Maicfliq/ia iiift defence of my ^ 
 
 an honcftman, to preferre publiquc duety be- 
 fore priuate afFeftion ^ To I cannot but keepe the 
 heartof a Gentleman, which issuer more fcnfi- 
 blc ofa^vound giuento his reputation, then to 
 ^■^ V his life. I haue noe plcafure to fight with a ghoU: 
 But fecitig an Angel ofdarkenefTe , didputon 
 Hjra th« jfti^JC of an Angel of light at his dc- 
 parture,to performe two Parts moft cunningly ; 
 Fir(V,topoi(bn the hcartsofdifcontented people; 
 Secondly, toblcmilh me in my good name, a 
 -fbdreinftMhSeiftof theiuftdefircs of the State, 
 ^,wfth ial^ctmputacions.t ' Giuepee Icaue, raoft 
 Qracioifsf Sou6reigne , to Ipeake for my fclfe V 
 Wtiich tdoe notto fttfulcvpWn the dead , but to 
 '^d^feW triy felfcagj^tnft ^h'i^fklfereports of the li- 
 (j jnig /tikefn frdin chd d©ad:;v pontruft , to ftrikc 
 me direct Fy,. t>wt f hrongh my fides indrre6l \y, ay- 
 ming at a higher maWe. All men haue long 
 knowen , that this mans whole Jife Was a nicerc 
 'r6phffl:i'(:K^6h;^SHd fuch washis death , m whidh 
 • ;|re¥?y61:9d^d-i<>meEiriftWrcofholineire, which 
 ^^h(?^s Xrtibri|<h*' Bdrtolbue inhis hfe, therc- 
 "*' wiflit<»^^Wi^ tii^ h^?r^4bf pthers in his death , 
 ''A¥ii ap^a'^h-^that being moued by the Deane 
 ^ ^bFf^e^Wi^^e^] sri'dtiiereli pp\i pPo m i fing cfiari - 
 ^■ifetb ft'Mn the'prifofn,d6[h:thu vent his hatred 
 '^.8i9^he Sc'tooidi%^%•^^^ of charitie tojthc liuing, 
 ' ^*e^^'d<i bilb* tfangerdtls a m-iri. U'o -vhch^- 
 >*-* ^^ ^-'^ ritable 
 
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 ritable charitis, not much vnlikethat mansrc- 
 pencance, who purposing to hang himfelfe, 
 writes his repentance of that finne bcTore hand in 
 his booke, which he did purpofe co comojic. 
 
 Yet will not I take vpon mc tosiudge of his laft 
 rcpentancejieauehim vncoGodjto whom hee 
 ftands or fallsi but I would he had giuen a better 
 figneof it , then by godly words atiiis death to 
 gather credit to himfelfe.toworkc vpon the com- 
 pafsion of men, thereby to in fufe more warily 
 thcvcnomeof iedttioninto ihehcartsof as ma- 
 ny as hee might, and to gainc reputation vpon 
 his Soucraignc , but to fpend his malice vpon 
 mceyour pooreifemaat , who did nothing , but 
 execute your iult Commands, with the periUof 
 my \ik. Witneffe his open inuitationof diuers 
 to his death , wherein hee meant, a$ in his laft 
 Wilkand TeHamcnt, to Icauea; Lega^cieof his 
 hatred vnto meitobc execjated vpon me byfili^m 
 totny dcftrudioo. li 
 
 But itis nothing in rcfpe^ft of his-generall end, 
 to.fpreadby them whom hcehadinuucd, liie 
 contagion;of his fcditious humour vntootherSj 
 which the eucnt doth manifeft: Thatit gto wcs 
 veric, queilionable , whether this man did 
 more hurt by his Jife , or by his death : By 
 f^ his life fhcbugh his ill example ; By his' death 
 ^ through his falfeccftmiony to traduce the Iiiftice 
 V-^ & inftcum^nts of the State. Yea buc.ic was the tc- 
 ,^j Aimony of adyidgman^now a penkent(asalfay) 
 N^ ■;.^.^.^:^. A 3 as 
 
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as fome fay , a Sainr, cucn tbcn when as himfclfe 
 faid, it was' no time to flatter or feare Princes : 
 yea , but it was the teftimony of an enemic, 
 of a periurd, of a condemned man. Firft, 
 ofancnemie,andofanangricencmic,cuenwith 
 yourMaieftie that would haue iuftice executed 
 onhim,vponhis originall condemnation, who 
 were fatisfied , as he publikely did fpeake of his 
 innocencieinthat caure,as priuately before hec 
 bewrayed hisdeepedircontcntmenc.whcn it was 
 vrged, that the teftimony of the Lord cMam 
 wa^ neuer retraced , SirfValur Bjileigh did per- 
 wtiptorily denie it. To whom an(werc was 
 made , that then the pubhke Aft regiftredin the 
 Counfell booke would manifcft it, for there ic 
 appearcs. So fainc would this man caft afperfion 
 vponyour luftice for taking the life of an inno- 
 cent in that caufe, wherein hee was condemned 
 by his Countrey. When this would notfcrue 
 his curne, then did he flie to the Commifsion of 
 a generally pleading it as an implicit pardon of 
 that former offence; Not confidering that being 
 already a man condemned for treafbn, he was, as 
 the learned in the Law held, vncapable of ano- 
 ther triall ,by which hee might haue been found 
 as iV<7fdr»/ as before. For he hauing a Commif- 
 lion, to goe into thofe parts of y4;??mf<t,vnpo{IeJf 
 fed by any Chriftian Prince in league with your 
 Maieftie, and nowhere elfe, either to plant or 
 trade, hee made his defignc for the Riucr of 
 
 Oreonoque 
 
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 Oreonoque, where hcc knew thcSubie<5lsof the 
 King of^/4/«^ were already plantcd,which,as he 
 confefled vnder his hand to your Maieftic , hce 
 concealed from you ; and this vnder pretence of 
 his gold Mine, which he did apparantly to this 
 end,tobreakethe League, and to imbroyle tho 
 two States. Many Generals haue for exceeding 
 their Commifsions beene puniflaed , euen tor 
 good ieruiccs : how then could he haue efcaped, 
 for this his differuice, being againft his Gommif- 
 iion, if hec might by the law haue beene tryed 
 vpon it? Its cleere then, that he was angry with 
 your Maieftie for commaunding luftice to be€ 
 done vpon him : how then could heechufebuc 
 be angry with mee the poore Inflrument who 
 brought him backe to luftice, fromwhencehec 
 intended often to make an efcape ? 
 
 Firftat Sea, vpon his returne, making motion 
 to be ict on (bore in France^-^n^ to quit his Ship 
 to his company on that condition ; for the which 
 heewas blocked vpin his Cabin a monerh to- 
 gether, as himfelfehath confefled vnto mcc,and 
 is to be prooued by diucrs of his company : By 
 which it is cleere againe, that outof hisguilti- 
 nefTe, he did not fb much truft in your goodneiTe, 
 as hee faide on the Scaffold hee did too much, or 
 clfe he had not fuffered death. Next at Plymouth^ 
 after hee was by your Maiefties fpcciall com- 
 mand, committed to my keeping-, hee plotted 
 with two French Capcaines ^ by name with Cap- 
 
 raine 
 
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 tame Flcn andGaptaine LeGrand, to efcapein 
 orciSr lhipper.thenth.remharbour.ashc 
 
 thencoafcffedtothe Lords Comm.fetoncr , « 
 
 which U appearcth agame, heed.d not tuft you 
 Maiefties goodneffe, as he wr.tte and (aid at his 
 death But I atn fureby th.shed.d much wrong 
 my kmdneffe, to my vndooing, had not the 
 soodneflb of heai.cn prcuented h.m. Next bee 
 dotted his efcape at Saluh^ry, wh.ch my worthy 
 Cozen irmm Herbert fiift difcouefca to youi 
 Maieftie. Laftvpon the fame Saturday when I 
 rcc u d yot.r Maiefties Commifsion , by nr,y 
 Cozen Jrbert , by whom alfo I rece.ucd mtell^ 
 gence, that at that mftant.he was flymgfrorn my 
 luftody withoutmy priuity •. '^oihmng^srct 
 madeUany femblanceot cond.fcent, fothati 
 almoft came on h.tn at vnawares . euen a'the m- 
 ftant that hee was piittmg on his falfe beard, and 
 his other difguifements : Which dec ares he^ 
 M ftiU diftruft your goodneffe ^do»btlefl:e om 
 of theconfcienceofhis gmltmeffe , whjitfoeuer 
 he writteor fa.de to the contrary. And.s.tan)^ 
 roaruaile then, that he was angry wuh meeat his 
 death,forbringmsh,mbacke.BeCdcstha,bee- 
 
 ing a man, as he was thought, of fo great a Wit. 
 i"wasno fmallgriefe, thattmanoffomeanea 
 wtt asl , (houldbee thought togoebeyondhra. 
 Yea . but you ftould not haue y&d fuchcrafao 
 goei^eyorfdhims No? sic mM»d,t«r arte. Ne- 
 
que enimlex iufiiorvlU eft qmm 'necu artifices arte 
 perire Jua. Buc why did not you execute your 
 Gommilsion barely to hisapprehenfiononhim 
 in his faoufeJ Why? my Commifsion was to 
 the contrary, to difcoucr his other prctenfions, 
 and to fcaze his fecret papers, &c. And can any 
 honeft Subied queftion mine honefty,in th^ per- 
 formance of fuch a Commifsion, which tended 
 to the difcouery of the fecret intentions of an ill 
 affeded heart to my Soueraigne ? How can any 
 diflike this in mee , and not bewray his ownc di- 
 ftioneft heartjVnto the State ? Yea, but though 
 another might hauc done this, yet how might 
 you doc it, beeing his kinfman and hisfriendc? 
 Surely if I had beene fo , yet in a publiquc ira- 
 ployment, and truft laid vpon mee, I wa's not to 
 refufe it, much leiTe to prefer priuate kindneflfe or 
 amity, before mypubliqucduety and loyalty: 
 For what did I know the dangerous confequence 
 of thcfe matters, which v/ere to bee difcouered ? 
 or whoknowes them yet , of thoie that make 
 thcmfelues my competent Judges ? But if there 
 were no kindred or amity betweenc vs,as I auow 
 there neuer was, what bond then might tie me to 
 him, but the tie of compafsion of his miferie ? 
 which was in my Soueraignes heart to diftribute, 
 when hee faw time, that did command mee, and 
 not in the difpcnfation of mee , nor of any other 
 inftruments power, that is to bee commanded. 
 Hitherto I haue prooucd hee was angry, both 
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 with your Maiefty,& with my felfe.and therefore 
 his teftimony ought not to be of any force againft 
 me. It blloweth next to proue, that his protefta- 
 tionsandoathes, concerning others Were falfe, 
 both before he came to the Scaffold , and vpon 
 the Scaffold. Before, againft Queene Elizabeth 
 ofinfinitefamousmcmory, who adiiancedhim 
 with great fauour from the duft. For one day 
 my fclfe vpbrayding him with the notorious ex- 
 treame iniury he did my father, in deceiuing him 
 of a great aducnture which my fayd father had in 
 the Tyger^ when hce went to the fVeJi Indies with 
 my Vnkle Sir Richard Gre?2mll\ which was by his 
 owne confefsion worth fifty thoufand pound : 
 which came all to his hands , my fathers portion 
 at the leafl being tenne thoufand pound that hec 
 might lawfully clay me : Hec anfwcred that the 
 Queen ehowfoeuerfhefeemed a great good mi- 
 firelTe vnto him in the eyes of the world, yet was 
 £o vniufl and tyrannous vnto him, that fhe layde 
 theenuieafwellof this , as ofmany other her op- 
 prefsions vpon him : and that fhectookeall the 
 pearlein a Cabinet vmo her felfe, without eucr 
 gluing him fo much as one pearle. This hec 
 fworetome,andtoCaptainc F^nnington^ hedid 
 fo baf.ly and barbarouflic raile vpon that our 
 moft excellent Queenc oftentimes, as hce can ac- 
 teft, that no man hathcaufe tobdceuchisoth 
 againfl Others, that would breake his oath of Al- 
 leseancc to fo excellent a mifticfTe, that had ray- 
 
fed him from fuchmeannefle to fuch grcatneflc, 
 as wc of his countrey did well know. 
 
 Now that hce Twore that he was not guiltic of 
 the plotting of the Earle oiEjex death , nor did 
 infult vpon him being dead,therc is a Gentleman 
 of worth, which about that time came from ouc 
 of a long captiuitic, which hec had fufFercd in 
 Spame , who touched at Sherborne ^Sind Sir fvalter 
 Raleigh asked him. What they laid in Spxinc^ of 
 EJpx death : He anfwered, They heard not of it 
 there : But that he was fory he heard in the//W 
 voyage , That the Earle had brought him* to his 
 mercy. To which Sir fValter Raleigh anfwered. 
 But I truft I am now quittance with him; which 
 this Gentleman is ready to attefl. Befides, in his 
 Letters written to others, hee did ordinarjjy vp- 
 braid him, That hee died like a Crauen : and in 
 another , That the great boy dyed hkc a Calfc : 
 And he was often heard to fay. That he died like 
 a foole, and like a coward : So pcrfecuting his 
 ghoft , and infblently trampling in his afties 5 
 that it thence grew into many mens mouthes; 
 That it wasbetter tobe a liuingdogge, then a 
 dead Lyon. But a more euident demonftration 
 there cannot be of any thing , then that an oldc 
 Warder of the Tower will depofe, that hee faw 
 Sir Walter Raleigh the night before the Earles fuf- 
 fering, with his footman onely with him,to come 
 to the Tower , and heard him giue ftrait in- 
 ibrudions to the Lieutenant of the Tower 
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 for execution of the Warrant, for that worthy 
 Lords execution 5 which (hortly followed hiro. 
 Whether then heforfworenothimfelfe euen at 
 his death for publicue applaufe, about the not 
 ploicing the deftrudion, and not infulting on the 
 death of that mod noble Earlc, and excellent 
 Saint of God; whofe Chriftian humilitie and 
 charitic, i{ Sir walur h^d followed, heehadnot 
 called his repentance and Saintftiipfo farrc into 
 queftionjasnow he hath done, and Co feditioufly 
 haucpoifoncd the hearts of difcontenied peo- 
 ple, nor fo malicioufly wounded the reputation 
 of an honcft Subied : Who vpon iuft reafon.be- 
 leeuing the difloyali and didionourablc wordes 
 fpoken by fach a proudevaflallagainftyour (av 
 cred perfon lo Monfieur Mmomij ^ as other his 
 difloyali deeds which hec intended againftyou : 
 That if he had efcaped, he was like to prooue as 
 dangerous a Traitour to thisCrownc, as cuer 
 Antonio de Peres w3iS to the Crowne oi Sfdne\ 
 tooke them to heart, and performed my beft 
 ■deuoyer to bring him vnto luftice. But whether, 
 I fay, hee forfwore not himfelfe in thefe thing?, 
 I referre my felfe to them that are better acquain- 
 ted with the Tragoedie of that time. 
 
 Not to forget in the end , that which hec con- 
 felTed himfelfe vnto me and others, that he tooke 
 an oath vpon the Bible to his Company, which 
 he purpofed to breake ^ which periury, his Lady 
 hath faid, was the caufe of all his ruine. And 
 
 what 
 
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 what interpretatio can my greateftenemie make 
 of his oath, which voluntarily he fwore vnto my 
 felfe in the Lieutenants dining chamber,thc Wed- 
 nefday after his commitment; which was. That 
 he loucd me as well, as any friend he had in the 
 world ; to which I haue fubftantiall witnefle. 
 But in all thefe things he vfedan a?quiuocation, 
 as he doeth in thefe things now concerning me. 
 To which I anfwere in generall once for all , Sir 
 Nicholas Throgmoirton , father to his wife , was 
 thought iuflly to except againft the teftimonic 
 of one /^/^^te, brought againft him, bccaufe he 
 was a condemned man : And may not I then ex- 
 cept againft the teflimonie of Sir Walter Raleigh, 
 vrged againft me vpon the Scaffold , comming 
 from an Outlaw after Judgement, euen in a cafe 
 of high Treafbn ? Yet to anfwere in particular 
 to the points, hee fay th firft; Ineuerdidreceiue 
 aduicefrom my Y^o.Carevo to make mine efcape. 
 And I doe nowverely beleeue heneuerdid re- 
 ceiue any fuch aduice,as I euer faid to the Lords: 
 But that Raleigh toldc it vnto Stucky^ yea, and 
 that many times, I will auow it vnto death, and 
 take the Sacrament vpon it. 
 
 Tothcfecond; I neuer named my Lord ilZ-si/, 
 and my Lo. Carevo^ in other wordes and fence, 
 then as my honourable friends : amongft other 
 Lords my honourable friends. That is very 
 true, and I would the reft of his Honourable 
 friends vnderftoodhow farre he named them, as 
 B 3 well 
 
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 well as I doc, Butaseucrlbelccued, that he did 
 abu(e their Honourable names, to fcdiice mec, 
 and to draw mc to hispurpofe : So did I promifc 
 to my fclfe, that Ibme of the chiefe of them be- 
 ing ioyncdinthebond cither of blood or affini- 
 ti€ withmee, a poore Gentleman, would be a 
 comfort vnto me in the way of my loyalde, and 
 renounce the teftimonie of fuch a difloyall mant 
 that was neuertrue toany,but to hi miefte. There 
 is no mans difpleafure can further hurt me, then 
 hee hath threatned me, That if Ireuealedthc 
 things hetolde me in priuate, I ihould die for it. 
 And die for this caufe I am content, fo it be not 
 by an aflacinatc : But whenfoeuer I die , there 
 fhall die your M^iefties faithfiill and loyall fer- 
 uant, and one that will part with his blood at as 
 dcere a rate as he can. 
 
 For the third, concerning the (hewing of a 
 letter tomeeabout money, his wifeif fhcewerc 
 put to her oath, can tell whether it wcrefo or no. 
 But vnder the former proteflation, I auow it to 
 be true.that he (hewed me fuch a letter j though 
 I thinke it not true what the letter fpake. I omit 
 hisperiury in fweanng hee had no defignefor 
 Fraunce j when as Sirloh^ Feame, and Cap tain e 
 ^enington are able to teflifie vpon their oathes, 
 chat hee often told them hee had commifsion to 
 ftand them in ffead from the High Adrairall of 
 France, which confirmes the teftimonyof M. 
 Manmwry , who law the Commifsion at Plim- 
 
 mouth 
 
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 mouth, as he will dcpofeir. I vrgcnothispcriu* 
 ry ill that Articleconcerning Sir lohnFearne^ihgn 
 he neuer had ic in his thought to goc from Trini^ 
 ^4^^,toIeaue his company : which Six John FcArn 
 IS ready to prooue , by the depofition oi ^o. per- 
 fons, that Sir mdter propounded it vnto them, 
 whaifocuer he intended. And therefore how this 
 man eq uiuocates at his death, all the world may 
 fee. O barbarous cruelty , to leauc fo many gen- 
 tlemen, when hee had fecrctly heard that his Ton 
 was dead, to the mercy of their enemies,without 
 hope or meanes to returne- Where hee aifo per- 
 fwaded Captain Penington to goeaway, who an- 
 fwered him , hee Would rather die then lay the 
 guilt vpon his foulc.of the death of fo many gen- 
 tlemen : But if I would , you lately fwore you 
 hauc no money left, quoch Captaine Peningtony 
 without which wee cannot vi£tuallar Virgtma\ 
 Tut. whatfbeuer I fwore (fayd Sir Walter) I haue 
 300. pieces in a corner at a dead lift ; as he con- 
 feffed alfo to the Lords that he gaue one hundred 
 and fifty pieces to his company to come home: 
 And how then can that be true , which he fwore 
 at his death, that hee carried but (5o. pieces with 
 him, and brought home neere the fame fummc. 
 Certainly periury was but a Peccadillio with this 
 man, which he fhe wed alfo towards me,when he 
 pro»refted that I perfwaded him togoe to Sir Ed- 
 ward Parrhams fathers houfe , which ismoflvn- 
 true : For Sir milter Raleigh hauing a fccret inten- 
 tion, 
 
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 tion J which afterwardcs appeared to play the 
 mouritbanke ac Sdishury to pretend the taking of 
 adozeof poyfon , by which hee deceiued mcc 
 firft,thatbymehc might decciue others, which 
 was a raoft bafc vnmanly part \ thought Sir £^- 
 wardParrhamshthetshouCe^ whom he thought 
 to bee a Papift , to bee a fit fubic£t of fiifpicion, 
 which hee meant to caftvpon his friend, who 
 had fo louingly and worthily entertained vs. 
 For, fayd Sir Walter ^ though the Gentleman 
 would not hurt mee , yet there might bee 
 Pricfts or lefuites there that did it : For I re- 
 member after my mornings draught, of a 
 cuppc of Ale, which Sir Edward Parr ham oflFred 
 me in the Hall , I felt prefently a kinde of exco- 
 riation in mine Intralls, as if fome lefuithad 
 bcene the Butler. Now when I faw the puftales 
 breakeoutvponhim at Salisbury t myCompaf- 
 fionlconfelTewas too credulous to report from 
 his mouth fo much, wherein I made no lie, but 
 told a lie : Non mentientis asin^fed compitponis 
 off eciu, which, hath beeneill requited by him to 
 whom 1 (hewed it. But I am heartily Tory for it, 
 that being fo farre abufed as I was , I Ihould 
 wrong my true kinfman , which mooucdmce 
 after to no fmall iuft indignation againft Sivwal- 
 ter, who had thus abufed vs both. When I 
 heard of his often purpofes to efcape to mine vn- 
 doing , to draw him forward to it , which hee 
 intended of himfelfc by making of a lie , Non 
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 eimore mendacij,fed officij^ the rather bccaufc hec 
 had inueglcd nice to hurt my kinfman by telling 
 of alie,whichl doubt that Dminirie would not 
 bearebutrcafonof State, (as the beft Philofo- 
 phers doc hold) doth bcare ic to bee lawful! to 
 lie for the difcouerie of Treafon to doe (cruicc 
 tothe common wealth. Yca,but they fay, that 
 hee hath not left fo fufficient a man bchinde 
 him,and that therefore his death is a loffe to the 
 common- wealth ; I doubt muth of both. But no 
 man denies,but he had many fufficiecies in him : 
 But what were thefe, but fo many weapons of 
 pracSife and danger to the State, if hee efcaped, 
 being fo deepely tainted in fo many points of 
 difcontcnc.dHhoncftyjand difloyaltie?He knew, 
 as he writ , that as in nature, fo in policy, Apriua- 
 t'tone Adh&hitumnonfitregrefsiOj and therefore be- 
 ing defperate of any fortune hecre, agreeable 
 with the height of his*minde,who candoubt,but 
 he would haue made vp his fortune elfwhere vp- 
 on any tearmes againft his Soueraigne and 
 Countrey? "No Com/ams heart could bee more 
 vindicatiue, then he was vnto them to whom he 
 did impute his fault. Yea , but hee died moft re- 
 folutely : Yea, but hee was taken moff Iheepifh- 
 ly. Neuer was there man out of the confcience 
 of his owne corruption and guiltineflc fo cowed 
 at his taking, as he was jtrembhngand weeping 
 to come before luftice. Yea but he gathered his 
 fpirits afterwards, and died rcfolutely. Euenfb 
 C ' hath 
 
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 haihmany a lefuite done at Tybt^ne\2i cancrcd 
 enemy to God and his Soucraignc : But with this 
 difference,that they died in hope of falfe Martyr* 
 dome, and this with adefireof a falfe popular 
 fame. 
 
 But he diedhkc a Saint too : Hee hath before 
 vctie much called his Saintihippe into difpute 
 by the carriage of his hfe : Wee may now iudge 
 of It, by that hee did a night before his death, 
 who after his Conferences with the Deam of 
 Wcftminfter , for his better inftrudion , and 
 preparation of his fbule for God, called th<; Kec* 
 per of the Gatehoufe ( Mafter weekes ) to him, 
 and was curioufly inquifitiue to know, whether 
 hee had any Romijh Priefls vnder his charge, 
 and cuilodie, and what they were j but vpon 
 hisanfwerc(thathe had not any) whether hee 
 miftrufted that Mafter mekes would not deale 
 plainely with him , or would not bee true vmo 
 him, hee prcfently furceafed from any further 
 Inquilition of that matter j which whether ic 
 might proceed of an irrefolutionin the Religi* 
 on wherein hee profefled himfelfe to die , or out 
 of a popular affectation to infinuate and applie 
 himfelfe to al! faftionsjleaueit tothecenfiirc 
 of the Judicious Reader, and of fuchasbcftob- 
 fcrued the whole Scene of his a£tion vpon the 
 Scaffold. But to go furthcr,thcy fay he died like a 
 Souldier & a S^iat^ h therfore then to be belee- 
 ucdjQot only againff me, but againfl the attefla- 
 
 lion 
 
tion of the State. O wicked timcs,to fay no more/ 
 But my hope is that Religion and ihefearc of 
 God,and the confcience of my duty and loyaltie 
 toyourMaieftie, will fway more, with themoft 
 and beft,by that time men (hall from the State be 
 better informed. Opnionum comment a delehtt 
 dks^veritatis iudicm confirmabit^{'Xii\\ Tully^Nhtx- 
 fore I doe heere make two moft humble petitions 
 to your moft excellent Maieftie. Firft , that fee- 
 ing I your poore loyall Subied am burthened 
 and opprefled , with the Teftimony of al>itt€r 
 enemy , of a periurd and cendemned man, 
 which is againftallreafonjConTciencCjandlaw : 
 That I may haue your Maiefties leatic to the 
 confirmation of the cruth;wbich \ toeavowed 
 to be fufficient jto receiuic the Saoiainenc vpon 
 it in your Maiefties Giiappeh . The next is^that 
 your Maieftie will be To gracious vnto mee, as to 
 fuffer a declaration to come forth from the State, 
 for the cleering of thsfc matters,and further fatif- 
 fadion of the world : By which it may appeare^ 
 that the luftice of God, and the lufticeof the 
 King, did neuer better meete together in one 
 man: Which my iuft and humble requeft,! hope 
 your Maieftie will not deny to 
 
 Your Maiejlies loyall Sublet 
 
 md Sermnt, 
 
 Lb vVBS St vcLi r. 
 
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 BONHAM NORTONandlOHN 
 
 Bi hJ^i Printers to the Kings 
 
 moft Excellent Maicftic. 
 
 Anno i^x8. 
 
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