This is a book of Adventures and
Incidents
for Boys.
Western Martyrology or Blood Assizes
207 —His Dying-words 207 — His last Prayer 208 — A further Account of his
Behaviour 209 Hone's Accusation 7° — His Dying-words 7° Hucker's Letter to the Book —seller concerning his Father 259
His Letter to his Friend . . . 260
Jeffreys (George, late Lord Chancellour), his Life and
—Death 291 His Speech to the Jury at
the Trial of a Parson in the
His sordid treatment of Mr. —Baxter 304
West 264 —Dedication to G. L. Jeffreys 285
—ties there 305 —His secret Villanies 314
His Bloody Practices in the
— West 314 The Charge given by the
Lord Jeffreys at Bristol, in
his Return from his Western Campaign 319
—Poem to the Memory of the —Lord Jeffreys 287 His Birth and Parentage . . . 292
A Narrative of Monmouth's whole Expedition while in the West, which was the Prelogue to Jeffreys's Cruel
Cln'ef Qfymtr$ contamrti in tfjfsf Boofe. 339
—He calls the Mayor of Bristol
— Kidnapping Rogue 324
He is made Lord Chancel-
lour for his Cruelties in the
— West 324 How he raised Money by
—procuring Pardons 324 — He is made Baron of Weni 328 —What followed thereupon. . . 328
The Pr. of Orange approach
ing, he flies to Wappittg in a
— Disguise 329
He is taken and brought be
— fore the Lord Mayor 329 —Is committed to the Tower 330
The Western Widows' Peti
tion against him while in the —Tower 330 —He dies in the Tower 331 —His Character 331
before his Execution Lawrence (Thomas), his Case
and Sufferings
Lisle (Lady), her Sufferings. . . —Her last Speech
List of all them that were con
demned and suffered in the West, 1685
Lyme, an Ale-house Woman of that Town cruelly whipt, and why
215
22t
156 156
325
277 222
223 224
25 1
His Letter to his Sister
Monmouth (Duke) his Suffer ings and Death
Gourden
—His Character Jervaise, a Hatter,
154
155 cruelly
1 87 —His Declaration in the West 188
whipt, and why Introduction to this Western
Martyrology, shewing the Reasons why this Work is undertaken
yohnson, Accusation against
276
— A brief Abstract Speech
of his true
197
198 1 99
— him 103 His Address to all English
—Protestants in the Army . . . 103 His Character 104
KirKs Cruelties related by an Eye and Ear-witness, who also gives an Account of
other Western Barbarities. . . 261 King\John), an Account of his
last Speech at the Place of Execution at Edinburgh . . . 1 78
— ings 158 His Letter to his Parents,
— Brothers, and Sisters 159 —His Letter to his Children. . 161
His last Speech
Noise's Sufferings
— He engages in the Prentices'
— Petition to the Lord Mayor
—A Copy of the said Petition 1 18
An Account of 30000 Pren —tices that signed it 1 10
The Speech that was made
at presenting this Petition. . . 120
Kidd {John) his last Speech
at the place of Execution at Edinburgh 182
Kidd (Capt. ) his dying Speech
in the West of England 224
Larke {Sampson),hisSufferings 210 — His last Words 210 — Some further Passages re
lating to Mr. S. Larke, with
his Prayer when Executed 213 — His Letter to his Friend just
A Letter sent to him there 332 —His Elegy 333 Jenkyn (William) his Be
Madder's Sufferings
haviour both before and afier his Execution, with several Letters to divers of his Re
—lations 149 —His Letter to his Sister Scott 152 —His Letter to his Mother . . . 153
— His last Ladder
Words Prayer
upon
the
— His last Matthew's
and Prayer at the Place of Exec.
last
Speech
—His Elegy
Monmonth and Argyle being
both defeated, what folio wed
Nelthrope (Richard) his Suffer
163 1 16
118
34° Sin alpljabetical Cable, $c.
—The Lord Mayor's Answer
to the Prentices' Speech . . . 121
—The Names of the 20 Pre
— senters of this Petition 122 A Poem dedicated to 'em. . . 122
delivered to the Sheriff on —Tower Hill 79 —His Epitaph 81
His Character 82 Smith of Chardsiock, his Be
haviour and Dying-Speech 202 Speak ( Charles), his Sufferings
and last Words 227 Speed of Culliton, his Beha
viour and Dying Speech . . . 204 Sprague and Cleg executed at
Culliton, with their Dying-
words 218 Sprague (John), a further Ac
count of him 205
Temple (Dr. ) his last Speech 225
Oates, an Account and Sufferings —His Character
of his Life
Parrot's Sufferings
98 102
229
229 229
— His Behaviour of Execution
at the
Place
— His last Speech
Poem to the Memory of those
who suffered in the West,
next the Title.
Pott's Sufferings, Courage and
Tyler's Sufferings — He is executed —other Persons — His last Speech
Dying- words 219 Parson, one tried by Jeffrey {or
\oaVm%<x\Monmoutti s\xmy 265 Review of what has been writ
ten in this Western Martyrol. 279 Robin ofCharmouth'sSafferings 226 —His last Sayings 227 Rose's Sufferings and Courage 218 Rosewelfs Trial and Acquittal 171 Rouse's Trial and Accusation 68 —His Dying-words 69 — His Behaviour at his Death 69 Rumbold, his Sufferings 174 — A larger Account of his Suf
ferings with his last Speech,
and several things that past
at his Trial 1 75
Russet (Lord), his Life, Trial —and Martyrdom 44 Names of his Jury 48
—His Elegy 59 — His Character 60 —AnAccountofhislastSpeech 61
SandforcTs last Speech at the Place of Execution 254
Satchel's Behaviour and Dying Words 253
Sherborn, an Account of those Executed there, with their Dying- words 2 16
211 with some
211 211
little before his Execution 212 Tripp (Jacob) his Sufferings
and Barbarous Execution . . . 268 Tutchin (Mr. John), his Case
—and Trial 270 — His Cruel Sentence 272
His Petition to the King
— to be Hang'd 273 — How he avoided his Sentence 273 —He is popt into a Pardon. . . 274
He visitsjeffreys in theTower, with the Disc, between 'em 275
Walcot, his Life, Trial, and Martyrdom 64 — An Account of his Speech 68 — His last Prayer 69
Western Transactions, the In troduction to 'em, with gene
—ral Observations upon' em. . . 123 The Lives and Dying Speeches of those that suf fered in the West 199
Whippings in the West 222 — Mr. Stayle whipt 222 — Mrs. Brown whipt 222
Wiseman, a Barber's Boy of Weymouth, of i4orl5 Years of Age, cruelly whipt, and
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Sidney (Algernon), his Suffer —ings, Trial, and Martyrdom 72 — His Petition to his Majesty 76
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—Death 291 His Speech to the Jury at
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His sordid treatment of Mr. —Baxter 304
West 264 —Dedication to G. L. Jeffreys 285
—ties there 305 —His secret Villanies 314
His Bloody Practices in the
— West 314 The Charge given by the
Lord Jeffreys at Bristol, in
his Return from his Western Campaign 319
—Poem to the Memory of the —Lord Jeffreys 287 His Birth and Parentage . . . 292
A Narrative of Monmouth's whole Expedition while in the West, which was the Prelogue to Jeffreys's Cruel
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—He calls the Mayor of Bristol
— Kidnapping Rogue 324
He is made Lord Chancel-
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— West 324 How he raised Money by
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The Pr. of Orange approach
ing, he flies to Wappittg in a
— Disguise 329
He is taken and brought be
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The Western Widows' Peti
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and Sufferings
Lisle (Lady), her Sufferings. . . —Her last Speech
List of all them that were con
demned and suffered in the West, 1685
Lyme, an Ale-house Woman of that Town cruelly whipt, and why
215
22t
156 156
325
277 222
223 224
25 1
His Letter to his Sister
Monmouth (Duke) his Suffer ings and Death
Gourden
—His Character Jervaise, a Hatter,
154
155 cruelly
1 87 —His Declaration in the West 188
whipt, and why Introduction to this Western
Martyrology, shewing the Reasons why this Work is undertaken
yohnson, Accusation against
276
— A brief Abstract Speech
of his true
197
198 1 99
— him 103 His Address to all English
—Protestants in the Army . . . 103 His Character 104
KirKs Cruelties related by an Eye and Ear-witness, who also gives an Account of
other Western Barbarities. . . 261 King\John), an Account of his
last Speech at the Place of Execution at Edinburgh . . . 1 78
— ings 158 His Letter to his Parents,
— Brothers, and Sisters 159 —His Letter to his Children. . 161
His last Speech
Noise's Sufferings
— He engages in the Prentices'
— Petition to the Lord Mayor
—A Copy of the said Petition 1 18
An Account of 30000 Pren —tices that signed it 1 10
The Speech that was made
at presenting this Petition. . . 120
Kidd {John) his last Speech
at the place of Execution at Edinburgh 182
Kidd (Capt. ) his dying Speech
in the West of England 224
Larke {Sampson),hisSufferings 210 — His last Words 210 — Some further Passages re
lating to Mr. S. Larke, with
his Prayer when Executed 213 — His Letter to his Friend just
A Letter sent to him there 332 —His Elegy 333 Jenkyn (William) his Be
Madder's Sufferings
haviour both before and afier his Execution, with several Letters to divers of his Re
—lations 149 —His Letter to his Sister Scott 152 —His Letter to his Mother . . . 153
— His last Ladder
Words Prayer
upon
the
— His last Matthew's
and Prayer at the Place of Exec.
last
Speech
—His Elegy
Monmonth and Argyle being
both defeated, what folio wed
Nelthrope (Richard) his Suffer
163 1 16
118
34° Sin alpljabetical Cable, $c.
—The Lord Mayor's Answer
to the Prentices' Speech . . . 121
—The Names of the 20 Pre
— senters of this Petition 122 A Poem dedicated to 'em. . . 122
delivered to the Sheriff on —Tower Hill 79 —His Epitaph 81
His Character 82 Smith of Chardsiock, his Be
haviour and Dying-Speech 202 Speak ( Charles), his Sufferings
and last Words 227 Speed of Culliton, his Beha
viour and Dying Speech . . . 204 Sprague and Cleg executed at
Culliton, with their Dying-
words 218 Sprague (John), a further Ac
count of him 205
Temple (Dr. ) his last Speech 225
Oates, an Account and Sufferings —His Character
of his Life
Parrot's Sufferings
98 102
229
229 229
— His Behaviour of Execution
at the
Place
— His last Speech
Poem to the Memory of those
who suffered in the West,
next the Title.
Pott's Sufferings, Courage and
Tyler's Sufferings — He is executed —other Persons — His last Speech
Dying- words 219 Parson, one tried by Jeffrey {or
\oaVm%<x\Monmoutti s\xmy 265 Review of what has been writ
ten in this Western Martyrol. 279 Robin ofCharmouth'sSafferings 226 —His last Sayings 227 Rose's Sufferings and Courage 218 Rosewelfs Trial and Acquittal 171 Rouse's Trial and Accusation 68 —His Dying-words 69 — His Behaviour at his Death 69 Rumbold, his Sufferings 174 — A larger Account of his Suf
ferings with his last Speech,
and several things that past
at his Trial 1 75
Russet (Lord), his Life, Trial —and Martyrdom 44 Names of his Jury 48
—His Elegy 59 — His Character 60 —AnAccountofhislastSpeech 61
SandforcTs last Speech at the Place of Execution 254
Satchel's Behaviour and Dying Words 253
Sherborn, an Account of those Executed there, with their Dying- words 2 16
211 with some
211 211
little before his Execution 212 Tripp (Jacob) his Sufferings
and Barbarous Execution . . . 268 Tutchin (Mr. John), his Case
—and Trial 270 — His Cruel Sentence 272
His Petition to the King
— to be Hang'd 273 — How he avoided his Sentence 273 —He is popt into a Pardon. . . 274
He visitsjeffreys in theTower, with the Disc, between 'em 275
Walcot, his Life, Trial, and Martyrdom 64 — An Account of his Speech 68 — His last Prayer 69
Western Transactions, the In troduction to 'em, with gene
—ral Observations upon' em. . . 123 The Lives and Dying Speeches of those that suf fered in the West 199
Whippings in the West 222 — Mr. Stayle whipt 222 — Mrs. Brown whipt 222
Wiseman, a Barber's Boy of Weymouth, of i4orl5 Years of Age, cruelly whipt, and
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Sidney (Algernon), his Suffer —ings, Trial, and Martyrdom 72 — His Petition to his Majesty 76
An Account of the Paper he
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