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 .
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 .
Western Martyrology or Blood Assizes
William Mead
Francis Bartlet Peter Warren Samuel Hawkins Richard Sweet.
EVILCHEStEr 12. Hugh Goodenough
Taunton 19. Robert Perrot
Christopher Clerk Abraham Ansley Samuel Cox Edward Tippot Benjamin Hewling William Sumerton
Philip Cumbridge Pierce Murren
John Tucker, a/zVwJohn Freake
Glover. John Savage
ILLMInStEr 12. Abraham Matthews Osmond Barret
Nicholas Collins. Sen. William Jenkyns
Matthew Cross Edward Burford , John Mortimer John Stevens
Robert Townsden. Stogummer 3.
George Hillard John Lockstone Arthur Williams.
Castlecary 3.
Stephen Newman Robert Luckis William Kitch Thomas Burnard William Wellen John Parsons Thomas Trooke Robert Fawne Western Hillary John Burgen
Charles Speake. Stogersey 2.
Hugh Ashley
John Herring Wellington 3
Francis Priest
Philp Bovet
Robert Reed
SOUtH -PEtHErtOnThomas Hillary
Richard Ash Samuel Garnish Robert Hinde.
Henry Lisle
John Dryer John Hucker
Jonathan England John Sharpe William Deverson John Williams John Patrum James Whittom William Satchel
John Trickey. Langport 3.
John Masters John Walrand
David Langwell
Cornelius Furfurd John Parsons
Thomas Davis. POrLOCK 2.
John Gill, Senior Thomas Monday John Butcher.
CUtHErStOn 2. Richard Bovet
Thomas Blackmore Minehead 6.
Gale Henry Edny
James
Glasenbury 6
John Jones, alias jomi phillelrey. Evens
John Hicks Richard Pearce
Humphrey Peirce Nicholas Venton John Shellwood
Milton-port 2.
Arbridg 6.
Johnson
Isaac Tripp Thomas Burnell
Hugh Starke Suffer'd in all 251. Besides those Hanged and Destroyed in Cold Blood.
This Bloody Tragedy in the West being over, our Protestant Judge returns for London; soon after which Alderman Cornish felt the Anger of some Body behind the Curtain ; for it is to be
Archibald James Maxwel.
Keinsham 11. Charles Chepman Richard Bowden Thomas Trock
Lewis Harris Edward Haswell Howel Thomas George Badol Richard Evans John Winter Andrew Rownsden
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noted, that he was Sheriff when Best prayed an Indictment might be preferred, and was, as well as Sheriff Bethel, earnest in promoting it ; in alledging, that it was no ways reasonable that the Juries of London should lye under such a Reproach,
But passing this over, we now find this Person arrived at the Pinnacle of -Honour ; the Purse and Mace were reserved for him, vacant by the Death of the Lord Keeper North, and he advanced to the Lord Chancellorship of England; rais'd by this Means, as one might think, above the Envy of the Crowd ; and it might be wished, in so dangerous a Heighth he had looked better to his Footsteps ; for now being created Baron of Won, we find him in a High Commission, or Ecclesiastical Court, Suspending the Honourable Lord Bishop of London from performing the Episcopal Office and Function of that See, and for no other Default, than not readily complying with the King's
Letter in Suspending Dr. Sharp, Dean of Norwich, for Preach ing a Sermon in the Parish Church of St. Giles in the Fields, at the Request of the Parishioners, showing the Errors and Fallacies of the Romish Religion ; the better to confirm them in the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of England. Nor was it this good Bishop alone that was aimed at ; for Magdalen Colledge at Oxford was next attempted, and in that very Mother of Learning, and Chief Seminary of our Church, such Alter ations were made as startled the Kingdom ; by whose Counsel I undertake not to determine ; but in the midst of Liberty of
Conscience, as twice declared. The Church of England had a Test put upon her Sons, which seem'd such a Paradox that has been rarely heard of, vis. To Read the King's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience in the Churches, during the Time of Divine Service, and a Mark, and Penalties threatned to the
Refusers ; which was evidently demonstrated by the Imprison ment of those Pious Patriots of their Country, and Pillars of the Church, His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishops of Bath and Wells, Ely, Peterborough, Chi chester, St. Asaph, and Bristol; who for shewing their Reasons, why they could not comply with this Command, by way of humble Petition, were sent to the Tower, and afterwards tried upon Information of High Misdemeanour, at the Court of Kings-Bench ; where their Innocency appearing in a large manner, they were acquitted, to the Scandal of their Accusers : Yet Orders were sent into all Parts of England, to return an Account to the Lord Chancellor, of those that refused to Read the Declaration, that they might be proceeded against, for a
Contempt of what their Consciences would not permit them to do ; and for a Time they were extremely hot upon it. Much about this Time there was a considerable Suit depending before him in Chancery, between a great Heiress and others, which
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was sufficiently talkt of in the World, not without loud and deep Reflection on his Honesty and Honour; for having given the Cause for the young Lady, he very speedily afterwards married her to his Son ; with this remarkable Circumstance, she being a Papist, to make sure Work, he married them both Ways, both by a Priest of the Church of Rome, and a Divine the Church of England. And here, think, we may place the Heighth and Acme of his Honour and Happiness, where he's not like to tarry long; for on the News of the great Prepar ations in Holland, and that the Prince of Orange were certainly design'd for England, the determined Councils cool'd, and then quite ceas'd, so that the Church of England Men, whose Cause the Prince had espoused, were restored again to the Com missions and Trusts they had (by what Justice know not) been lately deprived of and amongst other Charters that were on this Occasion restored, was that of the City of London; and that which makes more memorable, was, that was brought to Guild-Hall by this Person, tho' he was not attended by the Shouts and Acclamations he expected, nor seemed so florid or frolicksome as heretofore, which some looked upon as a bad Omen and it's reported, soon after he being ask'd by a Courtier,
What the Heads of the Prince's Declaration were He should answer, He was sure his was one, whatever the rest were.
When the late King James was secured at Feversham, he desired to see his Landlord, and demanded his Name, who proved a Person who had turned himself over to the Kings- Bench, for a Fine which fell upon him (and Captain Stanbrooke in Westminster) by the Lord Chancellour's Means at the Board, which King James, calling for a Pen and Ink, bid the Gentle man write the Discharge as effectually as he would which he signed: Adding, That he was now sensible my Lord Chancellour had been a very ill Man, and done very ill Things. If he was thus censured by his Master for his former Services, and he had a bad Opinion of him without Prophecy any Man might pre dict his Service and Interest was ceased and his Life would have been like the Scape-Goat, he must have born all their Crimes, and been beheaded for his own, for no less Indignation than Death was couched in the Words. Thus may be seen what would have been his End.
The Court by this Time beginning to scatter, and the Prince of Orange approaching, the King thought fit to withdraw him self upon Notice of which the Lord Chancellor betook himself
to Wapping, disguised like a Sea-man, in*Order to his Escape to Hamborough in a Collier but being discovered, he was brought before Sir Chapman, Lord Mayor of the City of
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Friends that were impatient till they gave him a Prospect of his future Destiny, for verily the mighty Present was nothing but a
good able Halter. Now, as I said before, whether this Passage be true or no, I cannot say, but this I am sure (if we consider his Lordship's Life and Cruelties), the Moral of it is very good.
The Humble Petition of the Widows and Fatherless Children in the West of England.
We, to the Number of a Thousand and more, Widows and Fatherless Children, of the Counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, our dear Husbands and tender Fathers, having been so Tyrannously Butcher'd, and some Transported, our Estates Sold from us, and our Inheritance cut off by the Severe and
Harsh Sentence of George Lord Jeffreys, now, we understand, in the Tower of London, a Prisoner, who has lately, we hear, endeavoured to excuse himself from those Tyrannical and
Illegal Sentences, by laying it on Information by some Gentle men, who are known to us to be good Christians, true Protes tants and Englishmen, We your Poor Petitioners, many
Hundreds of us, on our Knees have begg'd Mercy for out Dear Husbands and Tender Parents, from his Cruel Hands, but his Thirst for Blood was so Great, and his Barbarism so Cruel, that instead of Granting Mercy to some, which were made appear to be Innocent, and Petitioned for by the Flower of the Gentry of the said Counties, he immediately caused them
to be Executed ; and so Barbarously, that a very good Gentle woman at Dorch, begging on her Knees the Life of a Worthy Gentleman, to Marry him, and make him her Husband ; this
g not Common
vile Wretch, havinI Civility with him, and laying
aside that Honour and Respect due to a Person of her Worth,
told her,
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and Quartered, you shall have that Member you best like when
These, with many Hundred more Tyrannical Acts, are ready to be made appear in the said Counties, by Honest and Credible Persons ;
and therefore your Petitioners desire, that the said George Jeffreys, late Lord Chancellour, the Vilest of Men, may be brought down to the Counties aforesaid, where we, the good
Women in the West, shall be glad to see him ; and give him another manner of Welcome than he had Three Years since.
Andyour Petitioner shall ever Pray, &c.
Thus he continued for some Months in the Tower, his Chronical Indispositions, the Stone, Ore. encreasing very fast upon him.
The Ingenious Dr. Lower was his Physician : But Nature being now tired out by a tedious Combat with his Disease, and the Guilt of his former Bloody Life, we hope it touched his
Conscience. He having, besides by his Intemperate Life,
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known, contracted an 111 Habit of Body, he at last very happily for himself, if not his Relations too, dy'd in the Tower the Morning, about Nine of the Clock, An. Dom.
Jeffreys's Character.
He was of Stature rather above a Middle Sort than below it ;
his Complexion inclining to Fair ; his Face well enough, full of a certain Briskness, though mixt with an Air a little malicious and unpleasant. He was a Man of tolerable Sense, and had, as of Necessity he must, by so long Practice, and going through such Publick Places, got some Law, though, as little as 'twas, more than he had Occasion to make Use of ; since the Dis pensing Power having as good as seared all Law in the King's Breast, he by that found out a more compendious Method of attaining than was formerly known. He had a pretty large Stock of 111 Nature and Witt, in which lay his greatest Excel lency, though a veryunenvy'd one. But in fine, his Brow and his Tongue were the two best Accomplishments he was Master of. —By the Help of which, and that before mentioned, by his brisk, sudden, and sharp Interrogatories, he sometimes put Falshood, and perhaps oftner the Truth out of Countenance. But that ill-favour'd Wit which he had, lay all of the wrong Side much like that of those unlucky Animals, all whose Wit lyes in Tricks and Mischief. He spoke many pleasant Things,
but very few handsom ones, disgracing all with intolerable Rail ings, mean Passions, and perfect Billings-gate, and would commonly, even upon the Bench itself, fall into Heats both as to
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Words and Actions, not only unworthy of a Judge, but even of any prudent Man. He seem'd, without wronging him, to have a great deal of Baseness and Cruelty in his Nature, having a
particular Delight and Relish in Cruelty and Blood, and such Things as give Horror and Aversion to all the rest of Mankind. He was in this Case even worse than Nero; for whereas that Monster had once so much good Nature, or at least pretended that when he was to sign a Warrant for the Execution of Male factor, he said to have wish'd He had never learn'd to write Jeffreys on the other side, then only seem'd in his Element when in the midst of Destruction and Murther. For his Religion—
What a Sort of one 'twas, his Life past sufficiently tells us; though he and his good Brother Commissioner, the Belswagger of Chester, maliciously persuade the World, that they were of the Church of England; that after they could do no more Mischief with their Lives, they might disgrace by their Death, pretending both to die in that Communion. —But 'tis mean to follow 'em any further, unless with a Wish, somewhat like that
handsome one History leaves us, That all King William's and Queen Mary's Enemies were as honourably buried, — Or, in the Inspired Words of great Person, —So, Lord, let all thine Enemies perish
Letter to the Lord Chancellour, exposing to him the Sentiments the People, with some pertinent Advice in the Conclusion.
My Lord,
I'd praise your Lordship, but you've had your Share Of that before, not too much by far
And now a nobler Field for Curses are
Yet I'll not curse, but leave you to the Croud, Who never baulk their Rage, but speak aloud
In all the Lab'rinths of your Crimes they'll track ye, Worse than ten thousand Furies they'll attack ye.
We talk not here of Penal Laws or Test,
Nor how you, King of Terrors, in the West,
With more than humane Cruelty, opprest
Those whose Shades now stab through your anxious Breast. To these leave you, each with brandish'd Dart
Throughly revenge his Quarrel at your Heart.
For me, I'll only let your Lordship see
How they resent your chang'd Felicity.
Now may you hear the People as they scoure
Along, not fear to damn the Chancellour The Women too, and all the tender Crew, That us'd to pity all, now laugh at you.
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And giggle at the Bills upon your Gate !
Nay, rather than be frustrate of their Hope,
The Women will contribute for a Rope :
And those fine Locks that no bless'd Spark might touch, On this Account Ketch may, they love my Lord so much.
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Oh for Dispensing now! Ah
! Now's the Time ! Your Eloquence will hardly blanch the Crime ;
And all the Turnings of Your Proteus-Wit,
With all your little Tricks, won't help a bit :
Ev'n that fine Tongue, in which your Lordship's Trust is,
Now won't, although sometimes it baffled Justice : No Ignoramus Juries shall perplex ye,
But with their Billa Vera't now they'll vex ye. From their dire Claws, no Hiding-hole you'll find ;
They speak their own now, not a Party's Mind
Not now, as heretofore, when on the Bench
Flattery and Daubing had such Influence,
And Jeffreys for a Gift would with the Laws dispence. But granting all our Laws be out of Joint,
Why yet they do not fear to gain the Point : A High Commission may the Cause decide, Your Lordship by a Butcher may be try'd, When by Commission he is dignify'd.
His Power you must not doubt, ifhe be satisfy'd.
This 'tis they mean, 'tis this they would have done ;
But I wou'd chouse 'em ev'ry Mother's Son ; Troth I'd 'en hang my self, and soon have done.
If you've no Halter, never make a Pother ;
Take but a Greater, one's as good as t'other :
For, Lord ! Should such a Man as you submit
To be the publick Laughter of each grinning Cit ! Else, my Lord, take a Razor, never fear,
And cut your Lordship's Throat from Ear to Ear 'Tis feasible enough ; you know who did it ;
Cut both the Jug'lar Veins thro' if you can,
Else you'll say Essex was the stouter Man.
I am your Lordship's, in any Thing of This Nature.
From the little ^Jouse over-against Tyburn, where the People are almost dead with Expectation of you.
Jeffrey's ELEGY.
I very well remember on a Night,
Or rather in the peep of Morning- Light, When sweet Aurora with a smiling Eye Call'd up the Birds to wonted Melody.
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Dull Morpheus with his Weight upon me leant,
Half Waking, and yet sleeping thus I Dream'd. Methoughts I saw a Lawyer at his Book Studying Pecunia, but never Cooke ;
He scorned Littleton and Plowden too,
With mouldy Authors he'd have nought to do. Next Stage I saw him on was Hicks's-Hall,
And heard him mightily to roar and bawl, Never did City-Cryer louder yaul.
The People star'd at such a Noise uncouth,
Who is't, cries one ? Why 'tis the City's Mouth. Then straight I saw him plac'd, the more's the Pity, To be the Speaking Trumpet of the City ;
Knight and Recorder he was made together,
This Man, thought I, will live in any Weather : Money came in, he then grew mighty rich,
And to climb higher had a deadly Itch.
Then presently a Popish Priest came to him,
That Square Cap Curr, thought I, will sure undo him. Wilt thou now be preferr'd, come hither, come.
And be but reconciled unto Rome,
And for Advancement thou may'st rest upon her, None of her Sons e'er wanted Wealth or Honour. Do but declare against the Whigs, and say,
Thou hat'st the 111-contriv'd Fanatick Way.
With that, me thoughts I saw him tack about, And straight he courted that curs'd Romish Rout ; Esteem'd it Happiness enough to go,
And kiss his HoJiness's stinking Toe.
Next Place I saw him in was Justice Chair,
Whofledaway, because she saw him there. He with Commission rid the Land about, But still he aim'd to keep fair Justice out ;
With angry Look he brow-beat Rightful Cause, And his bold Hand did sacrifice the Laws, Tore 'em, or trampled on 'em with his Paws. Poor Justice, being frighted, fled from Earth To Heaven, whence she did derive her Birth ; To the Eternal Justice she did go.
And made Report what Monsters sate below. Inquisitors, like Spain, in England sate,
And at their Pleasure steer'd the Helm of State. He rid the Western Circuit all around ;
But where he came, no Justice cou'd be found : He improVd his Talents Martrys to condemn,
Hang, Draw and Quarter was his daily Theam. He bid 'em to confess, if e'er they hope
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To be reprieved from the fatal Rope.
This seem'd a Favour, but he'd none forgive,
The Favour was, a Day or two to live ;
Which those had not that troubled him with Trial, Blood was his Business, and he'd have no Denial ;
His Entrails Brass, his very Heart was Steel, Poor Souls he made his Judge's Courage feel. How valiant to condemn, when in his Power, Two Hundred he could sentence in an Hour. Guilty, or not, to him was all a Case,
On Martyrs Bodies he did Honour raise,
And to destroy by Retail thought it base.
The Blood of Protestants for Vengeance cry,
And will, I fear, to all Eternity.
Although kind Death had made him scape Man's Doom, And quietly hath hurl'd him in his Tomb.
Then next methought I saw him placed higher, O wither will this Canibal aspire ?
The Purse, the Mace, and all the Honour that Belongeth to Lord Chancellor of State ;
Made fat with Treason, he did daily thrive, Till to his highest Pitch he did arrive.
The Church of England saw a Traitor lurch, Who went about to undermine their Church ;
Witness else Maudlin Colledge, and the rest, He was the stoutest Stickler for the Test,
But could not help it 'cause he was so high ; He soarM above the Sight ofhumble Eye,
Abhorr'd Petitioners, as heretofore,
Such Varlets still was banisht from his Door : Now being on the Top of Fortune's Wheel, The giddy Goddess did begin to reel-
A Warning 'tis to all depending on her,
OfIce is made the Pinacle ofHonour,
Or Glassy Substance, brittle shinning Hew,
That afar off doth make a Golden Shew.
Those that are low admire and would climb, Although they break their Necks the very Time. And now methoughts he hearing Preparations,
That were a forming in the Neighbour Nations, Prepares for his own Safety now in Time.
Thinking the Thunder would on him incline Therefore being ask'd what were the Prince's Heads Of Declaration, feelingly he said,
His Head was one, aim'd at 'mongst many others, Knowing in Villany he'd many Brothers.
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Thinking by Bribes he could not Ruin shun : He took a Collier's Coat to Sea to go ;
Was ever Chancellour arrayed so !
But like to like, he'd needs anticipate,
Devil Incarnate, Collier of State.
He dealt in Deeds of Darkness, black as Night. Such a Black Habit needs must fit him right. Brave Sight to see him in a Collier's Skin ;
Come, Pence a Piece, my Masters enter in.
My Lord Mayor swooned, and was stricken dumb, To see his metamorphos'd Lordship come.
A Countryman he flouted once, I hear,
Ask'd what he had for swearing, 'Twas too dear, You Bumpkin in the Leather Jacket there ;
To whom the Hobnail quickly did reply,
Had'st thou no more for lying, than poor I
Have here for swearing, thou might'st quickly wear A Leather one, instead of Plush Thread-bare.
Now had he seen my Lord in Colliers Buff, Bumpkin had past for Prophet sure enough.
The Mobile and Rout with Clubs and Staves, Swore that his Carcass ne'er should lye in Graves. The'y eat him up alive within an Hour,
Their Teeth should tear his Flesh, and him devour ; Limb him they would, as Boys on Shrovetide do,
Some cryed, /
And I am for his Sowse ; his Ears, another ;
Oh, cries a third, I am for his Buttocks brave,
Nine Pound of Stakes from them I mean to have ;
I know the Rogue is fleshy, says a fourth ;
For Sweet-breads, Lungs, and Heart they're nothing worth ; Yes, quoth another, but not good to eat,
A Heart of Steel will ne'er prove tender Meat.
But we must them dispose another Way,
A good Rich Lawyer will a round Sum pay, For such a Set of loud and bellowing Lungs, Enough to serve a Hundred Stentors Tongues. We'll sell his Heart to th' Pope to make a Show, A Relique on't, and he'll get Money too.
But whilst they were dividing them in Thought, The Lord Mayor order'd Soldiers to be brought, Who rescued him from out the Rabbles Power. And straight away they took him to the Tower, With much ado he there was brought at last,
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To think on all his wicked Actions past.
AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE CHIEF MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK.
Ansley's(Airaham)l. ! LStSpeech. 247 —His last Letter 248 Argyle^rl), his Sufferings. . . 171 — His last Speech
Civilities of theCitizens ofExon
to the Western Sufferers . . . 279
Colledge, his Life, Trial, and —last Words 19 —The Verses upon his Picture 27
Poem written by himself . . . 27
Armstrong, his Sufferings and Dying Words
I72
—His Elegy
Arnold, a brief Account of his
86 90
Cornish's Sufferings
— A hint at the Occasion of —his Martyrdom
—Passages before his Death. . . 93
Sufferings
Askew 's Letter to his Father. . 248
91 92
— Another Letter to his Friend —The Account his Friend
gives of him
Author's Sentiments concern
ing the Western Sufferers . . . Axminsterand Honiton, an Ac
count of those executed there
Bateman's Sufferings Battiscomb, his Life and Suf
ferings
—The Account given of him
249
249
279
218 96
144
145 146
147
147 148
276 229
200 205
263
265 268
An Account of a Poem made —in his Time
— by his Relations —His last Words
107
A further Account of his
Behaviour
—A Poem on a Lady that
came to Jeffreys to beg Mr. — Battiscomb' s Life
His Character Blanchard, a cruel
Parson, reviles a Goaler for not whip ping a Boy half enough, with the Goaler's Answer. . .
Gaunt's Sufferings 166 — Her Dying Speech
—Her P. S. to the said Speech 167
Boddy's last Speech
Bragg's Dying Speech and
Behaviour
Bridport and Lyme, anAccount
of those that suffered there Burd, General Relations writ
ten by him and other West-
Country Gentlemen
— His Letters from Beckington
with a remarkable Account
of William Hussey and Tho. — Paul,v/ho suffer' din the West
His Postscript to his Letter, giving an Account of his own Sufferings and Deliverance
170 Gatchet's Sufferings 182
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His Character Cox's Sufferings umphant Death
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and Tri
211
Clerk of the Arraigns, his Speech to Jeffreys at Mr.
Tutchiris Sentence 272
Dangerfield, his Life and Suf ferings
Essex (Earl) his Life and Martyrdom 28 — His Character 41 —His Elegy 42
Evans( Minister) his Behaviour
and Sufferings 219
— His Character
—His Elegy 107 —His Ghost to Jeffreys IIS
GatchiFs Behaviour and Dying- words 258
Glisson of Yeovil, his Suffer
ings 216
Godfrey (Sir Edmond-bury),
—his Life and Martyrdom . . . I — Anagram upon his Name. . . 16
Poem on his Death
17
Hall (Richard) of Culliton,
his Sufferings 216 J/amling's Case 220
Hewlings (both Benjamin and William), an Account of
their Behaviour both before
105
338 fln alpljabetical Cable of tlje
and at their execution, with
several letters to divers of —their Relations 128
Further Account of Mr. W. —Hauling izg
A short Letterwrittenjustas
—he was going to Execution. . 134
—His Behaviour at School . . . 292 —His Father Prophecies that
he'll die with his Shoes and
—Stockings on . . 293
He is executed with Dr.
Temple, Mr. Madders, and —others
—Inner Temple 293 — His Marriage and Early Son 294 — Is made Recorder of London 294
His Speech about the King's —Psalter 295
He is turned out of his Re-
— cordership 296
His Abhorrence of Peti —tioning 297
His being on his Knees be —fore the House of Commons 297
His ill Practices whilst Re
— corder 299
Being curb'd by Baron
— Weston, he weeps for Anger 300 The Answer of one in a
— Leather Doublet 300 His Question to a Musician,
— with his Repartee 300 How he got a Gentleman
his Wife's Fortune out of
— Guild-Hail 301
His Speech to one with a
— great Beard, and his Repartee 301
His barbarous dealing with
Mr. Moses Pitt 301 — His Speech to the Ladies —upon Mr. 7W<-/;/«'. rSentence 272
His vehement Discourse to
the Jury against the Lord
— Kussel 304
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Hewling 136 —His last letter before his
— Execution 142
Their Characters 143 Hicks (John) last Speech 231 — His Letter to his Nephew —the Day before his Death . . . 242 —His Letter to his Wife 243
A Letter of his Sister to her
— Mother 136
Further Account of Mr. B.
— His Dream
His entring himself in the
293
Another Letter to his Wife 244 Hymns made by several Suf
ferers 1ll Holloway, his Life, Sufferings,
and Dying-words 82 Holway of Lyme, his Be
haviour before and at the
Place of Execution 250 —His last Words 251 Holmes (Col. ) his Sufferings . .
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
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—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
for what 276
Sidney (Algernon), his Suffer —ings, Trial, and Martyrdom 72 — His Petition to his Majesty 76
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noted, that he was Sheriff when Best prayed an Indictment might be preferred, and was, as well as Sheriff Bethel, earnest in promoting it ; in alledging, that it was no ways reasonable that the Juries of London should lye under such a Reproach,
But passing this over, we now find this Person arrived at the Pinnacle of -Honour ; the Purse and Mace were reserved for him, vacant by the Death of the Lord Keeper North, and he advanced to the Lord Chancellorship of England; rais'd by this Means, as one might think, above the Envy of the Crowd ; and it might be wished, in so dangerous a Heighth he had looked better to his Footsteps ; for now being created Baron of Won, we find him in a High Commission, or Ecclesiastical Court, Suspending the Honourable Lord Bishop of London from performing the Episcopal Office and Function of that See, and for no other Default, than not readily complying with the King's
Letter in Suspending Dr. Sharp, Dean of Norwich, for Preach ing a Sermon in the Parish Church of St. Giles in the Fields, at the Request of the Parishioners, showing the Errors and Fallacies of the Romish Religion ; the better to confirm them in the Faith and Doctrine of the Church of England. Nor was it this good Bishop alone that was aimed at ; for Magdalen Colledge at Oxford was next attempted, and in that very Mother of Learning, and Chief Seminary of our Church, such Alter ations were made as startled the Kingdom ; by whose Counsel I undertake not to determine ; but in the midst of Liberty of
Conscience, as twice declared. The Church of England had a Test put upon her Sons, which seem'd such a Paradox that has been rarely heard of, vis. To Read the King's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience in the Churches, during the Time of Divine Service, and a Mark, and Penalties threatned to the
Refusers ; which was evidently demonstrated by the Imprison ment of those Pious Patriots of their Country, and Pillars of the Church, His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishops of Bath and Wells, Ely, Peterborough, Chi chester, St. Asaph, and Bristol; who for shewing their Reasons, why they could not comply with this Command, by way of humble Petition, were sent to the Tower, and afterwards tried upon Information of High Misdemeanour, at the Court of Kings-Bench ; where their Innocency appearing in a large manner, they were acquitted, to the Scandal of their Accusers : Yet Orders were sent into all Parts of England, to return an Account to the Lord Chancellor, of those that refused to Read the Declaration, that they might be proceeded against, for a
Contempt of what their Consciences would not permit them to do ; and for a Time they were extremely hot upon it. Much about this Time there was a considerable Suit depending before him in Chancery, between a great Heiress and others, which
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was sufficiently talkt of in the World, not without loud and deep Reflection on his Honesty and Honour; for having given the Cause for the young Lady, he very speedily afterwards married her to his Son ; with this remarkable Circumstance, she being a Papist, to make sure Work, he married them both Ways, both by a Priest of the Church of Rome, and a Divine the Church of England. And here, think, we may place the Heighth and Acme of his Honour and Happiness, where he's not like to tarry long; for on the News of the great Prepar ations in Holland, and that the Prince of Orange were certainly design'd for England, the determined Councils cool'd, and then quite ceas'd, so that the Church of England Men, whose Cause the Prince had espoused, were restored again to the Com missions and Trusts they had (by what Justice know not) been lately deprived of and amongst other Charters that were on this Occasion restored, was that of the City of London; and that which makes more memorable, was, that was brought to Guild-Hall by this Person, tho' he was not attended by the Shouts and Acclamations he expected, nor seemed so florid or frolicksome as heretofore, which some looked upon as a bad Omen and it's reported, soon after he being ask'd by a Courtier,
What the Heads of the Prince's Declaration were He should answer, He was sure his was one, whatever the rest were.
When the late King James was secured at Feversham, he desired to see his Landlord, and demanded his Name, who proved a Person who had turned himself over to the Kings- Bench, for a Fine which fell upon him (and Captain Stanbrooke in Westminster) by the Lord Chancellour's Means at the Board, which King James, calling for a Pen and Ink, bid the Gentle man write the Discharge as effectually as he would which he signed: Adding, That he was now sensible my Lord Chancellour had been a very ill Man, and done very ill Things. If he was thus censured by his Master for his former Services, and he had a bad Opinion of him without Prophecy any Man might pre dict his Service and Interest was ceased and his Life would have been like the Scape-Goat, he must have born all their Crimes, and been beheaded for his own, for no less Indignation than Death was couched in the Words. Thus may be seen what would have been his End.
The Court by this Time beginning to scatter, and the Prince of Orange approaching, the King thought fit to withdraw him self upon Notice of which the Lord Chancellor betook himself
to Wapping, disguised like a Sea-man, in*Order to his Escape to Hamborough in a Collier but being discovered, he was brought before Sir Chapman, Lord Mayor of the City of
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London, in a strange Disguise, very different from the Habit in which he formerly appeared : And by Reason of the Lord Mayor's Indisposition, he not being able to Commit him, he offered to go to the Tower, to be out of the Hands of the Rabble, who there in great Numbers with Clubs and Staves, threatned him with present Destruction; but having a Guard of the Train'd-Bands to conduct him, he got thither safe, and soon after was charged in Custody by a Warrant of Commitment from the Lords at Whitehall, where he continued under much Affliction and Indisposition; having since moved for his Habeas Corpus to be bailed, but was not able to attain it. He had not been in the Tower many Days, but as 'tis said (whether true or
no, I cannot
sight of which he said to the Bearer, /
left still; but upon opening the Barrel, he found them to be only
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he had a Barrel of Oysters sent him, upon
Friends that were impatient till they gave him a Prospect of his future Destiny, for verily the mighty Present was nothing but a
good able Halter. Now, as I said before, whether this Passage be true or no, I cannot say, but this I am sure (if we consider his Lordship's Life and Cruelties), the Moral of it is very good.
The Humble Petition of the Widows and Fatherless Children in the West of England.
We, to the Number of a Thousand and more, Widows and Fatherless Children, of the Counties of Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, our dear Husbands and tender Fathers, having been so Tyrannously Butcher'd, and some Transported, our Estates Sold from us, and our Inheritance cut off by the Severe and
Harsh Sentence of George Lord Jeffreys, now, we understand, in the Tower of London, a Prisoner, who has lately, we hear, endeavoured to excuse himself from those Tyrannical and
Illegal Sentences, by laying it on Information by some Gentle men, who are known to us to be good Christians, true Protes tants and Englishmen, We your Poor Petitioners, many
Hundreds of us, on our Knees have begg'd Mercy for out Dear Husbands and Tender Parents, from his Cruel Hands, but his Thirst for Blood was so Great, and his Barbarism so Cruel, that instead of Granting Mercy to some, which were made appear to be Innocent, and Petitioned for by the Flower of the Gentry of the said Counties, he immediately caused them
to be Executed ; and so Barbarously, that a very good Gentle woman at Dorch, begging on her Knees the Life of a Worthy Gentleman, to Marry him, and make him her Husband ; this
g not Common
vile Wretch, havinI Civility with him, and laying
aside that Honour and Respect due to a Person of her Worth,
told her,
Petition
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and Quartered, you shall have that Member you best like when
These, with many Hundred more Tyrannical Acts, are ready to be made appear in the said Counties, by Honest and Credible Persons ;
and therefore your Petitioners desire, that the said George Jeffreys, late Lord Chancellour, the Vilest of Men, may be brought down to the Counties aforesaid, where we, the good
Women in the West, shall be glad to see him ; and give him another manner of Welcome than he had Three Years since.
Andyour Petitioner shall ever Pray, &c.
Thus he continued for some Months in the Tower, his Chronical Indispositions, the Stone, Ore. encreasing very fast upon him.
The Ingenious Dr. Lower was his Physician : But Nature being now tired out by a tedious Combat with his Disease, and the Guilt of his former Bloody Life, we hope it touched his
Conscience. He having, besides by his Intemperate Life,
Sheriff.
known, contracted an 111 Habit of Body, he at last very happily for himself, if not his Relations too, dy'd in the Tower the Morning, about Nine of the Clock, An. Dom.
Jeffreys's Character.
He was of Stature rather above a Middle Sort than below it ;
his Complexion inclining to Fair ; his Face well enough, full of a certain Briskness, though mixt with an Air a little malicious and unpleasant. He was a Man of tolerable Sense, and had, as of Necessity he must, by so long Practice, and going through such Publick Places, got some Law, though, as little as 'twas, more than he had Occasion to make Use of ; since the Dis pensing Power having as good as seared all Law in the King's Breast, he by that found out a more compendious Method of attaining than was formerly known. He had a pretty large Stock of 111 Nature and Witt, in which lay his greatest Excel lency, though a veryunenvy'd one. But in fine, his Brow and his Tongue were the two best Accomplishments he was Master of. —By the Help of which, and that before mentioned, by his brisk, sudden, and sharp Interrogatories, he sometimes put Falshood, and perhaps oftner the Truth out of Countenance. But that ill-favour'd Wit which he had, lay all of the wrong Side much like that of those unlucky Animals, all whose Wit lyes in Tricks and Mischief. He spoke many pleasant Things,
but very few handsom ones, disgracing all with intolerable Rail ings, mean Passions, and perfect Billings-gate, and would commonly, even upon the Bench itself, fall into Heats both as to
notoriously
1689. —Thus, Reader, you have seen the Rise and Fall of this Unfortunate, Great 111 Man ; and so, at present, after we have endeavoured his Character, we take our Farewel.
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Words and Actions, not only unworthy of a Judge, but even of any prudent Man. He seem'd, without wronging him, to have a great deal of Baseness and Cruelty in his Nature, having a
particular Delight and Relish in Cruelty and Blood, and such Things as give Horror and Aversion to all the rest of Mankind. He was in this Case even worse than Nero; for whereas that Monster had once so much good Nature, or at least pretended that when he was to sign a Warrant for the Execution of Male factor, he said to have wish'd He had never learn'd to write Jeffreys on the other side, then only seem'd in his Element when in the midst of Destruction and Murther. For his Religion—
What a Sort of one 'twas, his Life past sufficiently tells us; though he and his good Brother Commissioner, the Belswagger of Chester, maliciously persuade the World, that they were of the Church of England; that after they could do no more Mischief with their Lives, they might disgrace by their Death, pretending both to die in that Communion. —But 'tis mean to follow 'em any further, unless with a Wish, somewhat like that
handsome one History leaves us, That all King William's and Queen Mary's Enemies were as honourably buried, — Or, in the Inspired Words of great Person, —So, Lord, let all thine Enemies perish
Letter to the Lord Chancellour, exposing to him the Sentiments the People, with some pertinent Advice in the Conclusion.
My Lord,
I'd praise your Lordship, but you've had your Share Of that before, not too much by far
And now a nobler Field for Curses are
Yet I'll not curse, but leave you to the Croud, Who never baulk their Rage, but speak aloud
In all the Lab'rinths of your Crimes they'll track ye, Worse than ten thousand Furies they'll attack ye.
We talk not here of Penal Laws or Test,
Nor how you, King of Terrors, in the West,
With more than humane Cruelty, opprest
Those whose Shades now stab through your anxious Breast. To these leave you, each with brandish'd Dart
Throughly revenge his Quarrel at your Heart.
For me, I'll only let your Lordship see
How they resent your chang'd Felicity.
Now may you hear the People as they scoure
Along, not fear to damn the Chancellour The Women too, and all the tender Crew, That us'd to pity all, now laugh at you.
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And giggle at the Bills upon your Gate !
Nay, rather than be frustrate of their Hope,
The Women will contribute for a Rope :
And those fine Locks that no bless'd Spark might touch, On this Account Ketch may, they love my Lord so much.
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Oh for Dispensing now! Ah
! Now's the Time ! Your Eloquence will hardly blanch the Crime ;
And all the Turnings of Your Proteus-Wit,
With all your little Tricks, won't help a bit :
Ev'n that fine Tongue, in which your Lordship's Trust is,
Now won't, although sometimes it baffled Justice : No Ignoramus Juries shall perplex ye,
But with their Billa Vera't now they'll vex ye. From their dire Claws, no Hiding-hole you'll find ;
They speak their own now, not a Party's Mind
Not now, as heretofore, when on the Bench
Flattery and Daubing had such Influence,
And Jeffreys for a Gift would with the Laws dispence. But granting all our Laws be out of Joint,
Why yet they do not fear to gain the Point : A High Commission may the Cause decide, Your Lordship by a Butcher may be try'd, When by Commission he is dignify'd.
His Power you must not doubt, ifhe be satisfy'd.
This 'tis they mean, 'tis this they would have done ;
But I wou'd chouse 'em ev'ry Mother's Son ; Troth I'd 'en hang my self, and soon have done.
If you've no Halter, never make a Pother ;
Take but a Greater, one's as good as t'other :
For, Lord ! Should such a Man as you submit
To be the publick Laughter of each grinning Cit ! Else, my Lord, take a Razor, never fear,
And cut your Lordship's Throat from Ear to Ear 'Tis feasible enough ; you know who did it ;
Cut both the Jug'lar Veins thro' if you can,
Else you'll say Essex was the stouter Man.
I am your Lordship's, in any Thing of This Nature.
From the little ^Jouse over-against Tyburn, where the People are almost dead with Expectation of you.
Jeffrey's ELEGY.
I very well remember on a Night,
Or rather in the peep of Morning- Light, When sweet Aurora with a smiling Eye Call'd up the Birds to wonted Melody.
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Dull Morpheus with his Weight upon me leant,
Half Waking, and yet sleeping thus I Dream'd. Methoughts I saw a Lawyer at his Book Studying Pecunia, but never Cooke ;
He scorned Littleton and Plowden too,
With mouldy Authors he'd have nought to do. Next Stage I saw him on was Hicks's-Hall,
And heard him mightily to roar and bawl, Never did City-Cryer louder yaul.
The People star'd at such a Noise uncouth,
Who is't, cries one ? Why 'tis the City's Mouth. Then straight I saw him plac'd, the more's the Pity, To be the Speaking Trumpet of the City ;
Knight and Recorder he was made together,
This Man, thought I, will live in any Weather : Money came in, he then grew mighty rich,
And to climb higher had a deadly Itch.
Then presently a Popish Priest came to him,
That Square Cap Curr, thought I, will sure undo him. Wilt thou now be preferr'd, come hither, come.
And be but reconciled unto Rome,
And for Advancement thou may'st rest upon her, None of her Sons e'er wanted Wealth or Honour. Do but declare against the Whigs, and say,
Thou hat'st the 111-contriv'd Fanatick Way.
With that, me thoughts I saw him tack about, And straight he courted that curs'd Romish Rout ; Esteem'd it Happiness enough to go,
And kiss his HoJiness's stinking Toe.
Next Place I saw him in was Justice Chair,
Whofledaway, because she saw him there. He with Commission rid the Land about, But still he aim'd to keep fair Justice out ;
With angry Look he brow-beat Rightful Cause, And his bold Hand did sacrifice the Laws, Tore 'em, or trampled on 'em with his Paws. Poor Justice, being frighted, fled from Earth To Heaven, whence she did derive her Birth ; To the Eternal Justice she did go.
And made Report what Monsters sate below. Inquisitors, like Spain, in England sate,
And at their Pleasure steer'd the Helm of State. He rid the Western Circuit all around ;
But where he came, no Justice cou'd be found : He improVd his Talents Martrys to condemn,
Hang, Draw and Quarter was his daily Theam. He bid 'em to confess, if e'er they hope
•
To be reprieved from the fatal Rope.
This seem'd a Favour, but he'd none forgive,
The Favour was, a Day or two to live ;
Which those had not that troubled him with Trial, Blood was his Business, and he'd have no Denial ;
His Entrails Brass, his very Heart was Steel, Poor Souls he made his Judge's Courage feel. How valiant to condemn, when in his Power, Two Hundred he could sentence in an Hour. Guilty, or not, to him was all a Case,
On Martyrs Bodies he did Honour raise,
And to destroy by Retail thought it base.
The Blood of Protestants for Vengeance cry,
And will, I fear, to all Eternity.
Although kind Death had made him scape Man's Doom, And quietly hath hurl'd him in his Tomb.
Then next methought I saw him placed higher, O wither will this Canibal aspire ?
The Purse, the Mace, and all the Honour that Belongeth to Lord Chancellor of State ;
Made fat with Treason, he did daily thrive, Till to his highest Pitch he did arrive.
The Church of England saw a Traitor lurch, Who went about to undermine their Church ;
Witness else Maudlin Colledge, and the rest, He was the stoutest Stickler for the Test,
But could not help it 'cause he was so high ; He soarM above the Sight ofhumble Eye,
Abhorr'd Petitioners, as heretofore,
Such Varlets still was banisht from his Door : Now being on the Top of Fortune's Wheel, The giddy Goddess did begin to reel-
A Warning 'tis to all depending on her,
OfIce is made the Pinacle ofHonour,
Or Glassy Substance, brittle shinning Hew,
That afar off doth make a Golden Shew.
Those that are low admire and would climb, Although they break their Necks the very Time. And now methoughts he hearing Preparations,
That were a forming in the Neighbour Nations, Prepares for his own Safety now in Time.
Thinking the Thunder would on him incline Therefore being ask'd what were the Prince's Heads Of Declaration, feelingly he said,
His Head was one, aim'd at 'mongst many others, Knowing in Villany he'd many Brothers.
With that betook him to his Heels, and run,
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Thinking by Bribes he could not Ruin shun : He took a Collier's Coat to Sea to go ;
Was ever Chancellour arrayed so !
But like to like, he'd needs anticipate,
Devil Incarnate, Collier of State.
He dealt in Deeds of Darkness, black as Night. Such a Black Habit needs must fit him right. Brave Sight to see him in a Collier's Skin ;
Come, Pence a Piece, my Masters enter in.
My Lord Mayor swooned, and was stricken dumb, To see his metamorphos'd Lordship come.
A Countryman he flouted once, I hear,
Ask'd what he had for swearing, 'Twas too dear, You Bumpkin in the Leather Jacket there ;
To whom the Hobnail quickly did reply,
Had'st thou no more for lying, than poor I
Have here for swearing, thou might'st quickly wear A Leather one, instead of Plush Thread-bare.
Now had he seen my Lord in Colliers Buff, Bumpkin had past for Prophet sure enough.
The Mobile and Rout with Clubs and Staves, Swore that his Carcass ne'er should lye in Graves. The'y eat him up alive within an Hour,
Their Teeth should tear his Flesh, and him devour ; Limb him they would, as Boys on Shrovetide do,
Some cryed, /
And I am for his Sowse ; his Ears, another ;
Oh, cries a third, I am for his Buttocks brave,
Nine Pound of Stakes from them I mean to have ;
I know the Rogue is fleshy, says a fourth ;
For Sweet-breads, Lungs, and Heart they're nothing worth ; Yes, quoth another, but not good to eat,
A Heart of Steel will ne'er prove tender Meat.
But we must them dispose another Way,
A good Rich Lawyer will a round Sum pay, For such a Set of loud and bellowing Lungs, Enough to serve a Hundred Stentors Tongues. We'll sell his Heart to th' Pope to make a Show, A Relique on't, and he'll get Money too.
But whilst they were dividing them in Thought, The Lord Mayor order'd Soldiers to be brought, Who rescued him from out the Rabbles Power. And straight away they took him to the Tower, With much ado he there was brought at last,
for
a Wing and Arm
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am
I am for his Head, says one ; for his Brains, says t'other,
To think on all his wicked Actions past.
AN ALPHABETICAL TABLE CHIEF MATTERS CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK.
Ansley's(Airaham)l. ! LStSpeech. 247 —His last Letter 248 Argyle^rl), his Sufferings. . . 171 — His last Speech
Civilities of theCitizens ofExon
to the Western Sufferers . . . 279
Colledge, his Life, Trial, and —last Words 19 —The Verses upon his Picture 27
Poem written by himself . . . 27
Armstrong, his Sufferings and Dying Words
I72
—His Elegy
Arnold, a brief Account of his
86 90
Cornish's Sufferings
— A hint at the Occasion of —his Martyrdom
—Passages before his Death. . . 93
Sufferings
Askew 's Letter to his Father. . 248
91 92
— Another Letter to his Friend —The Account his Friend
gives of him
Author's Sentiments concern
ing the Western Sufferers . . . Axminsterand Honiton, an Ac
count of those executed there
Bateman's Sufferings Battiscomb, his Life and Suf
ferings
—The Account given of him
249
249
279
218 96
144
145 146
147
147 148
276 229
200 205
263
265 268
An Account of a Poem made —in his Time
— by his Relations —His last Words
107
A further Account of his
Behaviour
—A Poem on a Lady that
came to Jeffreys to beg Mr. — Battiscomb' s Life
His Character Blanchard, a cruel
Parson, reviles a Goaler for not whip ping a Boy half enough, with the Goaler's Answer. . .
Gaunt's Sufferings 166 — Her Dying Speech
—Her P. S. to the said Speech 167
Boddy's last Speech
Bragg's Dying Speech and
Behaviour
Bridport and Lyme, anAccount
of those that suffered there Burd, General Relations writ
ten by him and other West-
Country Gentlemen
— His Letters from Beckington
with a remarkable Account
of William Hussey and Tho. — Paul,v/ho suffer' din the West
His Postscript to his Letter, giving an Account of his own Sufferings and Deliverance
170 Gatchet's Sufferings 182
17
Z
His Character Cox's Sufferings umphant Death
95 96
and Tri
211
Clerk of the Arraigns, his Speech to Jeffreys at Mr.
Tutchiris Sentence 272
Dangerfield, his Life and Suf ferings
Essex (Earl) his Life and Martyrdom 28 — His Character 41 —His Elegy 42
Evans( Minister) his Behaviour
and Sufferings 219
— His Character
—His Elegy 107 —His Ghost to Jeffreys IIS
GatchiFs Behaviour and Dying- words 258
Glisson of Yeovil, his Suffer
ings 216
Godfrey (Sir Edmond-bury),
—his Life and Martyrdom . . . I — Anagram upon his Name. . . 16
Poem on his Death
17
Hall (Richard) of Culliton,
his Sufferings 216 J/amling's Case 220
Hewlings (both Benjamin and William), an Account of
their Behaviour both before
105
338 fln alpljabetical Cable of tlje
and at their execution, with
several letters to divers of —their Relations 128
Further Account of Mr. W. —Hauling izg
A short Letterwrittenjustas
—he was going to Execution. . 134
—His Behaviour at School . . . 292 —His Father Prophecies that
he'll die with his Shoes and
—Stockings on . . 293
He is executed with Dr.
Temple, Mr. Madders, and —others
—Inner Temple 293 — His Marriage and Early Son 294 — Is made Recorder of London 294
His Speech about the King's —Psalter 295
He is turned out of his Re-
— cordership 296
His Abhorrence of Peti —tioning 297
His being on his Knees be —fore the House of Commons 297
His ill Practices whilst Re
— corder 299
Being curb'd by Baron
— Weston, he weeps for Anger 300 The Answer of one in a
— Leather Doublet 300 His Question to a Musician,
— with his Repartee 300 How he got a Gentleman
his Wife's Fortune out of
— Guild-Hail 301
His Speech to one with a
— great Beard, and his Repartee 301
His barbarous dealing with
Mr. Moses Pitt 301 — His Speech to the Ladies —upon Mr. 7W<-/;/«'. rSentence 272
His vehement Discourse to
the Jury against the Lord
— Kussel 304
140
Hewling 136 —His last letter before his
— Execution 142
Their Characters 143 Hicks (John) last Speech 231 — His Letter to his Nephew —the Day before his Death . . . 242 —His Letter to his Wife 243
A Letter of his Sister to her
— Mother 136
Further Account of Mr. B.
— His Dream
His entring himself in the
293
Another Letter to his Wife 244 Hymns made by several Suf
ferers 1ll Holloway, his Life, Sufferings,
and Dying-words 82 Holway of Lyme, his Be
haviour before and at the
Place of Execution 250 —His last Words 251 Holmes (Col. ) his Sufferings . .
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
for what 276
Sidney (Algernon), his Suffer —ings, Trial, and Martyrdom 72 — His Petition to his Majesty 76
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