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A19623	A short declaration of the ende of traytors, and false conspirators against the state & of the duetie of subiectes to theyr soueraigne gouernour: and wythall, howe necessarie, lawes and execution of iustice are, for the preseruation of the prince and common wealth. Wherein are also breefely touched, sundry offences of the S. Queene, co[m]mitted against the crowne of this land, & the manner of the honorable proceding for her conuiction thereof, and also the reasons & causes alledged & allowed in Parliament, why it was thought dangerous to the state, if she should haue liued. Published by Richard Crompton, an apprentice of the common lawes. Seene and allowed.	Crompton, Richard, fl. 1573-1599.	1587 (1587)	STC 6055; ESTC S109080	31,136	50

is not executed Almighty God therefore knowing in his euerlasting wisedome and prescience how necessary good and holesome lawes and the execution thereof should be to rule his people after they had béene both before the vniuersall floodde and by manie yéeres after gouerned by the law of nature did giue the Law of the tenne Commandements in the Mount Sinay wherein is first contained our duetie to God and next to our Neighbours and also did ordeyne Kinges and Magistrates to rule and correct them by the same and other lawes as in the Booke of Exodus and sundrie other places of the holie Scripture appeareth he gaue also power to Princes to make good lawes for the preseruation of their kingdomes Countries and seignories and for the politique regiment of their Subiects as it is written in the Prouerbs of Salomon Through me Kinges raigne and Princes make iust Lawes which Lawes must bee consonant and agréeing or at the least not contrarie to the Lawe of God For woe is threatned in the Scriptures to them that make vnrighteous Lawes too harde for people to kéepe and withall did giue speciall commaundement to the subiects to submitte themselues to theyr Lawes and ordenaunces as S. Peter doth tetifie as is afore remembred Now touching what thing lawe is some define it thus Lex est summa ratio intua in natura que iubet que faciendo sunt prohibetque contraria that is The Lawe is the highest reason grafted in nature that commandeth the thinges which are to be doone and forbiddeth the contrarie And Cicero in his second booke de legibus affirmeth Legem neque sapientissimorum fuisse sententiam neque hominum ingenijs excogitatam neque scitum esse populorum sed eternum quiddam quod vniuersum mundum regeret imperandi prohibendique sapiencia that is the Law was neither y e iudgment of y e wisest neither foūd out by mans wit nor established by the people but a certaine euerlasting thing which should gouerne y e whole worlde by wisedome to command and to prohibite which saying rather séemeth to be a diffinition of y e Law of Nature then of the Law generally after the opinion of Osorius Lex est recta ratio deterrens a flagitijs et ad studium honestatis impellent That is the Lawe is the perfect reason fearing men from euill and wicked actes forcing them to the studdie of vertue and good things And Musculus in his common places saith That Law may be said to bee reason rule and sentence which is strengthened with authoritie and Iustice whereby are commaunded such things as are to be kept and performed and such thinges as are to be auoided are forbidden which me séemeth is very aptly saide Nowe touching what iustice is Bracton saith Iusticia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius suum cuique tribueus that is iustice is a constant and perpetual will to yéelde to euery one his right he calleth her constant because she is not mutable perpetual because she shal neuer decay touching the qualities of lawe Tully saith that Leges sunt fundamenta ciuitatum sunt humani generis praesidium atque regimen quibus homines astricti abstinēt iniurijs et faciunt hōmines mitiores ac valde exultantes repremunt legum habene That is the lawes are the foundations of Citties the safegard and gouernours of mankind by which men being bound abstaine from iniuries they make men gentle the reignes of law doo greatly bridle and restraine the proude and haughty persons And yet Anacharsis the wyse Sythian was wont to say that Lawes are made like Spyders webs wherein the weakest moste séeblest beastes be catched and stick fast but the strongest breake out so lawes bynd the poore and meane persons but the rich cubbes escape vnpunished but thys is not the default of lawe which is indifferent to all but of them that haue the law in gouernment The same is not more necessary to the world sayth Aristotel thē good and holesome lawes are for the preseruation of the weale publique and surely he sayth true for as the sunne by hys naturall heate and influence doth comfort preserue and mayntaine euery lyuing thing hearbe plant and trée and giueth vertue and strength to them whereby they yéelde fruite in theyr due time according to theyr kindes and properties necessary for mans vse so doo good and holesome lawes preserue and maintaine the state of euery kingdome and common wealth for by law the honour of God is aduaunced Traytors rebelles and false conspirators the mortall enemies to enery Common wealth as the Poet sayth Regnorum pessima pestis seditio are cutt off whereby the Prince sitteth the more sure in his royall seate By execution of iustice we possesse our liues our wyues our children our landes our goods and what soeuer other things we haue when murtherers théeues robbers and other offenders haue theyr deseruing By law common peace and quietnes is maintayned if there were no lawe there wold be no order if there were no order al things would be confounded as the Scripture sayth vbi nullus ordo ibi est confusio The law of it selfe is an honourable thing it hath no desire of reuenge it doth carry an indifferent mind to all sortes in poynt of Iustice it oppresseth none it is not angry wyth any it coueteth no mans life goods nor landes it is induced only for equities cause to punish and redresse wronges and iniuries it hateth none for it knoweth not when nor vpon whōe it should be reuenged it condemneth none without premonition or forewarning to speake for himselfe It generally forbiddeth all men to doo euill it threatneth to all reuenge which doo transgresse her preceptes like as the bridle and the spurre driueth and constrayneth the horse swyftly and well to performe his iurney so do good and reasonable ordinaunces lawes lead direct men to vse good manners and conditions and thereby to honour dreade loue and serue God vertuously to liue among their neighbours in continuall peace and tranquilitie in firme concorde and agréement in a vnitie of wyll and minde and in sincere loue and charitie which thing duelie to performe is not gyuen to mankinde immediatly and onely by nature as is gyuen to all other creatures which are by nature constrayned to doo and to liue after theyr kindes but by Gods reasonable ordenaunces to instruct and direct men to the same the law induceth the good subiect to be true and faythfull to hys Prince and soueraigne Gouernour it encourageth him to doo well whereby he increaseth in wealth and enioyeth the fruites of hys owne indeuour The Lawe is terrible to offenders but comfortable to well dooers as S. Paule sayth The Magistrate is not fearefull to them that doo well but to them that do euill Wylt thou be without feare of the power saith S. Paule doo well then and so

truth as God shall helpe them and the contents of the Booke wherein they are to consider that in thys booke are contayned Gods euerlasting trueth hys most holy eternal word whereby we haue forgyuenes of our sins and be made inheritors of heauen to liue for euer with Gods angels and his saynts in ioy gladnes And in the same Booke is contayned also Gods terrible threates to obstinate sinners which wyll not amend theyr liues nor beléeue the trueth of Gods holy word and the euerlasting paine prepared in hell for hypocrites vayne swearers periured persons false wytnes bearers vniust condemners of innocent and guiltles men and for them which for fauour hyde the offences of euill dooers that they shoulde not be punished so that whosoeuer wilfullie forsweareth himselfe hauing taken an othe as is aforesayd doth vtterly forsake Gods mercy goodnes and trueth by the merites of Christes death and whatsoeuer he hath deserued for vs. They refuse forgiuenes of sinnes promised to all penitent sinners the ioyes of heauen the company with angels and saints for euer Al which benefits and comforts are promised to true Christian persons in the Gospell and they so beeing for sworne doo betake thē selues to the deuils seruice the father of all lyers falsehoode deceipt and periurie prouoking the great indignation and curse of God against them in thys life and the terrible wrath and iudgment of our Sauior Christ at the great day of the last iudgment when he shall iustly iudg both the quicke and the dead according to theyr workes For whosoeuer forsaketh the trueth for loue or displeasure of any man or for lucre or profitte to hymselfe doth forsake Christ and with Iudas doth betraye him and although such periured mens falsehood be now kept secrete yet it shall be opened at the last day when the secretes of all mens harts shall be manifest to al the world and the trueth shal appeare and accuse them and theyr owne conscience with all the blessed company of heauen shall beare witnes truely against them and Christ the righteous iudge shall then iustly condemne them to euerlasting shame and death Thys sinne of periurie almighty God by the prophet Malachy dooth threaten to punish seuerely saying to the Iewes I wyll come to you in iudgment and I wyll be a swyft wytnes and a sharpe iudge vpon sorcerers adulterers and periured persons Which thing to the Prophet Zacherie almightye God declareth in a vision wherein the prophet did sée a Booke flying in y e ayre which was 20. cubits long 10 cubits broad God said then to him this is y e curse that shal goe forth vpon the face of y e earth for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 false swearing periurie and thys curse shal enter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 house of the false man and into the house of the per●●●…ed man and it shall remaine in the middest thereof consume euen thé timber stones of the same Thus you sée how much God doth hate periorie and what punishment he hath prepared for false swearers and periured persons It is commanded by the law of God that none should take his name in vaine for the Lorde wyll not holde him guiltles that taketh his name in vaine and how can a man more deepely offende against that law then when he sweareth and taketh God to witnes that he will say trueth and yet setteth forth falshood and couereth the trueth and as the offence of periury is detestable before God so are the offenders therein subiect to the punishment of the Law of this Realme For by a statute made in the 3. yéere of the Raigne of the noble king Henry the seauenth it is ordayned that the Iustices afore whom such men are sworne haue power to impanell a Iurie to enquire of their consealinge whereof if they happen to be indited conuicted they may impose such fines vpon them as to theyr discretion in that behalfe shall séeme conuenient besides thys none of them shall afterwardes be receiued to giue testimonie in matter of trueth nor bee put in Iuries for tryal of any cause so much doth the law detest their vniust and wicked dealinges to their vtter reproche and discredite for euer Wherefore as they wil shew them selues to feare God to aduaunce his honour to tender her Maiesties seruice the Common wealth of thys Country auoide the daunger of Law and desire that the world may continue in that good opinion which it hath conceyued of their vpright and iust dealing so they are to indeuour themselues to discharge there dueties in the thinges to be committed to theyr charge FINIS The happines of this state First for the light of the gospell For so gracious a Queene Deut. 15. 17 For this cōmō peace so long continued For thys her Maiesties mercifull and gracious gouernmēt For that her maiesty is assisted with graue sage most wyse and honourable Coūsellers Fruites of their trauel to the commō wealth There is a most happy state wher wysemen rule Eccle. 10. Prouer. 11. Myserable state of other Coūtries Enemies to this gouernment They are not worthy to liue vnder so gracious a Prince Her Maiesties greefe for her kindenes to be so vnkindly recompenced by false traytors conspirators Causes of comfort to her Maiesty not withstanding these often conspiracies Not lawfull for the subiect to enter into the examinacien of matters appertaining to the Prince What good things doo proceed frō her Maiestie Her highnes is most studious to set forth the honor of God She dooth ordaine good lawes She is desirous that Iustice shoulde bee equally ministred Shee is merciful to offenders Shee is liberall to wel deseruers Careful to defend her Countries from forraign inuasions No newe impositions layde on her subiects Desire of alteration of religion is cause of these conspiracies Not lawfull to rebel for religion whatsoeuer it be Iohn 18. Math. 26. 52 Frasmus Nota. 1. Peter 2. Subiects must submit themselues to euery ordinaunce of the prince yea though against the word of God they be made Examples of such as haue suffered for conspiring against the state vnder collour of Religion Rebellion in Lincolneshyre 28 ● 8. Doctor Makerell Folio 140. Rebellion in the West parts Syr H. Arundell Ibidē 155. Wyatt Ibidē 165. Northern rebellion ●● dē 192. Decimo tercio Elizabeth Arden Parry Earle of Northumberland L. Pagget Charles Paget Throgmorton Shelley Faile of Northumberland Babington Iesuites Cato Princes not spared which haue opposed themselues or laidhāds vppon the L. annointed Hall fo Confirmation by authority of Lawe in this proceeding Dyer 145 Dyer 14 Bro 32. 4 Ma 25 Ed. 3 Bro 24 1 Ma. Scotish Queene not exempt from the sensure of our lawe though she were a Queene Ecclesia 10. Not lawfull to wish euil to the Prince Samuel 1. Not lawfull to lay violent handes vppon the Prince 1 Sam. 26 2. Sam 1 Not lawfull to murmer against ruiers Examples of the purishment of murmerers by God Nu 11 12 Num 16. Punishement of rebellion of gods hand ● Sam. 15 17 2 Samuel 18 2 Samu 17. 2 Samu 20. The Subiect of the wicked Prince may not rebell Pro. 1. 6 2. Para. 2. Iob 34 Osee 13. Prou 21 Esdras 7. Subiects must be obedient Rom 13 Wisdom 6. Damnation No difference betwyxt the christian prince the heathen touching submission to higher powers Ioh. 19. 6 10 Subiects must pray for theyr Rulers 1. Timo. cap. 2. Hethen Princes prayed for Baruck 1 Tyrant Princes prayed for We must pray for her maiestie For her most honorable Coūsell Pray for our selues to be true subiects The prime and commō wealth preserued and maintained by lawe and execution of Iustice Princes are ordained to gouerne No commō wealth where thereis not superioritie in gouernement Cicero de legib ' li. 3. There must be good lawes to gouerne by Iustice must be execused otherwise neither Prince nor Lawe auaileth Exod. 20. Law of the tenne Commaundements Exod. 19. By God power is giuen to Princes to make good lawes Prou 8. Peter 2. Lawe of Nature Cicero lib. 2 de legibꝰ Lawe of Nature Osorius 178. Definition of lawe generally Musculus 76 Lib primo Cicero Commodities of law Anacharsis Lawes are compared to Spiders webbes Aristotel The Sun is not more necessay to the world then good lawes to the commō wealth Profits of lawe Rom. ca. 13 Lawes are terrible to offenders but comfortable to wel dooers Lawes can not be sufficiently praised The miserable condition of people that liue where no lawes be The happy state of people that liue vnder good lawes 9. H. 3. ca. 28. The honorable law of Henry the thyrd 42 Ed 3 14 E 3. ca 4 sta 1. The Iustice shall not lett to do iustice for anye comman dement of the Prince Prince sworne to maintayne lawe Cicero Lib 3. de legibꝰ minysters must be appointed to execute Lawes 1. E. 3. ca 16 What men may not be Iustices Fcc. e 10. What men men ought to be chosē to bee Iustices what they must doo Property of a Iustice Perenesis Isocrates Nota. Euery Iustice is sworne to doo Iustice 13 R. 2. The Iustice doth sit in the place of God Deu. 1. His dutye in Iudgment He must take no rewardes to do Iustice Pro 17. He maye not saue y e wicked nor condenme the Iuste Lib primo in fine Thoffice of the Iustice in causes brought a fore him in iudgment Deu 16 Deu. 16. Euerye good man must haue care to leue after him a commendable memory of his good actes Duty of Iurors Iurors are sworne to doo truely What consideration men ought to haue which take an oath Mala 3. Punishment of per iurie by God Zach. 5. 3. H. 7 Cap. 1. Punishment of Iurors by the law for conseling of the truthe nota

as other great and déepe offences that for greater things none hath béene graunted by any Prince of thys Realme sithence the Conquest of England to this day for the like time of gouernment Is it because they thought that shee is not bountifull and liberall to such as deserue well of her Maiestie and theyr Country looke into her Maiesties most gracious Letters Pattents remayning also of Record in her said Courte of Chauncerie and there you shall find such a number of graunts of Castles manours landes tenements rents annuities pentions portions fées offices and whatsoeuer other thing a Prince may conuenientlie graunt so bountifull so liberall so honourable and so princelie as of greater thinges none hath béene graunted by any Prince of this Realme sithence the Conquest therof vnto thys day for the like time of gouernment Is it trowe you because they thought that her Maiestie is not carefull to defend the borders and frontures of her Realmes and Countries against forraine inuasions Looke into the common peace and quietnes before remembred and thereby you shall sée that her Maiestie hath alwayes béene most studious and carefull to defende the same and to that ende and purpose hath expended her princelie treasure Is it trow you because they thought that her Maiestie hath laide vppon her Subiects anie taxe tallages or impositions the like whereof hath not béene heard of afore her raigne Looke into the raignes of her most noble Father Henry the eight her most déere Brother Edward the sixt and her Sister Quéene Marie touching such matters and you shall finde that she hath not required of her people anie other then such as haue sundrie times béene willinglie yéelded and payd afore her dayes yea and greater also These are the good thinges which procéede from a gracious Prince and which her highnes from time to tyme hath most honourablie performed and accomplished in eche respect to her great and immortall same and renowne What is there then that shoulde mooue these sortes of men thus most wickedlie and thus most trayterouslie to conspire the death and destruction of so gracious a soueraigne Ladie and Queene Is it trow you because they would haue alteration of this most godly Religion established amongst vs and of this peaceable and gracious gouernment surely that shoulde séeme to bee the onelie cause of these conspiracies and treasons and it doth the rather appeare to be so for that they who haue alwaies beene parties to the same haue béene such as from time to time haue misliked of her Maiesties proceedinges therein Certaine it is that no man can please God without faith as the Scripture sayth But what then is it therefore lawfull for the Subiect in defence of his faith or Religion whatsoeuer it be or to aduaunce the same to conspire the destruction of his soueraigne or to rebell and take armes against her wherein alwayes the perill of the Princes personne is imployed God forbid We reade in the 18. Chapter of S. Iohns Gospell that when Malchus with other of the high Priestes seruaunts came to take Christ Peter the Apostle cut of Malcus eare with his sword when Christ did sée it he sayd to Peter put vp thy sworde into thy sheath for all that take the sword shall perrish with the sword thinkest thou that I cannot pray to my Father and he shall giue me more then twelue legions of Angels but how should then the Scriptures be performed The famous Clerke Erasmus in his Paraphrase vppon this place of Scripture speaketh these wordes to Peter as it were in the personne of Christ saying Put thy sword into thy sheath matters of the Gospell are not in such manner to be defended if thou wilt succéede me as my Uicar thou must fight with no other sworde then of Gods worde which cutteth away sinne and saueth men When Christ was brought before the high Priest for that he was accused to them for teaching of newe learning as they termed it he did not resist but did acknowledge that they had their authority from aboue although in respect of his diuine power he was able to haue withstoode them all and deliuered himselfe and could haue sette foorth his doctrine mawger theyr heades but he would not so doo but rather submitted himselfe to the sentence of death which they most vniustlie pronounced against him heereby giuing to vs an example of obedience to authoritie though the cause bée neuer so iust If a Prince should sette forth a Lawe touching the worshipping of God or matter of conscience against the word of God and limit a paine to the infringers therof though the Subiect be not indéede bounde in conscience to obserue the same law yet he may not resist or oppose himselfe against his Soueraigne but must rather submitte himselfe to the punishment of Lawe as S. Peter sayth Submitt your selfe vnto euery ordenaunce of man for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto the king as to the cheefe or to them that are in authority vnder him Then if he must submitte himselfe vnto euerye ordenaunce of man it followeth that hee may not withstand the same in any case Nowe let vs sée by some examples what hath happened within our memory amongst vs to such as haue conspired the death of theyr soueraigne Gouernour or forciblie opposed themselues against her whether it hath béene for Religion or any other cause whatsoeuer what successe they haue had and thereby shall you sée whether theyr inuentions and purposes haue béene pleasing or acceptable to almightie God or not I find in the twentie eyght yéere of King Henry the eyght when he went about to suppresse certaine houses of Religion that there assembled in Lincolneshyre about twenty thousand men whose pretence was to to haue withstoode him in that action because they thought that therby the Religion then professed should haue béene subuerted But what happened to Doctor Makerell and others of the chiefe of that rebellicus companie were not they iustly hanged drawne and quartered as Traytors to their Countrie Looke into Graftons abridgment of Chronicles and there you shall sée it Then come to the third yéere of the raigne of King Edward the sixt when a great number rebelled in the west partes of this Realme whose pretence in parte was to haue had the Religion then which is also nowe professed to haue béene suppressed But what chaunced to Sir Humfrey Arundell knight and others of the principalest of that faction were not they rewarded by Iustice in like sort Looke into the saide abridgment and there it appeareth Let me tell you of the rebellion of Wiat and others in the first yéere of the raigne of Quéene Mary which was to the ende to haue withstoode her marriage with the Spanish King and that the Religion nowe professed which was also professed when she came to her Crowne shoulde haue béene continued which notwithstanding was suppressed

by her Was not the saide VViat and dyuers other executed for the same Rebellion Looke into the same Booke and there it is plainely sette downe Did not y e Earles of Norththumberland and Westmerlande with fiftie Knights Esquires and Gentlemen besides a great number of the common sorte rebell in the North parts of this Realme in the xi yéere of her Maiesties ratgne to the ende to haue had alteration of this Religion and most happy state But what was the ende of these Earles were not they both attainted of treason was not the Earle of Northumberlande beheaded at Yorke and did not the other flie the Realme and were not the said fiftie persons attainted also of high treason Looke into the confirmation of their attainder by parliament in the xiii yéere of her Maiesties raigne and you shall finde it there apparant Diuers of which sayde fiftie personnes besides many other of the common sort were executed for that rebellion Consider of Arden which about the 25. yéere of her Maiesties raigne conspired her Maiesties with others death to the ende to haue had alteration of this Religion and estate were not they also then attainted of high treason was not Arden executed like a Traitor and did not Ientleman an other of them after his condemnation sor that offence hang himselfe in Newgate y e day before he that shold haue beene executed Then remember y t most rankest Traytor y t hath been heard of in our time Parry by name who notwithstanding hee had béene attainted for Burglarie and for the same attained her Maiesties pardon went afterwardes beyond the Scas and there carrying an offensiue mind against this state and Religion most wickedly with other forrainers conspired her highnes destruction and did remaine in that damnable purpose by the space of two yéeres then returned into England meaning to haue performed the same was not he in the 26. yéere of her Maiesties raigne hanged drawne and quartered as a detestable traytor to hys Prince and Countrie Did not the Earle of Northumberland conspire with the Lord Paget and Charles his Brother with Shelley and Throgmorton to haue suppressed this Religion to haue aduaunced the Romish Religion and by forraine inuasion into this Lande to haue vtterly subuerted this noble state and to haue aduaunced to the Crowne the S. Quéene In which their treasons was also imployed the destruction of our most gracious soueraigne Ladie So it appeareth by a small Treatise wherein these treasons are particularly sette forth Was not the saide Throgmorton about two yéeres last past executed as a Traytor for that cause Did not the said Earle knowing himselfe guiltye of those treasous most miserablie destroy himselfe with his owne hand in the Towre of London the xxvii yéere of her Maiesties raigne Was not the sayde Shelley shortly after condemned for that conspiracie and remaineth at the Quéenes mercie and are not the sayde Lord Pagett and his Brother attainted for that offence by vtlarie Was not Babington and thirteene other also executed in the xxviii yéere of her highnes raigne as Traitors for the like crimes And lastly haue not fourtéene Iesuites and Seminarie Priestes within these fiue yéeres béene erecuted as Traytors for practising to withdrawe her Maiesties subiects frō there due allegyance to her highnes and for that intent from the Religion now established to the Religion of Rome and to yeelde subiection to that Sea By these notable and memorable examples you may plainelie see the shamefull and miserable end of Traytors false conspirators and Rebelles against theyr Prince and soueraigne Gouernour what soeuer theyr pretences of Religion hath béene And these examples are héere sette downe for warnings to other and happy is he that can take béede by an others danger and mishappe as the wise Cato sayth Faelix quem faciunt aliena pericula cautum And was not the said late S. Queene priuie to sundry of the said conspiracies and treasons was she not a principall a better and comforter of the said offenders therein It is very euident by a Treatise published in print whereby appeareth that the Lordes and Commons of the high Court of Parliamēt hauing of long time to their intollerable gréefe sounde by howe many practises the sayd Scottish Quéene had compassed the destruction of her highnes most royall personne in whose safety next vnder God they acknowledged their cheefe felicitie to consist thereby not onelie to bereaue them of the sincere and true Religion in this Realme professed and established but to bring backe againe this noble Realme into the thraldome of Romish tyrannie and to ouerthrowe the happy estate thereof wherein although her highnesse of her aboundant gratious naturall clemency and princely magnanimitie had eyther lightly passed them ouer or with no small indulgence tolerated notwithstanding the often and earnest instances of her Nobilitie and Commons in sundry Parliaments héeretofore and further had protected her from the violent pursuite of her own people shée yet as a person obdurate in malice as it appeared continued her former practises as had béene lately manifested by certaine wicked conspiracies plotted by the sayd Babington and diuers desperate persons that had combined and confederated themselues by vowe oath in a most horrible enterprise by murther to take away the life of her Maiestie where in the Scottish Quéene did not onely aduise them but also direct comfort and abette them with perswasion counsell promise of reward and earnest obtestation Wherevpon her Maiestie at the earnest request of such as tendered y e safety of her royall personne and the quiet of the Realme did direct her Commission vnder the great seale to sundrye Lordes and others of her Maiesties priuie Counseil and a great number of Lords of Parliament of y e greatest and most auncient degree assisted with some of the principall Iudges of the Realme to heare examine and determine the same according to a Statute in that behalfe made in the xxvii yéere of her raigne Who to the number of thirty sixe hauing artended the execution of the said Commission and diuers dayes and times heard the allegations against the said Scottish Quéene in her owne presence and hearing she béeingpermitted to say what she woulde in her owne execuse dyd wyth one assent finde her culpable both in priuitie and consent to the sayd crimes obiected and also in compassing the Quéenes Maiesties death Which sentence by her owne directions vpon the hearing of the prooues and processe in Parliament was iudged to haue béene most honourable and iust And for asmuch as the said Quéene of Scots was the very ground and onely subiect whervpon such daungerous practises and complots had béen founded against her Maiesties most royall person and the estate of this Realme for these many yéenes to the ouerthrowe of sundry of the Nobilitie of the lande and daunger of Christian Religion and that they could see no hope of her desisting and her adherents