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The arraignment of the Anabaptists good old cause, vvith the manner and proceedings of the court of iustice against him. Also the names of the jury and witnesses that came in against him, with the sentence of death pronounced by the judge before his execution,.
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Wing A3752; Thomason E1017_32; ESTC R208078
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THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ANABAPTISTS Good Old Cause VVith the manner and proceedings OF THE COURT of IUSTICE Against him Also the Names of the JURY and WITNESSES that came in against him WITH THE SENTENCE Of Death pronounced by the Judge before his EXECUTION LONDON Printed by John Morgan 1660. THE ARRAIGNMENT OF THE ANABAPTISTS Good Old Cause Together with the manner and proceedings of the Court of Justice against him UPon the 11th of February last the Judge came to the place of Judicature attended with Knights Sheriffs and Justices of Peace other Officers The Commission was read for the Tryal of the Malefactor who being brought to the Bar the Jury was impannesd and sworn to give in a true Verdict according to the evidences The Clerk stands up and calls them by their names and the Cryer names them Mr. Conscience I. Mr. Obedience II. Mr. Honor-king III. Mr. Honesty IV. Mr. Duety V. Mr. Faithful VI. Mr. Trusty VII Mr. Law VIII Mr. Truth IX Mr. Love X. Mr. Vnity XI Mr. Justice XII Good Men and true stand together and hear the Charge and looking upon the Prisoner as the Judge commanded they were charged to take notice of every Passage and Sentence that should be read by the Clerk in the Inditement and thereupon to give up a true Verdict Silence being made the Prisoner is commanded to hold up his hand which being done the Clark read the Inditement as followeth Good Old Cause thou art here Indited by the name of Good Old Cause alias Rump of the City of Government in the County of Kingshire That thou didst assume unto thy self in the yeaâ— 1641. the name of Supream Authority and didsâ— Levy a War against the chief Magistrate and didst plot and endeavour to draw all other thy Fellow Subjects to do the same and cause there to bring in their Estates to defend and maintaiâ— thee in the pursuance of this War and didsâ— make a General over Horse and foot to be thâ— Captain and didst settle a Militia in every County of the Land against the Commission of Arrâ—… ordered by Law and then thou the Good Oâ—… Cause didst lay Siege against the strong Citieâ—… Castles Towns of the Land to batter them dowâ—… or yeild unto thee and hadst set Battels fought against the good people of the Land in whicâ— Battels many a brave Lord Knight and Gentleman was Slain or taken Prisoner by thee aâ—… kept a long time in prison and didst put out Oâ—ders and Ordinances to force and compel men 〈◊〉 serve thee which if they denyed thou didst either plunder them of their goods or secure them as ill affected or both contrary to all Law in that case made provided and also that thou the Good Old cause didst impeach thy Fellow Members Treason when thou thy self wast the greater Traytor and cause them to be put to death either by Hanging them Killing them or Shooting them to death upon no good account but only to exercise thy Power and Will over the people also thou didst borrow infinite Sums of mony of the good people and never paid any of it back again and those that would not lend thee any thou compelledst them to it and moreover imposed upon the people pole mony Taxes Free-quarter and Excise besides the voluntary subscriptions of the men of thy own judgement to the utter undoing of the people in general And moreover thou didst in the year 1647. exclude thy Fellow Members out of the House for many years because they would not Act with thee in those things which were contrary to Law Reason Honesty Faith and a good Conscience and thou the Good Old Cause didst add unto all thy wickednesse and abominations a greater than any of the former in betraying thy trust and committed that unparallel regicide against thy true and lawful Magistrate unto whom thou wast bound by the Oath of Allegiance to defend and maintain to the uttermost of thy power also in the same year thou dist Execute thy malice upon three Noble persons in one day which were far better and honester than thy self also thou the Good old Cause didst make an Ordinance that this Land should be a free-State and that no Writs should run in a single Persons name and that there should be no more Kingly Government because thou said'st it was burthensome and dangerous And that there should be no House of Lords for thou said'st it was useless And thou the Good old Cause didst banish the regal Line and madest it to be Treason to give them their proper titles or that any one should pray for them in their Pulpits or aid and assist them with any mony meat victuals or any other necessary thing and moreover thou the Good old Cause didst put to sale all Crown Lands Jewels Houses Mannors and Plate belonging to the chief Magistrate with the felling of his Woods demolishing of Castles in every part of the Land besides Bishops Deans and Chapters Lands which was not a little Also thou didst pluck down and deface all the royal arms in what place soever set up whether in Churches on Ships or Halls and didst place thine own instead thereof And moreover thou the Good old Cause didst break in pieces the great true Seal of the Land and madest a new stamp to coyn mony withall with this circumscription God with us when the Devil was in thee And also thou didst impose a Tax of 90 thousand pounds a month for several years upon thy fellow Subjects and madest them to subscribe to an engagement to be true to thee and madest thy self rich by undoing others of thy Brethren by plotting and fomenting things against them which they never knew so that thou becamest hatefull to the eyes of all for thy ill actings and grand misdemeanor was turned out of doors for the space of six years and upward after all which by thy craft and subtility thou the Good old Cause didst wind thy self in again and by the power of thy strength and policy didst defend and justifie thy doing to be agreeable to Laws and wouldest not be contradicted nor entreated by the request and petitions of the said truly good and honest but after all thou the Good old Cause didst out of malice and envy and invettered hatred against the honourable City by whom thou hast been much engaged to and from whom thou hast received so many gratuities favours and bounty thou hast in thy rage pluckt up their posts took off their Chains took off their Gates and broke in pieces their Percullisses and sold the iron for naught all which rebellions Murthers Robberies and Perjuries have been by thee committed contrary to the peace of our Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and dignity Judge then said to the Good old Cause what sayest thou for thy self to this Inditement Guilty or not guilty He answers not guilty and puts himself upon tryal then the Cryer said if there be any can give evidence against the Prisoner at the Bar
Good my Lord I am accused wrongfully I am not the Good Old Cause that they took me to be for My Lord it stands upon me now to speak for my life I beseech you my Lord here me a little Judge What hast thou to say My Lord only two or three words which is this I was summoned 〈◊〉 appear by a Writ near unto Hell where I have sat above 12 years and done righteous things and many Noble Acts worthy to be recorded to all posterity for I went about to make a thorough reformation from the narrow Seas to the Irish Bogs My Lord I put down all Organs in the Churches and break in pieces all the Windows painted with the twelve Apostles or any other Image or Saint in them I plucked down all Crosses that were on Church Steeples and in Market places especially that great Idol the Crosse in Cheapside which caus'd many to bow to it I caused the word Saint to be blotted out of the Weekly Bill of Mortality neither would I have any one to name or call a Street or Church by the name of St. Laurence Lane or St. Lawrence Church or St. Bartholomew Lane or St. Bartholomew Church or St. Thomas or St. Iohn or St. Peter but Laurence Church Laurence Lane Bartholomew Church or Bartholomew Lane or Thomas Church or Iohns Church or Peters and the like because it was superstition and popery my Lord and I ordained Fasting days because of Prophanenesse and Hypocrisie and I ordered feasting dayes of joy for the good things I did and for Victories and would not suffer that Christmas day should be kept no nor Easter or Whitsuntide nor any other Holy-day beside And my Lord I gave commandment that no Milk should be sould between nine of the Clock in the Forenoons and four in the Afternoons on Sundays and that none should bake any Puddings abroad on Sundays or set on their pots or send for Beer or Wine out of Dores or walk and travel abroad and I gave the guifted people both Men and Women to exercise their guifts in Conventickles and places where they would and I gave a toleration in Religion to weak and tender Consciences And for these things and many more my Lord they called me Roundhead yet that did not at all grieve me for I had a just and lawful warr Yea my Lord I put the Land into a posture of defence against the Enemyes of the Church and punished offenders in it and did Justice upon them and would not suffer them to live and I made my Orders and Ordinances make Null all Acts whatsoever had been made by any Tyrant whatsoever heretofore and I countenanced the good and justified their doings and gave to some of them according to their deservings to some I gave 100 l. 200 l. 300 l. or a 1000. for their good service and to some I gave the like Quantities and Sums of mony a year for gratuities and favours some have had 1000. a year some 1500. and 2000. a year and I thought it very well bestowed on them and indeed they deserved it for they ventured their Lives for it My Lord I cut down Woods and made it Arrable Land being most needful and pluckt down old Castles and great Houses which were only Dens for Thieves And at last my Lord I pluck'd down the Gates Posts and Chains of the Enemyes City and that they should not offend us any more because they were a hindrance to the intended work of Reformation Judge I have heard thee a long time with patience but before I pronounce Sentence against thee I remember I heard in the Inditement against thee that thou wast Indited by another name beside the Good Old Cause and that was the Rump what is the reason that thou hast changed thy name The Good Old Cause answers My Lord 't is true my Lord I was called the Rump at the latter end but my Lord when I began the work of Reformation first I began it in Aries which signifies the Horn and it went on as you may remember with great incouragement and resolution and having made such a good progresse in it that it came to such a successeful conclusion and I found such sweetnesse in it that in the end I was called the Rump My Lord I did not change my name because I would run away as 't was reported for although I was absent six years yet I shewed my Face again with chearfulnesse and courage and when I was put to the worse a second and third t me I was not ashamed of my self or my name but I acted vigorously to the life in defiance of all the malâ—cious Adversaries and therefore because my last Actions were the best I thought that name most sutable to me and every one was so taken with the name Rump that they rejoyced exceedingly over it aâ—d clean casheered my former name the Good Old Cause and baptized me by the name of Rump in Fire Water and Salt This is the very truth my Lord that I have told but for those evidences that have witnessed against me that I did such things My Lord I did do it to set forward the work of Reformation and I did very good service to my Country that I acted confidently and upon good grounds therefore good my Lord be good unto me Judge Good Old Cause alias Rump the Evidences against thee are clear and manifest and these excuses are vain for thou hast not performed the trust given thee in charge and unto which thou hast sworn to be true and faithful therefore hear thy Sentence Good Old Cause alias Rump speaks Good my Lord before you give Sentence against me let me speak one word it is this during this sitting my Lord I acted with the most and with the strongest party for when I saw which party got the upper hand I thought it safe to keep my self to that whether it was in voting or by hands My Lord I cryed out for Justice upon delinquents and made them come to composition I forc'd the Cavaleer party 20 Miles off the City when occasion served My Lord I carried as fair an outside as ever did any in the world that none could espie it Therefore good my Lord be good to me and let me have a Psalm of mercy Judge says The Law affords not the benefit of the Clergie to such as thou art therefore whereas thou hast been indited by the name of the Good old Cause alias Rump and hast been found guilty of all the blood spilt since 1640. broak thy oaths of Allegiance committed and maintained Rebellion given out false Commissions framed an unnatural War kill'd thy fellow Subjects spoken evil of Authority art a Regicide and for these and all other thy forenamed Treasons hast been arraigned and hast pleaded not guilty and being put upon the tryal was found guilty and hast no more to say for thy self This is the Law thou shalt be carried back to the place of Execution where thou shalt be hanged up by the heels with thy Rump upward fleed and salted and thy Head downward thy Members and Bowels cut out and thrown into the fire thy Limbs cut off and hung upon the Gates of the City and lastly thy Head shall be cut off and set upon a pole and thou shalt be carried back to the place of Execution upon a Sledge where thou shalt be hanged up by the heels with thy Rump upward fleed and salted then cut off and thrown into the fire thy Members also shall be cut off and burnt with thy Bowels Thy Limbs also shall be cut off one by one and hanged upon a pole at every Gate and lastly as thou hangest thy head shall be cut off set upon 〈◊〉 Bridge Gate of Government the rest of thy Carcasse shall the Fouls and Beasts devour Gaolor take away the Prisoner and see that execution be done upon him After this Sentence the Cryer made an O Yes every man to depart home And so the Court broke up and the Judge ariseth with the Gentlemen and Officers that were present and the Servants went before them with sounding of Trumpets and the People with their loud clamors and shouting and acclamations did heartily rejoyce and gave thanks to the Judge for giving such a just judgement upon the Malefactor FINIS