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A51349 More work for the popish implements, Nat. Thompson and the Observator shewing how contradictory they are to themselves from what they were when the one published, and the other allowed this following narrative of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's murder, which for the satisfaction of all people, we have here verbatim reprinted. 1682 (1682) Wing M2718; ESTC R11188 4,620 4

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his lifetime very pale some what swell'd and a green circle about his Neck as if he had been strengled his blood being se●…d about his Neck Throat and the upper part of his Breast The Chyrurgions having viewed the Body delivered their Judgments That the Wounds they found about him were not the cause of his Death but that he was suffocated before the Wound were made And that which may fully perswade any person of the truth 〈◊〉 is That there was not one drop of blood to be found in the place where he lay not the least appearance of any such thing though the Ditch was dry and it might have been easily seen if there had been any Another thing was That the very bottoms of the soles of his Shooes were as clean as if he had but just come out of his own C●… which was an evident sign that he was carried thither A third thing very remarkable is That one of the Jury ass 〈…〉 That a Servant of his Mothers who is owner of the ground where the Body lay with a Butcher and two Boys made a very strict and narrow search in all parts of that ground for a Calf that was missing upon Monday and Tuesday last and a● that th●… there lay no dead Body Belt Gloves Stick or other things there Now because several false Reports have gone abroad ●…ding to the Dishonour of this Worthy Deceased Knight as though he had been discontented about some Moneys owing by him to the Parish and upon that account should make himself 〈◊〉 The Relator thinks good to testifie to the VVorld That to his own knowledge Sir Edmondberry lent the Parish above 300 l. without Interest a good part of which is yet unpaid so palpable an untruth it is that some wicked persons have spread abroad about him But it is no wonder that those inhumane VVretches that have taken away his life should go also about to blest his Reputation One thing more I cannot omit to mention having received it from the mouth of one of the late Church VVardens of the Parish where he liv'd which is That Sir Edmondberry not long ago gave him an Hundred Pounds to bestow upon such poor People in the Parish as he knew were in want Neither was that the first time that Sir Edmondberry had imployed him in works of that nature having often made him the distributer of his Charity because he did not desire the Applause of Men for it This without all doubt proceeded from so remarkable and so sincere a piety That though it may be commended I am afraid it will scarce be imitated Now we shall only make these Remarks on the same that in his Preamble Nat. Tomson tells you That he had here Printed the true Relation to prevent false and surreptitious Stories that are usually carried abroad about things of this nature If you believe him now and what he impudently avers he then was an egregious Liar before when he Printed and Published this Narrative But besides that Sir Edmondberry Godfreys Death was then the sad occasion of his Narrative and is now become his Ridicule The whole Relation under his hand confounds and contradicts his Letters to Prance which he has impudently promised to justifie auri sacra fames what will not wretches do for Guineys But observe farther in his Impartial and True Narrative as he calls it himself he tells you that his Face was fresh coloured and somewhat swell'd and a green Circle about his Neck as if he had been strangled and the blood settled about his Neck and Throat and the upper part of his Breast and that it was the Judgment of the Chyrurgions that he wa suffocated and that the VVounds were not the cause of his Death All which was Truth and as he then himself said that as an Evidence of that Truth there was not one drop of blood found in the Ditch though the Ditch were dry page 7. and might easily have been seen if there had been any yet this very same Person now gives himself the Lie and tells you of lots of blood found about him and in the Ditch as you may see in his Letter to Mr. Prance Sure he had forgot what he had before Published concerning this thing or he thought every body else had In the next place concerning his Shooes which he says in the Letter to France were full of Grass Seeds which proved he had gone thither himself the vanity and al Contrivance of which has already been observed and that it could not be at that time of the Year but Mr. Thompson tells you Page 7. sure you will believe himself That it was an evident sign that he was carried thither because the bottom of his Soles were as clean as if he had but just come out of his own Chamber Then that he should have lain here from the time he was missing as this Thompson would prove in saying the corners of his Eyes and Mouth were fly-blown which was a palpable Lye and ill contriv'd considering the time of the Year he contradicts that himself in this Narrative and tells you Page 7. That the Ground was narrowly searched on Tuesday for a Calf and that then to dead body lay in the Ditch nor any Belt Gloves Stick or the like to be seen Lastly I observe how zealous he then was to vindicate this Knights Honour and Reputation which he would now take away for he says that some false Reports have gone abroad tending to the dishonour of the Deceased Knight as if being disconttented he should have made himself away and Page 8. so palpable an untruth it is that these wicked wretches have spread abroad about him but 't is no wonder that those inhumane wretches that have taken away his Life mark that should go also about to blast his Reputation Yet such a VVretch is this Thompson now become to contradict himself and give himself the Lie under his own hand and impudently go about to justifie it FINIS London Printed for J. B. 1682.