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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37137	The dying speeches of several excellent persons, who suffered for their zeal against popery, and arbitrary government viz. I. Mr. Stephen Colledg, at Oxford, August 31, 1681, II. The Lord Russel in Lincolns-Inn-fields, July 21, 1683, III. Col. Sidney, on Tower-Hill, December 7, 1683, IV. Col. Rumbald,	Colledge, Stephen, 1635?-1681.; Russell, William, Lord, 1639-1683.; Sidney, Algernon, 1622-1683.; Rumbold, Richard, 1622?-1685.; Lisle, Alice, 1614?-1685.; Cornish, Henry, d. 1685.; Walcot, Thomas, d. 1683.	1689 (1689)	Wing D2957; ESTC R3148	29,338	40

him as to Kill him with my own hands But however by their Swearing against me they have secured their own Lives and Estares and made my Blood the price of theirs I confess I was so unfortunate and unhappy as to be invited by Collonel Rumsey one of the Witnesses against me to some Meetings where some things were discoursed of in order to the asserting our Liberties and Properties which we looked upon to be violated and invaded But it was he and Mr. W. and some Gentlemen that are fled who were the great promoters of those Meetings I was near a quarter of a Year ill of the Gout and during that time Mr. W. often visited me and still his discourse would be concerning Lopping the Two Sparks That was the word he used meaning the King and the Duke and proposed it might be done at a Play This was his frequent discourse For he said Then they would die in their Calling It was his very Expression He bought Arms to do it with without any direction of mine I never saw the Arms nor I never saw the Men that were to do it though they said they had Fifty imployed to that end I told several of them That the Killing the King would carry such a blemish and stain with it as would descend to Posterity that I had Eight Children that I was loth should be blemished with it And withal I was confident the Duke of Monmouth would revenge his Fathers Blood if it were but to vindicate himself from having any hand in it And now I desire to forgive all the World from the very bottom of my Heart and I pray God of his Mercy from my Heart to forgive them even Mr. Shepherd who delivered me up who promised to carry me into Holland but instead of that he brought me into the condition wherein I now am I do desire with all my Heart to forgive the Witnesses and withal do earnestly beg that they may be observed that some Remarks may be set upon them whether their End be Peace and that they die the common Death of all Men. Certainly though it be the Law of the Land I ought to Die and the King may justly and reasonably put me to Death for being in those Meetings where a War was debated yet I think these Men are guilty of my Blood that were as deep in as I and have betrayed me and taken it away Then in the next place I beg leave Mr. Sheriff to speak one short word of Advice to my Friends that hath been often given to me though I was not so fortunate and so happy as to take it and that is That they would neither hear any Man speak nor speak themselves that which they would not have repeated For there is no such thing as Faith in Man to Man whatever there is in Man to God Either the Tears of a Wife or a Family of little helpless Children something or other will tempt and provoke Men to betray one another When God hath a Work to do he will not want Instruments for he can make them nor will he want a way to do it for he can contrive it and bring it to pass And I do most heartily desire and my earnest Prayer to the Almighty is That this may be the last Blood spilt upon this account I know Acts of Indulgence and Mercy in the King would make him much easier in his Government and would make his People sit much easier under it and that the Lord may encline his Heart to mercy ought to be the Prayer of every good Man. What hath happened and what hath been the present occasion of our Calamity I suppose every man knows what Provocations have been on the one hand Fears and Necessities Jealousies and Sufferings of the other I will not intermeddle with resolving to use my utmost endeavour to make that Peace and Reconciliation with my God which is impossible for me to make with Man and to make it my hearty Prayer to the Great God before whom I am in a little time to appear That he would stench this Issue of Blood and find out some other way to preserve these Kingdoms in Unity and Peace to the Honour and Glory of his Great Name and the eternal Comfort of his People One word Mr. Sheriff I desire to speak as to Ireland because the King prest it hard upon me and several People have been with me about Ireland how far Ireland was concerned in this matter I do aver here as in the presence of God before whom I am now going to appear That I do not know an Englishman nor Protestant in Ireland engaged in it What I did know was only of one Scotish Gentleman in the North and the King knows it but he says he does not believe it For they that were concerned I was never in any of their Councils I never saw any of those Lords but the Duke of Monmouth and that was I believe above six Months ago I never saw nor spoke with one Lord only my Lord Howard I have not more to say Mr. Sheriff But truly you will do an act of a great deal of Charity if you will Prevail with the King for an Act of Indulgence and Liberty to his People I think so And so the Lord have mercy upon me Captain Walcot's Prayer O Lord our God Thou art a God of present help in time of Trouble a God that hast promised to be with thy People in the Fire and in the Water O Lord we pray Thee that Thou wilt afford thy Presence to thy poor suffering Servants at this time that Thou wilt enable us to pray with Faith to trust in Thee to be in expectation and hope of Mercy from Thee O Lord thy Servant that speaketh doth confess that the Iniquities at his Heels have justly overtaken him that Just and Righteous art thou in all thy Judgments that he hath reason to bear thy Indignation because he hath sinned O Lord we beg even for thy Son Christ Jesus's sake that our Sins may not be brought to our remembrance in order to our despondency or discouragement or our despairing in thy Mercy but rather O Lord in order to an assurance that our great God hath pardoned and forgiven them in the Blood of his Son. O do thou bathe each of our Souls in that Fountain set open for Sin and for Uncleanness Give us O Lord inward spiritual strength from thy Self and give us cause to bless thy Name for inward supporting Graces for inward assistances O let us find an increase of spiritual strength let us be assured that our Sins are done away and let us also be assured that our Names are written in the Book of Life and let it be such an assurance as may be matter of joy and rejoycing to our Souls O do thou enable every one of us from the inward evidence of thy Spirit to say with thy Servant Job That we know and are assured that our Redeemer lives O