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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57799	A royall story, for loyall readers For they intended mischiefe against thee, and imagined such a device as they are not able to performe. And why? because the King putteth his trust in the Lord, and in the mercy of the most highest, hee shall not miscarry.	Dalen, Cornelius van, engraver.	1651 (1651)	Wing R2153; ESTC R219748	16,088	37

wicked way he knew nothing too hazardous for him by way of expiation for his former offences to venture against CROMVVELL or any other but him he looked on as the great Dictatour and Commander in that high mischiefe and if her Majesty pleased to command him he would either by poyson or stob though with the certaine losse of his owne life give a period to CROMVVELLS dayes Her Majesty the Mirrour of Her Sex for constant love and loyalty to Her King and Husband pierced to the heart with this fresh renewing of her griefe in the losse of her incomparable King and Consort after She had recollected Her selfe answered that he might apprehend that offer as some satisfaction to himselfe but she had better learnt Her Saviour and would not by any consent of Hers take the matter out of Gods hands who had sayd vengeance was his and he would repay in whose due time She expected to see their ruine that had committed that unheard of murther the Fountaine of Her and all Loyall Subjects misery the shame of Christendome and the astonishment of the known World to which MORS replies that though her Majesty was not pleased to accept of his service in that particular yet by that he hoped her Majesty believed he would then be ready to doe any thing lesse dangerous wherein he might serve her Majesty towards a publick good and her Majesty he conceived must needs have affaires of weight with the King and to send to His Majesty as he understood she did by the way of Holland was very uncertaine tedious and expensive as a quicker dispatch if her Majesty could think of any service he could doe in that or any thing else he would undertake to go from Calais to Dover and so by land much sooner and in respect of his knowledge in the North much safer he believed and would venture his life to carry Letters or message from Her Majesty to the King Her Majesty glad at all times to have opportunity to present her duty and love to her Sonne the King and at that time having some more immediate businesse with His Majesty embraceth MORS his offer and prepares Letters to the King MORS no sooner receives them with promise of all sidelity and secrecy but posts away for England at Whitehall he acquaints his Black Masters how far he had succeeded in this dark designe at which Hell and they t is to be supposed kept a private thanksgiving MORS receiving fresh encouragement and instructions hyes away for the North and in great pretended privacy comming into Lieth there hee disguiseth himselfe into womans apparrell in that habit cunningly passeth over the water to Burnt Island where after he was harboured he sends to the Governour imparting the matter to him that hee came from the Queene c. and desired his assistance that he might be presently fitted with mans cloathes againe and accommodated with Horses and Guides to goe to the King then at St. Johnstons the Governour glad of the employment doth accordingly MORS no sooner comes to Court but there meets him a Major an English Gentleman who knowing him most maliciously active formerly against the King saluted him asking him whether he were a Convert MORS tels him the same kinde of lamentable story of his sadnesse which before he had told the Queene and that the Queene had honoured him with Letters to the King which hee was in great hast to deliver the Major joy'd at his conversion presseth him to drink a Cup of Scotch Ale with him upon the Guard before he went in to the King when they came into the Court of Guard the Major chargeth the Captaine of the Guard with him as a Spye and causing him presently to be searched there was found nothing about him but those Letters from the Queene which the Major leaving MORS a prisoner presents to the King His Majesty seeing his distressed Mother Queenes hand receiveth them joyfully and askes for the Messenger the Major thereupon tels the King what a dangerous person MORS that brought them was of a disposition so implacably malicious that he could not sleep as the Psalmist sayes unlesse he had done at least contrived mischiefe and humbly begged the King that he might be tried as a Spy for he wus confident he came upon some horrid designe such another person not being to be found for their purpose His Majesty advising with his Counsell and being pressed by many arguments from the Major granted a Commission of life and death to certaine persons according to the forme of that Kingdome who calling MORS to triall as a Spy he pleaded not onely not guilty but rather merit in running so great a hazard to do the King service in a time so dangerous but the Judges found cause enough to condemne him and told him they were justified in themselves for what they did upon the evidence given yet that he might justifie them also to the world they caused a rack to be brought before him and Souldiers with lighted matches told him he was as a dead man already yet if hee would confesse his intentions he might receive mercy else whether guilty or not guilty at present must bee betweene God and his Conscience they would burne his hands and feet with matches as far as they would burne that done they would rack him one joynt from another untill he should confesse or if not confesse they would execute him at last MORS seeing death at the doore and that better dye in an ingenious confession then in so much guilt to throw body and soule headlong he without either the matches burning his flesh or the rack torturing his bones freely confessed the designe was layd by the States of England and that he had undertaken for reward to slay innocent bloud and either by poyson he was to have done it whilest he stayd in expectation of an answer to the Queenes Letters or if he could not effect that then when he received his dispatch from the Kings hand he was resolved to have given a fatall blow MORS thus having confessed being condemned was remaunded to prison before Execution the Lord LOTHIAN CARRE His Majesties Secretary mistrusted alwayes for a Juggler with the English Rebels tells the King that this MORS was the first person condemned to dye by the Kings immediate Power and humbly propounded how acceptable a thing it would be to God and man in his first action to shew rather mercy then judgement His Majesty answered that His owne inclination did naturally prompt Him rather to pardon then punish Offendors yet at that time he would not out of that regard remit MORS but His Majesty would looke upon his Lordships Proposall as a desire and His Majesty did not thinke fit to deny a Nobleman of Scotland the first request that should be made to him after His Coronation MORS therefore for his Lordships sake should live and not dye for which his Lordship returned thanks to the King and within

the Cabbage leaves and 〈◊〉 to satisfie their hungry appetites there the sad Scots eate dye soon most of them and the rest live a while longer and doe worse by degrees they all perished under that Monster Sir ARTHUR HASELRIGGE Governour whose 〈◊〉 in this and his barbarous carriage at Chichester thentofore where after Articles made and the Towne delivered to them he barbarously caused Musketeers to give fire in at a window upon Sir CHRISTOPHER LEVVKNER the Governour differing onely with Sir ARTHUR in Argument after liberty given of discourse and other then unarmed Officers being in a roome quietly together and his vile carriage in other places during this Warre which got a habit in him by being unnaturally cruel to his owne Mothers sonnes from his Youth make him appeare one of the most unparalleld Rebels in this adulterous Generation and may forever discourage any from taking quarter from so base an Enemy chusing rather to fall into the hands of God then man whose very mercies are cruel by attempting the highest actions that may hope to be crowned with a noble life or an honourable grave But thus ends the maine Scene of the chiefe Act in this Tragedy betweene CROMVVELLS and the Kirkes Factions Saints both of the new Edition and I hope of no great duration onely CROMVVELL hath the luck to be the longer liver and having snuft out the glory of the Kirkes new light which heere expires in a stinke possesseth himselfe of the City of Edenborough and Towne and harbour of Lieth presently garrisoning Lieth and besiedging the impregnable well ammunitioned and provisioned Castle of Edenborough whereof one DUNDAS was the unworthy Governour who after some inconsiderable siedge through the corruption of reward or cowardize or both delivered it up to CROMVVELL upon Articles and continued afterwards under his protection where for the present he inherits the shame and may heereafter receive the reward of an unfaithfull servant to a gratious Master The King this while is where he was at St. Johnstones not being before admitted to the Army whereof the remainder now repaires towards him and possessing the Towne and Castle of Sterling which cōmanded the Bridge over Firth River into the County of Fife the Armies have time now to breath and to looke one upon another The Kirke Army thus growne weake in their number not in the confidence of their Clergy the Loyal Highlanders and those Northerne Gallants under Marquesse HUNTLEY the Earle of ATHOL and Livetenant Generall MIDLETON begin to modell themselves for His Majesties Service the King knowing their ancient Loyalty receives fresh hopes of good towards Him But the Kirke are as crosse of His Majesties interest still as before and for the Kings sinnes and for the sinnes of his Fathers house they say still it must needs be or for theirs in having to doe any thing with Him that this great overthrow and straite was come upon them His Majesty well perceiving their villany was very solicitous to cast Himselfe and Cause upon Gods Providence and the fidelity of those Northerne Nobility and Gentry and to that purpose removed Himselfe with some of His servants privately from St. Johnstones towards them the faithfull Lord NEVV BURGE Livetenant Colonel of His Majesties Regiment of Guards with all those loyal soules that would goe with Him declares to waite upon His Majesties Person and followes Him but by a Providence working all for the best in the end His Majesty was overtaken by some of the Kirkes more moderate friends who partly by argument and partly by their greater number in Armes use a kinde of violent perswasion and prevaile with His Majesty to returne to St. Johnstones promising all the Honourable Reception that 's possible and now indeed and not before another Power appearing His Majesty is admitted to sit in Councell with them But Sir JOHN BROVVNE with a part of the Kirke Army must needes go to reduce the Northerne Forces under MIDLETON His Majesty is desired to command them to disband yet the matter was composed by Gods blessing upon His Majesties Wisedome and Intercessions without blowes The King they agree shall be crowned the first day of January which being happyly performed he became the New Yeares Centre then to which all parts of the Circumference made addresse and the great worke which His Majesty begins to labour at is to bring all Parties and Interests to reconcile in Himselfe Hic labor hoc opus est which whilst His Majesty is doing by way of digression I take liberty to let you know that CROMVVELL and the Councell of State of ENGLANDS New Common-wealth this while doe not lesse bestir themselves not onely by open force but by all manner of secret treachery and Machivillian policy to subvert and destroy our most hopefull King One of their cursed workes of darkenesse being more eminently come to light was thus damnably contrived MORS an active Villaine when formerly servant to Sir WILLIAM ERMYN of the North deceased a notorious vermine that whilst he liveed was alwayes knawing at the roote of Monarchy and Viper-like eating away to his owne inventions through his mothers bowels but he is dead and his servant MORS receiving a double portion of his wicked spirit after his feared descention departure bestirs himselfe in His Masters and Grand-fathers errand the more industriously designed by the infernall Councell of White-Hall which now is become a den of Thieves and a cage of every uncleane Bird That he should pretend himselfe since the murther of our King to be a great Convert the Engagement to be faithfull to ENGLANDS Common-wealth established without King or Lords he should by no meanes approve So that being wholly dissatisfied with the present Power and to avoyd the penalties for noncon●●●y●nce he quits the Kingdome and takes an h●u●● to himselfe Wife and Family at Callais in France where he had not beene above a moneth or so but under pretence of his conversion becoming acquainted with some of His Majesties Friends expresseth a great desire he had to go to Paris to gaine the honour of kissing our Queenes hand and to offer Her Majesty his service which they very readily encourage him in and addresse him to some of Her Majesties servants upon which he comes to the Queenes Court and was brought to Her Majesty who gave him Her hand to kisse MORS takes the confidence to discover the deepe sence he had of Her Majesties sufferings and the extreame sorrow wherewith he was affected for the barbarous murther of Her King and Husband confessing he had been so unhappy as in the time of Warre to act in his sphere for the Parliament believing their thoughts towards His Majesty had been equally innocent with his which though upon better consideration he found injudicious they had nothing of that guilt in their intentions of which proved the sad consequence of all their actions His Majesties death yet inasmuch as he was sometime so unfortunate as to move or breathe in that

few dayes was repayd it to himselfe by CROMVVELL who had sent his Lordship a Letter gratulatory which comming by a providence to be made knowne to the King His Majesty therewith acquainted the Earle of Eglinton Colonell of His Majesties Regiment of Horse-guards who is my Relater of the story and presently His Majesty signed a warrant to the Jaylor expressing that though MORS were pardoned yet that he should keep him close prisoner still which warrant His Majesty left to the Earles care who soon sent it to the Prison else MORS had been freed CROMVVELL hereupon by letter disowning the act of MORS yet at the request of MORS his wife being great with child was contented to exchange any one of three Scotch Lievtenant Coolnells which he named for MORS His Majesty seeing CROMVVELL interest himselfe so farre in the businesse whom His Majesty had little cause to believe to be of so gentle a nature as to exchange an Enemy for an Enemy as MORS had he been heartily the Queenes servant was at the request of a great belly denies to exchange him for any of those there but if Lievtenant Generall LUMSDALL might be exchanged for him His Majesty would release MORS and not else CROMVVEL considering the quality of the Persons I believe so unequall and fearing all the world would then conclude him guilty of MORS his horrid and bloudy intention which upon the former grant of a Lievtenant Colonell for his exchange they had cause enough besides the native probability to imagine refuseth to exchange LUMSDALL so MORS continued prisoner where I leave him without descanting on so unchristian an enterprize or aggravating their crime by the Queenes Candor which doubtlesse made it more out of measure sinfull and I heartily wish him and all that had or have hands or hearts in so foule an intention of bloud guiltinesse against so gracious a Prince either by their actions of open and rebellious hostility or obscure treachery hearty and timely repentance before they go hence and be no more seen And I blesse God for this mercifull deliverance of his annoynted our King For This also commeth forth from the Lord which is wonderfull in Counsell and excellent in working I take leave begging pardon for this tedious wandring to returne to His Majesty whom I finde to have passed strange difficulties this while with admirable dexterity and blessed successe He hath now God be thanked made a generall Reconciliation enemies to shake hands as his friends the valiant Earle of Cleveland and his English Nobility Officers and servants are after so long a banishment from His Majesties presence admitted to their duty Lords Faithfull WENTVVORTH and WILMOT lye in their turnes in His Majesties Bed-chamber as in His former freedome And now the great men of Scotland that were excommunicated from King and Court returne to their King and Duke HAMILTON Marquesse HUNTLEY Earle of ATHOL Li●vtenant Generall MIDDLETON and the rest have their sentences recalled and draw into union with all the moderate of the Army party so that the power of the Kirkers which I take to be a mungrell Faction generated between rigid ●●●●bytery and Indepency is now vanished now the King as King commands without the Dictates of those pretended spirituall Guardians and all Loyal Soules whose heart God hath touched not otherwise designed for the Kings service repaire from all Parts to take their fortunes with His Majesty who shines in Armes in the Field of Honour where he is sprung up as a Light for the Righteous and joyfull gladnesse for such as be true hearted And though in His way to His Crownes many Clouds of Disasters may ●bscure His Light and by interposition of the Moone this Sun may sometimes be eclipsed yet doubtlesse He shall by the goodnesse of God His Guide breake through all againe as Rivers that often interre yet still rise with their refreshing streames at length a strong earnest of which mercies to come are Gods deliverances of His Majesty from dangers past and therefore let every one that 's faithfull continue to doe his Duty and leave the issue to Gods disposall who certainely will arise in his owne time and have mercy upon Sion and we hope that time will shortly come for why His servants think upon her Stones and it pittieth them to see her in the dust as which dust before the winde shall the Enemies of God and the King in due time be and the Angell of the Lord scattering them FINIS