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A69275	A true report of the most gratious and mercifull message of Hir Most Excellent Maiestie sent by the righte honourable Sir Christopher Hatton Knight, vizchamberlaine, & one of Hir Highnesse most honourable priuie counsell, to the place where Thomas Appeltree should haue suffered for his most traitorlike action ; with such other discourse as it pleased him to vse vpon the matter at the same time, wherein nothing is added, but his onely speach verbatim, as my weake memorie would serue me to doe it.	Hatton, Christopher, Sir, 1540-1591.	1579 (1579)	STC 7602.5; ESTC S1088	4,995	13

the meanest of vs al or of any subiects should suffer the slaunder of so tyrannous or trayterous a facte yea or of the prepension or forethoughte of so horrible a treason tovvarde hir though it vvere in facte neuer executed Wherein to all our singular comfortes it pleased hir vvith most princelie affection earnestnesse graciously to affirme that neuer Prince had better nor more kinde true Subiectes God for his mercie directe vs euer to be so and vvith our due gratefulnesse to sacrifise at hir kinglie feete our bloud and lyues for hir seruice sake vvhen occasion shal call vs thereto One other thing I find hir Maiestie troubled vvith that is the sorovv this noble young Gentleman M. Henrie Carie hath suffered in continual griefe of his hart for the offence of his man vvho through the vaine ielosie of some euill dysposed persons hath lykevvise borne some sclaunder of the cause But it suffiseth to cleare him that no intent of malice nor forethought of this facte is founde in the partie himselfe His conuersation besides vvith exceeding fayth and diligence in hir highnesse seruice vvil euer deliuer him as a most acceptable Gentleman free from this and all other euil in the sight of hir Maiestie and all the vvorlde I shall not need therfore to speake of him for his cause needeth none excuse Here may you beholde the rare goodnes of our greate and gracious Mistresse full of Religion pietie Iustice and mercie Temperance and magnanimitie and that I cannot but tell you of the most constant and noble courage that euer liued the proofe vvhereof the cause hard vvherat I vvas present I leaue to your iudgements Hir Maiestie taking prospecte out of the bales of hir Barge at the very instant did see the man stroken and behelde his fall and heard as it vvere his deadly scritche vvhom she immediately commaunded to bee taken vppe and then beholding him all embrued vvith bloud commaunded his vvoundes to be lapped vp vvith a scarffe of hir ovvne and so vvith hir most constant and amiable coūtenance continued hir entertainment of the Embassadour as though there had bene no such matter Aftervvardes the man began to fainte hir highnesse then commaunded a cloke to be put on his body vvith other such necessarie reliefes as vvere there presentely to be had vvithout alteration of countenance Beholde this kinglie heart and courage of rare magnanimitie seing as it vvere the present death of the next to hir neyther feared hir ovvnelyfe nor vvas dismayed vvith this treasonable chaunce An action more than maruellous in hir sexe Hereof hovv much vve may reioyce I vvant vvit to tell you But in one vvorde hir highnesse that vvith hir singular vvisdome and policy hath preserued hir Empire these tvventie yeares in most ioyfull peace vvith this courage and magnanimitie vvill no doubt as mightily defend vs in the most cruell vvarres God therefore euer blisse hir and let vs vvith oure handes stretched vp to heauen and oure eyes fixed on the seate of God pray for hir long lyfe and moste prosperous raigne ouer vs THOMAS APPELTREE receyue thy lyfe from hir most excellent Maiestie and praye vnto God vpon thy knees for hir all thy dayes to come c. And so the people being moued to prayer for his Maiesties moste happie escape and for the blessing of God to lengthen hir dayes for many and many yeares he fell dovvne on his knees vvith greate deuotion amongst them and so departed vvith exceding ioy to the people and a thousand blessings on himselfe The people doubted of a pardon at his first speache The people maruelous attentiue to heare The cause is declared why hir Maiestie toke the water Only gods prouidence in sauing hir Maiesty from the shotte A straunge and a horrible terrour neuer hard nor seene the like in Englad before The sodaine great feare of the Lordes of the Caunsell at the heering of these terrible newes The Counsell most desirous to punishe this facte It was strāge to see the people staring in M. Vizchamberlains face some weeping at the speking of these words Here they left all both hands and eyes to heauen saying God blesse hir Maiestie god blesse hir maiestie c. Here the people with tears shewed themselues moste sorrowfull of these tragicall speaches This sodaine straunge pardon amazed the people The gretnesse of h●r Maiest●● m●●cye s●●med suche as the people betwene ioyes and sorrowes were amased A true description of mans fraile nature in seeking reuenge confirmed with examples Here hee noteth the heauenlie dispositiō of hir Maiestie far differente from the nature of man in pardonyng so gret an offence against lawe and nature See the exceding loue of a priace toward hir subiectes in excusing all accidents without anye suspition of all meaning Here all the people shouted oute Amen Amen M. Carie was master to this leud man APPELTREE and Knight Marshall for that day apoynted M. Caries cōmendation He reciteth the Queenes vertues and most worthily commendeth hir rare courage in such a pilous chance Behold hir princely stoutnesse nothing dismayed at this sodaine terror but with such care to this poore woūded man and with such countenaunce to the Embassadour that she seemed a mother to the one and a Queene to the other Hir highnesse magnanimity mingled with mercie the one most comfortable to hir subiectes and the other most terrible to hir foes An earnest exhortation to pray Here M. Viz chamberlaine kneled on his knees with all the people praysing God for hir maiesties safe ●●liuerie

A TRVE REPORT Of the most gratious and mercifull message of hir most excellent Maiestie sent by the righte honourable Sir Christopher Hatton Knight Vizchamberlaine one of hir Highnesse most honourable priuie Counsell to the place where THOMAS APPELTREE should haue suffered for his most Traitorlike action With such other discourse as it pleased him to vse vpon the matter at the same time wherein nothing is added but his onely speach verbatim as my weake memorie would serue me to doe it CHARITAS Printed at London by Henry Bynneman Anno. M.D.LXXIX Iulij XXIIII MAster Carie Hir most excellent maiestie is pleased to sende me to deliuer hir commandement to you touching this man novv here presently to die And first I thinke it not out of purpose to notifie his offence to these good people vvherby he is not only vvorthie this punishment but in iudgement of forraine nations and by censure of forraine lavves should bee deliuered to the tormentors to endure such torture as the qualitie of his offence in so high a case by good pollicie should cōdignlie deserue And to speake of this fact suche it vvas and so feareful as my heart quaketh and my eyes can not refraine teares to repeate it againe amongst you God for his mercies sake shielde and defende hir most excellent Maiestie that most mightily hath digested the notable daunger And so I vvil tell you of this tragedie in course as it fel out It liked hir highnesse in respecte of the great heate to take the ayre of the vvater vvher in graue and vvaightie negociation she passed the time in discourse vvith the French Embassadour by the space of an houre or tvvo In hir returne it pleased hir to take diuerse pauses and the rather by cause she earnestly redde a Booke vvherin it seemed for recreations sake she toke some delighte By meanes vvhereof euen as it pleased God vvith his holy hande as it vvere to direct hir safetie she commaunded the Bargemen to slacke their labour and slovvly to passe on vvhere if they had hasted but tvvo stroakes more they had brought hir royall person into the shotte it selfe These vvordes vvere scarcely spoken out by hir Maiestie but his caitiue most vnhappilie I must say most diuellishly discharged his Arquebuse strongly charged vvith bullet into the Barge vvhere hir Maiestie vvas God that hath defended hir God that hath defended hir thou most mightie God euer vouchsafe to keepe hir With this blovv the second mā to the bayles of the Barge vvithin sixe foote of hir royall person vvas strickē dovvn from his feate and vvounded through both his armes vvhich hir maiestie behelde kingly handled this cause as euē straight I vvil tel you My Lordes of hir Maiesties counsel dispearsed abroade in their affaires hearing of this moste perilous accidente returned to Court vvith suche speede as the vvaighte of such a cause might moue them to doe and there vvith fearefull and louing applausure tovvard hir Maiestie did most holily thanke our God for his singular helpe in the preseruation of our most deare and righteous Soueraigne That done according vvith their loues and duties of seruice to God hir maiestie this vvhole estate after deliberate and moste graue consultation of the cause they al most humbly on their knees besought the Queene that this slaue might suffer not this death but tenne thousand deaths if so it vvere possible in nature to do for his so rash fearefull offence Such in deede might the offēce haue bene vvhich God for his mercies sake hath moste fauourablye forbidden that it mighte haue roughte vppe to heauen and should most miserably not only haue plaged this hir ovvn land but al the true seruaunts of God dispearsed through Christendome our Religion true faith in Iesus Christ vvhich vve enioy vvith vnspekeable comfort of free conscience might hereby haue suffered confusion and persecution of bloude and vengeaunce amongst vs Our peace and secure estates encreased vvith exceeding vvelthes and nourished vvith most svveet quietnesse of life by this hir most happie gouernment and raigne of tvventie yeares might hereby haue bene turned to blouddie vvarres the fruites vvhereof is burning and spoyling of houses and goods rauishing and destroying of our vviues and children And vvhat vengeāce soeuer the vvorld can bring forth the same should haue fallen on vs I saye on vs then the most miserable mē in the vvorld And therfore heare me I pray you Let vs acknovvledge before God vvith all humble thankefulnesse these vnspeakeable benefits vvhich vve haue inioyed and still shal doe vvhile God vpholdeth hir blessed life and state amongst vs The losse and lacke of vvhom can not but bring on vs all these calamities and ten thousand moe vvhich I can not for see If then by these and all other benefits vvhich you possesse feele and tast of you finde hovv inestimable and precious a ievvell this our deare Soueraine is for vs and amongst vs vvhat plague torment or punishment could suffise you for reuenge on him that by any means should depriue you of such heauenly and vvorldly felicities as daylye by hir holye hande are ministred amongst you But I vvill meddle no further vvith these matters I knovv you thanke god for them and vvith true and faithfull obedient hartes vvil euer serue hir most excellent Maiestie vvhom he hath made his minister to distribute all these blessings into yours bosomes And novv if it please you you may vvith maruel heare the message I come of I bring mercie to this man the gracious pardon of our most deare Soueraigne vvho vvith hyr mercifull eie beholding the clearenesse of this mans hart free from euil thoughte and consequently from prepension of anye malicious fact against hir person vouchsafeth to pull him from the Gallovvs A notable action of compassion proceding from a heauenly minde and so farre different from the common nature of man forced into a fearefull iealousie of losse of life as hath neuer bin read nor heard of If casually a man suffer hurt in the fieldes by an arrovve shotte by chaunce at rouing markes hovv reuengefully the partie offended vvill follovve his processe of felonie I haue oft seene and the lavv doth vvel allovv it If in the Court the meanest seruing man strike his felovv vvith his fist so that he bleed he is to loose the same hand Manye other examples may be giuen you both touching the casualtie in this mans fact and touching the place and presence vvherein it chanced to be done But our Queene looketh neither on hyr prerogatiue on the povver of hir lavves nor on the perill of hir person but vvith the nobilitie of hir hearte the daunger onely done to hir selfe doth as you heare freely pardon it And in the sacred vvord of hir kinglie estate I protest it vnto you she hath firmely auovved that she had rather haue suffred the vvounds the Bargeman novv hath ten folde than