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A25867	The arraignment and conviction of Sr VValter Rawleigh, at the Kings Bench-barre at Winchester. on the 17. of November. 1603. Before the right Honorable the Earle of Suffolke, Lord Chamberline, the Earle of Devon-shire, Lord Henry Howard, Lord Cecill, Lord Wotton, Sir John Stanhope Lord Chiefe Justice of the Common-pleas, Popham and Andrewes, Justice Gaudy, Justice Warberton, Sir William Wade, commissioners. / Coppied by Sir Tho: Overbury.	Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Overbury, Thomas, Sir, d. 1684.	1648 (1648)	Wing A3744; ESTC R206249	25,636	40

Westminster The 28. of October 1618. Together with his execution at Westminster on the 29 of October Anno the 16. Iacobi Regis c. UPon Wednesday the 28 of October Anno. Dom. 1618. The Lievtenant of the Tower according to a warrant to him directed brought Sir Walter Rawleigh from the Tower to the Kings Bench Barre at Westminster where the Recordes of his arraignment at Winchester was opened And he demanded why execution should not be done upon him according to the judgement therein pronounced against him To which he began in way of answer to justifie himself in his proceedings in the late voyage But the Lord Chiefe Justice silenced him therein saying there was no other matter there in question but concerning the judgement of death that formerly hath been given against him The which the Kings pleasure was upon some occasions best knowne to himselfe to have executed unlesse he could shew good cause to the contrary Unto which Sir Walter Rawleigh said that he was told by his Councell That in regard his Majestie since the said judgement had been pleased to imploy him in his service as by Commission he had done it made void the said judgment and was a verification unto him But the Lord Chiefe Justice told him that he was therein deceived and that the opinion of the Court was to the contrary Wherewith he was satisfyed and desired that some reasonable time might be allowed him to prepare him selfe for death But it was answered him that the time appointed was on the morrow and that it was not to be doubted but that he had prepared himselfe for death long since And I am glad said the L. Chief Justice that you have given the world so good satisfaction of your Religion as by some bookes published by you you have And so Master Atturney Generall requiring in the Kings behalfe that execution might be done upon the prisoner according to the foresaid judgement The Sheriffs of Middlesex were commanded for that purpose to take him to their custody who presently carryed him to the Gate-house From whence the next morning betweene the Sheriffs of Middlesex Sir Walter Rawleigh was brought to the old Palace in Westminster where a large Scaffold was erected for the execution Whereupon when he came with a cheerfull countenance he saluted the Lords Knights and Gentlemen there present After which a Proclamation was made for silence and he addressed himselfe to speake in this manner I desire to be borne withall for this is the third day of my feaver and if I shall shew any weaknesse I beseech you to attribute it to my mallady for this is the hour in which it is wont to come Then pawsing a while he sate and directed himselfe towards a window where the Lord of Arundel Northampton and Doncaster with some other Lords and Knights sat and spake as followeth I thanke God of his infinite Goodnesse that he hath brought me to die in the light and not in darknesse but by reason that the place where the Lords c. sate was some distance from the Scaffold that he perceived they could not well hear him he said I will straine my voice for I would willingly have your honours heare me But my Lord of Arundel said Nay we will rather come downe to the Scaffold which he and some others did Where being come he saluted them severally and then began againe to speake as followeth viz. As I said I thanke God heartily that he hath brought me into the light to dye and that he hath not suffered me to dye in the darke prison of the Tower where I have suffered a great deale of misery and cruell sicknesse and I thanke God that my feaver hath not taken me at this time as I prayed to God it might not There are two maine points of suspition that his Majestie as I heare hath conceived against mee To resolve your Lordships wherein his Majesty cannot be satisfied which I desire to cleer and to resolve your Lordships off One is that his Majesty hath been informed that I have often had plotts with France and his Majesty had good reason to induce him thereunto One reason that his Majesty had to conjecture so was that when I came back from Guyana being come to Plymouth I endeavoured to go in a barke to Rochell which was for that I would have made my peace before I had come to Englande Another reason was upon my flight I did intend to fly into France for the saving of my selfe having had some terror from above A third reason is his Majesty had reason to suspect was the French Agents coming to me besides it was reported that I had a Commission from the Frech King at my going forth these are the reasons that his Majesty had as I am informed to suspect me But this I say for a man to call God to witnesse to a falshood at the hour of death is farre more grievous and impious and that a man that so doth cannot have salvation for he hath no time of repentance then what shall I expect that am going instantly to render up my account I do therefore call God to witnesse As I hope to be saved and as I hope to see him in his Kingdom which I hope I shall within this quarter of this houre I never had any Commission from the French King nor never saw the French Kings hand writing in all my life neither know I that there was a French Agent nor what he was till I mett him in my gallery at my lodging unlooked for If I speake not true O Lord let me never enter into thy Kingdome The second suspition was that his Majesty had been informed that I should speake dishonorably and disloyally of my Soveraigne But my accuser was a base french man a runnagate fellow one that hath no dwelling a kinde of a Chymicall fellow one that I knew to be persideous for being by him drawne into the Action of fearing my selfe at Winchester in which I confesse my hand was toucht hee being sworne to secrecie over night revealed it the next Morning But this I speake now what have I to doe with Kings I have nothing to doe with them neither doe I feare them I have onely now to doe with my God in whose presence I stand therefore to tell a lye were it to gaine the Kings favour were vaine Therefore as I hope to be saved at the last judgement day I never spake dishonorably disloyally or dishonestly of his Majesty in all my life And therefore I cannot but thinke it strange that that Frenchman being so base and meane a fellow should be so farr credited as he hath been I have dealt truely as I hope to be saved and I hope I shall be beleeved I confesse I did attempt to escape I cannot excuse it but it was onely to save my life And I doe likewise confesse that I did faigne my selfe to be ill disposed and sick at Salisbury but I hope it was no

conscience But he could not sleepe quietly till he had revealed the truth of it to the Lords and voluntarily of himself written the whole matter to them with his owne hand but yesterday vvhich I vvill read vvith a loud voice though I be not able to speake this sennight after and so pulled my Lord Cobhams letter out of his pocket vvhich vvas in effect thus to the Lords vizt. That Sir Walter had vvritten a letter to him a weeke before to intreat him for Gods sake to signifie unto him by his letter that he had vvronged him in his accusation and told him that the Lords had appointed to meet at Master Atturneys house to consider of his cause and that it vvas better to be constant in deniall than to appeale to the King and that he should take heed of Preachers by my Lord of Essexes example Novv it vvas vvrites my Lord Cobham no time to dissemble and therefore he protested unto their Lordships before God and Angels That the accusation of Sir Walter vvas substantially true And further confessed that Sir Walter had dealt with him since the Queenes death to procure him a pension from Spaine to give intelligence vvhen any thing vvas intended by England against them This letter vvas vvonderfully esteemed by Master Attourney and most effectually applyed vvith many quaint Phrases against Sir Walter vvho ansvvered nothing to those speeches vvhich vvere personall having said before that they vvere used onely to bring him into detestation of the vvorld but spake to this effect Novv it shall appeare that my Lord Cobham is an unworthy base silly simple poore soule Master Atturney said Is my Lord so poore Yea said he in Spirit Would to God you were so quoth Master Atturney Sir Walter proceeded I will tell you the troth It is true I got a poore fellow in the Tower to cast up a letter tyed to an apple for so Cobhams letter was conveyed in at my Lord Cobhams window when the Lievtenant was at supper which I was loath to have spoken of least the Lieutenant should be blamed but all the Lieutenants in the world could not have helpt it wherein I intreated him for Gods sake to do me right and to right the truth unto me because I knew not whither I should be arraigned before him or no and hereupon he writt to me how he had wronged me and herein I did nothing that was dishonest for ought I know but I sent him a letter againe because I heard he should be arraigned first and desired him to publish my innocence at his arraignment But that notwithstanding he writ unto me againe which letter I have now about me being all my hope and I beseech your Lordships to peruse it Master Atturney would not have it read but said My Lord Cecill marre not a good cause My Lord Cecill replyed Master Atturney you are more peremptory then honest you must not come heer to shew me what to do Then Sir Walter desired my Lord Cecil perticularly to read it because he knew my Lord Cobhams hand which at his request my Lord Cecil did The letter was to this purpose That whereas my Lord Cobham did not know whither he or Sir Walter should be first arraigned and because the bloud of Sir Walter and undoing of him his posterity should not be required at his hands at the last day Therefore he did by this letter confesse that he had wronged Sir Walter in his former accusation and that Sir Walter was innocent of any such practises and this was true as he hoped to be saved hereupon Sir Walter desired the Jury to consider what a man this was and what his testimony was yet if it were worth any thing The protestations which he had made to cleare him were more violent then those which he had made against him And the reason that might draw my Lord Cobham to vvrite this last letter in accusation of him were greater then could be alledged to perswade him to write the letter in his excuse here my Lord cheife Justice desired my Lord Cecil and my Lord of Northampton to satisfie the Jury that there was no condition of favour promised to my Lord Cobham for writing this last letter which they both did protest to their knowledge Nay said Sir Walter I dare say your Lordshipps would not offer it But my Lord Cobham received a letter from his wife that there was no way to save his life but to accuse me which was said upon the going together of the Jury Concerning the matter in my Lord Cobhams letter of standing to his deniall and to admit no preachers by the misfortune of my Lord of Essex and his desire of a pension from Spaine I protest to God said Sir Walter they are false like as the rest Saving that this I do confesse That my L. Cobham offered me a pension and I alas my Lords loath to cast him away and being confident that I had disswaded him from those humours did conceale it But that ever I dealt with him for any such pension is most untrue And for the meeting of the Lords at Mr. Atturnies house he heard so he protested by happe by a child of his After all this the Jury went together and staid above halfe an houre and returned with their verdict Guilty Then my Lord cheife Justice asked what he could say why Judgement should not be given upon him Hee said he knew the Court was to give Judgement after their verdict and so was willing my Lord should proceede Then my L. chiefe Justice pronounced Judgement against him in this manner viz. Sir Walter Rawleigh you are to be conveied to the place from whence you came and from thence to the place of execution and there to bee hanged till you are halfe dead your members to be out off your bowells to be taken out and cast into the fire before your face you being yet alive your head to bee cut off your quarters to be divided into foure parts to be bestowed in foure severall places and so said my Lord cheife Justice Lord have mercy upon your soule Sir Walter upon this humbly desired that the King might know the proofes against him And that hee did persist in his loyalty notwithstanding the said verdict which he would pray his said Jury might never answer for And further said the death of him and my Lord Cobham should witnesse betweene them Only he craved pardon for concealing my Lord Cobhams offer to him And humbly besought the King to have compassion on him hee was a poore gentleman and had a poore wife and a poore child raw and unbrought up he had much forgotten his duty in concealing my Lord Cobhams fault So Judgement being given as aforesaid and he having talked a while with the Lords in private went back with the Sheriffe to the prison with admirable erection yet in such sort as a condemned man should doe The proceedings against Sir Walter Rawleigh Knight At the Kings Bench Barre in