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The arraignment of the Anabaptists good old cause, vvith the manner and proceedings of the court of iustice against him. Also the names of the jury and witnesses that came in against him, with the sentence of death pronounced by the judge before his execution,.
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1660
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Wing A3752; Thomason E1017_32; ESTC R208078
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Good my Lord I am accused wrongfully I am not the Good Old Cause that they took me to be for My Lord it stands upon me now to speak for my life I beseech you my Lord here me a little Judge What hast thou to say My Lord only two or three words which is this I was summoned 〈◊〉 appear by a Writ near unto Hell where I have sat above 12 years and done righteous things and many Noble Acts worthy to be recorded to all posterity for I went about to make a thorough reformation from the narrow Seas to the Irish Bogs My Lord I put down all Organs in the Churches and break in pieces all the Windows painted with the twelve Apostles or any other Image or Saint in them I plucked down all Crosses that were on Church Steeples and in Market places especially that great Idol the Crosse in Cheapside which caus'd many to bow to it I caused the word Saint to be blotted out of the Weekly Bill of Mortality neither would I have any one to name or call a Street or Church by the name of St. Laurence Lane or St. Lawrence Church or St. Bartholomew Lane or St. Bartholomew Church or St. Thomas or St. Iohn or St. Peter but Laurence Church Laurence Lane Bartholomew Church or Bartholomew Lane or Thomas Church or Iohns Church or Peters and the like because it was superstition and popery my Lord and I ordained Fasting days because of Prophanenesse and Hypocrisie and I ordered feasting dayes of joy for the good things I did and for Victories and would not suffer that Christmas day should be kept no nor Easter or Whitsuntide nor any other Holy-day beside And my Lord I gave commandment that no Milk should be sould between nine of the Clock in the Forenoons and four in the Afternoons on Sundays and that none should bake any Puddings abroad on Sundays or set on their pots or send for Beer or Wine out of Dores or walk and travel abroad and I gave the guifted people both Men and Women to exercise their guifts in Conventickles and places where they would and I gave a toleration in Religion to weak and tender Consciences And for these things and many more my Lord they called me Roundhead yet that did not at all grieve me for I had a just and lawful warr Yea my Lord I put the Land into a posture of defence against the Enemyes of the Church and punished offenders in it and did Justice upon them and would not suffer them to live and I made my Orders and Ordinances make Null all Acts whatsoever had been made by any Tyrant whatsoever heretofore and I countenanced the good and justified their doings and gave to some of them according to their deservings to some I gave 100 l. 200 l. 300 l. or a 1000. for their good service and to some I gave the like Quantities and Sums of mony a year for gratuities and favours some have had 1000. a year some 1500. and 2000. a year and I thought it very well bestowed on them and indeed they deserved it for they ventured their Lives for it My Lord I cut down Woods and made it Arrable Land being most needful and pluckt down old Castles and great Houses which were only Dens for Thieves And at last my Lord I pluck'd down the Gates Posts and Chains of the Enemyes City and that they should not offend us any more because they were a hindrance to the intended work of Reformation Judge I have heard thee a long time with patience but before I pronounce Sentence against thee I remember I heard in the Inditement against thee that thou wast Indited by another name beside the Good Old Cause and that was the Rump what is the reason that thou hast changed thy name The Good Old Cause answers My Lord 't is true my Lord I was called the Rump at the latter end but my Lord when I began the work of Reformation first I began it in Aries which signifies the Horn and it went on as you may remember with great incouragement and resolution and having made such a good progresse in it that it came to such a successeful conclusion and I found such sweetnesse in it that in the end I was called the Rump My Lord I did not change my name because I would run away as 't was reported for although I was absent six years yet I shewed my Face again with chearfulnesse and courage and when I was put to the worse a second and third t me I was not ashamed of my self or my name but I acted vigorously to the life in defiance of all the malâ—cious Adversaries and therefore because my last Actions were the best I thought that name most sutable to me and every one was so taken with the name Rump that they rejoyced exceedingly over it aâ—d clean casheered my former name the Good Old Cause and baptized me by the name of Rump in Fire Water and Salt This is the very truth my Lord that I have told but for those evidences that have witnessed against me that I did such things My Lord I did do it to set forward the work of Reformation and I did very good service to my Country that I acted confidently and upon good grounds therefore good my Lord be good unto me Judge Good Old Cause alias Rump the Evidences against thee are clear and manifest and these excuses are vain for thou hast not performed the trust given thee in charge and unto which thou hast sworn to be true and faithful therefore hear thy Sentence Good Old Cause alias Rump speaks Good my Lord before you give Sentence against me let me speak one word it is this during this sitting my Lord I acted with the most and with the strongest party for when I saw which party got the upper hand I thought it safe to keep my self to that whether it was in voting or by hands My Lord I cryed out for Justice upon delinquents and made them come to composition I forc'd the Cavaleer party 20 Miles off the City when occasion served My Lord I carried as fair an outside as ever did any in the world that none could espie it Therefore good my Lord be good to me and let me have a Psalm of mercy Judge says The Law affords not the benefit of the Clergie to such as thou art therefore whereas thou hast been indited by the name of the Good old Cause alias Rump and hast been found guilty of all the blood spilt since 1640. broak thy oaths of Allegiance committed and maintained Rebellion given out false Commissions framed an unnatural War kill'd thy fellow Subjects spoken evil of Authority art a Regicide and for these and all other thy forenamed Treasons hast been arraigned and hast pleaded not guilty and being put upon the tryal was found guilty and hast no more to say for thy self This is the Law thou shalt be carried back to the place of Execution where thou shalt be hanged up by the heels with thy Rump upward fleed and salted and thy Head downward thy Members and Bowels cut out and thrown into the fire thy Limbs cut off and hung upon the Gates of the City and lastly thy Head shall be cut off and set upon a pole and thou shalt be carried back to the place of Execution upon a Sledge where thou shalt be hanged up by the heels with thy Rump upward fleed and salted then cut off and thrown into the fire thy Members also shall be cut off and burnt with thy Bowels Thy Limbs also shall be cut off one by one and hanged upon a pole at every Gate and lastly as thou hangest thy head shall be cut off set upon 〈◊〉 Bridge Gate of Government the rest of thy Carcasse shall the Fouls and Beasts devour Gaolor take away the Prisoner and see that execution be done upon him After this Sentence the Cryer made an O Yes every man to depart home And so the Court broke up and the Judge ariseth with the Gentlemen and Officers that were present and the Servants went before them with sounding of Trumpets and the People with their loud clamors and shouting and acclamations did heartily rejoyce and gave thanks to the Judge for giving such a just judgement upon the Malefactor FINIS
let them come for he stands upon his deliverance at which words came in Mr. Loyal and witnessed saying My Lord this fellow the Good old Cause came in a very formall way and promised to act good things and seemed to be a very holy man but his heart was full of hypocrisie and deceit My Lord he branded all the true hearted to their Superiours to be Malignants and those that would not give or bring in their mony at his order were called delinquents and ill-affected My Lord he would acknowledge no power above himself he valued the shedding of blood no more then the cutting off a dogs head he maintained Rebellion gave out Commissions to kill and slay justified Hothams actions and yet kild him at last made an excellent protestation a seeming holy Covenant and performed neither jugled with the People that they took him for a God Mr. Bishop can tell you more of him my Lord I am but a Servant what say you Mr. Bishop against the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord he was an utter enemie to us he thrust us out of our places and would not suffer us to sit with him he branded us by the name of Popish Prelates he took away our Means our Livings came dwelt in them himself put us in prison and some of us to death took away Churches liveings and sold them to others yea my Lord he took the very plate out of the Churches and melted it and coyned it into a new stamp her 's Mr. Duke my Lord a very noble person can evidence much more against him then I have done Mr. Church a witnesse Judge speaks Mr. Duke or Lord what can you say to the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord this Fellow called the Good old Cause did plunder me of all my Estate sold our Houses that whereas I had 5000 a year and kept a good house for all commers maintained good Hospitality relieveing the poor and setting whole Towns at work did Homage to my Soveraign when my turn was he took my Estate away bestowed it upon some of his own friends to one he gave a thousand a year to another five hundred a year to another two thousand a year and hath left me nothing for my self but one hundred a year to maintain my self my wife and children in our old age And besides after I was turned out of doors I was glad to compound for what I had and to fly into France to hide my self from being imprisoned and to save my life for he kild as many as he thought good Here 's Mr. Citizen can witness many other things Judge Mr. Citizen what can you say against this Prisoner at the Bar My Lord I can testifie against him that he imposed great Taxes upon us and if we did not pay him as soon as ever he demanded them he either quartered Souldiers upon us or else fetcht away by violence from us ten times the worth of the Tax he required he also hindred the trading amongst us kept us bare of mony and made us pay Excise for Meat and drink and layed insupportable Taxes upon us yea we gave him the meat out of our mouths And my Lord he even out of meer spite stole away the Gates and Chains of the City and made Bonsiers of the Posts And whereas his name was called the Good old Cause before it was afterwards called the Rump I think my Lord because he would not be known for he did hide himself somtimes being ashamed of his doings and then again would wipe his mouth and come to light Mr. Country-man that is here my Lord can give evidence also against him Judge Mr. Country-man what can you say to the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord this Fellow did send Troops of Horses into our Houses and Inns which eat up all our Hay Oats Beans and Peas yea my Lord he suffered his Horses to go into the Medows and Corn Fields to eat it tread it down and spoil it and when we complained against him for such abuses he would do ten times worse take the bread and meat out of our mouths eat up our Bacon kill our Poultry and Geese and Ducks and Lambs and Hogs insomuch that we had not any thing left for to keep us alive and kept us out of our beds that we never had a good nights rest and if we refused presently he would set a Pistol or Sword against our brests and force us to give what they required Mr. King can say much more against him then I have spoken Judge Mr. King what can you say against the Prisoner at the Bar My Lord I can say thus much of him that he is as great an adversary to any of my name as can be yea he is a mortal enemy for he hates their being place name and person he covets their Houses Mannors Lands Jewels Plate Apparrel and what not He endeavours to make them but titular or none he will break the oath of Allegiance he will promise to make them glorious and yet fight against them keeps no fidelity sends out Armies as if it were to bring him home from Councellours but with intention to kill him yet disparageth him of breach of trust intrudes into his Militia takes away his revenews reviles them that adhere to him gave out Commissions to Rebel and to secure all orthodox Ministers and put out of their Benefices and to bring in Anabaptism Independantism Quakerism Ranterism and all manner of prophanenesse and Poperism and all things to confusion Nay my Lord I can say of this Fellow the Good old Cause that he put to death a Gentleman of my name who was the most eminent and famous in the World for Prudence Goodnesse Love Chastity Godly life good Government Piety Religion Iustice and a Defender of the Faith and banisht his dear Wife and Children and would not suffer them to injoy the smallest Cottage he had or allow him the least maintenance that might be yea forbid strangers in other Lands to supply him in his necessity and to relieve his wants My Lord he is the greatest Rebel that ever was heard of all which he did under the Title of doing Reformation Yea my Lord he made Plots himself and then discovered them and we suffer'd for it My Lord we can bring many witnesses more of this ill life and name if it please your Lordship to call for them Judge Here are witnesses enough Jury have you heard what these Gentlemen have evidenced against the Prisoner at the Bar if you have give it in if you be agreed of the Verdict what think you of him is he guilty or not guilty The foreman Mr. Conscience answers in the behalf of the rest guilty my Lord. Then the Judge speaking to the Prisoner said Good Old Cause thou hast heard what all these have witnessed against thee what canst thou say for thy self why Sentence of Death should not be pronounced against thee then the Good Old Cause spake as followeth