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christian_n	apostle_n	church_n	creed_n	1,331	5	10.2664	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39602	The confession of Edward Fitz-Harys, Esquire written with his own hand, and delivered to Doctor Hawkins minister of the tower, the f[i]rst of July, 1681 ; being the day of his execution ; together with his last speech.	Fitzharris, Edward, 1648?-1681.	1681 (1681)	Wing F1092; ESTC R5611	4,160	7

THE CONFESSION OF Edward Fitz-harys ESQUIRE Written with his Own Hand And delivered to Doctor Hawkins MINISTER OF THE TOWER The First of July 1681. Being the Day of His EXECUTION Together with his Last Speech LONDON Printed for S. Carr. 1681. The Confession of Edward Fitz-Harys Esq I Edward Fitz-Harys having been Indicted of High Treason for endeavouring to dethrone the KING was thereupon found Guilty and Sentence of Death passed upon me I the aforesaid Edward Fitz-Harys do voluntarily and freely without any hopes to save my Life but as a Dying Man and to discharge my Conscience towards God and for the better satisfaction of the World make this Declaration following in the presence of God and unto Doctor Francis Hawkins Chaplain of the Tower of London I do profess and declare my Religion in the general to be that which hath been truly and anciently delivered in the first Four General Councils and in particular my Belief is that true Faith of a Christian briefly contained in those Three Creeds commonly called The Apostles Creed St. Athanasius's and The Nicene Creeds And I die a Member and in the Communion of Christ's Holy Catholick Church hoping for Mercy through the alone Merits of the Passion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I do also confess and declare as to the Crimes which I die for I was no further concerned in the Libel than as employed to give the King notice of what Libels or other Accusations there were against him and to this Intent and no other I endeavoured to get this Libel which at length I did from Mr. Everard all written under his own Hand and carried it to Mrs. Wall by whose means I conveyed all Matters of this or the like nature to the King I told her I had a Business of great consequence to acquaint the King with but she answered me That my Lord Sunderland being out there would be no Money had for Secret Service and advised me to go to the Lord Clarendon or Hyde But before I could do this I was taken As for that part of the Libel which I left with Everard as a Pledge to assure him I would not betray him I received it of the Lord Howard And the Money I received from the King was for bringing a Libel called The King Vnvail'd and the Lady Portsmouths Articles I call God to Witness I never had a Farthing Charity from the King I do further confess and declare That the Lord Howard told me of a Design to seize upon the King's Person and to carry him into the City and there detain him till he had condescended to their Desires Heyns and my self were privy to this Design and had several Meetings with the Lord Howard and as an Encouragement the Lord Howard assured us of breaking the Settlement of Ireland taking of the Additional Revenue of the Bishops Forty nine Men and Grantees whose Estates were to be shar'd amongst the Party I do confess and declare That while I was in Newgate the Sheriffs Bethel and Cornish came to me with a Token from the Lord Howard which I knew to be true and brought Heads with them from Everard wherein he accused me of being a Court Emissary or Yorkist put on by the King to put the Libel into Protestants Houses to trepan them But I declare upon my death I had no such intent nor do I know any such thing The Sheriffs likewise told me I was to be tryed within three or four Days that the People would prosecute me and the Parliament would Impeach me and that nothing would save my life but discovering the Popish Plot and then the Sheriffs aforesaid gave me great Encouragement from my Lord Howard that if I would declare that I believed so much of the Plot as amounted to the introducing the R. C. or if I could find out any that could Criminate the Queen R. H. or make so much as a plausible Story to confirm the Plot that the Parliament would restore me to my Fathers Estate with the Profits thereof since His Majesties Restauration I finding my self in the condition I was in Newgate Fettered Moneyless and Friendless my Wife ready to Lye-in without any subsistence my Children in a miserable condition and must needs be in a worse by my death and I could see no other Refuge for life but complying with them so not with ambitious intent but to save my life I did comply The Sheriffs brought Instructions which they said came from the Lords and Commons who met that day in order to Address to the King in my behalf if I should confirm the Instructions and they made use of the Lord Shaftsbury's Name and others what Advantage I might have thereby At the first I made a formal Story concerning the Plot which was not prejudicial to any body but most relating to general Heads known publickly upon which Mr. Cornish told me These were things cryed about the Streets two Years ago I replyed I could say no more Mr. Sheriff said he was sorry for me with all his heart but thought I could say more if I would and pressed me hard to speak to several Heads unto which unless I spoke he said there was no hopes of life the Heads I was to speak to is what the Examination taken by Sir Robert Clayton and Sir George Treby contains and a great deal more that I did not say then relating to the Queen R. H. Earl of Danby declaring French Pensioners Lords Hallifax Hyde Clarendon Feversham Seymer and others the burning the Fleet Forts and Governments in Popish hands Meal-Tub Plot Prentices Plot the Contrivance of the Libel on the Lady Portsmouth being a French Design to destroy Protestants These and many other Heads were brought me by the Sheriffs I do farther confess and declare That Sir Robert Clayton and Sir George Treby coming to me to examine me Sir Robert Clayton asked me what I could say concerning Godfrey's Murder I answered Something He replied It may be I was in a confusion recollect your self And what I said concerning Father Patrick was forced out of me and what I said concerning him is not true Sir George Treby was with me three hours or thereabouts and pressed to say concerning Godfrey's Death And said Unless I could speak to that Murder I could say nothing Whereupon I said something I had from others He asked me if I could say no more I replied Is not this enough to save my Life Am I not Rogue enough The Recorder hereupon swore Gods wounds What were you ever but a Rogue Then the Recorder entred upon the Heads of the Examination which being done He told me All this would not save my Life unless I would speak to the Libel which was a Court-trick And it was not for nothing that I had been so often seen at the Lady Portsmouth's The Lord Shaftsbury said You know more of these matters than any man Sir George would have me speak to the Consult that the Duke was at it