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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38436	England's second warning-piece, or, Observations on the barbarous attempt to murther Justice Arnold, April the 15th 1680 containing 1. a true relation of the matter of fact, 2. some remarks on the circumstances, 3. a true copy of the pretended speech of Evans the popish priest, executed in Glamorganshire, as it was lately printed by the papists, in revenge of whose prosecution, this assassination is presumed to have been committed : with a comment on the hypocritical speech of that dying traytor.		1680 (1680)	Wing E3049; ESTC R12204	9,924	9

we ought here with thankful hearts to take notice of the signal Series of Gracious Providence that ever since the first Discovery of this Plot whenever it has seemed to be almost stifled and the Evidence most discouraged by the power and policy of the Adversaries then alwayes hath infinite Wisdom brought something to light or infatuated them into some horrid Act which plainly has confirmed the Testimony of the Witnesses and the Wickedness of this bloody Babylonish Faction Thirdly But now As to this Reverend Father Evans to whose revengeful Manes this Worthy Gentleman was to have been sacrific'd He was 't is well known upon a fair Tryal Condemned and Executed for Treason And what a Meek Peaceable Holy Humble Blade he was you may partly guess by his taking upon him to be of the Church-militant with the Title of a Captain living as a Bully and his Mouth perpetually overflowing with Oaths and Curses But especially you may measure his extraordinary Piety by his frequent threatnings to Pistol this very Gentleman as is fully proved upon Oath Yet after all this that you may see how innocent a Lamb this swaggering Bell-weather is represented to have been at his Death I shall take leave to print verbatim one of their Lying Seducing Papers as it was with multitudes of the like stamp printed for or at least openly sold by Turner the Popish Bookseller in Holborn as follows Short Memorandums upon the Deaths of Mr. Philip Evans and Mr. John Lloyd both Priests who were Executed at Cardiff in Glamorganshire the 22th day of July 1679. ABout Nine of the Clock in the Morning the Under-Sheriff Mr. Charles Evans came to the Cellar in the Goal where the Gentlemen were kept and immediately a Smith was sent for to take off their Irons which were so hard set on that the Smith was above an hour in taking off Mr. Evan 's alone which was not done without great pain to him notwithstanding which he never gave the least sign of Impatience or trouble but encouraged the Man to go on with his work without fear of hurting him When they were brought out of the Cellar they desired to walk on Foot to the place of Execution but were refused and put both upon one Cart their Arms Pinnioned all the way Reading in their Books When they Arrived at the place of Execution they followed St. Andrews Example saying Welcome good Cross and falling upon their Knees Kissed the Post of the Gallows and remained Praying there a good while When they had done they asked which was to Die first the Sheriff answered Mr. Evans He Bowing spake these few Words I need not tell you why we are brought here to suffer our Sentence of Condemnation is a sufficient Witness that it was not for a Plot or any other Crime but for being Priests consequently I do die for Religion and Conscience sake I shall not speak much of the goodness of my Cause because I think it will be heedless but it is so good that I would not give the happiness of Dying for it for all the Crowns of the World Sure if a Man ever spakes truth it must be at the Hour of Death therefore I hope no Body will doubt of what I say If I have or had any Enemies in the World which I do not know that ever I had any in my Life I do heartily forgive them for any thing done or said against me and if I have offended any Body I am heartily sorry for it and ask them forgiveness I pray God Bless and Prosper the King I beg the Prayers of all and in particular of the Catholicks here present That done he Kneeled down again with some Friends about him and having said some Prayers he took his leave of them and went up the Ladder upon which he spoke again these words Sure this is the best Pulpit a Man can have to Preach in therefore I cannot forbear to tell you again that I die for God and Religion sake and I think my self so happy that if I had never so many Lives I would willingly give them all for so good a Cause if I could Live it would be but for a little time though I am but young happy am I that can purchase with a short pain an Everlasting Life I do forgive all those that have had any hand in my Death Accusation or Condemnation I ask again forgiveness of every body I give thanks to all those that have been kind to me and to you Mr. Sheriff Adieu Mr. Lloyd tho' for a little time for we shall shortly meet again pray for me all and I shall return it when it pleaseth God that I shall enjoy the Beatifical Vision if any of you that see me die thus willingly for my Religion have any good thought upon it I shall think my self happy then he made a stop and after a little while said with a clear and cheerful voice In manus tuas Domine commendo Spiritum meum And so giving the sign the Executioner turn'd him over and the Ladder being very short it stirr'd with him then Mr. Richard Jones one of the Sheriffs Bailiffs took his Legs from it and turn'd them after his Body all that were present can justify that he never looked better nor more cheerful then he did then All this will be Testifyed if need be by Credible Persons as well Protestants as Catholicks During the time of Mr. Evans's Execution Mr. Lloyd stood by with us much constancy and cheerfulness as any Man could have and before he went up the Ladder he said these words following more distinctly and heartily then ever he did in his Life by the Report of those that have known him these many Years My Fellow-Sufferer has declared the Cause of our death therefore I need not repeat it and besides I never was a good speaker in my Life I shall only say that I die in the true Catholick and Apostolick Faith according to these words in the Creed I Believe the Holy Catholick Church and with those three Virtues Faith Hope and Charity I forgive all those that have offended me and if I have offended any body I am heartily sorry for it and ask them forgiveness I beg the Prayers of all and in particular of the Catholicks here present desiring them to bear their Crosses patiently and to remember that Passage of Holy Scripture Happy are they that suffer Persecution for Justice for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven Then he went up the Ladder and there gave thanks to all those that had been kind to him and in particular to the Sheriff then he made a little stop after which he said Mr. Carne you have been always my Benefactor pray for me now Then he knocked his Breast three times and said in Latine Lord have Mercy upon me a Sinner and Into thy hands Lord I recommend my Spirit So gave the sign and was turned over Some Notes for a Comment on the foregoing Piece of Popish Martyrology 1.

Observe how Industrious this restless Traiterous Party is to keep up their Damnable Cause Not one of their Villanous Priests shall pass the Gallows but he shall have a Speech Forged for him fill'd with the best and most Taking words that can be Invented and this Printed to Proclaim him a Saint as well as a Martyr Though in truth he liv'd a Cheat and a Ruffian and died a Traitor and an Atheist The Priest has done them Knight Service what Swarms of Pamphlets do they daily throw abroad and who almost Endeavours either to Suppress or Answer them when their Compendium of the Tryals came abroad abusing the Kings Evidence in the Grossest manner imaginable and Endeavouring to Poison the People with a Disbelie● of the Plot. Thereby most insolently giving the Lie to his Sacred Majesty and the Wisdom of our Parliaments and Vilifying not only our Courts of Judicature but also two Reverend Fathers of our Church where was then that Doughty Man of the Dead-doing Quill with his Terrible Canon He that boasts That where-ever his Genius tells him that his Pen may be any way useful to the Publick he can no longer forbear Was not here a fair Opportunity to Exercise his Talents to Chastize this Uncircumcised Philistian sure here if ever his Pen might have been useful to Publick yet for all this though in part Provoked by a Reflection in the Preface to the said Compendium yet still he stirred not a Finger who since has been Wretchedly Busy in Scribbling Dialogues and Back-Stroke Complements against Presbyterians and Dr. Oats But alas The Gentleman was then perhaps at his Old Profession of the Merry Crowd or the Studying the Mystery of Monkey-making which he has since so Laudably Practised 2. Note That the subtle Contriver would fain Insinuate Tortures or Harsh Usage by that Foolish Lie That the Smith was above an hour in taking off of Evans 's Irons As if it were unusual to keep Traitors for their safe Custody in Fetters but tell us pray how you use poor Protestants when they have caught them in their Barbarous Inquisition 3. He kissed the Post of the Gallows Is not the Gibbet think you sanctified by this holy Martyr's Kiss we shall have it stollen away shortly and sent to Rome to make Relicks of 4. The dying Father begins his Harangue with a Lie That their Sentence of Condemnation shews that they died for no other Crime but for being Priests for they were Condemned for being Traytors and that most justly for being the Kings natural born Subjects they had gone beyond the Seas in defiance to his Laws and there sworn Allegiance to a Foreign Enemy and again in Contempt of Law were returned and did dayly justifie and by Preaching and Practise maintain the Authority and Jurisdiction of such Foreign Usurpers within his Majesties Dominions which is in effect an Invading of his Kingdoms and Sovereignty and Deposing and Overthrowing of his Crown and Dignity And who can doubt whether doing all this be Treason yet still these Villains make an Outcry that they die for their Religion 5. The truth is we may justly say that not only Popish Priests but every Papist in England that is the King 's Natural born Subject is a Traytor for owning himself to be of the Church of Rome he must hold that the Pope has right to some spiritual Jurisdiction within our Kings Dominions which ●o affirm is to take away part of his Imperial Crown and as 't is against all Truth so by the Laws of this Realm it is Treason Yet this is the Party which boasts so much of their Loyalty when in truth they are every one of them in their Principles Dogmatical Traytors nor will they ever fail to put the same into Act and Practice longer than only whilst they want strength or opportunity 6. He hopes No body will doubt of what he says But the Scripture tells us The Hope of the Hypocrite shall perish We are too well acquainted with their dying Lies to believe them We remember Father Ireland who took it upon his Death that he was never in London between the 5th of August and the 14th of Septemb. which is proved a notorious Lie not only by Mr. Jennison and others but also under his own hand in his Pocket-Book since found 7. He says He does not know that ever he had any Enemies in his Life Sure this Father was the Phenix of the Age Not so much as one Enemy Man and yet a Captain Surely surely he had learned to be an Enemy if not to have one for undoubtedly his threatning treacherously to Pistol Mr. Arnold was no sign of Friendship 8. Whereas he says The Gallows is the best Pulpit that can be had to Preach in I readily agree with him that it is for such Divines as himself For what his Divinity was appears by the next words He is for purchasing Everlasting Life with an Halter his own small pain he reckons a sufficient price for it and so never speaks a word of the merits or satisfaction of Jesus Christ 9. When he desires the people to pray for him he is very Givil in promising to return the Complement and pray for them again when he should have blundered through Purgatory This looks like an ambitious Rogues trick to bespeak beforehand the veneration and prayers of his filly tribe that they may put him in mind of his promise and to the end he forsooth may pray again for them 10. We do not hear one word of an Ave Maria here What had these Fellows forgot their good Lady that used to engrose almost all their Lip-Devotions what should the meaning that neither her help nor any other Saints is invok'd I le tell you we may justly believe this pretty small Speech was hatch'd here by some idle Father in Town and publish'd only to amuse the world and because they thought it would go down better with Protestants and move them more to compassion and better esteem for Popery if they found no such vain Addresses in it therefore they were left out for these subtil Sophisters contrive every thing for the best advantage of their Cause Which yet notwithstanding all their Craft and Diligence their private Stratagems and base Treacheries and barbarous Cruelties God most assuredly will blast and confound all those that are Actors in or Connivers at and Abettors of the traiterous Hellish Design of re-establishing Popery in these Nations And therefore let not Protestants despond but unanimously and chearfully in their several stations by all lawful ways oppose their Machinations nor let any Magistrate be affraid to do his Duty by putting the Laws vigorously in execution against these pernicious Vermin dread not their treacherous Daggers nor their suborn'd Witnesses nor their potent Friends for without the special permission of your God they shall never be able to touch one hair of your Head or suppose they shall be allowed to effect some Bvtchery can any man do more nobly than pro Aris Foris for his Religion and his Countrey and whenever these inhumane Ruffians thus draw their Daggers do they not always stab their own Cause in a vital part Those Magistrates that in this Critical Juncture shall gallantly appear to destroy this Hydra of Popery and to secure the Protestant Religion and the Government from subversion shall be blessed by Heaven and applauded on Earth to succeeding generations but those that shall by Villany or Cowardice go about to betray the Life of their King and our Religion and Properties into the hands of Bloody Papists divine Vengeance shall overtake them and their Names shall be cloathed with everlasting Infamy and the Curse of Slavery shall descend upon their Posterity FINIS