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A69768	Excellent contemplations, divine and moral written by the magnanimous and truly loyal Arthur Lord Capel, Baron of Hadham ; together with some account of his life, and his letters to several persons whilst he was prisoner in the tower ... likewise his affectionate letters to his lady, the day before his death ... March 9, 1648, with his pious advice to his son the late Earl of Essex.	Capel of Hadham, Arthur Capel, Baron, 1610?-1649.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649. His speech on the Scaffold, March 9, 1649.	1683 (1683)	Wing C469; ESTC R4075	81,286	218

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Admirable Deliverances from imminent Dangers and Deplorable Distresses at Sea and Land Lastly Divine Goodness to Penitents with the Dying Thoughts of several famous Men concerning a future state after this Life Imbellished with divers Pictures Price One Shilling VII HIstorical Remarks and Observations of the Ancient and Present state of London and Westminster shewing the Foundations Walls Gates Towers Bridges Churches Rivers Wards Halls Companies Government Courts Hospitals Schools Inns of Court Charters Franchises and Priviledges thereof with an account of the most remarkable Accidents as to Wars Fires Plagues and other Occurrences for above Nine hundred years past in and about these Cities and among other particulars the Rebellion of Wat Tylor who was slain by the Lord Mayor in Smithfield and the Speech of Jack Straw at his Execution The Murder of King Hen. 6. and likewise of Edw. 5. and his Brother by Richard 3. called Crook-back The Insurrection in London in King Henry 8. time and how 411 Men and Women went through the City in their shifts and Ropes about their Necks to Westiminster-Halt where they were pardoned by the King with several other Remarks to this Year 1681. and a description of the manner of the Tryal of the late Lord Strafford in Westminster-Hall Illustrated with Pictures with the Arms of the 65 Companies of London and the time of their Incorporating Prince One Shilling VIII THe Fourth Edition of the Wars in Engand Scotland and Ireland being near a third part enlarged with very considerable Additions containing an Impartial Account of all the Battles Sieges and other Remarkable Transactions Revolutions and Accidents which have happened from the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First 1625. to His Majesties Happy Restauration 1660. And among other particulars the Debates and Proceedings in the Four first Parliaments of King Charles 1. The Murder of the Duke of Buckingham by Felton The Tumults at Edenburgh in Scotland The Insurrection of the Apprentices and Seamen and their assaulting of A. B. Lauds House at Lambeth Remarks on the Life of the E. of Strafford and his last Speech The Death of Arch-Bishop Laud Duke Hamilton Lord Capel Mr. Love Dr. Hewet and others The illegal Tryal of King Charles ●●at large with his last Speech at his Suffering And the most considerable matters which happened till 1660. with Pictures of several remarkable Accidents Price One Shilling IX THE Young Mans Calling or the whole Duty of Youth in a serious and compassionate Address to all young Persons to remember their Creator in the days of their Youth Together with Remarks upon the Lives of several excellent Young Persons of both Sexes as well ancient as modern who have been famous for Virtue and Piety in their Generations namely on the Lives of Isaac and Joseph in their youth On the Martyrdom of seven Sons and their Mother and of Romanus a young Nobleman with the invincible courage of a Child of seven years old who was martyred On the Martyrdom of divers holy Virgins and Martyrs On the Life of that blessed Prince King Edw. 6. with his ingenious Letter to his Godfather A. 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A Guide to Eternal Glory or brief Directons to all Christians how to attain Everlasting Salvation to which is added A Dialogue between a Divine and a Beggar Questions for dayly self-Examination Spiritual Hymns upon the Blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper Beams of the Spirit or Cordial Meditations enlivening and enlightning the Soul recommended by Joseph Caryl Price Six Pence All Ten sold by Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside 1683. FINIS * Observing the Writers * Looking towards M. Bolton * Pointing to the Bl 〈…〉 k.

EXCELLENT Contemplations Divine and Moral Written by the Magnanimous and truly Loyal Arthur Lord Capel Baron of Hadham Together with some Account of his Life and his Letters to several Persons whilst he was Prisoner in the Tower vigorously asserting the Royal Cause against all the Enemies thereof Likewise his Affectionate Letters to his Lady the Day before his Death and his Couragious Behaviour and last Speech at his Suffering March 9. 1648. With his Pious Advice to his Son the late Earl of ESSEX LONDON Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside 1683. Some Account of the Life of the Pious and Virtuous Arthur Lord Capel Baron of Hadham THis Honourable Person ought to be eternized for his Endeavours Constancy and Perseverance in the Royal Cause first to the parting with his vast Estate being sequestred for his Loyalty and afterward with his life so that he may be rightly termed The Flower of English Fidelity and his name ought to be ever honourably mentioned according to that of the Psalmist Psalm 112. 6. The Righteous shall be had in Everlasting Remembrance He was Son and Heir to Sir Arthur Capel of Hadham Hall in Hertfordshire a Gentleman of a great Estate one who followed the Old Mode of our Nation kept a bountiful house and shewed forth his Faith by his works extending his charity in such abundant manner to the poor that he was bread to the hungry drink to the thirsty eyes to the blind and legs to the lame and might be justly stiled Great Almoner to the King of Kings Concerning the humility of this worthy Knight though it be too sudden a diversion I shall presume to insert a story which I have heard delivered by some well acquainted with his Worship that he being one time at his Gate all alone in a plain but decent habit a Serving-man who had plumed himself with his Masters cast Feathers came riding to him asked him if Sir Arthur Capel were within Sir replied the knight he was there not long ago and if you please to walk in you may hear further of his Servants Old Father said the Serving-man here take my horse and walk him and therewithal gave him a small peice of Silver it being the first money he ever received in that kind Sir Arthur agreed to the motion and with a smile received from him a single penny took his horse and walkt him whilst the finical spruce Serving-man strutted with convenient boldness into the house But being informed by the Servants that their Master was at the Gate he replying that he was not there one of them to justify himself went with him to the Gate to see where they found Sir Arthur very industrious in his Imployment the Serving-man very much ashamed of his mistake craved pardon and with humble obeisance with his hat in his hand with many cringes would have received the horse from the knight Nay stay says Sir Arthur you paid me my hire get up as soon as you will for I am resolved to see you on Horse-back Then the old Knight putting his hand into his purse gave him half a piece which he said was for taking so much care of his Masters Horse being purposely thus liberal to incourage his own Servants to imitate his careful example But to return to his son he was very well educated attaining to some perfection in learning his Father dying as he inherited his Estate so he did his virtues The Privacy of this noble Lord before the war was passed with as much popularity in the Country as his more publick appearance in it was with valour and Fidelity in the Field In our too happy time of peace none was more Pious Charitable and Munificent In our unhappy differences none more resolved Loyal and active The People loved him so well that they chose him one of their Representatives and the King esteemed him so much that he made him one of his Peers in Parliament the King and People agreeing in this one thing to have a just kindness for the Lord Capel He was one of those excellent Gentlemen whose gravity and discretion the King said He hoped would allay and fix the faction to a due Temperament guiding some mens well meaning zeal by such rules of Moderation as are best both to preserve and restore the health of all States and kingdoms keeping to the dictates of his Conscience rather than yielding to the importunities of the People to what was just rather than what was safe save only in the Earl of Straffords case wherein he yielded to the publick necessity with his Royal Master but repented with him too sealing his Contrition for that miscarriage with his blood when he was more troubled for his forced consent to that brave Persons death than for losing his own life he ventured through the first war and by his Ingagement in the second for after the surender of Oxford he retired to his own house but could not rest there until the King was brought home to his which all England endeavouring as one man my Lord adventured himself at Colchester to Extremity yeilding himself upon Condition of Quarter which he urged by the Law of Arms that Law that governeth the World Yet as he said against the Law of God man for keeping the first Commandment he was sacrificed on a Scaffold at Westminster with a courage that became a clear Conscience and a resolution befitting a good Christian expressing that same Judicious Piety at his death which he did in this Incomparable Book of his Meditations in his life A Piety that as it appeared by his dismission of his Chaplains and the formalities of that times Devotions before he came to the Scaffold was rather his inward frame and habit than outward Ostentation or Pomp from the Noble sentiment whereof the Poet not unhappily alluding to his Arms A Lyon Rampant in Field Gules between two Crosses thus expresseth it Our Lyon-like Capel undaunted stood Beset with Crosses in a Field of Blood As one that affrighted death rather than affrighted by it It being very observable That a learned Dr. of Physick present at the opening and Embalming of this Lord and the Duke Hamilton delivered at a publick Lecture That the Lord Capels was the least heart and the Dukes the greatest that ever he saw Agreeable to that Observation in Philosophy That the Spirits contracted within the least compass are the cause of the greatest courage Two things are considerable in this Incomparable Person 1. His uninterrupted Loyalty keeping pace with his life 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 last breath was spent in proclaiming K. Charles the second in the very face of his Enemies as known to him to be Virtuous Noble Gentle Just and a great Prince 2 His Great merit and modesty whereof King Charles the first writes thus to her Majesty the Queen There is one that doth not yet pretend who deserves as well as any I mean Capel Therefore I desire thy assistance to find out

something for him before he ask He was a Religious man who used to say that when he had kept the Sabbath well he found the greater blessing upon all he did afterward He was as good in all his private Relations as in his several publick Capacities especially in that of a husband of which State he saith that it doubled his joys divided his grief and created new and unthought of Contentment A Sober man who loved not to hear a man talk of things irrationally He used Recreations only for refreshing his Body and mind He made his Servants and Dependants almost as familiar as his friends none was more strict in the Discipline of his Family nor more obliging in the sweetness of his converse He said he observed that the disobedience of man to us was no other then the punishment of our disobedience to God He was the meekest man living that had the Art as well as the grace by yielding to pacify wrath He was a discreet Person who would not suffer the Infelicity of one of his affairs to distemper him so as to lose all Consideration to guide him in the rest always retaining the decency of his own natural evenness saying That he was a wise man that was able to make wise men his Instruments He was a good Father that to procure a Blessing in the Education of his Children dayly offered up Prayers for them He was a good Christian that set apart half an hour every day for his retirement to think of Eternity He was a Nobleman that resolved to be happy in two things A moderate using of the present and an indifferent expectation of what is to come He had a good expression and elegant stile as his own Letters here inserted do be s ● delineate In those great differences betwixt the King and Parliament he constantly and faithfully adhered to his Majesty contributing very much to his aid both in Purse and Person and declaring openly in the House of Lords That the Kings Majesty had granted so much for the security and Peace of the Kingdom that they who asked more intended the disturbance of it He followed His Majesty to York and with other Lords attested the Integrity of his Majesties Proceedings there in order to Peace and promising to asist him with his life and Fortunes against all other pretended Authority in case it came to a War notwithstanding he had a Summons from Westminster to which he and others made a civil return And likewise an Impeachment of High Treason for going from Westminster to York at the Kings command whereof he took no notice setling his Estate in Sir Edward Capel and other Trustees who I find compounded for 4706l 7s 11d He advanced to his Majesty between eight and nine hundred Horse and Twelve Thousand pound in money and Plate and if he had had the happiness of being imployed in his own Countrey the fatal Error of that time as he was in the borders of Wales we had heard more of him However we find him subscribing the Declaration of the Parliament at Oxford in 1643. and the Messages of Peace from the Army in the Field attending his present Majesty to Cornwal where he was hurt in two or three several Ingagements once ventring himself very far to save the Foot In 1644. he was nominated one of the Commissioners for his Majesty to manage the Treaty at Uxbridge corresponding with the Members at Westm in order to an Accommodation with great caution against their subtle design who would divide the Princes Interest and his Fathers writing a Letter in December 1645 in answer to that of Sir Tho. Fairfax to the Prince signifying the Princes desires of Peace but that he would not quit his Piety and Loyalty to the King In March 1645. The Prince the Lord Capel and others put to sea in three Ships from Pendennis Castle In April 1646. The Prince sent a Trumpet with an Answer to the Parliaments incitation of him desiring a pass for the Lord Capel to go to the King to make him some overtures from the Prince and that the Lord Primate of Armagh might come to him In September following the Estates of the Lord Capel Lord Cottington Marquess of Winchester Earl of Worcester and Sir Charles Smith were by the Members at Westminster voted to be sold to raise money for Ireland In 1648. when the King was secured in the Isle of Wight some hopes being given of his Restoration to his former Dignity by the coming in of Duke Hamiliton from Scotland with a potent Army as also of Langhorns Powels and Poyers declaring themselves for his Majesty together with the rising of the Counties in several places to the same purpose the Lord Capel with a selected number of his Friends Associats and servants joined himself with the Lord Goring Sr. Charles Lucas and others who with a great Party were up in Arms in Essex and having valiantly defended Colchester for the space of three months against a potent enemy flusht with success were at length for want of Provisions having eaten all the Horses Dogs Cats and whatsoever was most reluctant to Nature were forced to yield both it and themselves the Superiour Officers to mercy the common Souldiers with the loss of their flying Garments In this Siege the Lord Capel wonderfully encouraged the Souldiers by his own Example going with an H●lbert on his shoulder to the Watch keeping Guard in his turn paying six pence or twelve pence a shot for all the Enemies Bullets the Souldiers could pick up charging the first day of the Siege at Headgate where the Enemy was most pressing with a Pike till the Gate could be shut which at last was but pinned with his Cane By the Articles of Agreement with the General Fairfax the Royalists could not but imagine but that they had ascertained their Lives yet Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisk were shot to death which to all discerning men must seem strange and unusual The Lord Capel Lord Goring and others were sent to the Tower and taking notice soon after of an Order of the House of Commons for Impeaching them of High Treason they sent Letters to inform them that Quarter was given them by the General who had writ to the House to that purpose whereupon the General explained himself That the Quarter given did not extend to any other but the Military Power and that they were notwithstanding liable to Tryal and Judgment by the Civil Power But of this Learning and mischievous distinction I hope none of this Nation will ever have use hereafter After this a pretended High Court of Justice was erected where the Lord Capel among others was brought but he never minded nor looked upon the Court but cast an austere look upon the People on all sides pleading That he was a Prisoner to the Lord General and had Conditions given him and his life promised him that if all the Magistrates in Christendom were combined together they could not call

Goodness in the Conservation of Human Communion and Society that the conscientious Sufferers for it may expect a Crown of Martyrdom by it That this Government is a Monarchy and His Majesty the Right and Lawful King hath not a colourable Objection to gain-say it Read the Act of Recognition 1 Jac. calmly done by the whole Parliament and unanimously pursued by the whole Nation at a Season and Opportunity that might have encouraged Pretences if any could have been found How happens it that the Lawfulness of Regal Rule is questioned Search the Scriptures God it is that owns their Charter He it is that gave it them Per me Reges regnant Prov. 8. 15. not Per nos 'T is no Plurality they hold by Where Solomon speaks in the Person of the Eternal Wisdom thereby to advertise us of no doubt greater Reverence and Circumspection God himself appoints Moses the first Prince of the Politick State of the Jews after him Joshua c. Is it the Title and Hereditary Succession of Kings you look for See then God himself chuseth Saul afterwards guides the Lot lastly follows the Publication and Acknowledgment of the People Afterward God rejects that Dynasty and by especial Command fixeth David whom by like Appointment Solomon succeeds And from him continued that Family in the Rule in the Eldest Son of that Family Yet is the Person so sacred so delicate that no violent Hand must come near to approach it Wherein are the Scriptures more plain and express than in this Particular Touch not mine Anointed David before he was a King and persecuted by a King Who can saith he stretch forth his Hand against the Lord 's Anointed and be guiltless 1 Sam. 24. 5 6. Multitude of Texts there are that both justifie the Dignity and enjoyn Reverence to the Person And conformably it hath been the avowed Doctrine and Practise of the Church in all Ages even under Heathen Princes 'T is an Argument too copious for a Paper to contain the Reasons and Instances for it rather indeed is it too manifest to be disputed Hath not God coupled the Fear due to Himself with the Duty of Reverence toward the King Prov. 24. 21 22. My Son Fear thou the Lord and the King in conjunction meddle not with them that are given to Change Mix not with such Machinators for a like end shall be to the Offendors against both Destruction Sir My Conclusion shall be very plain because you may thereby be the better assured of my sincerity in all the rest The antient Constitutions and present Laws of this Kingdom are my Inheritance and Birth-right If any shall think to impose upon me that which is worse than Death which is the profane and dastardly parting from these Laws I will chuse the less Evil which is Death I have also a Right in Kingship that Protector of those Laws This is also by a Necessity and Conjunction with that other dearer to me than Life And lastly in This King is my present Right and also Obligations of inestimable Favours received from him I would to God my Life could be a Sacrifice to preserve His. Could you make it an Expedient to serve That End truly I would pay you more Thanks for it than you will allow your self for all your other Merits from those you have most obliged and dye Your most Affectionate Friend Post-script SIR I Add this Post-script When with the most unheard of and highest Violation of all Laws Human and Divine of Morality and Sanctity both upon the Person of the King and Municipal Laws of the Kingdom so execrable an Act is perpetrated let the profit of it to the Actors be summed up it amounts to nothing more than this That a King is escaped out of their present Possession But the succeeding King obliged by all the Tyes of Religion Nature Duty and Honour encouraged with all the Irritations of this Nation Scotland and Ireland fortified by the Interests of all Christian Princes and States to animate and aid him for his Revenge upon the Actors I am not guilty of so implacable and inveterate Malice as to wish that the Contrivers of this Villany might pursue a Counsel that shall draw such sharp Revenges and infallible Destruction upon themselves But truly I think that those who have been or are their veriest Friends and who have any Light of Vnderstanding or Motions of Conscience will never forgive them so outragious a Folly Madness and Wickedness I must confess the present Proceedings torment me with terrible Apprehensions But truly I cannot make my self believe that God will permit the Devil to draw Christian Protestant Professors unto the Consummation of so detestable and impious a Fait God of his infinite Mercy prevent it Enclosed in a Letter thus SIR THis short Letter hath no other Errand but to excuse that longer which is inclosed I pray read it over though it comes from a Person that is not proper to apply himself to You and using an Instrument a Pen not suitable to my Genius But believe it 't is the extremity of this present Occasion extorts it from me God guide you and recal you if you are engaged in this horrid Proceeding I rest Tower Jan. 15. 1648. SIR Your humble Servant A Letter written to his Lady the Day before his Suffering My dearest Life MY greatest Care in relation to the World is for thy dear self But I beseech thee that as thou hast never refused my Advice hitherto do thou now consummate all in this One. And indeed it is so important both for Thee Me and all our Children that I presume Passion shall not over-rule thy Reason nor my Request I beseech Thee again and again moderate thy Apprehension and sorrows for me and preserve thy self to the Benefit of our dear Children whom God out of his love to us in Christ Jesus hath given us And our dear Mall in the Case she is in and our Comforts in that Family depend entirely upon thy preservation I pray remember that the Occasion of my Death will give Thee more cause to celebrate my Memory with praise rather than to consider it with sadness God hath commanded my Obedience to the Fifth Commandment and for acting that Duty I am condemned God multiply all comforts to Thee I shall leave Thee my dear Children In them I live with Thee and leave Thee to the protection of a most gracious God And I rest Thy c. Another written the same Day he suffered My dearest Life MY Eternal Life is in Christ Jesus My Worldly Considerations in the highest Degree Thou hast deserved Let me live long here in thy dear Memory to the Comfort of my Family our dear Children whom God out of Mercy in Christ hath bestowed upon us I beseech Thee take care of thy Health Sorrow not unsoberly unusually God be unto Thee better than an Husband and to my Children better than a Father I am sure He is able to be so I am confident He is graciously

night of trouble a night of darkness though I come trembling and staggering in this night yet I shall be sure to find comfort and fixedness in him And the Lord of Heaven be the strength stay and support of Your soul and the Lord furnish you with all those Graces which may carry You into the bosom of the Lord Jesus that when You expire this Life You may be able to expire it into him in whom You may begin to live to all Eternity and that is my humble prayer Holland M. Bolton God hath given me long time in this World he hath carryed me through many great Accidents of Fortune he hath at last brought me down into a condition where I find my self brought to an end for a disaffection to this State to this Parliament that as I said before I did believe no body in the world more unlikely to have expected to suffer for that cause I look upon it as a great judgment of God for my sins And truly Sir since that the Death is violent I am the less troubled with it because of those violent deaths that I have seen before principally my Saviour that hath shewed us the way how and in what manner he hath done it and for what cause I am the more comforted I am the more rejoyced It is not long since the King my Master passed in the same manner and truly I hope that his purposes and intentions were such as a man may not be ashamed not only to follow him in the way that was taken with him but likewise not ashamed of his purposes if God had given him Life I have often disputed with him concerning many things of this kind and I conceive his sufferings and his better knowledge and better understanding if God had spared him Life might have made him a Prince very happy towards himself and very happy towards this Kingdom I have seen and known that those blessed Souls in Heaven have passed thither by the gate of sorrow and many by the gate of violence and since it is Gods pleasure to dispose me this way I submit my Soul to him with all comfort and with all hope that he hath made this my end and this my conclusion that though I be low in death yet nevertheless this lowness shall raise me to the highest glory for ever Truly I have not said much in publick to the people concerning the particular Actions that I conceive I have done by my Counsels in this Kingdom I conceive they are well known it were something of vanity methinks to take notice of them here I 'le rather die with them with the comfort of them in my own bosom and that I never intended in this action or any action that ever I did in my Life either Malice or Bloodshed or prejudice to any Creature that lives For that which concerns my Religion I made my profession before of it how I was bred and in what manner I was bred in a Family that was looked upon to be no little notorious in opposition to some Liberties they have conceived then to be taken and truly there was some mark upon me as if I had some taint of it even throughout my whole way that I have taken every body knows what my Affections have been to many that have suffered to many that have been in troubles in this Kingdom I endeavoured to relieve them I endeavoured to oblige them I thought I was tyed so by my Conscience I thought it by my Charity and truly very much by my Breeding God hath now brought me to the last instant of my time all that I can say and all that I can adhere unto is this That as I am a great sinner so I have a great Saviour that as he hath given me here a Fortune to come publickly in a shew of shame in the way of this Suffering truly I understand it not to be so I understand it to be a Glory a Glory when I consider who hath gone before me and a Glory when I consider I had no end in it but what I conceive to be the service of God the King and the Kingdom and therefore my Heart is not charged much with any thing in that particular since I conceive God will accept of the intention whatsoever the action seems to be I am going to dye and the Lord receive my Soul I have no relyance but upon Christ for my self I do acknowledge that I am the unworthiest of sinners my Life hath been a vanity and a continued sin and God may justly bring me to this end for the sins I have committed against him and were there nothing else but the iniquities that I have committed in the way of my Life I look upon this as a great Justice of God to bring me to this Suffering and to bring me to this Punishment And those Hands that have been most active in it if any such there hath been I pray God forgive them I pray God that there may not be many such Trophies of their Victories but that this may be as I said before the last Shew that this People shall see of the Blood of Persons of Condition of Persons of Honour I might say something of the Way of our Tryal which certainly hath been as extraordinary as any thing I think hath ever been seen in this Kingdom but because that I would not seem as if I made some complaint I will not so much as mention it because no body shall believe I repine at their Actions that I repine at my Fortune it is the Will of God it is the hand of God under whom I fall I take it entirely from him I submit my self to him I shall desire to roul my self into the Arms of my Blessed Saviour and when I come to this place when I bow down my self there I hope God will raise me up and when I bid farewel as I must now to Hope and to Faith that Love will abide I know nothing to accompany the Soul out of this World but Love and I hope that Love will bring me to the Fountain of Glory in Heaven through the Arms Mediation and the Mercy of my Saviour Jesus Christ in whom I believe O Lord help my Unbelief Hodges The Lord make over unto You the Righteousness of his own Son it is that Treasury that he hath bestowed upon You and the Lord shew You the Light of his Countenance and fill You full with his joy and kindness O my dear Lord the Lord of Heaven and Earth be with You and the Lord of Heaven and Earth bring You to that Safety Holland I shall make as much hast as I can to come that Glory and the Lord of Heaven and Earth take my soul I look upon my self entirely in Him and hope to find Mercy through Him I expect it and through that Fountain that is opened for Sin and for Uncleanness my Soul must receive it for did I rest in any thing else I

come upon the Scaffold the Lord Capelsaid O Friend prethee come hither Then the Executioner kneeling down the Lord Capel said I forgive thee from my Soul and not only forgive thee but I shall pray to God to give all Grace for a better Life There is Five Pounds for thee and truly for my Cloaths and those things if there be any thing due to you for it you shall be fully recompensed But I desire my Body may not be stripped here and no Body to take notice of my Body but my own Servants Look you Friend this I shall desire of you That when I lie down you would give me a time for a particular short Prayer Lieut. Coll. Beecher Make your own Sign my Lord. Capel Stay a little which side do you stand upon speaking to the Executioner Stay I think I should lay my Hands forward that way pointing fore-right and Answer being made Yes he stood still a little while and then said God Almighty bless all this People God Almighty stench this Blood God Almighty stench stench stench this Issue of Blood This will not do the business God Almighty find out another way to do it And then turning to one of his Servants said Baldwin I cannot see any thing that belongs to my Wife but I must desire thee and beseech her to rest wholly upon Jesus Christ to be contented and fully satisfied And then speaking to his Servants he said God keep you and Gentlemen let me now do a Business quickly privately and pray let me have your Prayers at the moment of Death That God would receive my Soul Lieut. Coll. Beecher I wish it Capel Pray at the moment of striking joyn your Prayers but make no noise turning to his Servants it is inconvenient at this time Servant My Lord put on your Cap. Capel Should I what will that do me good Stay a little it is well as it is now As he was putting up his Hair And then turning to the Executioner he said Honest Man I have forgiven thee therefore strike boldly from my Soul I do it Then a Gentleman speaking to him he said Nay prethee be contented be quiet good Mr. be quiet Then turning to the Executioner he said Well you are ready when I am ready are you not And then stretching out his Hands he said Then pray stand off Gentlemen Then going to the Front of the Scaffold he said to the People Gentlemen though I doubt not of it yet I think it convenient to ask it of you That you would all joyn in Prayers with me ThatGod would mercifully receive my Soul and that for his alone Mercies in Christ Jesus God Almighty keep you all Executioner My Lord shall put up your Hair Capel I I prethee do And then as he stood lifting up his Hands and Eyes he said O God I do with a perfect and a willing Heart submit to thy Will O God I do most willingly humble my self And then kneeling down said I will try first how I can lie And laying his Head over the Block said Am I well now Executioner Yes And then as he lay with both his Hands stretched out he said to the Executioner Here lie both my Hands out when I lift up my Hands thus lifting up his Right Hand then you may strike And then after he had said a short Prayer he lifted up his Right Hand and the Executioner at one Blow severed his Head from his Body which was taken up by his Servants and put with his Body into a Coffin These following Epitaphs were written upon the Suffering of this Couragious and Noble LORD HEre Virtue Valour Charity and all Those rare Endowments we Celestial call Included are Nor wonder at the Story Capel lies here Loyalty's chiefest Glory Another DIsturb me not my Soul is mounting high To Pyramide great Capel's Memory I 'le range my Thoughts it is a World that shall be rul'd by Capel's Eccho hallow all Ye Sacred Muses and conspire to bring Materials for this Work and learn to sing For should you weep your Eyes might undertake To drown the World which I intend to make Forbear your Tears are useless you must now Gaze upon Earth with an undaunted Brow Capel hath taught us how to entertain The Pallid Looks of Fate by him we gain The Art of Dying and from him we have The Definition of a Deathless Grave Rare Soul I say thy ever Active Fame Shall build a World unto thy pregnant Name And every Letter of thy Stem shall raise A spacious Kingdom where thy ample Praise Shall be recorded Every list'ning Ear Shall prove Ambitious be intranc'd to hear 'T will be a Glory when the World shall say 'T was bravely done His Sovereign led the way And he as Valiant Souldiers ought to do March't boldly after and was always true To Sacred Majesty His Hero'd Breath Disdain'd to fear he rather courted Death Death added Life unto his Thoughts for he Contemn'd a Death he bought with Victory The very Birds shall learn to prate and sing How Capel suffered for his Royal King FINIS There are Lately Published Ten very useful pleasant and necessary Books all fold by Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry near Cheapside I. TWO Journies to Jerusalem containing first A strange and True Account of the Travels of two English Pilgrims some years since and what Admirable Accidents befel them in their Journey to Jerusalem Grand Cairo Alexandria c. With the wonderful manner of hatching many Thousand Chickens at once in Ovens Secondly The Travels of Fourteen Englishmen in 1669 from Scandaroon to Tripoly Joppa Ramah Jerusalem Bethlehem Jericho the River Jordan the Lake of Sodom and Gomorrah and back again to Aleppo By T. B. With the rare Antiquities Monuments and memorable places and things mentioned in the Holy Scripture and an exact description of the Old and New Jerusalem to which is added a Relation of the great Council of the Jews Assembled in the Plains of Ajayday in Hungaria 1650. to examine the Scriptures concerning Christ By S. B. an Englishman there present With the notorious Delusion of the Jews by a Counterfeit Messiah or false Christ at Smyrna in 1666. and the Event thereof Lastly the fatal and final Extirpation and Destruction of the Jews throughout the Kingdom of Persia whereby many Thousands of all Qualities and Ages were cut off in 1666. and the Remarkable occasion thereof Beautified with Pictures Price One Shilling II. UNparrallel'd Varieties Or the Marchless Actions and Passions of Mankind Dispeyald in near four hundred notable instances and examples Discovering the transcendent effects 1. Of Love Friendship and Gratitude 2. Of Magnanimity Courage and Fidelity 3. Of Chastity Temperance and Humility And on the contrary the Tremendous Consequences 4. Of Hatred Revenge and Ingratitude 5. Of Cowardice Barbarity and Treachery 6. Of unchastity Intemperance and Ambition Imbellished with Proper Figures Price One Shilling III. SUrprising Miracles of Nature and Art in two parts containing 1. The