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A45670	The last words of a dying penitent being an exact account of the passages, proceedings, and reasons on which was grounded the first suspicion of his being concerned in the bloody, inhumane murder of Dr. Clinch, on the 4th of January 1691, between the hours of nine and eleven, with a brief observation on what was sworn by most of the witnesses against him, for which he was executed on the 15th on April 1692 ... / written with his own hand after condemnation, Hen. Harrison.	Harrison, Henry, d. 1692.	1692 (1692)	Wing H892; ESTC R3657	20,951	33

some Body else would not let her meddle in such a dangerous Business God forgive her she did my Business and God forgive them that put her upon it As to that Person who swore I said I was but just come out of Kent and had been out of Town a Fortnight or three Weeks God forgive him I leave it to his own Conscience and pray to God that he would reform his Course of Life I do not say this as a Reflection God forbid I should but rather as an Exhortation that if he reads this he may repent himself of the Wrongs done me And as for the Person who swore against me of my being at his Lodgings exactly at 9 a Clock which was the occasion of my unhappy Death being false for it was at 8 which I convinced him of in Prison upon Circumstances God Almighty pardon him and lay it to his Heart that he may truly repent himself and withal let him remember the Bond He knows my meaning I have writ these Remarks upon my Tryal which will be insignificant to Strangers for they will be scarcely understood by any but the Parties concerned who have falsly sworn against me And God in his due time touch their Hearts that they may sincerely repent themselves and I freely forgive them as I hope God in his Infinite Mercy will do me at the last Day Amen I have one thing to add That after my Condemnation the next day a most scandalous Pamphlet came out Entituled An Impartial Account of the Notorious Wicked Life of Captain Harrison One Passage in it I must take Notice of which is this My Rascally Behaviour towards the Duke of Monmouth when he suffered on Tower Hill I thank my God no one could be more sorry than my self for his unhappy end As to the rest of it being so scandalous that all my Friends Gentlemen and Acquaintance know to the contrary But it is hard that for the Lucre of a Penny a Man dares write so many Lies but God forgive them that did it for he would have writ the same upon his own Brother upon the like Occasion I have writ this chiefly for my Relations Friends and Acquaintance who I do not fear but that they will believe me And as for the rest of the World I leave it to them to judge as they please till it shall please God to bring to Light this black Deed of Darkness which he certainly will at his good appointed time Not our Will but his be done And now to conclude The greatest thing that grieves me as to this World is My Relations but let this be their Comfort as well as my Happiness That I am Wronged and that I am Innocent and I do heartily beg of God to forgive those that falsly Swore against me and more particularly that Person who was the first Author of the Suspicion For I do bless the day wherein I was falsly Accused for by that means I was brought to a sight of my former Sins and do acknowledge it is God's Justice and just Judgment for which I give Praise to his Holy Name that I have this time to bewail and repent my self of all my Sins begging Pardon of all those I have any ways wrong'd forgiving heartily every one that has wronged me even those I do most heartily forgive who are the occasion of my Death as I hope God will forgive me and receive me unto his Everlasting Kingdom through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ his only Son my Lord and Saviour Amen Comfortable Sayings in the Holy Scripture on which I rely and put my Confidence and Trust in through Jesus Christ my Saviour At the first opening of the Holy Bible after the lying down upon the Ground in the Condemned Hole after being found Guilty ISAIAH III. ARise shine for the light is come and the Glory of the Lord is risen upon thee for behold the darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people but the Lord shall rise upon thee and his glory shall be seen upon thee for in my wrath I smote thee but in my favour have I had mercy on thee glory to be to thee for this thy comfort O Lord. PSALM LXXI 3. Deliver me O my God out of the hand of the ungodly out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man vers 6 I am become as a monster unto many but my sure trust is in thee vers 9 For my enemies speak agianst me and they that lay wait for my soul take their counsel together saying God hath forsaken him persecute him and take him for there is none to deliver him Vers 10 Go not far from me O God my God haste thee to help me Vers 23 My Lips be fain when I sing unto thee and so will my soul whom thou hast delivered O God I faithfully trust in thee to deliver me and believe thou wilt not forsake me but that thou wilt in this my Trouble make haste to help me MATTHEW XI 28. Come unto me all you that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest O Lord I confess I am heavy loaden with my Sins but I trust in thee that thou wilt ease me and that thou wilt give Rest to my Sick Sinful Soul O cleanse it with the precious Blood of my Saviour MATTHEW XVII 11. For the Son of Man is come to save that which was lost c. O Jesus Christ my Saviour I firmly believe thou wilt save me for I was lost to thee but now am found thanks be to God my Saviour 1 TIMOTH I. 15. This is a true saying and worthy of all men to be received That Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners Glory be to thee O God I heartily believe 〈◊〉 and that thou camest to save Sinners and me the greatest of Sinners Now into thy Hands I commend my Sp●●●t Mr. Harrison's Letter to his Friend Dear Cousin NOw accept of any hearty thanks for all your and your Wife's Services and loving Kindnesses and God Almighty reward you I am now preparing my self for another World and do heartily forgive all my Enemies There were four of my Witnesses that did not appear one Mr. White and his Wife the Maid of the House where I was and one Mrs. Fairlace let not God lay my Blood to their Charge and God forgive all those that swore falsly against me And whether before my Execution or after God is pleased to bring to Light this Murder I am sure he will do it then the World will know my Wrongs In the mean Time I resign my Soul and Body to him who is a just God and by this Means will bring me to himself This Affliction is a great one and more than Human Nature can bear but I trust in him that he will not lay more on me than he will give me the Grace if his Holy Spirit to undergo and indeed I look upon it as a Fatherly Chastisement for whom he loves he chastises For if I had my Deserts he might have taken me in the midst of all my Sins and have rewarded me with the Punishment of the everlasting Prison Hell prepared for all impenitent Sinners but I hope he will give me the Grace of his Holy Spirit to repent my self of all my Sins which I have and do and shall with the Help of him with an Humble Lowly and Obedient Heart and not in the least Cloak or Dissemble them before my Heavenly Father who gave up his only begotten Son to die for Sinners and me the greatest And I hope he will give me his Grace to follow his Example who was falsly Accused Condemned and suffered a shameful Death upon the Cross I being now falsly accused and to suffer a shameful Death at which Time I sincerely and heartily beg of him to support me which I trust in God he will humbly begging Pardon and confessing the Sins I have been guilty of Now one thing I beg of you for Christ his sake That you will take it from me a dying Man without the least Hopes of Pardon here from any Mortal Man That I am Innocent Clear and Free in Thought Word and Deed of this Bloody Barbarous unheard of Murther the which several Times I have protested to you my Innocence and for which I do suffer surely knowing and certainly believing no Salvation can be had from Almighty God the Searcher of Hearts to any one who at the Hour of Death dies with a Lie in his Mouth therefore desire your Prayers for me being really Innocent and all other good Christians Prayers That God Almighty will be pleased to bring to Light this Bloody Deed not when we would have him but at his own appointed Time not our Will but his be done And I beg of you let me see you for I have desired That you and Cosen C and a Divine or two and no Body else may come to me for I will not now Discourse any Persons relating to Worldly Affairs but what may tend for the Salvation of my poor Soul So recommending you to God I rest The most Wronged Man the most Unhappy Man as to this World yet one of the most Happy Men through Christ my Saviour in whom I trust for my Eternal Salvation HEN. HARRISON FINIS

THE LAST WORDS OF A Dying Penitent BEING An Exact Account of the Passages Proceedings and Reasons on which was grounded the first Suspicion of his being concerned in the Bloody inhumane Murder of Dr. Clinch on the 4th of January 1691. between the hours of Nine and Eleven With a Brief Observation on what was Sworn by most of the Witnesses against him For which he was Executed on the 15th of April 1692. The which he leaves to the World to Judg. Trusting as to his Innocency in this and relying on God Almighties Pardon for all his manifold sins in and through the Merits and Mediation of Jesus Christ he hopes to be saved Jesus Christ came into the World to save sinners of whom I am the chief 1 Tim. 1.15 Written with his own Hand after Condemnation HEN. HARRISON Licensed April 16. 1692. London Printed and are to be Sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1692. The People expect a Confession always at the time of any Mans Execution Therefore at that hour when it shall please God to call me to it that I may have nothing more to do than to recommend my Body and Soul to him that gave it I have writ this which has a little taken my thoughts from my Duty to God for which I emplore his Pardon I beg of the Reader to make no Nice Construction of my words but to take the real honest meaning I have writ this merely and only for the satisfaction of my Relations Friends and Acquaintance I have not had time to digest it into Method because Time is precious with me now IN the first place I will give an Account of my first Acquaintance with that Gentlewoman Mrs. Vauwick for whom the World believes I committed this bloody inhumane Murther and for which I now suffer About two years ago I was brought acquainted with her being a Widdow by a Gentlewoman of my Acquaintance and had not been above 2 or 3 times in her Company till I was Arrested for 40 l. at that time I having got a Commission for Cornet in my Lord Danbies Regiment whereupon my Friend came to see me in Prison and with her this Gentlewoman I told them I was undone for I had but just got my Commission and if my Lord should hear of it I should lose it and my Relations would never do any thing for me who were able to furnish me with such a Sum as was fitting for that Post Whereupon this Gentlewoman took pity of that my misfortune and trusting to my Honesty became bound for that Debt by means whereof I had my Liberty But in a Months time the Regiment was quite off and ever since I have been quite out of Employ But after this I several times visited the Gentlewoman and found her very Melancholy I then not knowing any of her Concerns but at last prevail'd with her to tell me the occasion which was to this effect I will but hint just on the heads of those Matters that were her Ruin and my Death I could have writ a whole Volume on this Subject had it not been at this time which is precious to me and ought to be employed in nothing else but in Prayers to Almighty God for the forgiveness of my sins and to prepare me for my latter end but I hope God will forgive me because I write nothing but Truth to the best of my knowledg This Gentlewoman had left her 500 l. to be laid out in a Purchase for her self during Life and afterwards for the use of her Children This money lying for some time dead in Dr. Edisburies hands one of the Masters of Chancery She applied her self to one Mr. Samuel Hartlib to find her out a Purchase for the said money This Hartlib as I was informed was a Man formerly of very good business and Credit but at that time was very poor and needy He brought her acquainted with one Mr. Row and Mr. Edwards who were the sole Actors of a Purchase of Houses in Buckingham-Court tho there were several concerned as Mr. Royor Mr. Royley Mr. Chambers and Mr. Bayley who had Mortgages of the said 2 Houses But in short the purchase was made and Mr. Row got in to be Trustee by the help of his good Friends Mr. Hartlib and Mr. Edwards and was confirmed so by a Decree in Chancery Pray observe that this 500 l. was all this poor Woman had in the World and the Purchase was made for 550 l. for which fifty pounds one of the said two Houses was Mortgaged to the said Mr. Chambers at that very time But pray note that before the Purchase she told Mr. Row that she had taken up 50 l. in Houshold Goods and owed some 15 or 20 l. more and unless she could have an Hundred Pounds more out of her own money to pay off her Debts she would not meddle with it They promised her faithfully that she should have it at the Sealing of the Writings at which time the money was to be paid for the said Purchase But pray now observe Here was the immediate Ruin to the poor Widdow and also had been to her 4 small Children if her Relations had not taken them when they were just a going to the Parish and in the long run is my unhappy End God forgive them At the time of receiving the money her Trustee Mr. Row and Mr. Edwards his Confederate and Mr. Royley and some others being at a Tavern they seemingly quarrelled amongst themselves insomuch that she thought they would have fought but it was about dividing the money which was over and above the real Value of the Purchase and the poor Woman expecting still her Hundred Pounds according to the promise made her she began to examine Mr. Row on whom she relied having put all she had in the World for her self and four Children to live upon into his Trust Where is my Hundred Pounds that I may carry it home and pay my Debts Whereupon Mr. Row said Do you see Madam what Rogues these are they have received the money this Morning Hang them Hang them never trouble your self as I am your Trustee I 'le serve you and indeed he has serv'd her and me too as you will find in the Sequel of this unhappy Paper Says Row Madam I have Fifty Pounds in my Trunk which has not seen day this Seven Years you shall have that to morrow and my Credit can raise you Fifty or an Hundred Pound more in a day or two's time This was about June or July 1690. but on what day I cannot tell because I have not the Writings But from the day of her paying the money she could scarce ever see Mr. Row but when she did he made frivolous Excuses of paying away a great Sum of money and such like but that he was a raising money which she should have this day and the other day but alas his Credit could not raise Five Pounds in the whole World at that time as I was credibly