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death_n	day_n	die_v	lord_n	7,710	5	3.7986	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23563	The life and end of Thomas Awfeeld a seminary preest and Thomas Webley a dyers seruant in London beeing both traitours who were condemned as fellons for bringing seditious books into this realme and dispersing of the same, among their fauourers: for which they were executed at Tibourne the 6. day of this monthe of Iuly. 1585.		1585 (1585)	STC 997; ESTC S119197	4,319	14

the Church neither would read any book of diuinitie but priuily would say they were nought heriticall and falsely expounded or trāslated But God séeīg his wilfulnes gaue him ouer euen to the lust of his own hart and suffered him to continue in his own blindenes so that at the returne of this Préest after he had béen banished being come into England with those books before mencioned did think this Weblin A méet Instrument for this purpose and made him priuie to the same and got him to b● the distributer of many of them to those whome he knew of that Sodomiticall Sinagoge which in shorte time it pleased God to bring to light wherupon he was secretly sent for and examined and permitted to remaine with his maister going vnder sureties vntill munday the fifth of this July at what time he was sent for to the Sessions house where remaining obstinate in defēce of the same he was condemned to be hāged at Tibourn on the next day following The end and execution of these two before mentioned Vpon the sixt day of this Iuly 15.85 Maister Fidens the vsuall Minister accustomed to repaire to all condemne● prisoners in Newgate came thether in the morning about fiue of the clock to confer with the two prisoners before named and perswaded them to prepare them toward death but they séemed very obstinate saying that they were sufficiently setled thereunto therfore néeded him not and desired him that he would let them alone neuerthelesse he did not neglect his duety towards them but wille● them to beleue Christe Iesus that they might die the seruants of the Lord and they answered him that they which did not beleue as they beléeued were damned to the bottomles pit of hell fire neither could he get any better woordes of them but continued obstinate in their irriligious opinion and betwéen sixe and seauen of the Clocke the Carte was brought to Newgate by the officers which receiued them conuaied them towards Tibourn but Maister Fidens séeing their wilfulnes went on foot after when the prisoners were at the church walle of S. Andrewes in Holborn the minister of the church named M. Eaten came vnto them in Christian charitie perswaded thē to think in what state they then stood how wilfully they had dealt against the Queens maiesties procéedings and how greatly they had incurred her highnes displeasure towards them wishing thē to pray for her maiestie to acknowlege their offence hartely be sory for the same But Awfeeld said you doo not well to trouble vs in these our meditations neuertheles he then séeing them so néere their death and in what state they stood willed that the Cart should be staied and so went vp and conferred with them but the Préeste séemed to stande in the defence of them both saying they were euen as good subiects as any there present but Maister Eaten saide if that bée so wherfore were you condemned Awfeeld answered they say for fellony why said the preacher you knowe whether ye haue trespassed in that sorte ye or no but he answered they neither had offended her maiestie nor any way deserued that Death then he laide open their offe●e● and the Printed Authoritie and shewed how euery Subiect ought to submit himselfe to the Authoritie of the higher powers and repeated the minde of the fathers thereupon but in conclusion what soeuer he did the Préeste séemed to wil the yonger man not to beléeue him wherat the minister said to the Préeste your offence is great in that you are giltie of the bloode of this man meaning the yonger man who was induced by him therunto The Préeste not withstanding said he would take it vpon him if he should suffer torments in 〈◊〉 hells for the same Oh said the Preacher take héed what you doo for look in what sorte you dye in the same sorte shall you come to Iudgement after many reaōs to disproue their grose errours he said if you be so wilful I wil leue you vnto you wil wish you to prepare you to deth for we braw néer the place of execution but he would not any way be aduised by him so came to the place of execution wherafter the Executioner had fastened thē with the Rops about their necks the préest bega● to professe much by sayīg he would shew him selfe a dutifull subiect but it proued to the contrary for al was in the aduaūcement of him selfe and the Pope and in the defence of the book which he offered to instifie and in conclusion although he professed him selfe to be her maiesties subiect and proffered to fight in her maiesties defence against all persons that should inuade the Realme yet he died a Traitour and his fellowe companion also denying her maiestie of her due title concerning the supremesie in the Church of England vn der God whose authoritie she hath and ought of duety to be acknowledged of euery good Subiect refusing to haue any to pray with them but desiring all Catholicks to say one Credo for thē in the midst of their Agony And thus remaining in their obstinate opinion they were soone cut off The Lord of his mercie root out al other such secret lurkers in corners graunt that either they may spéedily be cōuerted or els that they may be brought to receiue their iust rewarde and end their daies in that like or more sharper sorte FINIS