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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 Life and end of Thomas Awfeeld a Seminary Preest and Thomas Webley a Dyers seruant in London béeing 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. Imprinted at London for Thomas Nelson dwelling at the west end of Paules IT is sufficiently known vnto many honorable personages and diuers other of this Realme how this lewd préest Awfield hath of long time liued about London secretly seducing the people to embrace his deuilish doctrine and to win them from their due alleagāce towards God and their Prince and how by frequenting the company of diuers ignorāt and simple people he did win them to be pertakers of his Romish Antechristian Sinagoge And to the end that some parte of his life and religion may plainly appéere to the cōmon people as also that the true cause of his death and his fellow companion may sufficiently be known I haue taken in hand this short discourse chéefly to beat downe the vntrue reports of their fauorers and fellowe Traitours who secretly murmure that their death was only for Conscience take and their Religion being Papists although it shal be euidently séen by the sequel that they died rebellious traitours to God their Prince and Cuntry And yet notwithstanding receiued greater fauour of law then either their offence deserued or thē selues or their fauourers would on the contrary parte haue ministred And that their life procéedings may generally be seen to all good subiects I haue perticulerly and bréefly set downe the trueth of the same as well to satisfie them héerin As also to admonish others how to shun their pestilent doctrine wher within many places they doo great harme the Lord for his mercie sake root them out spéedily Amen ¶ The life and proceedings of Thomas Awfeeld a Seminary Preest being a seditious person THis Awfeeld was borne in the towne of Glocester his Father being a Schoolmaister brought him vp in good Litterature wherin after he had béen sufficiently trained hauing his lattine tung he went beyond the seas and was there reconciled to the Pope and entred into the vowe of préest hood in the Seminary at Rheimes and being there nusseled vp among many the olde Caterpillers of that Church he was sent into England with other Seminaries to insence seduce the people against their Prince and Cuntry and as much as in him lay to perswade them from their due obedience against their naturall and péerelesse Soueraigne yea to lay violent handes vpon her and séek to subuert and displace her highnes whome God long preserue yea and to murdure and make hauock on Christian Princes therby to bring in and aduaunce the Romish religiō to the vttermoste of their powers This detestable Course took such effect in these hel-hoūds that they after their comming insenced a number who haue sundry waies attempted the same aswell in séeking to murther her maiestie as also in betraying of the Realme to bring in forraine Inuasion and therby to spoyle the life and goods of euery good subiect A plaine example wherof you had lately by Throgmorton William Parry alias ap harry yea diuers others who moste worthily haue béen executed for the same And such Hipotiks as these abhominable Seminaries weer perswaders of thē to too it to their vtter confusion shame disgrace to their line and successours for euer This Ie●u●●ticall préest being a seducer among the rest was taken and Imprisoned in the Tower of London and afterward vpon his hipocritical submissiō he was set at liberty yet not cōtēted with this her maiesties gratious pardon he departed ouer Sea and returned priuely bringing ouer about 300. books vpward containing nothing but treason heresie blasphemy and detestable doctrine writen by an Arch-Papist called D. Allin which books he cōmended and did cause them to be dispearsed by his fauourers especially by Thomas Webley and William Crab both notorious Papists who as you shall héer had béen a fauourer of the Gospel vntil they were seduced from it by this préest and other as shall heerafter be showed And héer is to be noted that this Awfeld not only by departing out of the Realm● and returning with these seditius books did incurre her maiesties displeasure and by the lawe deserued death as a fellon but also by being found héere forty daies after the ende of the last parliament being a Iesuit or Seminary Préest did deserue by the lawe to dye as a traitour These books before mencioned being cōe to light and this préest also that brought them ouer who being taken examined was found guiltie of the same and after vpon the fifth day of Iuly at the sessions house in the olde Batley was cōdemned and adiudged with great fauour to be hanged at Tibourn onely for bringing ouer these seditious bookes into England contrary to the lawes of this Realine the penaltie wherof is to dye as a fellon the dispersers or publishers of such like books to receiue the same punishment And this was the cause of his death although he deserued a sharper punishmēt in cases of hye treason wherin he stood at the time of his death He was a person of meane stature not full forty yéers of age and of no special good life but liued losely It is known he was a gréeuous offendor to God a Traitour to his prince and a secret enemy to his country although at his death he séemed to cullour the matter with a kinde of fained obedience as you shall after héer in the spéeth vttered at his death ¶ The life of Thomas Weblyn THis Thomas Weblin was b●●●… i● Glocester his Parents being of 〈◊〉 wealth and honest reporte brought him vp in the feare of God and being come to reasonable yéers did place him in Lo●●ō with a dier being a man of good rep●tat●on within the Citie where in the first parte of his prentiship he was so zealouse that what good book he could buye or borrowe to read or what good sermone he could repaire vnto he accounted it the greatest felicitie he had and continued in that kinde of profession a long time vntill his going downe with Awfeeld to Glocester who being a Préest and a ranke Papist did so incense and perswade this Weblin with his erronious doctrine that although he went thether a protestant he returned an arrogant Papist And moreouer Awfeeld so applied his labour héerin that in short time he perswaded also one William Crab the sonne of webleis mistresse dw●lling in the same house to be one of his schollers and dealt so farre with them both that he brought thē acquainted at Throgmortuns house withone of his Seruants whose name was Rogers to which place they oft times did repaire and continually had what fréendship Rogers could doe for them aswell for conference as otherwise so that webley would not cōe to

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