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The character of King Charles I from the declaration of Mr. Alexander Henderson ... upon his death-bed : with a further defence of the King's holy book : to which is annex'd some short remarks upon a vile book, call'd Ludlow no lyar : with a defence of the King from the Irish Rebellion / by Rich. Hollingworth.
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Hollingworth, Richard, 1639?-1701.
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a watchful Eye on the Proceedings and Actions of those who come thither from abroad on what pretext soever and so herewith I rest White-Hall March the 16th 1640. Your Lordships most Humble Servant Henry Vane Dr. Ker Dean of Ardagh his Deposition concerning the Calumny thrown upon King Charles the Martyr for giving a Commission to the Rebels in Ireland I John Ker Dean of Ardagh having occasionally discoursed with the Right Honourable George Lord Viscount Lanesborrough concerning the late Rebellion of Ireland and his Lordship at that time having desired to certifie the said Discourse under my Hand and Seal do declare as followeth That I was present in Court when the Rebel Sir Phelim Oneal was brought to his Tryal in Dublin and that he was Tryed in that Court which is now the High Court of Chancery and that his Judges were Judge Donelan afterwards Sir James Donelan Sir Edward Bolton Knight sometimes Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer Dungan then called Judge Dungan and another Judge whose name I do not now remember And that amongst other Witnesses then brought in against him there was one Joseph Travers Clerk and one Mr. Michael Harrison if I mistake not his Christian name and that I heard several Robberies and Murthers proved against him the said Sir Phelim he having nothing material to plead in his own defence And that the said Judge whose name I remember not as abovesaid Examined the said Sir Phelim about a Commission that the said Sir Phelim should have had from Charles Stuart as the said Judge then called the late King for levying the said War That the said Sir Phelim made Answer That he never had any such Commission and that it was proved then in Court by the Testimony of the said Joseph Travers and others that the said Sir Phelim had such a Commission and did in the beginning of the said Irish Rebellion sâ—… the same unto the said Joseph and several others then in Courts Vpon which the said Sir Phelim confessed that when he surprised the Castle of Charle-mount and the Lord Caulfield that he Ordered the said Mr. Harrison and another Gentleman whose name I now do not remember to cut off the King 's broad Seal from a Patent of the said Lord's they then found in Charle-mount and to affix it to a Commission which he the said Sir Phelim had ordered to be drawn up And that the said Mr. Harrison did in the face of the whole Court confess that by the said Sir Phelim's order he did stitch the Silk Cord or Label of that Seal with Silk of the Colours of the said Label and so fixed the Label and Seal to the said Commission and that the said Sir Edward Bolton and Judge Donelan urging the said Sir Phelim to declare why he did so deceive the People He did Answer That no Man could blame him to use all means whatsoever to promote that Cause he had so far ingaged in And that upon the second day of his Tryal some of the said Judges told him that if he could produce any material proof that he had such a Commission from the said Charles Stuart to declare and prove it before Sentence should pass against him and that he the said Sir Phelim should be restored to his Estate and Liberty But he answered That he could prove no such thing nevertheless they gave him time to consider of it till the next day which was the third and last day of his Tryal Vpon which day the said Sir Phelim being brought into the Court and urged again he declared again that he never could prove any such thing as a Commission from the King And added that there were several Outrages committed by Officers and others his aiders and abettors in the management of that War contrary to his Intention and which now pressed his Conscience very much and that he could not in Conscience had to them the unjust Calmniating the King though he had been frequently solieâ—ted thereunto by fair Promises and great Rewards while he was in Prison And proceeding further in this discourse that immediately he was stopt before he had ended what he had further to say the sentence of death was pronounced against him And I do further declare That I was present and very near to the said Sir Phelim when he was upon the Ladder at his Execution and that one Marshal Peake and another Marshal before the said Sir Phelim was cast came riding towards the place in great haste and called aloud stop a little and having passed through the throng of the spectators and guards one of them whispered a prety while with the said Sir Phelim and that the said Sir Phelim answered in the hearing of several hundreds of People of whom my self was one I thank the Lieutenant General for his intended mercy but I declare good People before God and his Holy Angels and all of you that hear me that I never had any Commission from the King for what I have done in Levying or Prosecution of this War and do heartily beg your Prayers all good Catholicks and Christians that God may be merciful unto me and forgive me my sins More of his Speech I could not hear which continued not long the Guards beating off those that stood near the place of Execution All that I have written as above I declare to be true and am ready if thereunto required upon my Corporal Oath to attest the truth of every particular of it And in Testimony thereof do hereunto Subscribe my Hand and affix my Seal this 28th day of February 1681. John Ker Locus Sigilli And now Reader having vindicated the Honour Piety and all other Vertues of this Great Prince from the Death-bed Declaration of one that was once his greatest Enemy having cleared the Truth of his Book beyond Contradiction having proved the Counterfeit Ludlow a great Lyar and also defended the King from the base and false Imputation of the Irish Rebellion I have no more to say than only to tell thee That if the present Faction cannot employ a more modest and mannerly Champion than this man is I have done for I do not love to be put to the trouble so often of raking in sinks and stinking dunghils and if he wants employment and will be Scribling again I desire him gravely and seriously without railing and buffooning to Answer these following Quaeries I. Whether King Charles I. dyed by the hands of Justice or was actually Murdered II. Whether those that abet his Death now are not vertually as guilty of it as his Judges were III. Whether they that vindicate that Death can be true and steady Subjects to King William and Queen Mary IV. Whether this mans and others asserting the Justice of the War against the King and crying up his Death be not to prepare the People to do the same thing against and upon others when Time and Opportunity shall serve V. Whether he is to be believed in any thing he says and does not deserve a Pillory that tells so horrid a Lye as that the King sent to Sir William Balfour to cut off the Lord Lowdens Head by Nine of the Clock next Morning without any Process of Law VI. Whether he does not deserve a severe Censure that belyes my Lord Strafford with Words spoke at the Cabinet-Council notwithstanding the Marquess Hamilton Earl of Northumberland Lord Treasurer and Lord Cottingten upon their Honours declared being present at the same Council they heard no such Words VII Whether they are not great Fools or designing K that believe any thing this Libeller writes against King Charles the First VIII Whether he hath not done me a greater Honour than ever I could expect or can deserve to belye defame and abuse me with the same Pen he has abus'd King Charles the First and that purely for His sake Lastly Whether that Holy and Renowned Martyr Arch-Bishop Cranmer and that stout Reformer Martin Luther would not appear worse Men than this Scribler has made King Charles I. if we should believe nothing of them but what their grand Enemies the Priests and Jesuites have writ against them After I had finished the Defence of the King's Book I received this Letter from a Reverend Minister of Ipswich in Suffolk which deserves to be taken Notice of SIR SOME years after the Kings Tryal Major Huntington at Ipswich assured me That so much of the said Book as contained His Majesties Meditations before Naseby Fight was taken in the Kings Cabinet and that Sir Thomas Fairfax delivered the said Papers unto him and ordered him to carry them to the King and the Major affirmed that he read them over before he delivered them and that they were the same for Matter and Form with those Meditations in the Printed Book and that he was much affected with them and from that time became a Proselyte to the Royal Cause He also told me That when he delivered them to the King His Majesty appeared very joyful at the receiving of them and said he esteemed them more than all the Jewels he had lost in the Cabinet Also I remember when I waited upon my Lord Vicount Hereford into Holland who was sent by the Parliament with other Lords to bring home King Charles II. my Lord sent me to Dr. Earl then at the Hague to request his Knowledge whether the King was Author of the said Book the Dr. told me as sure as he knew himself to be the Translator of it into Latin so certain he was King Charles was the Author of the Original in English For my part I am apt to believe no Person was able to frame that Book but a Suffering King and no Suffering King but King Charles the Martyr Your Humble Servant Cave Becke FINIS