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A09049	A true and plaine declaration of the horrible treasons, practised by William Parry the traitor, against the Queenes Maiestie The maner of his arraignment, conuiction and execution, together with the copies of sundry letters of his and others, tending to diuers purposes, for the proofes of his treasons. Also an addition not impertinent thereunto, containing a short collection of his birth, education and course of life. Moreouer, a fewe obseruations gathered of his owne wordes and wrytings, for the farther manifestation of his most disloyal, deuilish and desperate purpose.	Parry, William, d. 1585.	1585 (1585)	STC 19342; ESTC S114046	37,575	64

him yet take this one note of him whereby to consider howe credible a man he crediteth Either Parry meant this monstrous murder according to his vowes in heauen and sworne promises in earth and so dyed a desperate Traitour protesting the contrary in his last wordes vpon his soule and damnation or els was he periured to the foule abuse of Pope and all poperie most execrably prophaning Gods name by promising swearing vowing c. that which he meant not Necessarily therefore must he perish vpon periured treason or wrecke vpon desperate deieratiō Nothing auoydes this Dilemma but a Popish Bull of Dispensation which if he had I knowe not howe Princes may not as safely suffer Woolues and Beares come to their presence as such Papists And very like it is that Parry had a speciall Bull either els was it comprehended in his Indulgence that hee might take othes contrary to his Catholique conscience as he did the othe of Supremacy in beginning of the last Parliament Which if his coniuratours had not bin priuy with what intention he did sweare he neuer durst haue taken it least they should haue nowe bewrayed him as a man sworne against the Pope therefore not to be trusted But the trueth is this Papist Parry was both a Traytor and a manifoldly periured Traitor c. Imprinted at London by C. B. Cum priuilegio ¶ A prayer for all Kings Princes Countreyes and people which doe professe the Gospel And especially for our soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth vsed in her Maiesties Chappell and meete to bee vsed of all persons within her Maiesties Dominions O Lord God of hostes most louing and mercifull father whose power no creature is able to resist who of thy great goodnesse hast promised to graunt the petitions of such as aske in thy sonnes name we most humbly beseech thee to saue and defend all Princes Magistrates kingdomes countreyes people which haue receiued and doe professe thy holy word and Gospel and namely this Realme of Englande and thy seruant Elizabeth our Queene whome thou hast hitherto wonderfully preserued from manifolde perils and sundry dangers and of late reuealed and frustrated the trayterous practises and conspiracies of diuers against her for the which and all other thy great goodnesse towardes vs wee giue thee most humble and heartie thankes beseeching thee in the name of thy deare sonne Iesus Christ and for his sake still to preserue and continue her vnto vs and to giue her long life many yeeres to rule ouer this lande O heauenly father the practises of our enemies and the enemies of thy worde and trueth against her and vs are manifest and knowen vnto thee Turne them O Lord if it be thy blessed will or ouerthrowe and confounde them for thy names sake suffer them not to preuaile take them O Lord in their craftie wilinesse that they haue inuented and let them fall into the pit which they haue digged for others Permitte them not vngodly to triumph ouer vs discomfort them discomfort them O Lorde which trust in their owne multitude and please themselues in their subtill deuices and wicked conspiracies O louing Father wee haue not deserued the least of these thy mercies which we craue for we haue sinned and grieuously offended thee we are not worthy to bee called thy sonnes we haue not bene so thankefull vnto thee as we shoulde for thy vnspeakeable benefits powred vpon vs we haue abused this long time of peace and prosperitie we haue not obeyed thy worde we haue had it in mouth but not in heart in outward appearance but not in deede wee haue liued carelessely Wee haue not knowen the time of our visitation we haue deserued vtter destruction But thou O Lorde art mercifull and ready to forgiue Therefore wee come to thy throne of grace confessing and acknowledging thee to be our onely refuge in all times of perill and daunger and by the meanes of thy Sonne wee most heartily pray thee to forgiue vs our vnthankefulnesse disobedience hypocrisie all other our sinnes to turne from vs thy heauie wrath and displeasure which wee haue iustly deserued and to turne our hearts truely vnto thee that dayly we may encrease in all goodnesse and continually more and more feare thy holy name so shall we glorifie thy name and sing vnto thee in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall songs and thy enemies and ours shall knowe themselues to be but men and not able by any meanes to withstande thee nor to hurt those whome thou hast receiued into thy protection and defence Graunt these thinges O Lorde of power and Father of mercy for thy Christes sake to whome with thee and thy holy spirite bee all honour and glory for euer and euer Amen ¶ A prayer and thankesgiuing for the Queene vsed of all the Knights and Burgesses in the High Court of Parliament and very requisite to bee vsed and continued of all her Maiesties louing subiectes O Almightie and most mercifull God which dost pitch thy tents round about thy people to deliuer them from the handes of their enemies we thy humble seruants which haue euer of olde seene thy saluation doe fall downe and prostrate our selues with praise and thankesgiuing to thy glorious name who hast in thy tender mercies from time to time saued and defended thy seruant Elizabeth our most gracious Queene not only from the hands of strange children but also of late reuealed and made frustrate his bloody most barbarous treason who being her natural subiect most vnnaturally violating thy diuine ordinance hath secretly sought to shed her blood to the great disquiet of thy Church and vtter discomfort of our soules his snare is hewen in pieces but vpon thy seruant doeth the crowne florish The wicked and blood thirstie men thinke to deuoure Iacob and to lay waste his dwelling place But thou O God which rulest in Iacob and vnto the endes of the worlde doest dayly teach vs still to trust in thee for all thy great mercies and not to forget thy mercifull kindnes shewed to her that feareth thy name O Lorde wee confesse to thy glory praise that thou only hast saued vs from destruction because thou hast not giuen her ouer for a pray to the wicked her soule is deliuered wee are escaped Heare vs now we pray thee O most mercifull father and continue foorth thy louing kindnesse towards thy seruant and euermore to thy glorie and our comfort keepe her in health with long life and prosperitie whose rest and only refuge is in thee O God of her saluation Preserue her as thou art wont preserue her from the snare of the enemie from the gathering together of the froward from the insurrection of wicked doers and from all the traiterous conspiracies of those which priuily lay waite for her life Grant this O heauēly father for Iesus Christs sake our onely mediatour and aduocate Amen Io. Th. A Prayer vsed in the Parliament onely O Mercifull God and Father forasmuch as no counsell can stande nor any can prosper but onely such as are humbly gathered in thy name to feele the sweete taste of thy holy spirite we gladly acknowledge that by thy fauour standeth the peaceable protection of our Queene and Realme and likewise this fauorable libertie graunted vnto vs at this time to make our meeting together Which thy bountifull goodnes we most thankefully acknowledging doe withall earnestly pray thy diuine Maiestie so to incline our hearts as our coūsels may be subiect in true obedience to thy holy worde and will And sithe it hath pleased thee to gouerne this Realme by ordinary assembling the three estates of the same our humble prayer is that thou wilt graffe in vs good mindes to conceiue free libertie to speake and on all sides a ready and quiet consent to such wholesome lawes Statutes as may declare vs to be thy people and this Realme to be prosperously ruled by thy good guyding and defence so that we our posteritie may with chearefull hearts wayte for thy appearance in iudgement that art onely able to present vs faultlesse before God our heauenly Father to whome with thee our Sauiour Christ and the holy Spirit bee all glory both nowe and euer Amen Imprinted at London by C. B. Cum priuilegio Febru 14. Febru 18. Februa 20. Februa 21. Febr. 22. The Indictment Parries answere to the indictment Parrie confesseth that he is guilty of all things conteyned in the indictment Parrys confession of his treasons was red by his owne assent A letter of Cardinall di Como to Parry also red Parrys letter of the 18. of Febru to the L. Treaso and the Earle of Leycester red The Queenes Attourney requireth Iudgement Parry had for his credit afore time said very secretly that he had bene solicited beyond the seas to commit the fact but he would not do it wherewith he craftily abused both y e Queenes Maiesty those two Counsellers whereof he now woulde helpe himselfe with these false speeches against most manifest proofes M. Vicechamberlaines speaches prouing manifestly Parrys traiterous intentions Parry reproued of false speaches and so by himselfe also confessed The L. of Hunsdons speaches conuincing Parry manifestly of his treason The L. chiefe Iustices speache to Parry The fourme of the iudgement against the traytour 2. Martii W. Parry the traitour executed Party condemned for burgularie pardoned of the Queene

A TRVE and plaine declaration of the horrible Treasons practised by William Parry the Traitor against the Queenes Maiestie The maner of his Arraignment Conuiction and execution together with the copies of sundry letters of his and others tending to diuers purposes for the proofes of his Treasons Also an addition not impertinent thereunto containing a short collection of his birth education and course of life Moreouer a fewe obseruations gathered of his owne wordes and wrytings for the farther manifestation of his most disloyal deuilish and desperate purpose At London by C.B. Cum priuilegio A true and plaine declaration of the horrible Treasons practised by William Parry against the Queenes Maiestie of his conuiction and execution for the same The second of March 1584. according to the account of England THIS William Parry being a man of very meane and base parentage but of a most proude and insolent spirite bearing himselfe alwaies farre aboue the measure of his fortune after hee had long led a wastefull and dissolute life and had committed a great outrage against one Hugh Hare a gentleman of the Inner Temple with an intent to haue murthered him in his owne Chamber for the which he was most iustly conuicted seeing himselfe generally condemned with all good men for the same and other his misdemeanours hee left his naturall Country gaue himselfe to trauaile into forraine partes beyonde the seas In the course of this his trauaile he forsooke his allegiance and duetifull obedience to her Maiestie and was reconciled and subiected himselfe to the Pope After which vpon conference with certain Iesuites and others of like qualitie hee first conceiued his most detestable Treason to kill the Queene whose life God long preserue whiche hee bounde himselfe by promise letters and vowes to perfourme and execute and so with this intent hee retourned into Englande in Ianuarie 1583 and sithens that did practise at sundrie times to haue executed his most deuilish purpose and determination yet couering the same so much as in him lay with a vaile pretence of great loyaltie to her Maiestie Immediately vpon his retourne into Englande hee sought to haue secret accesse to her Maiestie pretending to haue some matter of great importance to reueale vnto her which obtained the same so priuately in her Highnes pallace at Whitehal as her Maiestie had but one only Coūseller w t her at the time of his accesse in a remote place who was so farre distant as he could not heare his speach And there thē he discouered vnto her Maiesty but shadowed with all craftie traiterous skill he had some part of the conference proceeding as well with the saide Iesuites and other ministers of the Popes as especially with one Thomas Morgan a fugitiue residing at Paris who aboue all others did perswade him to proceede in that most deuilish attempt as is set downe in his voluntarie confession following bearing her Maiestie notwithstanding in hand that his onely intent of proceeding so farre with the saide Iesuites and the Popes ministers tended to no other ende but to discouer the daungerous practises deuised and attempted against her Maiestie by her disloyall subiects and other malicious persons in forraine parts albeit it hath since appeared most manifestly as well by his said Confession as by his dealing with one Edmond Neuil Esquire that his onely intent of discouering the same in sort as hee craftily and traiterously did tended to no other end but to make the way the easier to accomplish his most deuilish and wicked purpose And although any other Prince but her Maiestie who is lothe to put on a harde censure of those that protest to be loyal as Parry did would rather haue proceeded to the punishment of a subiect that had waded so farre as by othe and vowe to promise the taking away of her life as hee to her Maiesties selfe did confesse yet such was her goodnes as in steade of punishing she did deale so gratiously with him as she suffered him not onely to haue accesse vnto her presence but also many times to haue priuate conference with her and did offer vnto him vpon opinion once conceiued of his fidelitie towardes her as though his wicked pretence had bene as he protested for her seruice a most liberall pension Besides to the ende that he might not growe hatefull to the good and well-affected subiectes of the Realme from whome he could in no sorte haue escaped with safetie of his life if his deuilish purpose had bene reuealed her Maiestie did conceale the same without communicating it to any creature vntill such time as he him selfe had opened the same vnto certaine of her counsell and that it was also discouered that he sought to drawe the saide Neuill to haue bene a partie in his deuilish and most wicked purpose A verie rare example and such as doeth more set forth the singular goodnesse and bountie of her Maiesties princely nature then commend if it be lawfull for a subiecte to censure his Soueraigne her prouidence such as ought to be in a Prince and person of her Maiesties wisdome and qualitie And as the goodnesse of her Maiesties nature did hereby most manifestly shew itselfe to be rare in so extraordinarie a case and in a matter of so great perill vnto her owne royall person so did the malice of Parry most euidently appeare to be in the highest and extremest degree who notwithstanding the said extraordinarie grace and fauour extended towardes him did not onely perswade the saide Neuill to be an associate in the said wicked enterprise but did also very vehemently as Neuill confesseth importune him therein as an action lawfull honourable and meritorious omitting nothing that might prouoke him to assent thereunto But such was the singular goodnesse of Almightie God who euen from her Maiesties cradle by many euident arguments hath shewed him selfe her onely and especiall protectour that he so wrought in Neuils heart as he was mooued to reueale the same vnto her Maiestie and for that purpose made choyse of a faithfull Gentleman and of good qualitie in the Court vnto whome vpon Munday the eight of Februarie last he discouered at large all that had passed betweene Parry and him who immediately made it knowen to her Maiestie whereupon her Highnesse pleasure was that Neuill should be examined by the Earle of Leycester and Sir Christopher Hatton who in the euening of the same day did examine him and he affirmed constantly all which he had before declared to the said Gentleman In the meane time her Maiestie continued her singular and most Princely magnanimitie neither dismayd with the rarenes of the accident nor appauled with the horror of so villanous an enterprise tending euen to the taking away of her most gratious life a matter especially obserued by the Counseller that was present at such time as Parry after his returne did first discouer vnto her Maiestie his wicked purpose who found no other alteration in her countenance

Walsingham knight principal secretarie the 13. of Februarie 1584. Parry IN the yeere 1570 I was sworne her Maiesties seruant from which time vntill the yere 1580. I serued honoured loued her with as great readinesse deuotion assurance as any poore subiect in England In the end of that yere and vntill Midsomer 1582. I had some trouble for the hurting of a Gentleman of the Temple In which action I was so disgraced and oppressed by two great men to whome I haue of late beene beholden that I neuer had contented thought since There began my misfortune here followeth my wofull fall In Iulie after I laboured for licence to trauaile for three yeeres which vpon some consideration was easily obtained And so in August I went ouer with doubtfull minde of returne for that being suspected in religion and not hauing receiued the Communion in 22. yeeres I began to mistrust my aduauncement in England In September I came to Paris where I was reconciled to the Church and aduised to liue without scandale the rather for that it was mistrusted by the English Catholiques that I had intelligence with the greatest counsellour of Englande I stayed not long there but remooued to Lyons a place of great traffique where because it was the ordinarie passage of our nation to and fro betweene Paris and Rome I was also suspected To put all men out of doubt of me and for some other cause I went to Millaine from whence as a place of some daunger though I founde fauour there after I had cleared my conscience and iustified my selfe in religion before y e Inquisitour I wēt to Uenice There I came acquainted with father Benedicto Palmio a graue a learned Iesuite By conference with him of the hard state of the Catholiques in England and by reading of the Booke De persecutione Anglicana and other discourses of like argument I conceiued a possible meane to relieue the afflicted state of our Catholiques if the same might be wel warranted in religion and conscience by the Pope or some learned diuines I asked his opinion hee made it cleare commended my deuotion comforted mee in it and after a while made me knowen to the Nuntio Campeggio there resident for his holinesse By his meanes I wrote to the Pope presented the seruice and fued for a Pasport to goe to Rome to returne safely into France Answere came from Cardinal Como that I might come and should be welcome I misliked the warrant sued for a better which I was promised but it came not before my departure to Lyons where I promised to stay some time for it And being in deede desirous to goe to Rome and lothe to goe without countenaunce I desired Christofero de Salazar Secretarie to the king Catholique in Venice who had some vnderstanding by conference of my deuotion to the afflicted Catholiques at home and abroad to commende me to the Duke di Noua terra Gouernour of Millan and to the Countie of Oliuaris Embi then resident for the king his master in Rome which he promised to do effectually for the one and did for the other And so I toke my iourney towards Lyons whither came for me an ample Passeport but somewhat too late that I might come and goe in verbo pontificis per omnes iurisdictiones ecclesiasticas absque impedimento I acquainted some good fathers there of my necessitie to depart towardes Paris by promise and praied their aduises vpon diuers poyntes wherein I was well satisfied And so assuring them that his holinesse shoulde heare from me shortly it was vndertaken that I shoulde bee excused for that time In October I came to Paris where vppon better opinion conceiued of mee amongst my Catholike countrie men I founde my credit wel setled and such as mistrusted me before readie to trust and imbrace me And being one day at the chamber of Thomas Morgan a Catholike Gentleman greatly beloued and trusted on that side amongest other gentlemen talking but in very good sort of Englande I was desired by Morgan to goe vp with him to another chamber where he brake with me and told mee that it was hoped and looked for that I shoulde doe some seruice for God and his Church I answered him I would do it if it were to kill the greatest subiect in England whome I named and in trueth then hated No no said he let him liue to his greater fal ruine of his house It is the Queene I meane I had him as I wished and tolde him it were soone done if it might be lawfully done and warranted in the opinion of some learned diuines And so the doubt once resolued though as you haue heard I was before reasonably well satisfied I vowed to vndertake the enterprise for the restitution of England to the auncient obedience of the Sea Apostolique Diuers diuines were named Doctor Alleine I desired Persons I refused And by chance came Maister Wattes a learned Priest with whō I conferred and was ouerruled 3 For he plainly pronounced the case only altered in name y t it was vtterly vnlawfull with whō many English priestes did agree as I haue heard if it be not altered since the booke made in answere of The executiō of the English Iustice was published which I must cōfesse hath taken hard hold in me and I feare me wil do in others if it be not preuēted by more gracious handling of the quiet obedient Catholique subiects whereof there is good and greater store in Englād then this age wil extinguish Wel notwithstanding all these doubts I was gone so farre by letters and conference in Italie that I coulde not goe backe but promised faithfully to performe the enterprise if his holinesse vpon my offer and letters would allowe it and grant me ful remission of my sinnes I wrote my letters the first of Ianuarie 1584. by their computation tooke aduise vpon them in confession of Father Aniball a Codreto a learned Iesuite in Paris was louingly embraced commended confessed and communicated at the Iesuites at one altar with the Cardinalles of Vandosmi and Narbone whereof I prayed certificate and enclosed the same in my letter to his holinesse to leade him the rather to absolue me which I required by my letters in consideration of so great an enterprise vndertaken without promise or reward I went with Morgan to the Nuntio Ragazzoni to whome I read the letter and certificate enclosed sealed it and left it with him to send to Rome hee promised great care of it and to procure answere And so louingly imbraced me wished mee good speede and promised that I should be remembred at y e altar After this I desired Morgan that some special man might be made priuie to this matter lest hee dying and I miscarying in the execution and my entent neuer truely discouered it might sticke for an euerlasting spot in my race Diuers were named but none agreed vpon for feare of bewraying 7 This being done Morgan assured me y t shortly

shoulde serue And that though hee woulde not lay hand vpon her in a corner his hart serued him to strike off her head in the fielde Nowe leauing him to himselfe this much to make an ende I must confesse of my self I did meane to trie what might be done in Parliament to doe my best to hinder all hard courses to haue prayed hearing of the Queenes Maiestie to moue her if I coulde to take compassion vpon her Catholique subiectes and when all had fayled to doe as I entended If her Maiestie by this course would haue eased thē though she had neuer preferred me I had with all comfort and patience borne it 13 but if she had preferred me without ease or care of them thenterprise had held Parry GOd preserue the Queene and encline her mercifull heart to forgiue me this desperate purpose and to take my head with all my heart for her better satisfaction AFter which for the better manifesting of his Treasons on the xiiii of Februarie last there was a letter written by him to her Maiestie very voluntarily al of his owne hand without any motion made to him The tenor whereof for that which concerneth these his traiterous dealings is as followeth A Letter written by Parry to her Maiestie YOur Maiestie may see by my voluntarie confession the dangerous fruites of a discontented minde and howe constantly I pursued my first conceiued purpose in Venice for the reliefe of the afflicted Catholiques continued it in Lions and resolued in Paris to put it in aduenture for the restitution of England to the auncient obedience of the Sea Apostolique You may see withall howe it is commended allowed and warranted in conscience diuinitie and pollicie by the Pope and some great Diuines though it be true or likely that most of our English Diuines lesse practised in matters of this weight doe vtterly mislike and condemne it The enterprise is preuented and conspiracie discouered by an honorable Gentleman my kinsman and late familiar friend Master Edmund Neuill priuie and by solemne othe taken vpon the Bible partie to the matter whereof I am hardly glad but nowe sorie in my very soule that euer I conceiued or intended it howe commendable or meritorious so euer I thought it God thanke him and forgiue me who woulde not nowe before God attempt it if I had libertie and oportunitie to doe it to gaine your kingdome I beseeche Christ that my death and example may aswell satisfie your Maiestie and the worlde as it shall glad and content me The Queene of Scotland is your prisoner let her be honorably entreated but yet surely garded The French King is French you knowe it well ynough you will finde him occupied when he should doe you good he will not loose a Pilgrimage to saue you a crowne I haue no more to say at this time but that with my hart and soule I doe now honor and loue you am inwardly sorie for mine offence and ready to make you amends by my death and patience Discharge me A culpa but not A paena good Ladie And so farewell most gracious and the best natured and qualified Queene that euer liued in England From the Towre the 14. of Februarie 1584. W. Parry AFter which to wit the xviii of February last past Parry in further acknowledging his wicked and intended Treasons wrote a letter all of his owne hande in like voluntarie maner to the Lorde Treasourer of England and the Earle of Leicester Lord Steward of her Maiesties house the Tenor whereof is as followeth William Parrys Letter to the Lord Treasourer and the Earle of Leycester MY Lordes nowe that the conspiracie is discouered the fault confessed my conscience cleared and minde prepared patiently to suffer the paines due for so hainous a crime I hope it shall not offende you if crying Miserere with the poore Publicane I leaue to despaire with cursed Caine. My case is rare and strange and for any thing I can remember singular a naturall subiect solemnely to vowe the death of his naturall Queene so borne so knowen and so taken by all men for the reliefe of the afflicted Catholiques and restitution of religion The matter first conceiued in Venice the seruice in generall wordes presented to the Pope continued and vndertaken in Paris and lastly commended and warranted by his holinesse digested resolued in England if it had not bene preuented by accusation or by her Maiesties greater lenitie and more gracious vsage of her Catholique subiectes This is my first and last offence conceiued against my Prince or Countrey and doeth I cannot denie conteyne all other faults whatsoeuer It is nowe to be punished by death or most graciously beyonde all common expectation to be pardoned Death I doe confesse to haue deserued life I doe with all humilitie craue if it may stand with the Queenes honour and policie of the time To leaue so great a treason vnpunished were strange To drawe it by my death in example were dangerous A sworne seruāt to take vpon him such an enterprise vpon such a ground and by such a warrant hath not bin seene in England To indict him arraigne him bring him to the Scaffolde and to publish his offence can doe no good To hope that he hath more to discouer then is confessed or that at his execution he will vnsay any thing he hath written is in vaine To conclude that it is impossible for him in time to make some part of amēdes were very hard against former experiences The question then is whether it be better to kill him or least the matter be mistakē vpon hope of his amendment to pardon him For mine own opinion though partial I will deliuer you my conscience The case is good Queene Elizabeths the offence is committed against her sacred person and she may of her mercie pardon it without preiudice to any Then this I say in fewe wordes as a man more desirous to discharge his troubled conscience then to liue Pardon poore Parry and relieue him for life without liuing is not fit for him If this may not be or be thought dangerous or dishonourable to the Queenes Maiestie as by your fauours I thinke it full of honour and mercie then I beseeche your Lordships and no other once to heare me before I be indicted and afterwards if I must dye humbly to intreate the Queenes Maiestie to hasten my tryall and execution which I pray God with all my heart may prooue as honourable to her as I hope it shall be happie to me who will while I liue as I haue done alwayes pray to Iesus Christ for her Maiesties long and prosperous reigne From the Towre the 18. of Februarie 1584. W. Parry ANd where in this meane time Sir Frauncis Walsingham Secretarie to her Maiestie had dealt with one William Creichton a Scot for his birth and a Iesuite by his profession nowe prisoner also in the Tower for that he was apprehended with diuers Plots for inuasions of this Realme