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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26299	An Account of what passed at the execution of the late Duke of Monmouth on Wednesday the 15th of July, 1685, on Tower-Hill together with a paper signed by himself that morning in the Tower, in the presence of the Lords Bishops of Ely, and Bath and Wells, Dr. Tenison and Dr. Hooper : and also the copy of his letter to His Majesty after he was taken, dated at Ringwood in Hantshire, the 8th of July.	Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685.	1685 (1685)	Wing A433; ESTC R6630	4,915	6

AN ACCOUNT Of what passed at the EXECUTION Of the Late Duke of Monmouth On Wednesday the 15th of July 1685. on Tower-Hill TOGETHER With a Paper Signed by Himself that morning in the Tower in the Presence of the Lords Bishops of Ely and Bath and Wells Dr. Tenison and Dr. Hooper AND ALSO The Copy of His Letter to His MAJESTY after he was taken Dated at Ringwood in Hantshire the 8th of July THe late Duke of Monmouth came from the Tower to the Scaffold attended by the Bishop of Ely the Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Tenison and Dr. Hooper which four the King was graciously pleased to send him as his Assistants to prepare him for Death and the late Duke himself intreated all four of them to accompany him to the Place of Execution and to continue with him to the last The two Bishops going in the Lieutenant's Coach with him to the Barrs made seasonable and devout Applications to him all the way and one of them desired him not to be surprized if they to the very last upon the Scaffold renewed those Exhortations to a Particular Repentance which they had so often repeated before At his first coming upon the Scaffold he looked for the Executioner and seeing him said Is this the man to do the business Do your work well Then the late Duke of Monmouth began to speak some one or other of the Assistants during the whole time applying themselves to him Monmouth I shall say but very little I come to die I die a Protestant of the Church of England Assistants My Lord if you be of the Church of England you must acknowledge the Doctrine of Non-resistance to be True M. If I acknowledge the Doctrine of the Church of England in general that includes all A. Sir it is fit to own that Doctrine particularly with respect to your Case Here he was much urged about that Doctrine of Non-resistance but he repeated in effect his first Answer Then he began as if he was about to make a premeditated Speech in this manner M. I have had a Scandal raised upon me about a Woman a Lady of Vertue and Honour I will name her the Lady Henrietta Wentworth I declare That she is a very Vertuous and Godly Woman I have committed no Sin with her and that which hath passed betwixt Vs was very Honest and Innocent in the sight of God A. In your Opinion perhaps Sir as you have been often told i. e. in the Tower but this is not fit Discourse in this Place Mr. Sher. Gostlin Sir were you ever married to her M. This is not a Time to Answer that Question Mr. Sher. Gostlin Sir I hoped to have heard of your Repentance for the Treason and Bloodshed which hath been committed M. I dy very Penitent A. My Lord It is fit to be Particular and considering the Publick Evil you have done you ought to do as much good now as possibly you can by a Publick acknowledgment M. What I have thought fit to say of Publick Affairs is in a Paper which I have signed I refer to my Paper A. My Lord there is nothing in that Paper about Resistance and you ought to be Particular in your Repentance and to have it well grounded God give you True Repentance M. I dy very Penitent and dy with great Chearfulness for I know I shall go to God A. My Lord you must go to God in his own way Sir be sure you be truely Penitent and ask forgiveness of God for the Many you have wronged M. I am sorry for every one I have wronged I forgive every Body I have had many Enemies I forgive them all A. Sir your acknowledgment ought to be Publick and Particular M. I am to die pray My Lord I refer to my Paper A. They are but a few Words that we desire We onely desire an Answer to this Point M. I can bless God that he hath given me so much Grace that for these two years last past I have led a Life unlike to my former Course and in which I have been happy A. Sir Was there no Ill in these two Years In these years these great Evils have happened and the giving publick Satisfaction is a necessary part of Repentance be pleased to own a Detestation of your REBELLION M. I be● your Lordship that yo● will stick to my Paper A. My Lord as I said before there is nothing in your Paper about the Doctrine of Non-resistance M. I repent of all things that a true Christian ought to repent of I am to die pray My Lord A. Then My Lord we can only recommend you to the Mercy of God but we cannot pray with that Chearfulness and Encouragement as we should if you had made a Particular Acknowledgment M. God be praised I have Encouragement enough in my self I die with a clear Conscience I have wronged no man A. How Sir no man Have you not been guilty of Invasion and of much Blood which has been shed and it may be of the loss of many Souls who followed you You must needs have wronged a great many M. I do Sir own that and am sorry for it A. Give it the true name Sir and call it Rebellion M. What name you please Sir I am sorry for invading the Kingdom and for the Blood that has been shed and for the Souls which may have been lost by my means I am sorry it ever happened which he spake softly Mr. Sher. Vandeput To some that stood at a distance He says he is very sorry for invading the Kingdom A. We have nothing to add but to renew the frequent Exhortations we have made to you to give some Satisfaction for the publick Injuries to the Kingdom There have been a great many lives lost by this Resistance of your LAWFUL PRINCE M. What I have done has been very ill and I wish with all my heart it had never been I never was a man that delighted in Blood I was very far from it I was as cautious in that as any man was the Almighty knows how I now die with all the Joyfulness in the World A. God grant you may Sir God give you True Repentance M. If I had not True Repentance I should not so easily have been without the fear of dying I shall die like a Lamb. A. Much may come from natural Courage M. I do not attribute it to my own Nature for I am fearful as other men are but I have now no fear as you may see by my Face but there is something within me which does it for I am sure I shall go to God A. My Lord be sure upon good Grounds Do you repent you of all your Sins known or unknown confessed or not confessed of all the Sins which might proceed from Error in Judgment M. In general for all I do with all my Soul A. God Almighty of his infinite Mercy forgive you Here are great numbers of Spectators here are the Sheriffs they represent