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A59998
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The life of the valiant & learned Sir Walter Raleigh, Knight with his tryal at Winchester.
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Shirley, John, 1648-1679.
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1677
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Wing S3495; ESTC R14700
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Earl of Suffolk Lord Chamberlain Earl of Devon Lord Henry Howard Lord Cecil Earl of Salisbury Lord Wotton Sir Iohn Stanhope Vice-Chamberlain Lord Chief-Justice of England Popham Lord Chief-Justice of the Common-Pleas Anderson Justice Gaudie Justice Warburton and Sir William Wade Commissioners First The Commission of Oyer and Terminer was read by the Clerk of the Crown-Office and the Prisoner bid hold up his Hand And then presently the INDICTMENT was in effect as followeth THat he did Conspire and go about to deprive the King of his Government to raise up Sedition within the Realm to alter Religion to bring in the Roman Superstition and to procure Foreign Enemies to invade the Kingdoms That the Lord Cobham the ninth of June last did meet with the said Sir Walter Raleigh in Durham-House in the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields and then and there had Conference with him how to advance Arabella Stuart to the Crown and Royal Throne of this Kingdom and that then and there it was agreed that Cobham should treat with Aremberg Embassador from the Arch-Duke of Austria to obtain of him 600000 Crowns to bring to pass their intended Treasons It was agreed that Cobham should go to the Arch-Duke Albert to procure him to advance the pretended Title of Arabella from thence knowing that Albert had not sufficient means to maintain his own Army in the Low-Countries Cobham should go to Spain to procure the King to assist and further her pretended Title It was agreed the better to effect all this Conspiracy that Arabella should write three Letters one to the Arch-Duke another to the King of Spain and a third to the Duke of Savoy and promise three things First to establish firm Peace between England and Spain Secondly To tolerate the Popish and Roman Superstition Thirdly To be ruled by them in contracting of her Marriage And for the effecting these Traiterous Purposes Cobham should return by the Isle of Jersey and should find Sir Walter Raleigh Captain of the said Isle there and take Counsel of Raleigh for the distributing of the aforesaid Crowns as the Occasion or Discontentment of the Subjects should give cause and way And further That Cobham and his Brother Brook met on the 9th of June last and Cobham told Brook all these Treasons To the which Treasons Brook gave his Assent and did joyn himself to all these and after on the Thursday following Cobham and Brook did speak these words That there would never be a good World in England till the King meaning our Soveraign Lord and his Cubs meaning his Royal Issue were taken away And the more to disable and deprive the King of his Crown and to confirm the said Cobham in his Intents Raleigh did publish a Book falsly written against the most just and Royal Title of the King knowing the said Book to be written against the just Title of the King which Book Cobham after that received of him Further for the better effecting these Traiterous Purposes and to establish the said Brook in his Intent the said Cobham did deliver the said Book unto him the 14th of June And further the said Cobham on the 16th of June for accomplishment of the said Conference and by the traiterous Instigation of Raleigh did move Brook to incite Arabella to write to the three forenamed Princes to procure them to advance her Title and that she after she had obtained the Crown should promise to perform three things viz. Peace between England and Spain 2. To tolerate with impunity the Popish and Roman Superstitions 3. To be ruled by them three in the contracting of her Marriage To these Motions the said Brook gave his Assent And for the better effecting of the said Treasons Cobham on the seventeenth of June by the Instigation of Raleigh did write Letters to Count Aremberg and did deliver the said Letters to one Matthew de Lawrency to be delivered to the said Count which he did deliver for the obtaining of the 600000 Crowns which Money by other Letters Count Aremberg did promise to perform the payment of and this Letter Cobham received the eighteenth of June And then did Cobham promise to Raleigh that when he had received the said Mony he would deliver 8000 Crowns to him to which motion he did consent and afterwards Cobham offered Brook that after he should receive the said Crowns he would give to him 10000 thereof to which Motion Brook did assent To the Indictment Sir Walter Raleigh pleaded Not Guilty The JURY Sir Ralph Conisby Knights Sir Thomas Fowler Knights Sir Edward Peacock Knights Sir William Rowe Knights Henry Goodyer Esquires Roger Wood Esquires Thomas Walker Esquires Thomas Whitby Esquires Thomas Highgate Gentlemen Robert Kempthon Gentlemen Iohn Chawkey Gentlemen Robert Brumley Gentlemen Sir Walter Raleigh Prisoner was asked whether he would take Exceptions to any of the Jury Raleigh I know none of them they are all Christians and honest Gentlemen I except against none E. Suff. You Gentlemen of the Kings Learned Counsel follow the same course as you did the other day Raleigh My Lord I pray you I may answer the Points particularly as they are delivered by reason of the weakness of my memory and sickness Popham Chief Iustice. After the Kings Learned Counsel have delivered all the Evidence Sir Walter you may answer particularly to what you will Heale the Kings Serjeant at Law You have heard of Raleigh's bloody Attempts to kill the King and his Royal Progeny and in place thereof to advance one Arabella Stuart The particulars of the Indictment are these First That Raleigh met with Cobham the ninth of Iune and had Conference of an Invasion of a Rebellion and an Insurrection to be made by the King's Subjects to depose the King and to kill his Children poor Babes that never gave offence Here is Blood here is a new King and Governour In our King consists all our Happiness and the true use of the Gospel a thing which we all wished to be setled after the death of the Queen Here must be Money to do this for Money is the Sinew of War Where should that be had Count Aremberg must procure it of Philip King of Spain five or six hundred thousand Crowns and out of this Sum Raleigh must have eight thousand But what is that Count Aremberg though I am no good Frenchman yet it is as much as to say in English Earl of Aremberg Then there must be Friends to effect this Cobham must go to Albert Arch-Duke of Austria for whom Aremberg was Ambassador at that time in England And what then He must perswade the Duke to assist the pretended Title of Arabella From thence Cobham must go to the King of Spain and perswade him to assist the said Title Since the Conquest there was never the like Treason But out of whose Head came it Out of Raleigh's who must also advise Cobham to use his Brother Brook to incite the Lady Arabella to write three several Letters as aforesaid
to choose a Subject to bestow My Pity on he should be one as low In Spirit as Desert That durst not dye But rather were content by Slavery To purchase Life Or would I pity those Thy most industrious and friendly Foes Who when they thought to make Thee Scandals story Lent Thee a swifter Flight to Heav'n and Glory They thought by cutting off some wither'd Days Which thou could'st spare them to eclipse thy Praise Yet gave it brighter Foil made thy ag'd Fame Appear more white and fair than foul their Shame And did promote an Execution Which but for them Nature and Age had done Such worthless Things as these are only born To live on Pities Alms too mean for Scorn Thou dy'dst an env'ous Wonder whose high Fate The World must still admire scarce imitate Thus died that Knight vvho vvas Spains Scourge and Terror and Gondamor's Triumph vvhom the vvhole Nation pitied and several Princes interceded for Queen Elizabeths Favourite and her Successors Sacrifice A Person of so much Worth and so great Interest that King James vvould not execute him vvithout an Apology One of such incomparable Policy that he was too hard for Essex was the Envy of Leicester and Cecil's Rival vvho grew jealous of his Excellent Parts and was afraid of being supplanted by him His Head was wisht on the Secretaries shoulders and his Life valued by some at a higher rate than the Infanta of Spain though a Lady incomparably excelling in both the Gifts of Mind and Body Authors are perplext under what Topick to place him whether of Statesman Seaman Souldier Chymist or Chronologer for in all these he did excel He could make every thing he read or heard his own and his own he could easily improve to the greatest Advantage He seem'd to be born to that only vvhich he went about so Dexterous vvas he in all his Undertakings in Court Camp by Sea by Land vvith Sword vvith Pen. Witness in the last his History of the World History of Guiana His Remains Iudicious and Select Essays and Observations on the first Invention of Shipping the Misery of Invasive War the Navy Royal and Sea-Service with his Apology for his Sea-Voyage to Guiana Wars with forreign Princes dangerous to our Common-wealth or Reasons for forreign Wars answered An excellent Manuscript of the present State of Spain with a most Accurate Account of his Catholique Majesties Power and Riches with the Names and Worth of the most considerable Persons in that Kingdom FINIS Books lately published THe Courtiers Calling Shewing the ways of making a Fortune and the Art of living at Court according to Polity and Morality In two Parts The First concerning Noble-Men The Second concerning Gentlemen By a Person of Honour Price bound 1 s. 6 d. Don Carlos Prince of Spain a Tragedy as it is Acted at the Duke's Theatre VVritten by Thomas Otway Price 1 s. Titus and Berenice a Tragedy as it is Acted at the Duke's Theatre with a Farce called the Cheats of Scapin VVritten by Tho. Otway Price 1 s. The Portugal History or A Relation of the Troubles that happened in the Court of Portugal in the Years 1667 and 1668 In which is to be seen that great Transaction of the Renunciation of the Crown by Alphonso the Sixth The Dissolution of his Marriage with the Princess Maria Frances Isabella of Savoy The Marriage of the same Princess to his Brother the Prince Don Pedro now Regent of the Realm of Portugal And the Reasons alledged at Rome for the Dispensation thereof By S.P. Esquire Price bound 1 s. 6 d. The Art of making Love or Rules for the Conduct of Ladies and Gallants in their Amours Price bound 1 s. Antony and Cleopatra a Tragedy as it is acted at the Duke's Theatre VVritten by the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley Baronet in 4to Price 1 s. A Treatise concerning Statutes or Acts of Parliament And the Exposition thereof VVritten by Sir Christopher Hatton late Lord Chancellor of England Price bound 1 s. Published this Term. Circe a Tragedy as it is acted at his Royal Highnesses the Duke of York's Theatre VVritten by Charles Davenant L. L. D. in 4to Price stitcht 1 s. All sold by R Tonson at his Shop under Grayes-Inne-Gate next Grayes-Inne-Lane In his Preface to the History of the World In his Britannia Sir Rob. Nanton 1569. 1580. Fuller's Worthies 1584. 1588. 1592. 1595. 1596. 1597. 1602