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B09684	Two horrid murthers; one, committed upon the person of Henry the Fourth of France. The other upon his son in law, Charles the First of England. Of the various and lasting tortures endured by the murtherers of the one, (extracted out of Mr. Howell his history of Lewis the 13th) and of the early short punishments undergone by the murtherers of the other. Though for the atrocity of the fact, they were not inferior to the first, but considering all circumstances, and complication of treasons went beyond him / by James Parry of Poston, Esquire.	Parry, James, of Poston.; Howell, James, 1594?-1666. Lustra Ludovici, or, The life of the late victorious King of France, Lewis the XIII.	1661 (1661)	Wing P556A; ESTC R201017	6,761	18

TWO HORRID MURTHERS ONE COMMITTED UPON THE PERSON OF HENRY the Fourth of FRANCE THE OTHER UPON HIS SON IN LAW CHARLES the First of ENGLAND Of the various and lasting Tortures endured by the Murtherers of the One extracted out of Mr. HOWELL his History of LEWIS the 13 th And of the easy short Punishments undergone by the Murtherers of the Other Though for the Atrocity of the Fact They were not inferior to the First but considering all circumstances and complication of Treasons went beyond Him By JAMES PARRY of Poston Esquire LONDON Printed for Henry Broom at the Gun in Ivie-lane 1661. DEDICATED IN ALL HUMBLENESSE TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE Lord high Chancelor AND PRIME OFFICER OF THE CROVVN of ENGLAND OF THE TWO HORRID MURTHERS OR PARRICIDES The Worst sort of Murthers Committed upon HENRY the Fourth of France and CHARLES the First of England These two Execrable Murthers together with the Murtherers as they agree and hold parallell in many things so they differ in some other They agree touching the Atrocity and hainousness of the main Act both the Murthers being perpetrated upon the Sacred Persons of two Great Christian Kings And that They were Murther'd by their own vassals who were bound unto Them by solemn Oathes of Alleageance Fidelity and Obedience They agree that as the French Assassin alledg'd that he was lead thereunto by certain Illuminations which he was contented to call afterwards Tentations so the Infernall Murtherers in England pretended to have New-lights ever and anon They both agreed in an abominable kind of blasphemy in that they made God himself the chief Author thereof and that it was his work more then Mans. They differ In that the Murther in France was committed by one single Assassin for he would never confesse in the highest agonies of Torture that any knew of it but Himself no not his Ghostly Fathers for fear of discovery for so he said the Intent might be punish'd for the Deed. But the English Murtherers may be call'd an ugly Hydra with many heads who after divers previous consultations committed the Crime The Murther in France was sudden close and Clandestin But that in England was long a moulding It was done in the face of the Sun and pretended to be done according to Justice and the Laws in which particular they far exceeded Ravaillac in a hellish kind of impudence It was done before the chief Gate of his own House which was always held a sanctuary Moreover Henry the Fourth was quickly put out of pain but King Charles was Crucified as it were long before His death For those Murtherers like so many Hell-hounds may be sayed to have worried Him up and down from place to place from prison to prison a great while where they studied how to make him weary of His life before they took it away For they berest him of those things which conduce to the common comfort of mankind whereof the most infamous Fclou is not barr'd of as Wife Children Chaplains Servants and place still about Him those whose faces He most abhorrd which put Him in perpetuall apprehensions of being Murtherd privately And if He was found to like any of His Keepers they were presently removed from about Him Lastly The Murtherers differ in point of punishment for though the English were higher in mischief being not onely Traytors to Him their King upon earth but also to the great King of Heaven and to their own Country having so sacrilegiously plunder'd the One and plung'd the Other in blood and war yet They had but a short kind of punishment lasting scarce a quarter of an hower which took away the sense of feeling the rest But He of France had lingring Tortures insted of punishments which extended to the utmost length of time possibility of sense and possibility of nature as is mention'd in this Incomparable Histroy which touching this point begins as followeth There was a gentle Calme through all Christendom and France had not the least share of it having continued twenty years together in a constant repose without the lest tintumarre or motion of Armes A rare thing amongst so spritefull and quicksylver'd people to whom Peace becomes a surfet any longer then they have pick'd up their crummes to feed a new war say there was a Catholique peace throughout Europe when Henry the Fourth of France would needs get a horse-back upon a great Martiall design which was a mystery for the time so that all men stood at a maze what he meant the business was carried so closely whereupon he raiseth a potent Army of Horse and Foot But behold the greatest example of the libricity and instableness of mundane affairs and of the sandy foundation whereon the highest pomp and purposes of Men are grounded that any Age can parallell For this Great King as I told you before having a most powerfull and a kind of irresistible Army of about 40000. combatants all choice men conducted by Veteran Commanders and the most expert that Europe could afford and all of them well appointed and in perfect equipage The King having also a mount of gold as high as a lance as the French writers have it estimated at sixteen millions of treasure to maintain this Army He having assur'd his Confederates abroad and settled all things at home He having also caused his Queen to be Crownd in the highest magnificence that could be with intent to appoint Her Regent in his absence Behold this mighty King amongst these triumphs of his Queen being to go the next day to his Army when his spirits were at their highest elevation and his heart swelling with Assurances rather then Hopes of successe and glory going privately in the afternoon to his Arsenal to view his Artillery He was stop'd in a small street by so contemptible a thing as a Colliers cart and there from among the armes of his own Nobles who were with him in the Coach he was thrust violently out of the world by one of the meanest of his own vassalls who with a prodigious hardiness fastning his foot upon the Coach-wheel reach'd him ore the shoulders of one of his greatest Lords and stab'd him to the very heart and with a monstrous undantedness of resolution making good his first stab with a second dispatched him suddenly from off the earth as if a Mouse had strangled an Elephant Sic parvis pereunt ingentia rebus The French stories speak of divers Auguries and predictions of his death but I will insert here a passage or two that are not to be found in any Printed Author therefore not vulgar And our intent is to refrain from stuffing this Piece with any thing that hath been too much blown upon The first is a Prophecy in an Italian Manuscript from a good hand written above a hundred years since which runs thus Un Gran Re di Francia havendo le spalle al papa voltate sinchmerd poi a Roma dallo piu alto della sua gloria Le tagliterà