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A15032	The censure of a loyall subiect upon certaine noted speach & behauiours of those fourteen notable traitors, at the place of their executions, the xx. and xxi. of September, last past. As also, of the Scottish queen, now (thanks be to God) cut off by iustice, as the principal roote of al their treasons. On Wednesday the 8. of Februarie 1586. Wherein is handled matter of necessarie instruction and comfort for al duetiful subiectes: especially, the multitude of ignoraunt people. Feare God: be true to thy Prince: and obey the lawes.	Whetstone, George, 1544?-1587?; Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604, attributed name.; T. C., fl. 1587.	1587 (1587)	STC 25334A; ESTC S113962	29,620	55

THE CENSVRE of a loyall Subiect VPON CERTAINE noted Speach behauiours of those fourteen notable Traitors at the place of their executions the xx and xxi of September last past As also of the Scottish Queen now thankes be to God cut off by iustice as the principal Roote of al their treasons On Wednesday the 8. of Februarie 1586. Wherein is handled matter of necessarie instruction and comfort for al duetiful Subiectes especially the multitude of ignoraunt people Feare GOD be true to thy Prince and obey the Lawes At LONDON Printed by Richard Iones dwelling at the signe of the Rose and the Crowne neere Holborne bridge CVrteous Reader my good friend M. G. W. at his departure into the Countrey left this most honest worke to be censured by me being right well assured by the continuance of our true friendshippes that I would not deceiue him with a flattering iudgment and trust me vpon a considerate reading I found it a little book containing a large testimony of his loyalty to his Prince and country a sweet comfort and most sound counsail for good subiectes concludi●g by many fair examples of Traitors ●oule endes that the reward of treason is distruction and after death 〈◊〉 infamie The matter agreeing with the condition of this troublesome time I haue aduentured to possesse thee with the benefite thereof before I made account vnto him of my liking which is that no good subiect can mislike the same and I made the more hast herein because some wicked persons that will not be admonished haue now by new conspiracy desired our publique sorrowe and by their discouery haue brought an vniuersall ioy into the church of God Giue God thankes for his wonderfull presentation of her Maiestie and the confusion of her enemies serue him and read this booke which trulie promiseth thee that 〈◊〉 miscreate persons shall neuer prosper in their deuices No r●ote but feare God and thou shalt fare well Thy louing friend T C. To the right honorable Sir William Cicill Knight Baron of Burleigh Lord high Treasurer of England and one of the Queenes Maiesties most honora●able and prudent priuie counsell a long continuance of honour and prosperous estate RIght honorable and prudent Lord the vngratious Emperor Commodus vpon the accusation of a guilty consciēce caused fourteen or fifteen discreete Roman Gentlemen to be thrown into the riuer of Tyber for no other offence but because they soberly talked of the the vertues of the good Emperor Marcus Aurelius his father alleadging that they could not praise his father without the reprouing of himselfe and certainly although Commodus did euil he spake the trueth for the cōmendation of vertue is euermore a reproch to vice which principall right honorable considered of the one part by your manifold seruices done vnto the Queenes most excellent maiestie to her blessed realm generally to the true church of God and of the other side weyed by the most odious treasons conspired by many rotten subiectes whereof iustice lately hath cut off certaine of the principall whose vile purpose reached to the life of her sacred Maiestie the subuersion of their countrey and generall callamity in the church of God no other conclusion can followe but that the reuerence of your publique seruice will alwayes reuiue the hatred of their treasons and that the reproch of their treasons will neuer suffer the reuerēce of your fidelitie to die Therefore most graue Lord desirous to honour withall duetifull affection your godly vertues as the comforte of all good men and also to acknowledge some especiall fauours shewen vnto my selfe vnder your sound protection I present for the generall instruction of my countreymen the subiects of England my obseruances of certain noted speach and behauiours of those fourteene notable Traitors which lately suffered for their treasons trusting that this censure by the sentence of all good Subiects will merite the acceptance of my former bookes which hetherto haue escaped the disgrace of publique reproofe Protesting in the behalfe of my writing that my desire hath euermore bene to instruct all men and not to iniure the worst of the wicked And now to conclude that vertue may haue her sample by your Lordship and vice her shame by these traitors in the name of experience I aduise all men who●e heades clime aboue the height of their present conditions to make loyall and honest actions the ladders of their aduancement which will commend them with a beloued life or an honorable death whē treason is the hatchet that seuereth life and ioyneth infamie vnto death The Lord be with your Lordshippe in all your affaires for whose health and honorable prosperitie the good subiectes of England continually pray Humbly at your Lordships commandement G. W. A Censure in forme of a Dialogue of certaine noted speach and behauiours of fourteene notable Traitors at the place of their executions c The speakers Walker a godlie deuine VVeston a discreet Gentleman Wilcocks a substantial Clothier West NEighbour Wilkcocks you are well welcome home Wilk I humbly thanke your worshippe VVest What is the best newes at London Wilk The best newes are fourteene of those ranke traitors that sought to bereaue the Queenes most excellent Maiestie of her life which God long preserue haue made their confessiō at the gallowee for my eies saw their traiterous harts burned and bodilesse heads aduanced to the view and comforte of manye thousands of people Walk You sawe a happie sight for the quietnesse and safetie of the Queenes most excellent maiestie and general comfort for al good subiects and a fearefull example to al traitors but for asmuch as they offended in the highest degree of treason as traitors resolued to kil the Queens Ma. whose life almighty God long preserue to spoile he● nauie to cloy the ordinance to kil some of her maiesties honorable priuy counsel to moue a generall rebelliō and what in them lay to procure a forraigne inuasion all which beeing treasons of such danger as the least of them closed vp the doores of mercie it seemeth conueniente that theire executions shoulde be with more seuerity then the common iudgemēt of Traitors Wilk Their iudgements and executions were alike saue that the first seuen were executed with lesse fauour then the latter seauen VValk What difference was there in theire executions VVilk Their iudgements were to be drawn to the place of execution there to be hanged vntil they were halfe dead their bowels to be brente before their faces c. And truly the first seauen as the most mallitious if there be anye difference in treason were executed somewhat neere the seuerity of their iudgement the other seauen were so fauouraby vsed as they hung vntill they were euen altogether dead before y ● rest of their iudgemēt was executed VValk Their treasons were so odious as Perillus Bull or the extreamest crueltie that pollicy may inuent wold be too milde to punish them so that the least fauour that might be showen vnto them

gouernmēt of their natiue country Themistocles the good Athenian was vniustly banished Athens for succour was driuen to go to K. Artaxexces the Athenians sworn enmy Artaxerxes glad of this aduantage laboured to guide his army against Athens whē the Captain could no longer w tstand the kings importunitie● he drunke buls blood and died rather then he would reuenge the ingratitude of his country with forraigne bondage there was mortal hatred betweene two worthye Captaines Cretinus Magnetius one Hermias so y ● the whole countrey was occupied w t their discord but whē the K Mithridates assailed their countrey Cretinus Magnetius volūtarily banished him selfe that y ● ielosie of their hatred might not hinder y ● publique seruice of his valiant enemy Hermias y ● traitor that for his priuate aduancement laboreth to betray his country would if his countries danger so required be loth to follow y ● exāple of K. Codrus who vnderstāding that y ● liberty of his country stood vpō the losse of his life he presently in the habite of a slaue entred the camp of the Peloponians Dorians his enemies there quarelled vntil he was slaine to do their countrey seruice Ane●rus K Midas son Curtius voluntarily leaped into a deuouring gulf of y ● earth Caius Graccus sacrifized his own daughter y ● noble Roman Seuola aduētured alone to kil Poisinus in his camp In auciēt time mē bore this zeal toward their country y ● a nūber in de●ence thero● ran vpon violēt death If these general traitors had but experiēce to cōsider of ther own thra●dom they could not be so redy to welcome y ● forraign enemy w t one hand as they woulde bee forward to throwe him forth with al their force the Popish Cleargie who● with Cardinall Poole say Roma mihi patri● est helpte the Spaniarde into England the king of Spaine and his counsellors laboured for the Monarcal Diadem and as the time then serued they thought and it is verye like they had wrought diuers of the Nobilitie to fauour their purpose it is easie to be iudged the euill that they meant vnto their enemies when they purposed to deale thus with their friends they determined first by their help to cut short such of the nobility as they found contrary to their desire and then they meant to make their friends safe with honorable dignities abroad whereof they should take such sound possession as they should neuer see England again as whosoeuer hath seene a letter in forme of an admonition written by the godly martyr M. Iohn Bradford to the nobilittie of England may more largely perceiue Bernardin de Mendoza y ● late ambassador for Spain who trained Throgmorton a principall traitor and many others no doubt vndiscouered to make a passage for a forraigne inuasion after his forced departure out of England diuers times hath said that if he had continued stil in England he wo●d not haue left a Papists head of anye account standing vpon their shoulders meaning that before the comming of the Spanish power to leaue no man of estate or reckoning that might lawefullye looke to strike a stroke in their gouernment for the Spaniard will be Domine fac ●otum wheresoeuer he ruleth where is then the reckoning of those traitors that look for dignitie by this vnnaturall treason West You haue already red their fortunes and I praye God both by the falles and follies of these traitors that all English men may haue their harts to withstand the forraigne enemye strengthened with the protestation of Iones his tongue at the hower of his death Amen Wilk After Iones had paide the price of his treason with all possible fauour Charnock was excecuted and after him Trauis both men as it seemed bewitched with an ignorant deuotion for that in their endes there was nothing to be obserued but their praying to our Lady calling vpon Saintes ioyned with a number of ceremonies crossings blessings so that it appeared that in their prayers they were bound to a forme more then vnto faith Walk The Pope can finde out no instrument so constant for his purpose as the ignorant per●on bewi●ched with his superstitious deuotion for he resolutely followeth whatsoeuer is giuē him in charge such a one was hairbraine Somme●●ile that intended to kil her maiestie whose life as the life of Englands happines God long continue and such an other was young Iarugo that first wounded the godly Prince of Ora●ge whoe was so simple as hee perswaded himselfe that the Pope had the power and would cause him to doe the deed inuisible and therefore the Pope was wont to practise moste rebellions by the ignorant multitude who so long as they were blinded with his errors were euer constant in the execution of his pollices and certainlye although the simple ignorance error of these two traitors were to be bemoned yet the dāger of their treasons considered their executions were verye necessary both for example her maiesties safetie West You say very truly Wilk When the Hangman had giuen these two sencelesse papists his heauy blessing Gage prepared himselfe to dy he began his protestation that there was neuer a subiect more bound to a Prince then his Father was to her Maiestie and from that true acknowledgement of her maiesties gratiousnes ●ell to excuse himselfe of the odious trealons for which he died but vpon so weake a ground as the simplest indgement then present founde by the order of his own confession that he was a dangerous instrument for the Pope he confessed that he accompanied Balla●d the Seminarie Prieste into Yorkshire and that he wrote a letter for the saide Prieste to a French man or a Spaniard of accompte beyond the seas and in al the course of his confession in indifferent iudgmēts he accused him selfe to be a hollow subiect and a sound Papist West This cunning traitor Gage coulde neuer haue made a confession of more infamye vnto himselfe then in acknowledging y ● Queens most excellent fauour shewed vnto his father which a dutiful sonne ought to esteeme a benefit vnto himselfe so to dauble reproch his treasons he condemned himselfe of ingratitude which vnnatural fault Per●ander euermore sentenced w t death but in my opinion if y ● Queen were les mercifull the papists would be more faithful for truly their punishment is so mi●de as by the faith o● an honest man I heard in Rome a Popish Prieste in the presence of other ●ugitiues wish to be her maiesties p●soner in the 〈◊〉 rather then to enioy his liberty o● con●cience in R●me VVilk It is verye likely that the 〈…〉 Priest was regarded in Rome as olde dogges are with their maisters when the date of their hunting is out the sentence of their hanging is at hand for I haue heard how those marked people that holy scripture wils vs to beware of are welcome to Rome and no lesse