being Rebels that we might have their Absolution I bless God he has hitherto helped me to be faithful and I hope he will not leave me in â—he most needful time I must conclude being ready to be called away my dear Love to all my Christian Friends and especially those in the Goal The Lord be with you all Amen Your dying Friend in hopes of Eternal Life through Jesus Christ Amen SAMPSON LARKE From the House of my blessed Bondage in Dorchester Sept. 7. 1685. An Account of those Executed at Sherborn AT Sherborn in the same County were Executed Twelve who all died Couragiously especially one Mr. Glisson of Yeovel in the County of Somerset his extraordinary deportment and carriage at the place of Execution was so very considerable as gave great satisfaction to his Friends and amazement to his Enemies He declared to the World that he died a true Protestant and had not ingaged with the Duke of Monmouth but judged it high time to stand up for the Defence of the same though God Almighty had thought fit to frustrate his Designs and to bring him to that place to Seal the same with his Blood Also John Savage and Richard Hall of Culliton in the County of Devon suffered at the same time and place in their particular Conversation they valued those most that they saw most of Piety in and pitied others that they saw not so well prepared saying that the remembrance of our vanity may cause compassion towards such as were in such a Condition exhorting all to be serious and to consider their latter end which deserved the greatest attention of Mind the way to die comfortably being to prepare for it seriously and if God should miraculously preserve us from this Death now before our eyes it should be the duty of us all to spend the remaining part of our time in such a manner as now when we see Death just at the door At the hour of Execution their chearfulness and comfort was much increased saying Now the Will of God will be done and be hath most certainly chosen that for us which is best with many other such like Christian Expressions too tedious here to be inserted because we design to keep to our first Intentions and not to swell this Tâ—eatise too big Upon the whole afâ—er they had with much earnestness recommended their Souls to the All-wise God by Prayer they all with much content and satisfaction submitted themselves to the Executioner not doubting of a happy Translation and accordingly were executed and quartered before the rest of the Executions in this County as at Weymouth Pool Shafton Wimborne c. not being there we shall pass over and only give you particular touches which we saw to our perfect knowledge and so we retuâ—n to Culliton in the County of Devon where John Sprague and William Clegg both of that Town were condemned at Exon and there brought to be Executed Before they were brought into the place a Messenger came from the Prisoners with a Request to the Vicar of the Parish to desire his Company and Assistance in this their Extremity and to Administer those spiritual Helps that were suitable to Men in their Circumstances Accordingly the said Minister came very readily and did demand of them VVhat they had to desire of him The dying Persons answered They desired his Prayers Accordingly he prayed with them a considerable space of time And after that he asked of them several Questions for to give him and the World satisfaction of the prepared Condition they were in in order to their lanching into Eternity especially about the Doctrine of Non-Resistance John Sprague very soberly and moderately replied but whether satisfactory or not we leave to the Reader He believed that no Christian ought to resist a lawful Power but the Case being between Popery and Prostantism altered the matter and the latter being in danger he believed that it was lawful for him to do what he did â—hough God in his Providence had thought fit to bring him to this place of Execution After reading a Chapter out of the Corinthians and singing a Psalm suitable to the occasion he very vehemently and fervently recommended his Soul to the All-wise God by Prayer for near half an hour to the great satisfaction of all that heard him then his Wife and Children coming to him weeping bitterly he imbraced them in his Arms saying VVeep not for me but weep for your selves and for your sins for that he had that quiet satisfaction that he was only going to be translated into a state of Bliss and Happiness where we should sin and sorrow no more but that all Tears should be wiped away wishing them to be diligent in the Service of God Then recommending his Wife and Children to the protection of the Almighty God who had promised to be a Husband to the VVidow and a Father to the Fatherless who was faithful and able to make up their loss in him in that which should be bettâ—â— for them than he could be desiring God to be a Refuge for them to fly to for security and preservation from the Troubles that seemed to threaten this poor Nation the which if they did conscientiously perform though Death here made a separation he doubted not of meeting them in Heaven at last And so the Executioner did his Office During which time his Brother-sufferer VVilliam Clegg was all the time on his Knees praying to himself with a seeming Zeal suddenly after which his turn being come to follow his Brother he only told the People That his Fellow-sufferer has spoken what he thought was necessary and they were also his Sentiments And so submitted to Execution An Account of those Executed at Axminster and Honiton AT Axminster one also was Executed his Name Mr. Rose he was a Gunner that landed with the Duke of Monmouth he had a great Resolution and not at all started with the fear of Death He said That he defy'd death and all them that were the occasion of it He was very couragious and died so He spent some time in private Prayer and was not allowed time because there was to be Execution at Honiton so that his Execution being over we past on to Honiton where four were executed one of which was a Chyrurgeon his Name if I do not mistake was Mr. Pott who behaved himself with that extraordinary Christian Courage that all the Spectators were almost astonished he being but young about Twenty his Prayers being servent his Expressions so pithy â—nd so becoming a Christian of greater Age that drew pity and compassion from all present a rude Fellow just before he was to be executed called for a Bottle of Wine and so began the Kings Health to one of the Guard which he perceiving Poor Soul said he Your Cup seemeth to be sweet to you and you think mine is bitter which indeed is so to Flesh and Blood but yet I have that assurance of the fruition of a future Estate
King's Mercy from being extended tâ— me as I am told but the Will of the Lord be done the Life to come is infinitely better than this Many more things are laid to my Charge which I am no more guitly of than your self If your Vncle be in Town go speedily to him and give him my dear Love I pray for you who am Your most Affectionate Uncle J. H. Octob. 5. 1685. A Letter to his Wife Sept. 23. 1685. My Dearest Love I Hope you received a few Lines from me by the way of London once more I write to you by your faithful and trusty Friend W. D. who hath been at Exon. If there be need for it he knows many of my dear and faithful Friends there who wish you would come and live among them and if your Estate fail I think iâ— very advisable so to do I hope God will stand by you and defend you My dear seâ— me in God as I must you I must now bid adieu to all Earthly and Worldly Comforts and all the pleasant and delightful Objects of Sense I bless God for all present Mercies and Comforts hitherto I have had what will be after this day I know not but the Will of the Lord be done My Dear Be very cautious not to speak one Word lest it be wrested to a wrong Sense which may ruinâ— you I have not writ what I would of this Nature take the Advice of Friends and of what I send by our Friend O let not the Everlasting Arms of God be with-drawn from you one Moment and let him strengthen you with all Might according to his glorious Power and to all Patience and Long-suffering with Joyfulness Pray hard for Victory over Passion and be much in private Closet Prayer with God and often read the Holy Bible and other good Books the Lord continually guide direct and counsel you My Dear I return you a thousand thanks for all the Love you have shew'd me and my Children and particularly for the high and great Demoâ—stration you have given hereof in this day of my distress I hope my Daughters will be as dutiful to you and be as much concerned for your comfort and welfare as if you had travelled with them and brought them into the world God bless my dear little Ones and them together I shall die their most affectionate and praying Father God I hope will uphold support and comfort me at the last hour and enable me to overcome the Temptations I shall violently be assaulted with before I die God by his infinite and freest Mercies in Jesus Christ pardon all the neglect of Relative Duties which I have bitterly lamented and bewail'd before God with all the Sins I am guilty of for the sake of our dearest Lord and Redeemer The Lord make you grow in all Gracâ— more than ever and make this great Affliction so humbly purifying and spiritualizing to you as wâ—ll as me that it may work for us both a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory Let him take your Soul into his most dearest Embraces and lodge it in the bosom of his Love here and make us to meet in the full and everlasting Fruition and Enjoyment of him hereafter Though it be daâ—gerous for you to vindicate that I die for yet be not too much cast down for it I will say no more as to that My hearty and affectionate Respects to all my dear Friends I need not name them I hope to meet them with your self to inherit Eternal Life through the Merits of Christ's Death Farewel my Dear farewel in the Lord until we meet to be married to him for ever My heart is as full of Love to thee as it was the first day I married thee and if God spar'd my Life it should have been as fully manifested until death Therefore I rest Your most Affectionate and Endeared Husband J. H. Sept. 23. 1685. Another Letter My Dearest Love I Received your Letter by Mr. Skinner I bless God that you and my Babes are well the Lord continue their Lives to be a Blessing and Comfort to you and enable you to see them well Educated in the fear of God and when God takes me away let him be a Husband to guide direct succour comfort and support you and to lodge your Soul in the Bosom of his Love and let him be a Father to them and their Portion for ever Monday last my Brother went to London to try what could be done for me what the success will be I know not I desire the Lord every day to prepare me for Death and carry me above the Fear of it by the discoveries of his everlasting Love unto my Soul and clearing up my Right and Title to everlasting Life and by Sealing up to me the Pardon of all my Sins through the most precious Blood of Jesus Chrâ—st Let uâ— pray hard and much for each othâ—r When I leave this world it shall be with Prayer foâ—â—hee if God give me life how shall I study to be a comfort to thee and to live up to my Marriage as well as Baptismal â—ovenant to all my Friends Tendâ—r my affectionate Respects I hope their Prayers will one way or other be heard for me let the Almighty be your Proâ—â—ctor Supporter and Comforter There be two Books I do recommend to you to read when you are retir'd as well as in your Family Pierce's Preparation for Death and Fox's Redâ—mption of Time Now let our Soulâ— meet together in one most Blessed God in our dearest Jesus and sweetest Saviour let them clasp and cling about him and be sick for the love of hâ—m and that we may meet to enjoy him fully to Etâ—rnity and be satisfied with his Love for ever A thousand Loves if I had them I would send to thee next to my dearest Lord Jesus and the things that are heavenly spiritual and immortal I love thee what I can spare for thee is convey'd to thee and my dear Children from Thy most Affectionate and Faithful Husband and their most loving Father J. H. Another Letter My most dear Love I Hope you have received my last once more as a dead aâ—d living Man through difficulty I write to you though I yet do not know when or where I shall die but expect Death every day when that Message is brought to me I hope through the Grace and Strengâ—h of Christ it will be no surprize to me that neither my Lips Flesh nor Heart will tremble when I hear it I know the cause for which I suffer God hath and has singled me out from many of my Brethren which I never have been without some apprehensions of for above these twenty years to lay down my Life how far it is for his Cause will be judged at the last day I bless God who hath kept me from all Temptations to Conformity though it has brought me to ruine and destruction in this world it will be no fit Season for you to Vindicate
so mean a thought as that of going about to save his Life by accusing others for Crimes that they only talkt of and that as we may partly gather from his discourse he had effectually disswaded them from too so that his Intention was good and his part in that Transaction even in the strictest sense of Law but a Misprision of Treason and therefore he declares he cannot but think the Sentence of Death past against him to be very hard and he by a strange fetch brought within the compass of the Statute of Treason of Edward the Third He moreover adds that he had so convincing a sense of his own Innocence in that Case that he would not betray it by flight tho' much pressed to it He next excuses his saying so little at his Trial saying he hoped it lookt more like Innocence than Guilt Adding that he was advised not to confess Matter of Fact too plainly because it would certainly have brought him within the guilt of Misprision and so he thought it better to say little than by departing from the Ingenuity he had always practised by using little Tricks and Evasions to make the last and solemnest part of his Life so notably different from the preceding course of it as such a Conduct would have made it He farther subjoyns that he never pretended great Readiness in Speaking and advises those Gentlemen of the Law that have it to use it more conscientiously and not to run men down and impose on Easie and Willing Juries by Strains and Fetches c. the Killing unjustly by Law being the worst of Murthers He then as in several other places repeating his wishes that the Rage and Revenge of some men and the partiality of Juries may be stopped with his Blood and so after a small hint how by the importunity of his Dearest and most Virtuous Lady and some other Dear Friends he had been prevail'd upon against his Inclinations to Address tho' ineffectually for his Life he concludes with a fresh Protestation of his Innocency and a Devout Prayer to God suitable to that sad occasion Captain WALCOT c. CAptain Walcot and his Fellow-sufferers in order of time should have gone first he being convicted before my Lord Russel and executed the Friday as he on Saturday But my Lord Russel's Fate having so immediate a dependance on the Earl of Essex's and all the Plot hanging on him especially they two making the greatest Figure of any who suffer'd on this occasion it look'd more proper and natural to begin with them and reserve the other to this place Captain Walcot was a Gentleman of a considerable Estate in Ireland but more remarkable for the rare Happiness of having Eight Children all at once living and most of all for his Love to his Country which cost him his Life We can have but little dependance as has been before hinted on the publick Papers relating to these concerns especially in his Case where Cartwright was engaged What appears to us and we may believe most reasonable and what 's agreed on of all hands is ' That West Rumsey and I think one more of 'em had frequent Discourses at least of killing the King and Duke so horrid and barbarous a thing and so like the Practice and Principles of those worst of men the Papists that as every true Englishman and good Christian must needs conceive a detestation and horror at the very mention of it so no doubt it will be very acceptable to such to find when the thing is enquired closely into which has partly been done before and shall now be finished to find no probability of any thing real in the bottom none engaged in it but two or three Knaves and one Fool. No Person of Honour or Character who had heard so much as any Discourse of it but what immediately disapproved or detested it as much as every good Man ought to do Tho' some of 'em if there were more than Walcot might hear such mad Discourse as my Lord Russel says the Wickedness passions and vanities of other men might have occasion'd and yet not believing any thing in it more than words nor think they were obliged to turn Informers and Hangmen which because they did not do they suffer'd themselves And this any reasonable man will I doubt not upon a little free thinking acknowledge to be Walcot's Case and no further The pretended Crime for which Walcot suffer'd and which West and others witness against him was Consulting the Death of the King and charging the Guards at his return from New-market while the dreadful Blunderbuss was to be fired into the Coach by Rumbold or some others His Privacy to Discourses about the Kings Death was but Misprision For his acting in it they could not have pitch'd on a more unlikely man to command a Party in so desperate an Attempt as charging the Guards than one that was sick and Bed-rid of the Gout as about this time and often besides the Captain was Nor seems West's pretence more likely That he refused to be actual in the Assassination because of the baseness of it but offer'd to charge the Guards while others did it much as wisely and tenderly as if he had denied to cut a Man's Throat but consented to hold his hands while others did it This he denies with indignation in his Speech and Appeals to all that knew him Whether they thought him such an Idiot that he should not understand 't was the same thing to engage the Kings Guards whilst others kill'd him or to kill him with his own hands Here then 't is plain lies the pinch of the matter West and Rumsey c. had been frequently discoursing at that bloody villanous rate West was most impatiently eager of having it done He proposed the Lopping 'em at a Play which he said would be in their own calling For some of those who are charged with this foul business as Promoters or so much as Approvers thereof were the innocent or guilty as to that particular I can assure the Reader I have the same thought of 'em that Juvenal had of Sejanus and can say as he does Nunquam si quid mihi credis amavi But however one may add as he does Sed quo accidit sub crimine Quisnam Delator Quibus indiciis Quo teste and almost resolve all these Questions to the same way with a Nil horum Never was any Party without many ill men This no doubt had too many whose ill Lives both discredited and in probability ruined the best Cause in the World as my Lord Russel intimated in his Speech Some of these not having the fear of God before their Eyes might have such traiterous Designs nay and by their own Confession it appears they had so But let 's not however be hurried away in a popular Stream which generally runs very muddy to condemn those who whatever personal Faults they may have had how turbulent their Nature or bad their Morals or
reconcil'd the best of any one he had as much Address as perfect and great a Presence of Mind in whatever Exigences as can be met with He was the best Companion the best Friend in the World and as generous an Enemy He did nothing but what lookt very handsom and there was a Charm in the meanest and something most bewitchingly pleasant in the most indefensible of his Actions He could do almost every thing and 't is hard to say what he did with the greatest Grace In a word all that knew him must say That he wanted nothing but an Estate to have made him as compleat a Gentleman as most in England An ELEGY upon Mr. Thomas Dangerfield GO then mount on wing through the midway Air And Godfreys hovering shade shall meet thee there A thousand Martyrs thou a wound all o're Thy mighty mind leaps out at every Pore My rising heart boils high the ungrateful World shall see Something Immortal something worthy thee Larger within the Noble Image grows Free like thy blood the uncall'd Satyr flows But not one Tear to affront thy pious Grave Russel and generous Essex died less brave Love Pity Friendship all their Claims begin But Vengeance drowns 'em all and roars aloud within And thou Hell 's Ehud by black Rome decreed Hallow'd and blest to do the glorious deed If his dear Name can ought of Passion move If there are any Stings in Blood or Love Ev'n at Hell Gates I 'll reach and stab thee there Nâ—r can so just a Rage be too severe Tho' my wild Satyr means a nobler wound Others I strike thee but at the rebound Like him we 'll tell 'em to their Teeth 't is true Defie a stab and give the Devil his due And if you bright exalted Names above Know any thing but how to Sing and Love Look down dear sharer of my Soul and see A Vengeance worthy of thy Friend and thee A Friend's Revenge may thy black Murtherers feel Oh may my Pen dart Groves of poison'd Steel Till through their lustful Veins the Venom rolls And with a double Rot consumes their very Souls None none shall 'scape the just and deadly blow None that these Grand Intrigues of Murder know From Conclaves down to little Kings below Let Laureats belch a pocky Heroe's Fame When Candied o're with some cramp Hebrew name As thâ—ir good-fellow Catholick Jews before Nick-name a Calf Jehovah and adore No well-wrote Story no Romance can yield A greater nobler Name than Dangerfield Nothing he wants tho' Fate no Title brings That single Name 's above an Earl's a Duke's a King 's When Ease and Plenty their brisk Forces joyn Or the high Veins are swoln with lusty Wine When we on Honours lofty Turrets go And look with scorn ore little Crouds belâ—w Ev'n Fools and Cowards bold and witty grow When Jeffreys on the Bench Ketch on the Gibbet sits Some take ev'n them for Courages and Wits Nay nobler Souls than those if Fortune frown Oft broke and conquer'd meanly tumble down If Fate unjust Success to Tyrants give Ev'n the Heroick Brutus dares not live But greater he 's still what he was before Nay greater yet is all himself and more Tho' Man ungrate he ever yet has known Tho' they forsake him he 's not yet alone For some too honest and for some too brave How shou'd he thrive when neither Fool nor Knave He 's not alone another Spirit attends A nearer Comfort than a thousand Friends Heavens see how bravely he maintains his ground Tho' with whole Hells of Devils baited round Charge on charge thicker yet he stands he stands The blest above look down and clap their hands Envy the ungrateful World so great a Bliss And almost wish to change their place for his Unbrib'd he stands with hopes of Victory Knowing his greatest Conquest was to die Thus the brave Lion when base Hounds pursue And seize on every Pass and Avenue Tho' from within his mighty Genius call And knells of sudden Thunder bode his fall Walks careless on walks on and looks about Terrour and Death thro' all the ignoble Rout And sells his Life so dear tho' pleas'd to die 'T is hardly worth the while for them to buy Nothing his equal Temper ere could move No tho' a very Jeffreys sate above Had some good Heathnish Pilate been preferr'd To fill the place he had at least been heard But he so fair a measure must not find For Justice now 's grown deaf as well as blind Juâ—â—ice is deaf but yet her mouth 's so wide So loud she yells as deafens all beside If she 's returnâ—d from Heav'n as all must say Sure she call'd in at Billingsgate by the way Raving her Collar from her neck she tore Knowing another would become it more Thus the gay Mad-man twists Straw-wreaths then He knows not why tears 'em to dust again Ah Mystick Fate who can thy Methods know Jeffreys above and Dangerfield below But since nor Friend nor Poet can invent Deeper Damnation for his punishment May he be Jeffreys still and ne're repent And now the fatal Day begins to dawn The Curtain of the last sad Scene is drawn Pale let it ever rise with doubtful Light Hardly distinguisht from preceding Night May Birds obscene and ominous round it stray May troubled Ghosts keep dismal Holiday Curse on eaâ—h hour But hold for he looks down And over his calm Face has drawn a frown Forgive bright Soul the starts of a distracted mind The Poet now the Christian leaves behind Withdraw that Just that now unusual frown Blest be the happy Day that brought thy Crown Thy Radiant Crown of Martyrdom which brings A thousand Joys more than the Crowns of Kings A thousand Joys without a thousand Stings Soon rose the Sun so great a Day to see Soon rose the Sun but not so soon as he A brighter Sun's Assistance down he calls He draws all Heav'n within his dusky Walls So laught the Apostles at Hell's baffled Rage And sung in spite of Fetters and a Cage Around Heav'nâ— Battlements bright Legions wait And crouding Seraphs open wide the Gate One who of Martyrs has peculiar care Is sent to whisper in his Soul Prepare Or else his Guardian friend had made him know That long expected Message he must go For sure he knew the worst their Rage could do He knew he saw it all and scorn'd it too Pray on great Soul and like thy Master be For those that now begin to murder thee Thy Master thus thus thy Lord Jesus dy'd He must be scourg'd before he 's crucifi'd Tho' milder Jews far more good Nature have They forty Stripes Jeffreys four hundred gave Far more had he at first from Virtue fell Ten times a fitter Friend for Rome and Hell Ten times less â—han this Torment would alone For ten times worse and ten times more attone Blood might ha' done had not fair Tears done more And Penitence washt him whiter than before Nay were I Papist too
see and hear what they did from such Young Men. A near Relation that went into the West to see the issue of things and to perform whatever should be necessary for them gives the following account At Salisbury the 30 th of August I had the first opportunity of Converse with them I found them in a very excellent Composure of Mind declaring their experience of the Grace and Goodness of God to them in all their Sufferings in supporting and strengthning and providing for them turning the Hearts of all in whose hands they had been both at Exon and on Ship-board to shew pity and favour to them although since they came to Newgate they were hardly used and now in their Journey loaded with heavy Irons and more inhumanely dealt with They with great chearfulness profess'd That they were better in a more happy Condition than ever in their Lives from the sense they had of the pardoning Love of God in Jesus Christ to their Souls wholly referring themselves to their wise and gracious God to chuse for them Life or Death Expressing themselves thus Any thing what pleases God what he sees best so be it We know he is abâ—e to deliâ—er but if not blessed be his Name Death is not terrible now but desireable Mr. Benjamin Hewling particularly added As for thâ— World there is nothing in it to make it worth while to live except we may be serviceable to God therein And afterwards said Oh! God is a a strong Refuge I have found him so indeed The next Opportunity I had was at Dorchester where they both were carried there remaining together four days By reason of their strait Confinement our Converse was much interrupted but this appear'd that they had still the same Presence and Support from God no way discourag'd at the approach of their Tryal nor of the event of it whatever it should be The 6 th of September Mr. Benjamin Hewling was order'd to Taunton to be tryed there Taking my leave of him he said Oh! Blessed be God for Afflictions I have found such happy Effects that I would not have been with out them for all this World I remained still at Dorchester to wait the Issue of Mr. William Hewling to whom after Tryal I had free Access whose Discourse was much fill'd with Admirings of the Grace of God in Christ that had been manifested towards him in calling him out of his natural State He said God by his Holy Spirit did suddenly seize upon his Heart when he thought not of it in his retired Abode in Holland as it were secretly whispering in his Heart Seek ye my Face enabling him to answer his gracious Call and to reflect upon his own Soul shewing him the Evil of Sin and necessity of Christ from that time carrying him on to a sensible adherence to Christ for Justification and Eternal Life He said Hence he found a Spring of Joy and Sweetness beyond the Comforts of the whole Earth He further said He could not but admire the wonderful goodness of God in so preparing him for what he was bringing him to which then he thought not of giving him hope of Eternal Life before he called him to look Death in the face so that he did chearfully resign his Life to God before he came having sought his Guidance in it and that both then and now the Cause did appear to him very glorious notwithstanding all he had suffer'd in it or what he further might Although for our Sins God hath with-held these good things from us But he said God had carry'd on his blessed Work on his Soul in and by all his Sufferings and whatever the Will of God were Life or Death he knew it would be best for him After he had received his Sentence when he returned to Prison he said Methinks I find my Spiritual Comforts increasing ever since my Sentence There is no Condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus it 's God that justifies who shall condemn When I came to him the next morning when he had received News that he must die the next day and in order to it was to be carried to Lyme that day I found him in a more excellent rais'd spiritual Frame than before He said He was satisfi'd God had chosen best for him he knows what the Temptations of Life might have been I might have lived and forgotten God but now I am going where I shall sin no more Oh! it 's a blessed thing to be free from sin and to be with Christ. Oh! the Riches of the Love of God in Christ to Sinners Oh! how great were the Sufferings of Christ for me beyond all I can undergo How great is that Glory to which I am going It will soon swallow up all our Sorrow here When he was at Dinner just before his going to Lyme he dropt many abrupt Expressions of his inward Joy such as these Oh! the Grace of God the Love of Christ Oh that blessed Supper of the Lamb to be for ever with the Lord He further said when I went to Holland you knew not what Snares Sins and Miseries I might fall into or whether ever we should meet again But now you know whither I am going and that we shall certainly have a most joyful meeting He said Pray give my particular Recommendations to all my Friends with acknowledgements for all their kindness I advise them all to make sure of an Interest in Christ for he is the only Comfort when we come to die One of the Prisoners seemed to be troubled at the manner of the Death they were to die to whom he replied I bless God I am reconciled to it all Just as he was going to Lyme he writ these few Lines to a Friend being hardly suffer'd to stay so long I am going to Launch into Eternity I hope and trust into the Arm of my Blessed Redeemer to whom I commit you and all my dear Relations my Duty to my dear Mother and Love to all my Sisters and the rest of my Friends William Hewling As they passed through the Town of Dorchester to Lyme multitudes of People beheld them with great Lamentations admiring at his Deportment at his parting with his Sister As they pass'd upon the Road between Lyme and Dorchester his Discourse was exceeding Spiritual as those declar'd who were present taking occasion from every thing to speak of the Glory they were going to Looking out on the Country as he pass'd he said This is a glorious Creation but what then is the Paradice of God to which we are going 't is but a few Hours and we shall be there and for ever with the Lord. At Lyme just before they went to die reading John 14.18 He said to one of his fellow-Sufferers Here is a sweet Promise for us I will not leave you comfortless I will come unto you Christ will be with us to the last One taking leave of him he said Farewel till we meet in Heaven Presâ—ntly I shall be with
the Mayor and Sheriff hall'd them forwards themselves Balaam-like driving the Horses When they came to the place of Execution which was surrounded with Spectators many that waited their Coming with great sorrow said That when they saw him and them come with such chearfulness and joy and evidence of the Presence of God with them it made Death appear with another Aspect They first embraced each other with the greatest Affection then two of the elder Persons praying audibly they joyn'd with great seriousness Then he desired leave of the Sheriff to pray particularly but he would not grant it only ask'd him if he would pray for the King He answered I pray for all men He then requested they might sing a Psalm the Sheriff told him It must be with the Ropes about their Necks which they cheerfully accepted and sung with such heavenly joy and sweetness that many present said It both broke and rejoyc'd their hearts Thus in the experience of the delightfulness of praising God on Earth he willingly closed his Eyes on a vain World to pasâ— to that Eternal Employment Sept. 30. 1685. All present of all sorts were exceedingly affected and amazed Some Officers that had before insultingly said Surely these Persons have no thoughts of death but will find themselves surprized by it after said That they now saw he and they had something extraodinary within that carried them through with such joy Others of them said That they were so convinc'd of their Happinâ—ss that they would be glad to change Conditions with them All the Souldiers in general and all others lamenting exceedingly saying That it was so sad a thing to see them so cut off they scarce knew how to bear it Some of the most malicious in the place from whom nothing but railing was expected said as they were carried to their â—rave in Taunton Church voluntarily accompanied by most of the Town That these Persons had left a sufficient Evidence that they were now glorified Saints in Heaven A great Officer in the King'â— Army has been often heard to say That if you would learn to die go to the young Men of Taunton Much more was utter'd by them which shew'd the blessed and glorious frames of their hearts to the Glory of Divine Grace but this is what occurs to memory Mr. Benjamin Hewling about two hours before his death writ this following Letter which shew'd the great composure of his Mind Mr. Hewlings last Letter a little before his Execution Taunton Sept. 30. 1685. Honoured Mother THat News which I know you have a great while feared and we expected I must now acquaint you with That notwithstanding the Hopes you gave in your two last Letters Warrants are come down fâ—r my Execution and within these few hours I expect it to be peâ—formed Blessed be the Almighty God that gives comfort and support in such a day how ought we to magnifie his holy Name for all his Mercies that when we were running on in a course of sin he should stop us in our full career and shew us that Câ—rist whom we had pierced anâ— out of hiâ—â—ree Grace enable us to look upon him with an Eâ—e of Faith believing him able to save to the utmost all such as come to him Oh admirable loâ—g suffering and patience of God that when we were dishonoâ—ring hiâ— Name he did not take that time to bring honour to himself by our destruction But he delighteth not in the death of a sinner buâ— had rather he should turn to him and live And he has many ways of bringing his own to himsâ—lf Blessed be his Holy Name that through Affliction he has taught my heart in some measure to be comformable to his Will which worketh patience and patience worketh experience and experience hope which maketh not ashamed I bless God I am not ashamed of the Cause for which I lay down my life and as I have engaged in it and fought for it so now I am going to sâ—al it with my Blood The Lord still carry on the same Cause which hath been long on foot and tho' we die in it and for it I question not but in his own good time he will raise up other Instruments morâ— worthy to carry it on to the glory of his Name and the advancement of his Church and People Honoured Mother I know there has been nothing left undone by you or my Friends for the saving of my Life for which I return many hearty acknowledgments to your self and them all and it 's my dying request to you and them to pardon all undutifulness and unkindness in every Relation Pray give my Duty to my Grandfather and Grandmother Service to my Vnkles and Aunts and my dear Love to all my Sisters to every Relation and Friend a particular Recommendation Pray tell 'em all how precious an Interest in Christ is when we come to die and advise them never to rest in a Christless Estate For if we are his it 's no matter what the World do to us they can but kill the Body and blessed be God the Soul is out of their reach for I question not but their malice wishes the damnation of that as well as the destruction of the Body which has too evidently appeared by their deceitful flattering promises I commit you all to the care and protection of God who has promised to be a Father tâ— the Fatherless and a Husband to the Widdow and to supply the want of every Relation The Lord God of Heaven be your Comfort under thesâ— Sorrows and your Refuge from these Miseries we may easily foresee coming upon poor England and the poor distressed People of God in it The Lord carry you through this vale of Tears with a resigning submissive Spirit and at last bring you to himself in Glory where I question not but you will meet your dying Son Ben Hewling Their Characters THey were both of very sweet and obliging Tempers as hâ—s appeared in their History it being a very hard matter for their worst Enemies when they once knew 'em well not to honour and love ' em Mr. Benjamin the elder reconciled the Lamb and the Lion exactly In the Field he seem'd made only for War and any where else for nothing but Love He without flatterry deserv'd to be call'd a very fine man of a lovely proportion extreamly well made as handsom a Meen good an Air as perhaps few in England exceeded him His Picture is pretty like him The younger Mr. William somewhat taller and more slender His Face fresh and lively as his Spirit being Master of an extraordinary vivacity and briskness of Temper Both of 'em vertuous pious and couragious far above their years and indeed seem'd to be Men too soon one of 'em not being Twenty the eldest but Two and twenty when they dy'd verifying that common Observation That whatever is perfect sooner than ordinary has generally a shorter Period prefix'd it than what 's more base and ignoble Mr. Christopher
informed is usual in such Cases However I forgive all the World and therein all those that have done me wrong and in particular I forgive Colonel Penruddock although he told me that he could have taken these men before they came to my House And I do likewise forgive him who desired to be taken away from the Grand Jury to the Petty-Jury that he might be the more nearly concerned in my death As to what may be objected in reference to my Conviction that I gave it under my hand that I had discoursed with Nelthrop that could be no Evidence against me being after my Conviction and Sentence I do acknowledg his Majesties Favour in Revoking my Sentence I pray God to preserve him that he may long Reign in Mercy as well as Justice and that he may Reign in Peace and that the Protestant Religion may flourish under him I also return thanks to God and the Reverend Clergy that assisted me in my Imprisonment ALICIA LISLE Mr. Richard Nelthrop HIS Name is often enough met with in Wests and Rumseys Plot and good reason too he being not near to answer for himself As to what he was Accused Outlawed and Executed for his being concern'd in a Design for the Assassination of the King and Duke he solemnly avers as may be seen below in his Speech That he was always highly against it and detested any such thing was never in the least concern'd in it neither in Pursâ— or Person never knew of any Arms bought for that intent nor did believe there was any such Design Than which what Words could be more full and satisfactory He went away in the Heat of Swearing and return'd with the Duke of Monmouth thinking it his Duty as he says to hazard his Life for the preservation of the Protestant Religion and English Liberties but as to the Duke of Monmouth's being declar'd King he was wholly passive in it He was at first committed to Salisbury Prison where he had several Disputes with a learned and good Man whose Opinion then differ'd from his concerning the lawfulness of Defending our selves by Arms against illegal Violence which was his firm Judgment Thence he was brought to London and imprison'd in Newgate He rejected there with scorn some Offers made him of saving his own Life by taking away other Mens and tho' he was under inexpressible Trouble during his close Confinement there which at length arose to Distraction and the impair of his Reason yet 't is remarkable that he as Bateman before him before he came to die after Sentence was very calm and lively again the entire Exercise of his Judgment and Understanding returning with more Joy and Comfort than he had before Pain and Misery He writ one Letter to his Parents another to his Children here inserted together with his last Speech at his Execution the 30 th of Octob. 1685. at 2 in the Morning he wrote the Letter to his Parents c. Wherein he speaks much of his Brother and Fellow-Sufferer Mr Ayloff if I mistake not whom he says He could embrace with more Joy in the Field of Suffering than ever he could have done had he met him in the Field crown'd with Victory and Laurels Mr. Richard Nelthrop's Letter to his Parents Brothers and Sister Dearest Parents and ever loving Brothers and tender hearted and beloved Sister THrough the infinite goodness of God the nearer I approach my End the more Joy and Comfort I find in my suffering Estate that I may so call it I can through mercy say that I have found more true Delight and Content this Night than in all the Days and Nights of my whole Life and I hope the Lord will continue it that his Name may be glorified by me the meanest and poorest of all his Servants but through Free-grace faithful unto the end My Soul is ravished I can hardly write and my Comforts are more unspeakable than my Terrors were I did this Evening see my dearest Brother and Companion his Face was to me as that of an Angel and he gave me that Comfort that I cannot but say my Love to him is beyond what I ever had to my dearest Relations When God comes every thing hath a beauty and lustre upon it here is aâ— Answer of Prayers and such an Answer as dearest Relations must engage you all to be constant in the performance of that Duty which like Jacob's Ladder though it stand upon the Earth yet it reacheâ— up to Heaven Here 's the Love of God made maâ—ifâ—st to a poor Sinner at the last hour like the Thief upon the Cross he that never knew before what the Love of God was to his Soul finds it now filled with it and running over Now â—less the Lord O my Soul yea all that is within me Bless his holy Name for this Dispensation â—ow Light appears out of Darkness in the Face of Jesus now all worldly Joy and Comforts seem to me as they are things not hard to part with Father Mother Brothers Sister Wife Children House and Lands are as my dear Saviour saith to be parted with for him or we are not worthy of him I bless his Name I find no reluctancy to do it he hath brought me to his Foot stool and I can say heartily the Will of the Lord be done in this matter I never before but saw a Beauty in worldly Comforts but now those seem so faded by the greater Lustre and Beauty that I see in God in Christ Jesus that I am astonished where I have been wandring all my days spending my time and my mony for that which is not Bread O strive to get a taste of this Love of God in Christ Jesus and it will perfectly wean you from this deceitful foolish World What is worldly Honour and Riches O set not your hearts upon them but get a Treasure in Heaven that your hearts may be there also O lose no time for if you ever knew the sweetness of it you would never be at rest till you found him whom your Soul loved it will be more yea infinitely more than all worldly Injoyments can afford you tho' in their greatest Perfection it will make your Life sweet and your Death most comfortable It is the Bread which this World knoweth not of and therefore maketh little or no inquiry after it Dearest Relatiâ—ns whilst you and my other dear Friends are like Aaron and Hur holding up the Hands of Moses I am through Grace getting Victory over the Amalekites I can embrace my dear and beloved Brother and Companion with more Joy in the Field of suffering than ever I could have done had I met him crowned with the Laurels of Victory Oh the mercy to die with such a â—riend and such a valiant Souldier of Jesus who hath kept his Garments clean I now begin to pity you that stay behind who have many Temptations to conflict with for a little yea a very little time and my Warfare will be accomplished and if
to those poor Prisoners to be hereafter tryed and Lord if it be thy holy Will stop this issue of Christian Blood and let my guiltless Blood be the last spilt on this account Gentlemen all farewel farewel all the things of the World Then singing some few Verses of a Psalm and putting up some private Ejaculations to himself said O Lord into thy hands I commend my Spirit and so submitted to the Executioner Sept. 7. 1685. The Behaviour and Dying Speech of Mr. Joseph Speed of Culliton AT the same time and place as he came near the place of his Execution he spying his Country-man and Friend called him and said I am glad to see you here now because I am not known in these parts being answered by his Friend I am sorry to see you in this Condition He replies It is the best day I ever saw I thank God I have not led my Life as Unchristian-like as many have done having since the years of 16 always had the Checks of Conscience on me which made me to avoid many gross and grievous Sins my course of Life hath been well known to you yet I cannot justifie my self all Men err I have not been the least of Sinners therefore cannot excuse my self but since my confinement I have received so great comfort in some assurance of the Pardon of my Sins that I can now say I am willing to die to be dissolved and to be with Christ and say to Death Where is thy Sting and to Grave Where is thy Victory Being ask'd by some rude Soldiers Whether he was not sorry for the Rebellion he was found guilty of He couragiously reply'd If you call it a Rebellion I assure you I had no sinister ends in being concerned for my whole design in taking up Arms under the D. of M. was to Fight for the Protestant Religion which my own Conscience dictated me to and which the said Duke Declared for and had I think a lawful Call and Warrant for so doing and do not question that if I have committed any sin in it but that it is pardoned Pray Mr. Sheriff let me be troubled no farther in answering of Questions but give me leave to prepare my self those few minutes I have left for another World and go to my Jesus who is ready to receive me Then calling to his Friend who stood very near him said My dear Friend you know I have a dear Wife and Children who will find me wanting being somewhat incumber'd in the World let me desire you as a Dying Man to see that she be not abused and as for my poor Children I hope the Father of Heaven will take care of them and give them Grace to be dutiful to their Distressed Mother and so with my dying Love to all my Friends when you see them I take leave of you and them and all the World desiring your Christian Prayers for me to the last moment then repeating some Sentences of Scripture as Colossians chap. 3. v. 1 2. If you then c. and praying very fervently said I thank God I have satisfaction I am ready and willing to suffer shame for his Name And so pouring forth some private Ejaculations to himself and lifting up his hands the Executioner did his Office Tâ—e Soldiers then present said They never before were so taken with a Dying Mâ—n's Speech his Courage and Christian-like Resolution caused many violent Men against the Prisoners to repent of their Tyranny towards them some of whom in a short time died full of horror And thus fell this good Man a true Protestant and one that held out to the end An account of those that suffer'd at Bridport and Lime AT Bridport one John Sparke who was a very good Man and behaved himself with a great deal of Christian-like Courage to the end His Speech and his Devotions c. must be omitted not being possible to take them by reason of the rudeness c. and the shortness of the time allowed him by the Souldiers Next place was Lime where many of Note died Particularly Col. Holmes who was the first of those there executed near the same place where they landed when they came ashore with the Duke of M. Being brought to the place after some difficulty for the Horses that were first put into the Sledge would not stir which oblige-those concerned to get others which they did from the Coachman who had that morning brought them to Town when they were put into the Sledge they broke it in pieces which caused the Prisoners to go on foot to the place of Execution where being come as I told you before the Colonel began thus at the foot of the Ladder he saâ— down with an Aspect altogether void of Fear but on the contrary with a kind of smiling Countenance so began to speak to the spectators to this purpose That he would give them an account of his first undertaking in the design which was long before in London for there be agreed to stand by and assist the D. of M. when opportunity offer'd in order to which he went to Holland with him and there continued until this Expedition in which God had thought fit to frustrate his and other good Mens Expectations He believed the Protestant Religion was bleeding and in a step towards Extirpation and therefore he with these his Brethren that were to suffer with him and Thousands more had adventured their Lives and their All to save it but God Almighty had not appointed 'em to be the Instruments in so glorious a Work yet notwithstanding he did verily believe and doubted not but that God would make use of others that should meet with better success tho the way or means was not yet visible but of this he did not doubt He also was satisfied of the D's Title so that matter did not afflict him on account of his engaging on his Score And going on further with a Discourse of this nature he was asked by a Person Why he did not pray for the King He with a smiling Countenance answer'd I am sorry you do not yet understand the difference between Speaking and Praying And having ended his Discourse he then prepared himself by Prayer for his Dissolution which was very devout and pious for half an hour which was as follows Colonel Holme's Last Prayer MOst glorious most great and most merciful God there is none in Heaven or in Earth that is like unto thee Heaven is thy Throne and the Earth is thy Footstool who shall say unto thee What doest thou Here we are poor deplorable Creatures come to offer up our last Prayers and Services unto thee we beseech thy favourable Ear to our Prayers and the comfort of thy holy Spirit at this time we praise and magnifie thy name for all the Dispensations of thy Providence towards us especially for this thy Providence in bringing us to this place and at this time to suffer shame for thy Name Help and assist all of us
cruel Foes Let Babylon come down Let England's King be one of them Shall raze her to the ground 7. Through Christ we yield our Souls to thee Accept us on his Score That where he is there we may be To praise thee ever more After the Hymn sung he prayed devoutly for half an hour after Prayer he gave great satisfaction to all present of his Assurance of Heaven had many weeping Eyes for him and was much lamented in the Town tho' a stranger to the place so unbuttoning himself said to the Executioner I fear not what Man can do unto me I pray thee do thy work in mercy for I forgive thee with all my heart and I also pray to God to forgive thee don 't mangle my Body too much and so lifting up his hands to Heaven the Executioner did his Office There was also one William Cox that died with him who also died very couragiously despising the shame in hopes and expectation of a future better Estate He and his two Sons were some of the first that came to the Duke of Monmouth anâ— all taken and all condemned together The Father only suffered the Sons by Providence were preserved When he was going to Execution he desired leave to see his Sons then in another Prison in the Town to whom he gave his Blessing and though he was going to be Executed yet had that satisfaction to hope that God would preserve them which was so Some further Passages relating to Mr. Sampson Larke with his Prayer at the same time and Place when Executed IMmeâ—iately after Colonel Holmes was Executed this gâ—od Man was ordered to prepare to follow accordingly going to dâ—liver some few words to the People some whereof were formerly of his Congregation but being told he could not expecâ— much time because it was so late and so many to be Executed afteâ— him so he suddenly concluded and said I will now speak a few Words to him whicâ— I am sure will hear me And so began his Prayeâ— as followeth Blessed Lord God we thine unworthy Creaturâ— now here before thee cannot but acknowledge from thâ— bottom of our hearts our own unworthiness we muâ—â— confess we have been grievous sinners and have brougâ—â— forth the evil Fruit of it in our Lives to the greâ—â— dishonour of thy Name for which we have deserved thy heavy wrath and indignation to be poured forth upon us not only in this life but in that which is to come O let us bless God for our Sufferings and Afflictions as for our Mercies we bless thee in particular for this O sanctifie it to us let us be effectually convinced of the vanity of the World and of our own sinfulness by Nature and Practice and to see that to be sin which we never saw before O Lord make us sensible of the absolute necessity of the Righteousness of Christ to justifie us and let him be now made much more dear and precious to our Souls than ever that so we may be wrought into a more heavenly Frame and raised to a higher degree of Spirituality and so made more meek and humble and let us judge charitably of others that differ from us in Opinion and Judgment And now O Lord though by thy most righteous Judgment we most justly deserve these Sufferings and such an ignominious Death for our Sins against thee not for Treasons against the Kingdom let us be in a preparedness for it Pardon all our Sins help us quietly to submit to thy holy Will speak peace to all our Souls Look in mercy O Lord on this poor Nation especially on this Town and every particular Person in it let them all mind those things which concern their peace before they are hid from their eyes Comfort my dear and distressed Wife be a Husband unto her deliver her out of the Paw of the Lyon and the Paws of the Bear Look upon all thy poor afflicted ones all Prisoners and Captives work deliverance for them if thou seest it good but thy Will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven And now Lord with humble meekness and submission I submit to thy Will depending upon on the Merits of my Saviour to whom with thy blessed Self and Spirit be ascribed all Honour and Praise both now and for ever Amen Then mounting the Ladder he called to some of the Town who weeped for him but were at some distance Go home to your own Houses pray do not weep for me and before you get up yonder Hill I shall be with my heavenly Father in fulness of joy and pleasure for evermore And so advising those before him to leave off those cruel Sentiments they had taken of him besides some heavenly Discourses with some of his Friends he was turned off to the great grief of the good People of the Town especially those of his own Congregation To give him nothing but his due he was a man mighty charitable relieving and visiting the poor and needy Preached in season and out of season and made it his business to go about doing good and to put poor Souls in a way for Eternal Life he was an old Christian as well as aged in years he was a general loss especially to his dear and tender Wife But all our losses are nothing to be compared to that Glory that he now enjoys Mr. Sampson Larke's Letter to a Friend just before his Execution MY dear Friend I am ready to be offered and the time of my Departure is at hand I have through Grace fought a good fight have finished my course have kept the Faith and am in hopes of the Crown of Righteousness prepared for me and all God's faithful Ones The experiences I have had of the Promises hath given me comfortable hopes that he will carry me to the full end of my Journey with his Name and that Truth of his which I have made Profession of My great Crime is for my being a Preachâ—r of the Gospel and here I am to be made a Sacrifice where I have mostly preached Christ 's Gospel I think my Judges have devised this punishment for my hurt but I trust God will turn it to my good the great trouble I have is for those good Hearts that I must leave behind me But this is my comfort knowing that all such as fear God he will be a Father to them My dear Wife is greatly troubled but through Mercy much supported and something quieted if any of you have opportunity to give her help I hope you will do it As for our confessing our selves Guilty it was expresly as to matter of Fact and not of Form and this I did with some freedom and the rather because all my worthy Brethren that went before me took that way and the many ways having been used to have a further Discovery yet nothing of that kind by any but only by Captain Jones Since our Sentence some wretched men have been with us to draw from us a Confession of our
fat with Treason he did daily thrive Till to his highest pitch he did arrive The Church of England saw a Traitor Lurch Who went about to undermine their Church Witness else Maudlin Colledge and the rest He was the stoutest Stickler for the Test But could not help it 'cause he was so high He soaâ—'d above the sight of humble Eye Abhor'd Petitioners as heretofore Such Varlets still was banisht from his Dore Now being on the top of Fortune's Wheel The Giddy Goddess did begin to reel A warning 't is to all depending on her Of Ice is made the Pinacle of Honour Or Glassie substance brittle shining hew That afar off doth make a Golden Shew Those that are Low admire it and would Climb Altho' they break their Necks the very time And now methoughts he hearing preparations That were a forming in the Neighbour Nations Prepares for his own safety now in time Thinking the Thunder would on him incline Therefore being ask'd what were the Princes Heads Of 's Declaration feelingly he said His Head was one aim'd at 'mongst many others Knowing in Villany he 'd many Brothers With that betook him to his heels and run Thinking by Bribes he could not ruin shun He took a Colliâ—rs Coat to Sea to go Was ever chancellour arrayed so But like to like he 'd needs Anticipate Devil Incarnate or Colier of State He dealt in deeds of darkness black as night Such a blâ—ck habit needs must fit him right Brave sight to see him in a Colliers Skin Come pence a piece my Masters enter in My Lord Mayor sounded and was stricken dumb To see his Metamorphos'd Lordship come A Countrymâ—n he flouted once I hear Ask'd what he had for Swearing T was too dear You Bumpkin in the Leather Jacket there To whom the Hobnail quickly did reply Hadst thou no more for lying than poor I Have here for Swearing thou might quickly wear A Lether one insteâ—d of Plush Thâ—ed-bare Now had he seen my Lord in Colliers Buss Bumpkin had past for Prophet sure enough The Mobile and Rout with Clubs and Staves Swore that his Carcass ne're should lie in Graves They'd â—at him up alive within an hour Their Teeth should tear his flesh and him devour Limb him they would as Boys on Shrovetide do Some cryed I â—m for a Wing an Aroâ— for what are you I am for his Hâ—ad says one for his Brains says t'other And I am for his Sowse his Eâ—rs another Oh cries a thiâ—d I am for his â—uâ—tocks brave Nine pound of â—takes fâ—om them I mean to have I know the Roguâ— is fleâ—hy says a sourth The Sweet brâ—â—dâ— Luâ—gs and Heart then nothing worth Yes quoth anothâ—r out noâ— good to Eat A Heart of Stâ—el wiâ—l nâ—'re prove tender meat But we â—ust them dispose another way A good rich Lawyâ—r will a round sum pay For such a set of Loud and bellowing Lungs Enough to serve a hâ—ndred Stentors Tongues We 'll sâ—ll his Heart to the Pope to make a show A Relique on 't anâ— he 'll get money too But whilst they were dividinâ— him in thought The Lord Mayor ordered Souldiers to be brought Who resceud hiâ— from out the Rabbles power And straight away they took him to tâ—e Tower With much ado â—e there â—as brought at Last To think on all his wicked actions past FINIS An Alphabetical Table of the Chief Matters contained in thiâ— Book A. ANslâ—ys Abraham last Speech His last Letter p. 506. p. 505. Argile Earl his Sufferings His last Speech p. 409. p. 408. Armstrong his Sufferings and dying words His Elegy p. 132. p. 126. Arnold a brief account of his Sufferings p. 25. Askews Letter to his Father Another Letter to his Friend p. 508. The Account his Friend gives of him p. 509. p. 506. Author's Sentiments concerning the Western Sufferers p. 527. Axminster and Honiton an account of those executed there p. 459. B. BAtemans Sufferings p. 141. Battiscomb his Life and Sufferings He was executed at Lime in company of eleven Persons p. 449. His last words p. 373. p. 369. Battiscomb a further account of his Behaviour A Poem on a Lady that came to Jâ—ffreys to beg Mr. Battiscomb's Life p. 373. His Character p. 374. p. 474. Boddys last Speech p. 479. Bragg his dying Speech and Behaviour p. 437. Bridport and Lime an accoâ—nt of those that sâ—ffered there p. 444. C. CIvilities of the Citizens of Exon to the Western Sufferers p. 528. Colledge his Lâ—fe Tryal and last Words The Verses upon his Picture p. 39. Poem wâ—itten by himself Ibid. p. 27. Cornishes Sufferings A hint at the occasion of his Martyrdom Passages before his Death p. 136. An account of a Poem made in his time p. 139. His Character Ibid. p. 132. Cox Sufferings and Triumphant Death p. 451. D. DAngerfield his Life and Sufferings His Character p. 156. His Elegy Ibâ—d His Ghost to Jeffreys p. 166. p. 153. E. ESsex Earl his Life and Martyrdom His Character p. 60. His Elegy p. 61. p. 40. G. GAunts Sufferings Her dying Speech p. 4â—2 Her Postscript to the said Speech p. 406. p. 400. Gatchets Sufferings p. 462. Gaâ—chils Behaviour and dying Words p. 520. Godfrey Sir Edmondbury his Life and Martyrdom Anagram upon his Name p. 23. Poem on his Death p. 24. p. 1. H. HAmlings Case p. 460. Hewlings both Benjamin and William an account of their behaviour both before and at their Execution with several Letters to divers of their Relations The Character of the two Hewlings p. 368. A further account of Mr. W. Hewling p. 448. He is executed with Dr. Temple Mr. Mathers and some others p. 468. p. 184. Hicks John last Speech His Letter to his Nephew the day before his Death p. 497. His Letter to his Wife p. 499. Another Letter to his Wife p. 501. Another Letter to his Wife p. 502. p. 481. Hymns made by several Sufferers p. 516. Holloway his Life Sufferings and dying Words p. 120. Holway of Lime his Behaviour before and at the place of Execution His last Words p. 511. p. 510. Holmes his Sufferings His dying Words p. 445. His last Prayer p. 446. p. 444. Holmes Coll. a further account of his Behaviour p. 477. Hones Accusation His dying Words Ibid. p. 102. Huckers Letter to the Bookseller concerning his Father His Letter to his Friend p. 522. p. 521. I. JEffreys Late Lord Chancellor his Life and Death following Dedication of his Life to himself following the Title Page Poem to the Memory of the Lord Jeffreys following the Dedication His Birth and Parentage p. 6. His Behaviour at School p. 7. His Father Prophecies that he 'll die with his Shooes and Stockins on Ibid. His Dream p. 9. His entring himself in the Inner Temple p. 8. His Marriage and early Son p. 10. He is made Recorder of London Ibid. Hiâ— Abhorrence of Petitioning p. 13. His bâ—ing on his Knees before the House of Commons p. 14. His ill Practices whilst Recorder p. 16. His Vehement