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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
justice_n	commission_n	peace_n	session_n	2,574	5	10.6777	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20886	A true report of the araignment, tryall, conuiction, and condemnation, of a popish priest, named Robert Drewrie at the Sessions house in the old Baylie, on Friday and VVednesday, the 20. and 24. of February: the extraordinary great grace and mercie offered him, and his stubborne, traytorous, and wilfull refusall. Also the tryall and death of Humphrey Lloyd, for maliciouslie murdering one of the Guard. And lastly the execution of the said Robert Drewry, drawne in his priestly habit, and as he was a Benedictine fryer, on Thursdaie following to Tiborne, where he was hanged and quartered.		1607 (1607)	STC 7261; ESTC S109954	11,237	30

A True Report of t●● Araignment tryall conuiction and ●●●demnation of a Popish Priest named ●●bert Drewrie at the Sessions house in the old ●●●lie on Friday and VVednesday the 20. and 24. o●●●bruary the extraordinary great grace and merc●● offered him and his stubborne traytorous and wilfull refusall Also the tryall and death of Humph●●● Lloyd for maliciouslie murdering one of the Guard And lastly the execution of the said Robert Dr●●●● drawne in his Priestly habit and as he was a Benedictine 〈◊〉 on Thursdaie following to Tiborne where he was hanged and quartered LONDON Printed for Iefferie Chorlton and are to be sold a● 〈◊〉 shop adioyning to the great North doore of Paules 1607. A true Report of the Apprehension Examination Araignment tryall conuiction and condemnation of Robert Drewrie a Seminary priest a Fryer of the order of Saint Benedict at the Sessions house in the old Baily on Friday and Wednesday the 20. and 25. of February And lastly his execution at Tyborne on Thursday following c. IN a case deseruing so well to bee spoken off concerning iniury to Gods glory and apparant wrong of our Countrey ouerrun with too many men of such daungerous quality I thought it the duty of an honest Subiect to say somewhat so farre as truth would warrant me because slaunder and detraction are no meane enimies to such maner of proceedings Robert Drewrie being apprehended by his maiesties Messengers at the white Friers afterward brought before the right reuered Father in God the Lord Bishop of London declared himselfe there as Garnet his Maister had done before Multorum nominum to be a man of many names but yet no one of them being good For as no lesse then sixe seuerall names would serue Garnets turne so this man had three to shadow him by Viz Drewrie Browne and Hamden but Drewry was the last in his owne deliuering and appearing to bee his true name indeede His aunswers werr equiuocall and very confused denying his Priest-hood and seeming so cunning as if no hold were to be taken of him But he being better known to the state then himselfe imagined and his many dangerous practises sufficiently discouered and scanned after such priuate examinations as were thought conuenient time was appointed for his publique tryall which followed as heareafter shall be declared On Friday being the 20. day of February in the forenoone my Lord Mayor Maister Recorder and other of his Maiesties Iustices of the peace sitting at the Sessions house in the old Baily by vertue of his highnesse commission of Oyre and Terminer for Goale deliuerie for London and the County of Middlesexe Robert Drewrie Priest and a Fryer of the Benedictine Order was brought before the Bench. His Enditement according to forme of Lawe in that case made and prouided was openly read vnto him whereunto he pleaded not guiltie but for his tryall did put himselfe vpon God and his Country then was a verie sufficient Iurie impannelled for him to whom in effect these speeches were deliuered Robert Drewrie the Prisoner standing at the Barre had traytorously wilfully and in contempt of the Statute made to the contrarie departed our of this land wherein he was borne and at Valcdolid in Spayne where by Parsons meanes a Seminary for English Students was erected as the like were at Rome and Rhemes hadde bin kinde a Priest by the Bishop of Leon by authority deriued from the Pope Sithence which time he had returned back into this land to reconcsle seduce and withdraw his maiesties subiects from their naturall dutie loue and allegeance to a forraigne seruice and obedience Hauing libertie graunted to speake and answere for himselfe what he could Robert Drewrie very shallowly sought to insinuate that if it were treason in him to be a Priest then it was the like in Saint Augustine S. Bernard and other reuerend Fathers of the Church who receiued their Priest-hood by authority from God and so did he presume to haue doone the like for the saluation of his owne Soule and many others beside which purposely he came hether to do acording to his office and function His sillie suggestion was presently reprooued that notwithstanding the great difference beetweene his Priest-hoode and that of the Fathers before named yet Priest-hood solie was not imputed to him for Treason for that profession though neither liked nor ●●lowed by vs he might vse and exercise in the 〈◊〉 beyond the Seas keeping himselfe there but 〈◊〉 heere within his maiesties Kingdome where 〈◊〉 he and all other of his ranke did very well kno● therefore could not plead any ignorance there 〈◊〉 that sundry good and sufficient lawes heeretof●● made had enacted it to be treason for any 〈◊〉 borne to forsake his natiue dutie and being 〈◊〉 Priest by authority deriued from the Pope to 〈◊〉 home again into this land and in meere conten● of the King and his la●es to reconcile seduce 〈◊〉 alienate loyall Subiects harts from loue iust ●●gard and dutie to their Soueraigne and sub●●●ting them in obedience to a forraigne gouernme●● Drewrie made answer he could not neither 〈◊〉 he deny but that he came hether to exercise the ●●fice of a Priest according as he had alreadie do●● in winning of soules but he would not admit 〈◊〉 he had seduced any or in any sort diswaded th●● but only for the good of their soules Being af●●●ward vrged with his maiesties great mercy 〈◊〉 had to him and all other of his coate granted 〈◊〉 generall pardon and why he did not according 〈◊〉 the Proclamation depart the land when it wa● expresly cōmaunded he made answer that he 〈◊〉 meanes when it was prooued to him that only did the King allow such conuenient tras●●ting but also enabled them with mony and th●●●fore his stay could not be otherwise but meere●● traytorous contempt of the kings lawes wh●●● to he could make no reply Then diuers traitorous and dangerous Papers were shewen which had bin taken in his custody and whereof he would gladly haue acquitted himselfe but that they were manifestly prooued to be his One of them seemed to bee Parsons opinion concerning the oath in the late made Statute which he vtterly disalowed any Catholique to take appearing to haue vsed the Popes censure therein wherevppon the Bull or Breefe to that purpose seemeth to take effect The others were also of traytrous nature tending to the abuse and corrupting of poore simple soules and stealing all duty allegeance from them There were likewise two Letters openly read the one from certaine Priestes Prisoners sometimes in the Clinke to the Arch-Priest maister Blackwell requiring his iudgement in matters when they laboured and hoped for tolleration in Religion The other was Maister Blackwels answer therto both which though he would haue cunningly auoyded yet it appeared what reckoning he made of them When he had answered for himselfe so much as he could relying still vppon his Priesthood vrging that to be the cheefest matter of his offence though many