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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29466	A brief narrative of that stupendious [sic] tragedie late intended to be acted by the satanical saints of these reforming times humbly presented to the king's most excellent majesty : also, an impartial account of the indictment, arraignment, tryal [sic], and condemnation of Thomas Tonge, George Phillips, Francis Stubbs, James Hind, John Sallers, and Nathaniel Gibbs, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, London, Decemb. 11, 1662 ; together with the confessions, speeches, and prayers of George Phillips, Thomas Tonge, Nathaniel Gibbs, Francis Stubbs, at the place of execution, on Munday, Decemb. 22, 1662. / exactly taken in short-hand characters, by the same person that wrote the late king's judges tryals.	Hill, William, fl. 1662.; Tonge, Thomas, d. 1662.; Phillips, George, d. 1662.; Stubbs, Francis, d. 1662.; Sallers, John, d. ca. 1662.; Gibbs, Nathaniel, d. 1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing B4611; ESTC R32577	58,554	95

Foreman Clerk of the Peace Set up Thomas Tong to the Barr Thomas Tong hold up thy hand look upon him Masters How say you is he guilty of the Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace George Phillips to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Francis Stubbs to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Iohn Sallers to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Nathaniel Gibbs to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not Guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Hearken to your Verdict as the Court hath recorded it You say that Thomas Tong is guilty of the Treason whereof he stands indicted and so all the rest And you say that they nor any of them had any Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements at the time of committing the said Treason or at any time sithence to your knowledge and this you say all Jury Yes Clerk of the Peace Thomas Tong hold up thy hand thou hast been indicted of high Treason thou has thereunto pleaded not guilty and for thy Tryal hast put thy self upon God and the Country and the Country hath found thee guilty what hast thou to say for thy self why the Court should not proceed to Judgment and thereupon award execution of thee according to the Law Tong. I pray mercy from the King I cry for mercy from the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace George Phillips hold up thy hand thou art in the same case that Thomas Tong is what canst thou say c. Phillips kneeled down and said I pray the mercy of the King and the Honourable Bench. Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Francis Stubs hold up thy hand thou art in the same case the two last Prisoners before thee are what canst thou say c. Stubbs I begg mercy I was meerly drawn in Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Iohn Sallers hold up thy hand Thou art c. what canst thou say c. Sallers I would intreat this Honourable Bench to consider my condition and what my charge is I delivered no arms if I had known where they had been I would have discovered them I begg mercy from the King and this honourable Bench. Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Nathaniel Gibbs hold up thy hand Thou art c. What canst thou say c. Gibbs And please this honourable Bench I have something to say I am innocent as to my Conscience of acting any thing treasonable against his Majesty the Lord forgive the witnesses I beg the mercy of the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Iames Hind hold up thy hand Thou art guilty of the Treason whereof thou standest indicted by thy own Confession what canst thou say c. Hind I have nothing to say but humbly beg the mercy of the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Cryer O yes my Lords the Kings Justices command all manner of persons to keep silence while judgment is in giving upon pain of imprisonment Sir Robert Foster Thomas Tong George Phillips Francis Stubbs Iames Hind Iohn Saller and Nathaniel Gibbs you six Prisoners at the Bar you have been here indicted for one of the greatest crimes that can be committed upon earth as to this world against God our King and your Country and against every good body that is in this land for that capital sin of high Treason which is a sin inexpiable and indeed hath no equal sin as to this world upon this you have severally been arraigned and have severally except one pleaded not guilty and put your selves upon God and the Country for your tryals and your Country have found you guilty for the five that are found guilty I must say that in you I find little remorse little sense of your sin for the little man there Hind he hath much shewed his penitency The manner and circumstances of this most men here believe this did not originally arise from your particular selves it must be put into you by some others you speak as if you desired mercy where was your mercy that would have destroyed King and Country and massacred many millions of souls no respect of any person but your own Fellows I speak this that you may be the more sensible of your own Crime that you may truly out of the remorse of conscience be sorry for your sin you know very well the old councel and it is a good one Fear God and honour the King and meddle not with them that are given to change Medling with them that are given to change has brought too much mischief already to this Nation and if you will commit the same sin you must receive the same punishment for happy is he that by other mens harms takes heed I shall not spend long time with you but if you will as much as you can discover the Actors herein you will do God the King and your Country good service It remains that the Court proceed to Judgment and therefore you six the one by his own confession and other five by conviction of Law the Judgement of this Court is That you be conveyed back to the place from whence you came and from thence to be drawn upon an Hurdle to the place of Execution and there you shall be hanged by the neck and being alive shall be cut down and your privy Members to be cut off your Entralls to be taken out of your Body and you living the same to be burnt before your eies and your head to be cut off your body to be divided into four quarters and your head and quarters to be disposed of at the pleasure of the Kings Majesty And God have mercy upon your Souls FINIS THE CONFESSIONS Speeches AND PRAYERS OF George Phillips Thomas Tonge Nathaniel Gibbs Francis Stubbs At the Place of Execution on Monday Decemb. 22. 1662. The Manner of Conveying the Prisoners to the Place of Execution and their Behavior there before they began to Speak THe 22. Decemb. Thomas Tonge George Phillips Francis Stubbs and Nathaniel