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A63223	The tryals of Sir George Wakeman Baronet. William Marshall, William Rumley, & James Corker, Benedictine monks For high treason, for conspiring the death of the King, subversion of the government, and Protestant religion. At the Sessions in the Old-Bayley, holden for London and Middlesex on Fryday the 18th. of July 1679. Published by authority.	Wakeman, George, Sir, fl. 1668-1685, defendant.; Marshall, William, defendant.; Rumley, William, d. 1717, defendant.; Corker, James Maurus, 1636-1715, defendant.	1679 (1679)	Wing T2260; ESTC R219798	99,460	81

THE TRYALS OF Sir GEORGE WAKEMAN Baronet WILLIAM MARSHALL WILLIAM RUMLEY JAMES CORKER Benedictine Monks FOR HIGH TREASON For Conspiring the DEATH of the KING Subversion of the Government and Protestant Religion At the Sessions in the Old Bayley holden for London and Middlesex or Fryday the 18th of July 1679. Published by Authority DVBLIN Reprinted 1679. THE TRYAL'S c. Vpon Fryday the 18th of July 1679. at the Sessions● House in the Old-Bayley London the Court being met and Proclamation made for Attendance the Trials proceeded thus Cl. of Cr. Sir George Wakeman William Marshall and William Rumley to the Bar. Sir George Wakeman hold up thy hand which he did And so of the other two You stand indicted by the names of Sir George Wakeman late of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields in the County of Middl Bar William Marshall of the same Parish and County Gent and William Rumley of the same Parish and County Gent. For that you as false Traitors against the most Illustrious Serene most Excellent Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France Ireland King Defender of the Faith c your Supream and Natural Lord the fear of God in your hearts not having nor weighing the duty of your Allegiance but being moved seduced by the instigation of the Devil the cordial love true due natural Obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King do of right ought to bear towards him our said Soveraign Lord the King utterly withdrawing and ende●● ouring and intending with all your strength the Peace and common Tranquility of this Kingdom of England to disturb and the true Worship of God within this Kingdom of England used and by the Laws of the same established to overthrow and the Government of this Realm to subvert Sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England to move stir up and procure and the cordial love true due and natural obedience which true and faithful Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King ought and of right are bound to bear towards him our said Soveraign Lord the King wholly to withdraw put out extinguish Him our said Soveraign Lord the King to death final destruction to bring put you the said Sir George Wakeman William Marshall William Rumley the 30th day of August in the 30th year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second at the Parish of St Giles in the Field of resaid in the County aforesaid falsly malieiously subtilly advisedly and traiterously did purpose compass imagine intend fed●tion and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England to move stir up and procur● and miserable slaughter among the Subjects of our said Sovereign Lord the King to cause and procure and our said Soveraign Lord the King from his Royal State Title Power and Government of his said Kingdom of England wholly to deprive depose cast down and disih●● herit and 〈◊〉 our said Soveraign 〈◊〉 be King to death and final destruction to being and put and the Government of this Kingdom of England and the sne●● Religion of God within the s●me rightly and by the Laws of the same established at your will and pleasure to change and 〈◊〉 and the State of this whole Kingdom of England through all 〈◊〉 parts well in t●●uted and 〈…〉 wholy to subvert and destroy and War against oursaid Soverain Lord the King within this Kingdom of England to levy to accomplish and fulfill those your m●st wicked Treasons and traiterous imaginations purposes You the said Sir George Wakeman Will. Marshall and Will Rumley and other false Traitors unknown the aforesaid 30th day of August with Force and Arms at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid maliciously subtilly advisedly and traiterously did assemble unite and gather your selves together then and there falsly maliciously subtilly advisedly devillishly and Traiterously did consult consent and agree our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put and the Religion within this Kingdom of England rightly and by the Laws of the same established to change and alter to the Superstition of the Church of Rome and to move procure and perswade them the said William Marshall William Rumley and other false Traiters unknown to the agreement aforesaid to fulfill and accomplish You the said Sir George Wakeman after to wit the said 30th day of Aug. in the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid to them the said William Marshal William Rumley and other false Traitors unkown did traiterously promise to give your assistance the Government of this Kingdom to subvert and the true Worship of God in this Realm rightly and by the laws thereof established and us●d to the Superstition of the Church of Rome to alter And that you the said Sir George Wakeman then there falsly malitiously subtilly advisedly devillishly and traiterously did undertake to kill murder ●ur said Soveraign Lord the King and in further prosecution of the Treasons traite●ous Conspira●ies intentio●s and Agreements aforesaid You the said Sir George Wakeman the said 30th day of August at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsly traiterously and against the Duty of your Allegiance did receive and had from a certain person unknown pretending to be Provincial of the Jesuits in England and claiming Authority for the Granting Comm●ssions in that part from the See of Rome one Commission to institute and authorise you the said Sir George Wakeman to be Physitian General of the Army to be raised for the waging War against our said Sovereign Lord the King within this Kingdom of England and the same Commission then and there falsly advisedly maliciously and traiterously did inspect and read over and traiterously did keep in your possession and to the same falsly knowingly advisedly and traiterously did consent and agree with that intention that you the said Sir G●orge W●keman should have receive exercise the Place and Office of P●ysitian General of the Army aforesaid when you the said Sir George Wakeman William Marshall William Rumley and the said other false Traitors unknown should have performed and accomplished your Treasons compassings imaginations purposes and traiterous Agreements aforesaid And that you the said William Marshall and William Rumley in further prosecution of your Treason● traiterous C●●spiracies intentions and Agreements aforesaid the said 30th day of August in the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid did fa●sly subtilly and traiterously consult conclude consent and agree that you the said Wil●●am Marshall William Rumley and other false Traitors unknown should pay the sum of 6000l t●wards furthering co●summating the Traiterous Agreements aforesaid amongst the said false Traitors had our said Soveraign Lord the King to kill and murther the true Worship of God within this Realm rightly and by the Laws of the same established to the superstit●on of the Church of Rome to alter and the Government of

this Kingdom of England to sub●ert against the duty of your Allegiance against the Peace of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute in this case made and provided Cl. of Cr How sayest thou Sir George Wakeman art thou guilty of this High-Treason whereof thou standest Indicted or not guilty Sir George Wakeman Not Guilty Cl. of Cr. Culprit how wilt thou be tried Sir George Wak●man By God and my Country Cl. of Cr. God send thee a good deliverance And so the other Two Cl. of Cr. Set James Corker to the Bar. who was arraigned and pleaded the last Sessions James Corker hold up thy hand You the Prisoners at the Bar Sir George W●keman William Rumley William Marshal and James Corker Those men that you shall hear called and personally appear are to pass between our Soveraign Lord the King you upon trial of your several Lives and Deaths If therefore you or any of you will challenge them or any of them your time is to speak unto them as they come to the Book to be sworn and before they be sworn Call Ralph Hawtrey Esq who appeared and there being no challenges the 12 that were Sworn are as follows JURY Ralph Hawtrey of Rislipp Esq Henry Hawley of New Brantford Esq Henry Hodges of Hanwell Esq Richard Downton of Isl●worth Esq John Bathurst of Edmunton Esq Robert Hampton of Greenford Esq William Heydon of Greenford Esq John Baldwyn of Hillingdon Esq Richard Dobbins of Harvile Esq William Av●ry of Enfield Esq Richard White of Cripplegate Gent William Wayte of St Clement Danes Gent Cl. of Cr. Cryer cou●t these Ralph Hawtrey Cryer One c. Cl. of Cr Richard White Cryer Twelve good men and True stand together and hear your Evidence Then the usual Proclamation for information was made and the Prisoners being bid to hold up their hands the C●●rk of the Crown charged the Jury with them thus Cl. of Cr. You of the Jury look upon the Prisoners and hearken to their Cause They stand indicted by the names of prout in the Indictment mutatis matandis and against the form of the Statute in that case made and provided And he the said James Corker stands indicted by the name of James Corker of the Parish of St Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Clerk For that he with Thomas White John Fenwick William Harcourt John Gaven and Anthony Turner as a false Traitor against the most Illustrious most Serene and most Excellent Prince Charl●s the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and I●eland King Defender of the Faith c. his Supream and Natural Lord not having the fear of God in his heart nor weig●ing the Duty of his Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil the cordial love true due and natural Obedience which true and faithfull Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King towards him should and of right ought to bear wholly withdrawing and devising and withall his Strength intending the Peace and comm●n Tranquility of this Realm to disturb and the true Worship of God within this Kingdom of England used and by the law Established to overthrow and the Govermen● of th●● Realm to subv●rt and sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England to move sti●up and procure and the cordial love and true and due Obedience which true and faithful subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King towards him should and of right ought to bear utt●●ly to withdraw put out and extinguish and our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final Destruction to bring and put on the 24th day of April in the thirtieth year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord King Charles the second● at the Parish of St Giles in the Fields in the County of Middlesex aforesaid He the said Jam●s 〈◊〉 tog●ther with the said Thoma● White John Fe●wick William Harcourt John Gave● and A thony T●rper with divers other false Traitors Subjects of our said Soveraign L●rd th● King to the Jurors unknown falsly subt●lly advisedly maliciously and trait●rously 〈◊〉 purpose compass imagine and intend Sedition and Rebellion within this Kingdom of England to move stir up and procure and a miserable slaughter among the Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King to procure and cause and our said Soveraign Lord the King of his Kingly State Title Power and Government of his said Kingdom of England u●terly to deprive depose cast dawn and disinherit and him our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put and the Government of this Kingdom of England and the sincere Religion of God within the same rightly and by the Laws of the same established at his will and pleasure to change and alter and the state of this whole Kingdom of England through all its parts well instituted and ordained wholly to subvert and destroy and War within this Kingdom of England against our said Soveraign Lord the King to levy And to accomplish and fulfil their said most wicked Treasons and traiterous imiginations and purposes He the said James Corker together with the said Thomas White John Fenwick William Harcourt John Gavan and Anthony Turner and other false traitors against our said Soveraign Lord the King to the Jurors unknown the said 24th day of April with Force and Arms c. in the Parish aforesaid and County aforesaid falsly maliciously subtilly advisedly devillishly and traiterously did assemble unite and gather together and then and there falsly maliciously subtilly advisedly devillishly and troiterously did consult consent and agree our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruciton to bring and put and the Religion of this Kingdom of England rightly and by the Laws of the same established to the Superst●on of the Romish Church to change and alter and the Government of this Kingdom of England to subvert and that one Thomas Pickering and one John Grove should kill and murder our said Soveraign Lord the King and that he the said James C●●ker together with the said Thomas White John Fenwick William Harcourt John Gavan and Anthony Turner and other false traitors against our said Soveraign Lord the King to the Jurors unknown should therefore say celebrate and perform a certain number of Masses then and there amongst themselves agreed on for the soul of the said Thomas Pickering and for that cause should pay to the said John Grove a certain sum of money then and there amongst themselves agreed on and that be the said James Corker together with the said Thomas White John Fenwick William Harcourt John Gavan and Anthony Turner and other false traitors to the Jurors unknown in further prosecution of the Treasons and traiterous Consultations and Agreements aforesaid afterwards the said Four and twentieth day of April and the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsly subtilly advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously did severally

each to the other engage themselves and upon the Sacrament traiterously did swear and promise to conceal and not to divulge the said most wicked Treasons and traiterous Compassings Consultations and Purposes aforesaid amongst themselves had traiterously to kill and murder our said Soveraign Lord the King and to introduce the Romish Religion within this Kingdom of England and the true reformed Religion within this Realm rightly and by the Laws of the same established to alter and change and that he the said James Corker together with the said Thomas White John Fenwick William Harcourt John Gavan and Anthony Turner and other false Traitors to the Jurors unknown in fu●ther prosecution of their said Treasons and traiterous intentions and agreements aforesaid afterwards the said Four and twentieth day of April at the Parish aforesaid in th● County af●resaid falsly subtilly advisedly maliciously devillishly and traiterously did prepare perswade excite abet comfort and counsel four other persons to the Jurors unkn●wn subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King traiterously our said Soveraign Lord the King to kill and murder against the Duty of his Allegiance against the Peace of our Soveraign the King his Crown and Dignity and again● the form of the Statute in that Case made and provided Upon these several Indictments they have been arraigned and thereunto have severally pleaded Not Guilty and for their Trial put themselves on God and their Countrey which Countrey are you Your Charge is to enquire whether they be Guilty of the High Treason whereof they be indicted in manner and form as they stand indicted or not Guilty c. Then Edward Ward Esq of Counsel for the King in this Cause opened the Indictment thus Mr. Ward May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury Sir George Wakeman Bar. William Marshal and William Rumley the Prisoners at the Bar stand indicted for that they as false Traitors against our Soveraign Lord the King Charles the Second their Supream and Natural Lord not having the fear of God before their eyes did traiterously endeavour and intend with all their strength the Peace 〈◊〉 Tranquility of this Kingdom of England to disturb and the Worship of God in the same rightly and by the Laws of the same established and the Government of the Kingdom in all its parts well instituted and ordered to subvert and overthrow and Sedition and Rebellion within the same to move and procure and to bring and put the King to death and final destruction and to that purpose the 30th of August in the 30th year of the King that now is they did falsly maliciously subtilly advisedly and traiterously compass imagine intend and devise those things that I have enumerated to you that is Sedition and Rebellion in the Kingdom to move the Peace and Tranquility of the same to disturb the Worship of God to overthrow and the King from his Royal State Title Power and Government wholly to depose and to put the King to death and final destruction and the Religion at their wills and pleasure to alter and to introduce the Romish Superstition and War within the Kingdom to levy against our Soveraign Lord the King And to accomplish these Treasons and purposes they the Prisoners at the Bar with other false Traitors unknown the day and year before mentioned did assemble and meet together and did then and there consen● and agree to put the King to death and final destruction And to perswade Marshal and Rumley to these Treasons the said Sir George Wakeman promised his assistance first to subvert the Government and then to alter the Religion to the Romish Superstition and traiterously undertook to kill the King and he did receive for that purpose from the pretended Provincial of the Jesu●ts in England who claimed an Authority from the See of Rome of granting out Commission a Commission which constituted him Physicia● General of the Army which Army was to be raised for the levying of War against the King and the Subversion of the Government and Religion That he read this Commission that he kept it in his possession that he consented to it accepted it and intended to execute the Employment whe● their Designs were accomplished The Indictment further sets forth that Marshal and Rumley a●d other false Traitors agreed to pay the sum of 6000l for the carrying on and effecting of this Treason and this is laid to be against the duty of their Alleg●ance ag●●nst the Kings Peace Crown and Dignity and against the form of the Statute To this I●●ictment they have pleaded Not Guilty if we make out these Crimes against them or any of them you are to find them Guilty There is also another indicted that is James Corke● For that he ●s a false Tra●tor against the King and withdrawing his Allegiance and due and natural Obedience which he owed to him as his Soveraign together with other persons there mentioned White Fenwick Harcourt Gaven and Turner did intend to overthrow the Religion to subvert the Government and to do all those Treasons that I have here enumerated and that they did the 24th of April in the 30th year of this King at the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields in your County compass and imagin the Kings dea●h levying of War and those other Things and in order thereunto they did contrive that Pickering and Grove should kill the King and that Corker and the others should say Masses for the Soul of Pickring and should pay Grove a sume of money That to this they plighted their fai●h and received the Sacrament upon 〈◊〉 And the Corker and others the day and year aforesaid traiterously perswaded excited and abetted Four other persons to murder the King To this he hath pleaded not Guilty if we prove him Guilty of any of these things we hope you will find it so Then Sir Robert Sawyer one of the Kings learned Council in the Law opened the Chargethus Sir Robert Sawyer My Lord you Gentlemen of the Jury the Prisoners at the Bar with whom you are charged stand indicted as principal Actors and Instruments of that late most Catholick and Bloody Plot sometime since discovered and I hope by the blessing of A mighty God in a great measure prevented The design Gentlemen was against the King and the Church both Church and State were too little a Sacrifice to be offered up to the Universal supremacy of Rome They well knew Gentlemen that so long as God should preserve the life of our Prince and as long as those Legal pales whe●ewith the Church of England is e●compassed di● but continue firm neither the Gates of Hell nor Rome could prevail against it And I wish that all Protestants were of the same mind I shall not enter now into any large discourse of it nor trace the several steps of this Plot which is so well known to all men of this N●tion at this day but only touch upon those parts of it that ●o concern the prisoners now

innocent men in such a manner that the contrary cannot possibly be demonstrated No mortal man can tell where he was and what he did and said every day and hour of his whole life Therefore I think t is not only positive bare swearing but 't is probable swearing that must render a man Guilty of a Crime Otherwise my Lord it would be lawful and in the power of Oates and his Companions here to hang by turns upon bare Oath all the innocent men in the whole Nation though never so innocent and that for Crimes never so ridiculous and absurd And I say this further he that swears against another First ought to be himself a credible Witness And then secondly strengthened by probable Circumstances Circumstances that bring a●ong with them so●e probable Evidence dist 〈…〉 from the Witnesses themselves Otherwise I think that the party accused without any proof of his side ought to remain in the possesion of his own innocency Now I th 〈…〉 my Lord there will be never an one of these two necessary Conditions to be found in the Evidence against me for First the Witnesses against me are persons that are or at least formerly have been of scandalous lives Lord Chief Just You should prove it before you say it You shall have all things allowed you that are fit but you must not heap up contumelies upon men un-proved or call men Names when you have proved nothing against them If you can prove any thing of Gods name do it prove them as fully as you can Corker I do only say this They have been reported and owned by themselves as men that have been of scandalous lives L. C. J. If the Jury know it of their own knowledge I leave it to them but you have proved nothing Corker Well my Lord but then in the next place neither will the positive Oaths of men formerly infamous be any con●incing Arguments of our Guilt And then next as to the other Circumstances that should render me Guilty Mr. Oates does not here make me Guilty alone of this grand Conspiracy but he involves the Nobility Gentry and the whole body of the Catholicks in this Treason Now my Lord I refer it to the Judgment of the Court whether so many persons as he Names and these of such Eminent Quality and of such considerable Estates in their Countries persons settled under so good a KING in so peaceable a Kingdom so quiet in Condition men of good and vertuous lives and unblemished conversations before this 〈…〉 our should hazard their Honours their Lives their Families their Bodies their Souls their All in such a Design L. C. J. What is this to your care Corker My L●rd if this be not probable I hope I am free of the Plot. Lord Chief Just But what is this to your Case Pray hear you are now making a Sp 〈…〉 a●a●●st Mr. Oates and Mr. 〈◊〉 ●hat they do accuse people of great Honour and Quality he hath given no Acc 〈…〉 against any as yet that you are to take notice of You ought to make use of 〈…〉 g as an Argument to the Jury but of the Evidence that hath been given to the J●ry If you can make me of any thing that Mr. Oates or Mr. Bedl●w hath said here to contradict them or invalidate their Testimony you have said we 〈…〉 But to ta●k of 〈◊〉 a sto●y of accusing Noblemen and such like when there is nothing of that before you you must first prove what you wil infer from Corker My Lord This I take to be of ve●y great concern to my self that since the Truth of this Evidence does de●end upon the certainty of the Pl●● and this pretended Conspiracy against his Sacred Majesty i● the●e be no such Pl●● and Conspiracy and if by Circumstances I can render ●t improbable I hope the Jury will take it into consideration L. C. J. Ay Ay I am of that Opinion if thou canst but satisfie Us and the Jury that there is no Plot tho shalt be q●●tted by my consent Corker I will my Lord shew you the improbab●lity of it L. C. J. Ay Do but give us one probable Argument you being a learned man and a Priest why we should believe there is no Plot. Corker My Lord I would have endeavoured to have shewn you the improbability of it but yet ● would not urge it because it may not be so g●a●eful to your Lordship But to me 't is not probable that so many Honourable Vertuous Persons should be involved in a plot so Dangerous so Morrid and Detestable in it self wherein my Lord as he says so many Thousands of People and even a whole Nation were to be overwhelmed of which if a discovery had been made by any person it would have prevented the utter Ruine of so many Millions 'T is not Rational or Probable that such vast whole Armies should be raised and Forreign Nations concerned in the Plot. All which notwithstanding all the Evidence that can be made out of this Plot is but only their positive Swearing L. C. J. Just Now you made your Objection that it was a strange thing that such a Design should be communicated to so many now you make it a wonder why so few should know it only Oates and Bedloe Your argument before was that it was a wonderful thing that so great a concern should be communicated to any one and now you wonder more that none should know it but they two Corker Therefore my Lord. I from thence Argue thus that since there is no other Evidence nor further Proof of it then from Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedloe I infer there is no such thing at all L. C. J. Yes as for your Army there is more than so Do you remember what Mr. Dugdale and what Mr. Praunce say Corker Yes my Lord considering these Persons what they are their vile Oaths and the incouragement they have met with by such Indearments and Caresses as they have found their Credit is not much to be weighed Now my Lord I apply to the Accusation that is against my self L. C. J. Ay Ay That is your best way for it would have been an hard task for you to prove that there was no Plot. We were in great Expectation what Arguments you would bring us for it Sir George Wak-man My Lord will you give me leave to observe one thing more to your Lordship and the Court Mr. Oates does mention in his Narrative of at least Thirty or Forty Pages and all this upon Oath so he saith in the end of his Narrative but I would observe that there is not a Letter dated in France or in the Lowcountries or Received here but he swears positively as to the Date of it and Reception of it but now when he comes to mention any thing wherein a mans Life is Concerned he will not tie up himself to a moneth L. C. J. Yes he does and to part of a moneth He tells you it was the beginning or

been guilty as he says would not he have named me amongst the other Conspirators L. C. J. No I think he should not it would have given you notice and too much opportunity to have gone away Mar. He gave me leave when he left me in my bed L. C. J. But yet for all that it does not prove your innocency All people that are guilty don't run away for it for you have abundance of Priest-holes and hiding-holes Well have you any more Witnesses if you have call them Corker Call Alice Broadhead but she did not presently appear then I desire Mrs. Eliz Shelden may be called who being in the Gallery answered and came down Mar. I desire to know whether she knows who is President of the Benedictine Monks L. C. J. Who is President of the Benedictines Mistress Sheldon Mr. Stapleton L. C. J. How many years hath he been Sheldon A great many years my Lord to my knowledge L. C. J. How many Sheldon Four or five years Mr. Recorder Where is Dr. Oat● call him L. C. J. But if he were absent did not Mr. Corker officiate in his place Sheldon Never my Lord. Corker Mr. Stayleton was actually at Paris when I was there and therefore I could not officiate in his stead there is another that can testifie the same that is Ali●● Broadhead who appeared then pray ask her the same question L. C. J. Who his President of the Benedictines Broadhead Mr. Stapleton I have known him for many years and there hath not been for a great many years any other Corker Then I do desire that I may observe this That Mr. Oats doth seem to accuse me positively of nothing but only of consenting to the Benedictines Contribution of 6000l which he says they could not do without my leave because I was their President but I have brought three Witnesses which say and are ●eady to swear that Mr. Stapleton is President was so these many years and I never was so in my life Mr. Recorder Here is Doctor Oates again now But he was not examined L. C. J. Have you done now all Three Sir G. Wak●man I say my Lord I find that it was imputed to me at least as a sin of omission that when I was before the Council I did not s●fficiently detest and abominate and abhor this crime that is laid to my charge I now detest abhor and abominate the Fact charged on me I call God to witness I never was in any Consultation about it in my life I never received any Bi● for any money upon this account nor did I ever receive any money L. C. J. Had no● you Two thousand pound Sir G. Wak●man No my Lord I wish I may never enter into the Kingdom of Heaven if I received one Farthing for any such thing Co●ker He says that I was employed in distributing moneys and I profess before God I never distributed any money upon such account all that I had was an annual An●●ity which I gave among● the poor I protest before God I never in my life did deliver or hold it as a matter of Faith or commendable Doctrine That it was lawful for the promoting of the Catholick Religion to murder the King or destroy my Country And I renounce and detest it from the bottom of my soul And this is all can be expected from a good Christian upon that account and I hope the Jury will have no prejudice against me for that and neither Pope or any breathing upon earth can dispense with me from that Obligation Marshall And if no door can be opened for a merciful Sentence upon any consideration offered by the living at the loud cries of the dying I hope there m●● and all the earnest vows and all those solemn protestations of innocency by such as were lately executed for the Crimes we stand here charged with left behind them as sacred Testimonies of their Loyalty and unviolated Faith to the King And I beg leave to put before the Eyes of this Honourable Court and this whole Assembly this Landskip of horror wherein may be seen those caves of darkness tho●e baths of glowing sulphur such men must be eternally judged to be condemned unto if what they then spoke had not the characters of the fairest truth found instamped upon it Now if a right survey be taken of this Landskip and it be well observed what these men so solemnly signed sealed to with their last breath it must be confessed they either conspired finally to damn their own souls or were not Conspirators against the King nor were they guilty of what was charged upon them Present Content where the enjoyment is like to continue works with a strong influence upon humane nature and chains it fast to the present world But my Lord with the approach of death Reformation of Conscience does offer to advance and we do observe those who have lived a very ill life frequently to make a good end but my Lord it is a thing scarce ever heard of or known that those who have lived all their lives well should die ill Nor can such as were looked upon while they lived as persons of much integrity great candor of spirit and unquestionable truth in all their attestations dying should become prophane to blasphemy become irreligio●s even to sacriledge and false even to the worst of A●heism My Lord this cannot readily be believed or easily imagined nor will be though it be possible and yet all that wil● not believe this must own an innocency where guilt is so strongly suppos●d And if there be great cause to doubt whether those that were ●ately executed and were supposed to be leaders in this Conspiracy were guilty upon the consideration of those solemn dying Protestations they have made to the contrary I humbly conceive it may be much more rationally doubted whether others brought in only by the by as I am as a Letter Carrier and only as Marginal Notes of the great Conspirators may not be wholly innocent Now my Lord if no credit be to be given to the Protestations of men dying that have ever been judged sober and just how can faith be reposed in the testimony of such living persons as know no God nor Goodness And if the reputed just man at the very point of death can be judged rationally false in his Protestations though death be in his eyes and hell threatning to in 〈◊〉 him may not ●e my Lord who hath owned himself a V●●lain in print be thought false in his testimo●y while preferment tickles him ●●●ards march before him and ambition b●ckons to him which he greedily follows though God and Conscience tell him t is unjust England is become now a mournful Theater upon which ●●ch a Tragedy is acted as turns the eyes of all Europe towards it and the blood which hath been already spilt hath found a Channel to convey it even to the remotest parts of the world And though it inspires different breasts with different