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A27409	The bloody assizes, or, A compleat history of the life of George Lord Jefferies, from his birth to this present time ... to which is added Major Holmes's excellent speech, with the dying speeches and prayers of many other eminent Protestants : none of which were ever before publish'd ...	Bent, James.; Holmes, Abraham, d. 1685.; Tutchin, John, 1661?-1707.; Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.; Dunton, John, 1659-1733.; J. S. (John Shirley), fl. 1680-1702.	1689 (1689)	Wing B1905; ESTC R23364	51,348	72

Chancellourship and standing high in the Favour of his Prince However we find the latter part did not deterr him from his purpose for having enter'd himself in the Inner-Temple House one of the chief Inns of Court after his performing such things as are conformable to the Customs of the House we find him call'd to the Barr by the Interest he made with the Benchers and Heads of that learned Society earlier than had been usual leaping over the Heads of elder Graduates This happening about the twentieth Year of the Reign of King Charles the 2d and the City of London beginning to raise her self out of her ashes more stately and magnificent than before she sunk in flames a Sacrifice to the Revenge and Malice of the Papists as by the late Inscription on the Monument and upon Record it appears This great City I say regaining her Trade her Priviledges and Customs were kept up with great exactness so that in the Courts at Guild-Hall there was much business which being consider'd by this Person as more beneficial than that at Westminster by reason of its frequency and being carryed on briefer and with less difficulty which induced him to give his Attendance as also at Hixes-Hall and other inferiour Courts and Places insomuch that he being of a bold Presence and having naturally a fluent Tongue an audible Voice and good Utterance he had not Pleaded often before he was very much taken Notice of and gain'd so much Credit with the People that they preferr'd him before any of the younger sort of Barristers by which means he found his lucky Starrs begin to smile upon him so that he was in a manner Courted to take Fees and had Breviates thrust into his Hand frequently in the middle of a Cause by Persons when they perceived it went ill on their sides and was like to go against them Thus flush'd with Success he now thought of nothing more than how he might climb nor did he want an Opportunity for the next Station we find him in is that of Common Serjeant to the great and honourable City of London and so much Fortune favour'd him at this time that Alderman Jefferys the great Smoaker having often observ'd his Discourse and Actions took such a liking to him that being of the same Name though not in the least any Relation he back'd him with his Purse and Interest which was not inconsiderable and thereby not only enabled him to carry on his Grandeur but to purchase as he found a conveniency or advantage in order to his keeping it up in the World. These I say being the Degrees by which he was climbing the slippery stair of Honour to contract a firmer alliance he Addressed himself to a brisk young Widow Daughter to Sir Tho. Bloodworth then one of the Aldermen of the City and who in the time of the dreadful Conflagration had the Chair as being then Lord Mayor and so far prevail'd upon the Lady and her Father that he gain'd both their Consents and the Contract was made the Nuptials solemnized And soon after he had the pleasure to behold the fruits of his Labour Sir John Howel the Recorder of London giving place the Recordership became vacant which made this Person lay hold of that Opportunity to use his own and the Interest of his Friends to acquire that Place of Trust and Honour nor did his Measures fail him for by the powerful influence he had by this time gain'd over sundry Persons who were best able to promote him to what he so earnestly labour'd to arrive at he was Chosen and Confirm'd Recorder of the Honourable City taking upon him the Charge and Care of the Writings Papers c. that belong to so great a Charge and Trust as that of a Recorder of the City of London By this means being become as himself declar'd The Mouth of the City and as we may term him Capital Judge in the Guild-Hall in Controversies at the Sessions held there c. and the Power of breathing forth Sentences of Punishment being put into his hands he found his Ambition enlarg'd aiming at nothing more than to become a Court-Favourite Nor was it long before an Opportunity offer'd it self to make him to be taken notice of for so it happened that some Persons had imprinted a Psalter and Entituled it the better to shadow the Injury they had done to the Company of Stationers by invading their Property The King's Psalter which occasioning a Dispute it was referred to a Hearing before the Council at White-Hall the King being present and the Company the better to make out their Title and Claim carryed with them this Person as their Councel who in the opening of the Case and making the Complaint of the apparent Injury done to the Company in Printing what was really their Propriety he had this Expression viz. They have teem'd with a spurious Brat which being clandestinely midwiv'd into the World the better to cover the Imposture they ●ay it at your Majesties door c. This though the King might have taken it for sundry Reasons as a Reflection upon his Royal Person yet he was so far from resenting it that way that he only turned to one of the Lords that sat next him and said This is a bold Fellow I le warrant him and indeed the Stationers had the Matt●r declared by the Honourable Board in their Favour About this time the Popish Plot being discover'd by Dr. Oats and others the Nation was for a while in a Ferment and matters run extreamly high in Disputes and Controversies and he sail'd with the Current declaring with much heat and violence against the Priests Jesuits and others of the Conspirators and Romish Faction as appeared not only by his vehement Expressions in pleading against them but the alacrity and little Concern that was visible in his Countenance when at any time as Recorder of London he passed Sentence of Death upon any of them which he frequently did with more or less of Reproach and became in a manner the Terror of that Party But no sooner he perceived the Wind tacking at Court and that there was some mis-understanding between K. Charles II. and his Parliament but he began to fall off and grow cold in Prosecuting the Ends of the Government being frequently at Court and labouring as much as in him lay to draw the Magistracy of the City after him as appears more especially by one Passage viz. The King being recovered of an Indisposition that had for some time put the Kingdoms in a fear and doubt of his Life the Lord Mayor and Aldermen went to Congratulate him upon his going abroad after which and a favourable Reception it was proposed by this Person that they should in the like manner wait upon his Royal Highness then Duke of York who was not long before returned from Flanders but perceiving no forwardness to be seconded he only with his Father-in-law stayed behind to gain that Access These and other Proceedings created

time because it was so late and so many to be Executed after him so he suddenly concluded and said I will now speak a few Words to him which I am sure will hear me and so began his Prayer as followeth Blessed Lord God we thine unworthy Creatures now here before thee cannot but acknowledg from the bottom of our Hearts our own unworthiness we must confess we have been grievous Sinners and have brought forth the Evil Fruit of it in our Lives to the great dishonour of thy Name for which we have deserved thy heavy wrath and indignation to be powred 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 Practise 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 concerns 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 in Earth as it is in Heaven and now Lord with humble meekness and submission I submit to thy will depending upon 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 ever more and so advising those before him to leave off those cruel Sentiments they had taken of them besides some Heavenly discourses with some of his Friends was turned off to the great grief of the good People in 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 no 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 FINIS Capt. Madders last Prayer at the same time and place CApt. Madders at the time of the Duke's Landing was a Constable at Crewkern in the County of Somerset and so diligent and active for the King in his Office that when two Gentlemen of Lyme came there and brought the News of the Duke's Landing and desired Horses to ride Post to acquaint his Majesty therewith he immediately secured Horses for them the Town being generally otherways bent and assisted them so far as any called Loyal in those times could do which was represented to the Lord Chief Justice in expectation thereby to save his Life but an Enquiry being made about his Religion and returned by a very worthy Gentleman of those Parts That he was a good Protestant an honest Man had a very good Character amongst his Neighbours O then says he I 'le hold a wager with you he is a Presbyterian I can smell them forty miles though moderately I now say they can smell him two hundred Miles West then surely he must dye because he was and had the Character of an honest Man a good Christian and a brave Tradesman But to be short I could say a great deal more of him being intimately acquainted with him and was with him to the very last being brought to the Place of Execution he was the last Man except one executed and he behaved himself whilst the rest were Executing with great Zeal and lifting up his hands and eyes would often say Lord make me so willing and ready to the last And God did hear his Prayers for though he seemed to the Spectators to be somewhat unwilling to dye yet at the last he dyed with as much Assurance and Christian Resolution as any for after his publick Prayer he came once down the Ladder and Prayed again privately then mounted the Ladder again the Sheriff saying Mr. Madders If you please you may have more liberty he answered No I thank you Mr. Sheriff now I am ready I am willing and desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ Oh! you cannot imagine what Comfort and Refreshment I have received in a few minutes my Comforts are so great that I cannot contain my self So blessing and praising of God he was translated as I hope we have no grounds to imagine the contrary from Earth to Heaven repeating Revel 20. 6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on such the second Death hath no power His publick Prayer was as followeth O Eternal and ever blessed Lord God look down upon me a miserable Sinner with an eye of pity and compassion in and through my dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ O Lord I acknowledg my self a great and grievous Sinner I have sinned against the clearest light and the dearest love I have deserved to have been spurned from thy Presence and from the glory of thy Power and that thou shouldest now say unto me I will have no more to do with such an unworthy Wretch such a polluted filthy Creature as thou art and hast been But O Lord there is mercy with thee that thou mayest be feared and thou hast promised that if a Sinner turn from his wickedness thou wilt have mercy on him and thô his sins were as scarlet thou wouldst make them white as wool Fulfil O Lord thy gracious Promise unto me a poor supplicant in this my last hour of my life purge and cleanse me from all

sin and filthiness give me true Repentance and if there lyes any sin not yet repented of O Lord bring it to my Conscience Mind and Memory But I hope O Lord thou hast heard my prayers my sighs and groans I hope and trust thou hast pardoned all my sins and wilt immediately receive my soul Look down in Mercy on my dear Wife and Family be thou a Comfort and all in all unto them Now Lord I am coming to thee assist me to the last moment Comfort my distressed Soul do more for me than I am able to ask for or think of but what thou knowest to be needful and necessary for me in and through the Merits of my dear Redeemer the Lord Jesus Christ to whom with thee and thy blessed Spirit of Grace be ascribed the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and for ever Amen The Dying Words of Capt. Kidd Executed at the same Time and Place THis Gentleman was the last Executed at that time as soon as Capt. Madders was turned off he began to prepare to follow and called to his Guards and those present Do you see this pointing up to eleven that were dead before him do you think this is not dreadful to me that eleven of twelve of us that but a few hours since came down together are dead and in Eternity and I am just going to follow them and shall immediately be in the same Condition Says one to him It must be dreadful to flesh and blood says he Well Gentlemen I will assure you I am so far concerned that methinks I bethink their Happiness that they should be so long before me in bliss and happiness but I 'le make haste to follow I am satisfied this is the best day that ever I saw The day of a Mans death is said to be better than the day of his birth and truly so I find it as to my flesh for I shall be presently free from sin and sorrow I am satisfied God hath done his best for me I might have lived and have forgotten God but now I am going where I shall sin no more 'T is a blessed thing to be free from sin and to be with Christ O how great were the sufferings of Christ for us beyond all that I can undergoe how great is that Glory to which I am going Then taking his leave of the People then present he prayed some small time very devoutly and with seeming great Joy and Comfort the Executioner did his Office. There was Executed also at the same time divers others as Mr. Will. Hewling Doct. Temple Mr. Matthews with some others At Bridport in the same County of Dorset there was Executed Twelve one of which was John Sprage of Lyme a Man more fit to dye than he that Condemned him was fit to live He was a zealous Christian and a Man that in a manner lived in Heaven while on Earth he was but of an ordinary Estate in this World but to be short his Praise his Worth his Fame will never dye in those places where known he went about doing good even in his worldly Employments as I have been credibly informed hardly any thing coming that way but what his spiritual Meditations were upon He was Apprehended near Salisbury brought to Dorchester where I saw him several times and was conversant with him before his Tryal he carried himself very moderately to all some of divers Principles in matters of Religion he continually Prayed with them advising and instructing them to those holy Duties which were necessary to Salvation Being asked how he could endure those hardships he had undergone since his being taken says he If this be all 't is not so much but my Friend if you were to take a Journey in those ways you were not acquainted with you would I hope desire Advice from those that had formerly used those ways or lived near by them Yes says he Then said he The ways of Affliction which I have lately traveled in I had Advice many a time from a Minister who hath often told his Congregation of the troublesomness of the road and of the difficulty of getting through and has given me and hundreds of others to understand the pitts and stones in the way and how to avoid them he has been a Man used to those roads many years I have taken his Advice I am got thus far on confortably and I trust shall do so to the end I am not afraid to fight a duel with Death if so it must be Now I thank God I can truly say O Death where is thy sting and O Grave where is thy victory Two or three days after their Sentence they were drawn to Execution but were very rudely and opprobriously dealt with to the shame of those that then had the charge over them their Rigor unto them was more like Turks than Christians But to conclude being come to the Place of Execution he Prayed very devoutly with them all but by the rudeness of the Guards there could be no Copy taken to be said to be true All of them dyed very Courageous especially this stout Christian Champion who spake to them in these words looking on the Souldiers saying Little do you think that this very Body of mine which you are now come to see cutt in pieces will one day rise up in Judgment against you and be your Accuser for your delight in spilling of Christian Blood the Heathens have far more Mercy O 't is sad when England must outstrip Infidels and Pagans but pray take notice don't think that I am not in Charity with you I am so far that I forgive you and all the World and do desire the God of Mercies to forgive you and open your hearts and turn you from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to the Lord Jesus Christ and so Farewell I am going out of the power of you all I have no dependance but upon my blessed Redeemer to whom I commit my dear Wife and Children and all the World. The last Speech of Doct. Temple of Nottingham at the Place of Execution DOcter Temple was one of them that Landed with the Duke and was his chief Physitian and Chyrurgeon he lived in Nottingham but minding to see other Parts of the World as I have heard goes for Holland where he came acquainted with the Duke of Monmouth concerning which he thus spake just as he was going off the Ladder Christian Friends and dear Countrey-men I Have somewhat to say and not very much before I depart from you and shall be seen no more And First As to my Engagement with the Duke of Monmouth Secondly How far I was concerned And Thirdly I shall leave all of you to be Judges in matter of Fact And so for the First As a Dying Man I now Declare that when I entered my self with the Duke of Monmouth to be his Chyrurgeon it was on no other Account but to serve him in the West-Indies where I knew