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A74195 The state martyrologie. Or, innocent blood speaking its mournfull tragedy, in the history of the late anarchy since 1648. to this present time 1660. 1660 (1660) Wing S5300; Thomason 669.f.25[33]; ESTC R211906; ESTC R31181 4,860 1

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THE STATE MARTYROLOGIE OR INNOCENT BLOOD Speaking its Mournfull TRAGEDY In the HISTORY of the late ANARCHY since 1648. to this present Time 1660. The undaunted Marquess of Montross The Renowned Lord Capell The high and Mighty Monarch CHARLES the second by the Grace of GOD King of Great Brittaine France and Ireland Defender of the fayth G The valiant Earle of Darby The Reverend and truly Pious Doctor Hewitt A List of some Worthy Persons Who have Suffered Violent Deaths for their Loyalty to his Sacred Majesty KING Charles the Second DUke Hamilton Earl of Cambridge Henry Lord Rich Earle of Holland Arthur Lord Capell All three Beheaded in the Palace Yard Westminster March 9th 1649. Col. John Morris late Governour of Pontefract-castle executed at Yorke August 23. 1649. James Marquesse of Montrosse Hanged on a Gallows 30 Foot high at Edingburgh his Head Leggs and Armes set on several places Colonel Eusebius Andrews Beheaded on Tower Hill August the 22d 1650. Sir Henry Hide Beheaded near the Exchange London March the 4th 1650. James Earle of Derby Beheaded at Bolton in Lancashire October the 15th 1651. Mr. John Gerbard Beheaded on Tower Hill July the 10th 1654. Mr. Peter Vowel Executed at Charing Crosse the 10th of July 1654. Colonel Penruddock Hugh Grove Esq both Beheaded in the Castle at Exon May the 16 1655. Sir Henry Slingsby The Reverend and Pious Dr. John Hewit both Beheaded the 8th of June 1658. Colonel Ashton and John Betteley both Hanged and Quartered the first in Tower street the other in Cheap-side and Edmund Stacy Hang'd in Cornhill THe whole Intrigue and design of the Detestable and Horrid Murther of the KING with all its concomitant and succeeding passages of State with which the Counsels and contrivements of all the complices and partakers in that abominable fact have piec'd and patcht up their severall forms of pretended Government are herein as farre as the best insight can take a view of it both by the publique and some private papers produced to the light to the end that monstrous Guilt which hath so infamed our times and Nation may be palpably detected and imputed onely to the parties engaged about and conspiring in it to the discharge of the Kingdome from the wickednesse of that unparalle'ld Regicide It is past all question that Oliver Cromwell was principal and the chief accessary in complotting of it was Henry Ireton his Son in Law the then Commissary General of the Army Sir Gilbert Pickering was a great Privado and Sir Arthur Hasilrigge a choice instrument to the plot the first Overt and open Act of the Design to Olivers often dream't of Soveraignty was the seizing of his Majesty by Cornet Ioyce at Holmeby next the Armies Declaration to the Parliament in pursuance of the Agreement of the People for impartial justice then forceing the House of Commons and debarring the Lords from sitting in their House putting a Iuncto of Common Council upon the City all which pernicious and villanous courses meeting with a Degenerate sort of men and of mean Births and Fortunes still remaining in the lower House who were assured of making themselves by the spoiles of the Church and State when they came to be sole Lords of them quickly brought that sad and calamitous parricide to maturity These irregular violent proceedings were delivered of a High Court of Justice more Exorbitant then any their former Actions to make this up they pack Commissioners like Master like Men and with precious promises purchase Bradshaw to be the impudent Mouth of their Lawlesse Court the main Engineers whereof were William Say Augustine Garland Gilbert Millington both Sir Henry Vanes c. This pretended formal Judicature being by such Diabolical Machinations erected they bring the KING to their BAR and there against all Law Reason and Humanity Duty and Allegiance was lost before condemn their Liege Lord and Soveraign Immediately after the Barbarous Execution of his Majesty they make an Act against Kingly Government printed at large Vote the Supream power and Authority to be and reside in the people thinking thereby to Collogue and ingratiate with them then fall they to their former Butchery set their High Court of Justice at work again with fresh Blood-Hounds and a New President for Bradshaw was Lorded and Scorned to do Journey work and by that same power Murther Duke Hamilton the Earle of Holland and the renowned Lord Capell March 19. 1648. And make an Act to abolish the House of Peers Then they make an Act for an Assessement of 120000 per mensem to secure the Liberties of the people Declare themselves a Free State and Commonwealth take off the KINGS Head from his Statue in the Royal Exchange and by and by after as ashamed of their ridiculous malice Remove the said Statue The next thing in order to the Establishment of their unmatchable Tyranny they endeavour Leagues with Forrein States send over Dorislaus one that drew up the Charge against KING to the States of Holland but the first night he came to the Hague where the KING our present Soveraign then was he was killed by one Whitford a Scotchman the like was done to Ascham another of their Ministers sent into Spain they send Richard Bradshaw the Kinsman of that Belial President to the City of Hamborough maintain Intelligencers and Spies in all the Courts of Christendome and with the grand Seignior The 22d of August 1650. thirsting after more blood their High Court of Justice Condemns Colonel Eusebius Andrews for receiving Commissions from the KING and by a Committee Sentenc'd Sir Henry Hide for being the KINGS Agent at Constantinople And now upon some Reasons of State the King of Spain acknowledges them for a Free State then they pick a quarrel with the Hollander in which they were succesful but their Usurped Tyrannical Dominion began to wain when they thought themselves settled and sure in the Saddle for after the defeat given to the KING at Worecster their General purposed to rule the Roast himself and reap the fruit of his perjuries and time serving Declarations to which purpose he minded their Rumpships of the General suspicion and grievance of the people as if they intended to perpetuate themselves in the Government this overture from him they promised to take into consideration and to Lull him a sleep who was Restlesse in his Ambition conferre upon him all the Honours and Respects imaginable though they had before gratifyed him largely out of the Sales of Delinquents Estates out of which they had raised vast sums to their Exchequor But all would not do he had dream't he should be a KING and he was resolved to pursue such leading hopes to it as his much celebrated providence had so fairly offered him And it is here remarkable that he took the same advantage by their intended indissolution to turn them out of doors as they did to turn the KING out by his Gracious Act of continuing the parliament till their own pleasure so justly was