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lord_n	earl_n	sir_n	william_n	145,713	5	9.2043	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91120	A protestation against a foolish, ridiculous and scandalous speech, pretended to be spoken by Thomas Wentworth, late Earle of Strafford, to certaine lords before his comming out of the Tower as also against the simple and absurd letter to his lady in Ireland, together with the onely true copy of his speech, and the charge delivered to his son.	Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1593-1641.	1641 (1641)	Wing P3856; Thomason E208_17; ESTC R961	2,448	7

A PROTESTATION Against a foolish ridiculous and scandalous SPEECH pretended to be spoken by THOMAS WENTWORTH Late Earle of Strafford to certaine Lords before his comming out of the Tower As also against the simple and absurd Letter to his Lady in Ireland together with the onely true Copy of his Speech and the charge delivered to his Son Printed Anno 1641. The Speech suggested to bee the late Earl of Straffords pretended to be spoken in the Tower being falsly and scandalously imputed to him is protested against and the Testimony of the Honourable Persons then present appealed unto therein Lord Primate of Ireland Earle of Cleeveland Earle of Newport Lord Rich. Sir William Balfoure Sir Willam Wentworth Sir George Wentworth Doctor Carre Doctor Price The paper containing the heads of the Earl of Straffords last Speech written with his own hand as it was left upon the Scaffold 1 Come to pay the last debt ve owe to sin 2 Rise to Righteousnesse 3 Die willingly 4 Forgive all 5 Submit to Justice but in my intentions from subverting c. 6 Wishing nothing but prosperity to King and People 7 Acquit the King constrained 8 Beseech to Repent 9 Strange-way to write the beginning of reformation and setlement of a Kingdome in bloud 10 Beseech that demand may rest there 12 Call not bloud upon themselves 13 Die in the Faith of the Church 14 Pray for it and desire the Prayers with me The true Speech as it was delivered My Lord Primate of Ireland IT is my very great comfort that I have your Lordship by me this day and I doe thanke God and your Lordship for it in regard I have bin knowne to you this many yeares I should bee very glad to obtaine so much silence as to be heard a few words but I doubt I shall not the noyse is so great My Lords I come hither by the good will and pleasure of Almighty God to pay that last debt J owe to sin which is death and by the blessing of that God to rise againe through the merits of Jesus Christ to righteousnesse and life eternall Here he was interrupted My Lords I am come hither to submit to that judgment which hath passed against me I do it with a very quiet and contented minde I do freely forgive all the World a forgivenes that is not spoken from the teeth outwards as they say but from the very heart J can very well say in the presence of Almighty God before whom J stand That there is not a displeased thought arising in mee towards any creature I thanke God I can say and truly too and my conscience beares mee witnesse that in all the employments since I had the honour to serve his Majesty J never had any thing in the purpose of my heart but what tended to the joynt and individuall prosperity of King and people If it hath been my fortune to be misunderstood surely I am not the first that hath been so it is the common portion of us all while wee are in this life to erre but righteous judgment we must wait for in another place for here we are very subject to be misjudged one of another There is one thing I desire to free my felfe of and J am very confident speaking it now with so much cheerfulnesse that it cannot be but that J shall obtaine your Christian charity in the belief of it I did alwaies thinke the Parliaments of England were the happiest Constitutions that any Kingdome or Nation lived under and next under God the best means to make the King and his people happy so far have J been from being against Parliaments For my death J heere acquit all the World and beseech the God of Heaven heartily to forgive them though in the intentions and purposes of my heart I am innocent of what I die for And my Lord Primate it is a very great comfort unto me that his Majesty conceives me not meriting so severe and heavy a punishment as is the uttermost execution of this sentence J doe infinitely rejoyce in this mercy of His and J beseech God to returne it upon him that hee may find mercy when hee stands most in need of it I wish this Kingdome all the prosperity and happinesse in the world I did it living and now dying it is my wish J doe most humbly recommend it to every man that heares mee and desire that they will lay their hands upon their hearts and consider seriously whether the beginning of the happinesse of the Reformation of a Kingdome should be written in letters of bloud Consider this when you are in your owne homes and let mee bee never so unhappy as that the least drop of my bloud should rise up in Iudgement against any one of you I acquit you all but I feare you are in a wrong way My Lords I here professe and with that I shall end That I doe die a true and obedient Sonne to the Church of England wherein J was born and in which I was bred Peace and Prosperity be ever in it And whereas it is objected if it bee an objection worth the answering that J have beene inclined to Popery J may truly say that from the time of 21. to this present going on now of 49. yeares I never had in my heart to doubt of this Religion of the Church of England nor ever any man the boldnesse to suggest any such thing to the best of my remembrance to me so being reconciled by the mercies of Christ Jesus my Saviour into whose bosome I hope J shall shortly bee gathered to those eternall happinesses that shall never have end I desire heartily the forgivenesse of every man for any rash and unadvised words or for any thing done amisse And so my Lords and Gentlemen farewell farewell all the things of this World I desire that you would be silent and joyne with me in Prayer and J trust in God we shall all meete and live eternally in Heaven there to receive the accomplishment of all happinesse where every teare shall be wiped away from our eyes and every sad thought from our hearts and so God blesse this Kingdome and Jesus haue mercy upon my Soule To this added a prayer not taken by any to strengthen his Faith confirme him in Patience and Charity to preserve his Majesty and his Realmes in prosperity and the Church in unitie and to have mercy on his Soule Rising delivered these commands for his Children TO his Sonne William Wentworth commends himselfe gives him charge to serve his God to submit to his King with all faith and allegeance in things Temporall to the Church in things Spirituall gives in charge as he will answer it to him in Heaven never to meddle with the Patrimony of the Church for it will bee the Cancer that will eate up the rest of his estate Again charges it as he will answer him in Heaven FINIS