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lord_n	francis_n	sir_n	smith_n	31,792	5	14.7188	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94960	A true and perfect relation of the grand traytors execution, as at severall times they were drawn, hang'd, and quartered at Charing-crosse, and at Tiburne. Together with their severall speeches and confessions which every one of them made at the time of their execution.		1660 (1660)	Wing T2556; Thomason 669.f.26[31]; ESTC R210848	6,114	1

A true and perfect Relation of the Grand Traytors Execution as at severall times they were Drawn Hang'd and Quartered at Charing-crosse and at Tiburne Together with their severall Speeches and Confessions which every one of them made at the time of their Execution THe Doctrine and the Practise of deposing and destroying Kings being meerly derived from the Principles of the Jesuits as most abundantly may be shown if we had either the room or the leisure of giving you a Catalogue of their horrible Positions we shall at this time wave that unpleasing Enquiry and in the first place give you an Account of the Tryall and Execution of many of those persons who in the year 1648 entred into an abominable Conspiracy for the taking away the life of our late dread Soveraign Charles the First whose Memory for all the bloudy Endeavours of his Assassinates shall be blessed for evermore The Sentence against the King being pronounced on Saturday Jan. 27. 1648 And all the Members of the said Court standing up assenting to what was pronounced by the President by the holding up of their hands the King offer'd to speak for himself but was not sufferd Monday following Sir Hardresse Waller Maj. Gen. Harrison Col. Ireton Col. Dean Col. Okey were appointed to consider of the Time and Place for the Execution of the King according to the Sentence On the Tuesday being the Fatal Day of the Execution His Majesty continued in prayer all the morning and received the Sacrament And about Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon he was conducted on foot from St. James's Palace to White-hall by a Regiment of Foot Souldiers part before Him and part behind Him with Colours flying and Drums beating and a private Guard of Part●zans about him Doctor Juxon Bishop of London was next unto him on the one fide and Col. Tomlinson on the other being come to Whitehall he continued in his Cabinet chamber at his Devotions refusing to Dine only about Twelve a clock he Eat a bit or two of bread and drank a Glasse of Claret Wine From thence he was conveyed to the Banquetting House and the window being inlarged he passed through it to the Scaffold the Rayls being hung round and the Floor covered with Black His Executioners were disguised with Vizards which nothing at all affrighted his Majesty He shewed more care of the people living then of himself dying And looking round about upon the people whom the thick Guards of Souldiers kept at a great distance and perceiving he could not be heard by them omitting probably what he purposed to have spoken to them he turned to the Officers that on the Scaffold were near unto him and expressed himself in a short and excellent Speech which being ended he meekly kneeled down and prayed And afterwards after some heavenly Discourse betwixt the Bishop and Himself He lifted up his eyes to Heaven and mildly prayed And stooping down to the Block He most humbly bowed his neck to God and the vizarded Exceutioner cut off his head at one Blow Thus fell King Charles and thus fell all Britain with Him We have hitherto given you an account what these barbarous persons have done we shall now represent unto you the most just judgements which after 12 years forbearance a great part of them have suffered and which many more of them are condemned to suffer for this horrible Murder they have committed On the beginning of the month of May there were Remonstances presented to the House of Lords then sitting in Parliament both from Ireland and from Scotland demanding Justice for the most horrid and unparallelled Murder committed on the Sacred Person of the late King And on Friday the 18. of May upon complaint made by the Commons in Parliament an order was issued from the house of Lords that the Estates both Reall and Personall of those persons who sate in Judgement upon the late Kings Majesty whether in their own hands or in the hands of any in trust be forthwith seized and secured and they agreed also upon the Names and number of those persons who were to be exempted from pardon Not long afterwards several of them came in and surrendred themselves in Expectation of mercy divers of them being Guilty of their Horrible Conspiracy fled beyond the Seas and divers of them were taken and committed to the Tower of London in order to their Tryall On Saturday September 22 His Majesty sent out a Proclamation for the apprehending of Col. Whaley and Col. Goffe who were exempted from pardon by Act of Parliament as Traytors for their execrable treason in sentencing to Death our late Soveraign King Charles the first of blessed memory it was there declared that whosoever should discover the said Traytors and cause them to be brought in alive or dead in case of resistance should have a reward of 100l for each of the said Traytors and it was ordered that a reward of 300l should be faithfully paid to any that should apprehend Col. Edmund Ludlow On Munday October 8. Was the long expected Tryal of many of the Judges of our late Soveraign Lord King Charles Sir Orlando Bridgeman in an Eloquent and a learned speech at Hicks his Hall having set forth the haniousnesse of their Guilt the Bill of Indictment was ●ound by 〈…〉 which consisted of Knights and Gentlemen of the County of Middlesex and on the Wednesday following twenty eight of them were conveyed in severall Coaches from the Tower to Newgate They were attended with a Troop of Horse and a strong Guard of Foot They had not been long in Newgate but by a private way they were brought before the most honourable Lords and others of his Majesties Commissioners in Justice-hal in the Old-Baily The Names of those that were Prisoners were Thomas Harrison Tho. Scot John Cook Hugh Peters John Carew Francis Hacker Rob. Titchburn Rob. Lilburn Henry Marten Sir Har: Waller W. Hevenningham Henry Smith Edmund Harvey John Downs Gregory Clement John Jones Adrian Scroop Daniell Scroop Simon Meyn Peter Temple James Temple Thomas Wayte George Fleetwood Vincent Potter Owen Roe Isaac Pennington Gilb. Millington August Garland Sir Hardres Waller confessed himself guilty so did Mr. George Fleetwood who pleaded his Majesties Proclamation having submitted himselfe to it within 14 daies But Major Gen Harrison who in the way from the Tower to Newgate had shewed some tokens of a very insolent spirit did behave himself with the same boldness when he was brought to the Bar for he refused to hold up his hand at the Bar the Judges prompting him to his duty he at the last said I conceive it to be but a formality and therefore am contented to doe it being demanded guilty or not guilty he did fly out oftentimes into impertinencies but at the last being made sensible of the great danger into which his obstinacy did threaten to bring him he replyed not Guil●y Alderman Robert Titchburn desired he might have Council assign'd him Alleaging that