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A Protestant plot no paradox, or, Phanaticks under that name plotting against the king and government proved first, from their principles, secondly, from their practices.
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Tonge, Thomas, d. 1662.
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stands indicted or not guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What goods and chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Nathaniel Gibbs to the Bar How say you is he guilty of the high Treason whereof he stands indicted or not Guilty Jury Guilty Clerk of Newgate Look to him Keeper Clerk of the Peace What Goods and Chattels Jury None Clerk of the Peace Hearken to your Verdict as the Court hath recorded it You say that Thomas Tonge is guilty of the Treason whereof he stands Indicted and so all the rest And you say that they nor any of them had any Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements at the time of committing the said Treason or at any time sithence to your knowledge and this you say all Jury Yes Clerk of the Peace Thomas Tonge hold up thy hand thou hast been Indicted of High-Treason thou hast thereunto pleaded Not guilty and for thy Tryal hast put thy self upon God and the Countrey and the Countrey hath found thee guilty what hast thou to say for thy self why the Court should not proceed to judgment and thereupon award execution of thee according to the Law Tong. I pray mercy from the King I cry for mercy from the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace George Phillips hold up thy hand thou art in the same case that Thomas Tonge is what canst thou say c. Phillips Kneeled down and said I pray the mercy of the King and the Honourable Bench. Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Francis Stubbs hold up thy hand thou art in the same case the two last Prisoners before thee are what can'st thou say c. Stubbs I beg mercy I was meerly drawn in Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace John Sallers hold up thy hand thou art c. what canst thou say c. Sallers I would intreat this Honourable Bench to consider my condition and what my charge is I delivered no Arms if I had known were they had been I would have discovered them I beg mercy from the King and this Honourable Bench. Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace Nathaniel Gibbs hold up thy hand thou art c. what canst thou say c. Gibbs And please this Honourable Bench I have something to say I am innocent as to my Conscience of acting any thing Treasonable against his Majesty the Lord forgive the Witness I beg the mercy of the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Clerk of the Peace James Hind hold up thy hand Thou art guilty of the Treason whereof thou standest indicted by thy own confession what canst thou say c. Hind I have nothing to say but humbly beg the mercy of the King Clerk of Newgate Tye him up Executioner Cryer O Yes my Lords the Kings Justices command all manner of persons to keep silence while Judgement is in giving upon pain of imprisonment Sir Robert Foster Thomas Tong George Phillips Francis Stubbs James Hind John Sallers and Nathaniel Gibbs you six prisoners at the Bar you have been here indicted for one of the greatest crimes that can be committed upon earth as to this world against God our King and your Country and against every good body that is in this land for that capital sin of High-Treason which is a sin inexpiable indeed hath no equal sin as to this world upon this you have severally been Arraigned and have severally except one pleaded Not guilty and put your selves upon God and the Countrey for your Tryals and your Countrey have found you guilty for the five that are found guilty I must say that in you I find little remorse little sense of your sin for the little man there Hind he hath much shewed his penitency The manner and circumstances of this most men here believe this did not originally arise from your particular selves it must be put into you by some others You speak as if you desired mercy where was your mercy that would have destroyed King and Country and massacred many millions of souls no respect of any person but your own Fellows I speak this that you may be the more sensible of your own Crime that you may truly out of the remorse of Conscience be sorry for your sin you know very well the old councel and it is a good one Fear God and honour the King meddle not with them that are given to change Medling with them that are given to change has brought too much mischief already to this Nation and if you will commit the same sin you must receive the same punishment for happy is he that by other mens harms takes heed I shall not spend long time with you but if you will as much as you can discover the Actors herein you will do God the King and your Country good service It remains that the Court proceed to Judgment and therefore you six the one by his own confession and other five by conviction of Law the Judgment of this Court is That you be conveyed back to the place from whence you came and from thence to be drawn upon an Hurdle to the Place of Execution and there you shall be hanged by the neck and being alive shall be cut down and your privy-Members to be cut off your Entrails to be taken out of your Body and you living the same to be burnt before your eyes and your head to be cut off your body to be divided into four quarters and your head and quarters to be disposed of at the pleasure of the Kings Majesty And God have mercy upon your Souls The Confession Speeches and Prayers of George Phillips Thomas Tonge Nathaniel Gibbs and Francis Stubbs at the place of Execution on Munday Decemb. 22. 1662 The manner of Conveying the Prisoners to the Place of Execution and their Behaviour there before they began to Speak THe 22. Decemb. Thomas Tonge George Phillips Francis Stubbs and Nathaniel Gibbs were according to a late Sentence drawn on two Hurdles viz. Tonge and Phillips in one and Stubbs and Gibbs in the other to the common place of Execution at Tyburn Where being come they were received into a Cart under the Gallowes and the Executioner desiring them severally to forgive him they all declared they did freely forgive him and all their enemies and did severally salute each other with this Phrase Welcome Brother and to one another said We are now launching into the deep They being all tied up Phillips gave the Executioner a small sum of Money and the rest directed the Executioner to take out of their pockets a small parcel of money as their gift to him and Phillips afterwards bended a Six-pence and presented it to a friend of his Mr. Stroud and a Shilling likewise bended to one Mr. Clark Then the Under-Sheriff of Middlesex acquainted them they had all free liberty to speak provided they did
Standen John Worth John Rigby Leonard Staples And several Witnesses being called there appeared William Hill Edward Riggâ— Tyler Godolphin Bonfoy and several others who being all sworn were directed up to the Grand-Jury After some hours examination of the Witnesses and consultation the Grand-Jury returned the Indictment Billa vera Clerk of the Peace You good men of the City of London summoned to appear here this day to enquire between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoners that are and shall be at the Bar answer to your Names as you shall be called every one at their first Call upon pain and peril that shall fall thereon Good men of the Ward of c. Serjeant Glyn Sergeant Maynard His Majesties Serjeants at Law Sir Jeoffry Palmer Attorney-General Sir Heneage Finch His Majesties Sollicitor Serjeant Keeling His Majesties Serjeant Sir Edward Turnor taking their places in Court the Prisoners were commanded to be set to the Bar. Clerk of the Peace Thomas Tonge hold up thy hand George Phillips hold up thy hand Francis Stubbs hold up thy hand James Hinde hold up thy hand John Sallers hold up thy hand and Nathaniel Gibbs hold up thy hand Which they severally doing their Indictment was read the substance whereof is as followeth viz. YOU the Prisoners that were last called to the Bar stand Indicted in London by the Names of Thomas Tonge late of London Distiller George Phillips late of London Yeoman Francis Stubbs late of London Cheese-monger James Hind late of London Gunner John Sallers late of London Compass-maker and Nathaniel Gibbs late of London Felt-maker for that you six together with divers others particularly in the Indictment mentioned and others not yet taken as false Traytors to the Illustrious Serene and most Excellent Prince Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. minding and with all their force intending the Peace and Tranquillity of this Kingdom of England to disturb and our said Soveraign Lord the King to death and final destruction to bring and put the 31. day of October in the Fourteenth year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord King Charles the Second Traiterously did compass imagine and Intend the killing of our said Soveraign Lord the King and the antient Government of this Kingdom of England to change as in the Indictment more particularly was mentioned What sayest thou Thomas Tonge art thou guilty of this High-Treason in manner and form as thou standest Indicted or not guilty Tonge Not guilty Clerk How wilt thou be Tryed Tonge By God and my Countrey Clerk What sayest thou George Phillips art thou guilty c. Phill. I am guilty in hearing and not discovering of it Clerk Art thou guilty of this High-Treason whereof thou standect Indicted Phill. I am guilty but not in manner and form as I stand Indicted I have heard the words as I formely confessed to Sir Richard Brown not guilty as to the manner and form Clerk How wilt thou be Tryed Phill. By God and my Countrey Clerk How sayest thou Francis Stubbs art thou guilty c. Stub Not guilty Clerk How wilt thou be Tryed Stub By God and my Countrey Clerk What sayest thou James Hind art thou guilty c. Hind kneeling down and discovering much penitency answered I am guilty and humbly beg mercy of His Majesty Court Record his Confession Clerk How sayest thou John Sallers art thou guilty c. Sall. Not guilty Clerk How wilt thou be Tryed Sall. By God and the Countrey Clerk How sayest thou Nathaniel Gibbs art thou guilty c. Gibbs Not guilty Cler. How wilt thou be Tryed Gibbs By God and the Countrey Court Carry up Hind to the Gaole And the rest standing at the Bar silence was commanded Cler. Thomas Tonge George Phillips Francis Stubbs John Sallers and Nathaniel Gibbs You the Prisoners that were last called to the Bar those men that you shall hear called are to pass upon Tryal for your several Lives and Deaths if you or any of you will challenge them or any of them you must challenge them when they come to the Book to be Sworn before they be Sworn Edmond Butler Tonge I challenge him but afterwards admitted him Clerk Edmund Butler Clement Punge George Dixon Samuel Pain John Bagnal John Gourney William Gayler Ralph Silverton William Dudley Joseph Drake John Peake and Robert Morrice were severally Sworn in this manner Lay your hand on the Book look upon the Prisoners You shall well and truly try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoners at the Bar whom you shall have in charge according to your Evidence So help you God Clerk Count these Cryer Edmond Butler Cryer one Clement Punge two c. Twelve good men and true stand together and hear your Evidence Clerk Cryer make Proclamation Cryer O Yes If any one can inform my Lords the Kings Justices the Kings Serjeants or the Kings Attorney before this Inquest be taken let them come forth and they shall be heard for now the Prisoners stand at the Bar upon their Deliverance and all others that are bound by Recognizance to give Evidence against any of the Prisoners at the Bar come forth and give Evidence or else you forfeit your Recognizance and all manner of persons that were summoned upon the Jury and have not yet been Sworn they are discharged and may depart the Court. Clerk Tho. Tonge Hold up thy Hand and so to the rest of them at the Bar. You of the Jury Look upon the Prisoners and hearken to their Cause you shall understand that they stand Indicted in London by the Names of Tho. Tonge late of c. and so as in the Indictment aforementioned who together with James Hind who stands Convicted by his own Confession and the rest also aforementioned and so reads the Indictment again Upon which Indictment they have been Arraigned thereunto have severally pleaded Not guilty for their Trial have put themselves upon God the Countrey which Countrey you are Your Charge is to enquire whether they be guilty of the High-Treason in manner and form as they stand Indicted or not guilty If you find that they or any of them are guilty you shall enquire what Goods Chattels Lands and Tenements they or any of them had at the time of committing the said Treason or at any time sithence If you find that they are not guilty you shall enquire whether they or any of them did flee for it if you find that they fled for it you shall enquire of their Goods and Chattels c. as if you had found them guilty If you find that they are not guilty nor that they did flee say so and no more and hear your Evidence Sir Edw. Turner MAy it please your Lordships and you Gentlemen that are Sworn of this Jury the Five Prisoners at the Bar by the names of T. Tonge G. Phillips F. Stubbs