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A09049	A true and plaine declaration of the horrible treasons, practised by William Parry the traitor, against the Queenes Maiestie The maner of his arraignment, conuiction and execution, together with the copies of sundry letters of his and others, tending to diuers purposes, for the proofes of his treasons. Also an addition not impertinent thereunto, containing a short collection of his birth, education and course of life. Moreouer, a fewe obseruations gathered of his owne wordes and wrytings, for the farther manifestation of his most disloyal, deuilish and desperate purpose.	Parry, William, d. 1585.	1585 (1585)	STC 19342; ESTC S114046	37,575	64

practising the death and destruction of her Maiestie whom God long prosper preserue frō all such wicked attempts The tenor of which indictment appeareth more particularly in the course of his Arraignment folowing The maner of the Arraignement of William Parry the xxv of Februarie 1584. at Westminster in the place where the courte commonly called the Kings Bench is vsually kept by vertue of her Maiesties Commission of Oyer Terminer before Henrie L. Hunsdon gouernour of Barwicke Sir Francis Knolles Knight Treasorer of the Queenes Maiesties housholde Sir Iames Croft Knight Comptroller of the same houshold Sir Christopher Hatton Knight Vicechamberlaine to her Maiestie Sir Christopher Wray Knight Chiefe Iustice of Englande Sir Gilberte Gerrard Knight master of the Rolles Sir Edmund Anderson Knight chiefe Iustice of the Common Plees Sir Roger Manwood Knight chiefe Barron of the Eschequer and Sir Thomas Hennage Knight Treasorer of the Chamber FIrst three Proclamations for silence were made according to the vsuall course in such cases Then the Lieutenant was commaunded to returne his precept which did so and brought the prysoner to the Barre to whom Miles Sandes Esquire Clerke of the Crowne sayde William Parrie hold vp thy hand and he did so Then said y e Clerke of the crowne Thou art here indicted by the othes of xii good and lawful men of the Countie of Middlesex before Sir Christopher Wray Knight and others which tooke the Indictment by the name of William Parry late of London Gentleman otherwise called William Parry late of London Doctor of the lawe for y t thou as a false traitor against the most noble and Christian Prince Queene Elizabeth thy most gracious Soueraigne and liege Ladie not hauing the feare of God before thine eyes nor regarding thy due allegiance but being seduced by the instigation of the deuill and intending to withdrawe and extinguish the heartie loue and due obedience which true and faithfull Subiectes shoulde beare vnto the same our Soueraigne Ladie diddest at Westminster in the Countie of Middlesex on the first day of Februarie in the xxvi yeere of her Highnesse raigne and at diuers other times and places in the same Countie maliciously and trayterously conspire and compasse not onely to depriue and depose the same our Soueraigne Ladie of her Royall estate title and dignitie but also to bring her highnesse to death and finall destruction and sedition in the Realme to make and the gouernement thereof to subuert and the sincere religion of God established in her highnesse dominions to alter subuert And that whereas thou William Parry by thy letters sent vnto Gregorie Bishoppe of Rome diddest signifie vnto the same Bishoppe thy purposes and intentions aforesayde and thereby diddest pray and require the same Bishoppe to giue thee absolution that thou afterwards that is to say the last day of March in the xxvi yeere aforesayde diddest trayterously receiue letters frō one called Cardinall de Como directed vnto thee William Parry whereby the same Cardinall did signifie vnto thee that the Bishoppe of Rome had perused thy letters and allowed of thine intent and that to that ende hee had absolued thee of all thy sinnes and by the same letter did animate and stirre thee to proceede with thine enterprise and that therupon thou the last day of August in the xxvi yeere aforesaide at Saint Giles in the fieldes in y e same Countie of Middlesex diddest trayterously conferre with one Edmunde Neuill Esquire vttering to him all thy wicked and trayterous deuises and then and there diddest moue him to assist thee therin to ioyne with thee in those wicked treasons aforesayd against y e peace of our sayd Soueraigne Ladie the Queene her Crowne dignity What sayest thou William Parry art thou guilty of these treasons whereof thou standest here indicted or not guiltie Then Parry sayde Before I pleade not guiltie or confesse my selfe guiltie I pray you giue me leaue to speake a fewe words and with humbling himselfe began in this maner God saue Queene Elizabeth and God sende mee grace to discharge my duetie to her and to send you home in charitie But touching the matters that I am indicted of some were in one place and some in another and done so secretely as none can see into them except y t they had eyes like vnto God wherefore I will not lay my blood vpon the Iurie but doe minde to confesse the indictment It containeth but the parts that haue bene openly redde I pray you tel me Whereunto it was answered that the Indictment conteined the partes he had heard redde and no other whereupon the Clarke of the Crowne saide vnto Parry Parry thou must answere directly to the indictment whether thou be guiltie or not Then sayde Parry I doe confesse that I am guiltie of al that is therein cōtained And further too I desire not life but desire to die Unto which the clarke of y e Crowne sayd If you confesse it you must confesse it in maner and fourme as it is comprised in the Iudictment Whereunto he sayd I doe confesse it in maner and fourme as the same is set downe and all the circumstances thereof Then the confession being recorded the Queenes learned counsel being readie to pray iudgement vpon the same confession Master Vicechamberlaine sayde These matters contained in this indictment and confessed by this man are of great importance they touch the person of the Queenes most excellent Maiestie in the highest degree the very state and weldoing of the whole common wealth and the trueth of Gods worde established in these her Maiesties dominions and the open demonstration of that capitall enuie of the man of Rome that hath set him selfe against God and all godlinesse all good Princes and good gouernment and against good men Wherefore I pray you for the satisfaction of this great multitude let the whole matter appeare that euery one may see that the matter of it selfe is as bad as y e indictment purporteth as he hath confessed Wherto in respect y t the Iustice of y e Realme hath bin of late very impudētly slaūdered al yeelded as a thing necessarie to satisfie the world in particular of y t which was but summarily comprised in y e indictmēt though in the lawe his confession serued sufficiently to haue proceeded thereupon vnto iudgement Whereupon the Lordes and others the Commissioners her Maiesties learned Counsel and Parry him self agreed that Parrys confession taken the xi and xiii of Februarie 1584. before the Lord of Hunsdon master Vicechamberlaine and master Secretarie and Cardinall de Como his letters and Parrys letters to the Lorde Treasourer and Lorde Stewarde should be openly read And Parry for the better satisfying of the people and standers by offered to reade them him selfe but being tolde that the order was the Clerke of the Crowne should reade them it was so resolued of all partes And then master Vicechamberlaine caused to be shewed to Parry his sayde confession the

to vnderstand of him if the sayde Parry had euer dealt with him in the parties beyonde the Seas touching that question whether it were lawful to kill her Maiestie or not the which at that time the sayd Creichton called not to his remembrance yet after vpon better calling it to minde vpon the xx day of February last past he wrote to Master Secretarie Walsingham thereof voluntary all of his owne hand to the effect following W. Creichtons letter Febr. 20. RIght honourable Sir when your Honour demaunded mee if M. Parry did aske mee If it was leason to kill the Queene in deede and veritie then I had no remembrance at all therof But since thinking on the matter I haue called to minde the whole fashion of his dealing with me and some of his Arguments for hee dealt very craftily with mee I dare not say maliciously For I did in no waies thinke of any such deseine of his or of any other and did answere him simplie after my conscience and knowledge to the veritie of the question For after that I had answered him twise before Quòd omnino non liceret hee returned late at Euen by reason I was to depart early in the next morning towarde Chamberie in Sauoye where I did remaine and beeing returned out of the Closse within one of the classes of the Colledge hee proponed to me of new the matter with his reasons and arguments First he alledged the vtilitie of the deed for deliuering of so many Catholiques out of miserie and restitution of the Catholique religion I answered that the Scripture aunswereth thereto saying Non sunt facienda mala vt veniant bona So that for no good howe great that euer it be may be wrought any euill howe little that euer it be Hee replyed that it was not euill to take away so great euil and induce so great good I answered That all good is not to be done but that onely Quod bene legitime fieri potest And therefore Dixi Deum magis amare aduerbia quàm nomina Quia in actionibus magis e● placent bene legitime quam bonum Ita vt nullum bonum liceat facere nisi bene legitimè fieri possit Quod in hoc casu fieri non potest Yet saide he that seuerall learned men were of the opinion Quod liceret I answered that they men perhappes were of the opinion that for the safetie of many in soule and bodie they would permit a particular to his daunger and to the occult iudgement of God Or perhappes saide so mooued rather by some compassion and cōmiseration of the miserable estate of the Catholiques not for any such doctrine that they did finde in their bookes For it is certain that such a thing is not licit to a particular without speciall reuelation diuine which exceedeth our learning and doctrine And so he departed from me Out of the prison in the Tower the xx of Februarie Your Honours poore seruitour in Christ Iesu. Wil. Creichton prisoner ANd where also the same Parry was on the same xx day of Februarie examined by Sir Frauncis Walsingham knight what was become of the letter conteined in his confession to be written vnto him by the Cardinall de Como he then answered that it was consumed and burnt and yet after the next day folowing being more vehemently vrged vpon that point in examination because it was knowne that it was not burnt he confessed where he had left it in the Towne whereupon by Parrys direction it was sent for where it had bene lapped vp together with other friuolous papers and written vpon the one side of it The last will of William Parry the which letter was in the Italian tongue as hereafter followeth with the same in English accordingly translated Amon Signore Mon signor Guglielmo Parri MOn Signore la Santita di N.S. ha veduto le lettere di V.S. del primo con la fede inclusa non può se non laudare la buona disposittione risolutione che scriue di tenere verso il seruitiò beneficio publico nel che la Santita sua lessorta di perseuerare con farne riuscire li effetti che V.S. promette Et accioche tanto maggiormente V.S. sia aiutata da quel buon spirito che l'ha mosso le cōcede sua Beneditione plenaria Indulgenza remissione di tutti li peccati secondo che V. S. ha chiesto assicurandossi che oltre il merito che n'hauera in cielo vuole anco sua Santita constituirsi debitore a riconoscere li meriti di V.S. in ogni miglior modo che potra cio tanto piu quanto che V.S. vsa maggior modestia in non pretender niente Metta dunque ad effetto li suoì santi honorati pensieri attenda a star sano Che per fine io me le offero di core le desidero ogni buono felice successo Di Roma a .xxx. di Gennaro M.D.Lxxxiiij Alpiacer di V. S. N. Cardinale di Como Al Sig. Guglielmo Parri Cardinall de Comos letter to Wil. Parry 30. Ianu. 1584. by accompt of Rome MOnsignor the Holines of our Lord hath seene the letter of your Signorie of the first with the assurance included and cannot but commende the good disposition and resolution which you write to holde towards the seruice and benefite publique wherein his Holines doeth exhort you to perseuere with causing to bring foorth the effects which your Signorie promiseth And to the ende you may bee so much the more holpen by that good spirit which hath mooued you thereunto his Blessednes doeth graunt to you plenarie indulgence and remission of all your sinnes according to your request Assuring you that besides the merite that you shall receiue therefore in heauen his holynesse will further make himselfe debtour to reknowledge the deseruings of your Signorie in the best maner that he can And that so much the more in that your Signorie vseth the greater modestie in not pretending any thing Put therefore to effect your holy and honourable thoughts and attend your health And to conclude I offer my selfe vnto you heartily and do desire all good and happie successe From Rome the xxx of Ianuarie 1584. At the pleasure of your Signorie N. Card. of Como VPon al which former accusation declaration confessions proofes vpon Munday the xxii day of February last past at Westminster Hall before Sir Christopher Wray knight chiefe Iustice of England Sir Gilbert Gerrard knight Master of the Rolles Sir Edmund Anderson knight Chiefe Iustice of y e common plees Sir Roger Manwood knight Chiefe Baron of the Exchequer Sir Thomas Gawdy knight one of the Iustices of y e plees before her Maiestie to be holden and Wil. Perriam one of the Iustices of the common plees by vertue of her Maiesties Commission to them others in that behalf directed the same Parry was indicted of high Treason for intending and

Cardinals letter and his owne letter aforesayde which after hee had particularly viewed euery leafe thereof he confessed and sayde openly they were the same Then sayde master Vicechamberlaine Before we proceede to shewe what he hath confessed what say you sayd he to Parry is that which you haue confessed here true and did you confesse it freely and willingly of your selfe or was then any extort meanes vsed to drawe it from you Surely sayde Parry I made that confession freely without any constraint and that is all true and more too for there is no treason that hath bene sithens the first yeere of the Queene any way touching religion sauing receipt of Agnus dei and perswading of others wherein I haue not much dealt but I haue offended in it And I haue also deliuered mine opinion in writing who ought to bee successor to the crowne which he sayde to be treason also Then his confession of the eleuenth and thirteenth of Februarie all of his owne hand writing before particularly sette downe was openly and distinctly red by the Clarke of the crowne And y t done y e Cardinall di Como his letter in Italian was deliuered vnto Parrys hande by the direction of Master Vicechamberlayne which Parry there perused and openly affirmed to bee wholy of y e Cardinals owne hand writing and the seale to bee his owne also and to bee with a Cardinals hat on it And himselfe did openly read it in Italian as before is set downe And the wordes bearing sence as it were written to a Bishop or to a man of such degree it was demaunded of him by Master Vicechamberlayne whether he had not taken the degree of a Bishoppe He said No But said at first those termes were proper to the degree hee had taken and after saide that the Cardinall did vouchsafe as of a fauour to write so to him Then the coppie of that letter in English as before is also set downe was in like maner openly red by the Clarke of the Crowne which Parry then acknowledged to be truely translated And thereupon was shewed vnto Parry his letter of y e xviii of Februarie written to the Lord Treasorer and the Lord Steward which he confessed to bee all of his owne hand writing and was as before is set downe These matters being redde openly for manifestation of the matter Parry prayed leaue to speake whereto Master Vicechamberlayne sayde If you will say any thing for the better opening to the worlde of those your foule horrible facts speake on but if you meane to make any excuse of that which you haue confessed which els would haue bene and do stand proued against you for my part I will not sit to heare you Then her Maiesties Attourney general stood vp said It appeareth before you my Lords y t this man hath bene indicted arraigned of seuerall most haynous and horrible treasons and hath confessed them which is before you of recorde wherefore there resteth no more to be done but for the Court to giue iudgement accordingly which here I require in the behalfe of the Queenes Maiestie Then said Parry I pray you heare me for discharging of my conscience I will not goe about to excuse my selfe nor to seeke to saue my life I care not for it you haue my confession of recorde that is enough for my life And I meane to vtter more for which I were worthie to die And sayde I pray you heere mee in that I am to speake to discharge my conscience Then said Master Vicechamberlayne Parry then doe thy duetie according to conscience and vtter all that thou canst say concerning those thy most wicked facts Then said Parry My cause is rare singular vnnaturall conceyued at Venice presented in generall wordes to the Pope vndertaken at Paris commended allowed of by his Holines and was to haue bene executed in England if it had not bene preuented Yea I haue committed many treasons for I haue committed treason in being reconciled and treason in taking absolution There hath bene no Treason sithens the first yeere of the Queenes reigne touching religion but that I am guiltie of except for receiuing of Agnus Dei and perswading as I haue said And yet neuer intended to kil Queene Elizabeth I appeale to her owne knowledge and to my Lorde Treasorers and Master Secretaries Then said my Lord Hunsdon Hast thou acknowledged it so often and so plainly in writing vnder thy hande and heere of recorde and nowe when thou shouldest haue thy iudgement according to that which thou hast confessed thy selfe guiltie of doest thou goe backe againe and deny the effect of all Howe can wee beleeue that thou nowe fayest Then said Master Vicechamberlaine This is absued Thou hast not onely confessed generally that thou wert guilty according to the indicemēt which summarily and yet in expresse woordes doeth conteyne that thou haddest trayterously compassed intended the death and destruction of her Maiestie but thou also saydest particularly that thou wert guilty of euery of the Treasons conteined therein whereof the same was one in playne and expresse letter set downe and red vnto thee Yea thou saydest that thou were guilty of moe Treasons too besides these And diddest thou not vpon thy examination voluntaryly confesse howe thou wast moued first thereunto by mislike of thy state after thy departure out of the Realme And that thou diddest mislike her Maiestie for that shee had done nothing for thee Howe by wicked Papistes and Popish bookes thou wert perswaded that it was lawfull to kill her Maiestie Howe thou wert by reconciliation become one of that wicked sort that helde her Maiestie for neyther lawfull Queene nor Christian And y t it was meritorious to kill her And diddest thou not signifie that thy purpose to the Pope by letters and receiuedst letters frō the Cardinall howe he allowed of thyne intent excited thee to perfourme it and thereupon diddest receiue absolution And diddest thou not conceyue it promise it vow it sweare it and receyue the Sacrament that thou wouldest doe it And diddest not thou thereupon affirme that thy vowes were in heauen and thy letters and promyses on earth to bynde thee to doe it And that whatsoeuer her Maiestie would haue done for thee coulde not haue remoued thee from that intention or purpose vnlesse she would haue desisted from dealing as shee hath done with the Catholiques as thou callest them All this thou hast plainely confessed and I protest before this great assembly thou hast confessed it more playnely and in better sort then my memory will serue me to vtter And sayest thou now that thou neuer mentest it Ah sayde Parry your honours knowe howe my Confession vpon myne examination was extorted Then both the Lord Hunsdon and Master Vicechamberlayne affirmed that there was no torture or threatning wordes offered him But Parry then sayde that they tolde him that if hee would not confesse willingly he should haue torture

wherunto their honours answered that they vsed not any spech or worde of torture to him You sayde sayd Parry that you would proceede with rigour against me if I would not confesse it of my selfe But their honours expresly affirmed that they vsed no such words But I will tell thee sayd Master Vicechamberlayne what we saide I spake these words If you will willingly vtter the truth of your selfe it may do you good and I wish you to doe so If you will not wee must then proceede in ordinary course to take your examination Whereunto you answered that you would tell the trueth of your selfe Was not this true which then hee yeelded vnto And hereunto her Maiesties Attourney generall put Parry in remembraunce what speeches hee vsed to the Lieutenant of the Tower the Queenes Maiesties Seriant at Lawe Master Gaudie and the same Attourney on Satterday y e twentieth of February last at y e Tower vpon that hee was by them then examined by order from y e Lords which was that he acknowledged he was most myldely and fauourably dealt with in all his examinations which he also at the Barre then acknowledged to be true Then Master Vicechamberlayne sayde that it was wonder to see the magnanymitie of her Maiestie which after that thou haddest opened those trayterous practises in sort as thou hast layd it downe in thy confession was neuerthelesse such and so farre from all feare as that shee woulde not so much as acquaint any one of her highnes priuie Counsel with it to his knowledge no not vntil after this thine enterprise discouered made manifest And besides that which thou hast set downe vnder thine owne hande thou diddest confesse that thou haddest prepared two Scottish Daggers fit for such a purpose and those being disposed away by thee thou diddest say that an other would serue thy turne And with all Parry diddest thou not also confesse before vs howe wonderfully thou wert appauled and perplexed vpon a suddaine at the presence of her Maiestie at Hampton Court this last Sommer saying that thou diddest thinke thou then sawest in her the very likenes image of king Henry the seuenth And that therewith and vpon some speeches vsed by her Maiestie thou diddest turne about and weepe bitterly to thy selfe And yet diddest call to mynde that thy vowes were in heauen thy letters and promises on earth and that therefore thou diddest say with thy selfe that there was no remedy but to do it diddest thou not confesse this the which he acknowledged Then saide the lorde Hunsdon Sayest thou nowe that thou diddest neuer meane to kill the Queene diddest thou not confesse that when thou diddest vtter this practise of trecherie to her Maiestie that thou diddest couer it with al the skill thou haddest and that it was done by thee rather to get credite and accesse thereby then for any regard thou haddest of her person but in trueth thou diddest it that thereby thou mightest haue better oportunitie to performe thy wicked enterprise And wouldest thou haue runne into such feare as thou diddest confesse that thou wert in when thou diddest vtter it if thou haddest neuer meant it what reason canst thou shewe for thy selfe With that he cryed out in a furious maner I neuer meant to kill her I will lay my blood vpon Queene Elizabeth and you before God and the worlde and thereupon fell into a rage and euill wordes with the Queenes Maiesties Attourney generall Then said the lord Hunsdon This is but thy popish pride and ostentation which thou wouldest haue to be told to thy fellowes of that faction to make them belieue that thou diest for poperie when thou diest for most horrible and dangerous treasons against her Maiestie and thy whole countrey For thy laying of thy blood it must lye on thine owne head as a iust reward of thy wickednesse The lawes of the Realme most iustly condemne thee to die out of thine owne mouth for the conspiring the destruction both of her Maiestie and of vs all therefore thy blood be vpon thee neither her Maiestie nor we at any time sought it thy selfe hast spilt it Then he was asked what he coulde say why iudgemēt of death ought not to be awarded against him Whereto he said he did see that he must die because he was not setled What meanest thou by that said master Vicechamberlaine Said he looke into your studie and into your newe bookes and you shall finde what I meane I protest said his honour I knowe not what thou meanest thou doest not well to vse such darke speaches vnlesse thou wouldest plainely vtter what thou meanest thereby But he saide he cared not for death and that hee would laye his blood amongst them Then spake the lorde chiefe Iustice of England being required to giue the iudgement and saide Parry you haue bene much heard and what you meane by being setled I knowe not but I see you are so setled in poperie that you cannot settle your selfe to be a good subiect But touching that you should say to stay iudgement from being giuen against you your speaches must be of one of these kindes ●●ther to proue the Inditement which you haue confessed to be true to be insufficient in lawe or els to pleade somewhat touching her Maiesties mercie why Iustice should not be ●●●e of you All other speaches wherein you haue vsed great libertie is more then by lawe you can aske These be the matters you must looke to what say you to them whereto he said nothing Then said the lord chiefe Iustice Parry thou hast bene before this time indited of diuers most horrible and hatefull treasons cōmitted against thy most gratious Soueraigne and natiue countrey the matter most detestable the maner most subtile and dangerous and the occasions and meanes that led thee thereunto most vngodly and villanous That thou diddest intende it it is most euident by thy selfe The matter was the destruction of a most sacred and an anoynted Queene thy soueraigne mystresse who hath shewed thee such fauour as some thy betters haue not obteined yea the ouerthrowe of thy countrey wherein thou wert borne and of a most happie common wealth whereof thou art a member and of such a Queene as hath bestowed on thee the benefite of all benefites in this worlde that is thy life heretofore graunted thee by her mercie when thou haddest lost it by Iustice and desert Yet thou her seruant sworne to defende her mentest with thy bloodie hande to haue taken away her life that mercifully gaue thee thine when it was yeelded into her handes This is the matter wherein thou hast offended The maner was most subtile and dangerous beyonde all that before thee haue committed any wickednes against her Maiestie For thou making shewe as if thou wouldest simplie haue vttered for her safetie the euill that others had contriued diddest but seeke thereby credite accesse that thou mightest take the apter opportunitie for her destruction And for the