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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