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A63451	A true and plain declaration of the horrible treasons practised by William Parry ... being a papist, against Queen Elizabeth (of blessed memory,) because she was Protestant, and of his tryal, conviction, and execution for the same : being a full account of his design to have murthered the said Queen, with the copy of a letter written to him by Cardinal Como, by the Popes order, to incourage him to kill the Queen : and of his confession of his treason, both to the Lords of the Council, and at his tryal upon his indictment in Westmminster-Hall : together with his denyal thereof at the place of execution, and his manner of behaviour there : written in the year, 1584.	Parry, William, d. 1585, defendant.	1679 (1679)	Wing T2572; ESTC R1897	35,089	41

Parry did ask me If it was reason to kill the Queen indeed and verity then I had no remembrance at all thereof But since thinking on the matter I have called to mind the whole fashion of his dealing with me and some of his Arguments for he dealt very craftily with me I dare not say maliciously For I did in no ways think of any such design of his or of any other and did answer him simply after my conscience and knowledge to the verity of the question For after that I had answered him twice before Quòd omnino non liceret he returned late at Even by reason I was to depart early in the next Morning toward Chamberie in Savoy where I did remain and being return'd out of the Close within one of the Classes of the Colledge he proponed to me of the new matter with his Reasons and Arguments First he alledged the utility of the deed for delivering of so many Catholicks out of misery and restitution of the Catholick Religion I answered that the Scripture answereth thereto saying Non sunt facienda mala ut veniant bona So that for no good how great that ever it be may be wrought any evil how little that ever it be He replyed that it was not evil to take away so great evil 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 adverbia quàm nomina Quia in actionibus magis ei placent bene legitime quam bonum Ita ut nullum bonum liceat facere nisi bene legitimè fieri possit Quod in hoc casu fieri non potest Yet said he that several learned men were of the opinion Quod liceret I answered that they men perhaps were of the opinion that for the safety of many in Soul and Body they would permit a particular to his danger and to the occult judgment of God Or perhaps said so moved rather by some compassion and commiseration of the miserable estate of the Catholicks not for any such Doctrine that they did finde in their Books For it is certain that such a thing is not licite to a particular without special revelation Divine which exceedeth our Learning and Doctrine And so he departed from me Your Honours poor servitor in Christ Jesu William Creichton Prisoner Out of the Prison in the Tower the 20th of February And where also the same Parry was on the same 20th day of February examined by Sir Francis Walsingham Knight what was become of the Letter contained in his Confession to be written unto him by the Cardinal de Como he then answered that it was consumed and burnt and yet after the next day following being more vehemently urged upon that point in examination because it was known that it was not burnt he confessed where he had left it in the Town whereupon by Parrys direction it was sent for where it had been lapped up together with other frivolous papers and written upon 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 A mon Signore mon Signore Guglielmo Parry MOn Signore la Santita di N. S. ha veduto le Lettere di V. S. del primo con la fede inclusa non puo se non landare la buona disposittione risolutione che serive di tenere verso il servitio beneficio publico nel che la Santita sua lessorta di perseverare con farne riuscire li effetti che V. S. promette Et accioche tanto maggiormente V. S. sia ajutata da quel buon Spirito che l'ha mosso le concede sua Beneditione plenaria Indulgenza remissione di tutti li peccati secondo che V. S. ha chiesto assicurandos si che oltre il merito che n'havera in cielo vuole anco sua Santita constituirsi debitore a riconoscere li meriti di V. S. in ogni miglior modo che potra cio tanto pin quanto che V. S. usa maggior modestia in non pretender niente Metta dunque ad effetto li suoi santi honorati pensieri attenda astar sano Che per fine io me le offero di core le desidero ogni buono felice successo Di Roma a 30 di Gennaro MDLXXXIV Al piacer di V. S. N. Cardinale di Como Al Sig. Guglielmo Parri Cardinal de Como's Letter to Will Parry January 30th 1584. by accompt of Rome MOnsignor the Holiness of our Lord hath seen the Letter of your Signory of the first with the assurance included and cannot but commend the good disposition and resolution which you write to hold towards the Service and Benefit publick Wherein his Holiness doth exhort you to persevere with causing to bring forth the effects which your Signorie promiseth And to the end you may be so much the more holpen by that good Spirit which hath moved you thereunto his Blessedness doth grant to you plenary Indulgence and Remission of all your Sins according to your request Assuring you that besides the Merit that you shall receive therefore in Heaven his Holiness will further make himself Debtour to re-acknowledge the deservings of your Signorie in the best manner that he can And that so much the more in that your Signorie useth the greater Modesty in not pretending any thing Put therefore to effect your holy and honourable thoughts and attend your Health And to conclude I offer my self unto you heartily and do desire all good and happy success From Rome the 30th of January 1584. At the pleasure of your Signorie N. Card. of Como UPon all which former Accusation Declaration Confessions and Proofs upon Munday the 22th day of February last past at Westminster-Hall before Sir Christopher Wray Knight Chief Justice of England Sir Gilbert Gerrard Knight Master of the Rolls Sir Edmund Anderson Knight Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir Roger Manwood Knight Chief Baron of the Exchequer Sir Thomas Gawdy Knight one of the Justices of the Pleas before her Majesty to be holden and Will. Perriam one of the Justices of the Common Pleas by vertue of her Majesties Commission to them and others in that behalf directed The same Parry was Indicted of High Treason for intending and practising the Death and Destruction of her Majesty whom God long prosper and preserve from all such wicked attempts The tenour of which Indictment appeareth more particularly in the course of his Arraignment following The manner of the Arraignment of Will Parry the 25th of February 1584. at Westminster in the place where the Court commonly called the Kings-Bench is usually kept by vertue of her Majesties Commission of Oyer and Terminer before Henry Lord Hunsdon Governour of Barwick Sir Francis Knolles Knight Treasurer of the Queens Majesties

Houshold Sir James Croft Knight Comptroller of the same Houshold Sir Christopher Hatton Knight Vice-Chamberlain to her Majesty Sir Christopher Wray Knight Chief Justice of England Sir Gilbert Gerrard Knight Master of the Rolls Sir Edmund Anderson Knight Chief-Justice of the Common-Pleas Sir Roger Manwood Knight Chief-Baron of the Exchequer and Sir Thomas Hennage Knight Treasurer of the Chamber FIrst three Proclamations for silence were made according to the usual course in such cases Then the Lieutenant was commanded to return his Precept which did so and brought the Prisoner to the Bar to whom Miles Sandes Esquire Clerk of the Crown said William Parry hold up thy hand and he did so Then said the Clerk of the Crown Thou art here Indicted by the Oaths of twelve good and lawful men of the County of Middlesex before Sir Christopher Wray Knight and others which took the Indictment by the name of William Parry late of London Gentleman otherwise called William Parry late of London Doctor of the Law for that thou as a false Traitor against the most Noble and Christian Prince Queen Elizabeth thy most gracious Soveraign and Liege-Lady not having the fear of God before thine eyes nor regarding thy due Allegiance but being seduced by the instigation of the Devil and intending to withdraw and extinguish the hearty Love and due Obedience which true and faithful Subjects should bear unto the same our Soveraign Lady didst at Westminster in the County of Middlesex on the first day of February in the 26th year of her Highness Reign and at divers other times and places in the same County maliciously and traiterously conspire and compass not only to deprive and depose the same our Sovereign Lady of her Royal Estate Title and Dignity but also to bring her Highness to Death and final Destruction and Sedition in the Realm to make and the Government thereof to subvert and the sincere Religion of God established in her Highness Dominions to alter and subvert And that whereas thou William Parry by thy Letters sent unto Gregory Bishop of Rome didst signifie unto the same Bishop thy purposes and intentions aforesaid and thereby didst pray and require the same Bishop to give thee Absolution that thou afterwards that is to say the last day of March in the 26th year aforesaid didst traiterously receive Letters from one called Cardinal de Como directed unto thee William Parry whereby the same Cardinal did signifie unto thee that the Bishop of Rome had perused thy Letters and allowed of thine intent and that to that end he had absolved thee of all thy Sins and by the same Letter did animate and stir thee to proceed with thine Enterprize and that thereupon thou the last day of August in the 26th year aforesaid at Saint Giles in the fields in the same County of Middlesex didst traiterously confer with one Edmund Nevil Esquire uttering to him all thy wicked and traiterous devises and then and there didst move him to assist thee therein and to joyn with thee in those wicked Treasons aforesaid against the Peace of our said Soveraign Lady the Queen her Crown and Dignity What sayest thou William Parry Art thou guilty of these Treasons whereof thou standest here Indicted or not guilty Then Parry said Before I plead not guilty or confess my self guilty I pray you give me leave to speak a few words and with humbling himself began in this manner God save Queen Elizabeth and God send me grace to discharge my duty to her and to send you home in charity But touching the matters that I am Indicted of some were in one place and some in another and done so secretly as none can see into them except that they had eyes like unto God wherefore I will not lay my Blood upon the Jury but do minde to confess the Indictment It containeth but the parts that have been openly read I pray you tell me Whereunto it was answered that the Indictment contained the parts he had heard read and no other whereupon the Clerk of the Crown said unto Parry Parry thou must answer directly to the Indictment whether thou be guilty or not Then said Parry I do confess that I am guilty of all that is therein contained And further too I desire not life but desire to die Unto which the Clerk of the Crown said If you confess it you must confess it in manner and form as it is comprised in the Indictment Whereunto he said I do confess it in manner and form as the same is set down and all the circumstances therof Then the Confession being Recorded the Queens learned Council being ready to pray Judgment upon the same Confession Master Vice-chamberlain said These matters contained in this Indictment and confessed by this man are of great importance they touch the Person of the Queens most excellent Majesty in the highest degree the very state and well-doing of the whole Common-wealth and the truth of Gods Word established in these her Majesties Dominions and the open demonstration of that capital envy of the man of Rome that hath set himself against God and all godliness all good Princes and good Government and against good men Wherefore I pray you for the satisfaction of this great Multitude let the whole matter appear that every one may see that the matter of it self is as bad as the Indictment purporteth and as he hath Confessed Whereto in respect that the Justice of the Realm hath been of late very impudently slandered all yielded as a thing necessary to satisfie the world in particular of that which was but summarily comprised in the Indictment though in the Law his Confession served sufficiently to have proceeded thereupon unto Judgment Whereupon the Lords and others the Commissioners her Majesties learned Councel and Parry himself agreed that Parry's Confession taken the 11th and 13th of February 1584. before the Lord of Hunsdon Master Vice-chamberlain and Master Secretary and Cardinal de Como his Letters and Parry's Letters to the Lord Treasurer and Lord Steward should be openly read And Parry for the better satisfying of the people and standers by offered to read them himself but being told that the Order was the Clerk of the Crown should read them it was so resolved of all parts And then Master Vice-chamberlain caused to be shewed to Parry his said Confession the Cardinals Letter and his own Letter aforesaid which after he had particularly viewed every leaf thereof he confessed and said openly they were the same Then said Master Vice-chamberlain Before we proceed to shew what he hath Confessed what say you said he to Parry is that which you have Confessed here true and did you Confess it freely and willingly of your self or was then any extort means used to draw it from you Surely said Parry I made that Confession freely without any constraint and that is all true and more too for there is no Treason that hath been sithens the sirst year of the