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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63971	The Protestant Martyrs: or, The bloody assizes Giving an account of the lives, tryals, and dying speeches, of all those eminent Protestants that suffered in the west of England, by the sentence of that bloody and cruel Judge Jefferies; being in all 251 persons, besides what were hang'd and destroyed in cold blood. Containing also, the life and death of James Duke of Monmouth; his birth and education; his actions both at home and abroad; his unfortunate sentence, execution and dying-words upon the scaffold: with a true copy of the paper he left behind him. And many other curious remarks worth the reader's observation.	Tutchin, John, 1661?-1707.	1688 (1688)	Wing T3382AA; ESTC R220942	22,249	20

The PROTESTANT Martyrs OR THE Bloody Assizes Giving an Account of the Lives Tryals and Dying Speeches of all those Eminent Protestants that suffered in the West of England by the Sentence of that Bloody and cruel Judge Jefferies being in all 251 Persons besides what were Hang'd and destroyed in cold Blood. CONTAINING ALSO The Life and Death of James Duke of Monmouth His Birth and Education his Actions both at Home and Abroad his Unfortunate Adventure in the West his Letter to King James his Sentence Execution and Dying-Words upon the Scaffold With a true Copy of the Paper he left behind him And many other curious Remarks worth the Reader 's Observation LONDON Printed by J. Bradford at the Bible in Fetter-Lane The Protestant Martyrs Or The Bloody Assizes c. THE most Illustrious Prince James Duke of Monmouth is not for the Illustriousness of his Descent inferiour unto any Prince in Europe being descended from the Loins of the most Renowned Monarch King Charles the Second and also his Eldest Son By which Royal Extraction he is descended from the incomparably wise and vertuous Prince the Royal Martyr Charles the first and his Illustrious Consort Henrietta Maria de Bourbon Daughter of the Great King Henry the Fourth of France From which two ancient and Illustrious stocks he was ingrafted into all the Royal Families of Europe and hath concentred in his Princely Veins some of their Royal Blood being thereby allied to all those great Personages that are of the most high and Illustrious Quality in Europe viz. James Duke of York William of Nassaw Prince of Orange the Lady Madamoiselle Queen of Spain and her Sister Madame de Valois Daughter of the Duke of Oleance and the late Princess Henrietta also to Charles Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine His Highness Rupert Lewis the fourteenth King of France now reigning and many other Princes and Potentates of Europe which is abundantly sufficient to demonstrate the Nobility of his Birth and the Illustriousness of his Extraction But to render him yet more Eminent it pleased his Royal Father to dignifie him with severel Magnificient Titles and to confer upon him the several Great Offices following vz. Duke of Monmouth and Bucclugh Earl of Doucaster and Dalkeith Lord Scott of Tindale Whinchester and Askdale Lord Great Chamberlain of Scotland Lord Lieutenant of the East-Riding of Yorkshire Governour of his Majesties Town and Cittadel of Kingstone upon Hull Chief Justice in Eyre of all his Majesties Forrests Chaces Parks and Warrens on the South-side of the River of Trent Lord General of all his Majesties Land-forces Captain of his Majesties Life-Guards of Horse Chancellor of the University of Cambridge Master of the Horse to his Majesty one of the Lords of his Majesties most Honourable Privy-Council and Knight of the most noble Oder of the Garter All which Places he discharged with so much Honour and Fidelity that the most inveterare and implacable of his Enemies notwithstanding all their noise and clamour against him were not able to produce one single instance wherein he acted otherwise Besides his honour at home he had likewise been highly honoured abroad by having the Honour to command an Army in Flanders as Lieutenant-General under the French King whose continual success and numerous Victories in Flanders may be chiefly attributed to the Conduct and Valour of the Great Monmouth He was born at Rotterdam April 9. in the year 1649. in the very heat of our unnatural Broils About the year 1656. his Mother was sent a Prisoner to the Tower of London as appears by a Warrant from the Protector July 12. 1656. to Barkstead then Lieutenant of the Tower whereby he discharged Mrs. Lucy Barlow from her Imprisonment The Officers found a Grant when she was apprehended signed Charlet R. by which she had an Anuity or yearly Pensiod of five thousand Livres granted to her for her Life with an Assurance to better the same when it should please God to restore him to his Kingdom and it was subscribed by his Majesties command Edward Nicholas During her abode about London the Cavilears as the Loyalists were then call'd carried themselves towards her with a profound Reverence and awful Respect treating her 〈…〉 Person serving her on the Knee An English Nurse was provided 〈…〉 and both for privacy Lodged at the House of Mr. Claes Ghysen a Merchant living at Schiedam about a Mile from Rotterdam his Mother lodging at the same time at the House of Mrs. Harvey Mother to the famous Doctor Harvey and lived in abundance of Pomp and Splendor having a Gentleman and other Servants to attend her Some time after he had been there at Nurse his Mother being desirous to see him took her Gentleman with her who at a place where she called by the Way to to pay a Visit desired to be excused for some small time from attending on her till he had dispatched some extraordinary Business which he pretended promising to return again immediately and having obtained her Permission away he went but like an ungrateful and treacherous Villain repaired immediately to Mr. Ghysens at Schiedam where the Princely Babe was nursed and pretending to be sent for that purpose to his Mother carried him and the Nurse both away His Lady waited his coming with abundance of patience but at length Night drawing on and no Gentleman appearing she began to suspect her self to be abused whereupon a Gentleman offering to wait on her thither she presently posted away and being arrived and finding her Son gone I want Words wherewith to express her grief and surprize she rent her Apparel tore the Hair from off her Head and with whole showers of Tears bewailed the greatness of her Loss and the deplorableness of her Condition yet suffered not Grief to prevail so far as to make her uncapable of endeavouring to Right her self whereupon she presently gave order for the providing Horses which being ready she presently posted away to Maesland-Sluce riding all Night she suspected that he was carried thither in order to be transported to England there having been some inquiry made after him she arrived there early in the Morning just as the Sieur Newport one of the Lords of the State and the Maesland were taking Boat for the Hague those that were with her advised her to make her Application to him as the likelieft Person to assist her telling her that he could English whereupon she addressed her self to him in that Languish discovering to him the Condition of her self and Son and the Relation they stood in to the King of England with the Circumstances of his stealing away and pulling out a handful of Gold If Money will do it said she I will spare for no Charges imploring his help and assistance for the recovery of that Royal Treasure this occasioned abundance of People flocking about them to learn the occasion of her Address wherefore he advised her to go into some House and make no noise about it lest she thereby