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A36401
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The crying charge
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Douglas, Eleanor, Lady, d. 1652.
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1649
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Wing D1982A; ESTC R29370
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THE Crying Charge Ezekiel 22. Now thou Son of man wilt thou judge Wilt thou judge the bloody City yea thou shalt shevv her all her Abominations c. Printed in the yeer 1649. To the High Court of Iustice appointed for the Tryal of CHARLES STVART King of ENGLAND By the Lady Eleanor Douglas SHEWS THe Kings consent therewith how Mervin E. of Castlehaven Lord Audeley unmercifully was sentenced to death Easter term 1631. and in May cruelly executed aâ—â— Tower-Hill accused falsly of two Crimes what lewdnes could and malice produce one Of his being accessary to a Rape committed on Ann his wife done by a Page one Broadway and Of Sodomy made death H 8. committed with an Irish Footman Fitzpatrick O Donel which aforesaid Lord Audeley indicted of Felony brought to his tryal at westminster the K. Attorney where shew'd The King like God would extend to the prisoner all mercy Likewise the Lo Keeper that day Lo High Steward because the cry was great of Sodom would see whether those things were so the Witnesses whereupon call'd to appear she a common Whore her husbands accuser without ever appearing in Court or taking any Oath had there contrary to the Law one of her consorts that said My Lady upon her Honor saith thus c. or It was true The other Witness the Irishman he a vagrant had served under the Emperor although a Papist had contrary to Law his Oath taken at the Bar refusing the Oath of Allegiance where askt by one of the Judges the maner confest Not the act but somewhat of a foul nature c. what such malice the like might invent promised to be the Queens Footman The Attorney one not to seek of his Errand saying Howsoever it was an act of Uncleanness prayed the Court to proceed upon it My Lords said he you have heard this odious Crime how dark and mysterious 't is grown you must be curious therefore how you admit of any mitigation who accordingly his counsel took c. Vpon which pronounced Lord have mercy upon thee the prisoner to lose his life forthwith of such promised mercy enjoyed the first-fruits All which undue sinister proceedings by way of humble Petition signified to the K. when perceived to what a low ebb the cry vvas faln and his Chaplains Deans and others appointed to attend the prisoner partly by their relation he thrice in their presence had taken the Sacrament upon it He was not guilty of those criminals was pleased by them to let the prisoner know his gracious Answer He should dye like a Peer of the Realm be Beheaded and not Hanged like a common person whose Servants his Page the principal who ought to have suffered before the accessary he and his fellow-servant the Footman were brought to their tryal the next Term In behalf of whom the aforesaid Broadway came up divers Gentlemen of the County to inform the King able to testifie of the Youths coming home to his Fathers house more then six moneths afore the time put down by her of the Ravishment this Broadway come away from his Lords service Who at last cast when upon the Ladder so far protested both his Masters innocency that way and his own taking God to witness A virgin he came into his service and a virgin went forth of it O Donel praying to St. Dennis cryed out upon some of the Privy Councel that told him He must speak for the King and thought not to be served so And this mans house utterly ruined chiefly because had declined Popery before his untimely death ever suspected endeavoring to reform his Family by which means cast himself upon the merciless times Mervin Earl of Castlehaven that faithful Martyr suffering as it were between those twain one on the right hand the other on the lest the honor having to be the first entred into the joy of his Lord of whom notwithstanding the worst any in the world could world could say was He had the best things in him of any and the worst Vpon the Scaffold making this his Confession In the Name of God Amen I Mervin Earl of Castlehaven being in my full strength and memory thanks be given unto my Maker having been branded and openly accused for change alteration and doubtfulness of my Faith and Religion I thought fit like a Christian man to give satisfaction upon what ground I stand for my belief and to express it under my hand for the satisfaction of all charitable people and Christians First I do believe in the blessed and glorious Trinity three persons one eternal and everlasting God God the Father God my Redeemer and God my Sanctifier I do relye upon the merit death and passion of our blessed Savior Christ Iesus and upon his mediation for the remission of my sins I do believe and use with most humble reverence our Lords Prayer the Creed of the Apostles and the ten Commandments as they are set down and allowed in the Church of England I do believe the Canonical Scriptures and that they are written by the inspiration of the holy Spirit And for the rest of my belief I do refer it to the true Orthodox Faith of our Church of England And from the Articles received at this present in the Church of England and confirmed by authority of Parliament I do not differ in any point renouncing all the Superstitions and Errors taught or believed in the Church of Rome or any other Church in which Faith I will God willing continue to my lives end In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my Hand this first of May 1631. CASTLEHAVEN Psal. 116. Right dear in the sight of the Lord is the death of his Saints FINIS