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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	heart_n	pray_v	prayer_n	13,124	5	6.7659	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94967	A True and perfect relation, of the most remarkable passages and speeches at, and before the death of His Excellence Iames Marques of Montrose Earle of Kincardin, Lord Græme, Baron of Mont-dieu, &c. K̓night of the most Honourable Order of Saint George. Lieutenant Governour and Captaine General for His Majestie in the Kingdome of Scotland. / Faithfully colected by an eye witnes; in Edenburgh as they happened upon the 18. 20. and 21. of May 1650.		1650 (1650)	Wing T2561A; ESTC R185564	5,177	11

aside all Interest and retreat And for my coming in at this time it was by His MAJESTIES commands in order to the accelerating of the Treatie betwixt Him You His MAJESTIE knowing that when ever He had ended with you I was readie to retire upon his call I may justly say that never subject acted upon more Honorable grounds nor by so lawfull a power as I did in this service and therfore I desire you to lay aside prejudice and consider me as a Christian in relation to the justice of the quarrell as a Subject in relation to my Royal Masters commands and as your Neighbour in relation to the manie of your Lives I have preserved in battaile be not too rash but let me be judged by the Lawes of God the Lawes of Nature and Nations and the Lawes of this Land if you do otherwise I do heare appeale from you to the Righteous judge of the world who one day must be both your Iudge and myne and who allwaies gives Righteous Iudgement This he delivered with such Gravitie with out Passion as was much admired even of His Enemies After which the Chancellour commanded the Sentence to be read which He heard with a setled and an unmoved countenance and desiering to be further heard was presently stopt by the Chancellour who commanded He should be presently removed back againe to prison where being no sooner come but the Ministers assault him afresh agravating the terror of the Sentence thereby to affright him He acknowledged Him selfe much beholding to the Parliament for the Honor they put upon him saying He Tooke it for a greater Honor to have His Head stand upon the prison Gate for this Quarrell then to have his picture in the Kings Bedchamber And least his Loyaltie should be forgotten they had highly Honoured him in designing lasting monuments to foure of the cheifest Cities to beare up his memoriall to all posteritie Wishing he had had flesh enough to have sent a peece to Every Citie in Christendome to witnesse his Loyaltie to his King and Countrie His Friends were not suffered to come neare him but a gard was alwaies in the Chamber with Him in so much as He had neither time nor place for His Private Devotions but in their Hearing The next day being the 21. Cloathed in a Scarlet cloake richly Laced with Gould Lace He was brought to the Scaffold He came a long the streets with so great state there appeared in His countenance so much Beautie Majesiie and Gravitie as amazed the behoulders and manie even of His Enemies did acknowledge Him to be the Gallants Subject in the world but because all His Friends well willers were debar'd from coming neare him there was a boy designed for that purpose on the Scaffold who tooke His Last speech Which was to this Effect I am sorrie if this manner of my End be Scandalous to any good Christian Doth it not often happen to the righteous according to the waies of the wicked and to the wicked according to the waies of the righteous doth not some time a just man perish in His righteousnes a wicked man prosper in his malice They who know me should not disesteeme me for this many greater then I have been dealt with in this Kind yet I must not say but that all Gods Iudgements are Iust For my private sinns I acknowledge this to be Iust with God I submit my selfe to him but in regard of man I may say they are but instruments God forgive them I forgive them they have oppressed the poore and violently perverted Iudgement and Iustice but He that is higher then they will reward them What I did in this Kingdome was in obedience to the most just Commands of my Soveraigne For His defence in the day of His distrese against those that rose up against him I acknowledge nothing but feare God and Honor the King according to the commandements of God and the Law of Nature and Nations and I have not sinned against man but against God and with Him there is Mercie which is the ground of my drawing neare unto him It is objected against me by many even good People That I am under the Censure of the Church This is not my fault since it is only for doing my Dutie by Obeying my Princes most just Commands for Religion His Sacred Person and Authoritie Yet I am sorrie they did excomunicate me and in that which is according to Gods Lawes without wronging my conscience or allegeance I desire to be relaxed if they will not thus do it I appeale to God who is the righteous Iudge of the world who must will I hope be my Iudge and Saviour It is spoken of me that I should blame the King God forbid For the Late King He Lived a Saint and Died a Martyr I pray God I may so end as He did If ever I would wish my soule in an other mans stead it should be in his For His MAJESTIE now Living never People I beleive might be more happie in a King His commands to me were most just in nothing that He promiseth will He faile He deales justly with all men I pray God He be so dealt with all that He be not betrayed under trust as His Father was I desire not to be mistaken as if my carriage at this time in Relation to your waies were stubborne I do but follow the Light of my owne conscience which is seconded by the working of the Good Spirit of God that is within me I thanke him I goe to Heavens throne with ioy If He enable me against the feare of Death and furnish me with courage and confidence to embrace it even in its most uglie shape Let God be glorified in my end though it were in my damnation Yet I say not this out of any feare or distrust but out of my Dutie to God and Love to his People I have no more to say but that I desire your Charitie and Prayers I shall pray for you all I leave my Soule to God my Service to m● Prince my Goodwill to my Friends and my Name and Charitie to You all And thus briefly I have exonerated my Conscience Being desired to pray a part He said I have already powred out my soule before the Lord who knowes my heart and into whose hands I have commended my Spirit and he hath been gratiously pleased to returne to me a full assurance of peace in Iesus Christ my Redeemer And therfore if you will not Ioine with me in prayer my reiterating againe will be both Scandalous to you and me So closing his Eyes holding up his hands he stood a good space at his inward devotions being perceived to be inwardly moved all the while When He had don He cald for the Executioner gave him money then having brought unto him hanging in a cord His Declaration Historie He hanged them about his necke saying Though it hath pleased His Sacred MAJESTIE that now is to make him one of the Knights of the most Honorable Order of the Garter yet He did not thinke him selfe more Honored by the Garter then by that cord with the bookes which he would embrace about his neck with as much ioy content as ever he did the Garter or a chaine of gould therfore desired them to be tied unto him as they pleased When this was done His armes tied He asked the Officers If they had any more Dishonour as they conceaved it to put upon him he was readie to accept it And so with an Vndaunted Courage Gravitie suffered According to the Sentence past upon him FINIS