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A39602 The confession of Edward Fitz-Harys, Esquire written with his own hand, and delivered to Doctor Hawkins minister of the tower, the f[i]rst of July, 1681 ; being the day of his execution ; together with his last speech. Fitzharris, Edward, 1648?-1681. 1681 (1681) Wing F1092; ESTC R5611 4,160 7

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the Lords Belasis Arundel and Powis were at it You have seen them go to it at St. James's without doubt they were there Do you but say it we have those that will swear it I do further declare and confess That what I said against the Queen and the Duke I was put upon in the matter of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey's Murder And do further declare That what I swore against the Earl of Danby the threatning words that were uttered I did to the best of my remembrance hear but whom they concern'd I could not well know by what my Lord himself said And what de Puis told me concerning my Lord of Danby I do believe was spoken out of ill will And what I said against him was to stave off my Try●● till a Parliament and they were the more desirous to accuse the Lord Danby of Godfrey's Murder because the Crime of Murder is not incerted in his Pardon I am sorry for what I said against the Queen his Royal Highness and the Earl of Danby I desire God to forgive me the wrong I did them and do heartily beg their Pardon I do further declare and protest That this Confession and Declaration of mine I own sincerely as a dying man and not to save my Life And I call God and all his Angels to witness the Truth of it And I renounce Mercy at the Hands of God Almighty if this be not true And I do further declare and protest as a dying man unto James Walmesly Edward Pattel and Mary Walmesly That I have made this Confession and Declaration unto Doctor Hawkins freely and of my own voluntary accord without any manner of promise made or hopes given me by him from the King of saving my Life by this Confession I having given him to understand beforehand they were matters of Consequence and such as chiefly concern●d the good of the King and Kingdom I give the Doctor my hearty Thanks for all his Prayers Counsel and Charitable Offices he hath done me and I pray God to bless him for ever for it I forgive all the World and desire all the World to forgive me And the Lord have mercy on my Soul EDWARD FITZ-HARYS This Protestation was made by Mr. Fitz-Harys July 1. between the hours of 7 and 8 in the morning in the presence and hearing of us whose Names are hereunder-written James Walmesly Edward Pattel Mary Walmesly I Do hereby declare That Mr. Fitz-Harys before he began to write any part of this Narrative was more than once assured by me that there was no hope of his Life whatever he should say nor of his Salvation if he should say any thing that he knew to be false of which he being throughly sensible and perfectly convinced proceeded to write the Narrative aforesaid And I continuing to admonish him upon every point that was material not to say any thing but what was exactly true he took occasion at several periods of his Narrative to kneel down and solemnly to Protest the Truth of every word therein contained And this I do again declare upon the Faith of a Christian and the word of a Minister of the Gospel Francis Hawkins Mr. Fitz-Harys's Speech at his Execution at TYBURN July 1. 1681. GOod People This Infamous kind of Death is much wore irksom to me than Death it self Such a Judgment as this my Sins against God may justly bring upon me and I do most humbly submit unto it But as to the Crimes which I now die for I take God to witness I was no further concerned in the Libel than to discover to the King what Practises of that kind were against him being employed or that end though those that employed me refused to do me Justice at my Tryal And I call God to Witness I never had a Farthing of Money of the King in my life but on the Account of the like Service And as to the Witnesses that have Sworn against me I do here solemnly declare now at my Death that I have not French Ambassador since the beginning of the breaking out of the Plot neither have I had any acquaintance with him And as to his Confessor I never spoke with him in my life neither have I had any dealing either directly or indirectly in my life with them though Sir William Waller and the rest Swore most falsly to the contrary And how like it is that the French Ambassador would give three thousand Crowns for writing that Libel I leave the World to judge What I might further declare I have left with Doctor Hawkins I forgive all the World and do hope that God will forgive me I beg the Prayers of all good People for a happy Passage into the other World Edw. Fitz-Harys