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A66699	The loyall martyrology, or, Brief catalogues and characters of the most eminent persons who suffered for their conscience during the late times of rebellion either by death, imprisonment, banishment, or sequestration together with those who were slain in the Kings service : as also dregs of treachery : with the catalogue and characters of those regicides who sat as judges on our late dread soveraign of ever blessed memory : with others of that gang, most eminent for villany / by William Winstanley.	Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.	1665 (1665)	Wing W3066; ESTC R9014	71,216	190

Uncivil Wars exchanged his Gown for a Sword and Valiantly Served his Majesty during that Rebellion till the Surrender of Oxford being one that was concluded in the Articles of that Capitulation After the death of that blessed Martyr he Engaged for his Son our present Soveraign having Commission from Him for the Raising of Forces and blank Commissions for diverse Officers but whiles he was in pursuance of the Design he was discover'd and being brought before them stoutly stood in his justification Telling them he was no way ashamed of his Cause but that he would justifie it with his Dearest Life And though they gave him some fallacious hopes of Life if he would reveal those Parties Engaged with him yet would not those offers prevail on his more Noble Spirit wherefore he was by them condemned and according to their bloody Sentence Executed over against the Exchange in Corn-hill July 18. 1650. XXI COlonel Eusebius Andrews a Gentleman of a most sincere Life and Conversation by Profession a Counsellor of Grays Inn who out of his Duty to God and the King took part with his Majesty constantly adhereing to the Royal Cause being Secretary to the Renowned Lord Capel whose Worth and Excellency being envied by Cromwell he was by his Emissaries brought into a Plott as they called it and then by them betrayed the chief Agent therein being one Bernards formerly his Major who with one Pitts were suborned by Bradshaw and Sir Henry Mildmay to swear against him So that notwithstanding the Colonel notably defended himself and by an accurate Legal Plea proved the Unlawfulness and Authority of their High Court of Justice yet was he by those blood-sucking Canniballs Sentenced as a Traytor having only the favour of altering the manner of his Execution which was the Axe on Tower-hill where he died like other Martyrs before him full of joy and blessed hope Aug. 22. 1650. XXII MAster Benson formerly a Retainer to Sir John Gell having a Command under him during the time Sir John had the unhappiness to serve the Parliament but having rectified his judgment and desirous by some Eminent Service to his Majesty to ballance his former mistakes he was by the aforesaid Bernard Trapan'd in the same business with Colonel Andrews and suffer'd under their merciless cruelty October 7. 1650. XXIII SIr Henry Hide Brother to the Earle of Clarendon Lord High Chancellour of England now living a Gentleman of Excellent parts for Navigation who being sent by his present Majesty an Internuncio to the Grand Signior in matters of concernment for the good of his Merchant Subjects The Rebells by their Agents so wrought upon the Vizier that he basely and unworthily sent him into England where having remained for some time in the Tower he was brought before their monstrous High Court of Justice where his Crimes were aggravated with imputations of his design of seizing those Merchant Estates there and affronting Sir Thomas Bendish the old Resident there with his New Commission To which although Sir Henry made a Learned Defence yet was all in vain to those who resolved before-hand to dispatch him and only Heard him in way of form wherefore he was by their Blood-Thirsty Court Sentenced to be Beheaded which death he suffered against the Old Exchange in Corn-hill March 4. 1650. couragiously asserting his Masters Cause and so rendring his Soul to God is justly inscribed into the Roll of Martyrs XXIV CAptain Brown Bushel an expert Sea-man who was Captain of a Man of War and had some kind of Command in Scarborough which he delivered to Sir Hugh Chomley then revolted in the year 1643. from the Parliament and being Prisoner at Hull for the same had been Exchanged by Hotham then winding about to his Allegiance This Captain Bushel was for the same committed to custody in 1648. and being detain'd Prisoner about Three Years now their hand was in for shedding of blood he was by those inhumane Rebells murdered April 29. 1651. XXV and XXVI MAster Love and Master Gibbons who though they dyed upon the Presbyterian Account which abated much the lustre of their Sufferings yet dying in opposition to Tyranny and upon the Account of his Majesties Restauration deserve to be had in perpetual remembrance They were charged with High Treason against the State for holding correspondency with the King and his Party and supplyed them with money contrary to an Act of Parliament in that case provided for which they were by those bloody Regicides condemned and lost their heads on Tower-hill August 20. 1651. XXVII JAmes Earle of Derby the flower of English Fidelity a most Honourable Heroick Gallant Peer whose Prudence and Valour were alwayes Assistant to his Royal Master and whose Superlative Virtues of Liberality and Bounty made him Loved and Honoured of all sorts of People He having ventured his Life and Large Estate in the continuall Service of his Royal Masters from which he in the least never deviated Upon his Majesties March out of Scotland he Raised what Forces he could to his Assistance but was first unfortunatly defeated at Wigan in Lancashire from whence he fled to the King at Worcester where also that Royal Army being overcome by Cromwells Numerous Forces he unfortunatly fell into their hands and suffered under their inhumane merciless execrable Tyranny resigning up his Soul into the hands of his Maker October 15. 1651. XXVIII CAptain Symkins who for carrying the Kings Letter of Invitation to Sir Thomas Midleton was by a Court-Marshal held at Chester Condemned and accordingly Executed by those incorrigable Rebells October 1651. XXIX SIr Timothy Fetherston-haugh a Valiant Gentleman who Engaging with the Noble Earle of Derby in the Service of his Soveraign was defeated at Wigan in Lancashire and suffered by those obdurate Rebells Octo. 22. 1651. XXX COlonel Benbow who for his Loyalty and superlative Valour was by those blood-thirsty Regicides much about the same time shot to death at Shrewsbury XXXI COlonel John Gerard a Gentleman of good Account whose Family have been very Eminent for their Loyalty upon a pretended Plot of Assassinating Cromwell was with divers others committed to Prison and Tryed before their High Court of Injustice where though there were little appearance of the Truth thereof but some few words extorted by fear besides the confession of their own Agent yet was he by bloody Lisle the President Condemned and lost his head on Tower-hill July 10. 1654. XXXII MAster Peter Vowel School-Master of the Free School at Islington against whom they had suborned a blind Minister whom this worthy Martyr had sustained and fed they having received from him some words that Master Vowel should say as That if the Tyrant were removed or otherways laid aside the Royal Interest would be gladly Embraced and without any difficulty Re-assumed to its Authority These cursed Caiphases more enlarged with addition of several circumstances and though the said Minister at his Tryal denyed and disowned the said words yet they making for their purpose O impudence without

recruit chosen Burgess for that Country-Town as Colleague to Sir Arther Hazelrig that Furious Northern blast He was made a Captain of a Troop of Horse and besides was a great Committee-man yet was he a person of very weak parts and easie to be led to Act any thing to which the hope of Profit called him yet as ill gotten goods never prosper so he thrived not notwithstanding his gainfull Trade but was Fool'd by Oliver into the snare as he often afterwards confessed the same LXIX Thomas Wait A Rutland-shire man who from a very mean beginning came to be Governour of Burleigh and was by the influence of the Army chosen a recruit to the Long Parliament by which means he became ingaged to their Interests and Designs joyning with them in the Murther of his Majesty He is now a Prisoner under Sentence of death which by the Kings clemency is hitherto respited Thus have you a Catalogue of Sixty Nine of those Notorious Regicides which Sat and Sentenced the King a Crime of so High a Nature as will almost startle the belief of Posterity that Men professing themselves to be Christians should under a pretense of Religion and Justice Murther so Good and Pious a Prince one whom envy its self could not but confess to be beyond Parallel and whom Cook one of his inveterate enemies confessed to be a most Virtuous most Innocent most Religious King and every way most fit for the Government The Reader may also consider that though many otherwise well meaning men were drawn in at first to further their Designs yet the mean persons that were his Judges and Murtherers were generally mean and desparate persons such as were lifted up by Ambition Sacriledge Covetousness and Success and had no other wayes to Rise but by others Ruines in the Downfall of the King Nobility and Gentry But God would not suffer the Lamented and Barbarous Death of this Prince to pass unrevenged nor his own Sacred Name to be Blasphemed many of those desparate Wretches making Him the Author and Maintainer of their Impiety arguing from the Success the Goodness of their Cause although they might plainly perceive that when God had made use of them as his Rod to correct his Children he then threw it into the fire We shall next give you a Catalogue of some other Accessaries notoriously Guilty in this Horrid Murther and how Divine Vengeance found them out rewarding them according to the fruits of their Works I. JOhn Cook the Solicitor of that High Court of Injustice a man of great Parts had he not imployed them to foul purposes He was a Grays-Inn Gentleman but in a poor and wanting condition before he undertook this most Scelerate piece of Service His indigency by some charitable opinions being the greatest motive that induced him unto it and so did it not out of Malice but Avarice as he himself Alleadged at his Tryal Thus we see what a narrow Fortune and the streights of Debt and the Devils wide World and vast Preferments can tempt a man to After this horrid Paricide he was by his Fellow Regicides greatly Advanced especially in Ireland of which he was made Lord Chancellour and from whence after his Majesties return he was sent into England to be Tryed his for his Treasons which was done accordingly at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily where he shewed very much respect and reverence to the Court behaving himself to the removal of that prejudice which the Generality had of him as of a Monster He was for his Horrid Treasons Condemned to be Hanged Drawn and Quartered which was accordingly Executed upon him October 16. 1660. at the Place where Charing-Cross formerly stood His Head was set on a Pole on the North-East end of Westminster-Hall and his Quarters on the Gates of the City II. Hugh Peters An Antique in Religion the shame of the Clergy a Pulpit Buffoon Oliver's Chaplain and Jester to tell Stories and make the People laugh a most Seditious abominable Fellow the Trumpet to this Pagantry High Court of Justice and the most unparallel'd Ecclesiastick in all Stories and Times Who like Doctor Shaw in the time of King Richard the Third but more shameless was employed to cry down the King and to cry up the Protector He was a principal in the Cabal for the Murther of the King whose Death he contrived in five several places viz. at Ware Windsor Coleman-street the Painted-Chamber and Bradshaws House comparing the King in his Sermon to Barrabas and in another the Text whereof was to Bind Kings in Chains c. He declared that there was an Act of Gods own making That they that spilt mans blood by man should their blood be spilt and that out of that Law neither the King nor Prince nor Prince Rupert nor none of that Rabble were excepted Upon the return of the King being conscious of his own guilt he hid his head but his lurking place was found out and he taken in the Burrough of Southwark where at first he denied his Name but being brought before Sir John Robinson then made Lievtenant of the Tower he was known and acknowledged himself where he was kept Prisoner till such time as his Tryal which was October 13. 1660. at which time it is very remarkable that this Person who by his Function as a Priest had most dishonoured God in Preaching and pressing this Particide making use of his Holy Writ to this wicked purpose had then nothing to say but to cavil at the Witnesses and that he was sorry to hear of his carriage towards the King we may believe him but he had no malice towards him but was meerly Engaged in the Army He was condemned together with Cook and with him October 16. Drawn on Two Hurdles to Execution where the miserable Wretch had not a word to say for himself or to God of whom he said he was abandoned He that was so nimble and quick in all projects in this nature before was now like a Sot or a Fool playing and toying with the straw in the Sledge as he went to Execution nay so stupid was he that the Hangman was forced to use more then ordinary strength to throw him off the Ladder being almost hanged dead he was cut down and Quarter'd his Head set upon London-Bridge and his Quarters exposed upon the tops of some of the City Gates III. Daniel Axtell who at first kept a Country Pedling-shop in Bedford-shire and was double diligent in running after Seditious Persons who then vented Treason in Pulpits and believing their Doctrine for currant obey'd the Call as he called it of those blind Guides and went forth a small Officer to fight against the Mighty His great Industry in their Service brought him after many Traverses to be a Lievtenant Colonel and employed by Cromwel out of Favour to him as he said though the Devil could not have done him a greater Discourtesie to be Captain of the Guard at the Kings Tryal where to show his Complacency

Nine more of them were Executed at five several places viz. Two at the West end of St. Pauls Two at the Bull and Mouth in St. Martins Two at Beech-lane Two at the Royal Exchange and One a notable Fellow named Leonard Gowler at Bishopsgate They all especially the last obstinately persisted in their Errour only a young man who was Hanged in Redcross-street did relent and repent of his sin and the blood he had spilt but yet could not be perswaded out of his opinion of Chilianisme Thus this desparate attempt ended in a halter and their Declaration called A door of Hope opened proved to be a trap door to draw silly souls to destruction I shall here add those Verses made under Venners picture as being pertinent to this purpose and so take my leave of them His Helmet was a Crown by Revelation His Halbert was a Scepter for the Nation So the Fifth Monarchy anew is grac'd King Venner next to John a Leydon plac'd To these we may add one John James a Small-cole-man by Trade a rank Fifth Monarchist and one who had been engaged in Venners busines but was absent or had saved himself the last day they broke out yet notwithstanding that fair warning departed not from his malice but continued his Meetings and Conventicles with others of his desparate Crue amongst whom he was a principal Rabby or Teacher This man as Venner had done before him and as was couched in their Declaration flew out into several Traytorous Speeches and Invectives against the Kings Person Government and Family which being over-heard by some Neighbours living near James was seized upon and carried before a Justice who committed him to Newgate and the next Terme was brought to a Tryal at the Kings Bench-Bar where the words were proved against him and he convicted and condemned as a Traytor November 27. 1661. He was drawn on a Sledge from Newgate to Tyburn some of his Sect throwing themselves into the same Sledge and embracing him so highly opinionated were they of this their silly though bold Seducer At the Gallows he denied the words but owned and avowed his Chilianisme and the Personal Reign of Christ and with the usuall confidence of his Party resolutely died His Quarters were disposed of by his Majesties Orders and his Head fixed upon a Pole in White-Chappel neer to their Meeting House for an Example to his Fellows Yet could not the ill success of these discourage others from Plots against his Majesty but still new Treasons was hatched by the Rebellious Spirits of one Captain Baker a new-New-England man and great acquaintance of Hugh Peters who preferred him to be one of Olivers Pensioners with him was engaged one George Phillips a Serjant in the Colonels Company of the White Regiment Thomas Tongue a distiller of Strong Waters Francis Stubbs a Cheese-monger James Hide Gunner John Selly Compass-maker and Nathaniel Gibbs Felt-maker Their Plot was against the Sacred Life of the King the Duke of York General Monk and Sir Richard Brown and generally the Bishops the Nobility Gentry and Commonalty that were not of their opinion and assisted them not Their Commander in Chief was to be Ludlow and one Colonel Danvers Master Nye Master Lockyer Lievtenant Strange the Captains Spencer and Taverner were favourable to the Design Their Councils was carried on by Six who never sat twice in a Place nor could be known to any two Deal Castle in Kent and Windsor was promised to be theirs This Treasonable Plot was by one Hill who was endeavoured to be drawn into it by Captain Baker discovered to Sir Richard Brown with the Names of the Conspirators who were for the same apprehended and December 11. 1662. brought to a Tryal where being by plain Evidence convicted they were condemned and December 22. Four of them viz. Phillips Tongue Gibbs and Stubbs were Executed and their Heads set upon several Poles two on each Tower-Hill the nearest place to the Tower Afterwards February the 20. one Gibbs Brother of the aforesaid Nathaniel who fled and was re-taken was sent to the Sessions House in the Old Baily and with the said Captain Baker condemned for the former Treason and both of them Executed at Tyburn To these might be added the Intended Rebellion in York-shire and some other of the Northern Counties by some desparate Fanaticks for which divers of them were Executed at York and else-where but we shall wave our Discourse of them and conclude with the Execution of some Notorious Scotch Traytors And first of the Marquess of Argyle one who was a desparate Enemy to the Old King all along a chief Contriver and Fomenter of that Destructive Covenant the Ignis Fatuus of that Nation which the Scots believed as the Trojans did by their Image of Pallas came from Heaven a greater Sider with Cromwel and one who had carried himself very undutifully and irreverently to his Majesty at what time he was amongst them in Scotland yet notwithstanding all these insolencies upon the Kings Restitution with great confidence he came up to London hoping to have obtained his pardon for all those base Treasons he had so covertly Acted in that Kingdome and that his Majesty according to his Gracious Inclination would have past by all his Offences But such was the general hatred and detestation of that People towards him especially of the Nobility that by the Kings Order he was committed to the Tower and from thence not long after in order to his Tryal conveyed to Edenburgh in Scotland where he was brought to account for all his abominable Treasons and notwithstanding he cunningly defended himself and pleaded the Kings Pardon and the Treaties in 1650. and 1651. yet was there such Crimes of a later date besides the never to be forgotten Treachery of Selling King Charles the First to the English as justly condemned him whereupon June the 1. 1661. He was accordingly Beheaded with the Maiden for so is the Axe called in Scotland At his death he very much justified the Covenant that Scottish Witch which consisted of 666 words the number of the Beast in the Revelation and which cost almost as many Thousand Mens lives as there were words contained in the same Neer unto the same time Master James Guthery a prime Remonstrator and a violent Adversary to the King in his Lievtenant the Marquess of Montross together with one Captain Giffan a Runnegado to Cromwel were by Sentence and Decree of Parliament hanged at Edenburgh so far to use the words of an Elegant Authour writing upon these Affairs the Laws and a suffering sense of the Miseries and Reproaches that Nation lay under by these Men and their Partisans Guilt did now prevail against the Dominion of the Kirk which had Enslaved and Enchanted the whole Masse of that People We shall conclude all with the Lord Warreston a wicked Knave a Committee of Safety Man notoriously Infamous for his Treason in Scotland and a fugitive there who being Proclaimed a Rebel and Traytor was taken