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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07891	A breefe and true reporte, of the execution of certaine traytours at Tiborne, the xxviii. and xxx. dayes of Maye. 1582. Gathered by A.M. who was there present. The names of them executed on Monday, the xxviii. of Maye. Thomas Foord. Iohn Shert. Robert Iohnson. The names of them executed on Wednesday, the xxx. of Maye. VVilliam Filbie. Luke Kirbie. Lawrance Richardson. Thomas Cottom	Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1582 (1582)	STC 18261; ESTC S110064	10,851	20

perswasions vnto them as had not the Child of perdition so meruailouslye blinded them were of force to haue wonne them into grace Mercye The speeches they vsed to them by the way were néedelesse here to set downe for that they did especiallye concerne causes to roote out that wicked opinion in them and to establish a sound and perfect fayth in place thereof but euen as it was in the other so it did agree in them But Luke Kirbie séemed to chalenge me as concerning I was able to approoue nothing against him which he did because he supposed I was not there present but what passed betwéene him and me you shall heare hereafter They being come to the place of Execution William Filbie was brought vp into the Carte where conforming himselfe vnto the death his wicked treasons were mooued vnto him which obstinately and impudently he denied Then was he demaunded if hee would acknowledge the Quéenes Maiestie his soueraigne Princesse and supreme head vnder Christ of the Churche of Englande No quoth he I will acknowledge no other head of the Church then the Pope onelie Wher vyon his aunsweres were reade vnto him and he not denying them in any point euén as they were wicked and impious euen so he remayned in them still appealing that it was for his Religion that he died and not for any Treason But the contrarie was prooued vnto his face as well by sufficient proofes as also by the Trayterous aunswers whereto hée had subscribed with his owne hande At last as he was desired he prayed for the Queenes Maiestie that GOD might blesse her and incline her harte to mercie towards the Catholiques of which societie he was one Then they opening his bosome founde there two Crosses which béeing taken from him were helde vp and showen to all the people beside his Crowne was shauen So after a fewe silent Latine prayers to himselfe the Carte was drawne away The next was Luke Kirbie who being brought vp into the Carte offered long circumstaunce of spéeche as concerning that he was come thither to dye hoping to bee saued in the blood of Christe and much matter which were néedelesse here to rehearse Afterwarde he beganne to saye that there were none could approoue him to be a tray tour neither had he at any time attempted any thing preiudiciall to her Maiestie and that his aduersaries Sled nor Munday could not vpbraide him with any thinge Whervpon Maister Sherife tolde him that Munday was there and asked him if he woulde haue him called to him I sée him quoth he yonder and let him say what he can against mee Then was I commaunded to come some what neere him when as he began in this manner to mée O Munday consider with thy selfe howe vntruly thou hast charged mee with that which I neuer sayd nor thought Besides thou knowest that when thou camest to y e Tower to me before Maister Liuetenaunt and an other who was there present then thou wast demaūded what thou thoughtest of mée and what thou couldest say against mée when as thou madest aunswer Thou knewest no harme by mee neither couldest thou at any tyme saye otherwise of mée then well wherevpon thou wast asked wherefore thou reportedst otherwise at my arraignement Then the Sherife sayde vnto him who can beare thée witnesse of this Quoth he againe he spake it before Maister Lieuetenaunt and an other was by then Then was he demaunded what other he was that was present which after a long trifling he sayde was a Keeper and named him whereto I made aunswere as followeth Maister Kirbie I wishe and desire you in the feare of God to remember your selfe for this is not a place to report an vntrueth neither to slaunder any man otherwise then you are able to prooue When as I came vnto the Tower and made knowen to Maister Lieuetenant for what cause I was sent to speake with you you were brought into a Chamber by your Keeper and what I mooued vnto you your selfe very well knoweth as cōcerning my allowaunce béeing the Popes Scholler where what aunswere you made I haue truelie and according as you aunswered already set downe in print Maister Lieuetenant neither mooued any such woordes to mée as héere you reported and I call GOD to my witnesse that not a motion of any such matter was once offered to mée by Maister Lieuetenant or by your Kéeper Your selfe then vttered that at sundrie times in the Seminarie there was diuerse leude woords spoken which might better haue béene spared and denied that you were not in my Chamber when as I lying sicke in my bed trayterous spéech as were mooued by them which were then present whereof your selfe was one with diuer so other matters which you spake vnto me which Maister Lieuetenant him selfe heard and your Kéeper béeing present But if this be true which you say that it may be prooued there was eyther such woordes mooued vnto mée or any such aunswere made by mée I offer to sustaine what punishment the Lawe shall affoorde mée Then falling to an other matter for that this redounded to his owne confusion as Maister Lieuetenant can well witnesse he beganne to talke of my being at Roome what fréendshippe he had shewed vnto mée and had done the lyke vnto a number of English men whome he well knew not to be of that Religion bothe out of his owne purse as also be fréending them to some of the Popes Chamber he made conueyaunce for them the●ce some tyme going fortie miles with them when quoth he had my dealings béene knowne I should hardlie haue beene well thought off and I knewe well enough that you were neuer bent to that Religion albeit they thought the contrarie Yea I knewe well enough when you departed thence that your disposition was contrarie to ours and concealed it to my selfe O Kirbie quoth Maister Sherife this is verie vnlyke that you could affoord such fauour to any who were contrarie to that Religion that you professed no no if you knewe any such there you would rather helpe to persecute them then to pittie them as it is the nature of you all Maister Kirbie quoth I it is very vnlike that you had any such secrete knowledge of mée eyther of my Religion or howe I was secretlie bent as you séeme heere to professe for had I béene such a one as you woulde perswade these heere you knewe mée to be would you haue delyuered mee those silke Pictures halowed by the Pope which you did and moreouer make knowne to mée sundry of your freends heere in England to whome I should conuey them O Munday quoth he I confesse I deliuered to thée Pictures in déede but thou knowest I gaue thée two Iulyes to goe huie them with I dyd it because I knewe thée to be such a one and therefore I dyd misdoubt thee for I woulde not credite thée with my hallowed Pictures Maister Kirbie quoth I to deny your owne dooinges is meruailous impudencie dyd not you in your Chamber