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A01843	A briefe discourse of the late murther of master George Saunders, a worshipfull citizen of London and of the apprehension, arreignement, and execution of the principall and accessaries of the same.	Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606.	1573 (1573)	STC 11985; ESTC S119743	12,242	34

wickednesse with perfect hatred and rue the persons with christē modestie knowing that with what measure we met vnto others with the same shall it be moten to vs agayne Finally let al folkes both maried and vnmaried learne hereby to possesse and kéepe their vessell in honestie and cleannesse For if the knot betwene man and wife whiche ought to be inseparable be once broken it is seldome or neuer knit again And though it be yet is not the wound so throughly healed but there appéereth some skarre euer after But if the sore rancle fester inwardly as commonly it doth except the more grace of God be in the end it bursteth forth to the destructiō or hurt of both parties not lightly without great harme to others also besides themselues as we sée by this example For when the body which was dedicated to God to be his temple and the tab●…rnacle of his holy spirite is become the sinke of sinne and cage of vncleannesse the deuill ceasseth not to driue the parties still headlong vnto naughtinesse till they be falne eyther into open shame and daunger of temporall law or into damnable destruction both of body soule according as Salomon in his Prouerbes sayth that the steps of a harlot leade downe vnto death and hir feete perce euen vnto hell Therefore good reader so heare and reade this present example as the same may turne to the bettering of thy state and not to occasion of slaunder nor to the hurt of thine owne conscience nor to the offence of thy Christian brethren Farewell A. G. Anne Saunders confession as she spake it at the place of execution GOod people I am come hither to die the deathe wherevnto I am adiudged as worthely as deseruedly as euer died any I had a good husband by whom I had manie children with whom I liued in wealth might haue done stil had not the deuill kindled in my hearte first the hellish firebrand of vnlawfull lust afterward a murtherous intent to procure my saide husbande to be bereued of his life which was also by my wicked meanes accomplished as to the world is known And as I woulde if he coulde heare me if it might be prostrate vpon the ground at my husbands feete aske mercy with plentiful teares of him so that which I may I oughte to doe I aske mercye of God I aske mercie of all men and women of the world whō by my deede example I haue offended and especiallye I bewaile my husbande aske mecie of my childrē whōe I haue beraued of so good a father I aske mercy of his kindred and frendes whome I haue hurt of all my frends kindred of whom I am abashed and ashamed and beyng of my selfe vnworthy of pittie yet I besech them all you all all the whole worlde euen for gods sake and for our sauiour Christs sake to forgiue me And I thank God with my whole harte he hathe not suffered me to haue the reigne and bridle of sinning gyuen me at my will to the daunger of my eternall damnatiō but that he hath founde out my sin brought me to punishment in this world by his fatherly correctiō to amend to spare and saue me in the world to come I beseche him graunte me his heauenly grace that all who do behold or shall heare of my death maye by the example therof be frayed from like sinning And I besech you all to pray for me and with me The Prayer whiche was said by Anne Saunders at the place of execution the copie wherof she deliuered vnto the right honourable the E●…rle of Bedforde AS I doe confesse vvyth great sorrovv O deare ●…ather that I haue grieuously and oftentimes inned againste heauen and against thee am ●…vvorthy to be called thy daughter so O deare Father I acknovvledge thy mercy thy grace and loue tovvards me most vvretched sinner offred me in my Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe in vvhom thou giuest me an hearte to repent And by repentance hast put away my sinnes and throvvne them into the bottome of the Sea O deare Father encrease and continue this grace vntill the ende and in the ende I testifie this day O Lord my God thy loue O Lorde thy sauing health is li●…e euerlasting and ioy vvithout end and bicause thou hast touched my sinfull heart vvith the 〈…〉 pleasure of my sinne and vvith a de●… of thy kingdome O deare Father 〈◊〉 thy Christes sake as I hope thou vvilt so I beseeche thee to finishe that good vvorke in me Suffer me not mercifull and louing Father to be troubled vvith death vvhen it layeth holde on me nor vvith the loue of life vvhen it shal be taken avvay O Lorde novve as thou hast so still lifte vp my soule as it vvere vvith an eagles vvings vnto Heauen there to beholde thee Lorde into thy hands I commit my body that it be not troubled in death and my soule that it see not damnation Come Lorde Iesu come assiste me vvith thy holy spirite a vveake vvomā in a strong battell come Lord Iesu come quickly saue thy hand maide that putteth hir trust in thee behold me in Christ receiue me in christ in vvhose name I pray saying Our Father c. Anne Saūders dying to the world and liuing to God. After this she also said a godly Prayer out of the Serice boke which is vsed to be said at the hour of death note of a certaine saying vvhich Master Saunders had lefte written with his owne hand in his studie CHriste shal be magnified in my body whither it be thorough life or else death For Christe is too me life and death is too me aduauntage These wordes were M. Nowels Theame which he preached at the buriall of my brother Haddon vpon Thursday beyng y xxv day of 〈◊〉 Anno. Do. 1570. Anno. R●…ginae Elizabeth 13. Amōg other things which he prēached this saying of his is to be had alwayes in remembrance that is that we must all when we come to pray first accuse and cōdemne our selues for our sinnes committed against God before the seate of hys Iustice and then after cleaue vnto him by faythe in the mercy and merites of our Sauioure and Redéemer Iesus Christ whereby we are assured of eternall saluation

A briefe discourse of the late murther of master George Saunders a worshipfull Citizen of London and of the apprehension arreignement and execution of the principall and accessaries of the same ¶ Imprinted at London by Henry Bvnneman dvvelling in Knight riders streete at the signe of the Mermayde ANNO. 1573. FOr asmuche as the late murther of Master Saunders Citizen and Merchant taylor of this Citie ministreth great occasion of talk among al sorts of men not only here in the Towne but also farre abrode in the Countrie and generally through the whole Realme and the sequeles and accidents ensewing therevpon bréede muche diuersitie of reports opinions while some do ius●…ly de●…est the horriblenesse of the vngratious facte some lamente the gréeuous losse of their deare friends some reioyce at the commendable execution of vpright iustice the godlye bewayle the vnmeasurable inclination of humane nature to extreame wickednesse and therewith magnifie Gods infinite mercie in reuoking of forlorne sinners to finall repentance many delight to heare and tell newes without respect of the certentie of the truth or regarde of dewe humanitie euery man debating of the matter as occasion or affection leades him and few folke turning the aduised consideration of Gods open iudgements to the spéedie reformation of their owne secrete faults It is thought conuenient gentle reader to giue thée a playne declaration of the whole matter according as the same is come to light by open triall of Justice and voluntarie confession of the parties that thou mayst both knowe the truth to the satisfying of thy mind the auoyding of miscredite and also vse the example to the amendment of thy life Not withstanding thou shalt not looke for a full disco●…erie of euery particuler bymatter appendant to the presente case whiche mighte serue to feede the fond humor of such curious appetites as are more inquisitiue of other folkes offences than hastie to redresse their owne for that were neyther expedient nor necessarie And mens misdoings are to be prosecuted no further with open detestation thā till the partiés be eyther reclaymed by reasonable and godly perswasion or punished by orderly and lawfull execution according to the q●…alitie of their offence When lawe hath once passed vpon them and giu●… them the wages of their wicked deserts thē christian charitie willeth men eyther to burie the faults with the offendours in perpetual silence or else so to speake of them as the vices and not the parties them selues may seeme to be any more touched But 〈◊〉 shall more be spoken God willing in the winding vp of this matter Nowe I will set downe first he murthering of master Saunders by George Brown with Brownes apprehension triall and execution then the trial and execution of Anne Saunders the wife of the sayd George Saunders of Anne 〈◊〉 widowe and of Roger Clement called among them trustye Roger the seruant of the sayd Anne Drewrie And lastlye a briefe rehearsall of certaine sayings and dealings of the parties conuicted betwene the tyme of their apprehensions and the tyme of their execution whiche are not thinges propre and peculiar to the very bodie of the case but yet incident and therfore necessarie for the hearer as wherby will appeare the verie originall cause and firste grounde of this vngodlye deede And this rehearsall shall be shutte vp and concluded with a shorte Admon●…tion howe we ought to deale in this and al other suche cases The ●…uisdaye in Easter wéeke laste past which was the. xxiiij day of March the sayde George Browne receyuing secrete intelligence by letter from mistresse Drewrie that master Saunders shoulde lodge the same nighte at the house of one M●…ster Barnes in Woolwich and from thence go ●…n foote to 〈◊〉 Marie Cray the nexte morning met him by the way a litle from shooters hill betwene seuen and eight of the clocke in the fore noone and there ●…lew both him and also one Iohn Beane the seruant of the said Master Earnes 〈◊〉 as master 〈◊〉 felt himself●… to haue his deathes wou●…de for 〈◊〉 was striken quite and cleane through at the first blowe he kneeled downe and lifting vp his handes and eyes vnto 〈◊〉 sayd God haue mercie vpon 〈◊〉 and forgiue me my 〈◊〉 and thee too speaking to Browne whome in 〈◊〉 he knewe not whatsoeuer report hath beene made of former acquayntance betwixte them and with that worde he gaue vp the Ghost And Browne as he himselfe confessed afterward was ●…at striken with suche a terrour and agonie of hart as he wis●… not what to doo b●…t was at the poynt to haue fain●…ed euen then and o●…tentimes else that day and coulde brooke nother meate nor dri●…ke that he receyued of all that day after He was so abashed afterward at the sight of one of master Saunders 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 children as he had much a doo too forbeare from 〈◊〉 in the street a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of the secret woorking of God●… terrible wrath in a guiltie and bluddie conscience But M. Barnesis man hauing ten or eleuen deadly wounds and being left for dead did by Gods woonderfull prouidence 〈◊〉 againe and créeping a great waye ●…n all soure for hée could nother go nor stande was fownd by an old man and ●…is mayden that went that way to séeke their kine and conueyed too 〈◊〉 where be gaue euident t●…kens and markes of the 〈◊〉 and so conti●… still aliue ●…ill he had bin apprehended and brought vnto him dyed the next Munday after Immediatly vpon the déede dooing Browne sente mis●… resse Drewrye woorde thereof by 〈◊〉 Roger he himself repayred foorthwith to the Court at ●…wich and anone after him 〈◊〉 thither the report of the murther also ▪ Then departed he thence vnto London 〈◊〉 wayes and came to the 〈◊〉 of Mistresse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he spake not personally with hir But 〈◊〉 conference had with him by hir seruant Roger she prouided him xx pounds the same day for the which mistresse Drewry layde certaine 〈◊〉 of hir owne and of 〈◊〉 Saunders to gage And vpon the next day béeing Thursday morning hauyng in the meane tyme had intelligence that Browne was soughte for they sente him sixe poundes more by the sayde Roger and warned him to shifte for himselfe by flight which thing he fors●…owed not to doe Neuerthelesse the Lordes of the Queenes Maiesties Counsell caused so spéedie and narow searche to be made for hym in all places that vpon the. 28 of the same moneth he was apprehēded in a mās house of his own name at Rochester by the Maior of the towne and beeing broughte backe againe to the Courte was examined by the Counsell vnto whome he confessed the deede as you haue hearde and that he had oftentymes before pretended soughte to do the same by the instigation of the said widowe Dr●…w●…ie who as he sayd had promised to make a mariage betwéen him and mistresse Saunders whōme he séemed to loue excessiuely the desire of whiche hope ha●…ed him forwarde to dispatche the fact Neuertheles he