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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14606	The arraignement and execution of the late traytors with a relation of the other traytors, which were executed at Worcester, the 27. of Ianuary last past.	T. W., fl. 1606.	1606 (1606)	STC 24916; ESTC S106284	7,449	30

speech but after a sort seeming to be sorrie for his offence asked a kinde of forgiuenes of the King and the State for his bloodie intent with his crosses his idle ceremonies made his end vpon the gallowes and the blocke to the great ioy of the beholders that the land vvas ended of so vvicked a villanie Thus haue I ended my discourse vppon the Arraignement and execution of these eight traitors executed vpon thursdaie and friday last past in paules church-yard and the old pallace at westminster Now there is certaine report of the execution done on mundaie being the 27. of Ianuarie in the citie of worcester vpon one Perkins and his man for the receiuing of traitors God be blessed for it and continue the Iustice of law to be executed vpon all such rebellious and traitorous wretches as either plot such villanies conceale such treasons or relieue such traitors for since the betraying the Lord of heauen and earth was there euer such a hellish plot practised in the world if the Pope were not a verie Diuill and these Iesuites or rather Iebusites and Satanicall Semenaries verie spirites of wicked nesse that whisper in the eares of Euah to bring a world of Adams to distruction how could nature be so senceles or reason so graceles as to subiect wit so to wil as to run all headlong to confusion is this a rule of religion or rather of a legiō where the Sinagogue of Sathan sat in counsaile for the worlds destruction for the satisfactiō of a lowzie humor or bloudy deuotion or hope of honor or to make waie to some mad fury to bring the most florishing kingdome on the earth to the most desolation in the world to kil at one blow or with one blast King Queene Prince and Peere Bishop Iudge and Magistrate to the ruine of the land and vtter shame to the whole vvorld and left naked to the inuasion of anie enemie is this a holy father that begets such vvicked children is this religion vvhere is no touch of charitie or is there anie sparke of Grace in these priestes that so poison the soules breake the neckes of so many people Ignorance in the simple and Idolatrie in the subtil take ceremonies for certainties superstition for religion enuie for zeale and murther for charitie what can that church be but hell where the diuill sings such masses seruus seruorum saies hee that would be Dominus dominorum seruant of seruants that would be maister of maisters is not he a cunning heards-man that can make one painted cow or printed Bull giue him more milke then many a Heard of better kine are not these sweete Notes to bee taken in the nature of the Popish gouernment kill princes sowe seditions maintaine bawdie houses blinde the simple abuse the honest bereaue the innocent sweare and forsweare so it be for the popes profite the Church will absolue you and if you misse the marke to hit the mischiefe you shooteat you shall bee a hanging Saint till you bee taken downe to the Deuill Oh fine perswasions that infinite sinnes by numbred prayers inward curses by outward crossings an offence against God by a pardon from man should be beleeued to be helped A child cannot conceiue it a wise man cannot disgest it and surely none but either blind women or mad men can beleeue it If a man would but a little looke into their Idolatries hee should see a worlde of such mockeries as would make him both laugh at their fooleries and abhor their villanies Their kissing of babies their kneeling to wodden Ladies their calling to Saintes that cannot heare them their praying by the dozen their taking of penance their pilgrimages to Idols their shauings and their washings their confessions and their crossinges and their diuelish deuises to deceiue the simple of their comfort These with a worlde of such trickes as would make Iacke an Apes a fine Iugler He that coulde see them with that cleare eye that can iudge betwixt light and darkenes woulde if they were his friendes be sorry for them if his enemies laugh at them and howsoeuer or whatsoeuer leaue them say as he may say that Papistrie is meere Jdolatrie the Pope an incarnate Deuill his Church a Synagogue of Satan and his priestes the verie locustes of the earth But let vs leaue them to their loathsome puddles and let vs bee thankefull to Almightie God for the cleare water of life that in his holy worde wee receiue from the fountaine of his gracious mercie let vs a little looke into the difference betwixt the Traiterous Papist that dieth for his villanie and the faithfull Protestant that dyeth for the truth of his conscience in the beliefe of the worde of God The trayterous Papist will pull downe princes and subuert Kingdoms murther and poyson whome they cannot commaund The faithfull protestant praieth for princes and the peace of the people and will endure banishment but hate rebellion The proud papist will shewe intemperancie in passion while the humble protestant will embrace affliction with patience The Protestant cries to GOD for mercie for his sinnes the Papist giues authoritie to sinne when before the offence the pardon is purchased I say was it not a strange speech of Digbie through the blindnesse of his bewitched witte that to bring the kingdome into the popish Idolatrie hee cared not to roote out all his posteritie Oh the misery of these blinded people forsake the true God of heauen and earth to submit their seruice to the Deuill of the world be Traitours to their gratious Princes to serue a proude vngratious pre late loose their lands goods begger their wiues and children loose their own liues with an open shame and Ieaue an infamy to their name for euer onely to obey the command of a cunning Foxe that lying in his denne praieth on all the geese that he can light on and in the proude beliefe to be made Saints will hazard their soules to goe to the Deuill But how many millions hath this Deuill inchaunted how many kingdōes hath he ruinated and how many massacres hath he plotted and how many soules hath he sent to damnation God for his mercy cut him off or open the eies of all them Christian princes that they may agree together and pull him down For during his pride Princes that are of his Religion will bee but as Copiesholders to his Countenance Souldiers that fight not vnder his banner shall bee as shake-rags to his Armie Lawyers except they pleade in his right shall haue but curses for their fees Diuines if not of his opinion shal be excommunicate out off his Church Merchantes that bring not him commodities shall keepe no shops in his Sanctuarie nor Beggars that pray not for his Monarchie shall haue any almes in his Basket and therefore I hope that God will so wipe off the skales from the eyes of the blinde that both one and other Souldier and Lawyer Diuine and Laye man rich and poore will so lay their heades their heartes and handes and their purses together that where as hee hath beene long in rising and could not sitte fast when hee was vppe shall take a fall of sodaine and neuer rise againe when hee is downe to which praver I hope all true Christians will say Amen FINIS

to aunswere to their Inditements They all pleaded not guiltie but were all found guiltie Digby without crauing mercie or fauour of either God or the King made onely fiue worldly requests that his wife might haue her lointer his children the lands intailed by his father his sisters their legafies in his hand vnpaid his debts paide and for his death to bee beheaded and not hanged Robert Winter in like manner thinkeing himselfe alreadie halfe a Saint for his whole villanie saide little to any purpose that eyther made shew of sorrow or sought mercy but onely made a request to the king for mercy towardes his Brother in regarde of his offence as he saide thorough his onely perswasion His brother sayed little but with a guiltie conscience svvallovved vp a cōcealed griefe with little shevv of sorrow for that time Graunt stubborne in his idolatrie seemed nothing penitent for his villanie asked little mercy but as it vvere careles of grace receiued the doome of his desert The yonger Winter saide little but to excuse the fovvlenes of his fact in being dravvne in by his brother and not of his ovvne plotting vvith little talke to litile purpose troubled the time the lesser vvhile Ruckwood out of a studied speech vvould faine haue made his bringing vppe and breeding in idolatrie to haue beene some excuse to his villanie but a faire talke could not helpe a fovvle deed and therefore being found guiltie of the treason had his iudgement vvith the rest of the traytors Novv after their condemnation and iudgement being sent backe to the Tovver there they remayned till the Thurseday following vpon sleddes and hurdles they were drawne into Powles Churchyearde Fowre of them vz. Euerarde Digble the elder Winter Graunt and Bates of whome I forgat to speake hauing no great matter to speake of but onely that being a villanie and hoping of aduancement by the same he had the rewarde of a traytor Now these foure being drawne to the Scaffolde made one purpose for their execution First went vp Digbie a man of a goodly personage and a manly aspect yet might a warie Eye in the change of his countenaunce beholde an inwarde feare of death for his colour grew pale and his eie heauie notwithstanding that hee enforced him selfe to speake as stoutly as hee could his speech was not long and to little good purpose onely that his belied conscience being but indeed a blinded conceit had led him into this offence which in respect of his religion alias in deede Idolatrie hee held no offence but in respect of the law he held an offence for vvhich hee asked forgiuenesse of God of the king and the vvhole kingdome and so vvith vaine and superstitious crossing of himselfe betook him to his Latine prayers mumbling to him selfe refusing to haue any prayers of any but of the Romish Catholicks vvent vp the Ladder and vvith the helpe of the hangman made an end of his vvicked daies in this vvorld After him vvent Winter vp to the Scaffold vvhére he vsed fevv vvords to anie good effect vvithout asking mercie of either God or the king for his offence went vp the ladder and making a few prayers to himselfe staide not long for his execution After him went Graunt who abhominably blinded with his horrible idolatrie though he confessed his offence to bee hainous yet would faine haue excused it by his conscience for Religion a bloodie religion to make so bloody a conscience but better that his bloode and all such as hee was should bee shed by the iustice of law then the bloode of many thousandes to have beene shedde by his villanie without lawe or iustice but to the purpose hauing vsed a fevve idle wordes to ill effect hee was as his Fellowes before him ledde the way to the Halter and so after his crossing of himselfe to the last parte of his tragedie Last of them came Bates who seemed sorie for his offence and asked forgiuenes of God and the king and of the whole kingdome prayed to God for the preseruation of them all and as hee sayed onely for his loue to his Maister drawne to forget his duety to God his king and Countrie and therefore was now drawne from the Tower to Paules Churchyeard and there hanged quartered for his treacherie Thus ended that dayes busines The next day being Friday were drawne from the Tower to the old Pallace in VVestminster ouer against the Parliament house Thomas Winter theyon ger brother Ruckewoode Cayes Faulks the Miner iustly called the Deuill of the Vault for had hee not beene a Deuill incarnate he had neuer conceiued so villa nous a thought nor beene employed in so damnable an action The next day being Friday were drawn from the Tower to the olde pallace in VVestminster Thomas Winter Rookewoode Caies and Faulkes where Winter first being brought to the Scaffolde made little speech but seeming after a sort as it were sorry for his offence and yet crossing him selfe as though those were wardes to put by the Deuils Stoccadoes hauing already made a wound in his soule of which he had not yet a full feeling protesting to die a true Catholicke as hee said with a very pale and dead colour went vppe the ladder and after a swing or two with a halter to the quartering block was drawn and there quickliedispatched Next him came Ruckwood vvho made a speech of some longer time confessing his offence to God in seeking to shedde blood and asking therefore mercy of his diuine Maiestie his offence to the King of whose Maiestie hee likevvise humbly asked forgiuenes his offence to the whole state of whome in generall he asked forgiuenesse beseeching God to blesse the king the Queene and all his royall Progenie and that they might long liue to raigne in peace and happinesse ouer this kingdom but last of all to marre all the pottage with one filthy weede to mar this good prayers with an il conclusion he praied God to make the king a Catholike otherwise a Papist which God for his mercy euer forbid and so beseeching the King to bee good to his wife and children protesting to die in his Idolatry a Romish Catholicke hee went vppe the ladder and hanging till hee was almost dead was drawne to the blocke where he gaue his last gaspe After him came Caies who like a desperate villaine vsing little speech with small or no shew of repentance wente stoutelie vp the ladder where not staying the Hangmans turne turned himselfe of with such a leape that vvith the svving he brake the Halter but after his fall was quicklie drawne to the blocke and there was quicklie deuided into foure partes Last of all came the great Deuill of all Faulkes alias Iohnson who shoulde haue put fire to the powder His body being weake with torture and sicknes he vvas scarse able to goe vp the ladder but yet vvith much adoe by the helpe of the Hangman vvent hie enough to breake his necke vvith the fall vvho made no long