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feem'd to threaten the State, by means of him and his Faction; others were mov'd with Pity towards him, as being a Man of so noble Defcent, fingular Goodness of Nature, goodly Perfonage,and manly Countenance; who might have been both a great Strength and Ornament to his Country, had not the cunning Practices of his malicious Adverfaries, and his own falfe Hopes, attended with a fhew of the publick Good, diverted him from his firft Courfe of Life. They called alfo to remembrance the unhappy Fate of his Father, who being a Man most accomplish'd in all good Learning, and famous for Martial Glory, was beheaded in the fame Place twenty-five Years before, and that for very light Caufes, viz. for quartering the Arms of Edward the Confeffor with his own; which, notwithstanding, we read that the Mowbrays, Dukes of Norfolk, from whom he drew his Defcent, had formerly borne by Permiffion of King Richard II. Cambden's Eliz. p. 178.

The Execution of Dr. WILLIAM PARRY.

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R. William Parry, five Days after his Tryal, was drawn upon a Hurdle to Palace-Tard at Westminster, where he was executed as a Traitor in the Prefence of many Members of Parliament, the Houfes being then fitting: He boafted of his faithful Services to the Queen, and faid he was never fully refolv'd in his Mind to have taken away her Life, but fuffer'd without ever recommending himself to Heaven. Cambden's Eliz. 308.

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His CHARACTER..

He was a Welchman by Nation, of obfcure Parentage; he had taken his Degree of Doctor of Laws, and had been one of the Queen's fworn Servants, and being a Member of the House of Commons when the Bill was brought in against the Jefuits, he was the only Man that oppos'd it; alledging that it was a cruel and bloody Act, and of pernicious Confequence to the Nation: And refufing to give his Reafons, he was committed by the Houfe; but afterwards, upon his giving his Reafons, and making his Submiffion, he was permitted to take his Place in the Honfe again: He feems to have merited of the Queen, by first discovering the Plot against her; but being afterwards, by his own Confeffion, engag'd in feveral other Deligns against her Life, and upon Principle too, he was thought too dangerous a Man to exercise her Clemency upon.

The Execution of JOHN BALLARD Priest, ANTHONY BABINGTON Efq; JOHN SAVAGE Gent. ROBERT BARNWELL Gent. CHIDICK TITCH BORNE Efq; CHARLES TILNEY and EDWARD ABINGTON Gent. (Jeven of the Confpirators against Queen Elizabeth) for High Treafon.

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N the 20th of September, 1586, a Gallows being fet up on purpofe in St. Giles's-Fields, where they us'd to meet, thefe feven were drawn thither to their Execution.

John Ballard the Prieft, the principal Confpirator, confefs d, that he was guilty of those things for which he was Condemn d, but protested they' D 2

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were never enterprifed by him upon any Hope of Preferment, but only, as he faid, for the Advancement of true Religion. He craved Pardon and Forgiveness of all Perfons, to whom his Doings had been any Scandal, and fo made an End; making his Prayers to himself in Latin, not asking her Majefty Forgiveness, otherwife than if he had of fended.

Anthony Babington Efq; alfo confeffed, That he was come to die,as he had deferved; howbeit he (as Ballard before) protefted that he was not led into thofe Actions upon Hope of Preferment, or for any temporal Refpect; nor had ever attempted them, but that he was perfuaded by Reasons alledged to this Effect, That it was a Deed lawful and meritorious. He craved Forgiveness of all whom he had any way offended; he would gladly alfo have been refolved whether his Lands fhould have been confifcate to her Majefty, or whether they fhould defcend to his Brother; but how foever, his Requeft was to the Lords, and others the Commiffioners there prefent, that Confideration might be had of one whofe Money he had received for Lands, which he had paffed no Fine for, for which the Conveyance was void in Law. He requefied alfo, that Confideration might be, had of a certain Servant, of his, whom he had fent for certain Merchandife into the Eaft Countries, who by his means was greatly impoverished. For his Wife, he faid, fhe had good Friends, to whofe Confideration he would leave her: And thus he finifhed, masking her Majefty Forgiveness, and making his Prayers in Latin.

John Savage Gent confeffed his Guilt, and faid as the other two before) that he did attempt it, for that in Confcie ce he thoug it it a Deed meritorions,

ritorious, and a common Good to the Weal-publick, and for no private Preferment.

- Robert Barnwell Gent. confefled that he was made acquainted with their Drifts, but denied, that ever he confented, or could be in Confcience perfuaded that it was a Deed lawful. And being urged that he came to the Court to fpy Opportunities for the atchieving of their Purposes, and that being there, her Majefty obferving his prying Looks, acquainted before with their Intents,, the prayed God that all were well. To this he anfwered, That it was not unknown to divers of the Council, that he had Matters which he folicited, which was the Caufe of his being there at that time; but I confefs (faid he) at my Return, Babington asked me what News; to whom I told, that her Majesty had been abroad that Day, with all the Circumftances that I faw there; and if I have offended her Majefty, I crave Forgivenefs; and afluredly, if the Sacrifice of my Body might establish her Majefty in the true Religion, would molt willingly offer it up. Then he prayed. to himself in Latin.

Chidiock Titchborne Efq; began to fpeak as followeth, viz. Countrymen and my dear Friends, you expect I fhould fpeak fomething; I am a bad Orator, and my Text is worfe: It were in vain to enter into the Difcourfe of the whole. Matter for which I am brought hither, for that it hath been revealed heretofore, and is well known to the most of this Company; Let me be a Warning to all young Gentlemen, efpecially Generofis adolefcentulis. I had a Friend, and a dear Friend, of whom I made no fmall Account, whofe Friendship hath brought me to this; he told me the whole Matter, I cannot deny, as they had laid it down to be done; but I always thought it impions, and denied to be a Dealer in

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it; but the Regard of my Friend caufed me to be a Man in whom the old Proverb was verified; I was filent, and fo confented. Before this thing chanced, we lived together in moft flourishing Eftate; Of whom went Report in the Strand, Fleet-ftreet, and elsewhere about London, but of Babington and Titchborne ? No Threshold was of Force to brave our Entry. Thus we lived, and wanted nothing we could with for; and God knows, what lefs in my Head than Matters of State? Now give me Leave to declare the Miferies I fuftained after I was acquainted with the Action, wherein I may juftly compare my Eftate to that of Adam's, who could not abftain one thing forbidden, to enjoy all other things the World could afford; the Terror of Confcience awaited me. After I confider'd the Dangers whereinto I was fallen, I went to Sir John Peters in Effex, and appointed my Horfes fhould meet me at London, intending to go down into the Country. I came to London, and there heard that all was bewrayed; whereupon, like Adam, we fled into the Woods to hide our felves, and there were apprehended. My dear Countrymen, my Sor rows may be your Joy, yet mix your Smiles with Tears, and pity my Cafe; I am defcended from an Houfe, from two hundred Years before the Conqueft, never ftained till this my Misfortune; I Have a Wife and one Child; my Wife Agnes, my dear Wife, and there's my Grief, and fix Sifters left on my Hand; my poor Servants, I know, their Mafter being taken, were difperfed, for all which I do moft heartily grieve; I expected fome Favour, tho' I defeived nothing lefs, that the Remainder of my Years might in fome fort have recompenced my former Guilt, which feeing have miffed, let me now meditate upon the Joys I hope to enjoy. This done, he prayed first in Latin, and then in English, asking her Majefty, and

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