all the World, heartily, Forgivenefs, and that he hoped ftedfaftly, now at this his laft Hour, his Faith would not fail.

Charles Tilney faid, I am a Catholick, and believe in Jefus Chrift, and by his Paffion I hope to be faved; and I confefs I can do nothing without him, which Opinion all Catholicks firmly hold; and whereas they are thought to hold the contrary, they are in that, as in all other things, greatly abufed.To Dr.White,feeming to School him in Points of Religion, differing from thofe which he held; he fpoke in anger, I came hither to die, Doctor, and not to argue. He prayed in Latin for himself, and after he prayed for Queen Elizabeth, that the might live long; and warned all young Gentlemen, of what Degree or Calling foever, to take warning by him.

Edward Abington faid, I come hither to die, holding all Points firmly that the Catholick Church doth; and for the Matters whereof I am condemned, I confefs all, faving the Death of her Majefty, to the which I never confented. He feared, as he faid, great Bloodshed in England before it were long: Sheriff Ratliffe faid, Abington, Seeft thou all these People, whofe Blood fhall be demanded at thy Hands, if thou, dying, conceal that which may turn to their Peril? therefore tell why, or which way fuch Blood fhould be fhed: He faid, All that I know, you have of Record; and at laft, faid he, this Country is hated of all Countries for her Iniquity, and God loves it not. And being urged by Dr. White, to be of a lively Faith; he answered, he believed ftedfaftly in the Catholick Faith: The Doctor asked him, how he meant, for I fear me, faid he, thou deceiveft thy felf: He answered, That Faith and Religion which is holden almost in all Christendom, except here in England. Thus done, he willed them not

to trouble him any longer with any more Queftions, but made his Prayers to himself in Latin.

Ballard was firft executed. He was cut down and bowell'd with great Cruelty while he was alive. Babington beheld Ballard's Execution without being in the leaft daunted; whilft the reft turned away their Faces, and fell to Prayers upon their Knees. Babington being taken down from the Gallows alive too, and ready to be cut up, he cried aloud feveral times in Latin, Parce mihi Domine Jefu, fpare or forgive me O Lord Jefus ! Savage broke the Rope, and fell down from the Gallows, and was prefently feiz'd on by the Executioner, his Privities cut off, and his Bowels taken out while he was alive. Barnwell, Titchborne, Tilney and Abington were executed with equal Cruelty. Cam. Brit. 344.

The Execution of THOMAS SALISBURY, HENRY DONN, EDWARD JONES, JOHN CHARNOCK, JOHN TRAVERS, ROBERT GAGE, JEROME BELLAMY, for High Treafon, the 21ft of September, 1586. Being drawn to the Place of Execution.

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Homas Salisbury Efq; faid, Sithence it hath pleafed God to appoint this Place for my End, Ithank his infinite Goodnefs for the fame; I confefs that I have deferved Death, and that I have offended her Majefty, whom to forgive me I heartily befeech, with all others whom I have any way offended; I defire all true Catholicks to pray for me, and I defire them, as I befeech God they may, to endure with Patience whatsoever fhall be laid upon them, and never to enter into any Action of Violence for Remedy Then he faid his Prayers, looking earnestly with his Eyes to Heaven, and prayed in Latin a long while; When he had

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thus done, he cried in English and Latin, Father forgive me.

Henry Donn, Yeoman, said, Do the People expect I fhould fay any thing? I was acquainted, I confefs, with their Practices, but I never did intend to be a Dealer in them: Babington often- times requested me to be one, and faid, for that he loved me well, he would bestow me in one of the best Actions; which fhould have been the Delivery of the Queen of Scots, to which I could not for a long time agree; at length, by many urgent Perfuafions he won me, fo as I told him I would do my beft: And being asked, as he was afcending the Ladder, whether he thought it lawful to kill her Majefty: He anfwer'd, No, no; for I take her to be my lawful and natural Prince. And (as Salisbury) he defir'd all Catholicks to endure with Patience, and never to attempt any thing againft her Majefty, under whofe Government he had lived quietly, until within these ten Weeks, that those things were firft imparted unto him; and whereas he was indebted to divers, and divers in like manner to him, he forgave all that was owing to him, and craved Forgiveness of what he owed: He defired God to forgive Babington, the only Caufe of his Fall and Death; and was right forry for a Gentlewoman, one Mrs. Bel lamy, at whofe Houfe he, with the reft, were relieved after they fled; he prayed God, whom he had chiefly offended, next her Majefty; and last, of all the People, Forgiveness; faying, No Soul was more forrowful than his, nor none more finful; and prayed for her Majefty, wishing the might live in all Happiness, and after this Life, be eternized in everlafting Blifs; and fo he pray'd in Latin and English.

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Edward Jones faid, I come hither to die, but how rightfully God knows; for thus ftands my Cafe: At Trinity Term laft, Mr. Salisbury made me acquainted with their Purpofes; and for that he knew me to be well horfed, he thought me as fit as any to attempt the Delivery of the Queen of Scots, and requefted me to be one; which I utterly denied, altogether mifliking their Practices, and perfuading him, by what Means I might, from it; and told him, this was the haughty and ambitious Mind of Anthony Babington, which would be the Destruction of himself and Friends, whofe Company I wifhed him to refrain; and for that I would have him out of his Company; I have divers times lent him Money, and pawned my Chain and Jewels to buy him Neceflaries to go into the Country. And whereas I had made Conveyance of my Lands to divers Ufes, with fome Annuities, and placed my Wife with my Friends, and given over Housekeeping, and by reafon of my Confcience, thought to live at cafe; I called my Servants together again, and began to keep Houfe more freshly than ever I did, only because I was weary to fee Salisbury's ftraggling, and for that I was willing to keep him about home; and never confented to any of his Treafons, but always advifed him to beware; for tho' I was, and am a Catholick, yet I took it to be a moft wicked A& to offer Violence to my natural Prince. I did intend to go into Ireland with Mr. Edward Fitton, and there to have ferved; until at length, very fhortly after this, my determinate Mind being not fettled, I received a Note of their Names, amongst whom was the Name of my dear Friend: Then I began to fear what hath happened; I heard that Night he would be at my Houfe; and indeed he came thither about twelve a-clock, and the Door being opened him, as he was very fami

liar with me, he came running up to my Bedfide with a Candle in his Hand, which he took from one of my Men, faluting me with thefe Words, Ned Jones how doft thou? Ah! Tom, faid I, Art thou one of them that fhouldst have killed the Queen? Yea, faid he, what meaneft thou by that? fee, and read this, faid I, giving him the Note wherein his Name was; he fee ing, turned about and faid, there be many Catholicks in England as far in this A&t as we are ; the more the worfe, quoth I. Here is the Sum of my Fault, in which I know I have offended her Majefty; first, because I did conceal it at London, and laftly, because I did not apprehend my dear Friend Tom being in my Houfe; for which Fault I am heartily forry, and do ask her Majesty Forgiveness. There is one thing wherein I am to move you, concerning my Debts; I have fet them down fo near as I could what they are: Good Sir Francis Knowles, I fhall intreat you to be a mean to her Majesty that there may be fome Care had of my Creditors and Debtors.

The Debts which I owe do amount, in the whole, to 980 l.

The Debts which are owing me are 1600 l But who fhall look into my Compting-houfe shall find many of 100 l. 200 l. or 300l. whereof all is discharged, except of fome 50l. and fome 40 1. and fuch like, without any Defea fance, and lie only in my Credit; fo that unlefs fome Man of Confcience enter into the Action of my Compting-houfe, it is like to be the utter undoing of a Number; but God knows my Mind, and I hope it fhall not be laid to my Charge; and fo concluded with his Prayers, firft in Latin, and then in English, that the People might better underftand what he prayed. John