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<HEAD>A True COPY of the PAPER DELIVERED by MARGAERT MARTELS own Hand, Before &s;he went to the Place of EXECUTION.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>July</HI> the <HI>16th.</HI> 1697.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_O God mo&s;t Powerful, Eternal Father, for to make you an Honour|able re&s;titution, I accept mo&s;t freely the Sentence of my Death, in Puni&s;hment of my Crimes, for the which you had abandoned me by a ju&s;t Judgment, for having left my Religion the&s;e many Years, and profe&s;&s;ed another, in the which I always lived ill, be|ing not obliged to declare my &s;elf to any one, who might have hindred me from following my unruly Inclination.</P>
<P>O God of Goodne&s;s, make me &s;en&s;ible of the works of your Mercies, and do not Judge me in the rigour of your divine Ju&s;tice, becau&s;e I ought not to ex|pect nothing from you, but &s;evere Puni&s;hments, by rea&s;on of the multitude of my Offences, which were very enormous; Neverthele&s;s hoping in your Good|ne&s;s, and in your infinite Charity, I pre&s;ume to beg of you that you, will be ple&s;a|ed to give me a &s;incere and &s;ure repentance; I beg of you by your mo&s;t holy Name and the Love that is born for you, I beg of you again (O my God) by my Saviour and Redeemer Je&s;us Chri&s;t: By his Life and Mi&s;eries, by all his Injuries, Di&s;graces, and Torments that he endured by his Death, and by his Blood that was Spilt for me on the Cro&s;s.</P>
<P>O Divine Je&s;u, remember that you have a&s;&s;ured us, that you did not come for the Ju&s;t but for Sinners; and that you did not &s;eek their Death, but rather Repentance; Convert me then, O my Adoteable Saviour, I beg it of you by the infinite Greatne&s;s of your Mercy, for 'tis by that alone, which I hope to obtain Pardon and Remi&s;&s;ion of my Sins. My God, I declare before Heaven and Earth, that now I die in the Faith and Union of the Holy Catholick, Apo&s;to|lick and Roman Church, and I firmly believe, what it believes and teaches.</P>
<P>O Holy Virgin Mother of Mercy, Pray for me, and defend me from the ma|lice of Devils; O Angel, Guardian of my Soul, defend me at this hour, and do not abandon me till you have conducted me to the Throne of God. O my Ador|able Saviour Je&s;us Chri&s;t, put your Cro&s;s, and the infinite merits of your preci|ous Blood, between your Judgment, and my Soul: Save me, my God, for my death and my Salvation are in your hands. Into your hands my God, I recommend my Soul.</P>
<Q>Je&s;u Maria, Je&s;u Maria, Je&s;u Maria, Je&s;u Maria, Je&s;u.</Q>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Mary Edwards</HI> in <HI>Nevils</HI>-Court in <HI>Fetter-lane.</HI></P>
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