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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B090012.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>A TRUE COPY of the PAPER Delivered By <HI>Brigadier Rookwood,</HI> TO THE SHERIFF At TYBURN, the Place of EXECUTION. <HI>April.</HI> 29. 1696.</HEAD>
<P>WIlls of Dying Men, were ever Sacred, and as &s;uch ought to be fulfill'd. The Sufferer a Man of Deeds, more than Words, by way of Will made to the People, con&s;ign'd his Thoughts to Paper; The Paper to the Sheriff to be Publi&s;h'd. To this Paper as he told the &s;aid Sheriff he referr'd him&s;elf; And that he might not fail of his Intent, &s;ome days before his Execution, he had Tran&s;mitted a Copy of it to a Friend, who &s;ince the Sheriff has &s;o long fail'd of his Tru&s;t and Duty, re&s;olves to &s;upply it by doing His. Take it therefore in Print. Mr. She|riff cannot but Own it to be the &s;ame Word for Word.</P>
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<HEAD>The PAPER.</HEAD>
<P>HAving committed the Ju&s;tice of my Cau&s;e and recommended my Soul to God, on who&s;e Mercies, through the Merits of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, I wholly Ca&s;t my &s;elf; I had once re&s;olv'd to die in Silence; But &s;econd Thoughts of my Duty to others, Chiefly to my True and Liege Sovereign K. <HI>James,</HI> moved me to leave this behind me.</P>
<P>I do therefore, with all Truth and Sincerity, Declare and Avow, I never Knew, Saw, or Heard, of any Order or Commi&s;&s;ion from K. <HI>James</HI> for the A&s;&s;a&s;&s;inating of the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> and Attacking his Guards; But I am Certainly inform'd, he had rejected Propo&s;als of That Naure, when made unto him.</P>
<P>Nor do I think He Knew the lea&s;t of the Particular De&s;ign of Attack|ing the Guards at his Landing, in which I was engag'd as a Soldier, by my Immediate Commander, (much again&s;t my Judgment,) But his Sol|dier I was, and as &s;uch I was to Obey and Act.</P>
<P>Near twelve years, I have &s;erv'd my True King and Ma&s;ter K. <HI>James,</HI> and freely now lay down my Life in his Cau&s;e. I ever Abhor'd a Trea|cherous Action even to an Enemy. If it be a Guilt to have Complied with what I thought, and &s;till think to have been my Duty, I am Guilty. <HI>No other Guilt do I Own.</HI></P>
<P>As I beg all to forgive me, &s;o I forgive all from my Heart, even the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> who as a Soldier ought to have con&s;ider'd my Ca&s;e, be|fore he Sign'd the Warrant for my Death. I pray God to open his Eyes and render him Sen&s;ible of the Much Blood from all Parts Crying out again&s;t him, &s;o to prevent a Heavier Execution Hanging over his Head, than what he Inflicts on me.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed in the Year 1696.</P>
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