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<HEAD>The La&s;t Speech of Sir GODFREY M'CULLOCH of <HI>Myretoun,</HI> Knight and Baronet, who was Beheaded at the Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Twenty Sixth day of <HI>March,</HI> 1697.</DATE></HEAD>
<P>I Am brought here good People to give Satisfaction to Ju&s;tice, for the Slaughter of <HI>William Gordon</HI> de&s;igned of <HI>Cardines;</HI> And therefore I am obliged as a dying Man, to give a Faithfull and True Account of that matter.</P>
<P>I do declare in the Sight of GOD, I had no de&s;ign again&s;t his Life, nor did <HI>I</HI> expect to &s;ee him, when I came where the Accident happened; I came there contrair to my Inclination, being pre&s;&s;ed by the&s;e two Per&s;ons, who were the Principal Witne&s;&s;es again&s;t me, (they declaring he was not out of Bed) that I might relieve their Goods he had poinded; I do freely forgive them, and I Pray heartily GOD may forgive them, for bringing me to that place.</P>
<P>When I was in <HI>England,</HI> I was o<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in crease" EXTENT="1 letter">t times urged by &s;everal Per&s;ons, who declared they had Commi&s;&s;ion from <HI>Ca&s;tle-Stewart</HI> and his Lady, (now the Pur&s;uers for my Blood) that I might give up the Papers of the&s;e Lands of <HI>Cardines,</HI> wherupon they promi&s;ed not only apiece of Money, But al&s;o to concurr for procuring me a Remi&s;&s;ion; And I have been &s;everal times &s;ince in the Countrie, where the Misfortune happened, and where they lived, but never troubled by any of them: Although now after they have got them&s;elves &s;ecured in the&s;e Lands without <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 word"> they have been very active in the Pur|&s;ute, untill at la&s;t they have got me brought to this place.</P>
<P>I do acknowledge my Sentence is Ju&s;t, and does not Repine; For albei<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="indecipherable" EXTENT="1 letter"> it was only a &s;ingle Wound in the Legg, by a &s;hot of &s;mall Hail, which was neither intended, nor could be fore&s;een to be deadly; Yet I do believe, That GOD in his Ju&s;tice hath &s;uffered me to fall in that mi&s;erable Accident, for which I am now to &s;uffer, becau&s;e of my many other Great and Grievous unrepented for Sins: I do therefore heartily forgive my Judges, Accu&s;ers, Witne&s;&s;es, and all Others who have now, or at any time Injured me, as I wi&s;h to be Foregiven.</P>
<P>I Recommend my Wife, and poor Children to the Protection of the Al|mighty GOD, who doth take Care of, and Provides for the Widow and Fatherle&s;s; And Prayes, That GOD may Stirr up and Enable their Friends and mine, to be Careful of them.</P>
<P>I have been Branded as being a <HI>Roman Catholick,</HI> which I altogether di&s;own, And Declare, as the Words of a <HI>Dying Man,</HI> who am in&s;tantly to make my Appearance before the <HI>Great Tribunal of the Great GOD,</HI> That I die in the <HI>True Catholick Reformed Prote&s;tant Religion,</HI> Renouncing all Righteou&s;ne&s;s of my own, or any Others; Relying only upon the Merits of <HI>CHRIST JESUS,</HI> through who&s;e Blood, I hope to be Saved, And whom I Tru&s;t, will not only be my Judge, But al&s;o, Advocate with the Father for my Redemption.</P>
<P>Now Dear Spectators, As my La&s;t Reque&s;t, <HI>Again and Again,</HI> I carno&s;tly De&s;ire, and Begg, The A&s;&s;i&s;tance of Your Fervent Prayers. That, Although I &s;tand here Condemned by Man, I may be Ab&s;olved before the <HI>Tribunal of the Great GOD,</HI> That in place of this Scaffold I may enjoy a Throne of Glory; That this Violent Death may bring me to a Life of Glorious Re&s;t, Eternal in the Heavens: And that in place of all the&s;e Spectators, I may be Accom|panyed with an Innumerable Company of Saints and Angels, Singing, <HI>Halle|lujah</HI> to the Great KING to all Eternity.</P>
<P><HI>Now, O LORD, Remember me with that Love thou beare&s;t to Thy Own, O vi&s;ite we with Thy Salvation, that I may &s;ee the Good of Thy Cho&s;en Ones, and may Glory in Thine Inheritance. LORD JESUS Purge me from all my Sins, and from this of Blood Guiltine&s;s, Wa&s;h me into Thy Own Blood. Great are mine Iniquities, But Greater are the Mercies of GOD! O let me be among&s;t the number of tho&s;e for whom CHRIST dyed; Be Thou my Advocat with the Father, Into thy hands do I recom|mend my Spirit: Come, LORD JESUS Come, and receive my Soul, Amen.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Sic Sub&s;cribitur</HI> Sir GODFREY M'CULLOCH.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Reid,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his Printing Hou&s;e in <HI>Bells Wynd.</HI> 1697.</P>
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